Remember those old avocados you had to throw away last night? Yeah, the ones that were shipped here only to go bad and end up in your trash. They are now part of the 40% food waste that wasn’t supposed to exist in the first place. One and a Half vegan is talking food waste with Elle, chef and food rescuer at Resursrestaurangen. Tune in and educate yourself on food waste, why it is bad and how to reduce it. Rescue your food, rescue your planet! Find further info here: - About Folkkök and Majornas Samverkansförening: http://majsamverkan.se/folkkok/ - About Resursrestaurangen: http://www.resursrestaurangen.se/ Do you want to find the next Folkkök event on facebook? Then check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/events/306157456702344/?event_time_id=346243642... If you wish to get in touch with Elle or somebody else at Resursrestaurangen send an email to [email protected] Last, but not least, the list of references: - IPCC AR5 WG3 C.11: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/ipcc_wg3_ar5_chapter11.p... - FAO, Global food losses and food waste: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2697e.pdf - DW article: https://www.dw.com/cda/en/fighting-climate-change-by-tackling-food-waste... - European Parliament news: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20170505STO73528... - Climate Lab video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RlxySFrkIM

For our final episode of 2019 we come back to the studio to summarize our year of sustainability. This is a great episode for those who may be intimidated by all the lifestyle changes required to lead a fully sustainable life and provides a healthy way of thinking about how to improve gradually. Christmas is a time for acknowledgement and gratitude: Thanks to K103, Gothenburg student radio for giving us the chance to drive this show and to be introduced to the world of radio and podcasting. Thank you to all guests in this year’s episodes: Silviu, Elle, Jodie, Karin, Petra, Albin, and also to all those Gothenburgers that participated in our interview in the last episode. Thank you to all that have been interested enough to listen to any of our episodes and special gratitude to those who have been patient enough to follow us from the beginning of the year until now. Prepare your New Year’s resolutions, we are going to make 2020 more sustainable!

Christmas is coming. Unfortunately, not all traditions are innocent and a rising tide of year end consumerism is not sustainable. In this episode we head out to the city of Gothenburg asking people how they celebrate their holidays and If they have a sustainability mindset in their plans. What if this year instead of buying a gift you tried making it? Not everything has to be brand new - look into second hand alternatives. Instead of getting things that may not even be used, try buying a memorable experience. There are many ways to show love to your friends and family. 

Don’t buy a floorball stick just because you want to try out a new sport. Who knows? You might not do it again! So why wasting money and resources of the planet on buying something that you will never use? There’s a place called Fritidsbanken where you can borrow things for all kinds of indoors/outdoors activities for FREE. In today’s episode our second time guest Karin talks about Fritidsbanken and how it can help you save money and have some fun. She also explained what happened to Fixoteket. And don’t miss our change of the week segment! We discovered the hand dishwasher bar and dishwasher machine flakes from Malin i Ratan. They are produced in Sweden and they come wrapped in paper. Fritidsbanked facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/fritidsbanken/?ref=search&__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid... Fritidsbanken website: https://www.fritidsbanken.se Fritidsbanken locations: https://www.fritidsbanken.se/hitta-din-fritidsbank/ Follow One and a Half vegan now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_and_a_half_vegan/

Latest research on black holes reveals: “Your plastic bottle doesn’t simply disappear into a black hole just because you put it in a specially marked container before you walk away patting yourself on the back for being such a good boy” Listen to One and a Half vegan episode #3 "Life of a package” and learn about the lifespan of different packaging materials and what to do to greatly reduce your negative footprint today. If you want to get deeper into the information feel free to investigate these sources: -Materials for packaging in Swedish market: https://www.naturvardsverket.se/upload/sa-mar-miljon/mark/avfall/forpack... -Plastics for packaging, energy reduction by recycling plastics, facts on plastic water waste: http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=8952033&f... -Energy to produce 1kg of different materials: https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/what-is-the-embodied-energy-of-materials... -Waste decomposition time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uu4cBfjfA8 -Burning waste and detrimental health consequences: research by Paul Connett, PhD -Recycling facts: http://budker.berkeley.edu/PhysicsH190_2012/Hosseinzadeh%20Recycling_Ene... http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/impee/topics/RecyclePlastics/files/Recycling Plastic v3 PDF.pdf http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__MI__MI0307/MI03... Our recommendations for stores in Gothenburg to buy food without packaging: -Fram Ekolivs: https://framekolivs.se/ -BaraBraMat: https://www.barabramat.se -Mynta Eko: http://myntaeko.se/

Second episode out! This time in One and a Half vegan we are visited by a good friend, Silviu, and we talk about circular economy. Last weekend, Timi and Silviu visited cykelköket, that bicycle kitchen - a place where you can go get, fix, improve or otherwise pimp your bike. It was quite a rainy day for a bike ride, but some moisture can’t stop us! Find more info about the different cyckelköket in Gothenburg and elsewhere in Sweden on http://cykelkok.se/ Göteborg: -Centrum (Masthustorget) http://www.cykelkoket.org/sv/ -Gamlestan -Kålltorp -Norra Biskopsgården -Södra Biskopsgården Alingsås http://www.lagacykelnsjalv.se/ Uppsala https://beta.ucf.se/kabyssen Umeå (Umeås Cyckeljunta) http://cykeljuntan.nu/ Malmö https://cykelkoket.blogspot.com/ Lund https://bikekitchenlund.wordpress.com/ Jönköping http://cykelkoketjkpg.se/frontpage2/ Stockholm: -Solna http://cykelkoketsolna.se/ -Bagarmossen http://bagarmossenscykelkok.se/

In our first episode we're talking food and what it's like to have an efficient sustainable way of eating. You'll hear some tips on how to adjust your diet. We also break down some nutritional vegan myths. If you're a meat eater stay tuned for the "Change of the week" segment on how to reduce your environmental footprint without giving up meat right now!