Episodes
Oct. 20, 2023
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Schools
Today we will talk with two experts on IAQ in schools about the magnitude of the problem in American schools and what can be done. In recent years, comparative risk studies performed by EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) have...
Sept. 8, 2023
Is Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Racist?
Environmental justice (EJ) communities are on the frontlines of the adverse impacts of climate change and are disproportionately exposed to a wide range of polluting industries, including fossil fuel infrastructure like coal ...
Sept. 1, 2023
Cleancult and Boxed Water – Confronting the Plastic Crisis
Today we’ll be joined by the CEO of Cleancult, Ryan Lupberger and the CRO of Boxed Water, Robert Keonen, to discuss their companies’ strategies to eliminate plastic waste from waste stream with sustainable packaging solutions...
Aug. 25, 2023
The Human Health Impacts of PFAS: Guidance for Doctors & Patients
Testicular cancer. Kidney cancer. Liver damage. These are just a few of the effects of PFAS on human health. Today we’re joined by Dr. Scott Bartell, Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health at UC Irvine, to discuss w...
July 28, 2023
How to Protect Your Family From PFAS Chemicals in Your Water
New laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found four water filters that reduce the detected “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in sampled drinking water by nearly 100 percent. The results come as the...
July 21, 2023
Recent CA Wildfires Attributable to Human-caused Climate Change
A new study by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist and collaborators shows that nearly all the recent increase in California summer wildfire burned area is attributable to human-caused (anthropogenic) cl...
July 14, 2023
State-Level Legislation Concerning K-12 Climate Change Education
The Center for Green Schools, in partnership with the Campaign for Environmental Literacy, released a new report highlighting the need for state-level legislation that enhances and broadens climate change education in all K-1...
June 23, 2023
Lomakatsi Restoration Project Builds Climate-Resilient Regions
The Lomakatsi Restoration Project in Alturas, California recently won the $20,000 Edge Prize — a new prize celebrating exceptional projects from Alaska to California which work towards creating resilient communities in the fa...
June 16, 2023
WA State Leads the Nation in Banning Toxic Chemicals
In May 2023, Washington State Department of Ecology Director Laura Watson signed new rules that, for the first time ever, ban toxic chemicals—including PFAS, phthalates, flame retardants, and bisphenols—put in plastic electro...
June 9, 2023
The Future of Transportation
As auto and oil industry companies bet on an EV filled future, many are now directly sourcing raw materials (such as lithium) for EV batteries themselves. And while the future of transportation is definitely going green, will...
June 2, 2023
Minnesota Leads the Nation in Protecting Residents from PFAS Chem
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law the first-ever ban in the U.S. on PFAS “forever chemicals” in cookware, dental floss, and menstrual products as part of the broadest PFAS policy package in the country. The new law ...
Jan. 6, 2023
CA Assemblymember Laura Friedman Discusses PFAS & Climate Change
California Assemblymember Laura Friedman authored a bill signed into law in 2022 that will prohibit the entire class of PFAS, a.k.a. “forever chemicals,” from cosmetic products sold in the state of CA. We will discuss the exp...
Dec. 16, 2022
CA Senator Ben Allen on Golden State Environmental Public Policy
California State Senator Ben Allen chairs the Senate’s Environmental Quality Committee and co-chairs the Legislature’s Environmental Caucus. As the author of SB 54, Ben continues to pursue ambitious policies that address the ...
Nov. 4, 2022
Talking Trash with Philly City Council Candidate, Terrill Haigler
Our guest today is a candidate for Philadelphia City Council and a father of three kids (ages 5, 9 and 10), and he just might change the way you think about sanitation workers. Less than three months after accepting the posit...
Oct. 28, 2022
Disposable Single-Use Plastics are Done in a Decade in CA
California’s new Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54) may be the most consequential Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation in a generation. By 2032, the law requires a 25% reduction of single-use ...
Aug. 19, 2022
The Superbug Killer: Viking Pure Solutions
Hospitals and other healthcare facilities have been fighting superbugs for years, but they made a resurgence during the pandemic. Superbugs are resistant to antibiotics, and can cause fatal infections, especially among vulner...
Aug. 12, 2022
Eliminate Food Waste with Therma
Keeping food waste out of landfills is one of the most significant ways to combat climate change, and recovering edible food for human consumption is one of the most significant ways to combat hunger. Therma is a tech startup...
Aug. 5, 2022
What Your Food Ate
We’ve all heard the old adage, “You are what you eat.” Today we’ll take that a step further… “you are what your food ate.” Pesticides and herbicides can impact the plants on which we rely for nutrients, and those same plants ...
July 22, 2022
Camden City School District: Sustainability-Minded School Meals
Sustainability in schools includes school meals! Tune in today as we speak with the Senior Director of School Nutrition for the Camden City School District (CCSD) in NJ, Arlethia Brown, MBA, CPFM. She will discuss the many wa...
July 15, 2022
Newark, NJ Public Schools: A Case Study of Sustainability
Today we’ll talk to Rodney Williams, Director of Energy and Sustainability for the Newark public school district, a.k.a. Newark Board of Education (NBOE). In recent years, Rodney has led the largest school district in New Jer...
June 17, 2022
CA’s Recycling and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act
In November 2022, voters in the Golden State will have a chance to enact legislation to address plastic pollution. Not surprisingly, the ballot measure faces fierce opposition. Today’s guest is the Director of Policy & Extern...
June 3, 2022
Don’t Poison Yourself with Beauty Products – Try Beautycounter
Some of the ingredients found in personal care products in the U.S. are banned in other countries because they are considered unsafe. Today we’ll talk about Beautycounter, a company that is transparent about the ingredients t...
May 27, 2022
BEE Healthy with Natural Bee Products
Tune in as we speak with Dr. Asli Samanci, the CEO of Bee & You, a company that produces 100% natural propolis, royal jelly, raw honey, pollen, healthy spreads, supplements and cosmetics. Dr. Samanci is a renowned food scient...
April 29, 2022
Renewable Energy Options for Your Home
Solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, and biomass are all renewable energy technologies with residential applications. Today we’ll be joined by Anna DeSimone, author of “Live in a Home that Pays You Back,” about what you need to kn...