Borderless Sustainability

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At Borderless Sustainability we explore the diverse relationship between People, Planet, and Profit; discover how language, geography, and culture impact sustainability, and ultimately aim to create change through knowledge

Elisa Rivera and Miguel Fraga


    • May 17, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 13 EPISODES


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    From Pollution to Solutions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 44:00


    In today's episode we will learn about celestial and terrestrial sustainability efforts including the world's strongest carbon-negative concrete, biochar, green hydrogen, and an innovative water filtration system. 

    Episodio 11 - Eficiencia Energética

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 30:00


    Episode 10 - What is the Circular Economy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 36:29


    Episode 9 - Fair Chance Employment

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 35:04


    In today's episode we will be talking to Harley Blakeman about a Fair Chance Employment platform, Honest Jobs.

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    Episode 8 - Secondhand Shopping & Styling

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 39:16


    In today's episode we will learn more about secondhand clothing, the benefits of thrifting, how the pandemic has affected thrifting, and some styling tips when shopping secondhand clothing.

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    Episode 7 - Decarbonizing Hawaii's Power Grid

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 35:58


    In today's episode we will learn about Hawaii's Natural Energy initiatives from Sebastein Selarque who received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Mechanical Engineering Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He currently is a graduate student enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Maona's Renewable Energy and Island Sustainability Program. He also works as a research assistant at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, his research is focused on distributed energy resources. The two topics, in particular, he is working on are PV hosting capacity analysis and Virtual Power Plants

    Episodio 6 - Parques Para Todos

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 42:06


    En el episodio del día de hoy hablaremos sobre el rol de los parques en el bienestar social, económico, y físico de los residentes de una comunidad y la importante necesidad de tener acceso a parques en comunidades de bajos recursos. También hablaremos sobre qué componentes hacen un parque realmente equitativo y qué tipo de inversiones e iniciativas son necesarias para poder tener un acceso equitativo a parques.

    Episode 5 - Monitoring Earth's Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 32:10


    In today's episode we will be talking to Dr. Danielle Groenen about how to monitor the earth's health using NASA's satellite data and research. We will also be discussing how civilians can become or have become active in atmospheric science sustainable practices.

    Episode 4 - Are Christmas Trees Green?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 34:46


    In this episode we will learn about Natural Christmas trees and their impact in the environment, the process of growing and selling Christmas trees, some of the benefits of purchasing natural Christmas trees and of course, several recycling options for your tree once the Holiday season is over. 

    Episode 3 - Building Smarter Cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 38:42


    In today's episode we had a conversation with Sarah Ponce De Leon, an advocate for building sustainable smart cities. Throughout our discussion we talk about what defines a Smart City, the difference between countries who currently have some smart city initiatives, and the implications of Open Data when it comes to public involvement in Smart Cities.

    Episode 2 - Hacking the Climate Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2020 35:08


    In today's episode we will have a conversation with Sanjana Paul, the executive director and co-founder of Earth Hacks, an organization that harnesses the power of hackathons to develop student-driven solutions to the climate crisis. We will learn how hackathons work, Sanjanas' experience in STEM and sustainability, and how to take the first step in becoming actively engaged in climate crisis solutions.

    Episode 1 - People, Planet and Profit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 34:52


    Hello everyone! In this episode we talk about what we mean when we say "People, Planet and Profit" and the reasons why sustainability matters.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 2:17


    Hello there! Just another environmentally-focused podcast you may think? Not quite! At Borderless Sustainability we ultimately aim to create change through knowledge by exploring the diverse relationship between People, Planet, and Profit a.k.a. sustainability. We're ready to start learning! Are you?

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