EnvironMental with Dandelion

In this episode of EnvironMental, we spoke with Taso Arima about IperionX his sustainable Titanium - and we had trouble picking our jaws up off the floor. What we thought could be a greenwashing nightmare of a podcast turned out to be one of the most exciting episodes we have ever done. Taso explained how IperionX works - including the chemistry behind their revolutionary production system. We lea...

In this episode of EnvironMental, we spoke with Sue Inches: an author and activist with a 25 year history as an environmental lobbyist. We are impressed with how easy she makes environmental lobbying sound - and how tied it is to story telling. Sue also just released her book, which is really a field guide for advocacy called, "Advocating for the Environment; How to Gather Your Power and Take Acti...

Gillian talks to the duo about the biggest business pickle out there: how to use business as a force for good in the world. Her business, the aptly named Business Pickle, is a research advisory that helps business owners make their global sustainability goals actionable. Each "season" the Business Pickle puts out research on three relevant sustainability topics to help business owners make better...

In this episode of EnvironMental Podcast, we got very excited about Sustainable Investing as we spoke with Breene Murphy, the VP of Strategy for the Carbon Collective.  Breene took this sleepy topic and turned our heads with his optimistic view on climate crisis solutions and investment.   The Carbon Collective is a sustainable investment agency on a mission to accelerate the transition to a zero-...

In this episode, you can see us get more and more enthralled by Anna Luckai, the founder of Sanctuary Innerwear, and her beautiful process of plant healing through her clothing. This Canadian native was a teacher for decades when she decided to retire and pursue her dreams of creating her own line of lingerie that feels transformational to your body. With these garments, you're adding your clothes...

In this episode we had an incredible time chatting with Maya van Rossum about The Green Amendment - which is both Maya's book AND the goal of her nonprofit: for the generations. The idea behind a Green Amendment is to make sure that there is unquestionable legal protection to a clean, safe, and healthy environment. This amendment grants the right to things like clean water and clean air - which Am...

On this episode of the EnvironMental Podcast we kept coming back to how big of a gamechanger this book could be if its put into action. Urvashi Bhatnagar and her co-author Paul Anastas have offered a "how to" for building businesses that put sustainability at the forefront. The biggest takeaway here is that when businesses close the loop on their product creation, and add 'sustainability' to their...

We had NO IDEA that reusable packaging could be a real alternative for single use food and drinks until Page told us about it on this episode of EnvironMental Podcast. The whole goal of her company, Topanga.io is to create a digital infrastructure of a circular economy. Now, that's a huge goal - but if anyone can do it, we believe it's the Topanga Team.  What started as a small scale milk man-styl...

On this episode, we are wowed by Haley Stratton - an energetic environmental scientist and eco-artist! In her day job, Haley gets to go around Colorado and assess future development sites for environmental safety! She identifies protected wildlife and habitats, offers recommendations for legal permits on development sites, and then monitors those sites to make sure that the permit laws are being f...

This episode of EnvironMental was so much fun - and so informative - thanks to our guest, Freddie Catlow, the enigmatic and (self described) bamboo-obsessed co-founder of Planboo. Freddie gives us the deets on bamboo like:  - it's a grass that can grow a meter every day  - it's hard enough to be treated like a wood for construction, but can totally be made into fabric and paper and silverware (and...

This episode of EnvironMental with Dandelion is really exciting for us because we get to sit down and chat with Charlotte Opal - the executive director of the Forest Conservation Fund, the nonprofit that we donate to! The Forest Conservation Fund is a nonprofit based in Switzerland that chooses forest protection and conservation projects! We talk a lot about the importance of protecting the forest...

This episode of EnvironMental is about Marketing! We realized that we've never covered how we infuse sustainability into our digital marketing business @dandelion_branding with our clients every day. Aside from focusing on sustainable brands, we also focus on ways to be more digitally sustainable in the marketing world! In this episode we cover: - what is sustainable marketing? (We operate two def...

On this episode of EnvironMental we had an inspiring conversation with Sara Ibrahim around sustainable personal fashion. We've covered the issues around the fashion industry extensively in the past - and we are grateful to Sara for helping us bring beauty and art to the fashion conversation. Sara is an experienced sustainable personal stylist and always says that the most sustainable clothing opti...

This week we're welcoming Toby Radcliffe, Cofounder of ZeroBees, to the podcast! ZeroBees is on a mission to make it easier for small and medium businesses to reach net zero. They focus predominately on helping businesses reduce their CO2e by making short and long term plans with quantifiable benefits. Toby talks to us about shifting our language from "reduction and offsetting" to "CO2e reduction...

This week we're welcoming Grace Moore to the podcast to talk about her brand, Atlo! Atlo is pioneering the refillery movement in Atlanta, Georgia with a mobile refillery and an online accessories shop. We talk about what it means to be focused on a low waste lifestyle (not to to be confused with zero waste pressure) and how refilling your products can help people on their low waste journey. In thi...

This week we're welcoming Lizzie Horvitz, sustainable entrepreneur, onto the podcast to talk about her business, Finch! Finch is a new browser extension that is about to be a serious game changer in the sustainable ecommerce space. It's going to make it easy (!) to find the most sustainable products on the market, right as you shop! Imagine that you're browsing around on Amazon, looking for someth...

Less than 20% of textile waste either stay on the market or get recycling Another quarter is incinerated which is CO2 intensive and the rest ends up in the landfill!   Like most things, the problem came up before we had even thought about the future. Literally millions of tons of textile waste is created globally every year and there isn't a clear solution yet.    There are a lot of people that ha...

In this week's episode, Courtney answered the question: Which is more sustainable, shopping retail or shopping online? As per usual, there's no cut and dry answer here. It totally depends on how you're getting to and from the shop and your online purchasing (and return) behavior. Finally! Something we can have an impact on with our consumer behavior!

This week on our sustainability podcast, we're still covering Fast Fashion  - and it feels like we're getting to the nuts and bolts of the problem here. When we spoke about fabric, that seemed to have a sustainable solution that a consumer can choose - great - this week... not so much. This week Courtney covered the social aspects of the manufacturing of today's fashion. The long and short of it t...

Last week, we learned that getting legitimate data on the impact of the fashion industry is a real challenge. So we decided that the best way to take a look at the industry is to break down the supply chain. This week, aub shares the lay of the fabric-land.  There are tons of fabric types out there, so she covered the most popular.  - Polyester and Nylon (AVOID)  - Rayon/Viscose (AVOID)  - Cotton...

This is the first podcast of our fashion industry sustainability topic. In this episode,  we're feeling a little frustrated. We've been talking about, learning, and working within the sustainability sector for a while. And the issues within the fashion industry are inescapable! Especially right now, it seems like everywhere we turn there's a new finding or data point or study talking about the imp...

This week's episode Court did a deep dive into the dangers of the Dakota Access Pipeline and Line Three. The Dakota Access Pipeline gained media attention in 2016 when the Sioux tribe sued the government over the construction project, its lack of environmental protections, and broken treaties with indigenous nations. Despite the protests the pipeline was built and all lawsuits were eventually (and...

This week on the podcast, we start diving into fresh water access. In the US, having access to fresh water is treated like a privilege, especially for poor communities. The clearest example of that is the Flint Water Crisis. aub did a deep dive into the timeline of what happened in Flint - its not pretty. The problem in Genessee County, Michigan hit national and international news in 2016. But by...

In this episode of EnvironMental we start our investigation into the fresh water crisis we're facing right now.  The gross misuse of water by the energy, agriculture, and fashion industries are leading to a rapidly approaching end of fresh water availability.  This is a major crisis that needs to be addressed now.  Aub and Court chat about current facts, and some very interesting data points aroun...

In this week's conversation about sustainability, we're wrapping up the discussion about Food and Agriculture. This was the biggest topic we've covered so far - the section was 8 weeks long and we didn't get to talk about everything we wanted. In particular, we didn't get to jump into court cases related to farming, commercial agriculture practices, GMOs, or immigrant worker populations. What we d...