Today we’re talking about Joshua Spodek, PhD, MBA, host of This Sustainable Life podcast, award winning author of Leadership: Step by Step, and most environmentally-friendly person I know. He was my inspiration for starting Verdant Growth and is now teaching me to lead others on environment. He’s an incredible person, and I highly recommend you watch/read/listen to everything he’s posted. […]
In today’s daily, I wanted to dispel the myth that I hate plastic. I don’t! Plastic is great…And awful. And here’s why!
After my discussion yesterday on A Plastic Ocean, I decided to continue the plastics discussion with a talk about why plastic recycling is really a myth.
I watched A Plastic Ocean on Netflix last night and it was an eye opening experience for me. On episode 4, I talk about what I saw, how I felt, and what we can do to reduce our mindless consumption of plastic. Be sure to check out A Plastic Ocean on Netflix! UPDATE: Just found out you can watch the […]
I’m excited to announce that I will be the host for the new podcast, This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature a branch of the This Sustainable Life podcast by Joshua Spodek! My goal with TSL: Solve For Nature is to invite guests who are working on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) solutions in nature and the environment to discuss […]
Why is individual change just as important as industry/corporate/government change in environment? That’s what we’re talking about today! Thanks to everyone who tuned in!
In Episode 2, I wanted to discuss the slogan I choose for Verdant Growth: Live ECO. What does ECO mean? What does it mean to ‘live eco’? And most importantly…Why the heck do you pronounce it “eh-ko” instead of “ee-ko”?? Also, two of my very good friends and former roommates joined me in chat to ask a couple questions that […]
As part of my ‘start of 2021 re-thinking Verdant Growth’ efforts, I spent a lot of time thinking what I can do to be a more effective leader to those wanting to live better. One thing that came to me is that if I want to lead people more effectively, they need to feel comfortable with me. There needs to […]