Borderless Sustainability

In today’s episode we will learn about celestial and terrestrial sustainability efforts including the world’s strongest carbon-negative concrete, biochar, green hydrogen, and an innovative water filtration system. 

In today's episode we will be talking to Harley Blakeman about a Fair Chance Employment platform, Honest Jobs.

In today’s episode we will learn more about secondhand clothing, the benefits of thrifting, how the pandemic has affected thrifting, and some styling tips when shopping secondhand clothing.

In today’s episode we will learn about Hawaii’s Natural Energy initiatives from Sebastein Selarque who received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Mechanical Engineering Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He currently is a graduate student enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Maona's Renewable Energy and Island Sustainability Program. He also works as a research assistant at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, his research is focused on distributed energy resources. The two topics, in particular, he is working on are PV hosting capacity analysis and Virtual Power Plants

En el episodio del día de hoy hablaremos sobre el rol de los parques en el bienestar social, económico, y físico de los residentes de una comunidad y la importante necesidad de tener acceso a parques en comunidades de bajos recursos. También hablaremos sobre qué componentes hacen un parque realmente equitativo y qué tipo de inversiones e iniciativas son necesarias para poder tener un acceso equitativo a parques.

In today’s episode we will be talking to Dr. Danielle Groenen about how to monitor the earth’s health using NASA’s satellite data and research. We will also be discussing how civilians can become or have become active in atmospheric science sustainable practices.

In this episode we will learn about Natural Christmas trees and their impact in the environment, the process of growing and selling Christmas trees, some of the benefits of purchasing natural Christmas trees and of course, several recycling options for your tree once the Holiday season is over. 

In today’s episode we had a conversation with Sarah Ponce De Leon, an advocate for building sustainable smart cities. Throughout our discussion we talk about what defines a Smart City, the difference between countries who currently have some smart city initiatives, and the implications of Open Data when it comes to public involvement in Smart Cities.