Make Climate Cool Again

Lost Pines Yaupon may be the cure we are all looking for when it comes to the coronavirus. That and a healthy lifestyle. I sat down with Jason and Heidi, the founders of Lost Pines Yaupon Tea. Years ago Jason went down an internet rabbit hole about a fascinating little plant, the yaupon holly. He learned about the long history of Native Americans roasting the yaupon leaves and using it as an energizing drink. Jason spent years experimenting with different methods of harvesting, curing and roasting yaupon until he came up with the methods being used today to make the best yaupon tea around.

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I sat down with Federico Baroni to talk about WALTIC watches, how coffee shops could recycle better and why using recycled bags is the most important part of the watches design. WALTIC is the first wristwatch ever made of recycled plastic bags. It's casing is made of recycled plastic (100% from plastic bags, LDPE). Federico, being a sailor saw all the plastic floating around the world and decided to do something. WALTIC started retrieving plastic bags from polluted rivers in Córdoba, Argentina, recycling it, keeping it away from rivers and nature. Go check out their kickstarter that ends on March 12. Instagram @waltic.way 

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Jessica Karr consults with start-ups focusing on product, biotechnology, and impact strategy. As the number twelve employee of Impossible Foods, she has been part of the plant-based and clean meat revolution from the start. In her role for 6+ years in R&D at Impossible Foods, she contributed to designing and launching the Impossible burger by integrating consumer insights with technical understanding of flavor chemistry, sensory data, and protein biochemistry. Through her consulting work, she has engaged start-ups locally and internationally to launch new plant-based food products by building product roadmaps, business strategies, and researching market opportunities. She is dedicated to growing mission-driven technologies by leveraging her multi-disciplinary background (MS in Biochemistry and MBA in Sustainable Management), and is passionate about products that improve human and planetary health. She is currently the the Head of Product and Research at UMANA, co-chair of Slow Food San Francisco, and an advisor to two plant-based food technology start-ups.

Links: Linkedin and Website.

Kickstarter Campaign for WALTIC

This weeks episode talks about recycling behaviors, why Whole Foods needs to get into the refill market and how to  live your life without the pressure of capitalism. Michaela Barnett is a Ph.D. fellow at the Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative at the University of Virginia and a graduate student writing fellow at the Behavioral Scientist. She researches sustainable consumption, waste systems, and organizational sustainability. Her writing has appeared in both scientific and creative journals, including Appetite and Alluvian.

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This week on the podcast, Sara talks to Bella Brodsky, the creator behind Sage Magazine. She graduated a year early from high school to focus on immersing herself in Sage as a creative project.  Sara and Bella talk about going to farming camp as kids, the importance of empathetic and compassionate conversations and how Bella grew up in a family that prioritizes treating the environment with care and being as sustainable as possible, from composting to buying food from local farms. Both founders share an intention to feature "creative and environmentally conscious individuals in an effort to inspire and empower consumers to leave a positive footprint on the Earth". 

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Everyone seems to be jumping on the sustainable bandwagon made of reclaimed wood these days. However, Saami Kalule-Sabiti is making it easier for companies to find experts in the field. Saami Sabiti is co-founder and CEO at Openfield. He has worked on climate and workforce development policy and programs for the City of New York. He is a Columbia University graduate and spent over a decade presenting and directing television shows in South Africa. Launching in Feb 2020, Openfield provides a web-based platform that lets business users connect with experts in the green economy. Our providers offer professional learning and advisory services to professionals and teams around the world, on-demand. For more visit our website: www.openfield.app.

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This week we are talking to Kaytlyn Ferrando, Sales Manager at Beautycounter.  Katylyn is passionate about educating consumers about better beauty products and concerning chemicals. Having her own issues with fragrances in products, we talk about how dangerous conventional products are and how you can even end up in the doctors office with something you use everyday! Beautycounter is known for their policy work to ensure transparency in products as well as educating consumers about contaminants. On January 25th, Beautycounter is coming out with a documentary on the physical and social impact of mica. Katlyn is also a math teacher, graduating from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelors of Science and a Masters of Curriculum and Instruction.

Check out the website to discover Beautycounter products.

What does it take to get climate legislation moving? This episode is all about how to have effective communication and get involved with climate organizations. Daniel Palken is a physics Ph.D. student looking for dark matter at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He joined the Citizens’ Climate Lobby on the side of his doctoral research in 2017, and is now a chapter co-leader and a Conservative Outreach Fellow for the organization. He lobbies Congress for a price on carbon as a means of mitigating climate change.

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An alone-cast - this episode is ALL about green habits - different ways you can green your life from the kitchen to the bathroom and how to even build your own recycling center at home. Sara focuses on goals and why they are hard, why we should be more intentional and the 4 R’s - three of which we all know about but there is one more that is also important.

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Regarding donating to Australia’s Wildfires:

For fire departments in Victoria, donate at cfa.vic.gov.au. For departments in New South Wales, donate on the government's website here.

So how do you green the holiday season?? This episode is all about giving you some tips to minimize your carbon footprint during the holidays and also for some last minute gift ideas you can grab for your mom, dad, significant other, work wife/husband, best friend, teacher, etc. So what I’ve done is broken up the gifts into 3 sections, Eco Analyst - basic intro products, Recycling Manager - you know whats up and do your best, and Executive Treehugger level which is intense. You know these people

In each section I list the products from least expensive to most expensive. Also, I know there are a lot of green gift guides out there - feel free to reach out with more ideas so I can put them together on the website!

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