TSL:SFN – Smart Designs for Conservation w/ Adarsh Ambati

TSL:SFN – Smart Designs for Conservation w/ Adarsh Ambati

Adarsh Ambati, age 16, of California, has been utilizing his talents to design new technologies to help conserve nature! He designed a moisture sensor-based smart sprinkler system that integrates real-time weather forecast data and soil moisture levels to provide optimum levels of water for huge water savings. He also designed a very low-cost, rapid diagnostic to detect the presence of […]

All The Small (ECO) Things

All The Small (ECO) Things

There’s this nice thing that comes from doing sustainable things: it almost always has positive effects in other, related areas as well. Some examples: But there are certain things that I do that have a positive impact on the planet…But only a tiny insignificant amount, and yet I continue to do not because it’s good for the planet, but purely […]

TSL:SFN – Follow-Up w/ Veeral Hardev

TSL:SFN – Follow-Up w/ Veeral Hardev

If you missed the first episode with Veeral, go back and check it out! Veeral Hardev is the VP of Strategy at Ubiquitous Energy, a company that is becoming the world leader in transparent solar technology, aka clear solar panels! Last time he was on the show, he decided to take on a sustainability challenge. Let’s hear how it went, […]

New Year, New Goals: 2023

New Year, New Goals: 2023

I meant to do a New Years’ post at the start of the year, but there was a little hiccup: a little dude stole half my wife and my DNA, mooched off my wife for 9 months, then emerged as a demanding bundle of joy the first week of 2023. Wonderful news for me and my family, awful news for […]

TSL:SFN – Protecting Wetlands, With Science! w/ Sonja Michaluk

TSL:SFN – Protecting Wetlands, With Science! w/ Sonja Michaluk

Sonja Michaluk of New Jersey works passionately to protect wetlands and drinking water sources using a novel bioassessment method she created. For more than a decade, she has collected scientific data and shared it with policy makers to help conserve ecologically sensitive wetlands, critical habitat for threatened species, wildlife corridors, and old growth forests. Through her Conservation Communities Initiative, she […]

TSL:SFN – Sustainably Scoring Amazon w/ Lizzie Horvitz

TSL:SFN – Sustainably Scoring Amazon w/ Lizzie Horvitz

Lizzie Horvitz has been passionate about sustainability since the age of 16 when she lived off the grid. It was there that, depending only on wind energy and rainwater, she saw the solution of climate change before fully understanding the problem. She founded Finch, a browser extension that helps you select sustainable products on Amazon. It’s a tool that educates […]

This Sustainable Baby

This Sustainable Baby

I’m now getting prepared for one of the biggest challenges I’ve ever faced: becoming father to a newborn baby boy…And trying to be as sustainable as possible. Raising a baby is hard enough, but trying to do it in a way that is sustainable in a world where everything you need for babies is made to be “convenient” (i.e. “disposable”), […]

TSL: SFN – Upgrading Infrastructure w/ Javad Mohammadi

TSL: SFN – Upgrading Infrastructure w/ Javad Mohammadi

Javad Mohammadi is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include multi-agent optimization and machine learning in networked cyber-physical systems, including smart grid-interactive buildings, power grid, and electrified transportation systems. In short, he’s solving problems and figuring out how to make our electric grids smarter […]

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