Realistic Sustainability

Realistic Sustainability

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Realistic Sustainability episodes

  • S2E65 How Landfills Work

    Nick and Mike take a few moments to explore how landfills work, different kinds of landfills, and is it really the best way to handle all of our waste. Spoiler alert, no... No it's not. Join us as we discuss, how landfills work. 

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    35 min
  • S2E64 (Short) Eating Lower on the Food Chain

    Well, it has been a while since Sir David Attenborough's recent documentary A Life on Our Planet (see the trailer here) I've wanted to eat lower on the food chain. It is proving to be more challenging than I once thought. This short is an update on how I am doing and the mindset that follows the results. 

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    9 min
  • S2E63 Urban Sprawl

    Mike and Nick take some time to talk about the issues with urban sprawl. 52% of US homes are in neighborhoods considered to be suburban and not within walkable distance to their work, stores, or other amenities. When working on climate change, you have to address how we live. 

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    45 min
  • S2E62 (Short) Rechargeable Batteries

    I love to brag about my collection of rechargeable batteries but are they a green solution or just better than throwing every used-up battery away? 

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    9 min
  • S2E61 Future Grid

    What could our future electrical grid look like and why? Join Mike and Nick as they try to figure out what a robust and reliable grid with the correct feedstocks looks like. 

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    39 min
  • S2E60 (Short) Weird Weather

    The weather is changing and it seems like it's not for the better. Floods, record-breaking summer heat, fires, and other extreme weather events. What is there to do when we seemed to be slipping down the slippery slope of no return?

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    9 min
  • S2E59 Human Death and Sustainability

    Human death practices have gotten more and more elaborate over the year leading to a larger and larger carbon footprint. Is it sustainable for every human to have their own little plot of land that cannot be used for anything other than a memorial? Could we do better? Join Mike and Nick as they wade through the difficulties of dealing with human death and sustainability. 

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    41 min
  • S2E58 (Short) Blocking the Sun

    What!?! Bill Gates is trying to block the Sun!? Google it, news outlets and people are tweeting away over fears if Bill Gates and his next way to RULE THE WORLD! Okay, all jokes aside, SCoPEx is a program building computer models with the possibility of predicting the ability to geoengineer planets by releasing different materials in the atmosphere. 

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    8 min
  • S2E57 Plant Based Foods

    Plant-based foods are becoming all the rage in fast food retailers but are they healthy? What does the image of fast food plant-based foods do to the rest of the industry? Join Mike and a very perturbed Nike as they discuss the idea of plant-based meats vs plant-based diets. 

    We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Thank you!

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    39 min
  • S2E56 (Short) What's a Microgrid?

    What's a microgrid and why do we care. Mike takes a second in this short to help clear up the concept of microgrids and their role in our future energy needs. 

    We hope you enjoy the show and if you do, please consider sharing it with your friends and family or leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. The more people that we can expose to sustainability, the better.  Thank you!

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    9 min

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Join brothers Mike and Nick as they focus on basic sustainability education and the small steps that we as consumers/families can do to not only shrink our carbon footprint but grow our positive…