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There has been a sustainabiliME takeover! Today Jason will be chatting with Daniel Hill, Senior Manager of the Innovation Fund at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). They will cover two very interesting topics: sustainability innovation and #OpenDoorClimate. Climate change is going to require a ton of different solutions, so sustainability is a space that will involve a lot of innovation, making it a very exciting field to be part of. At the same time, this field can sometimes feel overwhelming especially if you are trying to relate your current career to sustainability. Luckily there's a community of sustainability professionals willing to chat with you no matter where you are on your journey. This is called #OpenDoorClimate.

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Links:

Environmental Defense Fund: https://www.edf.org/

#OpenDoorClimate: https://www.opendoorclimate.com/resources

On this week's episode, we will continue to dive into sustainable product labeling with a focus on apparel/textiles. We will discuss Textile Exchange Standards (CCS, GRS, RCS), Organic Standards (OCS, GOTS), Better Cotton Initiative, US Cotton Trust Protocol, Mass Balance Standards, Bluesign, and Oekotex.

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Sources:

https://textileexchange.org/organic-content-standard/

http://en.sa8000cn.cn/article/172.html

On this week's episode, we will continue to dive into sustainable product labeling with a focus on brand certifications. We will discuss B Corp, 1% for the Planet, Energy Star Partner, Climate Neutral Certified, and ISO 14001.

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Sources:

B Corp:

https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/

https://www.businessinsider.com/b-corporation-b-lab-movement-and1-cofounder-2018-11

1% for the Planet:

https://onepercentfortheplanet.org/model?hsLang=en

Energy Star Partner:

https://www.energystar.gov/buildings/resources_audience/service_product_providers/build_your_partnership_epa/join_energy_star_partner

Climate Neutral Certified:

https://www.climateneutral.org/why-go-neutral

ISO 14001:

https://ecochain.com/knowledge/iso-14000-iso-14001-standards/#:~:text=The%20series%20of%20standards%20around,actually%20verify%20their%20environmental%20claims

Today Jason and Kelly will be covering some of the sustainable stories from January 2023. These stories include: Danone being sued over plastics, the USDA approving a vaccine for honeybees, and a new food waste company called Mill.

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Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/world/europe/danone-sued-plastic-use-france.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/science/honeybee-vaccine.html

https://mill.com/

When you are out shopping, have you noticed the vast amount of sustainability labels on various products? We have decided to dive in and research some of these labels to understand what they are all about. Today, Jason will give an intro on what this series will be about, but will also cover some packaging certifications. These include:

- FSC / PEFC (Forest Stewardship Council / Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification)

- How 2 Recycle

- GRS (Global Recycled Standard)

- UL EcoLogo

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Additional Sources:

Guide to Sustainable Packaging Certifications and Labels

FTC Green Guides

Today I'll be chatting with Geoff Dembicki, author of The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change. In this book, Geoff talks about how he dove into oil industry documents to understand the disinformation campaigns that many of the largest oil companies organized around their industry and climate change. This book was named a Washington Post Best Book of the Year in 2022. This is all very timely as a new study was just released this month in Science showing that Exxon scientists predicted global warming as the company cast doubts. Check out the Petroleum Papers here.

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Check out this Climate Town video of the Exxon Lobbyist caught on camera: here

Today I'll be chatting with Ben Collier, CEO of The Farmlink Project. Farmlink is working to decrease both food waste and hunger by connecting farmers to food banks. I first heard about The Farmlink Project during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when they were rescuing fresh food from farms, that would have otherwise gone to landfill, to feed hungry people. The work that they do is amazing and I'm excited to learn more!

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Sources:

The Farmlink Project

Get Involved with Farmlink (Farmers, Partnerships, Fellowships, Donations, etc.)

Happy New Year! Before we dive into 2023, we need to wrap up the sustainable stories of December 2022. Jason and Kelly will cover the following stories: the clean energy transition, legally binding environmental targets in Britain, the Food Donation Improvement Act, Meijer's electric semi-trucks, and the bald eagle population.

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Sources:

Food Donation Improvement Act

Meijer Semi-Trucks

Britain's Environmental Targets

Clean Energy Transition

Bald Eagles

Dove Refillable Deodorant

Another COP? Yup! COP15 took place earlier this month in Montreal with a focus on biodiversity. So, in today's episode, Kelly and Jason will provide a high level overview of the major outcomes from this COP (Conference of Parties).

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More info on COP15: Carbonbrief.org

Today Jason and I will be going through the LEED certification checklist to determine if our gingerbread house design could be LEED certified. This is meant to be a fun, goofy episode to kick off the holidays.

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USGBC LEED Projects: https://www.usgbc.org/projects?State=%5B%22Michigan%22%5D