Episodes
Sept. 17, 2021
Life on the Grocery Line: A Frontline Experience in a Pandemic
Grocery store workers are the unofficial thin green line between people and food — thrust into a situation that no one saw coming. In 2020, the burden of facing the masses fell on a select few, and Adam Kaat was one of them. ...
Sept. 10, 2021
The Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice
The Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice (Sept 25-30th) is a virtual, international forum hosted by the Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network (WECAN) International. As climate disasters worsen everyday, climate moveme...
Sept. 3, 2021
Water Woes in the West: Are we In a Megadrought?
Look at the U.S. Drought Monitor map, and you will see that the Western United States is in extreme drought conditions. During the California drought of 2012-2016, the state’s Climate Change Assessment report indicated that 2...
Aug. 27, 2021
EcoMetrics – The Business Case for Investments in Nature
EcoMetrics is a methodology that captures the Full Value of a project’s environmental, social and economic impacts in a format that is fully documented, verified, and ready for audit. Originally developed by Restore the Earth...
July 30, 2021
The Rise of Conscious Beauty
Nowadays, people are into the holistic approach of personal skincare. People want everything that is clean, natural, and sustainable. From vegan body lotion to organic shampoo, GlossWire is making its debut in the age of cons...
July 16, 2021
PFAS in Your Water? You Have Rights.
Today we will be speaking with environmental attorney, Dave McCay, about some of the legal questions that are surfacing because of PFAS contamination in water supplies across the U.S. Some of the most pressing questions are: ...
July 9, 2021
Encore USGBC-LA's Net Zero Accelerator
The LA chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council has an innovative program that helps early-stage companies with the technology to support a net positive future. Companies accepted into the Net Zero Accelerator work with ind...
June 18, 2021
USGBC-LA’s Net Zero Accelerator
The LA chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council has an innovative program that helps early-stage companies with the technology to support a net positive future. Companies accepted into the Net Zero Accelerator work with ind...
June 11, 2021
Vision Marine Technologies - World's Fastest Electric Boat Motor
He’s been called “the Elon Musk of Boats,” and today we’ll talk with Alex Mongeon about his quest to electrify the world’s waterways. His company, Vision Marine Technologies, Inc., is leading the way in reducing the carbon fo...
May 28, 2021
Wendy’s Commitment to Sustainability
In April, Wendy’s released its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report detailing the progress made across its three key focus areas of Food, People and Footprint. Within the report, Wendy's® shared the outcomes of its recent mat...
May 14, 2021
Encore Anaergia Supplies Renewable Natural Gas in Southern California
Renewable natural gas (RNG) produced from diverted landfill waste is now flowing into SoCalGas' pipeline system from Anaergia's Rialto Bioenergy Facility. A new one-mile pipeline connects the facility to an existing SoCalGas ...
April 30, 2021
Potable Reuse – The Science and Value of Recycled Water
Though we live on a planet comprised primarily of water, the amount of freshwater available for human consumption and industrial purposes continues to dwindle due to pollution and freshwater runoff into the ocean. Water is em...
April 23, 2021
Sustainability at Southern California Gas Company
Join us as we speak with Michelle Sim, the Director of Sustainability at the Southern California Gas Company, about some of the projects that SoCalGas is undertaking to address climate change, resource conservation, and reduc...
April 16, 2021
Earth Day in Camden, NJ - Public Art at Illegal Dump Sites
On April 22, 2021 (Earth Day), Camden Mayor Frank Moran, the City of Camden, Cooper’s Ferry Partnership, and the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts will unveil A New View—Camden, an innovative, six-month-long exhibition featu...
April 9, 2021
We Need Fresh Air: School Air Quality Seriously Impacts Students
Founded by Roger Silveira, We Need Fresh Air is an organization dedicated to improving student achievement one breath at a time. Replacing HEPA filters or installing new school ventilation systems is not enough. School distri...
March 26, 2021
Anaergia Supplies Renewable Natural Gas in Southern California
Renewable natural gas (RNG) produced from diverted landfill waste is now flowing into SoCalGas’ pipeline system from Anaergia’s Rialto Bioenergy Facility. A new one-mile pipeline connects the facility to an existing SoCalGas ...
Feb. 26, 2021
Encore Creating Healthy Buildings in the Midst of Pandemic
Join us for a conversation with subject matter experts on what it means to create a healthy building in which to work, live and learn, particularly during a time when indoor air quality is receiving unprecedented attention du...
Feb. 19, 2021
California Community Choice Aggregators Combine Buying Power
Northern and central coast Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) are joining forces by forming a new Joint Powers Authority (JPA) – California Community Power. The JPA allows the CCAs to combine their buying power to procure ne...
Feb. 12, 2021
The Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2020
Even before the pandemic, chronic neglect of America’s public schools forced students and educators across the country to learn and work in outdated and hazardous school buildings. Now, the COVID19 pandemic is exacerbating th...
Feb. 5, 2021
First Net-Positive Tiny Home Coming to Market in 2021
Our guest is Justin Draplin, owner of several Tiny Home Communities in South Carolina. He is developing and manufacturing the first ever NET-POSITIVE tiny home set for national sales and distribution this year. Draplin's tiny...
Jan. 15, 2021
Rebellyous Foods – No Harm. No Fowl.
Most people have heard about Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, start-up food companies working to bring plant-based foods from the fringe to the mainstream to create a more sustainable and healthier world. While these product...
Jan. 8, 2021
The Problem with Palm Oil
Palm oil is included in a broad range of products that many of us purchase on a routine basis: food, cosmetics, paints, pills, and even hand sanitizer. With over 200 different names, palm oil is tough for the average consumer...
Dec. 18, 2020
Is Waste-to-Energy Sustainable?
On today’s show we’ll be joined by Mike Van Brunt, Sr. Director of Sustainability for Covanta, a leading waste to energy company. We will discuss the air emissions, water use and greenhouse gas emissions of their operations, ...
Nov. 20, 2020
What Every American Should Know About Farm Animal Welfare
On today’s episode we’ll be joined by Josh Balk, VP of Farm Animal Protection at the Humane Society of the United States. Josh leads high-profile political campaigns to pass farm animal welfare laws, including the historic Pr...