Climate Changers

Climate Changers

By: Ryan Flahive

Language: en

Categories: Science, Nature, Technology, Earth

Climate Changers features interviews with remarkable entrepreneurs, scientists, activists, educators and other leaders who are taking initiative as we face a growing climate crisis. Climate Changers is for people who are tired of feeling helpless and want to hear real stories from thoughtful and effective leaders who are on the front lines of building the products and coalitions that will create change The future is worth fighting for, so join me in this weekly celebration of the heroes who are working to create a new and sustainable resource and energy economy.

Episodes

Eat More Trees with Louis De Jaeger
Nov 03, 2025

How does your dinner table connect to climate change, corporate giants, and the future of life on Earth? Landscape designer and award-winning filmmaker Louis De Jaeger isn't afraid to ask the hard questions. Drawing from his work as an author and international speaker, Louis pulls back the curtain on the fight to save our soils. Follow Louis as he travels the globe, consulting top experts and challenging the status quo to find out what kind of food system truly benefits everyone. Tune in to transform your understanding of what you eat and how it shapes our world.

Duration: 00:25:31
Regenerate the Next Acre with Anthony Myint
Aug 08, 2025

Anthony Myint, a celebrated chef and restaurateur, is best known for his work as the co-founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization Zero Foodprint (ZFP). His innovative approach to climate activism through the food industry earned him two prestigious James Beard Awards. Zero Foodprint is a nonprofit that mobilizes the food and beverage industry to address climate change. It operates on a "Table to Farm" model, where participating restaurants add a small, opt-out surcharge to customer bills. ZFP then aggregates these funds and distributes them as grants to local farmers and ranchers. These grants help farmers implement regenerative agricultural...

Duration: 00:16:29
Regenerating Earth with Kelsey Timmerman
Jul 25, 2025

Growing up in rural Indiana, author Kelsey Timmerman saw the toll of industrial agriculture firsthand. Think polluted ponds, air thick with manure — a system that's disconnected us from our food, our land, and each other. But Kelsey, a farmer's grandson, believes it doesn't have to be this way. In this podcast, we're diving into Kelsey's global journey, inspired by his book, Regenerating Earth. He's traveled the world — from Hawaiian kalo patches and the Amazon rainforest to the fields of Kenya with Maasai warriors and innovative American farms — to find people who are turning agriculture into a powerful solution. Join us as we...

Duration: 00:28:08
Drawdown with Jon Foley
May 06, 2025

Join us for a powerful conversation with Dr. Jonathan Foley, a scientist whose work is shaping the future of our planet. We discuss his impactful research on climate change, food security, and global sustainability, and how his insights are translated into real-world solutions. Learn from a leading voice who advises governments and organizations worldwide and has dedicated his career to understanding and protecting our natural world. Get ready to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges we face and the hopeful possibilities for a sustainable future.

Duration: 00:22:33
Reforestation through Design with MasayaCo
Apr 30, 2025

How can a simple idea blossom into a movement that plants over a million trees and reshapes an entire industry? Join us as we delve into the inspiring story of MasayaCo, a global brand proving that beautiful furniture and a thriving planet can go hand in hand. Discover how their innovative "reforestation through design" philosophy tackles deforestation at its root, not by pointing fingers, but by creating economic opportunities through sustainable forestry in developing nations. We'll explore their unique whole-tree approach, minimizing waste and crafting timeless, handcrafted pieces from the very forests they cultivate. Learn how MasayaCo is not just...

Duration: 00:28:26
Green Buildings with Robert Politzer
Feb 04, 2025

Robert Politzer, Founder and CEO of GreenStreet Global, joins us to discuss navigating the complexities of green building and energy efficiency. He shares his expertise on reducing operating expenses and increasing net operating income for commercial real estate, with a focus on decarbonization regulations like NYC Local Law 97. Robert, NYC's first green building contractor, brings decades of experience in clean energy and smart building projects to the conversation.

Duration: 00:21:05
From Beach Toys to Bioplastics with Kate Reiman
Jan 25, 2025

In this episode, we dive into the innovative world of sustainable toys with Kate Reiman, founder and CEO of RogueWave Toys. Kate shares her journey of transforming beach toys from environmental hazards to eco-friendly alternatives through plant-based materials and compostable design. Learn how RogueWave Toys is tackling plastic pollution, the challenges of sustainable manufacturing, and the future of eco-conscious play. Kate offers valuable insights for entrepreneurs in the sustainability space and discusses emerging trends in sustainable materials. A must-listen for anyone interested in environmental innovation and the future of sustainable consumer products.

Duration: 00:17:33
Zero Waste with Sarah Currie-Halpern
Jan 17, 2025

In this episode, we speak with Sarah Currie-Halpern from Think Zero LLC. Sarah and her team help businesses transform waste into valuable resources, exceeding environmental regulations and driving the circular economy. We'll discuss the challenges of waste management, the importance of strategic planning and implementation, and how Sarah's expertise as a TRUE Zero Waste Advisor guides their work towards a more sustainable future.

Duration: 00:16:59
Work on Climate with Eugene Kirpichov
Jan 10, 2025

Eugene Kirpichov left his job at Google to focus on climate solutions and co-founded Work on Climate, a community for people who want to transition into climate jobs. The community offers resources, events, and job listings to help people find work in climate tech, clean energy, and other sustainability-focused fields. Work on Climate aims to make climate jobs more mainstream and connect employers with skilled professionals who are passionate about solving climate change.

Duration: 00:24:32
What's Next for Clean Energy in America with Andrew Reagan
Dec 19, 2024

Clean Energy for America (CE4A) is a leading network of business leaders, workers, and advocates driven by a common goal: decarbonize our economy and protect our planet. We’re committed to clean energy action by engaging and catalyzing our base, advocating on behalf of the industry, holding elected officials accountable, and amplifying worker stories.

Duration: 00:21:02
Browngirl Green with Kristy Drutman
Nov 22, 2024

Kristy Drutman, otherwise known as “Browngirl Green” is a speaker, consultant, media producer, and environmental educator passionate about working at the intersections between media, diversity, and environmentalism. As a young entrepreneur, Kristy has educated hundreds of thousands of people across the globe about modern-day environmental issues through speeches and media content as well as facilitates workshops centered around environmental media and storytelling in cities across the United States. Kristy is also the Co-Founder of the Green Jobs Board, a climate tech start-up bridging the equity and inclusion gap within the green economy through conversations, resources, and pathways to bring more dive...

Duration: 00:13:27
Terrible Beauty with Auden Shendler
Nov 13, 2024

Walden (1854) defined American environmentalism. A Sand County Almanac (1949) reinvented the field of conservation. Silent Spring (1962) alerted the world to persistent environmental toxins. The Ecology of Commerce (1994) offered a new vision for sustainable economies. Into this lineage, and at the eleventh hour of global environmental struggle, comes TERRIBLE BEAUTY: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering Our Soul, an expose on the failure of modern environmental movement and a roadmap for a new environmentalism in a world headed towards catastrophe. But TERRIBLE BEAUTY is less a climate polemic or environmental history and more a love letter to the world, an homage to...

Duration: 00:21:04
Patchwork with Purpose with Carly Peters
Nov 05, 2024

Join Carly Peters, the visionary founder of Patchwork with Purpose. Discover how this inspiring organization is empowering young people to take action on climate change. Learn about their innovative approach to environmental sustainability that not only benefits the planet but also strengthens local communities. Tune in to hear about the passion and dedication driving this youth-led movement.

Duration: 00:11:25
Hip-Hop and Climate Justice with Aniya Butler
Nov 02, 2024

Aniya Butler is a 18 year old spoken word poet, published author, and youth organizer with Youth Vs. Apocalypse (YVA) from Oakland, California. Within YVA, she leads the Hip Hop & Climate Justice Team, writing workshops, and organizes community events that mobilizes youth throughout the Bay Area to learn creative writing skills and use their creative writing skills to target power holders and demand action. Through her poetry and organizing, she demands immediate and radical action to dismantle the foundational systems of oppression that are responsible for the climate crisis. Aniya believes through unity, resistance, and creativity we can rebuild a world...

Duration: 00:12:50
The Climate Career Kit with Aishani Garg
Oct 31, 2024

Aishani Garg is a senior in high school and the co-chair of environmental youth organization BAYCS. She is passionate about youth organizing and bringing people together to fight for a common cause. Aishani is also the host of an environmental career podcast and launched a green career curriculum at her school, and hopes to encourage more high school students to pursue green careers after college. Listen to her podcast here: https://www.theclimatecareerkit.com

Duration: 00:12:03
Youth Climate Leadership with Cherish Lodico
Oct 29, 2024

Cherish Lodico is a 17 year old Climate and Social Justice activist from Quezon City, Philippines and Daly City, California. She is a proud environmental leader in her high school's environmental action club, where she tackles multiple projects locally such as promoting a climate petition to pass a school board policy, a thrift store on campus, a local native plant garden, and more. Outside of school, she serves her Filipino-American migrant community with GABRIELA Daly City -- a Filipina women's organization fighting for national democracy in the Philippines and the fights for the rights and welfare of all women and children...

Duration: 00:18:03
Mycelium Engineered Living Materials with Avery Roslansky
Oct 24, 2024

Avery Roslansky is a climate activist from San Francisco, California, studying architecture at UC Berkeley. Her work in climate activism ranges from public policy to aquatic insect research, and she's enthusiastic about doing whatever she can to stop the crisis. Currently, she is working on building mycelium-engineered living materials to replace conventional building materials that are harmful to the environment. When she's not working on school or research, she loves to hike, play guitar, or visit the beach.

Duration: 00:10:49
Conscious Business with Miki Agrawal
Oct 22, 2024

Miki Agrawal, a renowned entrepreneur and social activist, joins us to discuss her journey of challenging societal norms and revolutionizing industries. Known for her bold and provocative approach, Miki has successfully launched companies that tackle taboos head-on, such as feminine hygiene, poop, and diapers. In this episode, Miki shares her insights on: - Breaking barriers: How she has challenged societal taboos and stigma surrounding personal care products. - Building successful businesses: The lessons she has learned through her entrepreneurial ventures. - Social impact: Her commitment to creating products that improve people's lives and contribute to a better world. Join us...

Duration: 00:14:06
Party to the Polls with Radha Agrawal
Oct 12, 2024

Radha Agrawal is an entrepreneurial force. She is the co-Founder, CEO and Chief Community Architect of Daybreaker, the global morning dance, music and wellness movement in five continents with a community of almost half a million people around the globe. She co-founded, sold and invested in multiple nine-figure businesses in the wellness space including THINX underwear, is a best-selling author, speaker, DJ, inventor, and investor in mostly female-owned businesses. She and her Daybreaker team spent the first 3 months of 2020 touring with Oprah and WW on a 9-arena sold-out tour where Radha opened every stop of the tour and led 155,000 people...

Duration: 00:17:18
A Food Lover's Guide to Climate Chaos with Mark Easter
Oct 02, 2024

The Blue Plate: A Food Lover's Guide to Climate Chaos is the latest book by ecologist Mark J. Easter. Did you know more than a quarter of the dangerous climate-heating greenhouse gas emissions produced around the world today come from the simple steps of growing, catching, processing, transporting and cooking food—and then dealing with leftovers? This alarming statistic motivated Easter to dramatically change what and how he and his family eat. Easter researches the carbon footprint of food as part of a CSU team of “greenhouse gas accountants” whose mission is to understand how greenhouse gases move into and out of...

Duration: 00:24:57
Building Wildfire Resilience with Allison Wolff
Sep 13, 2024

Allison Wolff is CEO of Vibrant Planet PBC which builds platforms that help build community and landscape resilience in the face of climate change and wildfire. After building the Netflix brand and digital experience, Allison advised corporate and nonprofit leadership teams on vision, strategy, and social and environmental innovation. Clients include Google, eBay, Facebook, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Omidyar Network, Patagonia, Nike, HP, Drawdown, Conservation International, and GlobalGiving. She is now leveraging her experience and network to develop solutions for forest and landscape resilience and carbon drawdown.

Duration: 00:32:30
Urban Farming and Food Justice with Owen Lynch
May 17, 2024

Duration: 00:45:34
Growing Green Careers with Daniel Goldsmith
May 10, 2024

Daniel Goldsmith is Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Julius, a company that is on a mission to address the talent needs of the energy transition by providing inclusive solutions - powered by AI and data - to start and grow green careers.

Duration: 00:14:18
Energy as a Service with Bob Hinkle
Apr 26, 2024

"The cheapest and most efficient kW of electricity is the one you don't use." -Bob Hinkle Bob established Metrus in 2009 and created the Efficiency Services Agreement (ESA) and Sustainable Energy Services Agreement (SESA) that are the contractual backbone of financing large-scale energy efficiency retrofit and renewable energy projects. Bob helped develop and grow the Energy as a Service market which is currently a $5.4 billion industry. He has developed and implemented over $500 million of large-scale energy efficiency projects and clean energy investment programs in the U.S. and in emerging global markets for utilities, major energy end-users, government agencies, export credit...

Duration: 00:23:32
Nature Related Financial Risks with Raviv Turner
Mar 19, 2024

Raviv Turner is a serial big data and AI entrepreneur and the founding member of the Nature Tech Collective, a non-profit coalition of nature tech companies covering satellite imaging, drones, IoT, LIDAR, eDNA, bio-acoustics and other tech that helps financial institutions and corporations measure, report and verify their nature-related impact claims and disclosures, to fight greenwashing and accelerate investment in nature-based solutions. Raviv also sits on the TNFD (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures) nature data working group. He speaks on the topics of biodiversity ESG, natural capital, spatial finance, and digital MRV.

Duration: 00:28:28
Charity Water with Hannah Bellamy
Mar 05, 2024

Hannah Bellamy is Managing Director of charity: water, a nonprofit organization bringing clean and safe water to people around the world.

Duration: 00:17:32
Reflections on COP 28 with Andrea Zanon
Feb 10, 2024

Duration: 00:22:59
Patagonia's Purpose-Driven Philosophy with Vincent Stanley
Nov 30, 2023

Recently named one of “Time 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023,” Patagonia has been widely regarded over the years for its ground-breaking environmental and social practices. The company that pioneered corporate responsibility is now in its 50th year and has plans to thrive responsibly for another fifty. The Future of the Responsible Company: What We’ve Learned from Patagonia’s First 50 Years reveals how businesses and nonprofits can (and should) prioritize purpose over profit to restore and protect our home planet. Written by Vincent Stanley, Patagonia's Director of Philosophy (also one of the company's original employees), with Yvon Chouinard, founder and former owner of...

Duration: 00:19:47
Rewiring America with Steve Pantano
Nov 21, 2023

Steve Pantano is the Head of Market Transformation at Rewiring America, where he leads efforts to build and share comprehensive working knowledge of how to replace more than one billion fossil fuel devices with clean electric alternatives. For the past fifteen years Steve worked with CLASP and ICF International to develop policy, market development programs, research, and technical analysis aimed at maximizing the climate benefits that can be achieved with energy efficient appliances and equipment. He spent years before that tinkering with and testing everything from Hydrogen fuel cells to Space Shuttle hardware. He has a Master of Business...

Duration: 00:19:34
Climate Proof Your Home with Jo Petroni
Nov 16, 2023

Jo is an architect specialized in green home design and passive solar strategies. That means, the things you can do to your house that don't cost money running them (unlike your aircon).

You can find out more about Jo's projects here: 

https://maven.com/jopetroni/climateproof 

https://thecarbonalmanac.org/connect-the-dots 

https://permarchitecture.net/ 

https://jopetroni.substack.com/

 

Duration: 00:15:04
Home Compostable Single Use Plastics with Raegan Kelly
Sep 28, 2023

As Head of Product and Sustainability, and founding member of Better for All, Raegan Kelly works with biopolymer engineers and manufacturing experts to create a unique line of PHBH™ home compostable bioplastic cups. Prior to Better for All, she produced creative projects for USC Annenberg, Warner Bros Records, LACMA, Otis College of Design, Disney’s Epcot Center and more.

Duration: 00:20:15
The Built Environment and Climate with Tommy Linstroth
Sep 14, 2023

Duration: 00:15:03
Perovskite Solar Cells with Leslie Chang
Aug 22, 2023

Leslie Chang is Director of Strategy & Policy at Caelux Corporation, a pioneer in utilizing perovskites to make solar energy more powerful and cost-effective. Caelux’s proprietary technologies improve the performance of any new crystalline silicon module. Headquartered in Baldwin Park, California, Caelux is at the forefront of the emerging science of perovskites, a special class of nanomaterials. Its flagship product, Caelux™ One is an innovative product that integrates seamlessly into existing PV module manufacturing processes, boosting performance, reducing installed costs, and accelerating the proliferation of solar.

Duration: 00:21:59
AirMiners with Tito Jankowski
Aug 07, 2023

Duration: 00:11:55
EPISODE 100: The Carbon Almanac
Aug 04, 2023

Duration: 00:08:37
What to Expect from COP 28 with Andrea Zanon
Jul 29, 2023

Andrea is back for his second episode of Climate Changers. In this conversation he describes what to expect and why he is optimistic about the potential impact of the upcoming COP 28 in the UAE on climate, gender equality and the global economy.

Duration: 00:15:03
Rewilding for Climate with Marios Michaelides
Jul 13, 2023

Marios is passionate about finding innovative ways to preserve the planet's wild spaces. As part of the AMES foundation, he is the founder of the AMES-habitatfund which aims to scale the conservation of protected areas through nature-positive investment models. Previously he founded several Nature based initiatives, such as the ecolodge consulting company called Fjällbos in Sweden. Marios believes in finding ways to revalue biodiversity for its natural capital, which remains integral as we build resilient ecosystems in the face of climate change.

Duration: 00:17:06
Ubiquitous Energy with Veeral Hardev
Jul 06, 2023

Ubiquitous Energy is the world leader in transparent solar technology working towards a goal of helping solve climate change by creating truly transparent renewable energy for every surface across the globe. Ubiquitous Energy’s patented technology, UE Power™, is the world’s first invisible electricity-generating alternative to traditional windows. UE Power™ harvests solar energy and serves as an invisible, onboard source of electricity for greater energy efficiency. Founded by scientists from MIT, Ubiquitous Energy is now producing its highly transparent, efficient solar cells in a production facility in Silicon Valley. Veeral Hardev is VP of Corporate Strategy at Ubiquitous Energy. Veeral h...

Duration: 00:25:39
Green Amendments with Maya van Rossum
Jun 15, 2023

Duration: 00:19:09
The Carbonauts with Graham Hill
Jun 08, 2023

Graham Hill is one of Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business" and has been featured on the cover of Inc. and Dwell Magazines, is a highly sought-after speaker known for his ability to eloquently explain how we can all create a simpler, wealthier, greener and happier planet. He has presented at many prestigious conferences around the world, including two main-stage TED Talks that have received 11M+ views. Graham is the founder and CEO of The Carbonauts. They help Fortune 1000 companies build climate-literate, sustainability enthusiastic cultures via tools such as live, interactive sustainability workshops. Their clients include giants such as...

Duration: 00:12:59
Understanding ESG with Alyssa Rade
May 04, 2023

Alyssa Rade is Chief Sustainability Officer at Sustain.Life, a SaaS platform that helps organizations across industries understand how to measure, manage and report their carbon emissions. They empower business owners to take actionable steps towards being a net-zero organization through the insights captured through the platform.

Duration: 00:20:42
Is Shrimp The Future of Packaging? with Wes Carter and John Felts
Apr 26, 2023

Listen in as Atlantic Packaging President Wes Carter and Cruz Foam Co-Founder and CEO John Felts discuss the continued growth in global plastic packaging and the alternatives available on the market today, including new innovations in recovering, reusing and recapturing materials. Working together to tackle a massive issue – and one that continues to surge due to e-commerce – these companies team up for an inspiring conversation about what’s possible and what’s next.

Duration: 00:18:17
Building Residential Geothermal at Scale with Wyatt Roberts
Apr 19, 2023

Wyatt Roberts is Head of Channel Development for Dandelion Energy. He is a builder and a building scientist, and is passionate about reducing the impact of our built world on the global environment. Dandelion Energy is committed to freeing homes from fossil fuels through the adoption of geothermal HVAC systems. Wyatt works with partners across a variety of sectors to better understand, design, and deploy geothermal in all of our buildings. For more information, visit www.dandelionenergy.com.

Duration: 00:18:27
Residential Geothermal with Thomas Lipoma
Apr 06, 2023

Duration: 00:11:04
The Activists Media Handbook with David Fenton
Apr 04, 2023

David Fenton is the author of the new book The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons from 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator. David earned the moniker “the Robin Hood of Public Relations” from The National Journal for creating the first PR agency for social change organizations to adopt corporate PR tactics to win major victories for freedom, democracy, and the environment. Through his firm, Fenton, he has spear-headed history- making activism, including the campaigns to free Nelson Mandela and end apartheid in the late 1980s, the No-Nukes Concerts in 1979 with Bruce Springsteen, banning fracking, and legalizing mariuana. He's now working exclusively on bip...

Duration: 00:14:49
eBikes Leading the Charge with Victoria Brunner
Mar 24, 2023

Victoria Brunner is the co-founder of FATTE Bikes, the first ebike company to operate in Denver, and one of just a few ebike companies to actually build their ebikes in the U.S.A. Victoria and her partner Kenny learned early on that if ebikes are built overseas, they just aren't as well put together as when they do it themselves in their factory. By building their ebikes in the U.S.A, they are able offer more color options, better quality paint and assembly, more customization than anyone. This makes FattE-Bikes the most customizable ebike brand in the world...

Duration: 00:14:18
Eradicating Single Use Plastic with Brad Liski
Mar 20, 2023

Brad Liski is a social entrepreneur and the CEO of British Columbia-based Tru Earth, a global household cleaning product company focused on biodegradability and the elimination of waste. The company is one of several founded in his lifetime, but the first that inspires him to wake up every morning excited to make a difference. Liski is a member of the Board of the Salish Sea Research & Education Society and is passionate about the environment and causing disruption for the betterment of the planet. He has also built a strong partnership between Tru Earth and the global conservation organization, Ocean Wise...

Duration: 00:17:00
The Climate Tech Revolution with Andrea Zanon
Mar 09, 2023

Andrea is Founder of Confidente and Empower Capital. With 25 years of entrepreneurship, operations, sustainability and technology experience, Andrea brings a hands-on approach to partnering with investors, corporate boards, management, to create accelerated returns, resilient investment, and market leadership. Andrea Specializes in Resilience, Investment Promotion, and Women Entrepreneurship. Andrea was the Risk Management Coordinator for the World Bank in the Middle East for 8 years. Andrea continues to advise International Financial Institutions, and entrepreneurs on clean tech, sustainability, impact investments. Andrea is a Science and Foreign Policy Graduate from Georgetown University and has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and Foreign Languages fr...

Duration: 00:14:22
Wave Energy with Jan Skjoldhammer
Feb 20, 2023

Jan Skjoldhammer is the Founder and CEO of Novige AB, a wave energy developer that uses ocean waves to generate electricity. Jan has been an officer, captain, instructor and display pilot with a well-developed technical side, having built a race car in his youth, among many other projects. He is a natural-born entrepreneur with a tireless ambition and an environmental awareness that has led him to make a significant positive impact on the world and mitigate the climate change. Skjoldhammer's entrepreneurial endeavor in property development laid the monetary foundation of NoviOcean in 2016, with early retirement from his long-time career at...

Duration: 00:16:09
The Climate Change Garden with Kim Stoddart
Feb 08, 2023

The Climate Change Garden by Kim Stoddart and Sally Morgan, is a guide to creating a resilient, climate-wise garden, one that adapts to volatile weather extremes and a rapidly changing climate. This is the first book to reveal which types of gardens are better suited to deal with such extremes and which techniques, practices, and equipment can be put to good use to help temper the issues. Kim Stoddart is an expert on this and writes for publications such as The Guardian on climate change gardening and resilient gardening. She has columns in several UK magazines and contributes regularly to...

Duration: 00:25:46
Compostable Underwear with Stacy Grace
Jan 20, 2023

Stacy Grace is the pioneering woman behind KENT, the first plastic-free underwear, so natural it’s compostable. Stacy has made it her mission to remove plastics in underwear, and create cleaner clothes for consumers and the planet in an industry plagued with synthetic materials. Made with GOTs certified cotton, KENT’s separates are just as soft and durable as the cotton underwear and shirts in your drawer, but just better for you. The elastic is made with plants, making them so natural they can be composted (and are LA Compost verified).

Duration: 00:19:12
EV Universe with Mike Dull
Dec 14, 2022

Michael Dull is the founder and President of EVUniverse.com and host of the Plug in for More podcast. An auto enthusiast from a young age, Michael has since grown into a serial entrepreneur in various industries. He started his career as a pharmacist, spending time with multiple companies developing, testing, and implementing mobile applications and websites for chain pharmacies. His whole life Michael has been focused on vehicles of all kinds, specifically buying and selling of sports cars and luxury vehicles. His passion for electric vehicles started in 2008 after seeing the original Tesla roadster and its performance compared to...

Duration: 00:21:06
Bioplastics with Lauren Gropper
Dec 02, 2022

Lauren Gropper is tackling the problem of single-use plastic waste by replacing petroleum based plastics with plastic made from plants. Repurpose's products range from disposable plates and cups to garbage bags and straws -- all of which are made entirely from plants using upcycled materials such as eucalyptus, sugarcane pulp, and wood. They are totally non-toxic and fully degradable. Lauren aims to make Repurpose the go-to for disposable tableware in general, taking down brands like Solo and Hefty which are responsible for huge amounts of plastic pollution.

Duration: 00:16:25
Accelerating Home Electrification with DR Richardson
Nov 16, 2022

DR Richardson is Co-Founder of Elephant Energy, where they believe that climate change is the elephant in the room. Their mission is to dramatically accelerate the clean energy transition and are working to make an 🐘-sized hole in carbon emissions through the single largest lever: our homes' energy consumption.

Duration: 00:20:23
Recreating Industries for Sustainability with Helen Lin
Oct 21, 2022

Helen Lin has worked across four continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, N. America) merging and investing in companies, leading the digital transformation of multinational banking operations, and designing products to serve base of the pyramid customers (FINCA Impact Finance).

Duration: 00:23:33
Sweet in Tooth and Claw with Kristin Ohlson
Oct 08, 2022

Kristin Ohlson's writing has appeared in NYT, Orion, Discover, Gourmet, Oprah, and many other publications. Her magazine work has been anthologized in Best American Science Writing and Best American Science Writing. Los Angeles Times called The Soil Will Save Us “a hopeful book and a necessary one...a fast-paced and entertaining shot across the bow of mainstream thinking about land use.” Sweet in Tooth and Claw is a deeply hopeful book for the climate crisis, showing real solutions from a wide-ranging set of case studies and interviews. For example, one chapter looks at how changed ranching practices in northeast Nevada are...

Duration: 00:25:01
The Big Fix with Justin Gillis
Sep 28, 2022

About The Book

An engaging, accessible citizen’s guide to the seven urgent changes that will really make a difference for our climate—and how we can hold our governments accountable for putting these plans into action.

Dozens of kids in Montgomery County, Maryland, agitated until their school board committed to electric school buses. Mothers in Colorado turned up in front of an obscure state panel to fight for clean air. If you think the only thing you can do to combat climate change is to install a smart thermostat or cook plant-based burgers, you’re thi...

Duration: 00:22:21
Science for a Green New Deal with Eric Davidson
Sep 13, 2022

Eric Davidson is an ecologist, soil scientist, and biogeochemist whose research career has focused on how human changes to the land affect carbon and nitrogen in the soil, water, and air. He is working as a science advisor to the Bureau of Environmental Quality at the U.S. Department of State, where he is helping scope out the USG position on a new international agreement on plastic waste.

In his new book, Science for a Green New Deal, Davidson explains for a broad audience how to employ exciting technologies, from carbon sequestration to renewable energy, and how...

Duration: 00:20:44
Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act with Andrew Reagan
Sep 01, 2022

Andrew Reagan is the Executive Director of Clean Energy for America, a 501c(4) organization that leverages their unique industry-spanning network to amplify the voice of the clean energy workforce to advocate for just, equitable and rapid decarbonization. CE4A is historic. The clean energy industry has never before been unified in a grassroots effort like this. To lay the groundwork for a stronger clean energy workforce voice in public policy, they engage in: #1 Policy Advocacy & Accountability Supporting clean energy and equitable transition goals while holding Members of Congress accountable for their votes. #2 Public Education Hosting events—both in person and vi...

Duration: 00:30:50
Creating Carbon Markets with Lucy Hargreaves
Aug 20, 2022

Lucy Hargreaves has had an amazing career, and every moment of it has been devoted to issues of sustainability, climate, and the environment. She’s traveled the world while working on sustainable development initiatives for UNESCO in Bangkok and OECD in Paris. She’s shaped progressive climate policy from within the Trudeau Administration, led sustainability programs at a non-profit foundation, and helped find private-sector solutions at an innovative climate-tech startup, Patch.

Duration: 00:20:26
Green Jobs with Shannon Jahn
Jul 20, 2022

Shannon Jahn is the Green Workforce Lead at City and County of Denver, Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency. In this interview Shannon talks about growing a green economy and a climate resilient future while creating a vibrant workforce with well-paying job opportunities for everybody in the community.

Duration: 00:10:32
Climate Update with Chip Fletcher
Jun 16, 2022

Duration: 00:19:04
High Plains Biochar with Rowdy Yeatts
Apr 12, 2022

Learn more about High Plains Biochar: https://www.hpbiochar.com

Duration: 00:18:01
Beetcoin with Woody Tasch
Jan 26, 2022

Learn more about Beetcoin and buy the book: https://beetcoin.org

Duration: 00:19:25
Rise Up with Edwin Namakanga
Dec 11, 2021

Learn more about Fridays for Future: https://fridaysforfuture.org/

Learn more about Rise Up: https://www.riseupmovementafrica.org/

 

Duration: 00:13:42
Wine and Climate with Josep Maria Ribas Portella
Dec 02, 2021

Learn more about IWCA: https://www.iwcawine.org

Read their annual report HERE

 

Duration: 00:19:24
Climate and National Security with Thomas Hochman
Nov 09, 2021

Thomas Hochman (@thomashochman) is a Fellow at Citizens’ Climate Lobby. His work has been featured in The National Interest, The Washington Examiner, and a number of other outlets.

Duration: 00:11:40
Climate Activism Design with David Johnson
Oct 27, 2021

Here is the new book out of Stanford's D School that Dave mentioned: https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Stein-Greenberg/e/B09455W266%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Here is Dave's website: https://climate-activist.com/

 

Duration: 00:23:00
Zero Foodprint with Anthony Myint
Aug 21, 2021

To learn more, visit Zero Foodprint

To learn more about Restore Colorado, visit: https://www.zerofoodprint.org/restorecolorado

See Chef Daniel Asher's video endorsement of Restore Colorado. 

 

Duration: 00:16:01
Four Fifths a Grizzly with Douglas Chadwick
Aug 04, 2021

Duration: 00:25:38
Google's Sustainability Moonshot with Michael Terrell
Jul 16, 2021

Michael Terrell is Director of Energy at Google and in this interview he shares how Google is using it's unique capabilities and scale to drive the transformation of the global energy system. Google already offsets it's energy use but is now engaging in a moonshot project to draw clean carbon-free energy from the grid 24/7 every day of the year.

Duration: 00:15:05
Reforestation and Climate Accounting with Mike Smith and John Cleland
Jun 10, 2021

Learn More about Renewwest: https://www.renewwest.com/

Learn More about Aclymate: https://aclymate.com/

Duration: 00:16:18
Changing the Dairy Paradigm with Adrian Boda
May 20, 2021

Learn more about Origin Milk: https://www.originmilk.com/sustainability/

Duration: 00:17:13
Falling in Love with Tap Water Again with Rich 'Raz' Razgaitis
May 12, 2021

Learn more about Flowater: https://www.drinkflowater.com/

 

Duration: 00:14:03
Carbon Ranching with Bob Howard
May 04, 2021

Learn more about Desert Mountain: https://desertmountaingrassfed.com/sustainability

 

Duration: 00:12:31
Regenerative Organic Certification with Elizabeth Whitlow
Apr 30, 2021

What is Regenerative Organic: https://www.patagoniaprovisions.com/pages/regenerative-organic-agriculture

Learn more about the ROC certification: https://regenorganic.org/

 

Duration: 00:15:34
The Emerging Regenerative Customer with Emily Olson
Apr 21, 2021

Learn more about ReGenFriends: www.regenfriends.com

Learn more about Sustana: www.sustana.com

Duration: 00:12:52
Climate Change is the Longest Wave with Kim McCoy
Mar 25, 2021

Waves and Beaches has been trusted by generations of oceanographers, scientists, sailors, surfers and anyone with an appreciation for the sea. Now fully revised and updated by McCoy for the climate change era, the new editionis full of science on global warming and rising sea levels, providing clear explanations and detailed resources for the constant battle to preserve the shore.

Duration: 00:24:23
Empowering Carbon Farmers with Steele Lorenz
Mar 09, 2021

Learn more about Gradable Carbon: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210222005662/en/Gradable%E2%84%A2-Launches-Gradable-Carbon-to-Give-Farmers-More-Control-of-Credits

 

 

Duration: 00:13:51
Carbon Dividends with Rick Knight
Feb 25, 2021

Learn more about Citizens' Climate Lobby: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/

 

Duration: 00:15:36
Crave-Worthy Food with a Lower Carbon Footprint with Judy Panayos
Feb 12, 2021

Learn more about Sodexo's commitment to responsible sourcing :https://www.sodexo.com/home/positive-impact/sustainability/responsible-sourcing.html

 

 

Duration: 00:16:10
Kiss the Ground with Finian Makepeace
Jan 27, 2021

Finian Makepeace is the co-founder of Kiss the Ground and a renowned presenter, media creator, and thought leader in the field of regenerative agriculture and soil health. His dedication to Kiss the Ground’s mission of “inspiring participation in global regeneration, starting with soil”, has motivated him to develop training programs, workshops, and talks designed to empower people around the world to become confident advocates for this growing movement.

Duration: 00:22:14
Dirt Under Your Fingernails with Rich Bradbury
Jan 17, 2021

Learn more about Rich's "Dirt (soil) Under Your Nails Heuristic"

Learn more about Desert Mountain Grass-Fed Beef and Double Oarlock Ranch

Duration: 00:21:20
Clean Energy for Biden with Cameron Bard
Jan 08, 2021

Learn more about Clean Energy for Biden: https://www.cleanenergyforbiden.com/

 

Duration: 00:25:25
Eat the Change with Seth Goldman
Dec 11, 2020

Learn more about PLNT Burger: https://www.plntburger.com/

Learn more about Eat the Change: https://eatthechange.org/

 

Duration: 00:21:24
Food and Climate with Eve Turow-Paul
Dec 03, 2020

Buy a copy of Eve's new book, Hungry: https://www.thehungrybook.com/

Learn more about the Food for Climate League: https://www.foodforclimateleague.org/

Duration: 00:17:54
Jane Goodall
Nov 25, 2020

In this episode, Jane is interviewed by students at Whittier Elementary School in Boulder Colorado.  Jane talks about her early work with Chimpanzees and introduces them to Roots & Shoots a global movement of youth who are empowered to use their voice and actions to make compassionate decisions, influencing and leading change in their communities.  The students at Whittier have selected to research the Red Panda and are going to focus on how to protect this endangered animal and it's habitat.

Find out more about Roots and Shoots: https://www.rootsandshoots.org/about-us/

 

Duration: 00:08:54
Conservative Environmentalism with Nate Hochman
Nov 17, 2020

Read some of Nate's recent editorials:

https://gazette.com/opinion/guest-column-colorado-conservatives-must-do-better-on-the-environment/article_2ecf0d72-6f8b-11ea-9a66-83e2bbfae472.html

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/09/21/toward-a-conservative-environmentalism/#slide-1

Duration: 00:17:15
Racism is Killing the Planet with Hop Hopkins
Oct 23, 2020

Read Hop's article here: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/racism-killing-planet

 

Duration: 00:15:44
In This Together with Trammell Crow and Bill Shireman
Oct 14, 2020

Buy In This Together from Amazon HERE

Duration: 00:20:56
Racial Justice, Climate Justice and Equity with Teron McGrew
Oct 09, 2020

Heres the link to the 24 Hours of Reality

Link for Climate Reality Project's Statement on Racial Justice

Duration: 00:27:36
Regenerative Ocean Farming with Bren Smith
Oct 02, 2020

Listen to Bren's Ted Talk

 

Duration: 00:16:07
Bringing Clean Energy to the Dirtiest Parts of the Grid with Laura Zapata
Sep 11, 2020

Find out more about Clearloop: www.clearloop.us

 

Duration: 00:13:23
Livestock is the Solution to Climate Change with Allan Savory
Sep 02, 2020

Watch Allan's TED Talk:  https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_fight_desertification_and_reverse_climate_change?language=en

Duration: 00:19:20
Farming Carbon with Trey Hill of Harborview Farms
Aug 20, 2020

Trey Hill is CEO of Harborview Farms, a grain operation producing corn, wheat, and soybeans with a focus on sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship. Harborview Farms is working to bring some game-changing new ideas, including carbon sequestration, to farming. How? By approaching farming as a creative endeavor, exploring new techniques, and connecting dots in new ways that others aren’t willing to try.

Duration: 00:19:33
Translating Shared Experience into Action with Miranda Massie of the Climate Museum
Aug 07, 2020

Calls to Action

Learn more about the Climate Museum: https://climatemuseum.org/

Get your Climate Ambassador Card:  https://climatemuseum.org/ambassador

Explore Climate Art for Congress:  https://climatemuseum.org/climateartforcongress

 

 

Duration: 00:22:04
Restoring Reef Ecosystems with Scott Sensenbrenner
Jul 29, 2020

Learn more about MOTE Marine Laboratory & Aquarium: https://mote.org/

Learn more about Enzymedica: https://enzymedica.com/

There’s a Facebook Live tour of the facility in this video: https://www.facebook.com/Enzymedica/videos/535753020661110/UzpfSTQ4Mjg3MTY2NjQ0OjEwMTU3MzU2NDE2OTQ2NjQ1/

Duration: 00:12:59
Climate Change is a National Security Issue with Rod Schoonover
Jul 16, 2020

Learn more about the Ecological Futures Group: https://ecologicalfutures.com/

Duration: 00:25:37
Creating a Marketplace to Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere with Paul Gambill
Jul 01, 2020

Learn more about Nori:  https://nori.com/

Duration: 00:12:55
How to Tell Your #KeepParis Story and Why it Matters
Jun 26, 2020

This election provides climate voters with a binary decision: either we stay in the Paris Agreement or we leave. The election is November 3rd and regardless of who wins, Donald Trump will still be president on November 4th and that is the day that we are scheduled to leave. The question becomes whether we have a new president in January who renews our commitment and rejoins once inaugurated. In this discussion, Paul Bodnar gives listeners the tools to talk about the Paris Agreement and make it a key component of our voter mobilization efforts. Paul is joined by POW athlete...

Duration: 00:44:47