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Today I will be talking with Michelle Martinez, Founding Member of the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition and visiting scholar at the Tishman Center in New York. We will be discussing the topic of Environmental Justice (EJ for short), from what it is and where it came from, as well as some examples of it. Environmental Justice is a newer topic for many people including myself, but I've been really interested in learning more about it!

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Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition

We The People Michigan

We Want Green Too

American Indian Health and Family Services

Planet Detroit

Principles of Environmental Justice

Tip of the Week:

https://native-land.ca/

https://native-land.ca/resources/territory-acknowledgement/

Today I will be talking with Monica Tabares, Vice President of the Greening of Detroit. The Greening of Detroit is a non-profit that plants trees throughout Detroit, provides job training, and educates the youth on various aspects of the natural environment. They are truly contributing to the growth of a healthy urban community.

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Check out the Greening of Detroit: https://www.greeningofdetroit.com/

Today Jason will be covering the sustainable stories from the month of June. These stories will include recycling mussel shells, recycling tires for roads, and the impact of food miles.

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Sources:

Mussel Shell Recycling

Tire Recycling for Roads

Food Miles

Today I will be talking with Dr. Nancy Love, a professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, about a special project taking place in the peonies gardens at the Nichols Arboretum which is located at the University of Michigan. She and her team are working to create a circular economy by utilizing nutrient rich urine to create fertilizer. They are applying this fertilizer on a few beds within the peonies gardens as part of their study. So, they really are putting the pee in peonies!

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Sources:

News About the Fertilizer Study

History of the UM Peony Garden

Struvite Info

Today I will be chatting with Joe Lybik, Sustainability Manager for the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center, also known as ISAIC, located in Detroit, MI. ISAIC is a manufacturing facility that not only produces high quality textile garments, but also provides extensive training for the next generation of sewers. They also train manufacturing machinists on the newest, innovative manufacturing technologies. ISAIC operates through the lens of sustainability, and so I'm super excited to learn more about all of the ways they are doing so for both the people and the planet.

Check out ISAIC: https://isaic.org/

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Today Jason and I will be covering the sustainable stories from the month of May. These stories will include the new sustainable aviation fuel deal between Neste and United, Stanford developing solar panels that generate energy at night, the DOE starting a carbon capture project, and Colgate's recycling toothpaste tubes.

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Sources:

https://www.neste.com/releases-and-news/renewable-solutions/neste-and-united-sign-sustainable-aviation-fuel-purchase-agreement-flights-out-amsterdam-airport

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/07/1091320428/solar-panels-that-can-generate-electricity-at-night-have-been-developed-at-stanf

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/politics/doe-carbon-capture-investment-climate/index.html

https://www.colgate.com/en-us/power-of-optimism/faq

Past Episode about Neste:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neste-renewable-diesel-fuel/id1458896156?i=1000497712882

Today Jason will be giving us a book report on his latest sustainability read: Unraveled, The Life & Death of A Garment by Maxine Bedat. In this book, Maxine follows the entire lifecycle of a pair of jeans from birth to death. She examines global supply chain as well as the environmental and social impacts throughout the lifecycle of the jeans. If you are interested in reading this book for yourself, check it out at your local library!

Link to book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611479/unraveled-by-maxine-bedat/

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Today I will be diving into the world tour that Coldplay is currently on called "Music of the Spheres". A while back, I heard about these kinetic dance floors that they were going to have on their tour that would allow the audience to generate power through dancing, and so I wanted to check out the rest of their sustainability initiatives. Turns out they have a ton! In fact, they are aiming to reduce their emissions by 50% compared to their last world tour back in 2016-2017. Today I will be diving into everything sustainability related that they are doing on their tour. All info comes from their website here.

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Check out NESTE and our past podcast with them here.

On today's episode, Jason and I will explore the history of climate change science. Turns out that we have known about climate change and the impacts of greenhouse gases for a long time. Who knew?

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Sources:

History_of_climate_change_science

https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2

Today Jason and I will be covering the sustainable stories from the month of April 2022. These stories include Purdue University looking at the potential for nuclear power to power campus, the Corvette going electric, Hertz buying 65,000 EVs, and river otters returning to the Detroit River.

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Sources:

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2022/Q2/purdue-and-duke-energy-to-explore-potential-for-clean,-nuclear-power-source-for-campus.html

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/business/electric-hybrid-corvette/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/tech/polestar-hertz-purchase/index.html

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/04/river-otters-detroit-river/

http://meijercommunity.com/plastic-bag-recycling