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52: Building a Sustainable Kitchen — What Actually Matters with Naomi Hansen

June 23, 2026

Climate action begins at the kitchen table — and a more sustainable kitchen starts with knowing where to focus.In this episode of Sustainable in the Suburbs, Sarah talks with Naomi Hansen, author of Building a Sustainable Kitchen: A Practical Guide to Prioritizing the Planet from the Heart of Your Home, about what actually matters when it comes to food, waste, and climate action at home.Together, they explore why the kitchen is such a powerful place to begin, how food waste connects to bigger...

51: Can You Be Sustainable in the Suburbs?

June 09, 2026

Can you be sustainable in the suburbs? Well, yes and no.Suburban life can make sustainable living complicated — especially when communities are built around cars, convenience, private space, and consumption. But the suburbs are also where so many of us live, raise families, volunteer, vote, garden, organize, and build community.So what does climate action actually look like here?This episode looks at sustainable living in the suburbs beyond eco swaps and bigger purchases, and asks what become...

50: Practical(ly) Zero Waste with Elsbeth Callaghan

May 26, 2026

Back in 2020, I was a guest on the now inactive podcast Practical(ly) Zero Waste, hosted by Elsbeth Callaghan. At the time, my kids were little, the zero waste movement online was deep in its “trash jar” era, and many of us were trying to figure out what sustainable living looked like outside of perfectly curated Instagram squares.Six years later, a lot has changed.Kids are older, life looks different, and both of us have let go of a lot of the pressure and aesthetics that surrounded zero was...