CarbonSessions

Episode Summary: This episode is focused on some parts of the previous episode “Africa NXT and Protecting Africa from the Impact of Climate Change”

The hosts discussed Olabanji’s journey into The Carbon Almanac, his involvement in the project, and conversations as a powerful tool to create systemic change, and why we don't have to settle our differences before we try to solve the climate change problem.

More about the Africa NXT here

For more information on the project and to order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

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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.

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

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.  

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

Episode Summary: In this episode Jenn Swanson, Kristina Horning, Brian Tormey and Olabanji Stephen talk about Olabanji’s opportunity to talk at a conference in Lagos, Nigeria.

They discussed Olabanji’s journey into The Carbon Almanac, his involvement in the project and his decision to apply to speak at Africa NXT and then his surprise when given a slot to speak. 

Without delving too much into context, Olabanji discusses what he hopes to achieve when giving the talk and how he will feed back to us afterward.

More about the Africa NXT here

For more information on the project and to order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

Want to join in the conversation?

Visit thecarbonalmanac.org/podcasts and send us a voice message on this episode or any other climate-related ideas and perspectives.

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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.

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

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.  

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

Episode Summary: In this episode, Kristina shares with Jenn, Leekei and Brian some insights about how lights influence our circadian rhythm and nature in general

Lights are everywhere, yet, we don’t often discuss their influence on our humans, society, and the natural and built environment.

In this conversation, we discuss:

• the difference between natural lights and artificial lights
• the influence of lights on our circadian rhythm
• how to use and position the appropriate lights at various 
• how lights can influence trees, birds and insects

For more information on the project and to order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

Want to join in the conversation?

Visit thecarbonalmanac.org/podcasts and send us a voice message on this episode or any other climate-related ideas and perspectives.

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

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. 

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 is US

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

Episode Summary: In this episode, Olanbanji and Inma talk about the relationship between the environment and health 

According to a UN study, the direct damage cost to health incurred by climate change is estimated to be between 2 to 4 billion per year in 2030.

Inma and Olabanji discuss the bittersweet memory of when the sky appeared clear all over the world from covid lockdowns that caused everything to suddenly slow down.

Olabanji shared how the community successfully campaigned when black soot was all over his city. Faced with public discontent, the politicians had no solution other than implementing adequate measures to end pollution from black soot.

This proved that lobbying and campaigning could trigger public response and politicians to find solutions. 

So get involved! No matter how big or small is your contribution, get involved because your voice matters.

For more information on the project and to order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

Want to join in the conversation?

Visit thecarbonalmanac.org/podcasts and send us a voice message on this episode or any other climate-related ideas and perspectives.

Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more on pages 81, 114, 147, 149 and 154 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 357, 586, 063, 589 and 252.

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Olabanji Stephen and Inma Lopez

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.

 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, Karena shares with Jenn her insights on the future of work and how to talk to parents about climate change

Karena’s vocation as a Futurist started when she was trying to understand the future career path of her own kids. 

Being ‘a span of seven generations’ and from the technical and societal changes she has witnessed in her own career, she shared some perspectives about what education and career choices mean in our increasingly uncertain world. 

Among various topics, Karena and Jenn discuss how climate change will play out in the equation, the 17 UN SDGs, and what skills do we need to bring to Mars.

For more information on the project and to order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

Want to join in the conversation?

Visit thecarbonalmanac.org/podcasts and send us a voice message on this episode or any other climate-related ideas and perspectives.

Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more on page 56 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 339

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson and Karena De Souza

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

Karena is a Parent. Strategist. Futurist. Lifelong learner. World Citizen. Mother of Dragons. With a focus on the Future of Work, Karena teaches GenZ (born after 1995) the mindset and frameworks to make a smoother transition. Presently started a podcast TILT the Future, and do speeches to students and their influencers (parents, educators, employers and peers) on the Future of Work & Climate as an opportunity.

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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 previous episode about How leaf blowers are a problem for the environment.

Having contributed to many areas of the Carbon Almanac, Jenn and Imma came together to discuss a number of different environmental issues.

In this episode, the problem with one piece of garden machinery is discussed; the leaf blower. The pollution from gasoline and noise, as well as the alternatives are covered. How communities can help each other provide different solutions to clearing up, or even making use of, the leaves which fall from our trees.

To listen to the full episode of this conversation, go here 

For more information on the project, and to pre-order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

Want to join in the conversation?

Visit thecarbonalmanac.org/podcasts and send us a voice message on this episode or any other climate-related ideas and perspectives.

Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more on page 90 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 034

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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, Jenn, Olanbanji and Leekei took turns sharing wildlife facts and stories

Jenn read that students in the Philippines must have planted 10 trees before graduating from high school

Leekei recently saw a Bhutanese movie ‘Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom’ and marvels at the strategies implemented by the King and Government in Bhutan to become a Carbon Neutral Country and now, the move to adapt to climate change.

Olabanji feels sad that the emperor penguins has been recently classified as an endangered species by the WWF

For more information on the project and to order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

Want to join in the conversation?

Visit thecarbonalmanac.org/podcasts and send us a voice message on this episode or any other climate-related ideas and perspectives.

Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson, Olabanji Stephen and Leekei Tang

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. 

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, Brian and Leekei talk about what they are resolving to do in 2023.

They discussed the joy associated with picking up trash and growing food indoors.

For more information on the project and to pre-order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

Want to join in the conversation?

Visit thecarbonalmanac.org/podcasts and send us a voice message on this episode or any other climate-related ideas and perspectives.

Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more in the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can check the footnotes link 

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Brian D Tormey and Leekei Tang

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

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: In this episode Leekei, Jenn and Olabanji talk about what they are resolving to do in 2023.

They discussed banking and some of the problems in this industry, mole hills and gardening, Scouts and starting conversations, among many other topics.

For more information on the project and to pre-order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

 Want to join in the conversation?

Visit thecarbonalmanac.org/podcasts and send us a voice message on this episode or any other climate-related ideas and perspectives.

 Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more in the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can check the footnotes link 

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson, Leekei Tang 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 podcaster from Paris, France.  

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: This episode is an excerpt from a previous episode about Carbon Almanac's contributors' own experiences of signs that the climate is changing

Today’s episode is another conversation on Climate and Weather with contributors from all over the world. They explain, in their own words, the difference between weather and climate.

To listen to the full episode of this conversation, go here

For more information on the project and to pre-order your copy of the Carbon Almanac, visit thecarbonalmanac.org

Want to join in the conversation?

Visit thecarbonalmanac.org/podcasts and send us a voice message on this episode or any other climate-related ideas and perspectives. 

Don’t Take Our Word For It, Look It Up!

You can find out more on pages 32 and 33 of the Carbon Almanac and on the website you can tap the footnotes link and type in 342

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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Leekei Tang, Inma Lopez, Steve Heatherington, Katherine Palmer, Tania Marien and Olabanji Stephen..

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

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. 

From a  beautiful valley in Wales, UK, Steve is a Podcast Coach, Producer and Alpaca Shepherd. Steve is fascinated by the ideas of regeneration beyond sustainability and is still a biologist at heart. 

From the great outdoors of Vancouver in Canada, Katherine is a Copywriter and Brand Designer for Small Eco-Businesses, part-time Aromatherapist and Workshop Coordinator. 

Tania is from South California, USA, she is a podcaster and independent environmental education professional with experience connecting educators and bringing attention to the work of freelance professionals. 

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.