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REGENERATIVE LIVING PODCASTS 🎧 // I have a crus

REGENERATIVE LIVING PODCASTS 🎧 // I have a crush on podcasts, and I may have passed that affinity on to my boys. I think they are awesome for so many reasons, including that they give us access to so many people doing awesome things.
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This past week, I shared several of my favorite regenerative living podcasts, including my very favorite @greendreamerpodcast from @kameachayne ... She's crushing episode after episode of incredibly deep and informative interviews with myriad superstars in the regenerative space.
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I encourage you to take a listen. And if your can, become a Patron to support her work financially. She mentioned recently that she needs more patrons or she'll have to reconsider the podcast and pivot her efforts to something that can pay her a living wage.

I also tagged the other podcasts I mentioned (if they have IG accounts). Several of them also have Patreon accounts or ways to support their work, so go find some new learning and listening opps!
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Do you have any favorite regenerative living podcasts? Tag them in the comments! 💛

BLACK AUTHORS //What's currently on your reading l

BLACK AUTHORS //What's currently on your reading list? I recently finished We Were Eight Years In Power by @tanehisipcoates and it's so informative and amazing. I've read two of his other books (The Water Dancer and Between The World and Me), and his work is so stellar! Go read all of them if you haven't already.
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Here are a few more books from Black authors on my bookshelf. What are you reading or planning to read by Black authors? I'd love to hear all your recs! TIA. 💛

REGENERATIVE GARDENING // We planted the last of t

REGENERATIVE GARDENING // We planted the last of the baby plants today that we started from seed for this season. 🌱 I'm ready for the next phase of watching them flourish and then harvesting in the next few months. Scroll through for some highlights including how our little squash blossoms start their morning saying hello to sun through how they cuddle up for bed in the evening. 🙃 Tell me (or leave an emoji) of what you're growing this summer?

🌱 CLIMATE RESILIENCE GARDENS 🌾 // Have you e

🌱 CLIMATE RESILIENCE GARDENS 🌾 // Have you ever tried growing your own food? There are so many great reasons to try it (and it doesn't have to be difficult if you take it slowly and give yourself a bit of grace). Your garden won't be perfect, but just get started.
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Food gardens are an important component of developing a more resilient food supply system as well. I've shared a whole bunch more details on the blog (where you can also find links to resources and organizations), but swipe to skim the highlights of the post.
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@keepgrowingdetroit and @greenamerica_ have several resources on their sites about creating community gardens
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@soulfirefarm is just one example of a farm that specifically focuses on serving Black and Brown communities and increasing access to nutritious food in food deserts (there are so many other examples of these, so tag them in the comments if you know of others where you live and we can hopefully find ones we can support individually)
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Bonus: Regenerative gardens are really good for the environment! ☀️
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Lots more details on the blog if you're interested; you know where to find the link!

🍎 RESCUED PRODUCE 🍏 // Have you tried delive

🍎 RESCUED PRODUCE 🍏 // Have you tried delivery of "rescued produce" yet? We've been using @misfitsmarket for several weeks now and I shared an unpaid review on the blog. Go check it out and let me know what you think if you've tried one of these companies. 🍓🍊🍅🥦🍋

ECO GRATITUDE // Soaking up the gorgeous Pennsylva

ECO GRATITUDE // Soaking up the gorgeous Pennsylvania woods with the fam. We can walk to this from our house?! 💚 Spending time enjoying the beauty of nature (and babbling water!!) is 💯 and no complaints about a few extras hugs when the littles get tired at the end of our hike. 🥰 #onthecircuit #optoutside

According to the US Census, Black Americans repres

According to the US Census, Black Americans represent 13.4% of the population. However, according to @leeandlow - America’s largest children’s book publisher specializing in diversity - Blacks are severely underrepresented in the publishing industry at all levels (see the second slide). __
Earlier this week, @amistadbooks - a division of HarperCollins devoted to books by and about people of color - encouraged everyone to purchase any two books by Black writers this week to show support for the Black publishing community and Blackout the Bestseller List (see the third slide). __
I recently finished reading A Terrible Thing To Waste by Harriet A. Washington and looked to find more environmental and climate change books written by Black authors. Not surprisingly, I struggled to find many of them. However, I did share five on the blog today and encourage you to go check them out.
Buy them. Borrow them. Let publishers know we want more of them. Because I highly doubt the lack of books is a result of a lack of interested and capable authors.
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Whether you choose to purchase environmental books or other books by Black authors, support #BlackoutBestsellerlist and #Blackpublishingpower - and if it's not in your budget, let your local librarians know you want to read more of these books. Librarians pay great attention to circulation and request frequencies when deciding what to keep on their shelves.
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Do you know of any environmental or climate change books by Black authors (fiction and non-fiction)? Please share in the comments! Thanks in advance.

Have you heard of @bravery_mag magazine? If not, i

Have you heard of @bravery_mag magazine? If not, it's a quarterly kids' publication that features a brave female hero in each issue. It includes information about her life and accomplishments as well as projects to complete related to her story. So far, they've covered a range of diverse heroes, and it's one (of many) ways we're working to bring more diverse media into our house. I shared a bunch more details about it on the blog if you want to check it out! 🔥 And don't think for a second that because it celebrates female heroes it's just for girls. My boys really enjoy the projects and stories. And if our boys aren't learning about male AND female heroes from a variety of cultures backgrounds, then consider how that reflects on the message we are sending as parents about who the "important" people in our world are. Who is missing does not go unnoticed.💥

Quick and wholesome family dinners are the best, r

Quick and wholesome family dinners are the best, right? (ad) We are starting to get into a family dinner groove and this is one of our go-to recipes - grilled chicken with a marinade that takes less than 5 minutes to whip up that everyone really likes! Go check it out on the blog. #MyMazolaMarinade #HonModEats

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