Houseplants & Sustainability 🌿
EPISODE #020
wtih FARMER NICK
🌿SHOW NOTES🌿
In this Episode of Among the Jungle Podcast we journey from NYC to LA with Nick Cutsumpas, also known as "Farmer Nick" to discover how the plant path has lead him down a path of sustainability and how plants inspire us to live a plant-based life in all aspects. From "The Big Flower Fight" on Netflix, to the co-creation of Essential Farmers, Nick inspires us to appreciate plants as an extension of nature, instead of viewing them as home decor or furniture.
Today we will learn:
1) Why plants and sustainability go hand in hand
2) Tips for bringing more sustainable practices into your home and garden
3) How to cultivate curiosity, patience and joy
🌿OUR GUEST
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Nick CUTSUMPAS
“Having plants was the stepping stone I needed to say: How can I reevaluate every little aspect of my life?“
“Nick is a “plantrepreneur” who is passionate about all things green. As a full-time plant coach and urban farmer, Nick’s mission is to give people the knowledge and confidence they need to create their own green spaces in the pursuit of regenerative environmental action. Nick has more than 60 clients in the NYC area and designs houseplant, landscape, and agriculture installations. He has been featured in the NY Times, Vogue, Business Insider, NY Post and the Netflix original series “The Big Flower Fight”. He is also the co-founder of the Essential Farmers Project”
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GREENHOUSE HANGOUT
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🌿RESOURCES🌿
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🌿Sustainable Brands we mentioned and love:
Mushroom Lamp Shade
Furniture Company
Precious Plastic
🌿BOTANICAL JARGON:
Sustainability- is the ability to exist constantly. In the 21st century, it refers generally to the capacity for the biosphere and human civilization to co-exist. It is also defined as the process of people maintaining change in a homeostasis balanced environment, in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations
Mycelium- is the vegetative part of a fungus or fungus-like bacterial colony, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae.
Companion Plants- in gardening and agriculture is the planting of different crops in proximity for any of a number of different reasons, including pest control, pollination, providing habitat for beneficial insects, maximizing use of space, and to otherwise increase crop productivity.
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Mahalo for listening and I hope this episode “INSPIRED YOUR WILD”!
Looking forward to where the journey takes us next!