The Carbon Connection

SUMMARY Jeanette Bronée is a Carbon Almanac Network member and helped facilitate partnerships. In this episode, she offers insight into team building and how to create the conditions that sustain corporate teams in their climate work. Community-based organizations can also apply Jeanette's principles. Jeanette Bronée is a global keynote and two-time TEDx Speaker, culture strategist, and autho...

SUMMARY Today we're trying a new format for this podcast. When The Carbon Connection launched one year ago, the objective was to highlight climate conversations happening around the world. The plan was to collaborate with hosts and producers of other podcasts and highlight their conversations with guests. Click on the link in the show notes to see the conversations we've been able to share, thanks...

SUMMARY This episode of The Carbon Connection is about ecological awareness. Michael Hawk, host of Nature's Archive, and Dr. Doug Tallamy, the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, discuss oak trees' critical role in ecosystems. They also discuss Homegrown National Park, a movement started by Dr. Tallamy that helps...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection we learn from Greg Peterson, host of The Urban Farm Podcast, and Christine Lance a Master Gardener in Colorado. They discuss how to plan, fund, and establish a community garden. LINKS The Urban Farm Podcast The Carbon Almanac The Daily Difference Newsletter Do you wonder how you can weave the topic of gardening into conversations about climate chang...

SUMMARY Explore more carbon connections at https://thecarbonalmanac.org/connect-the-dots . CONTRIBUTORS Special Acknowledgment : Jennifer Myers Chua, Producer, Generation Carbon Production Team : Edie, Callie Caterpillar, Penelope Opossum, Luna the Bear Senior Producer : Tania Marien Supervising Producer : Jennifer Myers Chua Music : Cool Carbon Instrumental, Paul Russell, Musi...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, hosts Olabanji Stephen and Leekei Tang speak with Juan Coronado, co-founder of Mijenta Tequila, the first B-corp tequila company in the world. You’ll learn how traditional tequila is made and how it differs from the approach taken by Mijenta Tequila. You’ll also learn about how the company’s works with their community. CONTRIBUTORS Special Acknowle...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we learn about insurance and its role in recovering after a climate disaster. Host Greg Dalton speaks with guests with deep knowledge about how US emergency services and the insurance industry work. They discuss how FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) distributes aid and offer insight into the needs-based aid system in the United States....

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, Valerie Lucchesi speaks with Mathis Wackernagel, founder of the Global Footprint Network, a network dedicated to conversation and actions leading to the thoughtful management of natural resources. The network established Earth Overshoot Day. This day signals the day of a year that "humanity has used all the biological resources that Earth regenerat...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we learn from Dr. Kayri Havens, the Medard and Elizabeth Welch, Director of Plant Science and Conservation at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Dr. Havens discusses how plant conservation techniques are changing in response to climate change and how the biggest challenge in plant conservation is getting the public to take plants seriously. She also offer...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, host Dan Cumberland speaks with Paige NeJame, writer, business owner, and contributor to The Carbon Almanac . Paige led the team that created Generation Carbon , the almanac for kids. In this conversation, you'll learn more about these two almanac projects and how Paige balances full-time work with advocating for a healthy planet. LINKS The Meaning...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we learn from Andra Yeghoian, the Chief Innovation Officer at Ten Strands, a non-profit organization in California that works with schools, government, and stakeholders to enhance environmental literacy in California schools. In this conversation with Ian Shanahan, the host of Talking with Green Teachers, Yeghoian discusses her trauma and climate r...

SUMMARY In this edition of The Carbon Connection, we feature an episode of the CarbonSessions podcast. Co-hosts Katherine Palmer and Brian D. Tormey speak with Kate Field, the co-founder of Leap Farm, a carbon-positive farm in Tasmania, Australia. In addition to speaking about climate and farming-related topics, Palmer, Tormey, and Field talk about regenerative agriculture, the limits of reforesta...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we learn how volunteers created the community and culture of The Carbon Almanac Network. Host Jennifer Myers Chua speaks with contributors Louise Karch, Eva Forde, and Diane Osgood. They discuss working with team members, celebrating each other's strengths, and building a movement that helps to create the conditions for conversations about our chan...

SUMMARY In this episode, Dr. Cara Ooi speaks with artist and educator Manon Doran about her work with teens. They also discuss Manon's work as a contributor to  The Carbon Almanac , how some teens and adults experience eco-anxiety, and how it can lead to paralysis and inaction. They propose steps and small daily shifts that can lead teens and all of us to concrete climate actions. To learn mo...

SUMMARY The Carbon Almanac Network features podcasts for both kids and adults. On this show, we've learned about CarbonSessions and The Carbon Almanac Collective. Today we’ll listen to the podcast for kids. This podcast was created for kids ages 6-10. A cohort we’re calling Generation Carbon. On this podcast, Gen C changemakers are asked to help grownups learn about the environment and save the pl...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we hear from Heather McTeer Toney, who shares a story about a situation needing her attention after she was elected mayor of Greenville, Mississippi, in 2004. Like many in the South, her community had a brown water problem, meaning that when you turned on the tap, the water was tinged with rust and sediment that were both public health issues and a...

SUMMARY How can adults talks about climate change with children? This question is at the heart of this conversation between psychotherapist Caroline Hickman and host Verity Sharp. Caroline Hickman is a climate psychologist and teaching fellow at the University of Bath in England. In this thoughtful conversation, Hickman offers guidance to parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers, and all adu...

SUMMARY It's time for some interesting food facts. In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we join hosts Leekei Tang, Jenn Swanson, and Olabanji Stephen as they discuss fun facts about the food we eat, the food we may think twice about eating, and the impact our food choices can have on the climate. CarbonSessions features carbon conversations for every day, with everyone, from everywhere in the...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we learn about solutions. Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, hosts of Your Undivided Attention, a podcast in the TED Audio Collective, speak to science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson about his latest novel, Ministry of the Future . They discuss the relatable realities of the book’s dramatic opening scene to Stanley’s optimistic message about peopl...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we learn from Dr. Edward B. Barbier, a distinguished professor of economics at Colorado State University. Dr. Barbier is an expert in environmental economics and environmental policy. In this conversation with hosts Monica Olsen and Jennifer Walsh, Dr. Barbier discusses why individuals and businesses can not separate themselves from nature and expl...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we begin to explore the first episode of a three-part series addressing climate, climate action, and climate solutions. Part one of this series features a conversation with Gina Murphy-Darling, founder of Mrs. Green's World, and economist John A. "Skip" Laitner. They discuss the world economy, human activity, the cost of climate change, and what is...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we are exploring the climate impact of flying with hosts Neil King and Natalie Muller. The airline industry is responsible for 3.5% of greenhouse gas emissions. If trends continue, airlines could contribute 25% of CO2 emissions by 2050. And the fact that more than 80% of the population has never been on an airplane, emphasizes that flying is a priv...

SUMMARY In this episode of the Carbon Connection, we explore how every job is a climate job. Host Jason Rissman and his guest, founding director of Drawdown Labs, Jamie Beck Alexander take us on a deep dive into how every employee, no matter what their job, can help drive change in their companies   Since climate change affects every aspect of our lives, and every corner of the economy we can...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we learn about how reshaping our economic model can turn care for our planet into an intrinsic business driver . Ahead of this year’s Davos conference held by the World Economic Forum, Bruno Roche, former Mars Inc. chief economist and founder of the Economics of Mutuality platform, sat down with Lindsey Hall and Esther Whieldon of ESG Insider: A Po...

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we meet Sonya and Nina Montenegro of The Far Woods. Their conversation with Jess Daniels, host of the Soil to Soil podcast, will give you a fresh perspective on mending clothes and repairing anything in your home. Sonya and Nina discuss how mending clothes can create a cultural shift away from fast fashion and textile waste. Sonya and Nina Monteneg...