Flipping the Green Switch

Welcome to the premiere episode of season 2! We are excited to be back in the home studio kicking off another season of sustainability-focused discussion, with a sprinkling of humor and some helpful tips to get your own sustainability journey started. This episode focuses on the recently published IPCC report, and our main takeaways from it. Amanda took the time to craft three main points of interest, and we use those to guide our talk today. We reflect on what the publication of this report means for the environmental/sustainability movement, and if it has the ability to spark any lasting change. This episode wrestles with the idea that it may be too late to change everything, but it’s never too late to change something.

This episode focuses on the Biden Administrations recently released Infrastructure spending bill, and President Biden's first 100 days in office. The ladies are here to bring a sustainability magnifying glass to the proposed bill, and dissect and discuss its many parts and how they relate to sustainability. It's time to redefine in(fun)structure, so tune it to hear how Haylee and Amanda make the case that it's not all about building roads and bridges, but including economic principles like increasing quality of life and accessibility. It's another episode where the Three Pillars (cake layers) are highlighted and put front and center, particularly for a proposed bill that has the potential to be quite environmentally damaging if the Planet Pillar is left by the wayside. Enjoy!

Welcome back to the end of the third installment of our Reinventing the Green Wheel series! This episode we are talking about the hidden energy of the internet, and looking closely at what happens when we stream music (or podcasts) over the internet. We know cleaning up the energy grid doesn't end with our homes and cars, but the nuts and bolts can be a little (a lot) confusing. Amanda and Haylee are here to demystify where the internet actually lives, and give tips and tricks on how to clean up your wifi-specific energy footprint. See the linked article below to jumpstart your understand of what happens behind the stream.


Read more about the environmental impacts of streaming music here: 
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/environmental-impact-streaming-music-835220/

Hi guys and welcome back to the third installment of our Reinventing the Green Wheel series, where Amanda and Haylee take popular buzzwords in the sustainability world and break them down in simpler and more relatable ways. This cycle, we are covering energy! Specifically the differences between renewable, non-renewable, and clean energy,  how they fit into life right now, and what the future of energy might look like.  We pick apart what energy really is (it's not actually a thing at all), and relate the use of energy back to trying to live your best life while simultaneously not burning the planet down. Tune in!

We're back after a brief hiatus with another installment of our Flipping the Green Switch series. This episode we are looking at the pop culture side of the fashion industry, and we are using celebrities to showcase the top-down and bottom-up styles of change. Tune in to listen to Amanda sing praises over Jane Fonda (rightly so!) and hear about Haylee's wild college party days to Macklemore's banger Thrift Shop, all in the name of sustainability!

Welcome back to another episode in our Reinventing the Green Wheel series! This week we have our second ever guest on the show; the amazing Ana Bogusky is here to talk all things fashion and sustainability! Haylee and Amanda are here to  break down buzzwords and ask the big questions. How do you balance looking fly-as-hell, while simultaneously upholding the pillars of sustainability? What is fast and slow fashion? What can I do if I can't control who makes my clothes? Is thrifting the answer? If you've ever wondered how your shopping habits are impacting people around the world, look no further. Ana talks to us about the history behind the current fashion industry, and the problems that arise when she tried to find easy answers about how to look good while doing good. Tune in to hear our discussion and get some tips on how to fix fast fashion and slow down the impact of the industry as a whole.

Can Kim Kardashian influence people to go vegan? Is faux meat sexy now? What about Lizzo, who isn't vegan for a paycheck? This week we compare the impacts celebrities can have when they share their (sustainable) eating habits with the world. We tackle questions like is it ok to be paid to be vegan, and should tv shows be held to a higher sustainability standard if it doesn't involve the plot. We are taking the buzzwords from last episode and applying them to famous pop culture icons, with the help of our good friend Caitlin Lahey, a sustainable foods professional, engineer, and connoisseur of fine pop culture.

Hey, that's ok, Haylee and Amanda are here to help! This week we are diving into a discussion to clear up the confusion surrounding the terms used to define what people do and don't eat. Don't know the difference between vegetarian, and vegan? What about environmental vegan vs. ethical vegan? This episode makes the distinctions clear, but we also take it a step further. Have you been told that a plant only diet is the most sustainable? We are here to debunk that myth, and look at the cultural and systematic complexities that have always existed, but are often ignored. We hope you enjoy this episode!

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Our new series is almost here y'all! This week we are launching our exploration of common labels, items, and topics that show up in daily life, but you may not know the full definition or larger relevance. We are excited to go on this journey with you, and we look forward to breaking down stereotypes, dismantling rumors, and providing clarity for all things involving sustainability and the three pillars. Have a great week!

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This week our last episode in this series premieres, talking about environmental justice, what it is, and why it's important. This is a concept that is challenging to many people, and seems to be at odds with many tenets of capitalism, but Amanda ad Haylee are here to tell you why it's important to elevate justice. This episode is the end of our series examining the Biden Environmental Plan, and this topic is the cornerstone to the Three Pillars of Sustainability. Tune in to further your understanding of how working together to elevate everyone is actually the best idea, and how we can start to achieve it!