Podcasts about life cycle analysis

Can a digital company be “carbon negative”? What should we think of these claims of “tons of carbon avoided” coming from 2nd hand platforms such as Vinted or Back Market? Dr Laetita Bornes conducted research on Vinted claims, investigating its data sources and the methodology used with her colleague David Ekchazer. Their findings were surprising, enlightening for the IT sector and nuanced! Among the ones she share with Gaël Duez in this first part of the episode were: - The pitfalls of assessing "Tech for Good" even using Life-Cycle Analysis, - The complexity of rebound effects and other indirect effects, - How to improve things as a Designer, … and as a CEO! - The need for a systemic perspective and some tools to build it, and much more! And because this conversation was so rich that it couldn't be reduced to a one hour discussion, this episode comes in 2 parts, the first one focusing on the Vinted use case and the second one where we discussed modelling, the scientific method and Systems Thinking in general. ❤️ Subscribe, follow, like, ... stay connected the way you want to never miss an episode, twice a month, on Tuesday! All the references, the link to get free tickets, the wrap-up article and the full transcript is on Green IO website here: https://greenio.tech/blog

The importance of sustainability is steadily growing, especially in in Europe, due to regulations like the European Commission's CSRD-based ESRS. Mitja Brgant, Director of European Operations at sustainability analytics specialist Trayak talks us through the importance of a holistic, data-driven approach and what steps companies can take to achieve their sustainability goals. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

TIME Magazine - Enertia® Homes Their Company Slogan - "Your House Should Take Care of You......... Not the Other Way Around!"My spotlight is on Green Living Because of A LOT of Talk this Year About Global Warming & the Eco-System.Enertia® Homes use an ingenious design, and the science of materials, to heat and cool buildings without fuel or electricity. Fitted with Photovoltaic panels, and a metal seamed roof, homes can be self-reliant for heating, cooling, electricity, water and food. This is a modern Building System, an integrated group of innovations and a construction technique so basic, yet amazing and effective, it has been called a Modern Marvel- A Time Magazine Invention of the Year & Zayed Future Energy Prize, "Innovative Structure of the Century Award", AWPI Century's Best Award. These are not conventional “stick-frame” single-generation houses. The walls are solid wood, and the design life is hundreds of years. Comfort is by design and from a unique structural material, not from a mechanical/ electric compressor or furnace. The roof can generate electricity and capture water. The sun space harvests energy, and in it you can harvest food.Most have a built-in "biosphere" modeled after planet Earths' that draws energy from the sun, and geothermal stability from the ground, creating a temperate climate that buffers the primary living space. Your personal Greenhouse Effect warms your house in winter. Naturally-induced air currents cool it in summer. "When we started 30 years ago the terms Bio-mimicry, Green Building, Carbon Sequestration, and Life-Cycle Analysis did not exist. Enertia® homes pioneered these goals that others are still striving to achieve." ~ Enertia.com© 2024 Building Abundant Success!!2024 All Rights ReservedJoin Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud

On today's episode of The Sustainability Podcast, host Gaven Simon sits down with Beth McDaniel of Reactive Surfaces. The two discuss Reactive Surfaces' newest “Lichen” technology, a bio-reactive surface that replicates the natural functions of Lichen Algae. This surface can be applied to external surfaces or stored in external systems that can speed up the carbon capture process and maximize the area of Lichen applied. Beth Mcdaniel answers questions about the technology, receiving a Life Cycle Analysis, and the 45q tax credit. @ARCadvisory @reactivesurfaces8745 ARC Advisory Group is the leading technology research and advisory firm for energy, manufacturing and infrastructure. Our coverage of technology and trends extends from business systems to Industrial AI, product and asset lifecycle management, Industrial IoT, Industry 4.0, supply chain management, operations management, energy transition, and automation systems. Our analysts and consultants have the industry knowledge and the first-hand experience to help find the best answers to the complex business issues facing organizations today.ARC's global influence across industrial operations is unparalleled. It is driven by the passion and expertise of our analysts and consultants, who keep abreast of industry trends and developments through research and actively engaging with clients.  ARC's analysts and consultants have spent most of their careers working with industrial companies and are truly passionate about helping companies achieve superior performance.  ARC has 100 professionals worldwide with extensive, first-hand experience servicing a multitude of business issues, technologies, and vertical industries.   Our offices are located in the US, Germany, Belgium, Japan, India, China, Singapore, and Brazil.Contact us: https://www.arcweb.com/about/contact-usSubscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_...--------------------------------------------------------------------------Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought provoking topic you'd like to discuss on our podcast, please contact our host Jim Frazer View all the episodes here: https://thesustainabilitypodcast.buzzsprout.com

We are back! Thank you for your patience while we sorted out a bit of our workload, but your reward is that this week we are doing one of my favourite episodes. It has taken a lot of research and a lot of reading that made me really quite f*cking angry about the way we do things. Today we are talking about what is actually good for the environment, Plastic glass or aluminium and one of them is the absolute worst and it's not what you think. And the answer to what we can do may also not be what you think. I also used a tool called Life Cycle Analysis to put this episode together and you'll find links to it further down in the show notes. In this episode I share: Which form of bottle is actually the worse What the best option is if you only consider disposal The three reasons we cannot recycle our way out of the crisis The reason none of the current options are a good choice Why I started Incrediballs Key Quotes “Reduce reuse and then recycle. Reduce is the key, reuse is more important and recycling is the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff." “None of them are the good choice. There is the better choice and the worst choice but none of them are good because they are all inherently single use.” “We cannot recycle our way out of this crisis.” More Information Sources: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348005008_Life_Cycle_Assessment_of_Beverage_Packaging https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11367-020-01804-x https://www.aluminum.org/Recycling https://international-aluminium.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/wa_factsheet_final.pdf https://www.cityservices.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1368618/NOWaste-Aluminum-Factsheet_Update-March-2022_ACCESS.pdf https://environment.govt.nz/what-government-is-doing/areas-of-work/waste/container-return-scheme/ https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution. You can get involved with the podcast online Find our full podcast plus our sister podcast via the website here: https://www.nowthatswhatIcall.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatswhaticallpodcasts/ You can follow me on socials on the below accounts. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briannemwest/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@briannemwest Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briannemwest/ For our latest big project, find out more about Incrediballs here: https://incrediballs.com/

(Take the CleanTechies Listeners Survey to help us better serve you)In this episode, Somil and Silas chat with Leise Sanderson, founder and CEO of Pathways. Pathways is an AI platform that simplifies environmental impact analysis for the materials and manufacturing supply chain.I'm a built environment junkie, so this was…really fun. Materials are the main cost driver of construction which means they will be especially difficult to decarbonize. Tools like Pathways make it easier to identify which materials will help maintain cost-parity. Major potential for a big emitter like construction and the built environment. Enjoy the episode!

    Hafsa Burt, LEED Fellow, previously worked at Frank Gehry & Associates and SOM before starting hb+a Architects. With an undergraduate, Masters Degree in Architecture & a minor in Electronic Design from SCAD she brings to her work an avant garde streak & a strong commitment to the triple bottom line.   An environmentalist, she adopted and actively advocates for the 2030 challenge and is a huge proponent of high performance buildings. Her focus includes “Eliminating Toxins”, with Indoor Air Quality as a specialty. She has actively spoken on the topic of Indoor air quality as it relates to the practice of Architecture since 2009 all over the west coast and is an industry expert on “Healthy Building Practices”. She has served on the Council of Experts at USGBC's California Chapter on Indoor Air Quality and has served as a liaison for the Green Schools' Committee for USGBC State, primarily focusing on legislative decisions affecting Environmental Sustainability in the past. At the moment she is involved in Federal Advocacy at USGBC.   She is also actively involved with the American Institute of Architects and is a member of the AIA California Climate Action Committee which looks at legislative decisions as they relate to the building environment, and has been involved in advocating for decarbonizing the built environment and is working with a group on policies that address Embodied Carbon and Life Cycle Analysis of projects.   In 2019 founded a development arm for the firm called Box Lab which is focused on the development of zero energy/zero carbon buildings.   She is involved in all projects, with a commitment to the practice of architecture as a collaborative and innovative enterprise and brings with her years of experience in Commercial, Institutional, Industrial and mixed-use realms in project size ranging from 2000 square feet to over 2 million square feet and project types ranging from tenant improvements to San Francisco airport.   She has been awarded the title of ENR's 20 under 40 construction professionals in California and American Institute of Architects' coveted Young Architects' Honor Award and Fast Company's Innovation in Design for Box Factory.   Show Highlights   Educating clients on electrification and lifecycle analysis before it becomes a policy decision. Make your projects efficient as possible with minimizing materials and functions. Box Lab develops projects and prototypes with the highest sustainability goals, a minimum footprint and zero energy. What we need to know about the built environment post pandemic for healthy buildings. The new umbrella of ESG for healthy buildings and air quality.  Hafsa's firm creates a universal design  from the angle of sustainability and social justice. Early phase lifecycle analysis comparison, cost and what can be done. Trends happening at the policy level decarbonization to reduce operational emissions. California has started a good precedent to codify embodied carbon and  help craft policies toward embodied carbon. “Challenge your thinking and also be as purpose-driven and as early as possible. You just cannot live in a vacuum. It's a global community and we have to be aware of what's happening and we need to make sure that every choice that we make, everything that we do is purpose-driven and you have a very strong reason why you're doing anything.” -Hafsa Burt     Show Resource and Information Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES   GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community!   If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on .  We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the !   Copyright © 2024 GBES

This podcast episode is a part of the REV x Farmer's Footprint Regenerative Podcast Series! Today in the thirteenth episode of our regenerative podcast series in collaboration with Farmer's Footprint, we are speaking to David Leon, co-founder of Farmer's Footprint and Biome Capital! David shines a light on the side of regenerative agriculture that we often wonder about don't always get a full understanding of – the economics of regeneration. We are so grateful to be able to talk to David and have him help us understand the truth of how climate change and the cost of living crisis are affecting farmers and how, during these desperate and dire financial times, it is possible to take steps towards regeneration. David speaks of fascinating and debatable concepts such as placing monetary value on ecosystems and animal species in order for insurance companies and large corporations to take notice and account for them. As well as not working against but empathising with conventional farmers to turn what we already have into something positive and generative for all. So just a little bit more about the work of Biome Capital and David's role there. Biome invests capital in farmland equity in a model that allows growers to acquire new land or retain both an ownership interest in their land and the ability to manage their operations with relative autonomy. They meet a grower wherever she or he is along the spectrum of transition to regenerative management, and partner in a way that is supportive but not prescriptive. Biome Capital Partners also invests additional capital outside the farm gate to benefit farmer partners (for example, in processing infrastructure or relevant AgTech). They seek to build regional regenerative ecosystems, and part of our investment mandate is to improve the economic and emotional health of their farmer partners and their community. Merci To Our Sponsor For This Episode!   EcoCart The average customer lacks access to information that could help them estimate the carbon footprint of the items they purchase, even though 4 out of 5 consumers say climate impact is a factor in who they decide to purchase with. Dane Baker and Peter Twomey recognized this missing information and created EcoCart as a solution. EcoCart has already empowered over 2,000 brands to embark on their climate-positive journey. Their innovative carbon-offsetting tool seamlessly integrates with ecommerce brand's checkout pages to calculate carbon emissions, and then enables either merchants or shoppers (or both!) to pay to offset those emissions, based on the brand's budget. EcoCart firmly believes that companies should reduce carbon emissions in addition to offsetting, and also provides brands with insightful Life Cycle Analysis to further enhance their environmental impact. Ecocart exists to lower the barrier to entry for ecommerce brands wanting to become more climate-friendly. We here at REV believe hugely in the power of reducing carbon at every step along a brand's journey and this is a tool that can help with that whilst helping educate consumers at the same time. EcoCart helps companies transparently tell their sustainability story to align with their customers' values. Go to ecocart.io to book a demo and if you hop on a call with EcoCart they'll cover the cost to offset a day's worth of carbon emissions from your online store if you mention Rêve En Vert!

In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, Seth interviews Jason Adams from Megaslab, a technology company focused on optimizing concrete design and reducing material usage. They discuss the concept of jointless slabs and how Megaslab has evolved to offer a range of unique features. Jason highlights the industry's commitment to sustainability and reducing embodied carbon in concrete. They also explore the challenges and misconceptions in the industry and the need for innovation in concrete testing. Jason shares his vision for the future, including plans to monetize carbon reduction and offers an opportunity to the listeners.   Takeaways An overall view on optimizing concrete design and reducing material usage. The industry's commitment to sustainability and reducing embodied carbon in concrete. There is a need for innovation in concrete testing to better assess durability and wear resistance. Megaslab aims to monetize carbon reduction and create a marketplace for low-carbon concrete certificates or credits.   Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Catching Up with Jason Adams 02:03 A Technology Company for Concrete 05:44 Optimizing Concrete Design and Reducing Material Usage 06:46 Working with Authorized Installers and Unique Projects 08:41 Sustainability and Embodied Carbon Reduction 12:47 Life Cycle Analysis and Longevity of Megaslab 15:31 Challenges and Misunderstandings in the Concrete Industry 18:25 Carbon Reduction and Monetization 20:19 The Future of Cement and Concrete Testing 25:16 The Importance of Durability and Wear Resistance 28:59 Innovation and the Future of Concrete Testing 31:36 Expanding Megaslab and Carbon Reduction Initiatives 34:36 Contact Information and Closing Remarks *** Did you learn something from this episode? If so, please consider donating to the show to help us continue to provide high-quality content for the concrete industry. Donate here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.concretelogicpodcast.com/support/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** Episode References Guest: Jason Adams | Megaslab | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠info@megaslab.com Guest Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://megaslab.com/ Producers: Jodi Tandett, Jace Stocker Donate & Become a Producer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.concretelogicpodcast.com/support/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music: Mike Dunton | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mikeduntonmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mikeduntonmusic@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mike_Dunton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host: Seth Tandett, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠seth@concretelogicpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-tandett/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.concretelogicpodcast.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/concrete-logic-podcast

This podcast episode is a part of the REV x Zach Bush Farmer's Footprint Regenerative Podcast Series! Today in the twelfth episode of our regenerative podcast series in collaboration with Farmer's Footprint, we are speaking to Richard Christiansen, founder of the world-famous Flamingo Estate! Richard shares his upbringing on his parents farm in rural Australia to his migration over to London and consequently New York to become a highly influential luxury brand designer and creative director. In a turn of events, Richard purchases Flamingo Estate in LA and everything takes off from there. Richard's unique artistic vision applied to farmed produce made for something the world wasn't yet ready for but fully adopted without question – Mother Nature presented as the high fashion luxury it is in this day and age. Richard's passion for nature and simplicity combined with his innate drive for design and beauty made for a new way of looking at regenerative farming – a way that appeals to those with consumption at the forefront of their minds. Flamingo Estate now works with a collective of farmers, horticulturists, and herbalists to develop a 150-product portfolio. It sells products including soap, wine, candles, and other essentials for the bath, garden, home and kitchen. All made with natural, regenerative ingredients from small scale organic farms. Merci To Our Sponsors For This Episode!   Vivobarefoot Vivobarefoot, is a natural health lifestyle B Corp on a mission to reconnect people into the natural world and human natural potential, from the ground up, foot by foot, person by person. Created by two cousins from a long line of cobblers, Galahad and Asher Clark, Vivobarefoot draws upon simple barefoot design principles: wide, thin and flexible, for optimum foot health and natural movement. Check out the science and start your barefoot journey on VivoHealth, a growing body of courses and experiences guided by natural health experts. On a quest to become a net-positive business for regeneration of human and planetary health, Vivobarefoot also runs ReVivo, the first of its kind secondary market for professionally reconditioned footwear to keep them on feet and away from landfills; and the Livebarefoot Fund, an in-house impact hub catalysing mission-aligned innovation, research and advocacy programs. See the latest Unfinished Business impact report to learn more on what it takes to create a regenerative business. Get 15% off your first Vivobarefoot order with the code ‘REVENVERT15' at www.vivobarefoot.com EcoCart The average customer lacks access to information that could help them estimate the carbon footprint of the items they purchase, even though 4 out of 5 consumers say climate impact is a factor in who they decide to purchase with. Dane Baker and Peter Twomey recognized this missing information and created EcoCart as a solution. EcoCart has already empowered over 2,000 brands to embark on their climate-positive journey. Their innovative carbon-offsetting tool seamlessly integrates with ecommerce brand's checkout pages to calculate carbon emissions, and then enables either merchants or shoppers (or both!) to pay to offset those emissions, based on the brand's budget. EcoCart firmly believes that companies should reduce carbon emissions in addition to offsetting, and also provides brands with insightful Life Cycle Analysis to further enhance their environmental impact. Go to ecocart.io to book a demo and if you hop on a call with EcoCart they'll cover the cost to offset a day's worth of carbon emissions from your online store if you mention Rêve En Vert!

This podcast episode is a part of the REV x Farmer's Footprint Regenerative Podcast Series! In the tenth episode of our Regenerative Podcast Series in collaboration with Farmer's Footprint, we speak to Todd White, founder of Dry Farm Wines! Dry Farming means instead of using artificial irrigation methods, farmers rely on natural water resources to ripen their fruit. This means the roots of the vines grow deep to find a natural water source. It is better for the planet, better for the vine, and produces nutrient rich fruit! Todd shares his journey of combining his interests of bio-hacking and luxury wines and why dry farming is undoubtedly the future of growing health-conscious wine and regenerating the earth at the same time! Todd White developed the Dry Farm Wines Certification for finding the purest Natural Wines on the planet. This included a strict set of criteria: only organically farmed, sugar free, additive free, lower alcohol, lower sulfite, lab tested wines. It was from this personal journey that Dry Farm Wines was born. Todd set out to share more of these pure Natural wines with the world, and to educate people on what is really in their wine. Dry Farm Wines offers a range of wines that are deeply researched and conveniently curated into selection boxes that allow you to experience the best health and planet conscious wines the world. Merci To Our Sponsors For This Episode! EcoCart The average customer lacks access to information that could help them estimate the carbon footprint of the items they purchase, even though 4 out of 5 consumers say climate impact is a factor in who they decide to purchase with. Dane Baker and Peter Twomey recognized this missing information and created EcoCart as a solution. EcoCart has already empowered over 2,000 brands to embark on their climate-positive journey. Their innovative carbon-offsetting tool seamlessly integrates with ecommerce brand's checkout pages to calculate carbon emissions, and then enables either merchants or shoppers (or both!) to pay to offset those emissions, based on the brand's budget. EcoCart firmly believes that companies should reduce carbon emissions in addition to offsetting, and also provides brands with insightful Life Cycle Analysis to further enhance their environmental impact. Ecocart exists to lower the barrier to entry for ecommerce brands wanting to become more climate-friendly. We here at REV believe hugely in the power of reducing carbon at every step along a brand's journey and this is a tool that can help with that whilst helping educate consumers at the same time.  Go to ecocart.io to book a demo and if you hop on a call with EcoCart they'll cover the cost to offset a day's worth of carbon emissions from your online store if you mention Rêve En Vert! Vivobarefoot Vivobarefoot, is a natural health lifestyle B Corp on a mission to reconnect people into the natural world and human natural potential, from the ground up, foot by foot, person by person. Created by two cousins from a long line of cobblers, Galahad and Asher Clark, Vivobarefoot draws upon simple barefoot design principles: wide, thin and flexible, for optimum foot health and natural movement. Check out the science and start your barefoot journey on VivoHealth, a growing body of courses and experiences guided by natural health experts. On a quest to become a net-positive business for regeneration of human and planetary health, Vivobarefoot also runs ReVivo, the first of its kind secondary market for professionally reconditioned footwear to keep them on feet and away from landfills; and the Livebarefoot Fund, an in-house impact hub catalysing mission-aligned innovation, research and advocacy programs. See the latest Unfinished Business impact report to learn more on what it takes to create a regenerative business. Get 15% off your first Vivobarefoot order with the code ‘REVENVERT15' at www.vivobarefoot.com

This podcast episode is a part of the REV x Farmer's Footprint Regenerative Podcast Series! For the eighth episode in our regenerative podcast series in collaboration with Farmer's Footprint, Cora travels to LA to speak to Laird Hamilton and Susan Casey. In this gripping episode Laird, Susan & Cora discuss the current state of our oceans today and reveal the truth about the creatures and biology of the deepest parts of it as well as the future of fish farming and consuming seafood. Understanding the reality of what is happening in the biggest part of our planet can help us take the right steps in order to save it and naturally regenerate the rest of the world as a result. Laird Hamilton Laird Hamilton is best known as an American big-wave surfer and pioneer in the world of action water sports. In addition to his affinity for the water, Laird is labeled as an inventor, author, stunt man, model, producer, TV host, fitness and nutrition expert, husband, father, and adrenaline junkie. Laird has always had a great passion for helping others live a happy, healthy life, as exhibited through his work with non-profit organizations such as the Surfrider Foundation, Race Across America, Pipeline for a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis, Rain Catcher, Muscular Dystrophy and City of Hope.   Susan Casey Susan Casey is the author of four New York Times' nonfiction bestsellers: The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks; The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean; Voices in the Ocean: A Journey Into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins; and The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean. Casey is the former editor in chief of O, The Oprah Magazine, and has also served as the development editor for Time Inc., editor in chief of Sports Illustrated Women, editor at large for Time Inc., and creative director of Outside magazine. She is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist whose work has been featured in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Time, Outside, and National Geographic. Merci To Our Sponsors For This Episode!   EcoCart The average customer lacks access to information that could help them estimate the carbon footprint of the items they purchase, even though 4 out of 5 consumers say climate impact is a factor in who they decide to purchase with. Dane Baker and Peter Twomey recognized this missing information and created EcoCart as a solution. EcoCart has already empowered over 2,000 brands to embark on their climate-positive journey. Their innovative carbon-offsetting tool seamlessly integrates with ecommerce brand's checkout pages to calculate carbon emissions, and then enables either merchants or shoppers (or both!) to pay to offset those emissions, based on the brand's budget. EcoCart firmly believes that companies should reduce carbon emissions in addition to offsetting, and also provides brands with insightful Life Cycle Analysis to further enhance their environmental impact. Go to ecocart.io to book a demo and if you hop on a call with EcoCart they'll cover the cost to offset a day's worth of carbon emissions from your online store if you mention Rêve En Vert! Vivobarefoot Vivobarefoot, is a natural health lifestyle B Corp on a mission to reconnect people into the natural world and human natural potential, from the ground up, foot by foot, person by person. On a quest to become a net-positive business for regeneration of human and planetary health, Vivobarefoot also runs ReVivo, the first of its kind secondary market for professionally reconditioned footwear to keep them on feet and away from landfills; and the Livebarefoot Fund, an in-house impact hub catalysing mission-aligned innovation, research and advocacy programs. See the latest Unfinished Business impact report to learn more on what it takes to create a regenerative business. Get 15% off your first Vivobarefoot order with the code ‘REVENVERT15' at www.vivobarefoot.com

Dr. Kelly Senecal is a co-founder and owner of Convergent Science and one of the original developers of CONVERGE, an industry-leading computational fluid dynamics software. Key topics in this conversation include: How Kelly has helped to shape the Future of Mobility podcast How the mobility world has evolved since Kelly's 2021 book Why Life Cycle Analysis can be so misleading The importance of being prepared for several potential future states Why a single technology isn't the answer for decarbonization How to share unpopular opinions, and why the courage to do so is so important Links: Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/kellysenecal Episode 51 with Felix Leach: https://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/racingtowardzero/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/senecal/ https://www.racingtowardzero.com/ MobilityNotes https://mobilitynotes.com/ Bio Dr. Kelly Senecal is a co-founder and owner of Convergent Science and one of the original developers of CONVERGE, an industry-leading computational fluid dynamics software. He is a visiting professor at the University of Oxford, an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a co-founder and director of the Computational Chemistry Consortium (C3). Dr. Senecal is a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is vice chair of the executive committee of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division, a member of the board of advisors for the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, and the 2019 recipient of the ASME ICE Award. Dr. Senecal has long been an advocate of creating cleaner propulsion systems, with a particular focus on using CFD and HPC to enable faster design. Starting with his TEDx talk in late 2016, he has promoted a diverse mix of transportation technologies through invited talks, articles, and social media. Dr. Senecal is co-author of the book Racing Toward Zero: The Untold Story of Driving Green, winner of the 2022 Independent Press Award for Environment. Future of Mobility: The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, effective, and accessible mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/ brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/

‘‘Miệng ăn núi lở'', câu ngạn ngữ lâu đời đang ứng với thế giới đương đại. Băng tan chảy khiến núi non sụt lở: mà nguyên nhân là khí thải hâm nóng Trái đất do hoạt động của con người. Khoảng 1/4 - 1/5 lượng khí thải là do ‘‘miệng ăn''. Núi lở, băng tan, nước biển dâng, khô hạn, lũ lụt, bão tố gia tăng…do khí thải, nhưng kinh tế đương đại còn tàn phá các hệ sinh thái, khiến Trái đất bị hâm nóng nhanh hơn, cùng nhiều hậu quả khác. Hành tinh Xanh ngày càng khó sống. Để hãm lại xu thế huỷ diệt này, ‘‘chuyển đổi sang nền kinh tế Xanh'' (ecological transition) ngày càng được thừa nhận là điều bắt buộc. Chuyển đổi sang nền kinh tế Xanh có nghĩa là phải dần từ bỏ các sản phẩm gây hại cho môi trường và chuyển sang làm những gì có lợi. Nhưng làm thế nào để từ bỏ nhanh chóng, và làm đúng hướng ?Kinh tế Xanh: Thiếu La Bàn thật, thừa La Bàn rổm‘‘Xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' của sản phẩm (affichage environnemental) hay ''xếp hạng sinh thái'' ngày càng được coi như chiếc La Bàn hay ‘‘Kim Chỉ Nam'', để một mặt giúp người tiêu dùng lựa chọn đúng sản phẩm, mặt khác giúp nhà kinh doanh điều chỉnh hướng đi.Kể từ khi xu thế chuyển sang kinh tế Xanh chính thức được ghi nhận mười năm trở lại đây, chiếc La Bàn ‘‘xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' sản phẩm ngày càng được coi là cần thiết, giúp sản phẩm thân thiện với môi trường có thêm khả năng cạnh tranh. Tuy nhiên, cũng chính trong tình hình đó, xuất hiện khá phổ biến việc xếp hạng tùy tiện, giả mạo. Tình trạng này thường được gọi chung là ‘‘Greenwashing” (những tuyên bố về tác động môi trường thiếu cơ sở, hay giả danh vì môi trường). Hệ quả là thiếu La Bàn thật, thừa La Bàn giả, người tiêu dùng mất phương hướng, nhà sản xuất, nhà kinh doanh có thiện chí bị thua thiệt đủ đường. Một nghiên cứu của Ủy Ban Châu Âu từ năm 2020 cho biết : 53,3% quảng cáo về tác động môi trường sản phẩm ở Liên Âu ‘‘được phát hiện là mơ hồ, gây hiểu lầm hoặc vô căn cứ''  (‘‘40% là không có căn cứ'') (1). Thiếu vắng các quy định pháp luật chặt chẽ là nguyên nhân chủ yếu. Nước Pháp đi tìm ‘‘La Bàn'' Cuộc chuyển hướng sang nền kinh tế Xanh rất cần đến các La Bàn đáng tin cậy. Vậy ai đáng mặt để phó thác việc chế tạo?  Chế tạo La Bàn đáng tin cậy, trước hết trong lĩnh vực thực phẩm, là mục tiêu của chính phủ Pháp, với chủ trương xác lập một ‘‘Xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' (‘‘Eco Score'') chuẩn mực, sát thực. Từ khoảng hai năm nay, Cơ quan đặc trách về Chuyển đổi sinh thái Pháp (ADEME) đã cho thí điểm hai logo ‘‘xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' (gồm ‘‘Eco-score'' và ‘‘Planet-score''), với mục tiêu áp dụng toàn quốc kể từ năm tới 2024 (2).Tại Triển lãm Vivatech Paris (từ 14 đến 17/06/2023), được coi là triển lãm công nghệ nổi tiếng hàng đầu châu Âu, chúng tôi đã có cơ hội tiếp xúc với đại diện của một công ty khởi nghiệp Pháp chuyên về lĩnh vực này, đó là Holis.Quán quân giải ‘‘Audi Talents''Start-up Holis (3) - do hai kỹ sư môi trường, chuyên gia phát triển bền vững Martin Besnier và Paul Grédigui, thành lập năm 2022 - được coi là một trong 40 start-up hứa hẹn nhất của ‘‘Station F'' (quận 13 Paris) - ‘‘lồng ấp'' lớn nhất của nước Pháp đối với các doanh nhân trẻ tài năng.Tại VivaTech, Holis được trao tặng giải quán quân của cuộc thi ‘‘Audi talents'' của công ty Audi - chuyên về xe hơi hạng sang - thuộc tập đoàn sản xuất xe hơi Đức số một thế giới Wolkswagen. Holis đã vượt qua 50 dự án tham gia cuộc thi, để trở thành quán quân của mùa giải đầu tiên của ‘‘Audi talents'' dành cho lĩnh vực công nghệ.Phương pháp ‘‘Phân tích Vòng đời Sản phẩm''   Sản phẩm chính của Holis là một nền tảng kỹ thuật số giúp doanh nghiệp ‘‘phân tích các tác động môi trường của sản phẩm, cắt giảm tác hại môi trường và thông tin về tác động môi trường của sản phẩm đến công chúng''. Trả lời RFI Việt ngữ, anh Martin Besnier, đồng sáng lập - chủ tịch start-up Holis, trước hết giới thiệu về ‘‘Phân tích Vòng đời Sản phẩm'' (Analyse du cycle de vie / Life Cycle Analysis), hiện được coi là phương pháp luận nền tảng của ‘‘xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' (‘‘Eco Score'') của chính phủ : “Phân tích vòng đời sản phẩm là một phương pháp luận về môi trường đã tồn tại từ khoảng 30 năm nay. Hiện nay, phương pháp luận này đang ở giai đoạn cực kỳ quan trọng, vì được đưa vào các quy định luật pháp. Mục tiêu là để doanh nghiệp có thể cho ra đời những sản phẩm có trách nhiệm hơn. Cụ thể là phương pháp luận này sẽ yêu cầu các công ty lượng hóa các tác động về môi trường của toàn bộ chuỗi cung ứng : từ nguyên liệu thô đến giai đoạn cuối vòng đời của sản phẩm. Do đó có thể tính toán được cái gọi là ‘‘xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' (‘‘Eco Score''). Xếp hạng tác động môi trường này sẽ được thông tin đến người tiêu dùng. Các thương hiệu sẽ phải công bố chỉ số này để người tiêu dùng được biết. Và do đó ngược lại họ cũng sẽ phải yêu cầu các nhà cung cấp (nguyên liệu, thiết bị…. ) của mình nỗ lực rất nhiều để cải thiện chỉ số nói trên. ‘‘Xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' như vậy sẽ tác động đến toàn bộ ‘‘chuỗi giá trị''. Các ngành dệt may, thực phẩm, xây dựng đã bắt đầu làm chuyện này, và sẽ còn có thêm những ngành nghề khác''.Cách làm dễ, ai cũng có thể tham giaStart-up trẻ Holis có thể mang lại những đóng góp gì mới cho phương pháp ‘‘Phân tích Vòng đời Sản phẩm'' truyền thống này ? Phổ cập việc đánh giá tác động môi trường của sản phẩm là điều làm nên thế mạnh của start-up này, như chia sẻ của nhà đồng sáng lập Martin Besnier: ‘‘Holis là một giải pháp giúp đẩy nhanh tiếp cận này bằng cách sử dụng trí thông minh nhân tạo, và các thao tác được cải thiện để dễ sử dụng hơn, để cho bất kỳ ai, cho dù là công nhân trong nhà máy, nhà thiết kế, kỹ sư hay cả những người làm về hậu cần, đều có thể tham gia bổ sung thông tin về tác động môi trường, cho phép thúc đẩy việc tính ‘‘xếp hạng tác động môi trường'', đúng theo các quy định pháp luật. Hiện tại chúng tôi đã có được khoảng vài chục khách hàng, bao gồm nhiều công ty rất lớn, và cả những doanh nghiệp nhỏ hơn. Và chúng tôi khá tự hào khi có thể nói rằng, trung bình các sản phẩm của họ đã giảm được 20% tác động về môi trường. Điều này cũng cho phép doanh nghiệp bán được nhiều sản phẩm hợp đạo lý hơn, cho đông đảo người mua hơn''.Tốc độ cực nhanh - chi phí giảm mạnhBên cạnh việc dễ thao tác, tốc độ xử lý thông tin nhanh hơn gấp bội và chi phí giảm rất mạnh là hai thành công chính khác của Holis :‘‘Cho đến gần đây, các công cụ trong lĩnh vực này khá là khó sử dụng. Chúng tôi đã cải thiện các công cụ để có thể cho ra kết quả chỉ trong vài phút, thậm chí trong vài giây, vì chúng tôi có thể tích hợp trực tiếp các công cụ nội bộ của các công ty. Những khảo sát về ‘‘Phân tích vòng đời sản phẩm'' kiểu này cho đến bây giờ chỉ có thể được thực hiện bởi các chuyên gia. Các chuyên gia thường đưa ra những cái giá rất cao, có thể lên tới 100.000 € cho một sản phẩm. Đây là cái giá quá lớn đối với bất kỳ công ty nào, và đôi khi phải rất lâu mới có được kết quả khảo sát, có khi phải đến một năm. Điều đó có nghĩa là chỉ có kết quả khi sản phẩm đã được đưa ra thị trường, vì vậy không có khả năng cải tiến sản phẩm trước đó.  Với Holis, chúng tôi cung cấp dịch vụ qua hình thức đăng ký sử dụng. Điều này sẽ giúp giảm đáng kể chi phí, vì hóa đơn được tính theo nhóm, chứ không phải theo từng người tham gia. Sau đó, một nhóm có thể làm hàng chục, nếu không muốn nói là hàng trăm sản phẩm mỗi năm. Hiện tại, chi phí đã giảm xuống ít nhất là 5 lần, và thậm chí đến 100 lần. Càng nhiều phân tích được thực hiện trên ‘‘nền tảng'' của Holis, thì chi phí sẽ càng giảm. Chúng ta thực sự có hiện tượng tiết kiệm tăng theo quy mô của dịch vụ này, nhờ vào việc tích hợp các tri thức riêng của một công ty, và nếu ta muốn thì có thể của cả một ngành công nghiệp''. Liêu Âu tuyên chiến với ‘‘Greenwashing''‘‘Xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' hoàn toàn không phải là lĩnh vực mới, nhưng là lĩnh vực đang trong giai đoạn đột biến. Liên Hiệp Châu Âu có ‘‘Ecolabel'', nhãn mác sinh thái chính thức toàn khối với đa số các lĩnh vực ngay từ năm 1992. Các hàng hóa dán nhãn ‘‘Ecolabel'' được xác nhận tuân thủ các tiêu chuẩn về môi trường quốc tế ISO14024. Riêng với nông nghiệp, Liên Âu có nhãn mác Eurofeuille, tương đương với nhãn “AB” (Agriculture Biologique – Nông nghiệp Bền vững) uy tín của Pháp.Tuy nhiên, ở châu Âu cũng như Pháp hiện tại không có hệ thống xếp hạng tác động môi trường chính thức chung cho mọi sản phẩm và mọi dịch vụ. Hay nói cách khác, chỉ cho điểm 10 (hoặc điểm tốt) với các sản phẩm thân thiện môi trường bậc nhất, chứ không cho các điểm thấp hơn, phản ánh mức độ tác động môi trường trên thực tế, rất đa dạng của đủ loại sản phẩm - từ thấp đến cao. Trong khi đó, công cuộc ‘‘chuyển đổi sang nền kinh tế Xanh'' rộng lớn và triệt để đòi hỏi các sản phẩm phải được xếp hạng. Hướng đến một hệ thống xếp hạng phổ quát, được kiểm soát nghiêm ngặt, để chống tình trạng hỗn loạn chuẩn mực, là mục tiêu của dự thảo chỉ thị ‘‘Green Claims Directive'' của Ủy Ban Châu Âu, vừa được thông qua hồi tháng 3/2023. Ngày 11/05, Nghị Viện Châu Âu đã bỏ phiếu ủng hộ việc ra quy định mới về vấn đề này (với 544 phiếu thuận, 18 phiếu chống và 17 phiếu trắng). Quyết định mở đường cho các đàm phán với các quốc gia thành viên Liên Âu để hoàn thiện luật chống Greenwashinng ‘‘Green Claims Directive'' (4).Thời thế tạo anh hùng. Chúng ta biết uy tín tăng vọt của start-up Holis, của hai kỹ sư trẻ Martin Besnier và Paul Grédigui gắn liền với chính giai đoạn phát triển đột biến đang diễn ra trong lĩnh vực ‘‘xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' tại châu Âu. Start-up tuy mới một tuổi đời đã nhanh chóng nhận được sự công nhận tại Pháp, ở cấp độ châu Âu cũng như quốc tế (5).Để chống ‘‘Greenwashing'' phải triệt để minh bạch Áp lực đẩy nhanh tiến trình chuyển sang kinh tế Xanh đã dẫn đến việc  châu Âu phải hướng đến tăng tốc phổ cập ‘‘xếp hạng tác động môi trường'', trước hết là trong lĩnh vực thực phẩm. Xử lý cực nhanh - chi phí giảm mạnh - mở cửa cho các tác nhân dễ dàng tham gia đóng góp là những điểm tạo nên thế mạnh của Holis. Nhưng để chống được triệt để nạn gian lận ‘‘Greenwashing'', các năng lực nói trên chưa đủ. Bản thân phương pháp ‘‘Phân tích Vòng đời Sản phẩm'' cũng bị nhiều người chỉ trích là còn hạn chế, chưa cho phép phản ánh đủ các tác hại môi trường của sản phẩm, nếu không đủ cải thiện, cũng có thể bị chỉ trích là tiếp tay cho ‘‘Greenwashing'' (6). Về vấn đề này anh Martin Besnier, đồng sáng lập Holis, chia sẻ thêm: ‘‘Công ty của tôi cùng với Paul có mục đích đẩy nhanh quá trình chuyển đổi của các công ty hướng sang kinh tế Xanh. Muốn tăng tốc tiến trình này, thì phải  tăng tốc theo hướng tốt, chứ không phải là để tạo ảo giác là ta đang tăng tốc, trong khi ngược lại trên thực tế, chúng ta hoàn toàn không đưa ra những lựa chọn đúng, hoặc những điều tốt ở cấp độ của công ty. Phải đẩy nhanh tiến trình chuyển đổi của các công ty để hướng tới một điều gì đó tốt đẹp thực sự, bằng cách đưa ra các lựa chọn phù hợp, có tính chất thực sự khách quan, với các phương pháp khoa học. Chứ không phải tạo ra những ảo ảnh về tiến bộ, bằng cách đưa ra các kết quả chỉ mang lại ý nghĩa đánh bóng hình ảnh cho các công ty, nhưng hoàn toàn không phản ánh thực tế về các vấn đề môi trường mà các công ty phải đối mặt''. ''Holis'' và chiếc La Bàn đích thực Nông nghiệp bền vững chiếm tỉ trọng còn rất thấp (khoảng 10% ở Pháp), tương tự như các năng lượng tái tạo cách đây mươi năm. Nền nông nghiệp thâm canh sử dụng nhiều thuốc trừ sâu, phân bón hoá học của mô hình thống trị hiện nay, theo nhiều chuyên gia, đang gây tổn hại khó thể vãn hồi cho môi trường sinh thái. Để đẩy lùi các tác động gây tổn hại môi trường, để biến nông nghiệp từ lĩnh vực phát thải hàng đầu thành nơi hấp thu khí thải, đẩy lùi nạn đói, cần thay đổi triệt để (7).Minh bạch thông tin về các tác động môi trường sẽ cho phép làm nổi bật ưu thế của nông nghiệp bền vững. ‘‘Holis'', tên start-up của hai kỹ sư Martin Besnier và Paul Grédigui, trong nghĩa gốc của tiếng Hy Lạp thời cổ (Holos) cũng còn có nghĩa là ‘‘toàn thể''. Minh bạch toàn thể, minh bạch vì lợi ích chung. Minh bạch bảo đảm cho người tiêu thụ có đủ điều kiện thực thi quyền quyết định, quyền lựa chọn một tương lai bền vững. Minh bạch là bí quyết giúp cho ra đời những La Bàn đích thực để nhân loại vượt qua cuộc hành trình vô vàn gian nan hướng đến nền kinh tế Xanh.CHÚ THÍCH1/ Theo Cổng thông tin về lĩnh vực luật pháp của Liên Âu EUR-Lex. 2/ Dự án thí điểm với logo “Eco-Score” (của nhóm Yuca, Eco2 Initiative, Open Food Facts…) đơn giản hóa tối đa hình thức xếp hạng, chỉ khuôn về một chỉ số xếp hạng duy nhất (A, B, C, D, E). Dự án thí điểm với logo Planet-Score, bên cạnh điểm số chung, còn có các điểm số phụ về đa dạng sinh học, về thuốc trừ sâu, về tác động khí hậu, về sức khỏe động vật (nếu liên quan đến chăn nuôi). Cách xếp loại của Planet-score (của Viện ITAB - Viện nông nghiệp và thực phẩm bền vững) minh bạch với công chúng về các khía cạnh khác nhau của tác động môi trường, được đông đảo giới nông nghiệp bền vững hoan nghênh (bài “Mise en place d'un ''Eco-Score'': divergences entre... ”, Libération, 22/06/2023) 3/ Dự án Holis là một trong 33 dự án đoạt giải Prix National PEPITE năm 2022 của bộ Đại Học, Khoa học và Cách Tân Pháp. 4/ “Parliament backs new rules for sustainable, durable products and no greenwashing”, trang tin của Nghị Viện Châu Âu News European Parliament, 11/05/2023.5/ UNESCO công nhận Holis là một trong 100 giải pháp hàng đầu về ‘‘phát triển bền vững'' của thế giới (xếp hạng của IRCAI – International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence) năm 2022, và là một trong 3 dự án nhận được giải đặc biệt từ Ban giám khảo.  6/ “Xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' (Eco Score) của Pháp, trong giai đoạn thí điểm, đang bị chỉ trích mạnh. Liên đoàn Nông nghiệp bền vững châu Âu (Ifoam Organics Europe) tháng 3/2023 đã khởi kiện lên một toà án ở Pháp, chống lại cơ quan phụ trách chuyển đổi sinh thái ADEME và nhóm các doanh nghiệp Pháp (trong đó có Yuca...) đang thí điểm áp dụng ‘‘xếp hạng tác động môi trường'' Eco-score. Tương đồng về hình thức giữa hai logo, “Eco-score” (với ứng dụng Yuka) và “Eco score” (không dấu gạch ngang) (logo chính thức, nhưng chưa áp dụng) của ADEME bị chỉ trích là dễ gây nhầm lẫn giữa sản phẩm nông nghiệp bền vững với sản phẩm thông thường. Phương pháp “Phân tích Vòng đời Sản phẩm'' cũng bị chỉ trích là chưa tính đủ tác hại của thuốc trừ sâu, trong lúc tác động tích cực của nông nghiệp bền vững chưa được ghi nhận (bài ''Eco-score : Pourquoi Yuka se retrouve visée par une action en justice de...,'' Challenges, 31/03/2023).7/ Theo một số nghiên cứu khoa học mới đây, và cũng là điều bắt đầu được LHQ công nhận, nông nghiệp bền vững có thể nuôi đủ, nuôi tốt nhân loại, với điều kiện xã hội chấp nhận thay đổi cách tiêu thụ (giảm lãng phí, giảm tiêu thụ quá nhiều, đặc biệt trong việc giảm mạnh ăn thịt). Bởi, ngành chăn nuôi chiếm đến gần một nửa lượng ngũ cốc, và khoảng 70% diện tích đất nông nghiệp châu Âu là dùng để chăn nuôi (bao gồm nơi chăn thả, cũng như đất trồng lương thực cho vật nuôi). Bài “L'agriculture biologique est-elle la seule... ?”, France 3, 30/06/2023). Ngược lại, nếu chỉ chuyển nông nghiệp thâm canh tàn phá môi trường thành nông nghiệp bền vững, nhưng không đổi cách tiêu thụ thì cũng không bảo đảm được mục tiêu này (bài “À grande échelle, l'agriculture 100 % bio augmenterait les émissions de CO2”, Novethic, 30/11/2019). 

Two years ago, a group of pro skiers, photographers, filmmakers, and friends launched 1000 Skis. They did this because they wanted to “move the culture forward,” make skis they weren't seeing on the market, and because they just flat-out love skiing. Magnus Graner and Pär “Peyben” Hägglund were two of those founding members, and Luke Koppa sat down with them for a wide-ranging conversation that covers everything from the origins of the brand to their prototyping process; how they've prioritized — and acted on — sustainability from the start; the challenges and rewards of the unique ways in which they've been filming The Bunch's upcoming film; why they like what's currently happening in freesking; what they hope to see from the industry in the future, and more. We also touch on why Peyben had to break into a French villa to record this conversation…As is illustrated by their wide-ranging personal careers in the snowsports world, Magnus and Peyben are thinking a LOT about all sorts of this world's different elements and aspects, so it was really fun to get their thoughts on a whole bunch of them.TOPICS & TIMES:Intros & 1000 Skis Background (2:35)Design Philosophy & Brand Values (6:15)Making Skis for Yourselves & for Consumers (10:23)Prototyping Process (14:14)Life Cycle Analysis & Sustainability Efforts (22:28)Why the All-Red Graphics? (34:27)The 1000 Skis Lineup (42:23)Mount Points (47:50)The Bunch & Media Recs (53:30)Current State & Future of Freesking (1:05:26)Crashes & Close Calls (1:12:18)What We're Celebrating (1:14:55)RELATED LINKS:Become a BLISTER+ Member23/24 Blister Winter Buyer's Guide Pre-OrderCHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Off The CouchBikes & Big IdeasBlister PodcastCRAFTEDHappy Hour (for Blister Members) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this week's edition of GEAR:30, Scarpa North America's CEO, Kim Miller, is back to talk about Scarpa's Green Manifesto and their pathway to B Corp certification. Kim and Kara Williard discuss what measuring and accounting for progress looks like; the tricky balance of sustainably innovating without compromising performance; the process of recycling products and materials; assessing the life cycle of various products; and some of the gear that best exemplifies Scarpa's commitment to these values (starting with a tele boot back in 2009!).TOPICS & TIMESKim's Career & Values (4:03)Scarpa's Business Culture (12:14)Transparency & Accountability (13:18)Measurements & Metrics (16:59)Life Cycle Analysis of Gear (33:52)Service vs. Profit (38:23)Working Together as an Industry (44:21)Gear & the Green Manifesto (45:33)A Sense of Urgency (51:40)All Pillars of Sustainability (55:49)Scarpa as a B Corp (1:02:25)Leading with Passion (1:13:16)Kim's Crashes & Close Calls Story (1:18:16)What We're Celebrating (1:21:33)RELATED LINKS:GEAR:30 Ep.79: SCARPA CEO, Kim Miller, Part 1GEAR:30 Ep. 84: SCARPA CEO Kim Miller on the F1 LT & MoreScarpa's Green Manifesto Become a BLISTER+ Member23/24 Blister Winter Buyer's Guide Pre-OrderCHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Off The CouchGEAR:30Blister PodcastCRAFTEDHappy Hour (for Blister Members) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ferreol is a relatively new company that designs and builds skis in Quebec, and they are working hard to push beyond conventional ski materials and construction. They created their own “Innovation Lab” to not only test skis but also develop new materials — and they're not keeping it to themselves. Instead, they're collaborating with other brands in order to move things forward at a greater scale.So Luke Koppa sat down with Ferreol co-founder, Jonathan Audet, to discuss all of that, including the development of their own alternative to titanal alloy; fully replacing fiberglass with natural flax fibers; their 23/24 ski lineup, and more.TOPICS & TIMES:Origins of Ferreol (3:38)Blindspots in the Market (7:00)Replacing Fiberglass w/ Flax (8:45)Life Cycle Analysis (11:24)Ferreol's 23/24 Lineup: (19:18)Surfer 112 (19:18)Pioneer 104 (23:19)Explo 96 (28:26)ZigZag 92 (30:43)Ferreol Innovation Lab: Background (34:01)Developing an Alternative to Titanal (36:49)Ski Design App (50:13)Ferreol Skis: Who Should Get Them? (51:45)What We're Celebrating / Crashes & Close Calls (59:37)RELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ Membership23/24 Blister Winter Buyer's GuideBlister Summit Registration Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vandaag het gesprek met Lefika Otisitswe. Lefika is the founder and CEO of Impulse international B.V. where they calculate the CO2 emissions of different products and organizations and help reduce the emissions. They believe in a Lifecycle thinking approach where "Meten = Weten" (Measuring = knowing). Laten we beginnen… In this conversation with Lefika I learned: why Lefika came from Botswana to the University of Enschede. the quest to find out how much his personal footprint is. quantifying the Life Cycle Analysis and then reducing your footprint. the vulnerable of the ecosystems in Botswana and understanding sustainability. Botswana has 2.3 million inhabitants and is the size of France. going back to Africa and using his knowledge and expertise locally and in Africa. the importance of cooperation in the topic of sustainability. to motivate the countries in developing countries to become more sustainable is difficult. how to prevent the same mistakes in developing countries that the Western world made in their development. traditional African house, mud hut, regulates the temperature without extra technology and energy. Look more into the past and what we can use to develop and adapt. Modernize in a sustainable way. Also, learn from biomimicry like the termite houses to use. How do you know that what are you doing is sustainable? The Life cycle approach makes you think about the complete supply chain. This makes us less susceptible to greenwashing. Eco-efficiency increased the amount of emission with the Jevons paradox. the only way for you to know if something is sustainable is if you measure it (Meten=weten) Life cycle analysis is looking at the full picture. Looking at the macro level of the full supply chain of the service. Lefika and Impulse don't believe in offsetting but only for the unavoidable emissions that we can't reduce. Thriving to be the most scientific-based LCA calculations in the world. 80% of the Dutch consumer would opt for a more sustainable solution. Within Impulse they do the Life Cycle Analysis and advice companies how to reduce their emissions. It is not a name-and-shame idea, but a let's do better initiative. More about Lefika Otisitswe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lefika-otisitswe-159b3a174/ https://useimpulse.com/2021/03/im-pulse-lefika-otisitswe/  https://www.utwente.nl/en/create/news/2020/11/870654/most-entrepreneurial-student-award-2020-lefika-otisitswe https://www.linkedin.com/company/actonimpulse/ Other resources: Inner Development Goals Sustainable Development Goals Met inner development naar detech technologie – Jan Willem de Graaf Geoffrey Supran and Naomi Oreskes of Harvard University have argued that concepts such as carbon footprints "hamstring us, and they put blinders on us, to the systemic nature of the climate crisis and the importance of taking collective action to address the problem" - Wikipedia Carbon footprint Nul afval met positieve psychologie – Elisah Pals Jevons paradox DenimTex en Enkev Solarge - Eerste circulaire zonnepanelen ter wereld uit Nederland – Gerard de Leede Yumeko - Activist die de keten verandert – Rob van den Dool Dutch Climate Systems - Dit heeft grootste impact om klimaatonwrichting te keren – Ton en Arthur Video van het gesprek met Lefika Otisitswe https://youtu.be/e4n4ljBBQU8 Kijk hier https://youtu.be/e4n4ljBBQU8

In this episode, CSB Associate Director Chris Gassman is joined from Portugal by Carlos de Jesus, Operational Director at APCOR, the Portuguese Cork Association. APCOR was founded in 1956 and establishes cork production and manufacturing standards, promotes Research & Development, and educates both professionals and consumers. Cork is a sustainable and regenerative material for bottle closures, for example a Life Cycle Analysis by PwC found that a plastic closure emits 10 times more CO2 than a cork stopper and aluminum cap closures emit 24 times more CO2 than a cork stopper. APCOR has approximately 270 members who represent more than 85% of cork exports from Portugal. In addition to his work with APCOR, Carlos is the Director Marketing & Communications at Amorim Cork, the largest cork supplier in the world. In the Episode Carlos and Chris discuss -

Will Harris owns White Oak Pastures and is a transformative thinker in the world of agriculture. In the 1990s, Will took his father's farming practices and began evolving them toward a input, closed-loop system (often referred to as Regenerative Agriculture today). At the time, Will didn't think much about the changes he was making on the farm. That is not to say no thought was put into the changes he was making, but Will felt that the changes he was making were intuitive as opposed to innovative. His suspicions and struggles on the farm led him to experiment with raising his animals as nature intended: in line with nature. The changes he has seen on his farm since then have been nothing short of amazing. Will has returned nutrients back to the soil and enriched the life on his land by eliminating harmful chemicals, and relying on multi-speciation and systems that support natural dependencies. In 2019, White Oak Pastures partnered with General Mills to create a Life Cycle Analysis of the amount of carbon his farm put back into the soil compared to conventional practices. This is a profound piece of research that contradicts what many people believe about agriculture and its potential impact on climate. In our conversation with Will, we discussed: - How did White Oak Pastures come to be?- Building a legacy on the land- Welfare farming & its effect on our health- A Bold Return to Giving a Damn: Changing Our Culture- Carbon sequestration, the water cycle, and returning life back to the landSPONSORS The Carnivore Bar - 10% OFF - Delicious & convenient Pemmican Bar Holy Cow Beef - Regeneratively raised, grass-fed & grass-finished beef from Texas Optimal Carnivore - 10% OFF - Replace your daily vitamin with on the road, easy nutrition Perennial Pastures - 10% OFF - Regeneratively raised, grass-fed & grass-finished beef from California & Montana AFFILIATES LMNT - Electrolyte salts to supplement minerals on low-carb diet Heart & Soil - CODE ‘MEATMAFIA10' for 10% OFF - enhanced nutrition to replace daily vitamins! Carnivore Crisps - 10% OFF - Carnivore / Animal-based snacks for eating healthy on the go! Pluck Seasoning - 10% OFF - Nutrient-dense seasoning with INSANE flavor! Fond Bone Broth - 15% OFF - REAL bone broth with HIGH-QUALITY ingredients! It's a daily product for us! TIME STAMPS1:04- History of White Oak Pastures5:00- Starting to change agricultural practices7:35- Discovering other farms for inspiration9:25- How do you know you're making the correct change?21:26- His friendship with Gabe Brown22:50- CFAR: Center for Agricultural Resilience24:20- Future evolutions for White Oak29:30- Building Community in Bluffton36:30- Rail against the empire of Big Ag & Big food38:30- The concentration of power in Agriculture & beyond44:30- Marketing the product50:40- Decline of quality at Whole Foods 53:20- Fix the labeling laws 56:00- Pride in efficiency58:00- Supply chains01:00- Experience through Covid01:04- The carbon argument01:14- Externalized cost & outsourcing01:16- Climate Smart Commodity grant01:20- Perspective on the USDA01:27- Subsidies in agriculture01:32- Growing cow feed: Truly closed systems01:33- Pork & Poultry: Is it as bad as people say?01:40- Baring the cost of Big Ag01:43- Are you encouraged by where we're heading?01:48- Building a Legacy at White Oak01:51- Taking care of yourself 01:54- What is Will Harris proud of?

TIME Magazine - Enertia® Homes Their Company Slogan - "Your House Should Take Care of You......... Not the Other Way Around!"My spotlight is on Green Living Because of A LOT of Talk this Year About Global Warming & the Eco-System.Enertia® Homes use an ingenious design, and the science of materials, to heat and cool buildings without fuel or electricity. Fitted with Photovoltaic panels, and a metal seamed roof, homes can be self-reliant for heating, cooling, electricity, water and food. This is a modern Building System, an integrated group of innovations and a construction technique so basic, yet amazing and effective, it has been called a Modern Marvel- A Time Magazine Invention of the Year & Zayed Future Energy Prize, "Innovative Structure of the Century Award", AWPI Century's Best Award. These are not conventional “stick-frame” single-generation houses. The walls are solid wood, and the design life is hundreds of years. Comfort is by design and from a unique structural material, not from a mechanical/ electric compressor or furnace. The roof can generate electricity and capture water. The sun space harvests energy, and in it you can harvest food.Most have a built-in "biosphere" modeled after planet Earths' that draws energy from the sun, and geothermal stability from the ground, creating a temperate climate that buffers the primary living space. Your personal Greenhouse Effect warms your house in winter. Naturally-induced air currents cool it in summer. "When we started 30 years ago the terms Bio-mimicry, Green Building, Carbon Sequestration, and Life-Cycle Analysis did not exist. Enertia® homes pioneered these goals that others are still striving to achieve." ~ Enertia.com© 2023 Building Abundant Success!!2023 All Rights ReservedJoin Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud

Hello Interactors,As winter solstice nears in the northern hemisphere, this week brings a close to my explorations of economics. Next up is human behavior. I decided to stitch together this season's economics posts into a single composite narrative. Upon reflection, I see a path my posts tend to take though it's never premeditated. At least to my knowledge! In keeping with the theme of this post, it seems the uncertain path my essays take is a form of emergence.As interactors, you're special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You're also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let's go…THE TREE OF MORAL SYMPATHY‘Tis the season to be jolly, and with it comes this decision to volley. Real tree or fake tree? Or no tree at all. Such is the dilemma many find themselves in, at least in those places dominated by Christian tradition or influenced by Christian culture. The ‘real or fake' Christmas tree analysis is how I was first introduced to ideas related to a circular economy.It came through a class called “Sustainable Transportation from a Systems Perspective” as part of my master's degree program. We were introduced to a 2009 study titled, “Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Artificial vs Natural Christmas Tree”. It came from a sustainable development consultancy in Montreal. Life Cycle Analysis looks at the environmental impact of the full lifecycle of a product or service from ‘cradle to grave.'While the United Nations' International Standardization Organization has determined a standard for how to conduct an LCA (ISO 14040), the interpretation of results can often include creative interpretations and conclusions.This is particularly true if the LCA is conducted by a corporation or industry that may benefit from favorable LCA results. And you probably won't be surprised to learn most LCAs are conducted or funded by private companies. LCA's started popping up in the 1960s, but now they're commonplace as companies jostle to present themselves as being environmentally sustainable and socially just through responsible and ethical governance – ESG. But measurements, evaluations, and analysis to determine an ESG score, like LCA's, are also open to interpretation and manipulation. Consequently, ESG has lost its luster.Sadly, the concept of a ‘circular economy' is following a similar path. Circular economies take limited raw materials used to make goods and loops them back into the economy instead of throwing them away. The idea is to reduce, reuse, and recycle the inputs of an LCA and then repair the outputs to extend their lifecycle. But the term and practice of ‘circular economy', like ESG, has also become diffuse and trendy.A group of Industrial Ecologists, people who track the physical resource flows of industrial and consumer systems at different spatial scales, wrote in 2021,“In seeking to maintain a growth-based economy, critics argue, the circular economy ‘tinkers with the current modus operandi' of “consumerism, extractivism and (liberal) capitalism, while bearing the unrealistic expectation that the individual consumer will be able to mobilize largescale change. The circular economy is considered to encourage a reboot for capitalism that requires no radical change to institutions, infrastructures, and markets.”Calls for radical change concerning capitalism are strewn throughout history. The naturalist and scientist Alexander von Humboldt warned in 1800 of human induced climate change. He observed widespread systemic negative ecological impacts originated with infectious colonialism fueled by European and American profit seeking capitalists and imperialists. Between the abduction and trade of human slaves from Africa and local Indigenous populations to the overworking of soils to grow monocultural crops, Humboldt would not have been handing out top ESG scores to those very institutions who funded his explorations around the world.Humboldt remained critical of colonialism and the brand of capitalism that came with it until the day he died. Ten years after Humboldt died another future critic of capitalistic colonialism was born, Mahatma Gandhi. By the time he was 76, in 1945, he called on his economist friend, Joseph Kumarappa, better known as J. C. Kumarappa, to further his ideas on Gandhian economics – a kind of circular economy.Like Humboldt and other naturalists, Kumarappa observed the cyclical patterns in nature and sought economic practices that echoed them. He advocated for maintaining an economy of continuity and circularity with nature. Using the bee as a metaphor, he wrote,“The bees etc. while gathering the nectar and pollen from these plants for their own good, fertilize the flowers and the grains, that are formed in consequence, again become the source of life of the next generation of plants.”Kumarappa studied at Columbia University under the progressive economist Edwin Seligman – a critic of exploitive forms of capitalism himself. Seligman encouraged Kumarappa to further his own ideas and critiques of traditional capitalistic economic orthodoxy. And he did. He wrote, “The Western plans are material centred. That is to say, they want to exploit all resources.”Kumarappa and Gandhi also observed Western plans are to exploit all human resources for labor as well. In this regard, Kumarappa found inspiration in elements of Marxism. Marxism also provided a sociological explanation for why some Indians, Kumarappa included, rose to higher social class more than others. Though I suspect the passivist Gandhi probably would not approve of Marxist calls for civil disobedience. Marx himself was hardly socially obedient.SHUN THE VICES OF PRODUCTIONSWEISEWhen Karl Marx was a freshman at a university in Bonn, Germany he was thrown in jail for drunken disorderly behavior. He joined a poetry club that was a front for a group of young radical's intent on overthrowing the local government. There was also class conflict. Marx, the son of a modestly wealthy Jewish father, was considered a ‘plebian' by the so-called ‘true Prussians and aristocrats.' It got personal and led to a dual resulting in a bullet glancing the forehead of Karl Marx.Marx went on to study law and philosophy in Berlin and was a prolific writer. After leaving college, Marx became a journalist exposing elements of power structures present in the Christian led Prussian government. He believed their oppression suppressed the individual's right to reason, engage, and speak with freedom of thought. His writing was radical enough to get him kicked out of the country.He fled to Paris but was soon kicked out of France as well. He settled in England writing as a European correspondent for the New York Daily Tribune. He immersed himself in the work of the Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith in the reading room of the British Museum. He also witnessed the negative working conditions and poverty in burgeoning London factories that he attributed to Adam Smith's single publication on economics, The Wealth of Nations.Marx's primary critique was summed up in a single German word: Produktionsweise. This can be translated as "the distinctive way of producing" or what is commonly called the capitalist mode of production. Marx believed this system of capitalism distinctly exists for the production and accumulation of private capital through private wealth. Private wealth accumulation allows for the purchase of land, buildings, natural resources, or machines, to produce and sell goods and services. This creates a wealth asymmetry between those who accumulate the wealth and capital and those laborers needed to produce the goods. This asymmetry yields profits that contribute to more private wealth accumulation which allows for the purchase of more capital. The rich get richer, while the poor get poorer.But a closer reading on the moral philosophies of Adam Smith suggests Marx may have exaggerated the emphasis Smith had on the negative effects of industrial age economics. Reading the work of Adam Smith, and of his teacher and mentor Francis Hutcheson, reveals a good amount of the importance of sympathy for others who have suffered injustice. Smith writes, “All men, even the most stupid and unthinking, abhor fraud, perfidy, and injustice, and delight to see them punished.” He goes on to articulate the importance of justice for a society, and its economy, to be healthy and wealthy while recognizing few in power act to remedy injustices. He says, “But few men have reflected upon the necessity of justice to the existence of society, how obvious soever that necessity may appear to be.”Smith envisioned, as he wrote in Wealth of Nations, that “No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable.” A great deal of emphasis has been placed on two words that appear in a single instance in Smith's popular book – “invisible hand”. But they first appeared in his earlier book The Theory of Moral Sentiments where he describes a selfish landowner's moral decision to share a portion of his crop yield with the farmers who produced it. He writes, “They are led by an invisible hand to make nearly the same distribution of the necessaries of life…”Economics soon took a turn from Smith's more prosaic philosophical economic interpretations. Instead of Smithonian ruminations on the moral justice of the state, liberty of free markets constrained by government, and the benevolent necessity of a cooperative societal collective, attention turned to the quantitative measuring of economic growth amidst a growing global British political economy. In 1862 W. S. Jevons published an essay titled "Brief Account of a General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy" and declare in an 1872 essay on principles of economics that its study "must be mathematical simply because it deals with quantities". Soon economics reduced complex human behavior, like the subjectivity of the value of a good or service, to a simple variable in an algebraic expression.THE ONLY THING CERTAIN IS UNCERTAINTYThe atomization, classification, mechanization, and quantification of complex naturally occurring phenomena had long been popular with European Enlightenment thinkers. Isaac Newton believed in preformation – the idea that a Christian god had preformed every past, current, and future living being and packaged them up in miniature form into the male sperm. Every organ, limb, and joint were like components of a watch packed neatly in a microscopic vessel waiting to be released through the mystical act of intercourse.He, Rene Descartes, and others believed everything in the universe could be explained mathematically. The quest for certainty came both from these influential thinkers, but also religious authority. This came at a time of social revolutions, debates, and contestations over human rights, freedoms of religion, and ‘we the people.' Mechanists married the certainty of mathematics with the certainty of their Christian god to explain the world. If nature and society lacked the linear precession of clocks, compasses, and mathematical calculations, they feared such uncertainty would unravel societal order and unleash chaos.This video shows Richard Feynman lecturing on the importance of solving complex problems though a ‘Babylonian' approach. This is in contrast with pure mathematics, as derived by Descartes and Euclid, that yields universally consistent solutions within the context of an abstracted world.This love affair with mathematical algebraic abstraction and certitude seduced economists of the last three centuries. But one prominent British economist in the 1930s questioned this classical approach, John Maynard Keynes. Keynes was no stranger to mathematics; he was awarded a scholarship to study it at Cambridge. But he believed it was being dogmatized, misused, and misconstrued to bolster the legitimacy of economics by wrapping it in perceived certainty, logic, and accuracy. In his 1936 groundbreaking book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, he offers this criticism of traditional economics:“our criticism of the accepted classical theory of economics has consisted not so much in finding logical flaws in its analysis as in pointing out that its tacit assumptions are seldom or never satisfied, with the result that it cannot solve the economic problems of the actual world.”Instead he called for “at least a partial attempt to incorporate the fact of uncertainty into an economic theory.”He must have been on to something. Every capitalistic government in the world suffering from the 1930s depression instituted his policies until the 1950s. After World War II dominant economic theory shifted to the United States and the work of Milton Friedman and away from the recently deceased Keynes. Friedman erased the progress Keynes had made by embracing uncertainty in his economic models and returned to classical economic theory that deceptively models certainty. These theories assume humans act rationally and possesses perfect information that inform predictable decisions. These ‘new' or neo-classical economists reduced the complexity and uncertainty of life to satisfy their calculations.Economics cannot be explained with simple algebraic formulas. Complex economies call for an understanding of complexity. Enter complexity economics. Complexity economics is the application of complexity science to economics. Instead of assuming reductionist states of equilibria not found in the real world, complexity economics treats economics as a complex system of interdependent interactions. Out of these nested relationships emerge spontaneous uncertain outcomes that then loop back into the system in unpredictable ways.One of the pioneers in complexity economics, Brian Arthur, writes, “Complexity economics thus sees the economy as in motion, perpetually “computing” itself – perpetually construction itself anew.” This approach is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes, but also of Alexander von Humboldt and other naturalists of the Enlightenment. It seems the history of the study and embrace of complex natural systems and spontaneous emergence of uncertain actions from an ‘invisible hand' also perpetually constructs itself anew. Perhaps the looping nature of complexity in economics over time should be the central focus of what we now call ‘circular' economy.Still, the attraction of certainty never escapes us. Nature always seeks efficiencies, and we humans are part of nature. Perhaps this explains why many people are attracted to fake Christmas trees. These take the essence of a complex natural organism and reduce it to atomized parts that can be predictably assembled on a yearly cycle. A neo-classical Christmas tree. But as it happens, at least according to that 2009 LCA, like neo-classical economics, the fake tree has the bigger negative environmental footprint. Not by a lot, and certainly not compared to a daily driving habit, but it seems when it comes to getting a Christmas tree, we're best to embrace the uncertainties and imperfections that come with finding that ‘perfect' tree. Our family chooses to be like the naturalists and marvel at the complexity of the branches of a real tree and embrace its imperfections and uncertainties. Perhaps it's time our economic models do the same. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

Life cycle analysis (LCA) is a method of quantifying the environmental impacts associated with a given product. What about the LCA of bricks? Let's find out! In this episode your host Elizabeth McIntyre, and Engineering Intern, Rahul Elangovan, cover topics such as;  The four stages of a LCA; Goal and Scope definition; Inventory Analysis; Impact Analysis; Interpretation; and much more... This episode and many others can be found on all major platforms, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to Rate & Subscribe to our podcast to never miss out a new episode. You can also let us know who you want to hear next and what topics we should talk about by leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts.    Mentioned in the episode: Think Brick Technical Factsheets Think Brick Technical Manuals The National Construction Code Australian Building Codes Board   Our Social Follow @ThinkBrickAustralia on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook

How do we assess the environmental impact of construction materials? Some materials may enjoy a reputation as natural and sustainable. Timber, quite literally, grows on trees It is abundant, it captures carbon from the atmosphere, and at the end of its life can decompose naturally, leaving no harmful waste. But some of the highest value...

Does our future lie inside a donut? To reach the sweet spot between environmental repair and human equality, we need to live in a ‘donut economy.' Veronica Bates Kassatly, the sustainability expert who has spent her career shaking up the fashion industry, joins us with a hard (and necessary) look at donut economics, consumption culture, and trust and transparency. LCA (Life Cycle Analysis) is the most common model of sustainability evaluation for fashion products, but it often results in more greenwashing than real transparency. Veronica puts LCA in the hot seat, as she pulls back the curtain on the misuse and abuse of data, and the great problem of greenwashed fashion. As always, our hosts Max and Magdalena add their thoughts, and give a deeper understanding to this complex and riveting keynote speech. To learn view Veronika Bates Kassatly's full presentation and to learn more about her work, visit: https://www.veronicabateskassatly.com/read/the-rise-of-lifecycle-analysis-and-the-fall-of-sustainability-berlin-202030 202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit is organized by studio MM04, in cooperation with the Beneficial Design Institute. It is funded by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises Berlin and is part of the Berlin Fashion Week.

Dr. Trey Riddle, the Chief Strategy Officer for IND Hemp, helps us to understand what a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is and how these help the hemp industry.Learn more about the National Hemp Growers Cooperative's commitment to building wealth for our members through regenerative agriculture and sustainable development at our website.

TIME Magazine - Enertia® Homes Their Company Slogan - "Your House Should Take Care of You......... Not the Other Way Around!" It's Earth Month 2021 my spotlight is on Green Living Because of A LOT of Talk this Year About Global Warming & the Eco-System.Enertia® Homes use an ingenious design, and the science of materials, to heat and cool buildings without fuel or electricity. Fitted with Photovoltaic panels, and a metal seamed roof, homes can be self-reliant for heating, cooling, electricity, water and food. This is a modern Building System, an integrated group of innovations and a construction technique so basic, yet amazing and effective, it has been called a Modern Marvel- A Time Magazine Invention of the Year & Zayed Future Energy Prize, "Innovative Structure of the Century Award", AWPI Century's Best Award. These are not conventional “stick-frame” single-generation houses. The walls are solid wood, and the design life is hundreds of years. Comfort is by design and from a unique structural material, not from a mechanical/ electric compressor or furnace. The roof can generate electricity and capture water. The sun space harvests energy, and in it you can harvest food. Most have a built-in "biosphere" modeled after planet Earths' that draws energy from the sun, and geothermal stability from the ground, creating a temperate climate that buffers the primary living space. Your personal Greenhouse Effect warms your house in winter. Naturally-induced air currents cool it in summer. "When we started 30 years ago the terms Bio-mimicry, Green Building, Carbon Sequestration, and Life-Cycle Analysis did not exist. Enertia® homes pioneered these goals that others are still striving to achieve." ~ Enertia.com © 2022 Building Abundant Success!!2022 All Rights ReservedJoin Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud

In the second of two episodes on reducing embodied carbon in structural systems, IMEG structural engineer Laura Hagan discusses life cycle analysis (LCA), which, in the context of the built environment, examines the lifetime environmental impacts of the different materials used in a building's construction. The analysis provides data on the embodied carbon arising from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and eventual disposal or reuse of structural and architectural materials. This information enables clients to understand and compare the potential embodied carbon of various design options. “We're looking at each and every structural and architectural component—that's the industry focus right now,” says Hagan. “What's coming in the near future will be mechanical, electrical, and plumbing components as well.”

This week on the podcast we have Jane Anderson, who is an expert in Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), EPD and Embodied Carbon for construction. We discuss what LCA's and EPD's are and how they are created, sequestering carbon in construction and greenwashing!Links from this episode:Jane's Website - https://constructionlca.co.uk/Jane's Twitter - https://twitter.com/constructionlcaOne Click LCA - https://www.oneclicklca.com/ PHRibbon (LCA) - https://www.phribbon.co.uk/Building Sustainability Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/buildingsustainabilitySuggested Episodes to listen to Next:What are the environmental impacts of building with Straw? - John Butler - https://www.buildingsustainabilitypodcast.com/what-is-the-environmental-impact-of-building-with-straw-bales/Why should we be building PassivHaus? -  John Butler - https://www.buildingsustainabilitypodcast.com/why-should-we-be-building-passivhaus-john-butler-bs063/Connect with me:IG - @jeffreythenaturalbuilderTwitter - @JNaturalBuilderFacebook - JeffreythenaturalbuilderLinkedIn - JeffreythenaturalbuilderSupport the show

Bob Prieto is currently Chairman & CEO of Strategic Program Management LLC focused on improving capital efficiency in large capital construction programs and strengthening engineering and construction organizations. Previously Bob was a senior vice president of Fluor focused on the development and delivery of large, complex projects worldwide. He is author of “Strategic Program Management” and eight other books, over 850 papers and presentations and 4 issued patents. Bob's industry involvement includes ASCE Industry Leaders Council (ILC), National Academy of Construction (NAC) and Fellow of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). He serves on a wide range of industry advisory panels including the the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Advisory Board, OECD Trust in Business Initiative - Blue Dot Network Executive Consultation Group and World Economic Forum Global Strategic Infrastructure Initiative Steering Committee and Global Advisory Council. Bob served as one of three U.S. presidential appointees to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC); co-chaired the infrastructure task force in New York after 9/11; and Chairman at Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), one of the world's leading engineering companies. He serves on New York University School of Engineering Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Advisory Board and New York University Abu Dhabi Engineering Academic Advisory Council and previously served as a trustee of Polytechnic University. He was appointed as an honorary global advisor for the PM World Journal and Library. Bob currently serves on the Mott MacDonald Shareholders Committee as an independent member and Saudi based Dar al Riyadh Group as a non-executive director. What you'll discover in this deeply fascinating episode: The key to managing project complexity The ultimate skills project professionals require to succeed in such complexity How to develop unique and innovative insights in the industry The greatest threats and opportunities for leaders today The three ways in which conventional project theory fails in practice And so much more. Books by Robert Prieto Strategic Program Management; published by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA); ISBN 978-0-9815612-1-9; July 24, 2008 Topics in Strategic Program Management; ISBN 978-0-557-52887-5; July 2010 The GIGA Factor; Program Management in the Engineering & Construction Industry; CMAA; ISBN 978-1-938014-99-4; 2011 Application of Life Cycle Analysis in the Capital Assets Industry; Construction Management Association of America (CMAA); June 2013; ISBN 978-1-938014-06-2 (eBook); ISBN 978-1-938014-07-9 (Print) Capital Efficiency: Pull All the Levers; Construction Management Association of America (CMAA); August 2014; 978-1-938014-08-6 (eBook); ISBN 978-1-938014-09-3 (Print) Resilience: Managing the Risk of Natural Disaster; ISBN 978-1-329-19541-7; 2015 Resilience: An Engineering & Construction Perspective; ISBN 978-1-329-19542-4; 2015 Theory of Management of Large Complex Projects; Construction Management Association of America (2015); ISBN 580-0-111776-07-9 Show notes: If you enjoyed this episode, and you've learnt something or it inspired you in some way, I'd love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me, @elinormoshe_ or Elinor Moshe on LinkedIn. Don't forget you can also join the Facebook community to be part of the growing family of constructors who chose exceptional futures. Search for Constructing You Community and join today.

Colin Church, Chief Executive of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, the global network for the materials cycle – also known as IOM3, guides us through topics including critical materials, the complexities of modern supply chains, transparency and Life Cycle Analysis, the challenges of how we ensure fair shares of finite resources and much more.

TIME Magazine - Enertia® Homes Their Company Slogan - "Your House Should Take Care of You......... Not the Other Way Around!" It's Earth Month 2022 my spotlight is on Green Living Because of A LOT of Talk this Year About Global Warming & the Eco-System.Enertia® Homes use an ingenious design, and the science of materials, to heat and cool buildings without fuel or electricity. Fitted with Photovoltaic panels, and a metal seamed roof, homes can be self-reliant for heating, cooling, electricity, water and food. This is a modern Building System, an integrated group of innovations and a construction technique so basic, yet amazing and effective, it has been called a Modern Marvel- A Time Magazine Invention of the Year & Zayed Future Energy Prize, "Innovative Structure of the Century Award", AWPI Century's Best Award. These are not conventional “stick-frame” single-generation houses. The walls are solid wood, and the design life is hundreds of years. Comfort is by design and from a unique structural material, not from a mechanical/ electric compressor or furnace. The roof can generate electricity and capture water. The sun space harvests energy, and in it you can harvest food. Most have a built-in "biosphere" modeled after planet Earths' that draws energy from the sun, and geothermal stability from the ground, creating a temperate climate that buffers the primary living space. Your personal Greenhouse Effect warms your house in winter. Naturally-induced air currents cool it in summer. "When we started 30 years ago the terms Bio-mimicry, Green Building, Carbon Sequestration, and Life-Cycle Analysis did not exist. Enertia® homes pioneered these goals that others are still striving to achieve." ~ Enertia.com © 2022 Building Abundant Success!!2022 All Rights ReservedJoin Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBAS

https://adeptpackaging.com/Do you need a packaging life cycle analysis? What's the most sustainable packaging material? What do you need to change to be more sustainable with your packaging? https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-jo-werlein-9b179313/https://ororapackagingsolutions.com/Looking to improve the sustainability of your packaging today? Check out: https://www.landsberg.com/ https://specright.com/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1329820053/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=corygated77-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=af630ccba1c41b01bca6fd0e0120360b&creativeASIN=1329820053

Teaching students to become systems thinkers is a priority for high school scienc teacher, Andrew Rabin.  In this episode, the last episode of Season Two, Andrew walks us through how to teach a life cycle analysis project in high school, what processes he uses, and what the value of this kind of project is.Support the show (http://odysseycommunity.org/giving-to-odyssey/)

This week, we bring back Emily Cardinali on the show! She was one of our very first producers, and she had really wanted to report on sustainable menstrual products. So, after our interview with Isabel Aagard last episode, we reached out to Emily about her own experiences with green tampons.  N8 and Emily discuss the guilt of half our human population, tips on identifying sustainable products, and the pros and cons of every sort of menstrual product sold on the market.  Support “Waste Not Why Not” on Patreon. Follow us on Twitter @wastenotpod. Send questions to ask@wastenotwhynot.com. Subscribe to “Waste Not a Newsletter" on Substack. EPISODE CREDIT | Nate Maynard (@N8May), host | Yu-Chen Lai (@aGuavaEmoji), producer | Emily Y. Wu (@emilyywu), executive producer | Music licensing MB01WR8IJHWPCOG | a Ghost Island Media production (@ghostislandme) | www.ghostisland.media Support the show: https://patreon.com/wastenotwhynot See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and how can you use it to make packaging decisions? If you're a packaging buyer, a packaging designer, or packaging manufacturer this episode shares insights into the LCA process as well as the value of having a human in the loop to balance the data. What questions impact data and how understanding the key areas of consumerism can determine the right packaging for you. Learn how Medoola saves global consumer brands millions on packaging, retail, and supply chain processes. _________________________________ Follow Neil Shackleton on LinkedIn Learn more about Medoola Follow Evelio Mattos on LinkedIn Download your free Sustainability Guide

TIME Magazine - Enertia® Homes Their Company Slogan - "Your House Should Take Care of You......... Not the Other Way Around!" It's Earth Month 2021 my spotlight is on Green Living Because of A LOT of Talk this Year About Global Warming & the Eco-System. Enertia® Homes use an ingenious design, and the science of materials, to heat and cool buildings without fuel or electricity. Fitted with Photovoltaic panels, and a metal seamed roof, homes can be self-reliant for heating, cooling, electricity, water and food. This is a modern Building System, an integrated group of innovations and a construction technique so basic, yet amazing and effective, it has been called a Modern Marvel- A Time Magazine Invention of the Year & Zayed Future Energy Prize, "Innovative Structure of the Century Award", AWPI Century's Best Award. These are not conventional “stick-frame” single-generation houses. The walls are solid wood, and the design life is hundreds of years. Comfort is by design and from a unique structural material, not from a mechanical/ electric compressor or furnace. The roof can generate electricity and capture water. The sun space harvests energy, and in it you can harvest food. Most have a built-in "biosphere" modeled after planet Earths’ that draws energy from the sun, and geothermal stability from the ground, creating a temperate climate that buffers the primary living space. Your personal Greenhouse Effect warms your house in winter. Naturally-induced air currents cool it in summer. "When we started 30 years ago the terms Bio-mimicry, Green Building, Carbon Sequestration, and Life-Cycle Analysis did not exist. Enertia® homes pioneered these goals that others are still striving to achieve." ~ Enertia.com All Rights Reserved © 2021 BuildingAbundantSuccess!! Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS Spot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23ba

TIME Magazine - Enertia® Homes Their Company Slogan - "Your House Should Take Care of You......... Not the Other Way Around!" It's Fall 2020, my spotlight is on Green Living Because of A LOT of Talk this Year About Global Warming & the Eco-System. Enertia® Homes use an ingenious design, and the science of materials, to heat and cool buildings without fuel or electricity. Fitted with Photovoltaic panels, and a metal seamed roof, homes can be self-reliant for heating, cooling, electricity, water and food. This is a modern Building System, an integrated group of innovations and a construction technique so basic, yet amazing and effective, it has been called a Modern Marvel- A Time Magazine Invention of the Year & Zayed Future Energy Prize, "Innovative Structure of the Century Award", AWPI Century's Best Award. These are not conventional “stick-frame” single-generation houses. The walls are solid wood, and the design life is hundreds of years. Comfort is by design and from a unique structural material, not from a mechanical/ electric compressor or furnace. The roof can generate electricity and capture water. The sun space harvests energy, and in it you can harvest food. Most have a built-in "biosphere" modeled after planet Earths’ that draws energy from the sun, and geothermal stability from the ground, creating a temperate climate that buffers the primary living space. Your personal Greenhouse Effect warms your house in winter. Naturally-induced air currents cool it in summer. "When we started 30 years ago the terms Bio-mimicry, Green Building, Carbon Sequestration, and Life-Cycle Analysis did not exist. Enertia® homes pioneered these goals that others are still striving to achieve." ~ Enertia.com All Rights Reserved © 2020 BuildingAbundantSuccess!! Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS Spot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23ba

TIME Magazine - Enertia® Homes Their Company Slogan - "Your House Should Take Care of You......... Not the Other Way Around!" It's Earth Week 2019, my spotlight is on Green Living. Enertia® Homes use an ingenious design, and the science of materials, to heat and cool buildings without fuel or electricity. Fitted with Photovoltaic panels, and a metal seamed roof, homes can be self-reliant for heating, cooling, electricity, water and food. This is a modern Building System, an integrated group of innovations and a construction technique so basic, yet amazing and effective, it has been called a Modern Marvel- A Time Magazine Invention of the Year & 2011 Zayed Future Energy Prize, "Innovative Structure of the Century Award", AWPI Century's Best Award. These are not conventional “stick-frame” single-generation houses. The walls are solid wood, and the design life is hundreds of years. Comfort is by design and from a unique structural material, not from a mechanical/ electric compressor or furnace. The roof can generate electricity and capture water. The sunspace harvests energy, and in it you can harvest food. Most have a built-in "biosphere," modeled after planet Earths’ that draws energy from the sun, and geothermal stability from the ground, creating a temperate climate that buffers the primary living space. Your personal Greenhouse Effect warms your house in winter. Naturally-induced air currents cool it in summer. "When we started 30 years ago the terms Bio-mimicry, Green Building, Carbon Sequestration, and Life-Cycle Analysis did not exist. Enertia® homes pioneered these goals that others are still striving to achieve." ~ Enertia.com All Rights Reserved © 2019 BuildingAbundantSuccess!! Join Me on Facebook @ Facebook.com/BuildingAbundantSuccess Join Me on iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS

The Portfolio Manager for the past 10 years for the Shelton International Select Equity Strategy, Andy discusses the unique analysis methodology of his and Shelton, focusing on and measuring redploying its own capital to create value for shareholders.  Focusing on asset growth and return on asset capital, they define 5 stages in a corporate life cycle, identify which stage a company is in at a particular time, and how the company is dealing with the issues they face.  Using GE and Netflix  as example, Andy applies their system of analysis to them and discusses how Shelton approaches these, and similar companies.  Focusing on international companies, he has taken on quite a challenge, which creates a very interesting investing analysis system and discusses it.  This is a different approach to company analysis and anyone interested in investing in inernational companies will find this discussion well worth the effort.

Jonas Bengtsson is the Founder of Edge Environment and the President at Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society. Life Cycle Assessment is a technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all stages of a product’s life, from raw material extraction (cradle) to disposal (grave). Jonas was an early adopted of the Life Cycle Analysis tool and has seen it develop into the critical component of environmental sustainable design today. In the episode we discuss: How the LCA tool has developed Opportunities and challenges of using the tool today An increasing focus on embodied emissions as buildings become more operationally efficient   If you want to find out more, go to www.edgeenvironment.com or www.alcas.asn.au   Join our mailing list to receive regular free reports on the future of the buildings industry.  http://eepurl.com/dg2No1 Enjoy!

This month, how perennial grass production could lead to regional cooling, the link between biofuel production and the sustainable development of countries and the environmental benefits of switchgrass-derived ethanol.

This month, how perennial grass production could lead to regional cooling, the link between biofuel production and the sustainable development of countries and the environmental benefits of switchgrass-derived ethanol.

Bob Prieto, currently senior VP for strategy in Fluor’s Industrial and Infrastructure Group, recently completed his fourth book, Application of Life Cycle Analysis in the Capital Assets Industry. In this interview, Bob Prieto talks about this book and how it can benefit owners and AEC professionals of mega-projects. You can contact Bob at Fluor’s office […] The post Life Cycle Analysis – Interview with Fluor Senior VP Bob Prieto appeared first on AEC Business.

David Baggs from Ecospecifier explains the concept of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and how you can use it to make your next job more sustainable - http://www.broadcastbuilder.com.au