If you’ve listened to past episodes, you know what it means now to Live ECO, but now we need to apply it to our lives! Today, I wanted to share my experience with becoming environmentally-conscious about meat. Tomorrow, we’ll get into the science and the reasons why meat is bad for the environment to reinforce our sense and feelings we […]
I talked before about how to me, to live ECO means to live a life that is Environmentally-COnscious. Becoming aware of our connection to nature is the start to a sustainable life…But it’s only the start. What do you do next?
First ever Funday Monday! Where we forget about ECO stuff for a day and do something random and/or fun. Today I decided to just talk about myself so you guys can learn more about who I am and why I do what I do! We also end with some random get-to-know-you questions! Excited for more Funday Mondays in future! Be […]
As much as possible, I want to keep politics out of the Verdant Growth Daily, since I believe that the environment is NOT a political issue. But from time to time, it’s natural that it’s going to come up. So today I wanted to just give my thoughts about Biden vs Trump, and how we can use nature to bridge […]
Congratulations to new President Biden! I’m really excited for the future of our planet now that we have a president that listens to and respects science. Biden has re-entered us into the Paris Accord…But…What is the Paris Accord? That’s what we’re talking about today. Here’s to new hope for the environment!
Episode 1 of This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature is now live! Joshua Spodek PhD MBA is a three-time TEDx speaker, #1 bestselling author of Initiative and Leadership Step by Step, host of the award-winning Leadership and the Environment podcast (Now rebranded to This Sustainable Life), and professor at NYU. Learn more about Josh and check out his podcast at […]
We throw away things from our lives every day. But the term “throw away” tells us everything we need to know about what we’re doing. We’re not making things disappear. We’re just moving them away from us. We’re just changing the location of our waste. What we need to do is “throw away” less.
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so I thought it would be appropriate to discuss how much environmental activism is tied together with black rights, indigenous rights, and other kinds of modern day activism.
Today I decided to go unscripted and candid, and decided to talk about why I started Verdant Growth: the problems in environment and society I see and the two strategies I want to use in my life to fight them.
On my walk with Manoa today, I suddenly came to a break in the trees that gave me a view of all of Osaka, as well as a new perspective on human society. Also….I made it thought 10 episodes! I’m excited for me. Thanks so much to everyone who has come along for the journey. I appreciate all of you!