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Welcome to Practical(ly) Zero Waste, a podcast about making zero waste living as practical as possible. Each episode discusses straightforward practical changes we can make that add up to create a big difference environmentally. We explore different companies, products, habits and practises that make going zero waste easier. Everything we do on this earth has an impact, let's make it a positive one!If you've enjoyed any of these episodes and would like to hear more, don't forget to rate and review on Apple Podcasts, and like and subscribe on other platforms to support future content making!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Elspeth Callahan connects everyday environmental choices to family compromise, climate justice, and collective action with practical, encouraging interviews.
Practical(ly) Zero Waste turns environmental responsibility into a conversation about ordinary choices, shared limits, and collective power. Elspeth Callahan guides guest interviews with an encouraging curiosity, moving comfortably from family negotiations around packaged snacks…
A packaged school snack gets a pass; your climate conscience can stop treating it like a felony.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A practical family zero-waste conversation that favors small changes over perfection.
The conversation lands because it stays close to ordinary family life in California: school snacks, kids who are no longer little, and a parent who admits he resisted the shift at first.
A practical climate episode that keeps pushing listeners toward action.
Talk Climate To Me treats climate action as something people can actually do, not just something they are told to care about. Elspeth Callahan speaks with Anna Gordon, the engagement coordinator, and the episode lays out the Talk Climate To Me course, its link to Project…
Climate action that moves beyond the home into community.
Practically Zero Waste frames this episode around intersectional environmentalism, using Naomi Klein's On Fire to move the discussion past theory and into everyday action.
A clear look at the footprint behind online checkout.
This conversation treats online shopping as more than a convenience layer. It follows EcoCart's effort to reduce the carbon footprint of purchases and explains, in plain language, how its offsetting model works.
A zero waste conversation that leaves the shopping list behind and gets into justice, community, and action.
Polly Barks moves the conversation past the usual zero waste household checklist and into privilege, climate justice, and community activism. The strongest stretch is where those ideas turn into practical action and connect back to More Than a Plastic Bag.
Practical climate hope from women building solutions.
Environmental activism, thought through slowly, from the heart outward.
Local voices on marine parks, fire and a healing trail
Elizabeth Callahan sits down with Frederica Siren and James Harker, a zero-waste family in California.
Elspeth Callahan welcomes Anna Gordon to talk about the Talk Climate To Me course.
Teresa is back for the second part of the conversation.
Practically Zero Waste turns to EcoCart as a way to think about the carbon footprint of online shopping at the point of purchase.
The show sits down with Polly Barks for a conversation about taking zero waste living and climate action a step further.
The host interviews Anthony Lennon of the Peterborough Food Shop about local food sourcing, reducing food waste, and the benefits of eating seasonally.
The host introduces a summer rewind playlist focusing on food systems and sustainable agriculture, then begins an interview with a lifelong farmer about sustainable farming practices.