sustainabiliME

On today's episode, Jason interviews Kelly about her first year attending SEAS (School for Environment and Sustainability) at the University of Michigan. We will dive into the classes she took and some of the concepts she walked away with.

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Info:

My Biome Song

Book - Introduction to Modern Climate Change 2nd edition

https://seas.umich.edu/

Even though Earth Day is happening this week, Jason and I will be diving into the history of Arbor Day, which happens to be next week. Also, it's the 150th anniversary of the original Arbor Day! Yay trees! If you are looking for ways to celebrate both Earth Day and Arbor Day, check out these resources:

https://www.arborday.org/celebrate/

https://www.arborday.org/shopping/trees/treeWizard/intro.cfm

Also if you are interested in learning the history of Earth Day, check out our previous episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/earth-day-50th-anniversary/id1458896156?i=1000472018581

This week also marks the 3 year anniversary of this podcast. Thank you to all of our listeners who have joined us on this sustainability journey. Feel free to follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod

Sources from today's episode:

• https://www.thorncreekaudubonsociety.org/news/arbor-day-earth-day-why-both-are-important
• https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/the-history-of-arbor-day
• https://www.arborday.org/celebrate/history.cfm
• https://www.arborday.org/celebrate/world-dates.cfm

Recently, Grist released their 2022 list of 50 fixers working on making the planet a better place. Today Jason and I will highlight 6 of them, but you can find the entire list here: https://grist.org/fix/grist-50/2022/

Thank you to Grist for putting this list together and for showing us that there are some amazing people doing amazing things for our planet! Check out the links below to learn more about the people we talk about in today's episode!

1.) Nina Ignaczak, Founder & Executive Editor of Planet Detroit

2.) Rollie Williams, Creator of Climate Town

3.) Bob Carswell, R&D Director at Material Return

4.) Julia Marsh, CEO and Co-Founder of Sway

5.) Missy Stults, Innovations & Sustainability Manager for the City of Ann Arbor

6.) Ugbaad Kosar, Carbon180

7.) Brett Isaac, Co-founder of Navajo Power

8.) Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, Evangelical Environmental Network

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Today Jason and I will be covering sustainable stories from the month of March 2022! These stories include Starbucks phasing out their cups, the Global Plastics Treaty, and the new SEC Climate Rules.

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Sources:

CNN - Starbucks Planning to Phase Out Iconic Cups

NPR - Starbucks plans to phase out paper cups in the US and Canada

Gibson Dunn - Global Plastics Treaty

SEC - Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate Related Disclosures for Investors

Today I will be talking with Michelle Miller, Owner & Creative Director of Minty Made and The Green Marketing Academy™. The Green Marketing Academy™ is an online course, educational platform and community that helps businesses and marketing professionals shift their practices to be more sustainable and ethical, accessible and inclusive for the people that they serve. It provides tools, resources and support to confidently create and implement a green marketing strategy that is sustainable for both you and our planet.

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The Green Marketing Academy™ Links:

Website: https://www.thegreenmarketingacademy.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-green-marketing-academy%E2%84%A2/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegreenmarketingacademy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreenmarketingacademy

Today I will be chatting about the Michigan Sustainable Business Forum (MiSBF) with Daniel Schoonmaker, Executive Director, and Rose Spickler, Director of Statewide Engagement. I first got involved with the group a few years ago as a complete newbie to sustainability and have learned a ton since. They have amazing in-person events as well as educational webinars on various topics.

West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum: https://wmsbf.org/

MiSBF Upcoming Events: https://wmsbf.org/our-events/

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Today I will be chatting with Missy Stults, the Sustainability and Innovations Director for the City of Ann Arbor, MI. We will be discussing their recent study on implementing a Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) within the city. According to their website, a SEU is a 100% renewably powered, reliable, local, shared, and publicly owned municipal energy utility. Check out their report here

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Today I will be talking with Natalie Jakub, Executive Director of Green Living Science. Green Living Science is all about educating Detroit about reusing and repurposing materials as well as natural resource conservation. Check out their website here: https://www.greenlivingscience.org/about

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Today Jason and I will be covering the sustainable stories from the month of February! These stories include a Redwood forest being returned to Native tribes, a project from the DOE to produce hydrogen from nuclear power, satellites detecting methane leaks, and LA banning new oil and gas drilling.

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Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/26/1075778055/california-redwood-forest-native-american-tribes

https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-20-million-produce-clean-hydrogen-nuclear-power

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/03/1077392791/a-satellite-finds-massive-methane-leaks-from-gas-pipelines#:~:text=Satellites%20have%20detected%20massive%20gas%20leaks%20A%20satellite%20has%20detected,resulting%20from%20sloppy%20pipeline%20repairs

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/26/los-angeles-vote-phase-out-oil-and-gas-drilling

Today I will be talking with Megan Dwyer, Brand Marketing Director for AskNature.org which is a project by the Biomimicry Institute. We will be chatting about the institute as well as what the concept of biomimicry actually is. From a high level, it is design inspired by nature.

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Biomimicry Institute

asknature.org

Design for Decomposition

Spintex

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