Veeral Hardev is the VP of Strategy at Ubiquitous Energy. He has over a decade of experience commercializing novel nano-materials products for the electronics industry. Why’s that important? Because Ubiquitous Energy and the group of MIT and MSU scientists that started it, are looking for new ways to reduce humanity’s carbon footprint by seamlessly integrating solar power technology into everyday […]
TSL: SFN – Weathering Climate Change w/ Bonnie Schneider
The impacts of climate change have become dire. Rising temperatures, volatile weather, and poor air quality affect our physical and mental health in dangerous new ways. From increasing the risk of infectious disease to amplifying emotional stress and anxiety—even the healthiest among us are at risk. To help you deal with the stresses that come from climate change, Bonnie Schneider has authored the […]
TSL: SFN – Making Your Voice (And Wallet) Heard w/ Tanja Hester
Tanja Hester is the author of Wallet Activism: How to Use Every Dollar You Spend, Earn, and Save as a Force for Change and Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way. She spent most of her career as a consultant to Democratic politics and progressive issue campaigns, and before that as a public radio journalist. Tanja retired early at the […]
This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature – The Population Problem w/ Michael Bayliss
Today we’re talking with Michael Bayliss, host of the Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP), activist for within the environmental and post-growth movements, Communications Manager and former Victoria/Tasmanian President at Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). The focus of his work involves advocacy regarding choice for small families and for working cooperatively with our global neighbours to create equitable societies that do not rely […]
This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature – Tech n’ Trees: Reforesting Reinvented w/ Jill Wagner
Jill Wagner is the Chief Forestry Officer at Terraformation, a company that is trying to reinvent reforesting using technology to do what traditional reforesting does in a much shorter timespan. She’s a forester, horticulturist and land use specialist, as well as Director of the Hawaiʻi Island Seed Bank and founder of Future Forests Nursery. She’s responsible for planting tens of thousands […]
This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature – Food For The Body, Food For The Earth w/ Michellee Fox
Michellee The Fox Returns! Today we’re going to see how her personal challenge went, find out what kind of things Michellee is doing now in the world of slow food cooking and regenerative agriculture, and in a special favor to me, going to teach me a brand new recipe she created, just for ME! So excited! Stay tuned until the […]
This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature – Above and Beyond Plant-Based Foods w/ Martin Williams
Martin Williams is the co-founder, president & chief innovation officer of Above Food. He has over 20 years experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (or CPG) in Innovation, Marketing, Operations, and Product Development. Now, with Above Food, he is working on producing and distributing identity preserved ingredients in North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. In short, they are trying to make […]
This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature – Sayonara, Single-Use! w/ Isabel Aagaard
Isabel Aagaard is an entrepreneur and collaborative designer on a mission to eliminate single-use plastic by creating reusable alternatives to single-use items we use daily. She’s the creator of the world’s first reusable cotton swab, LastSwab, which raised more than 1.2M USD from more than 30,000 backers on crowdfunding platforms. Her products are made to last more than 1000 times […]
This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature – Brother (Grizzly) Bear w/ Doug Chadwick
Doug Chadwick is an author, nature photographer, and animal researcher that has spent decades living among wild animals. He has a unique, up-close and personal relationship with the natural world. As such, he’s seen first-hand the effects climate change has had on the animal kingdom, and it turns out, we’re not so different from the animals he studies every single […]
Waves, Beaches, and Climate Change with Kim McCoy
Kim McCoy is a man who has spent his life at sea, studying the waves, beaches, marine life, and how they are tied to our land and lives. A man of the natural world, his book is a fantastic look into the world of the ocean. Today we’re here to talk oceans, beaches, climate change, and how the human race […]