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Climate Changers

118 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings

Climate Changers features interviews with remarkable entrepreneurs, scientists, activists, educators and other leaders who are taking initiative as we face a growing climate crisis.

Climate Changers is for people who are tired of feeling helpless and want to hear real stories from thoughtful and effective leaders who are on the front lines of building the products and coalitions that will create change

The future is worth fighting for, so join me in this weekly celebration of the heroes who are working to create a new and sustainable resource and energy economy.

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Episodes

Empowering Young Women's Voices for Climate with Beth Osnes

January 21, 2020 16:17 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MB

Calls to Action Learn more about Inside the Greenhouse: https://insidethegreenhouse.org/ Learn more about the musical Shine: https://insidethegreenhouse.org/shine/index.html  

21st Century Climate Communication with Max Boykoff

January 14, 2020 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

Calls to Action Learn more about Max's newest book, published by Cambridge University Press: Creative (Climate) Communications Max is a Project Leader for Inside the Greenhouse, a multidisciplinary team that uses creative framing and storytelling of issues surrounding climate change through video, theatre, dance, and writing to connect a wider audience to the deep and pressing need to address climate change.

Climate Change Resolutions for 2020 with Beth Hartman

January 07, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

Calls to Action Watch Beth's TEDx talk on climate crisis courage: https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_hartman_climate_crisis_courage Learn more about Project Drawdown: https://www.drawdown.org/ Learn more about the Rocky Mountain Institute: https://rmi.org/  

Reflections

December 17, 2019 23:11 - 9 minutes - 8.29 MB

Call to Action: Given it is the holidays, my only call to action is to let me know how I can make this podcast more useful to you in 2020.  Please share any ideas, insights or criticism with me at: [email protected] I hope you all enjoy the holidays.  I look forward to engaging with you again in 2020.

Deploying Commercial Solar Energy at Scale with Dave Riess

December 10, 2019 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

Calls to Action Learn more about Wunder Capital: https://www.wundercapital.com/about Listen to an interview with Dave about how to use first principles to build an intentional career in clean energy: https://blog.wundercapital.com/2019/02/26/gtm/ Learn more about the challenges and opportunities for C&I solar projects to have an impact on curbing carbon emissions: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/10/20/the-weekend-read-ci-challenges-and-innovations/      

Powering Forward with Former Governor Bill Ritter

December 03, 2019 17:40 - 12 minutes - 11 MB

Calls to Action Learn more about the Center for the New Energy Economy: https://cnee.colostate.edu/ Learn more about Bill's work with Mesh Power to create sustainable energy resources in Africa that bypass carbon: https://cnee.colostate.edu/bill-ritter-visits-rwanda-microgrid-project-development/  

Sustainable Brewing and Backcountry Tap Rooms with Matt Cutter and Lizzy Waters

November 26, 2019 20:29 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB

Call to Action Thanksgiving is tomorrow so this week's call to action is more lighthearted than usual.  Given that this episode is all about beer, here are some great resources to help you use beer to make Thanksgiving more tasty and more fun.  Grab a six-pack of Upslope Craft Lager and give these a try: Thanksgiving Recipes that Incorporate Beer: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/news/cooking-beer-thanksgiving/ More Beer-Infused Recipes for Thanksgiving: https://draftmag.com/thanksg...

The Aspen Way with Auden Shendler

November 19, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

Call to Action Read more about Auden's philosophy that climate activism is a daily practice: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/opinion/sunday/climate-change-global-warming.html Learn more about POW (Protect Our Winters): https://protectourwinters.org/ Here are Aspen Ski Resort's Guiding Principles: https://www.aspensnowmass.com/we-are-different/guiding-principles

The Aspen Way with Auden Schendler

November 19, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

Call to Action Read more about Auden's philosophy that climate activism is a daily practice: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/opinion/sunday/climate-change-global-warming.html Learn more about POW (Protect Our Winters): https://protectourwinters.org/ Here are Aspen Ski Resort's Guiding Principles: https://www.aspensnowmass.com/we-are-different/guiding-principles

Protect our Winters (POW) with Kerstin Ulf

November 13, 2019 04:05 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

Call to Action: Learn more about POW: https://protectourwinters.org/ Climate Activist's Roadmap: https://protectourwinters.org/climate-activists-roadmap/ POW's guide to discussing climate change during the holidays: https://protectourwinters.org/how-to-talk-climate-with-your-uncle-at-thanksgiving/

Regenerative Economics with Hunter Lovins

November 05, 2019 14:03 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB

Call to Action Learn more about Hunter's work with Natural Capitalism Solutions. Learn more about Gabe Brown's innovative work to reclaim the natural productivity of his soil. Order meat, eggs and honey from Gabe Brown's Nourished by Nature online marketplace.  

Regenerative Capitalism with Hunter Lovins

November 05, 2019 14:03 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB

Call to Action Learn more about Hunter's work with Natural Capitalism Solutions. Learn more about Gabe Brown's innovative work to reclaim the natural productivity of his soil. Order meat, eggs and honey from Gabe Brown's Nourished by Nature online marketplace.  

Agrivoltaic Farming with Byron Kominek

October 29, 2019 17:38 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

Call to Action If you are a resident of Colorado, become part of Jack's Solar Garden and earn Xcel electricity bill credits. Learn more about Community Solar.  Learn more about Agrivoltaics.

Fueling a New Transportation Economy with Mike Kuby

October 22, 2019 13:36 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

Mike Kuby teaches Geography at Arizona State University.  In this episode we discuss his research into transportation, energy and optimal locations for hydrogen and electric fueling stations as we build a new energy transportation infrastructure.  In a country where petroleum fueling stations are ubiquitous, where will should we place the first alternate fuel refueling stations?  Rather than just following the patterns of the existing infrastructure, Mike has used research into driver behavi...

One World One Water with Tom Cech

October 15, 2019 16:05 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB

Tom Cech is an award winning conservationist and Director of the One World One Water Institute at Metropolitan State University in Denver.  He is a prolific author and teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses and creates water-oriented content and curricula for K-12 and lifelong learners.  In this episode we discuss water conservation and activism as well as glacial retreat, cyclical droughts in the west, desalination and the use of new technologies to deliver clean water to refugee ...

All Hands on Deck with Paul Bodnar

October 08, 2019 23:11 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

Paul Bodnar, currently a Managing Director at Rocky Mountain Institute, discusses a variety of economic, social and environmental issues related to climate change. Paul was in New York for the United Nations Climate Action Summit and shares this experience in the context of prior international conferences he attended while at the State Department and as President Obama's Special Assistant and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change. This includes his work as a chief architect for the P...

Raising the Maldives and Saving Coral with Chip Fletcher

October 01, 2019 14:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MB

Call to Action and Follow-Up Here are two recent commentaries from Chip: https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/09/want-to-save-the-planet-eat-more-plants/ https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/09/humanity-has-entered-a-period-of-extraordinary-transformation/  What was once considered unusual weather is now becoming standard because we have disrupted the jet stream by arctic amplification: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2019/09/28/historic-snow-storm-in-the-west-plus-a-heat-wave-in-the-east-w...

Trailer for Climate Changers

September 25, 2019 17:01 - 1 minute - 950 KB

This is the official trailer for Climate Changers, a podcast that features interviews with remarkable entrepreneurs, scientists, activists, educators and other leaders who are taking initiative as we face a growing climate crisis. As the father of 2 girls, I want to be able look them in the eye when they are older and say that I had an impact on their future by working to mitigate and help prepare for the effects of climate change.  This show is my first step.  Climate Changers is for peop...