Nick’s cousin Emil with Katie being creative in their car-free living.
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On this episode we give practical advice on living car-free, including:
- Think of alternative transport options when you’re choosing where to live.
- If possible you can choose to rent a furnished place to avoid having to move big items.
- Wheels are your friend: use trolleys, bags with wheels etc to carry bulky/heavy stuff.
- Use delivery services to buy in bulk (only occasionally or that will have a high environmental impact!). We do online orders through sites like Who Gives a Crap for toilet paper and Veganpet for vegan dog food.
- Use a car share like Car Next Door for the rare times you do need access (not ownership) to a car.
We also discuss shitty Mercedes-Benz ads, Adam Ruins Cars and some recent stories from Media Watch.
We finish the episode by covering the Grattan Institute report on housing affordability in Australia, high rise apartments and population.
This episode is brought to you by Jason P – thanks a lot to Jason for donating to our Crowdfunding campaign!
Clips:
David Rovics ‘I’m a better anarchist than you’, Behind the Song: Lowkey discussing ‘Ahmed’, Bushwalla ‘Gangsta’.
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