Climate change can be seen as a disaster or an opportunity. Paul Laycock and his company VinZero is a new global company with a goal to cut major emissions from one of the biggest emitting sectors globally: construction. Paul and his staff at VinZero are passionate about facilitating the construction industries digital journey to meet net zero outcomes via digital solutions. According to VinZero, connectivity of processes and design ideas through digitalization is the fastest way for us to achieve more, and use less. To build right, from the start. The global focus on sustainability presents the biggest opportunity for industry to improve efficiency and reduce waste. Now is the time to prepare for the future.

Find Paul Laycock online:

• The VinZero Homepage
• VinZero on LinkedIn
• VinZero on Instagram
• The VinZero Podcast

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Today I'm following up with Michael Bayliss, host of the Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP), activist for within the environmental and post-growth movements, Communications Manager and former Victoria/Tasmanian President at Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Last time we spoke, he decided to taken on a personal challenge, but the challenge ended up taking a life of it's own and evolved into a project that he's now dedicated to! Also, we discuss the upcoming 8 billion day: the day when the population of earth hits 8 billion. 

Definitely check out his podcast, where Michael talks to experts to unpack the notion of post-growth societies and what this means for us, for future generations and for the planet.

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Find Michael Bayliss online:

• Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)
• Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP)
• Working towards an asbestos-free future  (published in Independent Australia)
• A Year in Asbestosville: A Farcical Tale of Systemic Failure  (Medium)
• Welcome to Asbestosville! Season 4 Premiere with Michael Bayliss and Mark Allen  (PGAP Episode)
• Winners of the ‘Eight Billion Day’ writers competition announced  (Sustainable Population Australia)
• Population almost 8 billion: Pressures on the planet? Countless  (Independent Australia)

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Anna DeSimone is the author of Live In A Home That Pays You Back, Housing Finance 2020: New Mortgage Programs for the New Generation of Homebuyers, Retirement Planning and Investing, and Welcome to the Agrihood: Housing, Shopping, and Gardening for a Farm-to-Table Lifestyle. She is a nationally recognized expert in housing finance, and author of more than 40 professional guidebooks and over 600 articles on the topic of fair and responsible lending. She may be an expert in making homes sustainable, but let's see if she's willing to make her life sustainable as well!

Find Anna DeSimone online:

• Anna DeSimone's Homepage
• Live in A Home That Pays You Back
• Anna DeSimone on LinkedIn

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Jill Wagner of Terraformation and the Hawaii Island Seed Bank returns to talk about the results of her sustainability challenge and how her mission of reforesting the planet is progressing! Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time for a long conversation, but I'm looking to having another one with her someday!

Find Jill Wagner and Terraformation online:

• Terraformation Homepage
• Jill Wagner's Blog on Medium

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• Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerdantGrowth
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Anthony Ricchio is an entrepreneur and sustainability influencer I connected with on Instagram and had some interesting chats on sustainability so I decided to invite him onto the podcast and have our sustainability discussion via video chat! The resulting chat ended up being an enlightening, open, and stimulating conversation on sustainability!

Find Anthony Ricchio online:

• Anthony Ricchio on Instagram
• Anthony Ricchio on TikTok
• Kangen Water Systems

Find me online:

• This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature Podcast: https://anchor.fm/solvefornature
• Blog: https://verdantgrowth.blog/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC24IiwM0BPQ-_3DVz2KnuVw
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerdantGrowth
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realverdantgrowth
• Instagram: http://instagram.com/verdant.growth or http://instagram.com/verdantgrowthofficial

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Today we continued our discussion about Hawaii being a case study for the direction the entire world is going: pollution leading to reducing the capacity for our planet to sustain life. Joshua Spodek is host of This Sustainable Life podcast and author of Leadership Step By Step. He guided me once again through exploring my own feelings while stopping me from evading negative feelings about my own pollution and instead exploring them. It ended up being a great conversation on sustainability! Tune in!

Find Joshua Spodek Online:

• Joshua Spodek's Homepage
• Subscribe to This Sustainable Life Podcast
• Josh Spodek's Book, Leadership Step By Step

Find me online:

• This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature Podcast: https://anchor.fm/solvefornature
• Blog: https://verdantgrowth.blog/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC24IiwM0BPQ-_3DVz2KnuVw
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerdantGrowth
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realverdantgrowth
• Instagram: http://instagram.com/verdant.growth or http://instagram.com/verdantgrowthofficial

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Yishan Wong is an engineer and entrepreneur who has worked at big name companies like Paypal and Facebook, and was CEO of Reddit. After leaving Reddit, he used his knowledge of the tech industry and combined it with the knowledge of Solve For Nature former guest, Jill Wagner, to found Terraformation, a company designed to take down climate change through tech-powered reforestation. He's a brilliant mind, and I was so excited to talk to him, so tune in!

Find Yishan Wong and Terraformation online:

• Terraformation Homepage
• Yishan Wong's Blog
• Yishan Wong on Twitter

Find me online:

• This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature Podcast: https://anchor.fm/solvefornature
• Blog: https://verdantgrowth.blog/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC24IiwM0BPQ-_3DVz2KnuVw
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerdantGrowth
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realverdantgrowth
• Instagram: http://instagram.com/verdant.growth 

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Inflation Reduction Act just passed through the senate, house, and is now heading for President Biden's desk. Today we’re going to talk about what’s in it, and then have a discussion on sustainability and whether this bill is making us more sustainable or not with Joshua Spodek, Author of Leadership Step by Step, Professor at NYU, and probably the most sustainably living person in the USA. Tune in!

The Inflation Reduction Act Summary by the Bipartisan Policy Center

Find Joshua Spodek Online:

• Joshua Spodek's Homepage
• Subscribe to This Sustainable Life Podcast
• Josh Spodek's Book, Leadership Step By Step

Find me online:

• This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature Podcast: https://anchor.fm/solvefornature
• Blog: https://verdantgrowth.blog/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC24IiwM0BPQ-_3DVz2KnuVw
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerdantGrowth
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realverdantgrowth
• Instagram: http://instagram.com/verdant.growth or http://instagram.com/verdantgrowthofficial

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Today, I have something a little different for you. Usually, I'm interviewing someone on my podcast, but today, I'm the one getting interviewed! Some of you may know, I recently moved to Hawaii and ended up buying a home here. However, in looking for a house, I found myself feeling conflicted about it, and Joshua Spodek, host of This Sustainable Life podcast, suggested we talk about it. It was a good conversation that forced me to explore some of my own feelings about sustainability conflicting with my own personal wants for me, my wife, and my daughter. I hope some of you out there can relate to the feelings I felt, and I hope the conversation is helpful to some of you! 

Find Joshua Spodek Online:

• Joshua Spodek's Homepage
• Subscribe to This Sustainable Life Podcast
• Josh Spodek's Book, Leadership Step By Step

Find me online:

• This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature Podcast: https://anchor.fm/solvefornature
• Blog: https://verdantgrowth.blog/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC24IiwM0BPQ-_3DVz2KnuVw
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerdantGrowth
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realverdantgrowth
• Instagram: http://instagram.com/verdant.growth or http://instagram.com/verdantgrowthofficial

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John Hartman is currently CMO of Ando, the leader in sustainable banking. He is an award-winning marketing executive who's worked with brands such as Oakley, SkullCandy, Volcom, L'Oreal, Lancome, Intuit, RayBan, HugoBoss, AAA, AARP, Intuit, WarnerBros and Taylor Guitars.

Ando has disrupted the traditional banking industry by investing customer money exclusively in green initiatives like renewable energy and responsible agriculture, potentially giving users 27 times the impact of other environmental actions. Additionally, Ando is 100 percent transparent as to where those investments are made. These are just two of the many reasons Ando has been named a Certified B Corp, a recognition of their commitment to building a sustainable, inclusive economy that works for everyone. Ando users pay no monthly fees while enjoying the possibility of early paydays and easy transfers from old accounts.

Find John Hartman Online:

• Ando Money - Sustainable Banking

Find me online:

• This Sustainable Life: Solve For Nature Podcast: https://anchor.fm/solvefornature
• Blog: https://verdantgrowth.blog/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC24IiwM0BPQ-_3DVz2KnuVw
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerdantGrowth
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realverdantgrowth
• Instagram: http://instagram.com/verdant.growth or http://instagram.com/verdantgrowthofficial

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