Everyday Climate Champions

We sit down with the two musicians behind Eco Soul Entertainment, which uses original soul, funk, and R&B songs to encourage adults and kids to take care of our precious planet. This Bay Area band has been in the trenches working with various local climate action groups. Their mantra? Make climate education and action fun and engaging. Take a listen to excerpts of 3 of their songs and see what they mean. 

Guests and Titles: Will Hammond Jr., singer and Mike Roberts, songwriter/musician

Great Guest Quote:  ”It's a way of edutaining the people, you know, you educate them on the, the facts and then you entertain them through the music. And so, that's really what we're about.” - Will Hammond Jr.

Keywords:  #eco-music, #climate music, #Eco Soul Entertainment, #I’m Your Heat Pump, #Geothermal, #I Love Flowers, #edutainment, #eco-songs, #climate songs

Host: Sean Mendelson

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Related Action Resources:

• Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour: Tours of native flowers.
• Golden Gate Bird Alliance: Promotes educations and conservation for birds.
• The Watershed Nursery: California native plants and habitat enhancement services.
• Nature in the City: Habitat restoration, urban greening, community engagement.

Rising Sun (where guest Will Hamond Jr. works): This group offers climate careers to young leaders who provide “Green House Calls”: energy and water efficiency services to households throughout the Bay Area.

Music Declares Emergency: Bringing artists, music professionals and music fans together to call for an immediate response from the government to respond to the climate change emergency to protect all life on Earth.

Gabriella Smith, a Bay Area native whose classical music compositions focus on our climate.

Grist article on how musicians and music venues across the country  are championing climate action. 

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Website: http://www.EverydayClimateChampions.org

Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Eli Staton. Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas

* This episode is dedicated to the memory of our Executive Producer's music-loving sister, Deborah Massachi. She passed away during this episode's production.

In this episode, we speak with a co-founder of The Greenhouse, an online community of women climate innovators turning their business ideas into reality. Along with two members of this online community, we discover the inner workings of how these women entrepreneurs are overcoming many obstacles by offering each other practical and emotional support.

Guests and Titles: 

Anya Lamb, co-founder of The Greenhouse; Caroline Buck, member and co-founder of sustainable dog food company; Barb Chang, member working on a waste reduction company

Great Guest Quote: 

“ We spent a lot of time talking about the real fears and doubts that come up when you want to start your own business. I mean, there were tears sometimes and people were talking about their struggles and we were supporting each other along the way.”  - Barb Chang, member of The Greenhouse

Keywords:  #thegreenhouse, #womenentrepreneurs, #climateinnovators,  #sustainablebusinesses, #petaluma #reclaiminggoods #onlinecommunity #womensupportingwomen #dogfood

Host: Sean Mendelson

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The Greenhouse: Official website for The Greenhouse, online female climate innovator community: https://www.greenhousewomen.com  

Petaluma: Official website for Caroline Buck’s sustainable pet-food company: https://www.feedpetaluma.com 

UCLA website:  Research about meat consumption by dogs and cats. Evidence to support Caroline Buck’s assertion about pets eating one quarter of the US meat production: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/the-truth-about-cats-and-dogs-environmental-impact

Trellis article: Studies on climate tech venture capital finding that only 7-10% goes to female founders: https://trellis.net/article/only-7-us-climate-tech-venture-capital-funding-went-female-founders-2023/

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Website: https://www.EverydayClimateChampions.org

Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Eli Staton. Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas

In this episode, we sit down with two Bay Area bicycle advocates to discuss how to make cycling and walking part of our everyday lives. We learn how our guests have made that shift, in part, to curb their contributions to the climate crisis. And they share information about how a number of cities are creating infrastructure to make it easier to get around by biking and walking.

Guests and Titles: 

Great Guest Quote: “I switched out of high tech to dedicate myself to helping others get to the point of being able to bike more. “ – Tim Oey, owner, Bicycle Solutions and founder of ZeroW.org 

Keywords:  #bicycling, #cycling, #climateride,  #saferoutes, #calbikes, #sfbike, #climateaction,#climatecrisis, #paris

Host: Ellisa Feinstein

Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cgiFA0BnZF-qfOlZEF7A_uwX_IlIhXoZQkT-z5gdlzU/edit?usp=sharing

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Safe Routes to School: Bicycle program for schools: https://www.saferoutestoschools.org/ 

ZeroW.org: Helps people learn how to save Earth's life support system by pursuing zero waste: https://www.zerow.org/ 

Bicycle Solutions: Expert coaching for kids and adults wanting to learn how to bicycle: https://www.bicyclesolutions.com/

Wheel Kids: An adventure and exploration destination for kids: https://wheelkids.com/ 

Free cycle: Marketplace to find free items, including bicycles and parts: https://freecycle.org/ 

Minnesota Walk! Bike! Fun! Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Curriculum: A two-part curriculum designed specifically for Minnesota’s schools and youth education programs: https://mnsaferoutestoschool.org/resources/training/walk-bike-fun-and-bike-fleets/   

Climate Ride: Fundraiser for climate-focused organizations, via cycling and hiking: https://www.climateride.org/ 

California Bicycle Association: organization advocating for better bicycle laws: https://www.calbike.org/

Complete Streets Bill (SB 960): Recent California bill passed to make walking and bike riding safer for all: https://www.calbike.org/governor-newsom-signs-sb-960-the-complete-streets-bill/

California’s Active Transportation Program: This program was created to encourage increased use of active modes of transportation, such as walking and biking.

https://catc.ca.gov/programs/active-transportation-program

Fast Facts on Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions (US EPA):

https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/fast-facts-transportation-greenhouse-gas-emissions 

Article: “Cycling is now more popular than driving in the centre of Paris, study finds”: 

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/04/12/cycling-is-now-more-popular-than-driving-in-the-centre-of-paris-study-finds

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Website: www.climaterealitybayarea.org/eccpodcast

Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Eli Staton. Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas

In this double-length episode, we speak with two guests from the Watershed Project, a Bay Area organization that protects and restores our landscapes that drain into waterways: creeks, rivers, and ultimately the San Francisco Bay. We'll find out how they work with thousands of neighbors to envision, build, and celebrate “green infrastructure” and clean water projects that use nature-based solutions, such as trees and native plants. Teachers and young people benefit from their education and internship programs.

Guests: The Watershed Project’s Juliana Gonzalez, Executive Director, and Natalie Matias, Community Engagement Manager

Host: Dalya Massachi

Great Guest Quote: “With climate change being at the forefront of so many of the problems that we're going to face, investing in those under-resourced, frontline communities to make them more resilient to the changing climate is such an important thing.” - Juliana Gonzalez, Executive Director, The Watershed Project

Keywords: #climatecrisis,#climateaction,#climatejustice,#climateresilience,#nature-basedsolutions,#raingardens,#bioswales,#participatoryprocess,#greeninfrastructure,#watersheds,#urbannature,#greencareers          

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/105BCRcHtsSht36fYzEAveKUC2yxPU-nuqqaln1_mtQI/edit?usp=sharing

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In this double-length episode, we speak with folks doing similar work in both the San Francisco Bay Area and Detroit, Michigan. Our two guests – Joshua Hoyt from the Cultural Conservancy’s Native Foodways Program and Shakara Tyler from the  Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network – are reclaiming the right to feed themselves and own their communities' ecologically sustainable food systems. They are nourishing their communities by restoring cultural and spiritual ties with the Earth, building their local economies, and healing historical traumas. We all learned a lot about how their work is taking shape in different cultural contexts, with strong overlap.

Great Guest Quote: “If we don't actually address the ways that we relate to the environment and our place in it, then we will just continue to make the same mistakes over and over again.” - Joshua Hoyt, Native Foodways Program

Guests: Joshua Hoyt, from the Cultural Conservancy's Native Foodways program (San Francisco Bay Area’s Sonoma County); Shakara Tyler from the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network

Keywords: #climatecrisis,#climateaction,#climatejustice,#foodsovereignty;#nativeamericanjustice,#blackfarmers;#indigenousfarmers;#nativefood                        

Co-Hosts: Dalya Massachi and Kevin McClendon (Proximate media platform: https://www.proximate.press)

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15BYaXimbGtwxg-Os86fqYBoEgijXMmDJ1656l-vs9rQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Related Action Resources: 

Cultural Conservancy’s Native Foodways Program: https://www.nativeland.org/native-foodways and their podcast, the Native Seed Pod: https://www.nativeseedpod.org

National Library of Medicine article on Native American food insecurity and poor health outcomes: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5422031/

Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network: https://www.dbcfsn.org/

Story of the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund: Decolonization and Abolition in Practice (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5IrZcWklWM

Twin Cities Public TV: Article on a new generation of Black farmers and faith leaders cultivating the future of food sovereignty: https://www.tptoriginals.org/whats-happening-on-the-front-lines-of-food-justice/

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In this special episode, we speak with the 12-year-old host of another climate podcast - called ‘We the Children’. Our guest, Zach Fox-Devol, discusses his podcast for kids who, like him, are interested in the climate crisis. We learn what inspires him, and get to hear an excerpt of his podcast episode on our oceans and the plastic polluting it. He - and his podcast guest - also suggest how kids can get involved.

Guest and Title: Zachary Fox-Devol, Host of the ‘We the Children’ Podcast

Great Guest Quote: “We want to help kids feel empowered, feel confident to make a difference. I feel like a lot of the time climate change feels like this huge problem that a lot of adults can't solve. And I know as a kid it can feel really overwhelming.”

Keywords: #climateeducation,#eco-anxiety,#climateanxiety,#childhoodmentalhealth,#climatecrisis,#climateaction,#climatediscussions,#climatejustice,#climatepodcast#oceanhealth,#plasticcrisis                        

Teen Co-Hosts: Isabella Genereaux and Hasini Parepalli

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zn8-uLwStWB4t2mMgifp-v4FuG8kE50nd4pv7aln-fI/edit?usp=sharing

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The Climate Reality Project Bay Area Chapter catalyzes local solutions to the climate crisis in every corner of the San Francisco Bay Area. We work together to spark urgent action and rapid adoption of solutions to the climate crisis. As Climate Reality founder and Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says, “Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to stand up and act.”  

To learn more, visit: www.ClimateRealityBayArea.org

Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designers/Engineer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas

In this episode, three of our co-hosts (Dalya Massachi, Sean Mendelson, and Ellisa Feinstein) talk about what we're learning in our conversations with community members here in the San Francisco Bay Area. We share what stands out for us, and why we’re doing this work to create a “homegrown supplement to the mainstream climate news.” We also hear from listeners like you – about how they are finding the podcast inspiring and educational, and how it gives them ideas about what climate actions they can take in their own communities. 

Great Guest Quote: “This is really what drives us here at this podcast - having people this excited about things that are happening right in their backyard.” - Ellisa Feinstein, one of our co-hosts

Keywords: #climatecrisis,#climateaction,#climatediscussions,#climatejustice,#everdaypeople,#BayAreaneighbors,#cliamatechampions                         

Host: Dalya Massachi

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s5k4Br-o1Y6G5kT_ajPeztScMGpd3ikJ60OXuZbBxD4/edit?usp=drive_link

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The Climate Reality Project Bay Area Chapter catalyzes local solutions to the climate crisis in every corner of the San Francisco Bay Area. We work together to spark urgent action and rapid adoption of solutions to the climate crisis. As Climate Reality founder and Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says, “Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to stand up and act.”  

To learn more, visit: www.ClimateRealityBayArea.org

Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designers/Engineer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas

In this episode, we discuss the personal impact that climate change-fueled fires had on our guest and her young child. She also explains, from a therapist’s perspective, the steps parents (and others) can take to deal with the growing problem of climate anxiety in themselves and in their families. See below for links to many helpful resources we share.

Guest: Jennifer Silverstein, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Great Guest Quote: “This is an existential worldwide problem. We're not going to solve it by ourselves and we need to work together, and…we really can't take care of our emotional well-being by ourselves, either.”

Keywords: #eco-anxiety,#climateanxiety,#eco-distress, #climatedistress, #childhoodmentalhealth,#parentmentalheath;#climatecrisis,#climateaction,#climatediscussions.#climatejustice

Host: Sean Mendelson

Transcript: ⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1shFML82U17cndUeTwjPCbrjT_xd0ahiAUHFltT3oDmg/edit?usp=sharing⁠

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The Climate Reality Project Bay Area Chapter catalyzes local solutions to the climate crisis in every corner of the San Francisco Bay Area. We work together to spark urgent action and rapid adoption of solutions to the climate crisis. As Climate Reality founder and Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says, “Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to stand up and act.”  

To learn more, visit: www.ClimateRealityBayArea.org

Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designers/Engineer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas

We speak with Shaandiin Cedar, a tribal member of the Navajo Nation and an advocate for indigenous-led climate action. Shaandiin discusses how Indigenous communities can help lead the way to addressing our climate crisis. We learn about the intricacies involved with climate justice for Native peoples, including both climate impacts that are already happening and avoiding or lessening future harms. How can we honor and center the experiences and wisdom of Indigenous peoples? And how can non-Native people support them during our shared climate crisis?

UN discussion: Native American perspectives on climate justice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UimhDh1FjCs

Powerhouse Ventures: https://www.powerhouse.fund/ventures