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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast

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Speaker 1: from News Talks at BE.

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Speaker 2: Sustainability expert Kate Hall is here with us this morning,

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Speaker 2: so she's looking at sustainable spring Habitskelder Kate, Good morning, Jack,

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Speaker 2: Sustainable spring activities. Spring has sprung. At that time of year,

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Speaker 2: we all try to reset and I try and have

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Speaker 2: some slightly better habits maybe as we go into the

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Speaker 2: warmer weather. So you've got a whole series for us

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Speaker 2: this morning. Let's start off with things that you can

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Speaker 2: do in the garden, and you reckon, it's a great

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Speaker 2: time to start planting and swapping.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, planting and stopping because I think, like

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Speaker 3: I do things with neighbors. If you grow kind of

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Speaker 3: one crop that works really well in your property, you

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Speaker 3: can stop with I stop with my dad, or we

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Speaker 3: stopped seedling, stop produce. I think springs it feel like

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Speaker 3: a good refresh time. Even if you don't, you know,

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Speaker 3: haven't had a garden, maybe consider even just planting a

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Speaker 3: few things like some salad greens or tomatoes. I've got

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Speaker 3: tomatoes and basil and pippers on growing at the moment,

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Speaker 3: little seasonings. But as you try that, even just in pots.

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Speaker 3: You know, if you have a small space, plant them

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Speaker 3: in pots and start, yeah, seeing what you can swop

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Speaker 3: with neighbors and what you can grow in your own space.

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Speaker 2: So have you got your basil going already?

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Speaker 3: Yes, yep, I've got to said that, grow really really well.

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Speaker 2: Oh that's good.

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Speaker 3: See.

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Speaker 2: I usually wait until like the latter half of October

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Speaker 2: maybe starting a vimbit to get in the basil. And

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Speaker 2: but you're putting me to shame. Maybe I need to.

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Speaker 3: I haven't put them in the ground yet.

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Speaker 2: Really, Yeah, that's pretty brave. Yeah, yeah, okay, that's good.

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Speaker 2: The it is given, I don't want to say it's

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Speaker 2: like totally dry, but given the weather is supposedly starting

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Speaker 2: to improve at the very least the sun has a

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Speaker 2: bit of bite, it is a great time to start

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Speaker 2: hanging out your washing.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, I think people can get into quite become

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Speaker 3: quite reliant on the dry. But now it's a good

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Speaker 3: time to think. Actually, no, there are some you know,

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Speaker 3: drier days, and just there are some windy days which

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Speaker 3: can actually be really great at drying things too. So

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Speaker 3: just looking at your kind of habits that you've fallen

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Speaker 3: into with drying things and you know, turning heat pumps

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Speaker 3: on and stuff like that, and thinking, actually, now I

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Speaker 3: can slowly transition out of using those quite energy intensive machines.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good time of year for a spring clean,

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Speaker 2: and if you're spring cleaning, you shouldn't necessarily be checking

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Speaker 2: everything out.

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Speaker 3: No, absolutely nuts, no spring clean responsibly. So if you

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Speaker 3: are donating things, make sure they're clean and repaired. Make

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Speaker 3: sure it's cities and all too. I think a lot

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Speaker 3: of oup shops they don't have heaps of space, and

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Speaker 3: so donating things now they're good for summer, you know,

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Speaker 3: not donating kind of your winter woollies, hold on to

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Speaker 3: those and donate them in the future, like before winter

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Speaker 3: next year. So just being like not treating up shops

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Speaker 3: like a dumping ground or like another landfill site, because

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Speaker 3: I think people just you know, drop and run and

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Speaker 3: kind of hope that people did the ark shops want

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Speaker 3: that stuff, but reading that they often have like a

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Speaker 3: blackboard out the front with things that they will take.

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Speaker 3: So just being really responsible with that when you donate.

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Speaker 2: I think that's that's a great point. So this time

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Speaker 2: of year is for the first time in about five months,

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Speaker 2: a time when my local park doesn't have these massive

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Speaker 2: puddles right in the middle of it, and like that,

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Speaker 2: right in the middle of the walkways and everyone likes

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Speaker 2: to go. Yeah, which means it's a great time for

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Speaker 2: a picnic.

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Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, I think you know, we've all had our

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Speaker 3: Netflix binge watching movies and the depths of winter and

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Speaker 3: so yeah, grab a picnic, rug, make some homemade snacks

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Speaker 3: and jazz and containers. I think that's a really fun

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Speaker 3: spring activity to remind ourselves that we can get out

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Speaker 3: and about again and start that now.

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Speaker 2: If you're doing your composting and you've been holding off

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Speaker 2: the outdoor composting, now is the perfect time.

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Speaker 3: And winter even that walk to the compost it can

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Speaker 3: be quite daunting and muddy. So just I think springs

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Speaker 3: just a great time to refresh our sustainable hacks and activities.

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Speaker 3: So setting your compast, you know, maybe giving it a

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Speaker 3: good turn, adding some good you know, leaves and cardboard,

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Speaker 3: and just starting that system again. You may need to

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Speaker 3: refresh your composting sign for you're running your house to

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Speaker 3: know how to compost throughout spring and summer.

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Speaker 2: It's also a good time to get on your bike

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Speaker 2: if you haven't been over winter, and to try and

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Speaker 2: reset the old transport habits.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, I mean there's some troopers, so I see

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Speaker 3: out the raincoats and all sorts of my friends. Bella

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Speaker 3: has been amazing at continuing to not have a car

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Speaker 3: actually all winter and walking and biking. But I think

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Speaker 3: for those who it just wasn't possible over winter starting

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Speaker 3: to yeah, get the bike out, you know, take the

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Speaker 3: bike to the bike shop and given a you know,

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Speaker 3: a waft as it were, and get your rain coats,

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Speaker 3: hang them up, but maybe take them just in case

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Speaker 3: the spring can be quite wet. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Nice.

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Speaker 2: And last but not least, on your tips for getting

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Speaker 2: organized the spring and getting more sustainable the spring. Local volunteering,

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Speaker 2: so it's not just a spring clean at home, but

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Speaker 2: maybe a spring clean in your community. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think it's another thing to get out and about

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Speaker 3: to do beach clean apps. They can be volunteer like

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Speaker 3: planting days at local gardens, which is a great way

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Speaker 3: to actually learn tips to implement in your own garden too.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, another spring activity as well as the eco

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Speaker 3: picnics love it.

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Speaker 2: Hey, thank you so much, Kate. Great tips. As always,

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Speaker 2: we're going to make sure your sustainable springtime tips are

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Speaker 2: on the news. Talks he'd be website. You can find

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Speaker 2: Kate of course, on the social media platforms by searching

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Speaker 2: ethically Kate and we will see you again soon.

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