Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers
74 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsWant to use your job to tackle climate change? Today there are more opportunities across industries to find a job and have impact. Join Climate Corps network manager Yesh Pavlik Slenk for candid conversations with everyday changemakers about careers, motivation, how they're fighting climate change — and how you can too.
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Katharine Hayhoe on how to start climate conversations
November 15, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBDr. Katharine Hayhoe’s research focuses on understanding what climate change means for people and the places where we live. She is the Horn Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Public Law at Texas Tech University. Her book Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, followed her 2018 TED Talk, “The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it.” The Guardian called her “a committed Christian who has gained a reputation for b...
How to land one of the millions of new clean energy jobs
November 08, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBBetony Jones is a nationally recognized expert in labor-climate issues, with a focus on the intersection between climate jobs, clean energy, and unions. As the director of the Office of Energy Jobs, she oversees workforce development strategies and engages with organized labor and other stakeholders to ensure that the Department of Energy’s (DOE) policies and program implementation result in high-quality jobs and economic equity. Previously, Jones was a senior advisor on workforce for the DO...
How to green your faith communities with Rev Dr. Ambrose F. Carroll
November 01, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBRev. Dr. Ambrose F. Carroll, Sr., is the founder and CEO of Green The Church, a catalyst for environmentalism and sustainability built for and by the Black Church. Pastor Carroll serves on the National Environmental Justice Action Committee for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. He’s also been a fellow with the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity. He earned his B.A. in psychology from Florida Memorial University in Miami, FL, a Master of Divinity from Morehouse School of Relig...
The climate fight at the heart of the PR industry
October 25, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MBSolitaire is a renowned sustainability expert who works with some of the world’s most influential organizations. She is co-founder and Chief Solutionist at Futerra and trustee of the Solutions Union. In 2023 she was named ‘Agency Lead of the Year’ at Adweek’s Sustainability Awards. Her popular TED Talk, Forbes column and most recent book – The Solutionists: How Businesses Can Fix the Future – are available online. Resources from this episode: Learn about Futerra’s projects, including clima...
Hotline Episode! Sustainability careers expert Shannon Houde answers your career questions
October 18, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBShannon Houde is the multi-lingual International Coaching Federation (ICF)-certified coach and talent strategist behind Walk of Life Coaching, where she has mentored and trained 1000+ change leaders to maximize their personal brands to advance their impact careers. After working as a financial analyst, eco-tour guide, recruiter, and then ESG consultant for clients like Adobe, BlackRock, and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Shannon has learned all the ins and outs of the green job search. Sh...
Hollywood screenwriter and producer Scott Z. Burns on making climate change central to storytelling
October 11, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBScott Z. Burns is a screenwriter, director, producer and playwright. His film writing credits include “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “The Informant!," "Contagion,” “Side Effects,” and “The Laundromat.” As a director, his work includes “Pu-239” and “The Report.” He also was a producer for the Academy Award-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” and served as an executive producer of the film’s sequel as well as “Sea of Shadows.” Most recently, he’s the writer, director, executive producer and c...
From mud cakes to high stakes with Youth Climate Collaborative’s Pooja Tilvawala
October 04, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBPooja Tilvawala is an Indian-American climate justice advocate, opportunity curator, and youth engagement expert with five years of experience in the global climate movement. Since 2020, she has served as the founder and executive director of Youth Climate Collaborative (YCC), which is creating a more just, inclusive, and intergenerational climate movement that sustains youth and their initiatives for meaningful climate action. She is a current recipient of the Walking Softer Award for young...
Eco-anxiety is fueling a new green career: climate psychology
September 27, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBRebecca Weston, LCSW and JD is a metro-New York psychotherapist and co-president of the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America. She supports climate-aware mental health practitioners and professionals on the front lines of climate work. She’s also written multiple pieces and spoken on the mental health impacts of the climate crisis, and how other systems of inequity affect climate mental issues. Resources from this episode: What is climate psychology? Visit Rebecca Weston’s website...
Creating zero waste in an unexpected place: the hair care industry
September 20, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBCiara Imani May is the founder of Rebundle, the first U.S.-made, plant-based hair extensions brand on a mission to provide more comfort and less waste through eco-friendly and non-toxic hair extensions. The idea for Rebundle sparked in 2019 when Ciara suffered from one too many itchy scalps from wearing braids made from plastic synthetic hair. In researching alternatives, Ciara came to understand that banana fibers could provide a sustainable option. That breakthrough led to Rebundle’s first...
How a punk-rocking paralegal harnessed employee power to green Microsoft
September 13, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBDrew Wilkinson is a climate activist and co-founder of Microsoft’s 10,000-member employee sustainability community, which has pushed the company to protect natural resources and operate with more sustainable practices. Now, as founder of Climate Leadership Collective, he helps organizations on the people side of sustainability: employee engagement, culture and change management, community building, green skilling, and leadership development. His mission is to make sustainability part of ever...
Introducing Season 6: How to Green Your Job
September 07, 2023 07:00 - 2 minutes - 2.11 MB🌎 Job hunting? Visit our comprehensive Green Jobs Hub for job listings, networking resources, skills and certification information and more. 💚 Follow and rate Degrees on Apple, Spotify, CastBox, or your favorite listening app. 📧 Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on green careers, upcoming episodes and more. 🔗 Connect with Yesh Pavlik Slenk on LinkedIn 👉 Follow up on social media: @environmental_defense_fund on Instagram @EnvDefenseFund on Twitter @EnvDefenseFund on TikTok...
How to green any job with Project Drawdown's Jamie Beck Alexander
May 31, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBJamie Beck Alexander is the director of Drawdown Labs, a division of the climate nonprofit Project Drawdown. In 202, Alexander developed and launched Drawdown Labs, which works with the private sector to accelerate their adoption of climate solutions. She’s been heralded for her TEDx Talk about empowering workers to be the driving change for the climate crisis within companies. Prior to Project Drawdown, Alexander worked for Ceres, which also encourages companies to establish ambitious clima...
The great electrician shortage: a bonus episode from The Carbon Copy with Stephen Lacey
May 24, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBThe Carbon Copy is a co-production of Post Script Media and Canary Media. In a special collaboration with Grist, reporter Emily Pontecorvo discusses where to find all the electricians we need to electrify everything and how we can train enough new entrants to the field to meet our climate goal. Read Emily’s feature article. Read a transcript of this episode: The great electrician shortage. *** Related episodes from the Year of the Climate Job - a Degrees miniseries: How to network for ...
Learn how to build your climate experience with Terra.do founder Anshuman Bapna
May 17, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBAnshuman Bapna is CEO and founder of Terra.do, an international platform with educational opportunities designed to help people get jobs working on climate. The aspiration is to get 100 million more people working in the climate economy in the next decade. Bapna is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded and launched several startups. He’s also worked with Deloitte, Google, and MakeMyTrip. He says he gets his best career and life advice from his children. Read the transcript of this episo...
Transfer Your Skills to a Green Job with Work on Climate’s Eugene Kirpichov
May 10, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBEugene Kirpichov co-founded Work on Climate, an online community for people passionate about solving the climate crisis, in 2020. Prior to WoC, Kirpichov spent more than seven years as a software engineer with Google. But learning how severe the climate crisis was, he felt he could no longer stay in his job. The resignation letter he shared on LinkedIn went viral. Read the transcript of this episode Resources from this episode: Join Eugene Kirpichov’s Work on Climate community. Join othe...
How to network for a green job with purpose-driven LinkedIn expert Nick@Noon
May 03, 2023 08:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBTechnologist and entrepreneur Nick Martin founded the social impact company TechChange. He’s taught graduate courses at several colleges, including Columbia University. Martin is also known for his LinkedIn presence. Known as Nick@Noon, he has more than 200,000 followers who come to him for social impact career tips and resources. Episode transcript Resources from this episode: Follow Nick Martin on LinkedIn. To find people to follow on LinkedIn, visit LinkedIn’s Top Voices in the Gree...
Browngirl Green’s Kristy Drutman: Taking the mystery out of finding a green job
April 26, 2023 08:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBKristy Drutman is a speaker, content producer, consultant and environmental advocate. Much of her work is focused on where media, diversity, equity and environmentalism intersect. She founded the storytelling site Browngirl Green and co-founded the Green Jobs Board, where she curates good, paid jobs in the climate space. Drutman has been invited to speak on environmental issues at the White House several times, and E&E News listed her as part of the “next generation of climate and environmen...
Introducing ‘The Year of the Climate Job,” a special Degrees mini-series
April 19, 2023 07:00 - 2 minutes - 1.99 MB🌎 Job hunting? Visit our comprehensive Green Jobs Hub for job listings, networking resources, skills and certification information and more. 💚 Follow and rate Degrees on Apple, Spotify, CastBox, or your favorite listening app. 📧 Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on green careers, upcoming episodes and more. 🔗 Connect with Daniel Hill on LinkedIn 👉 Stay up to date by following us at: @environmental_defense_fund on Instagram @EnvDefenseFund on Twitter Environmental Defense ...
How Heather McTeer Toney is redefining climate action for the next generation of leaders
November 09, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBElected at age 27, Heather McTeer Toney knows what it means to be a public servant. She was the first African-American, first female and the youngest to serve as mayor of Greenville, Mississippi from 2004-2012. In 2014, President Barack Obama appointed her as regional administrator of the EPA’s Southeast Region, at eight states the largest EPA region in the country. Currently, Heather is vice president of community engagement for the Environmental Defense Fund. She has appeared on numerous n...
The future of climate-smart ag and the hot politics of your dinner plate
November 02, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBHelena Bottemiller Evich, founder and editor in chief of Food Fix, which has rapidly become one of the go-to premium newsletters for anyone and everyone with a stake in food policy, from White House Staffers to famous chefs. Previously, she led coverage of food and agriculture issues at POLITICO for nearly a decade, winning numerous awards for her work, including a George Polk Award for a series on climate change and two James Beard Awards for features on nutrition and science. In 2022, she ...
How to solve the EV problem and a jobs problem at the same time
October 26, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBKameale Terry, CEO of ChargerHelp!, was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. The daughter of Belizean immigrants, Kameale has always had a focus on environmental sustainability and community engagement. With over a decade of experience in clean tech, Kameale formed ChargerHelp! with her co-founder, Evette Ellis, to create a reliable electric vehicle charging infrastructure. ChargerHelp! uses data to identify and provide maintenance and repair services for electric vehicle charging ...
Tracking jaguars with a toddler: Introducing Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
October 19, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBTo support Dr. Rae-Wynn Grant’s work, subscribe to Going Wild on your favorite listening app. And if you haven’t yet followed Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers, follow our show on your favorite listening app and rate and review us, too. Your feedback matters! You can also get Going Wild updates and bonus content by following Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant and PBS Nature on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook. And you can catch new episodes of Nature Wednesdays at 8/7c on PBS, pbs.o...
How to get a job investing millions in planet-saving tech
October 12, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBMia Diawara is a partner at Lowercarbon Capital, where she invests in ambitious teams building needle-moving climate tech — always with her eye on equity and inclusion. Before Lowercarbon, Mia spearheaded decarbonization strategy across a portfolio of more than $90 billion in assets at TPG and advised companies across industries at Bain & Company. Previously, she assessed climate policy and market-based climate solutions at NRDC and RMI, respectively. Mia is also a poet and dancer who has p...
How do we learn to live with wildfire?
October 05, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBFrank Kanawha Lake, Ph.D., is a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service. He’s been learning and teaching the role of fire in managing ecosystems in the northwest U.S. for more than three decades, and has introduced indigenous fire prevention and management practices to the Forest Service. He was mentored by botanist and best-selling author, Robin Wall Kimmerer. Have a green jobs question for Yesh? Send it to her on Twitter @yeshsays. Use the hashtag #askyesh. Job hunting? Visit ...
Building a Black community for green jobseekers
September 28, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBHave a green jobs question for Yesh? Send it to her on Twitter @yeshsays. Use the hashtag #askyesh. Job hunting? Visit our comprehensive Green Jobs Hub for job listings, networking resources, skills and certification information and more. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on green careers, upcoming episodes and more. To win a copy of Speed & Scale, rate and review Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser or Spotify. Take a screenshot of yo...
The woman greening the golden arches
September 21, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBTo win a copy of Speed & Scale, rate and review Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Podchaser or Spotify. Take a screenshot of your review and share it with us on Instagram @environmental_defense_fund. Use the hashtag #DegreesPodcast. We’re giving away up to five books per episode! Terms we discuss in this episode: Scope: How companies categorize their emissions. Scope 1 emissions are direct emissions from owned or controlled sources, somet...
How a psychology major is on the frontlines of decarbonizing a global industry
September 14, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBTo win a copy of Speed & Scale, rate and review Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser or Spotify. Take a screenshot of your review and share it with us on Instagram @environmental_defense_fund. Use the hashtag #DegreesPodcast. We’re giving away up to five books per episode! Resources on CarbonCure Technologies and low carbon concrete: Concrete: the worlds’ 3rd largest CO2 emitter from The urgent demand for low carbon concrete How CarbonCure’s techn...
The fastest electric vehicle fleet makeover in the west
September 07, 2022 08:30 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBTo win a copy of Speed & Scale, rate and review Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser or Spotify. Take a screenshot of your review and share it with us on Instagram @environmental_defense_fund. Use the hashtag #DegreesPodcast. We’re giving away up to five books per episode! Yesh Pavlik Slenk is Degrees’ host. Amy Morse is our producer. Podcast Allies is our production company. Tressa Versteeg is senior producer; Rye Taylor is our audio engineer; Elaine ...
10 Ways to Save the Planet
September 07, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBFighting climate change is the biggest job opportunity of our lifetime. But which career will make the biggest difference — and where will you fit in? In this episode, Ryan Panchadsaram explains the 10 solutions outlined in Speed & Scale: six areas to decarbonize and four ways to do it as rapidly as possible. To win a copy of Speed & Scale, rate and review Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser or Spotify. Take a screenshot of your review and share it ...
Introducing Season 4: Jobs of the Future
August 24, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes - 2.39 MBKicking our addition to fossil fuels is the single biggest job opportunity of a lifetime. This season, we’re spotlighting jobs of the future, those that will reduce carbon emissions the fastest. And tune in for our new feature, #AskYesh! Host and climate careers expert Yesh Pavlik Slenk solves your job-seeking dilemmas and offers her advice on how to get paid to save the planet.
Jason Swann’s life turned upside down. Now, he’s saving wild places
December 01, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBJason Swann’s childhood in the rural south included living in “a small shanty in the middle of a cow pasture.” Sure, he played outdoors—but he wasn’t exactly hiking in wild places. He grew up to become a financial analyst, but that career ended after an encounter with the police ruined his reputation. His life upended, he moved from Nebraska to Colorado. There, he tells host Yesh Pavlik Slenk, “I found respite in the melodic powers of the outdoors.” Inspired by his new connection with nat...
Sustainable investment leader Taeun Kwon on women, money and saving the planet
November 24, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBWomen have been the main drivers of sustainable finance, or investing with environmental, social and governance (ESG) values in mind. After years of slow growth, sustainable investing is showing dramatic financial returns. According to Moody's, “In 2020, ESG products saw strong returns and investment outperformance that marked it as a watershed year.” And yet the mostly male leaders in the world of finance continue to discount sustainable investing, or give it lip service. So says Taeun Kwo...
How an energy entrepreneur is helping to light up the world
November 17, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBSome people know from an early age that they are environmentalists. Dan Schnitzer certainly did. Inspired by childhood nature walks with his mom, he studied pond water under a microscope. At age 13, he conducted the first of many environmental experiments—for a science fair, he made clean fuel from fruit. After learning about the concept of "poverty traps" in college, Dan realized that lack of energy access is an infrastructure failure—and a massive burden on disadvantaged communities. Appr...
How a farmworker’s son-turned politician is fighting “the serious crisis with Mother Earth”
November 10, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBMost people don’t think about running for office when pondering environmental careers. However, California Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia may change your mind. In a state ravaged by air pollution and wildfires, Garcia has crafted policy that fights climate change. Recently, he introduced AB 1500, which helped inspire the Climate Resilience Bond. This allocates $3.7 billion of the state’s 2021-22 budget toward shoring up disadvantaged communities against “catastrophic wildfire, sea level rise, ...
How this 30 Under 30 sustainability star navigates tough dilemmas at REI
November 03, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBThe clothing retail industry is not known for being climate friendly. The textile industry, as a whole, emits 1.2 billion tons of carbon and uses five trillion liters of water per year. Dawnielle Tellez, an EDF Climate Corps alum, is candid and thoughtful about the challenges of making the outdoor apparel industry more sustainable. “What's been tough for me to realize is that at the end of the day, the outdoor industry and broadly apparel industry is reliant on fossil fuels,” she tells Ye...
Yes, you can turn your climate anxiety into meaningful action
October 27, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBLaUra Schmidt co-founded the non-profit Good Grief Network in 2016 with her wife, Aimee Lewis-Reau, to provide a space to help people cope with climate anxiety. Passionate about saving endangered species and panic-stricken about the climate emergency, LaUra had been suffering from her own climate grief and impotence. A childhood trauma survivor, LaUra had found solace in Adult Children of Alcoholics. So she took that group’s 12-step model (an offshoot of AA) and developed a 10-step program f...
What drove a former USA swim team member to tackle the diesel problem
October 20, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBBJ Johnson is in a hurry—and for good reason. He’s frustrated by the slow pace of change to address the climate crisis. And he’s angry about how air particle pollution endangers everyone, but especially marginalized groups. Black, brown, and poor communities are especially plagued by harmful health outcomes—like asthma, COPD and other lung diseases—from environmental pollutants. Regardless of their state or income, Black residents are exposed to 26% higher levels of soot from heavy-duty di...
Lake Street Dive on music, activism, and bravery
October 13, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBBrooklyn-based Lake Street Dive is Yesh’s favorite band ever! She was so excited to talk to them about her most passionate subject, climate change, and to find out that they care about saving the world (especially for future generations) as much as she does. Most people don’t think about how their favorite bands contribute to healing our planet. According to a study published in the academic journal Popular Music in 2019, five Scottish touring bands collectively created 19,314 kg (approx. 2...
Introducing Degrees Season 3
October 06, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutes - 2.64 MBJoin our newsletter to connect with our community!
Awkward! Networking mistakes to avoid
August 21, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBNetworking takes work. Sam Charner offers specific advice to help you become a more effective networker, no matter whether you’re a student, a new jobseeker, or a career changer. Don’t just sign up for a networking group. Get involved. Don’t just sign up and read the occasional newsletter. Participate in virtual and in-person events. Volunteer to help organize the next event. Join small projects and committees to get to know a small group of people on a deeper level. Ask members to rec...
Resumes suck. But here’s how to rock the search
August 20, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.36 MBFor more guidance on making the biggest green job hunting pain points less painful, read on. Keep in mind: An hour spent networking is more valuable than an hour spent applying for jobs you find on the internet. In your resume, focus on the outcomes of your work Learn how broaden your job search by applying specific modifications to your dream job For more guidance, visit Net Impact’s Six Steps to Job Search Success. 1. How do I write a resume that results in a job interview? Focus ...
Certifications: Do I need them?
August 19, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.98 MBSustainability certifications are a minefield. Do you have to spend time and money getting certified? How do you choose? GreenBiz’s John Davies knows which credentials are worth the effort and the cost—and when you don’t need them at all. In this episode, John gives us the scoop on: Gold-standard certifications specific to different industries Hands-on experience through internships, volunteering and other jobs is just as valuable as a certification You don’t need an Ivy League degree to ...
Real talk about salaries, gender and race in green jobs
August 18, 2021 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.39 MBJohn Davies of GreenBiz shares his latest findings on compensation, pay equity and how you can increase your value — and your salary. 1. How does my role impact the salary I earn? Managers in sustainability careers make anywhere from $50,000 to $280,000 a year. The longer you’ve been at your job, the more you make. But what are the other factors? Your responsibilities, particularly the number of people and projects you manage, have an outsized impact on salary. Already working in susta...
Green jobs are surging. Where to find them.
August 17, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBSustainability jobs are growing fast. From industry hot spots to the most-needed skills, Episode 2 is full of insider tips for jobseekers from John Davies of GreenBiz, the go-to hub for the latest in business and sustainability. For all of the guidance and resources mentioned in this episode, visit Land a Green Job 101 online. 1. Which industries are growing planet-saving jobs? After years of sputtering along, sustainability job postings on LinkedIn grew about 10% in 2019. Some roles ar...
Five key questions to turbocharge your job hunt
August 16, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBSustainability jobs expert Trish Kenlon asked jobseeker Maya Johnson five key questions to help her narrow down her career choices. Try them! And visit Land a Green Job 101, where we’ve listed tons of planet-saving resources for job hunters, from job listings to expert advice to communities you can join. 1. Which climate-change issue are you passionate about? There are so many issues, it’s hard to know where to start. Whether it’s a field trip to a dump, growing up with toxic air pollut...
Introducing Land a Green Job 101
August 16, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutes - 2.2 MBTrying to break into a sustainability job? Tune in to Land a Green Job 101 —six short episodes with pro tips from GreenBiz, Net Impact and Sustainable Career Pathways to help you find a planet-saving career. Visit our Green Jobs Hub for sustainability job boards, blogs, communities to join, expert tips and more.
Degrees: The Trailer
August 01, 2021 18:26 - 2 minutes - 1.87 MBCheck out the trailer for Degrees: real talk about planet-saving careers. Produced by Environmental Defense Fund and hosted by Yesh Pavlik Slenk, Degrees is part roadmap, part club and part therapy session for anyone who wants a career with purpose.
Degrees: The Trailer (full)
August 01, 2021 18:26 - 2 minutes - 1.87 MBCheck out the trailer for Degrees: real talk about planet-saving careers. Produced by Environmental Defense Fund and hosted by Yesh Pavlik Slenk, Degrees is part roadmap, part club and part therapy session for anyone who wants a career with purpose.
How Steph Speirs is pioneering a new business model in solar
March 01, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBSteph Speirs is right in the middle of one of the most critical challenges of our time: the quest to move our energy economy away from fossil fuels and into systems that are clean, equitable, and renewable. Steph is the CEO and co-founder of Solstice, a dynamic startup that is bringing solar energy to the 80% of Americans who are unable to install solar panels on their roofs. Our conversation with Steph goes way beyond solar energy. Her remarkable career path, from Bubba Gump Shrimp company ...
How a National Geographic photographer captures the emotional impacts of climate change
February 22, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBObsessed with the loneliness and longing wrought from the impacts of a changing planet, Pete Muller discusses how he uses his camera to make "the invisible become visible" – and to tell the story of climate change from a human perspective. Correction: we inadvertently identified Glenn & Jill Albrecht as driving 20 miles out of their way to avoid viewing strip mines. This is incorrect; it is John & Denise Lamb who make this drive.