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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Christmas Series with your number one Christmas Goober,

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Speaker 1: Christmas Nerd, whatever you want to call it. I'm so

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Speaker 1: excited for this episode because it is the sustainable, eco

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Speaker 1: Friendly Gift Guide. So we've got enough time between now

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Speaker 1: and Chrissy to really think about our presies and also

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Speaker 1: making choices that look after the planet, because ultimately.

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Speaker 2: We do get to vote with our dollar.

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Speaker 1: So what I have done is I have researched and

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Speaker 1: product tested everything that I'm about to recommend for you

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Speaker 1: present wise, and I love them all and I've spoken

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Speaker 1: direct with the owners of every single company and we're

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Speaker 1: going to talk about today, so all of it is

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Speaker 1: tried and tested by yours truly. So if you listen

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Speaker 1: to something and you're like, hey, I heard you talk

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Speaker 1: about this on the pod this.

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Speaker 2: Morning, great, DM me.

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Speaker 1: If you've got any questions, I'll answer them for you

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Speaker 1: because I've honestly used all this stuff. So I'm excited

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Speaker 1: about this because every single company we talk about is local.

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Speaker 1: They're either We've got Melbourne here, Talkie two from Byron Bay,

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Speaker 1: another one from Victoria, one from Sydney. These companies are

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Speaker 1: all local, is what I'm getting at. So you're also

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Speaker 1: supporting small businesses, which has a huge ripple on effect,

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Speaker 1: and you're supporting the local economy as well.

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Speaker 2: So boom, this is so exciting. I love I have.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone's read their book Five Languages

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Speaker 1: of Love. That's what's called a thrilling anyway, minus to

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Speaker 1: gift gifts. So I prepped this episode so long ago

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Speaker 1: that I was like, I want to do episode one

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Speaker 1: the Christmas Gift Sustainable Gifting Guide, but I had to

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Speaker 1: make sure that I road tested everything beforehand. So this

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Speaker 1: is now officially road tested and coming to you. So first,

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Speaker 1: cab Off, the rank is Naskin. So you've sent me

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Speaker 1: talk about these pods before. They're one hundred percent Konjak

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Speaker 1: body and face pods. I've actually got some in front

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Speaker 1: of me. I've got props with me. I wish this

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Speaker 1: was filmed as well, because I've got my little props

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Speaker 1: in front of me. This is a Byron Bay company

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Speaker 1: and they're all about sustainable beauty swaps that feel as

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Speaker 1: lux as your favorite products. They're focused on low impact,

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Speaker 1: responsible and sustainable beauty. So their motto is one hundred

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Speaker 1: percent natural, sustainable and biodegradable, no nasties, no toxins, vegan

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Speaker 1: crawled free, so it ticks all the boxes. Basically, they

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Speaker 1: do these Konjack body pods and face pods, and there's

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Speaker 1: heaps different types. You've got like wild mint you've got

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Speaker 1: I love the activated charcoal. There's also at the moment,

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Speaker 1: I'm using a yu Zoo one on my body, I'm

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Speaker 1: using green Tea on my face, a Green Tea Konjack pod,

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Speaker 1: and they're amazing. So they're like a really gentle, gentle

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Speaker 1: exfoliant that have got zero microplastics, which is a big

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Speaker 1: problem with exfoliants in the conventional beauty world. This is

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Speaker 1: no no, this is one hundred percent bidegradable. It literally

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Speaker 1: just gets smaller and shrinks inside in size this Konjack,

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Speaker 1: and after six weeks you can get rid of it.

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure if there was anything, it literally disintegrates

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Speaker 1: into nothing. But I'm sure if you had anything left,

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Speaker 1: you'd probably just plant it back in the ground if

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Speaker 1: you wanted to. But mine just disintegrate. I love them.

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Speaker 1: Boss loves them. So they're good for boys and girls.

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Speaker 1: Local Byron Baby Company. They've also got scrunchies and sleep

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Speaker 1: masks that are one hundred percent sustainable. They're made from

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Speaker 1: organic bamboo, zero harmful chemicals, re Chrissy present. They've got

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Speaker 1: this really cool self care pack and you get a

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Speaker 1: scrunchy asleep mask, a wild Mint body pod, and wild

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Speaker 1: Mint face pod. So that's a really good if you

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Speaker 2: Care pack, or get one for yourself, That's what I'd

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm a huge, huge fan of these guys,

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Speaker 1: and my really good friend Bernada owns it. So I

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Speaker 1: am so excited that I can support all these people

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Speaker 1: that I love. So Nazskin great for the bod, great

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Speaker 1: for the face, great for the planet. Next up is

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Speaker 1: Indigo Luna. I've got someone right now. These are ethically

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Speaker 1: made yoga wear, swimwear and linen.

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Speaker 2: So these guys are all about slow fashion.

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Speaker 1: You've heard of the fast fashion which is totally unsustainable,

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Speaker 1: Whereas these guys they are the complete opposite. They are

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Speaker 1: the alternative to fast fashion. They use one hundred percent

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Speaker 1: plant dies. This is the bit that I love. Their

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Speaker 1: leggings and swimwear is made from discarded fishing nets and

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Speaker 2: How cool.

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Speaker 1: Even the cotton they use is what's called GOOT certified,

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Speaker 1: environmental standards and everybody's well looked after. I've also been

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Speaker 1: lucky enough to be and visit their headquarters. Boss and

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Speaker 1: I've both got matching trackie decks. I've got the bike shots,

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Speaker 1: I've got the Yogi pants. I'm a huge fan. They're

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Speaker 1: really lovely people. But these guys are eco friendly, sustainable,

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Speaker 1: comfy as anything Yogi where I live in it and

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Speaker 1: I can't speak highly enough. Really great Chrissy present for

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Speaker 1: you or for a bud, And yeah, you're looking after

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Speaker 1: a company that really cares about mother nature as well.

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Speaker 1: Next up, I actually got this in the mail. Right

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Speaker 1: So the company is called Botanical Goddess and it's all

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Speaker 1: made on the Mornington Peninsula, I'm pretty sure, just out

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Speaker 1: of Melbourne. And they're the most beautiful sage smudge smudge

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Speaker 1: sticks with candles. I think she calls them as Sage

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Speaker 1: Bundle they're so so so beautiful. They just they smell divine,

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Speaker 1: they look divine. They almost look too good to burn,

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Speaker 1: that's how good they are. If you're all listening to

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Speaker 1: this and going, huh, what's a smudge stick? Basically, it's

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Speaker 1: like a little bundle of usually a base of white sage,

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Speaker 1: and then this has got all kind of like native

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Speaker 1: a crystal as well, and you burn the top and

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Speaker 1: you use it to cleanse the energy around your space,

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Speaker 1: your area, yourself, and it also is said to evoke

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Speaker 1: positive new energy. So it's very hippi and woo woo,

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Speaker 1: and I love it. They also have so much other stuff.

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Speaker 1: don't want to say it wrong. But we have got here.

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Speaker 1: Let me get it up.

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Speaker 2: So I'm not mad, Legoat, you didn't speak into the

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Speaker 1: So we've got small batch organic tea to cleanse my body,

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Speaker 1: and it's made from organic botanicals of dandelion, rose, honey, bush,

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Speaker 1: fla seed, liquorice root, cinnamon, and clangular. I'll be having

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Speaker 1: that tonight. Bath dust so this is beautiful bath salts.

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Speaker 1: They're infused with crystals. Also, these are all infused with reiki,

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Speaker 1: which is really exciting. There's even an Ligne your sharp

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Speaker 1: akra oil as well a tuning oil for spiritual connection.

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Speaker 1: I've got candles in here. It is so gorgeous. It

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Speaker 1: smells beautiful the way that it's packaged. There's rose petals everywhere.

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Speaker 1: Such a great idea. I don't remember anyone remembers. I'm

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Speaker 1: a nineties child, so Spellbox was mega. This feels very

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Speaker 1: is the present for them. Also worth mentioning with the smudsticks.

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Speaker 1: Every ingredient is grown from seed, so that's how sustainable.

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Speaker 1: It is nurtured to plant, foraged and handmade and then

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Speaker 1: Also check them out, I mean, check all these guys

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Speaker 1: out on Insta, but especially with Botanical Goddess. She's got

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Speaker 1: little facts about that moon, and I love it. Also,

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty positive that if you're into whimsical Chrissy wreaths.

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Speaker 1: Wreaths betanying Goddess is going to be doing them as well.

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Speaker 1: Boom exciting. I feel like I must be talking really fast.

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Speaker 1: The next one is seed and Sprout. So I haven't

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Speaker 1: their stuff. They're a Byron Bay company. They actually have

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Speaker 1: heaps and heaps of things. You can see it all

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Speaker 1: guys because if you say you're putting on a Chrissy

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Speaker 1: lunch or a Chrissy feast, or you're entertaining, these guys

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Speaker 1: are all about unplasticking your Christmas. So they have an

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Speaker 1: unplastic rap. I'm pretty positive it's made from corn fiber.

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Speaker 1: have eco kitchen brush sets. If you're putting on a

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Speaker 1: I don't want to, you know, use all this kind

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Speaker 1: It doesn't feel the exact same as glad rap, but

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Speaker 1: their it's called unrap plastic. It's called unplastic wrapcuse it's

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Speaker 1: or you know, putting it on top of a left

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Speaker 1: And yeah, you can order online. So it's a really

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Speaker 1: because I know about you. I love getting books. I

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Speaker 1: think books are a great way to expand the mind.

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Speaker 1: They are fun to have on your bookshelf, and they

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Speaker 2: So I'm just going to grab the books.

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Speaker 1: The first one I'm going to mention is one that

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Speaker 1: I'm reading currently at the moment. It is called Green

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Speaker 1: Lights by Matthew McConaughey. If you don't know who Matthew

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Speaker 1: mcconnoey is, he's a wonderful actor that is probably most

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Speaker 1: You know, he's got that wonderful I think it's the

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Speaker 1: Texan accent. And his book is like a little memoir

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Speaker 1: getting stitches in his head from a vet. Like, he's

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Speaker 1: just got such funny stories. He's even he did an

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Speaker 1: and heartfelt read. So you know, if you're into kind

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Speaker 1: it's really empowering and it's actually it's throughout it. It's

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Speaker 1: got little handwritten notes that he's kept a journal of

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Speaker 1: like the last thirty five years or something. Incredible like that,

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Speaker 1: and he has just turned fifty, so it's kind of

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Speaker 1: and it's really cool. I'm obviously a huge Mathema Connaughey fan,

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Speaker 1: so I loved it and I'm loving it. But onto

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Speaker 1: the sustainable kind of like you know, messaging and theme

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Speaker 1: around this crissy list. You also know, I have a

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Speaker 1: wonderful friend called Natural Harry or Harriet Byrel. She's just

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Speaker 1: bought a book out called Home and it's all DIY

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