Climate Changers

David Fenton is the author of the new book The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons from 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator. David earned the moniker “the Robin Hood of Public Relations” from The National Journal for creating the first PR agency for social change organizations to adopt corporate PR tactics to win major victories for freedom, democracy, and the environment. Through his firm, Fenton,...

Victoria Brunner is the co-founder of FATTE Bikes, the first ebike company to operate in Denver, and one of just a few ebike companies to actually build their ebikes in the U.S.A. Victoria and her partner Kenny learned early on that if ebikes are built overseas, they just aren't as well put together as when they do it themselves in their factory. By building their ebikes in the U.S.A, they are abl...

Brad Liski is a social entrepreneur and the CEO of British Columbia-based Tru Earth, a global household cleaning product company focused on biodegradability and the elimination of waste. The company is one of several founded in his lifetime, but the first that inspires him to wake up every morning excited to make a difference. Liski is a member of the Board of the Salish Sea Research & Education S...

Andrea is Founder of Confidente and Empower Capital. With 25 years of entrepreneurship, operations, sustainability and technology experience, Andrea brings a hands-on approach to partnering with investors, corporate boards, management, to create accelerated returns, resilient investment, and market leadership. Andrea Specializes in Resilience, Investment Promotion, and Women Entrepreneurship. Andr...

Jan Skjoldhammer is the Founder and CEO of Novige AB, a wave energy developer that uses ocean waves to generate electricity. Jan has been an officer, captain, instructor and display pilot with a well-developed technical side, having built a race car in his youth, among many other projects. He is a natural-born entrepreneur with a tireless ambition and an environmental awareness that has led him to...

The Climate Change Garden by Kim Stoddart and Sally Morgan, is a guide to creating a resilient, climate-wise garden, one that adapts to volatile weather extremes and a rapidly changing climate. This is the first book to reveal which types of gardens are better suited to deal with such extremes and which techniques, practices, and equipment can be put to good use to help temper the issues. Kim Stod...

Stacy Grace is the pioneering woman behind KENT, the first plastic-free underwear, so natural it’s compostable. Stacy has made it her mission to remove plastics in underwear, and create cleaner clothes for consumers and the planet in an industry plagued with synthetic materials. Made with GOTs certified cotton, KENT’s separates are just as soft and durable as the cotton underwear and shirts in you...

Michael Dull is the founder and President of EVUniverse.com and host of the Plug in for More podcast. An auto enthusiast from a young age, Michael has since grown into a serial entrepreneur in various industries. He started his career as a pharmacist, spending time with multiple companies developing, testing, and implementing mobile applications and websites for chain pharmacies. His whole life Mi...

Lauren Gropper is tackling the problem of single-use plastic waste by replacing petroleum based plastics with plastic made from plants. Repurpose's products range from disposable plates and cups to garbage bags and straws -- all of which are made entirely from plants using upcycled materials such as eucalyptus, sugarcane pulp, and wood. They are totally non-toxic and fully degradable. Lauren aims...

DR Richardson is Co-Founder of Elephant Energy, where they believe that climate change is the elephant in the room. Their mission is to dramatically accelerate the clean energy transition and are working to make an 🐘-sized hole in carbon emissions through the single largest lever: our homes' energy consumption.

Helen Lin has worked across four continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, N. America) merging and investing in companies, leading the digital transformation of multinational banking operations, and designing products to serve base of the pyramid customers (FINCA Impact Finance).

Kristin Ohlson's writing has appeared in NYT, Orion, Discover, Gourmet, Oprah, and many other publications. Her magazine work has been anthologized in Best American Science Writing and Best American Science Writing. Los Angeles Times called The Soil Will Save Us “a hopeful book and a necessary one...a fast-paced and entertaining shot across the bow of mainstream thinking about land use.” Sweet in...

About The Book An engaging, accessible citizen’s guide to the seven urgent changes that will really make a difference for our climate — and how we can hold our governments accountable for putting these plans into action. Dozens of kids in Montgomery County, Maryland, agitated until their school board committed to electric school buses. Mothers in Colorado turned up in front of an obscure state pan...

Eric Davidson is an ecologist, soil scientist, and biogeochemist whose research career has focused on how human changes to the land affect carbon and nitrogen in the soil, water, and air. He is working as a science advisor to the Bureau of Environmental Quality at the U.S. Department of State, where he is helping scope out the USG position on a new international agreement on plastic waste. In his...

Andrew Reagan is the Executive Director of Clean Energy for America, a 501c(4) organization that leverages their unique industry-spanning network to amplify the voice of the clean energy workforce to advocate for just, equitable and rapid decarbonization. CE4A is historic. The clean energy industry has never before been unified in a grassroots effort like this. To lay the groundwork for a stronger...

Lucy Hargreaves has had an amazing career, and every moment of it has been devoted to issues of sustainability, climate, and the environment. She’s traveled the world while working on sustainable development initiatives for UNESCO in Bangkok and OECD in Paris. She’s shaped progressive climate policy from within the Trudeau Administration, led sustainability programs at a non-profit foundation, and...

Shannon Jahn is the Green Workforce Lead at City and County of Denver, Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency. In this interview Shannon talks about growing a green economy and a climate resilient future while creating a vibrant workforce with well-paying job opportunities for everybody in the community.

Learn more about High Plains Biochar: https://www.hpbiochar.com

Learn more about Beetcoin and buy the book: https://beetcoin.org

Learn more about Fridays for Future: https://fridaysforfuture.org/ Learn more about Rise Up: https://www.riseupmovementafrica.org/  

Learn more about IWCA: https://www.iwcawine.org Read their annual report HERE  

Thomas Hochman (@thomashochman) is a Fellow at Citizens’ Climate Lobby. His work has been featured in The National Interest, The Washington Examiner, and a number of other outlets.

Here is the new book out of Stanford's D School that Dave mentioned: https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Stein-Greenberg/e/B09455W266%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Here is Dave's website: https://climate-activist.com/