The Greening of Gavin

TGoG 130 – Budget Gifts

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Kim came up with a brilliant theme for this episode that will get you all fired up to start making budget gifts to give during the Christmas season.  We all know that this time of year can be expensive if others expectations are high, so cut your costs by making your own personalised gifts.

We talk about some of the great homemade presents that friends have given over the years.  It was because they were homemade that we remember them many years later, unlike all the crap that we used to buy and be littered under the Christmas Tree before our sustainable living journey began.

Thoughtful, simple, yet memorable gifts, made with love.  Who would want for anything nicer?

We also mention that the show will be more regular and that we are already planning our Christmas Special.  If anyone has any duet suggestions for our song, then send them in via email, the more the merrier.

Whatever the song is, it will be fun to produce.  It will be our budget gift to you!

TGoG 127 – Not Keeping Up With the Jones’s

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Today is International Podcast Day so in the spirit of the day, Kim and I co-hosted an episode about something that we are quite proud of.  Proud of not keeping up with the Jones’s, especially when it comes to our home, furnishings, and garden.  Not anti consumers, but conscious consumers leaning towards home producers.

Join us as we chat about how we are not keeping up with the Jones’s in all the things we do.

Not Keeping up with the Jones's

Our House

From our humble beginnings living in a Navy married quarters, to choosing an affordable home, and then living within our means (after our little crazy consumer phase).  We talk through it all, and how we are not influenced by others and avoid the rat race.

Don’t forget that you can subscribe to the show using the buttons above via your favourite podcatcher app on your chosen mobile device, and if you have the time we would love to hear what you think of the show via an iTunes review and rating.  It’s as easy as pie and Kim gets very excited when we get a review!

TGoG 115 – Bek’s Backyard with Bek Stiegler

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Bek Stiegler went pretty much went from the average consumer (supermarket shopping, buying stuff she didn’t need, buying the cheapest and not caring where it came from etc) to growing pretty much all her own food (except meat and dairy), reusing and recycling, and being an extremely conscious consumer.  She lives in Melbourne on a 750m² suburban block.

She writes about her own sustainable living journey over at Bek’s Backyard, a popular gardening and lifestyle blog.

Bek Stiegler

Bek Stiegler

During the show we talk about how she went from a barren backyard to building a fruitful and abundant suburban food farm!  She loves fruit trees and eating fruit that is in season.  If there is a glut she preserves via dehydration or water bath.

Her passion and enthusiasm about growing her own food is clearly evident as you listen to the episode.  Please thank Bek for sharing her story and journey with us all.

Don’t forget that this show is financially supported by you, the listener, via our Patreon page.  If you believe the show adds value to the sustainable living community and you would like to support the show, please pledge your support at http://www.patreon.com/greeningofgavin.  Any pledge small or large is most welcome, as it keeps the show going and growing week by week.

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