YT: What is the Carbon Footprint of A Strawberry?
The video version of my blog post on the carbon footprint created from the lifecycle of a strawberry (as well as every other item in the supermarket!).
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Mainstream Culture Got It Backwards
Last week I was in Waikiki and I saw something that I see all the time: A girl taking a selfie in front of the iconic, beautiful scenery of Waikiki beach. She pulled out her phone, flashed a huge smile with every one of her pearly white teeth showing, and
TSL:SFN - The Hidden Science Behind Habitat Restoration w/ Holly Latteman
Holly Latteman is an environmental scientist and conservation leader serving as Director of Science and Research at The Dawes Arboretum, where she oversees native seed collection, living collections, and the Advanced Training Program for emerging conservationists. With a background spanning zoology, anthropology, and environmental studies — and research ranging from black
The Plastic Paradox: What One Scientist Got Right, What I'm Not Convinced About, and Why It Matters
[4/9/2026 - This post is about my recent podcast episode interviewing Chris DeArmitt. If you're interested in hearing the interview, you can find it here: https://verdantgrowth.blog/tslsfn-the-plastics-paradox-w-chris-dearmitt/] There's a specific feeling you get when someone tells you something you want to believe
TSL:SFN - The Plastics Paradox w/ Chris DeArmitt
The sustainability world has a pretty clear verdict on plastic. Chris DeArmitt disagrees. A PhD polymer scientist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and author of The Plastics Paradox, DeArmitt has read thousands of peer-reviewed studies without funding and made it his mission to translate complex science into clear,