Solve For Nature

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

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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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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David A. Dodd is the head of the globally recognized International Sustainable Resilience Center, Inc (ISRC), and having dealt with two near death experiences, David has a unique take on resilience at both the macro and micro scale.

After surviving his two near death experiences, he was determined to make a positive impact on this world. In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit, David shifted his focus to disaster recovery and resilience. In 2011, while crafting an economic recovery strategy for Japan after the Fukushima Tsunami, the idea of the International Sustainable Resilience Center was born.  ISRC is dedicated to furthering the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals and is one of 8 Public Private Partnership (PPP) Specialist Centers of Excellence affiliated with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe International PPP Centre of Excellence.  ISRC strives to improve disaster resilience and sustainability worldwide by specializing in providing "People first" PPPs that are sustainable and enhance disaster resilience, as well as integrating sustainability and resilience into PPPs of all types, globally. 

Think he's prepared to take on a challenge to make his own life more sustainable?

Find David A. Dodd Online:

• The International Sustainable Resilience Center (ISRC) Homepage
• David A. Dodd on LinkedIn

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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Steve Melink is the Forbes Books author of Fusion Capitalism: A Clean Energy Vision For Conservatives, and founder/CEO of Melink Corporation, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based company considered a pioneer in renewable energy solutions for the commercial building industry. He also is a national speaker on sustainability, clean energy and zero-energy buildings, and has consulted with federal and state legislators.

So often renewable energy is politicized: if you're on the left, you must support green energy, if you're on the right, you must support fossil fuels. But Steve shows us that renewable energy has nothing to do with politics: it's the energy of the future. It's cleaner, healthier for us, and most importantly (from an economic standpoint), it's cheaper! 

Find Steve Melink Online:

• The Melink Corp.
• Fusion Capitalism: A Clean Energy Vision for Conservatives
• Steve Melink 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 or http://instagram.com/verdantgrowthofficial

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Joshua Sam Miller is an environmental activist, mindful musician and immersive media producer dedicated to raising world-wide environmental awareness by curating immersive sound and visual experiences in support of ocean conservation. His work as a multi-disciplinary artist and conscious entrepreneur is motivated to support a healthier, more sustainable world. He believes that modern society has created an unhealthy model that leads too often towards stress, burnout and environmental pollution. Featured all over the world - and debuting at Burning Man 2019 - his work seeks to inspire more connection, love and understanding between human beings and the natural world.  

Just in time for World Oceans Day, Miller aims to raise environmental awareness and inspire connection with Sounds of the Ocean - Live in Concert – an album that tells the story of what is really happening in our underwater world by pairing recordings of whales, dolphins and ocean sound with live instruments such as clarinet, handpan, piano, kalimba, singing bowls and saxophone. With 100% of profits going directly to support ocean conservation groups around the world, Miller invites listeners to listen mindfully and offer oneself permission to enjoy the experience and soak up the good vibes, while being open to making a few adjustments in our daily lives to help these creatures thrive for many generations to come. From this place of awareness and abundance, the hope is we realize the impact we are having on the ocean and can commit to better protection around the world. 

Find Joshua Sam Miller Online:

• Joshua Sam Miller's Homepage
• Joshua's Album, Sounds of The Ocean

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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