Episode 5

Compostable Jeans and Ugly Food (the Good, the Bad and the Ugly)

Episode Summary: Compostable Jeans or Non-Compostable Jeans, do you know if the jeans you are wearing are compostable? In Ugly Food the question is asked: Why do we have to have vegetables that fit certain shape criteria when it is leading to food waste in a world where there is hunger. 

Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Imma Lopez and Olabanji Stephen, Jenn Swanson and Linda McLachlan.

Imma is from Cádiz in the South of Spain, living in Aberdeen, Scotland. Imma is a sommelier, a poet, a podcaster, a mother, a slow food advocate, and an animist activist.

Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria He’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

Linda McLachlan is based in Hamilton, Ontario. She is a professional Coach, a writer and a Podcaster.  Her podcast is The Arena, Living a Courageous Life.

Imma and Olabanji came together to discuss the problems of the fashion industry and how a compostable product has become a non-compostable product, but things are changing as the industry starts to respond to calls for change. 

Jenn and Linda came together to talk about the variety of shapes and sizes that food products come in and how people tend to choose more aesthetically pleasing food.  Ugly food is just as good but is being wasted, sometimes before it even reaches the supermarket shelves.

For more information on the project, and to pre-order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

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Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more on pages 116, 162 & 201 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 101 and 598

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

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