Sustainabro Life

This week we talk about a technology startup called Fuergy that is using artificial intelligence to optimize the grid for renewable energy

This week on the show we bring on Kris Bordessa who is the author of a National Geographic book called Attainable Sustainable. Kris has been working towards her self-reliant living goals for the past 10 years and has been sharing her experiences along the way ever since. From the start of her brand Attainable Sustainable Kris has now grown to have a following of over 700 thousand people on a variety of different social media platforms. 

On the show today we cover

1. How Kris got started

2. The mindset of self-reliant living

3. How to have a successful garden (small of large)

4. How Kris grew her business from 0 to what it is today

On this week we bring of Jeremy Caradonna, the author of Sustainability: A History and professor at the University of Victoria. On the show Jeremy and Will discuss topics including fossil fuel policy, tips for running a business, the history of sustainability, living a value driven life and how Jeremy found his passion in life. 

On this week's episode we had on Tim Nash who is the owner of a sustainability investing firm. They specialize in helping people align their investments with their values. On the show we discussed how Tim got interested in sustainability, the tangible effects of sustainable investing in the market and how you can start investing today.

On this episode we are covering a bunch of awesome topics on sustainable design with Dr. Babbitt who is a researcher and industrial ecologist. 

In the show we cover:

1. How Dr. Babbitt became interested in sustainability

2. The triple bottom line

3. Total life-cycle analysis of products

4. Modeling design solutions after nature 

5. Food Waste

6. Sustainability policy

On this week's episode of Sustainabro Life we are bringing on the whole gang from Sustainably Swole. Sustainably Swole is a vegan lifestyle and fitness blog that prides itself in being based in science and research. 

On the show I talk with Clare and Marcus about some of the strategies they use to hit their macros on a vegan diet, some of the stereotypes about veganism and the overall impacts of what being a vegan can do 

On this week's episode of Sustainabro Life we are bring on Michelle Li, the founder of Clever Carbon. Clever Carbon is a new startup looking to bring transparency to consumer's through the use of numbers. Michelle compares the strategies from Clever Carbon with the likes of labeling calorie count on food packaging and hopes to see a future where all consumer products are labeled as such. In addition to the background behind Clever Carbon, we also take a dive into what made Michelle interested in sustainability, what she has learned from starting up a company and how coffee can bring us all a little closer. Enjoy!

In this week's episode of the Sustainabro Life podcast we are bringing on Rob Rubenok. Rob is the owner of 421 Brewhouse, a sustainable coffee ecommerce store operating in the US and Canada. In the show we get into how Rob went full send on whim to go establish the supply chain for his coffee, what building a sustainable business is like today, and how he lives by the motto "think global, act local".

This week on the show we bring on Evan Zachary who is an an incredible guy with tons of experience in sustainable project management. Will and Evan actually attended the same college and on the show they discuss ways to generate interest for sustainability on college campuses through alternative sustainability programs. In addition to community sustainability, Evan and Will discuss university divestment from fossil fuels and what the future of sustainability holds

This week on the show we are bringing on Liam Reilly who is a PhD student in researcher of sustainable polymers. In the show we discuss how Liam came to be interested in chemistry and eventually looked toward sustainable material research to be his calling. During the show we also dive into several topics like what are desirable traits for creating plastics from plants, some of the challenges of being a scientist and where sustainability could go in the future.