Green Team Academy

Are you spending tons of time working for the planet, but not getting paid for it? Or maybe you can't spend as much time as you'd like because of your job. Sound familiar?

If either of those are you, then you'll want to tune in to my interview with Lisa Yee-Litzenberg, Green Career Advisor. Find out how to take your experience and passion, so you can spend more time  protecting the environment and get paid well for doing it. 

See complete show notes and more resources at www.GreenTeamAcademy.com.

Throwing food away is the most heartbreaking waste of all. In this episode, Lesly Baesens, Denver Department of Health & Environment, tells us about the Denver Food Matters pilot that is working to reduce food waste in restaurants. You'll also discover surprising tips and resources for reducing food waste at home. 

Visit the Green Team Academy website for show notes, photos and free resources: https://www.greenteamacademy.com/podcast/lesly-baesens-denver-food-matters/

Kristina Welch is the Executive Director of nonprofits Jovial Concepts and the Co-Op at 1st. With 67 gardens across Metro Denver and a health and wellness cooperative, Kristina tells us how they are growing food and community. 

For complete show notes and photos, visit https://www.greenteamacademy.com/podcast/068-kristina-welch-jovial-concepts/

To be a changemaker, you need to know how to operate on all levels of the engagement ladder, from personal choice, to community organizing to policymaking. In this episode, you'll discover how regular people like you are changing laws and policies at all levels of government. 

Discover tips from the October 8, 2019 Environmental Policymaking meeting for the Green Team Accelerator Lab from speakers:

• Sustainable Wheat Ridge, Joy Opp, Committee Co-Chair
• Citizens Alliance for a Sustainable Englewood, Christine Brinker
• Eco-Cycle, Jasmin Barco, Outreach Coordinator
• Ean Thomas Tafoya, Environmental Justice Changemaker

For more details and show notes, visit https://www.greenteamacademy.com/podcast/066-environmental-policymaking/

Meet community organizer and environmental and social justice advocate, Ean Thomas Tafoya of Denver, Colorado.

This episode is a mash-up of my Earth Week Summit interview with Ean Thomas Tafoya, along with an update of some of his latest work as an organizer of the Resilient Denver ballot initiative.

Complete show notes and links at:

https://www.greenteamacademy.com/podcast/067-ean-thomas-tafoya/

Pollinators are the nearly-invisible workforce that keeps our ecosystems functioning. Tune in to hear how anyone and everyone can make a difference to protect the health of people, pollinators and the web of life.

In September 2019, our Green Team Accelerator Lab toured the University of Denver's community garden with People and Pollinators Action Network. 

In this episode, you'll discover:

• What are pollinators
• What is the issue with pollinators
• What you can do

Visit the website for complete show notes: https://www.greenteamacademy.com/podcast/065-people-and-pollinators/

Ready to make a bigger impact in your community? Get free resources at www.GreenTeamAcademy.com. 

Litter that begins anywhere can end up impacting the health of our oceans. Tune in to hear my interview with Dann Diez about the International Coastal Cleanup Day.

Oceans make up over 70 percent of the earth's surface. The seas connect all of us to each other, beyond boundaries. Whatever harm we do on land trickles out to the ocean, through evaporation and the cycle of water.

Dann Diez is part of the Philippines National Clean Up Day Coalition. He is the founder and CEO of Sustainable Energy and Enterprise Development for Communities (SEED4COM). 

The International Coastal Cleanup began more than 30 years ago, when communities rallied together with the common goal of collecting and documenting the trash littering their coastline.

Held the third Saturday in September annually and convened by Ocean Conservancy, the goal is working toward trash-free seas. This year, the cleanup day will be held on September 21, 2019, one day after the Global Climate Strike on September 20, 2019. 

For complete show notes, visit the podcast episode page. 

Tune in for a video tour of the Bakhita Garden, St. Ignatius Loyola's community garden. The purpose of the garden is to feed the poor, while nourishing the earth and building community in Denver, Colorado.

When Paul Gibson began attending the St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, he heard about the parish green team. The Care for Our Common Home team, named after the Pope Francis Encyclical of the same name, began in 2016 and was focused on glass recycling, battery recycling and climate action. 

(Listen to Podcast Episode 41 to hear more about the start of the Loyola team.)

Paul wanted to expand the scope to include his passion. "To me, Care for Our Common Home means care of the earth and care of the poor," said Paul Gibson, coordinator of the Loyola garden project. 

The garden was named the Bakhita Garden, after Saint Josephine Bakhita, the patron saint of Sudan. It is located two blocks from the church, on the southeast corner of 23rd and Vine St in Denver. 

Click here to view show notes and photos.

Tune in to hear my interview with high school juniors who are growing the Lakewood High School Environmental Club:

• Amanda Opp, Club President and Founder
• Lucy Carney, Club Vice President
• Lauren Utz, Club Vice President

Visit https://www.greenteamacademy.com/podcast/062-lakewood-high-school-environmental-club/ for photos and detailed show notes. 

Please forgive the sound quality. There is some wind and background noise interference because we caught the members right after school outdoors at Lakewood High School. 

At age 16, high school student Jesus Villalba Gastelum shares what he and other youth leaders are organizing the September 20, 2019 Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles. Jesus stepped into the role of organizer just seven months earlier. His story is a real inspiration of how individual action makes a big difference. 

View complete show notes on the Green Team Academy website.