Leaf Blowers Are Mindblowing (not in a good way)

CarbonSessions

Episode Summary: How leaf blowers are a problem for the environment.

Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson and Imma Lopez.

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves. Imma is from Cádiz in the South of Spain, living in Aberdeen, Scotland. Imma is a sommelier, a poet, a podcaster, a mother, a slow food advocate, and an animist activist.

Having contributed to many areas of the Carbon Almanac, Jenn and Imma came together to discuss a number of different environmental issues.

In this episode, the problem with one piece of garden machinery is discussed: the leaf blower. The pollution from gasoline and noise, as well as the alternatives, are covered. How communities can help each other provide different solutions to clearing up, or even making use of, the leaves which fall from our trees.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.