Climergency: a sustainability podcast
A podcast about how individual actions can add up to make a big impact on climate change, featuring interviews with top experts on sustainability, eco-friendly business leaders & earth-conscious individuals of all kinds. Hosted by Courtney Kocak.
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Nathaniel Stinnett is a political advisor & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project. We discuss how the organization started, the stats on environmentalists who don't vote, how modern political campaigns work, how you can sign up to volunteer, why this election is so important for climate change, why it's
Aditi Mayer is a sustainable fashion blogger, photojournalist & labor rights advocate born & raised in Los Angeles. We dig into the plight of garment workers from LA to India to Bangladesh, the importance of worker-led labor rights initiatives, ways to make sustainable fashion more intersectional, how to better align y
Addie Fisher is a Texas-based blogger & sustainability influencer who writes the Old World New blog. We chat about how to get started with sustainable living, how to raise environmentally aware kids, why "low impact" is more appealing phrasing than "zero waste," how studying building preservation sparks her personal su
Charlotte Mei is a nutritionist, presenter & sustainability advocate based in Singapore. We discuss the #happyplatessg food waste campaign that got her interested in social media, the climate change conversation in Singapore, combating the wasteful byproducts brought on by a culture of convenience, affluence & perfecti
Sammy Roth covers energy & environment for the Los Angeles Times. He also writes the weekly Boiling Point newsletter. We get into his initial interest in climate change, his experience studying at The Earth Institute at Columbia University, the small bit of optimism provided by clean energy advances in wind & solar, co
Jonathan Levy, aka @zerowasteguy, works with businesses, government agencies & waste haulers on steps that they can take to reduce waste. We discuss his supply chain background, why the key to zero waste is not just one person's commitments, but changing the system, getting brands to think in terms of the "triple botto