As regular readers might know, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to have more and better climate change conversations, and as I thought more and more about how to do that, the sage words of Josh Spodek, host of the This Sustainable Life podcast came back to me: Stop thinking about how you’re going to do it, and just […]
Anthony Ricchio is an entrepreneur and sustainability influencer I connected with on Instagram and had some interesting chats on sustainability so I decided to invite him onto the podcast and have our sustainability discussion via video chat! The resulting chat ended up being an enlightening, open, and stimulating conversation on sustainability! Find Anthony Ricchio online: Anthony Ricchio on InstagramAnthony Ricchio […]
Capitalism Regardless of whether you think capitalism is a good economic system or not, there are certainly reasons to dislike capitalism. In the most fundamental form, it is a system based on the desire to maximize profit and hence greed, even at the expense of others. It incentivizes pollution, it widens the gap between the rich and the poor, and […]
Today we continued our discussion about Hawaii being a case study for the direction the entire world is going: pollution leading to reducing the capacity for our planet to sustain life. Joshua Spodek is host of This Sustainable Life podcast and author of Leadership Step By Step. He guided me once again through exploring my own feelings while stopping me […]
We’ve become arrogant. We’ve come to a point where we believe we have conquered nature, and nature bends to our will. But we have not. Increasingly strong heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires are mother nature’s warnings: we are not above nature. And if we don’t fix the damage we’ve done, mother nature won’t allow us to live on this planet anymore. […]
Yishan Wong is an engineer and entrepreneur who has worked at big name companies like Paypal and Facebook, and was CEO of Reddit. After leaving Reddit, he used his knowledge of the tech industry and combined it with the knowledge of Solve For Nature former guest, Jill Wagner, to found Terraformation, a company designed to take down climate change through […]
I very often find myself feeling misunderstood by those around me; feeling like there’s some kind of gap between my mindset and that of others. There is something that resonates inside of me that doesn’t seem to resonate with those around me. And today, I found myself thinking about why there is such a disconnect between my way of thinking […]
The single largest piece of #climate legislation has JUST been signed into law by President Biden! 😍 But what does it do, and does it actually make us more sustainable? I’m here to talk about it with Joshua Spodek, Ph D, author of Leadership Step By Step, and host of This Sustainable Life Podcast. Find Verdant Growth online: Verdant Growth […]
Inflation Reduction Act just passed through the senate, house, and is now heading for President Biden’s desk. Today we’re going to talk about what’s in it, and then have a discussion on sustainability and whether this bill is making us more sustainable or not with Joshua Spodek, Author of Leadership Step by Step, Professor at NYU, and probably the most […]
Today, I have something a little different for you. Usually, I’m interviewing someone on my podcast, but today, I’m the one getting interviewed! Some of you may know, I recently moved to Hawaii and ended up buying a home here. However, in looking for a house, I found myself feeling conflicted about it, and Joshua Spodek, host of This Sustainable […]