Guido Verbist's guest appearances

Guido Verbist

The Tortoise with Brooke McAlary

Gutsy Matters

Erin Rhoads

Tsh Oxenreider

Beth Kempton

Gretchen Rubin

Jocelyn Glei

Mary Beth LaRue

Paul Jarvis

Joshua Becker

Anthony Ongaro

Joshua Fields Millburn

Courtney Carver

Sheri Salata

Katy Bowman

Sarah Wilson

Erin Loechner

OwlTail

How often to do you hear people say that things don’t last as long as they used to ……or that they bought an item that stopped working not long after purchasing it! The War on Waste states that over 85% of furniture we put on the curb isn’t recycled and is instead sent to landfill. We have become a throw-away society.Did you know that there is 540kg of household waste produced in Australia, per person each year? That is more than 10kg for every single person, every single week. Every year the waste we generate is growing at twice the rate of our population!We need to change our attitudes and behaviour when it comes to waste.An organisation that is doing just that is the Bower Reuse &amp; Repair Centre based in Sydney, NSW. Bower is an environmental charity committed to reducing landfill. They have pioneered programs to reduce the amount of waste by reclaiming household items for reuse, repair and resale and by encouraging communities to engage in repurposing of preloved goods.They have been playing a vital role for more than 20 years fostering a culture of sustainability and in this Gutsy Matters episode we chat to Bower Reuse &amp; Repair Centre’s general manager, Guido Verbist.To obtain the show notes with more information and links from this episode, and others, visit www.storednaturally.com/GutsyMattersPodcast. Find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/storednaturally/ and on IG @storednaturally

How often to do you hear people say that things don’t last as long as they used to ……or that they bought an item that stopped working not long after purchasing it! The War on Waste states that over 85% of furniture we put on the curb isn’t recycled and is instead sent to landfill. We have become a throw-away society.Did you know that there is 540kg of household waste produced in Australia, per person each year? That is more than 10kg for every single person, every single week. Every year the waste we generate is growing at twice the rate of our population!We need to change our attitudes and behaviour when it comes to <a href="http://waste.An" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">waste.An</a> organisation that is doing just that is the Bower Reuse &amp; Repair Centre based in Sydney, NSW. Bower is an environmental charity committed to reducing landfill. They have pioneered programs to reduce the amount of waste by reclaiming household items for reuse, repair and resale and by encouraging communities to engage in repurposing of preloved goods.They have been playing a vital role for more than 20 years fostering a culture of sustainability and in this Gutsy Matters episode we chat to Bower Reuse &amp; Repair Centre’s general manager, Guido <a href="http://Verbist.To" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verbist.To</a> obtain the show notes with more information and links from this episode, and others, visit <a href="http://www.storednaturally.com/GutsyMattersPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.storednaturally.com/GutsyMattersPodcast</a>. Find us on FB <a href="https://www.facebook.com/storednaturally/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/storednaturally/</a> and on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storednaturally/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@storednaturally</a>

Repairing, recycling and ....building tiny houses with Guido Verbist

Today’s guest is Guido Verbist from The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre, and he is on a mission to make buying second hand normal. If you watched War on Waste, the recent series on the ABC, you may have met Guido already. He’s the Co-op Manager of The Bower, and he’s been doing a huge amount of work over the past few years to reframe the way we think about second hand stuff, as well as empowering each of us to take control of repairing the things we do own. Brooke sat down to chat with Guido in the workshop room of The Bower’s new Reuse and Repair Centre in Parramatta, and they got to talking about convenience, the stigma of buying pre-owned things, and the lost art of repair. The Bower aims to help minimise the amount of stuff going to landfill (and to date have stopped more than 1.3 million kilograms of stuff from ending up in the ground) and they do this by:  reselling unwanted goods to people who need them fixing items and reselling them to people who need them testing and tagging unwanted electrical items and reselling to people who need them teaching people how to repair their own belongings at regular repair cafes and various workshops working with local councils and encouraging residents to use their services working with refugee and domestic violence services to help those in need establish a new home  This is an organisation making a huge difference across Sydney, and Guido talks openly and honestly about the benefits and challenges of being at the forefront of the reuse and repair movement in Australia, as well as his advice for people who want to set up similar services in their local community. Head over to http://www.slowyourhome.com/191 for the full blog post and links to resources mentioned in today’s episode. Enjoy! ==== If you're enjoying the show and want to know how to best support it, leave a rating or a review in iTunes or head over to the Patreon page to help support the show financially and join in on our live monthly video calls. And thanks so much for listening! ====Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s guest is Guido Verbist from The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre, and he is on a mission to make buying second hand normal. If you watched War on Waste, the recent series on the ABC, you may have met Guido already. He’s the Co-op Manager of The Bower, and he’s been doing a huge amount of work over the past few years to reframe the way we think about second hand stuff, as well as empowering each of us to take control of repairing the things we do own. Brooke sat down to chat with Guido in the workshop room of The Bower’s new Reuse and Repair Centre in Parramatta, and they got to talking about convenience, the stigma of buying pre-owned things, and the lost art of repair. The Bower aims to help minimise the amount of stuff going to landfill (and to date have stopped more than 1.3 million kilograms of stuff from ending up in the ground) and they do this by: <ul> <li>reselling unwanted goods to people who need them</li> <li>fixing items and reselling them to people who need them</li> <li>testing and tagging unwanted electrical items and reselling to people who need them</li> <li>teaching people how to repair their own belongings at regular repair cafes and various workshops</li> <li>working with local councils and encouraging residents to use their services</li> <li>working with refugee and domestic violence services to help those in need establish a new home</li> </ul> This is an organisation making a huge difference across Sydney, and Guido talks openly and honestly about the benefits and challenges of being at the forefront of the reuse and repair movement in Australia, as well as his advice for people who want to set up similar services in their local community. Head over to <a href="http://www.slowyourhome.com/191" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.slowyourhome.com/191</a> for the full blog post and links to resources mentioned in today’s episode. Enjoy! ==== If you're enjoying the show and want to know how to best support it, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/slow-home-podcast-brooke-mcalary/id985005895?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leave a rating or a review in iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.patreon.com/slow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">head over to the Patreon page</a> to help support the show financially and join in on our live monthly video calls. And thanks so much for listening! ====<a href="https://brookemcalary.substack.com/" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Join The Tortoise Community: https://brookemcalary.substack.com/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Make second hand normal with Guido Verbist of The Bower