Campus Energy and Sustainability Podcast

What if, to get ahead at work, you were told that you not only had to work hard and show up to your desk on time, but that you also had to wear pastels and not stand in doorways? This is some of the strange advice Bonny Bentzin, deputy chief of sustainability at UCLA, has received as a woman working in her field. In this episode, Bonny discusses her experiences and her observations of gender at pl...

Carleton College has been getting into hot water — but in the best way possible. Listen to this episode to hear Martha Larson, Carleton’s manager of campus energy and sustainability, discuss the college’s process for replacing its 20th century steam system with a geothermal-based district energy system. The new system will allow the campus to use heat pumps and the earth’s consistent 50 degree Fah...

Guests: Claire Lorch Garden Manager and Education Coordinator, Carolina Campus Community Garden Laura Mindlin Coordinator, Edible Campus UNC Scott Myers Director of Auxiliary Services, UNC-Chapel Hill Host: Kaia Findlay Podcast and Communications Manager, Campus Energy and Sustainability Podcast In this episode, the Campus Energy and Sustainability Podcast’s new manager, Kaia Findlay, explores wha...

Guest: Mary Annaïse Heglar Director of Publications, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Guest Host: Nicholas McCreary Sustainability Coordinator, Indiana State University Turn off lights when you’re not using them. Take shorter showers. Bike to work. These three actions are all recommendations for people trying to make sustainable decisions. But why not also volunteer for a human rights org...

Guests: Timm Muth Director, Jackson County Green Energy Park Dillsboro, North Carolina Host: Sarah Barr The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill In this episode, we’ll travel to rural Dillsboro, North Carolina nestled in the southern Appalachian Mountains, where a small county landfill and a passionate engineer are transforming the community’s perspective on waste by using methane to power...

Guests: Jillian Buckholz Director of Sustainability, California State University — East Bay Mackenzie Crigger Energy Conservation and Sustainability Manager, Chapman University Joseph Fullerton Energy and Sustainability Manager, San Mateo County Community College District Nurit Katz Chief Sustainability Officer, University of California — Los Angeles Host: Dave Karlsgodt Principal, Fovea, LLC Prod...

Julian Dautremont Director of Programs, AASHE Host: Dave Karlsgodt Principal, Fovea, LLC Production Assistant: Sarah Barr From energy use to purchasing decisions, waste management to community engagement, it’s no secret that sustainability is a notoriously broad and difficult to measure concept. Creating a comprehensive sustainability rating system was exactly the challenge guest Julian Dautremont...

Guests: Claire Veuthey Director of ESG & Impact OpenInvest Mike Fiorio Trustee Northland College Board of Trustees Host: Dave Karlsgodt Principal, Fovea, LLC Remember the old adage, Put your money where your mouth is? Or maybe, vote with your wallet? No matter which way you say it, money talks. In this episode, Claire Veuthey of OpenInvest and Mike Fiori of Northland College’s Board of Trustee...

Guests: Andrea Trimble , CEM, LEED AP BD+C, O+M Office for Sustainability Director University of Virginia Jesse Warren PE, CEM, LEED AP BD+C, O+M Sustainability Program Manager for Buildings & Operations University of Virginia Host: Dave Karlsgodt Principal, Fovea, LLC The focus of this episode is the University of Virginia’s Delta Force, a self-funded building energy efficiency and sustainabi...

Guests: Devin Kleiner Senior Project Architect, Senior Associate Perkins+Will Chris Meek Associate Professor of Architecture University of Washington Kyle McDermott Campus Sustainability Fund Coordinator University of Washington Chris Hellstern Living Building Challenge Services Director The Miller Hull Partnership Host: Dave Karlsgodt Principal, Fovea, LLC In this episode you will hear a live rec...

Guests: Julie Cahillane Sustainability Associate Director Northwestern University Garry Cooper, PhD Co-founder/CEO Rheaply, Inc. Host: Dave Karlsgodt Principal, Fovea, LLC In this episode you’ll hear my interview with Julie Cahillane, Sustainability Associate Director at Northwestern University and Dr. Garry Cooper, adjunct professor at Northwestern’s Fineberg School of Medicine and CEO/Co-founder...

Guest: Brian Campbell Director of Sustainability Education Central College of Pella, Iowa Special Guest and Co-host: Rob McKenna Principal, Fovea, LLC Host: Dave Karlsgodt Principal, Fovea, LLC In this episode you’ll hear an interview with Brian Campbell, Director of Sustainability Education at Central College in Pella Iowa. Joining me in this episode is Fovea, Principal, Rob McKenna. Together we...

Guests: Wolfgang Bauer University Distinguished Professor and Associate Vice President for Administrative Services Michigan State University Gary Farha Founder, President and CEO CustomerFirst Renewables The focus of this episode is a large, on-site solar carport installation that recently came online on MSU’s campus. At the time it came online, this was the largest carport solar installation in t...

Guests: Eric Eberhardt Director of Energy Services Energy & Facilities Management Services University of California, Office of the President Lindsey Kalkbrenner Director, Sustainability, University Operations Director, Center for Sustainability Santa Clara University Fletcher Alexander Sustainability Programs Manager, Institute for Sustainable Development California State University, Chico Tyl...

Guest: Lee F. Ball Jr., PhD Chief Sustainability Officer, Appalachian State University Host: Dave Karlsgodt, Principal, Fovea, LLC In this episode you’ll hear my interview with Dr. Lee Ball. Lee is the Chief Sustainability Office at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. While our goal for this conversation was to talk about his podcast, “Find Your Sustain Ability” we also get into...

Guest: Nathan Graf Climate Action Senior Fellow, Swarthmore College Host: Dave Karlsgodt, Principal, Fovea, LLC My guest in this episode is Nathan Graf from Swarthmore College, a small liberal arts college located just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nathan and I discussed Swarthmore’s carbon charge program. Nathan explains the origin of their policy, the nuts-and-bolts of how the charge is...

Guest: Sandra Goldmark Director, Sustainability and Environment and Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Theatre at Barnard College; Co-Founder of Fixup. Host:  Dave Karlsgodt, Principal, Fovea, LLC In this episode you’ll hear my Feb 26th, 2018 interview with Sandra Goldmark. Sandra is the Sustainability Director at Barnard College in New York City. She is also a teacher, a theater...

Guest:   Mark "Puck" Mykleby Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer Long Haul Capital Group Host:  Dave Karlsgodt, Principal, Fovea, LLC In this November 2017, interview I’ll talk with retired Marine Colonel Mark Mykleby about a book he recently co-authored with Patrick Doherty and Joel Makower, called “The new Grand Strategy, Restoring America’s Prosperity, Security and Sustainability...

Guests:   Liska Richer, Manager of SEEDs Sustainability Program at the University of British Columbia Rachelle Haddock, Project Coordinator Campus as a Learning Lab at the University of Calgary Caroline Savage, Campus as a Lab Director at Princeton Host:  Dave Karlsgodt, Principal, Fovea, LLC In this episode you’ll hear a round-robin interview with three different thought leaders wh...

Guests :  Merry Ranking, Director of Sustainability and Jeff Witt, Director of Utilities at Iowa State University Host : Dave Karlsgodt, Principal, Fovea, LLC In this interview, we get an inside look inside look at the decision-making process for an on-site power plant and how a land grant institution pursues sustainable energy while balancing institutional energy demands and f...

In this interview, we’ll discuss a recent report Bronte co-authored with the Frontier Group. We also discuss an ongoing campaign by her organization Environment America, that aims to move colleges and universities to commit to 100% renewable energy. We’ll talk through some of the examples from this report but also how students, faculty and staff can get involved with this campaign at their own cam...

In this episode, Dave interviews Allison Paradise, Executive Director at My Green Lab. Allison explains the history of the organization, their recent efforts to get an ENERGY STAR designation for Ultra-low temperature (UTL) freezers, an exciting new nutrition-like labeling program for research products and equipment as well as My Green Lab's broader work promoting sustainable practices in the scie...

During this interview, Melinda helps to unpack what went wrong during the recent water distribution crisis in Flint, MI as well as laying out some of the friction she runs into between the goals of water conservation with water quality and safety.

Part 2 of a two-part series based on a conversation with Dr. Krista Hiser, the interim sustainability curriculum coordinator for the ten campuses of the University of Hawaii system and a professor of Composition and Rhetoric at Kapiʻolani Community College. Part 1 focuses on Krista’s work to create the S-Designation or Sustainability Designation for college courses in the University of Hawai’i sys...

Part one of a two-part series based on a conversation with Dr. Krista Hiser, the interim sustainability curriculum coordinator for the ten campuses of the University of Hawaii system and a professor of Composition and Rhetoric at Kapiʻolani Community College. Part 1 focuses on Krista’s work to create the S-Designation or Sustainability Designation for college courses in the University of Hawai’i s...