Rob Greenfield is a world-renowned adventurer and activist and is embarking on his next big project, Food Freedom. Through Rob's extreme projects from cycling across the USA on a bamboo bicycle for sustainability (three times), to dumpster diving in thousands of grocery store dumpsters to raise awareness about food waste and hunger, to wearing 30 days worth of trash to create a visual of how much trash just one American creates, he has inspired countless people to positively change. Rob has been featured on thousands of media outlets around the world, hosted shows on Discovery Channel and has given two TEDx talks. You can see his media page here.

In this episode we cover:

• Rob's journey from nature-loving kid, to materialistic teen, to environmental changemaker
• Some of Rob's favorite adventures and experiments
• How his choice to give up his computer caused him to question his impact in the world
• Rob's best advice for those just getting started in eco-conscious living

• RobGreenfield.tv
• Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
• Rob's current project Food Freedom
• The Trash Me experiment where Rob wore all the trash he produced for 30 days
• Some of my favorite blog articles by Rob
  • What is My Heart’s Deepest Desire?
  • How to Create an Environmental Activism Campaign
  • One of Rob's bamboo bike tours: Goodfluence Tour

• Take 12 hours off from devices each day if you can and go tech-free for 1 full day each week.
• Learn about Winona LaDuke and other inspiring people at RobGreenfield.tv/people
• Learn about educational and moving films at RobGreenfield.tv/films
• Check out the project, film and books from the Story of Stuff

Books:

• Anything by Gandhi and MLK (access Gandhi's writing free at Gandhi Serve Foundation)
• The Moneyless Man and other books by Mark Boyle

Joel Solomon is Co-Author of The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism. As a Founding Partner of Renewal Funds, a $98 million mission venture capital firm, he has invested in over 100 early growth-stage companies in North America, delivering above market returns while catalyzing positive social and environmental change. Joel is a founding member of Social Venture Network, Businesses for Social Responsibility, Chair of Hollyhock, Co-Producer of RSF's “Integrated Capital Institute”, and serves on the University of British Columbia Board of Governors.

In this episode we cover:

• How Joel's experiences with cancer, working with Jimmy Carter and becoming the caretaker of an orca research lab led him to have a deep appreciation for nature
• What venture capital is and why is it important to our economy
• How Renewal Funds and other companies are giving back to the environment in a big way
• The connection between love and money

Joel Solomon Online:

• JoelSoloman.com
• Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
• Joel is the co-author of the new book The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism

Suggestions from Joel:

"Political engagement," spend more time reading "sources of political thinking, interviews, and analysis that meet enough of our values and to stay informed and to care,"

"Read more books from people and voices who have been left out of the equation"

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Kate Williams is CEO of 1% for the Planet, a global movement inspiring businesses and individuals to support environmental nonprofit solutions, through annual membership and everyday actions. Kate stepped into her role at 1% for the Planet in May 2015 bringing a strong track record as a leader, including roles as Board Chair of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), as Executive Director of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, as founder and owner of a farm business enterprise, and as an elected political leader in her community. Kate earned a BA at Princeton University where she majored in history, and an MS at the MIT Sloan School of Management where she focused on organizational systems. Kate is a master’s distance runner, kitchen gardener, and always wants more time to read and write. Kate lives in Vermont with her husband and two children.

In this episode we cover:

• How companies that are not yet walking the walk can still help the environmental movement
• How perfection can be the enemy of progress to any worth-while cause
• Some of the benefits and challenges of environmental philanthropy
• How 1%FTP makes it easy for anyone (not just companies and non-profits) to give back and help the planet

• 1% for the Planet - A global network of businesses, nonprofits and individuals working together for a healthy planet. More than $175 Million dollars given back to the environment.
• 1%FTP on Social Media: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
• Kate Williams on Social Media: LinkedIn
• Learn more: Join the Mailing List | Read the 1%FTP mission | Join the cause!

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Jay Sinha has a background in biochemistry, ecotoxicology and law. He Co-Founded and is Co-Owner of Life Without Plastic, the one-stop shop for safe, high quality, ethically-sourced, Earth-friendly alternatives to plastic products for everyday life.

Jay and his business partner Chantal Plamondon also co-authored a book released earlier this year called LIFE WITHOUT PLASTIC: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Avoiding Plastic to Keep Your Family and the Planet Healthy.

In this episode Marjorie and Jay cover:

• What exactly happens when our bodies are exposed to BPA and other endocrine disruptors in plastics?
• What are microplastics and how do they get into the environment?
• What can individuals do to minimize their contribution of microplastics into the environment? 
• How can we impact the government and industry from the position of a consumer?
• The future of sustainable small businesses

Visit Life Without Plastic at LifeWithoutPlastic.com 

Show Notes for this episode: ASustainableMind.com/057

Doug Parsons first learned about adaptation in Queensland, Australia, while focusing on the impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector. Upon returning to the United States, he worked with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the National Park Service and the Society for Conservation Biology. His work has been modeled by state and federal agencies and he continues to work on climate change adaptation and conservation issues today.

In this episode we cover:

• How Doug got started in podcasting
• What exactly adaptation is and how it differs from sustainability
• The vocabulary and semantics of climate solutions: mitigation, resiliency, sustainability, adaptation...what do they all mean?
• Why adaptation is an important consideration alongside traditional environmental sustainability
• Lots of fantastic resources!

Visit Doug Parsons at AmericaAdapts.org

Get resources from this episode at ASustainableMind.com/056

Sam Demma and Dillon Mendes started holding weekly trash pick-up events in their hometown of Pickering, Ontario. Now, a year later, they have a budding organization called PickWaste, where they are inspiring people of all ages to pick up one single piece of litter each day. They have both been named Top 25 Environmentalists in Canada and are dedicated to taking their message global.

Show Notes: asustainablemind.com/055

Our Guest: PickWaste.ca

Dr. Matt Ritter grew up in rural Mendocino County, California. After earning a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from U.C. Santa Barbara, he attended U.C. San Diego for a Ph.D. in plant biology. He’s a botany professor in the Biological Sciences Department at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California, where he lives with his wife and two children. He’s the author of several books, including a new guide to California’s flora, California Plants: A guide to our Iconic Flora (www.pacificstreetpublishing.com). He also wrote the funniest and best-selling guide to California’s urban forest, A Californian’s Guide to the Trees among Us (Heyday, 2011). His writing has appeared in several magazines, including a regular column on tree diversity in Pacific Horticulture. He won the Cal Poly’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the International Society of Arboriculture Award for Excellence in Education. He is the California Coordinator of the American Forests Big Tree Registry, studies California’s native plants, and trees that escape cultivation, particularly Eucalyptus. He’s an avid woodworker, mason, and gardener.

Misti Little is gardener, creative, and outdoor enthusiast interested in deepening her connection to nature. She founded The Garden Path Podcast in 2015 to interact and share knowledge with other gardeners. In 2018 she began Orange Blaze: A Florida Trail Podcast to educate the hiking community about the little-known but beautiful Florida National Scenic Trail. She thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2010 and the Florida Trail in 2011 and currently lives near Houston, Texas with her husband and son. 

Today we are joined by Will Allen, the Vice President of Conservation Services and Director of Strategic Conservation Planning at The Conservation Fund in Chapel Hill, NC. He is also the author of the upcoming book The Science of Strategic Conservation.

Check out the Conservation Fund at ConservationFund.org