11: TIS is back for season two—chatting all about building a community, with some chaos of course.

Brennan & Maria catch up on life updates and talk all about Mango Season and their Oura Ring obsessions.

Get ready for an in-depth conversation about:

- The overlap of building a community & sustainability

- How to make friends as adults

- Buy Nothing Groups & Coworking Spaces

- The Death of Third Places

⁠Connect with us⁠⁠

Shoutout to this episode's sponsor, Everly, who makes sustainable candle refill kits—Maria & Brennan are big fans and hope you are too! Use the code SPIRALS10 to save on your purchase.

Maria loves the Primavera Vessel & Magia scents 🕯️

10: Join Maria & Brennan for their last episode until the summer, chatting all about approaches to sustainable fashion.

We chat all about thrifting, fast fashion, clothing made to fit all stages of life, clothing swaps, online secondhand shopping and more!

That's a wrap on season one! Let us know what you loved and didn't love for season one, and what you want to see from us in season two. Send us a DM on Instagram and get in touch!

Connect with us⁠

9: We have some life updates, some general earth month commentary, and chat about how to spot greenwashing.

We also talk about:

- Amazon's Second Chance program

- Sourdough bread & discard pizzas

- Maria's recent project

- Gram update 😻

-Why we're called Talking In Spirals

Connect with us

8: How we practice imperfect environmentalism in our day to day lives.

We talk about:

- Maria's easy sourdough bread recipe

- breaking a no buy year buying a kindle

- things we do and don't do as imperfect environmentalists

Connect with us: linktr.ee/TalkingInSpirals

7: All about budgeting, resets, Brennan's "When Did I Last" list, and more shenanigans. Oh yeah, and climate change.

We talk about:

- climate change impacts we personally experience in New York and Florida

- this year's lack of snow, last summer's heat wave

- how we deal with climate anxiety as environmentalists

Connect with us: linktr.ee/TalkingInSpirals

6: In this episode we chat all about homemade kitchen restocks, why we do them, how we do them, and the transition to an ingredient-based household. We also get deep, discussing our relationships with food and diet culture.

This episode is sponsored by The Blue Bag! Use the promo code: 101E2Q36 to take 10% off for Talking in Spirals listeners.

https://www.amazon.com/stores/TheBlueBag/page/235A0A76-AF1A-44F9-841D-8D5371F6481B?ref_=ast_bln

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talking.in.spirals

5: Sustainability Q&A: In this episode, we answer frequently asked questions about sustainability topics and answer questions from our audience.

We talk about:

- How to travel more sustainably

- Living with others who are not as sustainable

- Reusable toilet paper, aka family cloth

- Being a perfect environmentalist

Visit our Instagram to enter our giveaway with Everly Candles!

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talking.in.spirals

Follow Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/brennankai/

Follow Maria: https://www.instagram.com/livingplanetfriendly/

4: In this episode, we chat all about deinfluencing, a viral trend of influencers sharing items you shouldn't buy for various reasons.

We touch on:

- Maria, an environmentalist with a Stanley cup

- Deinfluencing & minimalism

- Brennan's criteria for buying material items guideline

- How a No Buy or Low Buy Year can help

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talking.in.spirals

Follow Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/brennankai/

Follow Maria: https://www.instagram.com/livingplanetfriendly/