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Today is the monthly wrap up of sustainable stories from the month of March. Jason and I will be covering the following stories: an app that shows you your carbon footprint from your receipt, airlifting rhinos for conservation, an oil lobby supporting a price on carbon, offshore wind, and our thoughts on the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy. Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod References:...

Today I'll be talking to Brendan Molony who is the Sustainability Coordinator at Bronson Healthcare in Kalamazoo, MI. They are focused on many things including energy conservation, waste reduction, and sustainable food sourcing. Bronson was even ranked as one of the top 50 greenest hospitals in America by Becker's Hospital Review. Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod For more information...

Today I will be talking to Eric Rosen from Loop. Loop is a company that is teaming up with various well known brands to get rid of packaging waste and create a circular economy. Various products come in reusable packaging that you can easily return once you are done with them with little to no hassle. Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Check out Loop: https://loopstore.com/

Episode 100! It's hard to believe we have put out an episode every week for 100 weeks! On today's episode, the table will be turned and Jason will be the one interviewing Kelly on her sustainability and podcast journey over the past 100 episodes. She will talk about the inspiration behind starting the podcast, lessons she has learned, and how she personally defines "sustainability". Follow us on s...

Today I'll be talking with Alex Payne from TerraCycle. TerraCycle is an amazing company that actually recycles those "hard-to-recycle" items that aren't always accepted by our curbside recycling programs. They also work with other companies to recycle items and turn them into new products. They are literally diverting millions of pounds of valuable resources from the landfills. Follow us on social...

Today is the monthly wrap up of sustainable stories from the month of February. I will be joined by guest co-host, Emily Graham who is also the founder of Maven Way Style. We first spoke to her about her online boutique of sustainable and ethical clothing a few months ago, so definitely go back and check out that episode if you haven't already. Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Check o...

On today's episode, Jason and I will continue discussing our 2021 goal to reduce our carbon emissions over the year. Today will be focusing on our emissions related to food. We will figure out where we currently are as far as our food emissions and find ways to do better over the year. Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49238749 http...

On today's episode, Jason and I will continue discussing our 2021 goal to reduce our carbon emissions over the year. The focus of this episode is on travel - both for fun and for work. We started by looking over all of our travels from the past few years to see what our average carbon emissions was. We then talked about how we could improve our numbers. Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.po...

Today I will be talking with Alice Jasper who is the Program Director of Good for Michigan. Good For Michigan brings together and recognizes companies across Michigan that are making a positive impact on their employees, their community, and the environment. Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Check out Good for Michigan: https://goodfor.org/ Check out Marley's Monsters for reusable make...

Today Jason and I will be discussing the positive sustainable stories from January 2021. These include the Paris Agreement, global net zero commitments, a decrease in deforestation in Africa, electric vehicles, E-bikes, and bears. Check out this episode to find out more! Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Tip of the week: Check out Blueland https://www.blueland.com/ Resources: https://w...

On today's episode, Jason and I will be discussing our 2021 goal to reduce our carbon emissions over the year. In order to develop goals, you need to know where you currently sit. Jason found this very user-friendly tool on the Environmental Protection Agency's website that allows you to input some information about your current habits to understand the emissions resulting from them. Follow us on...

Today I will be talking with my brother Kevin and my cousin Colleen about the Good on You app which is an app that provides brand ratings on ethical and sustainable fashion. It is so nice to easily be able to tell which brands are good for the planet and which ones could do better. Kevin and Colleen are both fashionable in my opinion and so I'm excited to have them try out this app for the very fi...

Today I will be talking with Luis Chen from Wormies in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Wormies is a composting business that specializes in worm composting. Wormies uses food scraps from over 300 households in Grand Rapids as well as local businesses, farms and stables to make clean, microbial rich worm castings. Wormies vermicompost has microbiology teaming with fungi and beneficial bacteria that is indi...

Happy New Year! On today's episode, Jason and I will discuss some of the sustainable stories from December 2020. They include a robot greening the shipping industry, lab grown meat in Singapore, hydrogen fueled planes, the Rockefeller Foundation divesting from fossil fuels, and mushroom bricks.  Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod   References: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55155741...

Today I will be talking with Christen Gilchrist, CEO of Mindset Momentum, about her mindset coaching for eco-friendly entrepreneurs. We will also touch on some tips on creating positive, actionable goals related to sustainability for the New Year which will also serve as our tip of the week. Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Follow Christen Gilchrist on Instagram @christen.gilchrist.co...

Happy Holidays! On today's episode, Jason and I will provide Santa with some possible alternatives to coal for the naughty kids. Our goal is to help Santa on his sustainability journey to become a better steward for the environment.    Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Thank you to Matt Chester for this amazing write up that inspired today's episode. Read it all here !

Today I will be talking with Marcy Wilmes, Senior Aquatic Biologist from EGLE, and Melissa DeSimone, Executive Director of Michigan Lakes and Streams Association, about the Michigan Clean Water Corps, also known as MiCorps. Micorps is a network of volunteer water quality monitoring programs in Michigan. I absolutely love the volunteer aspect of this organization, because it allows anyone who is pa...

Today I will be talking about Public Thread with Janay Brower who is the CEO and Founder as well as Lisa Knight who is the COO. Public Thread is a super cool company based out of Grand Rapids, MI. They are a community-based upcycling company working to divert scrap and surplus textiles from the landfills, create living wage jobs, and support a growing creative economy.   Follow us on social media...

On today's episode, Jason and I will discuss some of the sustainable stories from the month of November 2020. They include H&M recycling, carbon negative rocket fuel, hyperloop transportation in the US, eco-friendly palm oil, UK's ban on gas cars, and GM's EV plan. Special thanks to the Good News Network for many of these stories!   Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Resources: https://...

Today I'll be chatting with my good friend Paula Lobaccaro about updates on the Ocean Cleanup from the past year. We first talked about the Ocean Cleanup about a year ago in Episode 27 so if you haven't listened to that one yet, I recommend going back to get a good overview of the Ocean Cleanup non-profit. Paula and I aren't involved with this group however we are both really passionate about prot...

Today I will be talking with Tyrone Dobson from the Alliance for the Great Lakes. This group does so much for our Great Lakes including fighting plastic pollution, cleaning up local beaches, conducting research, and so much more. Did you know that the Great Lakes account for more than 20% of the world's freshwater? That's a lot so we should protect them!   Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME...

Today I will be talking with Theodore Rolfvondenbaumen who is the Communications Manager at Neste. Neste is the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. They are truly creating a circular economy and helping their customers reach their climate goals. Learn more about Neste here: https://www.neste.us/ Neste's Renewable Fuels in Oakland, CA: https://www.neste.us/ww...

On today's episode, Jason and I will discuss some of the sustainable stories from the month of October 2020. They include mini wind turbines, white cooling paint, Ikea furniture buyback, right to repair laws, solar panel recycling, seagrass restoration, and Canada's ban on single use plastic. Also, don't forget to compost your Halloween pumpkins!   Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Sou...

Today I will be talking to my good friend Sarah Rollins about the topic of eco-anxiety. Sarah is a clinical social worker and has her own business called Embodied Wellness so she is a great person to help explain eco-anxiety and provide some good tips on how to deal with it.   Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Embodied Wellness: https://www.embodiedwellnesstherapy.com/ Follow Embodied...

Today I will be chatting with Maureen Stroud who is the founder and managing partner of Shinka Sustainability Consultants. She is also a consultant for Circulab which is all about building a circular economy and that's what we are going to talk about today.   Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod https://www.linkedin.com/ pulse/circular-economy- circulab-tools-maureen-stroud/   https://cir...