Offsetting Carbon & Creating Social Change with Vita – Holly Hughes

11/24/19 • 74 min

In this episode I interview Holly Hughes from Vita Ireland, a charity focusing on climate justice and human rights at the same time. Their model is one many could learn from. Have a listen, rate, review & let me know what you think. If you'd like to support this podcast, check out my patreon! x

We chatted about:

Holly’s background before working with Vita.
Who Vita are & what they do.
What life is life for communities in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The importance of community led projects.
How carbon credits and offsetting carbon works.
How their investment programme works.
Making sure your offsets are accredited by Gold Standard.
How to support Vita: gift packages and impact fund.

Mentioned:

Goverment Climate Action Plan (intent to offset international air travel page 91).
Rat Kane in Reuzi.
Fionnuala Jones.
Sustainable Fashion Dublin.
Roz Purcell.
Keogh’s Crisps.
Irish Potatoe Coalition.
Dublin City Council.
Noms.

Follow Vita on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and follow Holly on her Instagram here.

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We chatted about:

Holly’s background before working with Vita.
Who Vita are & what they do.
What life is life for communities in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The importance of community led projects.
How carbon credits and offsetting carbon works.
How their investment programme works.
Making sure your offsets are accredited by Gold Standard.
How to support Vita: gift packages and impact fund.

Mentioned:

Goverment Climate Action Plan (intent to offset international air travel page 91).
Rat Kane in Reuzi.
Fionnuala Jones.
Sustainable Fashion Dublin.
Roz Purcell.
Keogh’s Crisps.
Irish Potatoe Coalition.
Dublin City Council.
Noms.

Follow Vita on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and follow Holly on her Instagram here.

www.bookofleavespodcast.com

Get bonus content on Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

Eco Christmas 2/2: Wrapping, Cards, Dinner & Markets

In Part 2 of our Eco Christmas episode, myself and Cate continue on to talk all things Christmassy. If you haven't already go back and give part 1 a listen! And don't forget to share this podcast with a friend or support it on patreon if you can. x

We continued on discussing:

Gift wrapping alternatives.
Christmas cards.
Dinner.
Pets for Christmas.
Mental Health.
Upcoming Markets.

Cards:

LoopLoop Crafts - Seeded Wildflower Cards.
Nadine Love Ink - Tree Free, Dublin made cards.

Dinner:

Keep This Cracker - reusable cracker available at The Conscious Christmas Store.
PlanetnSustie - compostable partyware.
Sova Vegan Butcher - 'Turkey' Roulade.
The Happy Pear - Veggie & Vegan recipes.
BOSH! - vegan recipes.
Tofurky - vegan roast available in most health food stores.
Moodley Manor - Irish company making plant based meat substitutes.

Check out www.bookofleavespodcast.com for our market spreadsheet & more info! x

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Next Episode

A Simple No Waste Life - Timi Nicholson

Episode 20 is a casual chat with Timi Nicholson, one of the early members of the inspirational Zero Waste Ireland Facebook Group and host of the day to day sustainable blog: Simple No Waste Life. In this episode we chat about:

A bit about who Timi is and how she fell into the sustainable way of living.
Home hacks - going without or making your own.
How Simple No Waste Life came about.
How Timi found the transition to cloth nappies (with the help of Cloth Nappy Library Ireland).
Sustainability in Hungary.
Climate Anxiety.

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