CarbonSessions

Episode Summary: Roundabouts have proven benefits but are not widely used globally

Leekei and Olabanji are wondering why the usage of roundabouts around the world remains relatively limited despite the proven benefits they offer in terms of reducing carbon emissions, facilitating smoother traffic flow, and minimizing energy usage during commuting. 

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Olabanji Stephen and Leekei Tang

Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France. 

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary:  This episode is an excerpt from a past episode on flexitarian and vegetarian diet to help curb our carbon problem

After explaining how carbon emission is linked to meat consumption, Jenn and Leekei went on to discuss the environmental benefits of a vegetarian or flexitarian diet and how to implement gradually small changes in our daily eating habits.

At the end of their conversation, Jenn shared with Leekei an easy recipe to make oat milk quickly at home and with a relatively low cost.

 Listen to the full episode here and the Oat Milk Recipe 

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson and Olabanji Stephen

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and a podcaster from Paris, France.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary: What if we stop using fossil fuel and all its derived products today? What would happen? How would the world operate?

We know that we urgently need to break our dependency on fossil fuels if we want to tackle climate change.

But the world we live in today is addicted to fossil fuels and derived products altogether. 

If we decide to stop using it abruptly, let’s say at 11:59 tonight, how can the world operate? can we survive? are we ready for such a shift?

By raising this bold question, Olabanji triggered an interesting discussion on topics ranging from economics, healthcare or priority.

We did not agree on a commonly agreed conclusion, but this discussion showed the benefit of asking questions and reframing the question to help us move forward.

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Olabanji Stephen, Leekei Tang, Kristina Horning and Brian Tormey

Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France. 

Kristina is working on design theory and using design process in everything. With a background in architecture, civil engineering and education, she loves research, play and co-creating. Currently in Prague (that it is where she is originally from) and her base is US

Brian is a Real Estate Title Insurance Professional and Goat Farmer in the US. 

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary:  This episode is an excerpt from a past episode about lawns and batching errands

Jenn and Olabanji talked about how the maintenance of lawns in many areas of the world has a larger carbon footprint than what is saved by having the lawn in the first place.  

They talk about how lawns can be repurposed or just treated differently so that they can be more environmentally friendly.  

You can also listen to the full episode here 

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson and Olabanji Stephen

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

Olabanji is a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary: Have you heard about solar geoengineering? It is a controversial approach to deflect the sun’s rays from reaching Earth.

The environmental protection agency of the UN has recently called for more research on solar geoengineering. Could this approach be the panacea to all our climate change problems? Can we stop caring about greenhouse gas emissions? What happens if we mess up with Mother Nature, once again? What have we learned? 

In this wide-ranging conversation, our hosts Jenn, Olabanji, Leekei, Kristina and Brian share their thoughts and doubts about any attempts to geo-engineer Nature.

To find out more about solar geo-engineering and listen to expert perspectives, go to ‘The Current with Matt Galloway’ on CBA 7th March 

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Olabanji Stephen Jenn Swanson, Leekei Tang, Kristina Horning and Brian Tormey

Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France. 

Kristina is working on design theory and using design process in everything. With a background in architecture, civil engineering and education, she loves research, play and co-creating. Currently in Prague (that it is where she is originally from) and her base is US

Brian is a Real Estate Title Insurance Professional and Goat Farmer in the US. 

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary: Have you ever experienced eco-anxiety? You are not alone and there are things you can actually do to help deal with the issue.  This episode is an excerpt from a past episode on eco-anxiety and fungus

Did you know that eco-anxiety is when you worry a lot about the environment and the future of the planet? As we are talking more and more about environmental issues, eco-anxiety is a feeling that more and more people are experiencing. Imma and Jenn came together to discuss this problem and share some tips on how to deal with the issue.  

Listen to the full episode here 

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson and Imma Lopez

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

Imma is from Cádiz in the South of Spain, living in Aberdeen, Scotland. Imma is a sommelier, a poet, a podcaster, a mother, a slow food advocate, and an animist activist.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary: In this episode, Deborah Drummond, co-creator of ‘They Did It Tour’, shares with our hosts the joy and the many benefits of working while walking.

From beautiful Vancouver in Canada, Deborah Drummond is an Ultrapreneur⭐️#1 Int'l Best Selling Author/Speaker/Anti Aging Expert/Media Mastermind/Ayurveda/Mom and co-creator of ‘They Did It Tour’, 2 women rocking and walking 8 marathons in Ireland to raise funds for the music industry.

Deborah does most of her work while being active, whether walking, hiking or swimming. This practice is a great way to exercise, save money and time, and be more productive.

In this conversation, among many great insights, she shares some practical tips on inviting her business partners, staff or clients to join in her walks. 

This is also a habit that helps connect with oneself and Nature, in addition to allowing the reduction of our carbon footprint and creating a positive impact on the environment. 

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Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France.  

Brian is a Real Estate Title Insurance Professional and Goat Farmer in the US. 

Kristina is working on design theory and using design process in everything. With a background in architecture, civil engineering and education, she loves research, play and co-creating. Currently in Prague (that it is where she is originally from) and her base in the U.S.  

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary:  This episode is an excerpt from a past episode with bioclimatic Architect Jo Petroni

Jo, Jenn and Olabanji talked about Jo’s experience designing new homes with sustainability in mind and what people can do with their current dwellings, without spending as much money as you might think.

Listen to the full episode here 

You can link up with Jo if you want to find out more here:

https://jopetroni.substack.com

https://myvisual.substack.com

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jo Petroni, Jenn Swanson and Olabanji Stephen

Jo Petroni is from Cordes-sur-Ciel in France, she is a Bioclimatic Architect and helps non Architects get back to the basics of what makes a good home.  

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary: In this episode, Leekei and Jenn discuss incentives used by businesses to reduce waste and integration to a circular economy

More and more businesses are offering incentives and replacement initiatives to reduce waste, maximize use and ensure integration into end-of-life recycling channels. Examples can be found in the following:  

• running competition with t-shirts as a goodies option to reduce waste
• bylaw reusable cups in coffee shops in Vancouver
• deposit when buying a garment to ensure proper recycling at the end of life
• replacement of broken parts in kitchen appliances 
• …etc

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Leekei Tang and Jenn Swanson

Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France. 

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.  

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.

Episode Summary:  This episode is an excerpt from a past episode with ESG Professor Ioannis Ioannou

Prof. Ioannou is a leading strategy scholar whose research focuses on Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). 

Drawing from his 13 years of experience researching and advising top executives around the world, Prof Ioannou is at the forefront of how the business world and corporations are leveraging the power of sustainability in their development today. 

He explained how implementing corporate responsibility practices leads to complex transformation and often requires companies to become industry disruptors. 

You can find out more about the work of Prof Ioannis Ioannou here

Listen to the full episode here 

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson

From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves. 

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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.