The most down to Earth sustainability podcast East of the Mississippi (Self Proclaimed). The host, Will Sheppard is a mechanical engineer and avid hiker looking to break the mold of the typical stereotypes about sustainability. This show follows the stories of experts in sustainability, how they got involved in their field and where they are headed in the future. Guests in the past has included entrepreneurs, researchers, and all around great people helping to make the world a place we can be excited to live in.
This week we talk about a technology startup called Fuergy that is using artificial intelligence to optimize the grid for renewable energy
This week on the show we bring on Kris Bordessa who is the author of a National Geographic book called Attainable Sustainable. Kris has been working towards her self-reliant living goals for the past 10 years and has been sharing her experiences along the way ever since. From the start of her brand Attainable Sustainable Kris has now grown to have a following of over 700 thousand people on a variety of different social media platforms. On the show today we cover 1. How Kris got started 2. The mindset of self-reliant living 3. How to have a successful garden (small of large) 4. How Kris grew her business from 0 to what it is today
On this week we bring of Jeremy Caradonna, the author of Sustainability: A History and professor at the University of Victoria. On the show Jeremy and Will discuss topics including fossil fuel policy, tips for running a business, the history of sustainability, living a value driven life and how Jeremy found his passion in life.
On this week's episode we had on Tim Nash who is the owner of a sustainability investing firm. They specialize in helping people align their investments with their values. On the show we discussed how Tim got interested in sustainability, the tangible effects of sustainable investing in the market and how you can start investing today.
On this episode we are covering a bunch of awesome topics on sustainable design with Dr. Babbitt who is a researcher and industrial ecologist. In the show we cover: 1. How Dr. Babbitt became interested in sustainability 2. The triple bottom line 3. Total life-cycle analysis of products 4. Modeling design solutions after nature 5. Food Waste 6. Sustainability policy
On this week's episode of Sustainabro Life we are bringing on the whole gang from Sustainably Swole. Sustainably Swole is a vegan lifestyle and fitness blog that prides itself in being based in science and research. On the show I talk with Clare and Marcus about some of the strategies they use to hit their macros on a vegan diet, some of the stereotypes about veganism and the overall impacts of what being a vegan can do
On this week's episode of Sustainabro Life we are bring on Michelle Li, the founder of Clever Carbon. Clever Carbon is a new startup looking to bring transparency to consumer's through the use of numbers. Michelle compares the strategies from Clever Carbon with the likes of labeling calorie count on food packaging and hopes to see a future where all consumer products are labeled as such. In addition to the background behind Clever Carbon, we also take a dive into what made Michelle interested in sustainability, what she has learned from starting up a company and how coffee can bring us all a little closer. Enjoy!
In this week's episode of the Sustainabro Life podcast we are bringing on Rob Rubenok. Rob is the owner of 421 Brewhouse, a sustainable coffee ecommerce store operating in the US and Canada. In the show we get into how Rob went full send on whim to go establish the supply chain for his coffee, what building a sustainable business is like today, and how he lives by the motto "think global, act local".
This week on the show we bring on Evan Zachary who is an an incredible guy with tons of experience in sustainable project management. Will and Evan actually attended the same college and on the show they discuss ways to generate interest for sustainability on college campuses through alternative sustainability programs. In addition to community sustainability, Evan and Will discuss university divestment from fossil fuels and what the future of sustainability holds
This week on the show we are bringing on Liam Reilly who is a PhD student in researcher of sustainable polymers. In the show we discuss how Liam came to be interested in chemistry and eventually looked toward sustainable material research to be his calling. During the show we also dive into several topics like what are desirable traits for creating plastics from plants, some of the challenges of being a scientist and where sustainability could go in the future.
In this episode we bring on Michael Joseph who is the owner and host of The Sustainability Savings Podcast and also a personal finance coach. During the episode we dive into how Michael was able to pay off all of his student loan debt rapidly and ultimately move out to California using a minimalism consumer approach. By not spending nearly as much as a normal person on typical consumer good, Michael was able to save on cash and on his carbon footprint. We also look at how to reduce the amount of waste you are creating by being definitive about what is valuable to yourself as an individual.
On this episode of the podcast we bring on Dr. Eric Williams from the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. Dr. Williams has had an amazing 20 year long career in sustainability research and his work has been cited in over 6,000 papers and he has also raised more than 4.9 million dollars in grant funding for sustainability research. In this episode we touch on a variety of different topics ranging from how his career pivoted from physics to sustainability, what happens to your Iphone after you are done with it, and what the future of United States energy grids could look like.
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