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Whether you are the head of a global corporation or a non-profit, everyone has a role to play in driving action that benefits the planet. And as customers we have the power and responsibility to put our money with the businesses that are fighting for that action.In the final episode of this bonus halftime series, Loyiso Madinga and Gail Gallie meet two leaders who are striving for sustainable outcomes in very different ways. Jesper Brodin is CEO of the Ingka Group, owners of IKEA. He has set his own goal for 2030: to reduce IKEA's carbon footprint by 50%. Jesper tells us how he keeps climate concerns at the heart of his decision-making while running a very successful company, and why other businesses need to evolve too.Gloria Walton is CEO and president of the Solutions Project, which amplifies and funds climate justice solutions created by frontline communities to take control of their own futures. She tells us why giving power to these communities is key to creating meaningful change in the second half. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In conversation with author and Pennsylvania State Senator, Nikil Saval In Solidarity, Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix offer a comprehensive look at not just the popular and ethereal idea of solidarity, but how it can be used by political organizing movements to affect real societal change. Also a lively history of such movements from Ancient Roman revolts to Occupy Wall Street and BLM, it reveals the nuts-and-bolts methods through which solidarity is built and sustained. Leah Hunt-Hendrix earned a PhD in Religion, Ethics, and Politics from Princeton University, where she wrote her dissertation on the Ethics of Solidarity. In 2012 she co-founded Solidaire, a nationwide network of philanthropists who fund progressive movements; and in 2017, she co-founded Way to Win, an organization devoted to electoral strategy. A Senior Advisor at the American Economic Liberties Project and a member of the Board of Directors of the Solutions Project, she is an advisor to her family foundation, the Sister Fund. The cofounder of the Debt Collective, a union of debtors, Astra Taylor is the director of several documentaries and the author of The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart, Democracy May Not Exist But We'll Miss It When It's Gone, and The People's Platform, winner of an American Book Award. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and n+1, among other publications. She sits on the editorial board of Hammer & Hope and is an advisor to Lux Magazine. Because you love Author Events, please make a donation to keep our podcasts free for everyone. THANK YOU! The views expressed by the authors and moderators are strictly their own and do not represent the opinions of the Free Library of Philadelphia or its employees. (recorded 3/19/2024)
Brandon Hurlbut, our guest on this episode, wears multiple hats. He's co-founder at Boundary Stone Partners, a climate change focused government affairs firm created in 2013 that operates at the intersection of technology, finance, and policy.He's also co-founder of Overture, an early stage climate tech venture capital firm that recently announced a $60 million debut fund, and he is an operating partner at NGP, a private equity fund focused on energy with billions of dollars under management. Among other activities, Brandon also serves on the board of directors of the Sunrise Movement, The Solutions Project, co-founded by Mark Ruffalo, and Clean Energy for America.Before this, Brandon served in the Obama administration as US Department of Energy Chief of Staff, and in the White House as the president's liaison to the energy and environment cabinet agencies. At the DOE, Brandon oversaw day-to-day operations of a federal agency with a $29 billion budget and a 115,000 person workforce. He also served on the investment committee for its $38 billion Clean Energy Fund. Cody and Brandon discuss the intersection of policy and innovation, including what his work at Boundary Stone entails and the types of problems they help companies navigate. They also delve into the 2024 US election, including what's at stake from a climate change perspective in the presidential, House, and Senate elections. In this episode, we cover: [03:10]: Brandon's unified approach to merging technology, finance, and policy to combat climate change[05:22]: Involvement with the Sunrise Movement and The Solutions Project[09:52]: Transition from the Obama campaign to significant roles in energy and environment[14:08]: The genesis and evolution of Boundary Stone[21:14]: The varied advocacy work Boundary Stone undertakes to connect startups with government opportunities[30:31]: The high stakes of the 2024 US election for climate policy and innovation[34:42]: Potential climate policy directions and challenges in a post-2024 election landscape[40:27]: Ramifications of a potential 2024 Trump win on climate initiatives[43:53]: The role of Senate and House elections in shaping climate policy and legislation[46:13]: The bipartisan appeal of hydrogen, geothermal, and permitting reform in energy policy[50:38]: Brandon's advice for getting involved ahead of the 2024 elections and beyond, including Climate Cabinet and Climate PowerEpisode recorded on Mar 1, 2024 (Published on Mar 18, 2024) Get connected with MCJ: Jason Jacobs X / LinkedInCody Simms X / LinkedInMCJ Podcast / Collective / YouTube*If you liked this episode, please consider giving us a review! You can also reach us via email at content@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.
Mark Ruffalo and Kevin reminisce about the old days of acting, being political (or not) and the power of climate justice in this week's episode. Special guest Gloria Walton, president and CEO of The Solutions Project, joins them to discuss the importance of a holistic approach and the sacrifice of "most impacted" communities. *Note: this interview was recorded before the SAG-AFTRA strike took effect. To learn more and get involved with The Solutions Project, head to www.thesolutionsproject.org. To support more initiatives like this program, text 'BACON' to 707070 or head to SixDegrees.Org to learn more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We're excited to welcome back Mark Z. Jacobson, who joined us last year to talk about a study he co-authored called “Low-Cost Solutions to Global Warming, Air Pollution, and Energy Insecurity for 145 Countries”. He is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy program at Stanford University, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for energy, and also the Co-Founder of The Solutions Project, 100.org and the 100% Clean, Renewable Energy movement. We've asked Mark back to see what progress the country has made with his prediction that the US and the world can change to clean energy and meet CO2 goals by only using WWS (wind, water and solar) i.e. clean non burning energy without using coal, gas, nuclear, and carbon capture. Mark released a book in February of this year, entitled No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air. His book brings up more questions about the government and the some climate experts are promoting, such as carbon capture, instead of considering the potential of just using WWS. Topics covered include:How does the time taken to construct different types of power plants effect their impact in light of the short timetable on lowering CO2 and other greenhouse gases pollution?How does the amount of waste heat released by fossil fuel compare to that released by renewables? For example, about 65 to 67 percent of energy in oil and coal is released as waste heat, 40 to 60 percent of natural gas energy is also waste heat, 74 percent of biomass is waste heat and 65 percent of the energy in uranium is waste heat.According to Jacobson, “By 2021, the cost of a system consisting of wind, solar, and batteries was already less than that consisting of natural gas. For example, even in 2019, a Florida utility replaced two natural gas plants with a combined solar-battery system because of the lower cost of the later.” How do economics affect transition to renewable energy sources? What are the best and quickest energy source for commercial and military planes and cargo ships?Is the U.S. grid ready for 100 percent clean electricity?What has been the reaction to Jacobson's proposed WWS solution?Support the showVisit us at climatemoneywatchdog.org!
In what ways is democracy under threat in the United States? And how do we strengthen our union? Those are two of the key questions posed in a new series of reports, editorials, podcasts and radio segments from WBEZ and the Sun-Times called “The Democracy Solutions Project,” which will run through the 2024 presidential election. The project is a partnership between Chicago Public Media and the University of Chicago's Center for Effective Government at the Harris School of Public Policy. To kick off the project, Reset sits down with the center's director Will Howell.
Imagine an online marketplace that puts you in the driver's seat of real worldwide change– allowing you to take direct control and make an impact on the causes you care about most– simply with the click of a mouse. That's what Co-Founder & Executive Director Justin Winters and her team are building at One Earth, a global organization working to galvanize science, advocacy, and philanthropy to drive collective action on climate change. In this episode, she shares how science has revealed a solution to the climate crisis and how each of us can take action to course correct our future in our own lifetimes. Lead With We is Produced by Goal 17 Media - https://goal17media.com Justin Winters: Justin Winters is dedicated to ensuring the long-term health and well-being of all Earth's inhabitants by building climate resilience, protecting wildlife and restoring balance to ecosystems and communities. For the past 15 years, she's worked to accelerate grassroots environmental efforts through cutting-edge philanthropic mechanisms and strategic communications work. She is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of One Earth, an organization working to galvanize science, advocacy and philanthropy to drive collective action on climate change. Motivated by the belief that everyone should have agency in being a part of the climate solution, Justin and the One Earth team launched the Project Marketplace database, a crowdfunding platform that disrupts the traditional philanthropy model by enabling individuals and donors at all levels to directly support critical climate solutions projects all over the world, with a special focus on Indigenous and women- led initiatives. Prior to One Earth, Justin was the Executive Director of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF). For well over a decade, Justin helped Leonardo reshape his approach to philanthropy and activism, leveraging his position as a global figure to influence decision-makers and the public on the most pressing environmental issues. She currently serves on the boards of Amazon Frontlines and The Solutions Project and was selected as part of Worth Magazine's 2022 Worthy 100 list of impactful leaders and changemakers. Through her collaborative, inclusive and entrepreneurial approach, Justin is radically shifting the current resource paradigm and building a broad public movement of engaged and inspired changemakers who together will help solve the climate crisis and build a vibrant, just future for us all. Resources: Learn more about One Earth at: https://www.oneearth.org/ Connect with Justin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-winters-oneearth/ Visit leadwithwe.com to learn more about Simon's new book or search for "Lead With We" on Amazon, Google Books, or Barnes & Noble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Hip Hop Caucus, plus Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., The Solutions Project, and The Climate Reforestation Campaign!
In what ways is democracy under threat in the United States? And how do we strengthen our union? Those are two of the key questions posed in a new series of reports, editorials, podcasts and radio segments from WBEZ and the Sun-Times called “The Democracy Solutions Project,” which will run through the 2024 presidential election. The project is a partnership between Chicago Public Media and the University of Chicago's Center for Effective Government at the Harris School of Public Policy. To kick off the project, Reset sits down with the center's director Will Howell.
There has been a real lack of clarity when it comes to solving the great conundrums of the climate crisis, as well as a growing sense of climate nihilism all around. However, all hope is not lost. Justin believes in collective action against the climate crisis, which is why she founded One Earth, which is all about coming together as a collective for climate action as well as being a space with the tools to support collective action for the Earth and for each other. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or the IPCC, the three pillars solutions framework to solve the climate crisis are 1) a transition to 100% renewable energy, 2) protection, connection, and restoration 50% of the world's land and oceans, and 3) a transition of our food systems to regenerative agriculture. Having this knowledge as well as the drive to encourage collective action is what Justin believes can help One Earth achieve its goals as well as for the betterment of our climate conditions. Justin Winters is dedicated to ensuring the long-term health and well-being of all Earth's inhabitants by building climate resiliency, protecting wildlife and restoring balance to ecosystems and communities. For the past 15 years, she's worked to accelerate grassroots environmental efforts through cutting-edge philanthropic mechanisms and strategic communications work. She is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of One Earth, an organization working to galvanize science, advocacy and philanthropy to drive collective action on climate change. Through One Earth, she has pioneered a new approach to climate philanthropy by democratizing access to innovative and impactful climate solution projects around the world, enabling donors at all levels to contribute directly to communities and grassroots leaders who are driving change from the ground up. Widely recognized as a thought leader in innovative and effective philanthropy, Justin and her work have been featured by Forbes, Inside Philanthropy and The Garrison Institute, and she has spoken at numerous high-profile convenings such as Web Summit, Climate Week NYC, SXSW, and Bioneers. She currently serves on the boards of Amazon Frontlines and The Solutions Project and was selected as part of Worth Magazine's 2022 Worthy 100 list of impactful leaders and changemakers. What we discuss: 01:09 – Introducing Justin 02:40 – The Time of the Feminine for Justin 04:35 – Justin's Journey 13:49 – Collective Action for Nature 23:01 – Individuals and Collaboration 28:03 – The Global Safety Net 34:30 – Disruption, Unplugging, and How Justin Processes 40:56 – The Beauty of Nature 43:55 – Tips for Collaboration 53:54 – Grassroots Movements and the Need for Funding 01:01:43 – The Story of Lilith 01:05:28 – Justin in Behalf of Mother Gaia 01:07:13 – Where to Find Justin To amplify your health with GoddessWell products, go to Goddesswell.co to and use the code SISTERHOOD at checkout to buy one and get one free! You can support Justin and One Earth through their website oneearth.org and also through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. To join a virtual circle with us, go to http://www.globalsisterhood.org/virtual-circles To follow us on Instagram, @theglobalsisterhood @Laurenelizabethwalsh @shainaconners
Anyone serious about the climate crisis knows that we need to create a world powered free of carbon pollution sources. But how do we get there? Professor Mark Z. Jacobson has a plan and in his new book, No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air, he puts forth a plan for getting there. This is one of the most interesting and optimistic conversations you'll hear on the hope for a renewable energy future. Jacobson is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, where he also serves as the Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program, and Senior Fellow of both the Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for Energy. Jacobson is also the co-founder of The Solutions Project and 100.org. Read No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group.
In this episode of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Mark Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University and Director of its Atmosphere/Energy Program. He is also a Co-Founder of the non-profit, Solutions Project.Mark discusses his youth in Northern California, traveling down to Southern California for tennis matches, and his early concerns about air pollution. He then describes a distinguished academic career which started in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford, and progressed into atmospheric science at UCLA. Mark goes on to share his works as a prolific researcher, pioneering air quality monitoring as well as global wind potential modeling.He then dives into his work co-founding Climate Solutions, a consortium of business leaders, actors, and scientists working together to present WWS (wind, water, and solar) solutions for cities and globally. Mark has published textbooks and peer-reviewed journal articles, been featured on TED Talks, and was a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman. He shares his optimistic view on better understanding air pollution and global warming problems, and developing large-scale clean, renewable energy solutions for them.
Mark Z. Jacobson is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University. Some describe him as the architect of the U.S. Green New Deal. He has authored books, textbooks and articles on transitioning to renewable energy. Recently co-authored the study, “Low-Cost Solutions to Global Warming, Air Pollution, and Energy Insecurity for 145 Countries.Professor Jacobson came to our attention via his opinion piece in The Hill, “No miracle tech needed: How to switch to renewables now and lower costs doing it.”, which draws heavily on this report. His credentials are impressive:Director and co-founder, Atmosphere/Energy Program (link), Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2004-present. Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment (link), January 2008-present Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy (link), January 1, 2010-present Co-founder, The Solutions Project (link), July 10, 2011-present.B. S., with distinction, Stanford University, Civil Engineering, 1988 B. A., with distinction, Stanford University, Economics, 1988 M. S., Stanford University, Environmental Engineering, 1988 M. S., UCLA, Atmospheric Sciences, 1991 Ph. D., UCLA, Atmospheric Sciences, 1994Support the show
Mark is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University and director of its Atmosphere/Energy Program. He is also a co-founder of the non-profit, Solutions Project. His most recent book "100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything" is out and available now.
This week Mariel, Rubén and Michael receive a Special Guest, Vasti Canario, we were talking about her role as Project Manager at Digital Solutions and all the advantages of having her in the team.For more information about us visit: https://diss.com/podcast/project-manager-at-digital-solutions/
It's the 2nd Annual #Blackclimateweek, hosted by the HipHop Caucus and The Solutions Project. Meet climate change guru, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr.!
THE INAUGURAL ANTHEM AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2022 FINALISTS Finalists Include: Nat Geo's Earth Day 2021; Monica Lewinsky The Epidemic; The New York Times: 1619 Project; Mark Ruffalo's The Solutions Project; Airbnb Commits To Provide Free Housing To 20,000 Afghan Refugees; Kamala Harris Glass Ceiling Breaker; Patagonia's Flagship Experience; Nasa's Global Climate Change: Vital Signs Of The ...
In the penultimate episode of Giving Done Right season two, CEP's Phil and Grace with Gloria Walton, president and CEO of The Solutions Project. Gloria focuses on the intersection of climate change and racial justice, the value of grassroots organizing and advocacy in moving an issue forward, and what it will take to move philanthropy toward truly transformative grantmaking.
It's One Earth, plus Earth's Call and The Solutions Project all thanks to climate champ, Justin Winters!
Nicole Winters, Lucia Entertainment Co-founder and Head of Development and Partnerships, joins us for this SeriesFest conversation to discuss her docuseries pilot, Go Green, that screened at this year's festival. We discuss Nicole's start in TV ad sales, creating the hit digital series, Drinking with the Stars, the potential she sees for Go Green, and how she partnered with Mark Ruffalo's non-profit, The Solutions Project, to bring the pilot to life. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | RSS Contact + Follow: Email | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
Right now, it's no secret that our population (which is almost 8 billion now) is facing a tremendous amount of collective challenges with our health, our food system, and our planet as a whole. We all have some work to do and this week's interview with ECO-Activist, Leilani Münter, will illuminate conversation and elevate the positive impact that something so simple as eating a whole-foods plant-based diet can have on the environment as a WHOLE. Leilani has been broadcasting this message for over a decade primarily from behind the wheel of a race car - I know - not exactly where you'd think you'd see these messages, but as she says on her website, “Never Underestimate a vegan hippie chick with a race car!” You'll never underestimate Leilani after today's conversation. Since retiring from race car driving in 2019, she's been revving up her advocacy engines even more through documentary films like “Racing Extinction,” keynote speaking, and non-profit work, all in a tireless effort to make a cleaner and kinder world for everyone. Today, she talks to Rip about: Her unique childhood as the daughter of a Japanese/Hawaiian Mother and German Father while growing up in Minnesota Her Galileo moment when she learned the truth about our food as a young girl eating a hamburger at a fast-food restaurant How her Biology degree from UC San Diego was the foundation of the advocacy work she does today Why she loves being behind the wheel of a race car and the intensity, presence, and advocacy voice it provides for causes that are important to her Her recent vegan birthday present - a meal at Eleven Madison Park - and her secret for getting reservations! Why Leilani and her husband (and cats!) choose to be child-free Additional causes that she advocates for the health and longevity of our planet: renewable energy, solar power, electric cars, animal rights, and, of course, a plant-based diet As the New York Times wrote, "Steve McQueen probably never lost sleep over his carbon footprint. Not so for racecar driver Leilani Münter - a green racecar driver with a clean conscience." Rev up your advocacy engines and enjoy this conversation with a true Eco-Hero. About Leilani Münter Leilani Münter is a biology graduate, professional race car driver and environmental activist. Discovery's Planet Green named her the #1 eco athlete in the world, ELLE Magazine awarded her their Genius Award, and Sports Illustrated named her one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world. Leilani is an advocate for solar power, electric cars, plant-based diet and animal rights. Leilani is active in lobbying for these causes in Washington, DC and beyond. She has been a guest at The White House and the United Nations in Geneva. Since 2007, Leilani has been adopting an acre of rainforest for every race she runs. She uses her race car to get the environmental message in front of the 75 million race fans in the USA. Her race cars have carried messages about renewable energy from wind and solar power in addition to clean energy legislation. Leilani has also been active in the effort to end cetacean captivity and has run the documentaries The Cove and Blackfish on her race cars. She has raced both open-wheel cars (Indy Pro Series) and stock cars (NASCAR, ARCA). Leilani has recorded 9 top-five, 21 top-ten, and 37 top-fifteen finishes in 61 starts. Leilani is on the board of the Oceanic Preservation Society, a non-profit that creates film, photography, and media, inspiring people to save the oceans. They won the Academy Award for their first documentary The Cove and Leilani is featured in their 2015 documentary Racing Extinction. Leilani is also an Ambassador for Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project, an organization she has been volunteering for since 2010. She also sits on the board of advisors of The Solutions Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the transition to 100% renewable energy. Leilani is vegan. Her personal car is an electric Tesla Model S. Her home features solar panels, a 550-gallon rainwater collection system, solar and LED lighting, and a vegetable garden. Leilani's motto is: Never underestimate a vegan hippie chick with a race car. Episode Resources Leilani Münter Website and Resources PLANTSTRONGFoods.com - Order our new popcorn and dessert-inspired granolas Our Virtual PLANTSTOCK Returns September 8-12th - Register today Join the PLANTSTRONG Community Theme Music for Episode Promo Theme Music
This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, Nic is talking with Sarah Shanley Hope. Sarah is the VP of Brand + Partnerships at The Solutions Project following seven years as the organization's first Executive Director. Under Sarah's leadership, the organization transformed its mission and culture to center racial and gender equity, launched the field's first and only award-winning intermediary climate and equity fund, and grew a celebratory, collaborative and inclusive movement for 100 percent clean energy.Sarah has held executive or leadership roles at the Alliance for Climate Education, Green For All, Cargill and Best Buy over her 15+ years of experience in brand strategy and social change.
Et tu, Brute? Maybe this episode would have been more appropriate for the Ides of March, but history isn't really our forte. Listen to find out if any betrayal tops Anthony stabbing Dan in the back during our debate on the ultimate fast food restaurant.This month we are supporting The Solutions Project to help support climate changemakers, innovators, and solutionaires at the grassroots. Donate now to help support!https://thesolutionsproject.org/donate/(Episode contains explicit material)
It's 2021, so we thought we'd freshen up some of the things that officially symbolize our wonderful country. Listen and find out what we think should take over the mantle for the eagle, or what we think is a little less dated than "In God We Trust."This month we are supporting The Solutions Project to help support climate changemakers, innovators, and solutionaires at the grassroots. Donate now to help support!https://thesolutionsproject.org/donate/(Episode contains explicit material)Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe!
Have you been wondering how good (or bad) we are at pub trivia? No? Well too bad, because this week we have our own Polite Disagreements quiz show. Anthony's brother Fred guest stars to keep the teams even, and we get a little toasty on boxes of Franzia while answering a hodge-podge of trivia about animal STDs and murders. Enjoy!This month we are supporting The Solutions Project to help support climate changemakers, innovators, and solutionaires at the grassroots. Donate now to help support!https://thesolutionsproject.org/donate/(Episode contains explicit material)Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe!
Last week we did overrated things, so of course we had to follow it up with underrated things. And we know what you're thinking, but no, Arby's doesn't make the list. Tune in to see what does. This month we are supporting The Solutions Project to help support climate changemakers, innovators, and solutionaires at the grassroots. Donate now to help support!https://thesolutionsproject.org/donate/(Episode contains explicit material)Beach NeedZ Get all of the things you need for the beach through Beach NeedZ! Everything is Organic & Reef Safe!
In this special bonus episode, Melody speaks with Gloria Walton, President and CEO of the Solutions Project, about how trust-based philanthropy can push funding into frontline communities fighting climate devastation. Gloria and Melody talk about how to get out of the way of on-the-ground organizers who are already doing the work, and describe a vision for a clean energy future founded on equity and self-determination for all. Season 2 of the Enough. Podcast drops April 14! For more on our guest, No. 29, and the Enough. newsletter, visit: Gloria Walton The Solutions Project No. 29 Enough. And to take action to stop Line 3, please visit www.stopline3.org/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Our guest for this Episode of The Small Business Show is Marcy Rye from, Founder & CEO Wire Media.How do you create a beautiful, functional and SEO-optimized website? Why is accessibility becoming an important part of website design? Marcy talked us through the best practices for a small business website. She also explained how a DIY, freelance designer and design firm approach differs in building a website.According to Marcy, clients are often worried about getting all the content ready for a website redesign project (it's a lot of work, usually). She helps them to prioritize based on what we need to keep the design process moving forward, and provides templates and schedules to help keep them on track.When clients often give her direction to change something on a website, such as, "make the button larger". She would always ask them what is the problem they're trying to solve. Most of them are relieved to learn that if they just tell her the problem they see, she can come up with cost-effective, user-friendly ways to solve them and they don't have to try to figure it out.Lastly, clients aren't sure what a website should cost and so list all kinds of features and requirements for their site. She helps them again to prioritize what's really necessary based on their internal strategic goals as well as user goals and objectives (often by doing user research or testing). This also takes stakeholder personal opinions out of the equation, making for a smooth process. GUEST INFO:Marcy is the founder of Wire Media, an award winning creative agency that provides content, design, and technology services to create and sustain highly effective websites for nonprofits, universities, and social good companies. Her work focuses on content creation and user experience design — helping clients communicate more effectively with their audiences.In her role at Wire Media, she has led creative projects for clients including LA Metro, Humane Society, Box Inc., CREDO, Environmental Defense Fund, Reach Capital, The Solutions Project, Women's World Banking, Stanford University, and numerous Democratic and progressive political campaigns in the US, Africa, and the Caribbean.Marcy has nearly 20 years of experience working at the intersection of cutting-edge design and technology to help clients communicate better with their audience, create opportunities to engage with them, and build lasting and meaningful relationships. Her prior work experience includes branding and design for the Smithsonian, The World of Coca-Cola Museum, the Women in Military Service Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, and AARP.She was a co-founder of T-REX Creative, a movie marketing agency in Hollywood, and sold her share of T-REX in 2015. Marcy is a frequent speaker and author on topics including data design, visual storytelling, web design and accessibility, and UX design. Contact for Marcy Rye
In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and co-founder of The Solutions Project, to discuss green hydrogen.
In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and co-founder of The Solutions Project, to discuss green hydrogen.
Shalanda H. Baker is my guest on this episode of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Shalanda is a professor of law, public policy, and urban affairs at Northeastern University. She has spent more than a decade conducting research on the equity dimensions of the global transition away from fossil fuel energy to cleaner energy resources. She teaches courses on renewable energy development, energy justice, and environmental law. In 2015, she was awarded a 2016–2017 Fulbright–García Robles grant to explore Mexico's energy reform, climate change, and indigenous rights. Before joining Northeastern's faculty, Shalanda spent three years as an associate professor of law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i, where she was the founding director of the Energy Justice Program. Prior to that, she served on the faculty at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She holds a bachelor of science degree in political science from the United States Air Force Academy, a juris doctor from Northeastern University School of Law, and an LLM from the University of Wisconsin School of Law, where she also served as a William H. Hastie fellow. Immediately after law school, before working as a corporate and project finance attorney in both the Boston and Tokyo offices of the law firm of Bingham McCutchen, Shalanda clerked for Associate Justice Roderick Ireland of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Shalanda is also a veteran and former Air Force officer who fought to end the military's “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy. She is the author of over a dozen articles, book chapters, and essays on renewable energy law, policy, and development. She is the cofounder and codirector of the Initiative for Energy Justice, an organization committed to providing technical law and policy support to communities on the front lines of climate change. She also serves on the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board, the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act Implementation Advisory Committee Climate Justice Working Group, the Board of the Solutions Project, the Board of the Clean Energy Group, and the Board of Solstice Solar. Revolutionary Power: An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition (Pub Date: Jan. 14, 2021). https://iejusa.org/ https://www.northeastern.edu/law/faculty/directory/baker-s.html https://islandpress.org/books/revolutionary-power
Sarah Shanley Hope is the VP of Brand + Partnerships at The Solutions Project following seven years as the organization’s first Executive Director. Under Sarah’s leadership, the organization transformed its mission and culture to center racial and gender equity, launched the field’s first and only award-winning intermediary climate and equity fund, and grew a celebratory, collaborative and inclusive movement for 100% clean energy. Sarah has held executive or leadership roles at the Alliance for Climate Education, Green For All, Cargill and Best Buy over her 15+ years of experience in brand strategy and social change. She has raised and helped deploy more than $50 million in support of a racial equity and climate solutions agenda over her tenure in the field. https://thesolutionsproject.org/ https://nexuspmg.com/
This week on the Experts Only podcast our guest is Sarah Shanley Hope, Executive Director of The Solutions Project. The Solutions Project is a national organization with a vision of 100% clean energy for 100% of people that invests in community-driven solutions, inspires people with stories about everyday heroes, and builds strategic relationships between unlikely allies. Host Jon Powers explores Sarah's background of fighting for social justice and human rights and how it led her to pursue equitable solutions to the climate crisis.
Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson, co-founder of the Solutions Project, talks with Patti and Doug about how he and his team developed economically feasible and data-supported ways to reach 100% renewable energy by 2030. For this and other Green Street shows, visit our website www.GreenStreetRadio.com or follow us on Spotify.
Actor Don Cheadle and show runners Jordan Cahan & David Caspe join us from home, for a special 'Stuck at Home' edition of Hollywood Unscripted to share inside stories from Showtime’s 'Black Monday'. 1:21 - Don, David and Jordan share their experiences of staying at home how they are practicing social distancing. 3:30 - The three discuss the irony of doing Black Monday with the current stock market situation and how it evolves and relates to today. 4:50 - Don expresses how is working from home and the change in his work schedule on current projects, including having children at home and how that affects their daily routines. 6:50 - Jordan and David share how this pandemic and working from home changes their perspective on their daily routines and the realities (good and bad) of being at home and the gratitude for both long days and the time they now get to spend with their families. 8:40 - What it's like being on set with 'a big happy, family' that has genuine chemistry and the importance of surrounding yourself with people you know and love and who are so immensely talented. 11:17 - David and Jordan talk about how the show began in 2007 and selling it to Showtime and what they though the impact of 'Billions' would be on their show. They elaborate with the experience of having executives producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg join the project. 12:38 - What is the real Black Monday and how it influenced the story: where could they make the stakes higher in their own story, but also keep the ridiculousness of the truth of this era? 15:00 - The showrunners talk about previous comparisons to the 'Wolf of Wall Street' and the fun they have including those comparisons in their own show. 17:30 - Don shares his experiences of coming from a previous Showtime series, 'House of Lies' and what the comparisons are between these two characters. 20:00 - The three laugh about the opener of season 2, in which Don has to wear a long hair wig and his reaction to the journey of his character, Mo. 23:52 - David and Jordan share their thoughts on the responsibility of the show and where to land the responsibility for the crash of Wall Street in the 1980s and the real Black Monday - and who will suffer the consequences for it in season 2. 25:50 - David and Jordan express how fortunate they feel with their incredible writing team. 26:25 - Don reacts to reading to the crazy things that happen to his character in the script, including some absurd things he is asked to say, and the importance of leaning into the time period . 30:40 - Don shares his passion for the organizations he is involved with, including The Solutions Project with Mark Ruffalo, and the importance of finding the right way to draw attention to these issues unless there is a national disaster. 32:00 - The three discuss their views on if there is there an obligation to use their celebrity platform to give back? 35:00 - Final words from our guests: gratitude for those working on the frontlines during this pandemic, and to remind listeners that 'Black Monday' is a comedy! Learn more about Hollywood Unscripted: https://www.curtco.com/hollywoodunscripted And Follow Us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curtcomedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curtcomedia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/hlywdunscripted A CurtCo Media Production https://www.curtco.com
In the second half of this special two-part episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, talks with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and cofounder of The Solutions Project, about transitioning the world to 100% renewable energy.
In the second half of this special two-part episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, talks with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and cofounder of The Solutions Project, about transitioning the world to 100% renewable energy.
In the first half of this special two-part episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, talks with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and cofounder of The Solutions Project, about transitioning the world to 100% renewable energy.
In the first half of this special two-part episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, talks with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and cofounder of The Solutions Project, about transitioning the world to 100% renewable energy.
“Ci sono molti paesi che si sono impegnati a fare qualcosa per contrastare il crescente impatto del surriscaldamento globale, ma non sanno esattamente cosa fare ancora “, Queste sono le parole di Jacobson, professore di ingegneria civile e ambientale a Stanford e co-fondatore del Solutions Project, un’organizzazione no-profit statunitense che educa il pubblico e i politici sulla transizione verso il 100% di energie rinnovabili.
Mark Z. Jacobson talks about 100% Renewable Energy, The Solutions Project, Tesla in the Early Days, & more — Cleantech Talk #9.
In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and co-founder of The Solutions Project, to discuss Mark’s work to bring together important players from science, business, culture and community behind his vision of 100% renewable energy for 100% of people.
Plus, a visit from the executive director of The Solutions Project, the clean energy advocacy group co-founded by actor Mark Ruffalo.
California lawmakers just passed an historic 100 percent clean electricity mandate. A few years ago, advocating for 100 percent clean energy was considered radical. Even some political allies of the cause argued that the concept was so far-fetched it was damaging to the climate movement.Democratic podcast co-host Brandon Hurlbut recalls the early days of championing 100 percent renewables as a member of the Solutions Project — and the lessons learned.Next, we hear from Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols, to learn how his red Southern state became a top 10 U.S. solar market without any incentives.And we explore how other states can follow in California’s clean energy wake.Recommended reading:GTM: On to Governor Brown’s Desk: What 100% Clean Energy Means for CaliforniaVox: A beginner’s guide to the debate over 100% renewable energyInside Climate: How Georgia Became a Top 10 Solar State, With Lawmakers Barely Lifting a FingerNYT: In Trump Country, Renewable Energy Is ThrivingGTM: Senator Heinrich: A 100% Clean Energy Grid Is ‘Completely Doable’Subscribe to the Political Climate podcast via Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay, TuneIn, Overcast, Stitcher and Spotify.Follow Political Climate on Twitter @Poli_Climate.
We’re all spending more time tapping, swiping and staring at our smartphones. The Solutions Project finds out how we can stop being so obsessed with them.
In this episode, Sarah Shanley Hope, executive director of The Solutions Project talks about the fight for 100% clean renewable energy in California. She addresses the common pitfalls of urgency, scarcity and saviour syndrome and asks how, as a person of privilege, she can become an ally for those on the margins. We recorded Sarah Shanley Hope at Canadian Memorial United Church in Vancouver on March 20.
In this episode, Sarah Shanley Hope, executive director of The Solutions Project talks about the fight for 100% clean renewable energy in California. She addresses the common pitfalls of urgency, scarcity and saviour syndrome and asks how, as a person of privilege, she can become an ally for those on the margins. We recorded Sarah Shanley Hope at Canadian Memorial United Church in Vancouver on March 20.
On November 30, three Oakland women were surprised with billboards celebrating their leadership in the movement to bring 100% renewable energy to 100% of people. The honorees are Jing Jing He, community organizer with Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), Jodi Pincus, Executive Director of Rising Sun Energy Center, and Emily Kirsch, Founder and CEO of Powerhouse. On this week's show, I speak with Jing Jing, Jodi and Sarah Shanley Hope of the Solutions Project, which organized the surprise. Then we speak with Stacy Russo, whose new book is We Were Going to Change the World: Interviews with Women From the 1970s & 1980s Southern California Punk Rock Scene. Stacy, who was part of that scene, interviewed over 40 women including fans, musicians and photographers, about why they were drawn to punk, how they participated and how it influenced the rest of their lives. The post Storytelling as Activism appeared first on KPFA.
“Our generation must fulfill the most noble of duties by ensuring the survival of future generations through the most basic of survival mechanisms – adaptation.”Leilani MünterIf you want provoke change — real change – it's imperative to take a stand outside the echo chamber of the converted.That's the ethos of professional race car driver and environmental activist Leilani Münter.Named one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world by Sports Illustrated, Leilani races in NASCAR's ARCA Series and is the fourth woman in history to race in the Indy Pro Series (the development league of IndyCar). She has logged impressive performances at both Daytona and Talladega and set the record for the highest finish for a female driver in the history of the Texas Motor Speedway when she finished fourth in 2006.But what’s most intriguing about Leilani — beyond the inherent intrigue of being one of the only female drivers in her sport — is her singular commitment to leveraging her profile to educate, inspire and raise awareness around environmental issues.Winning isn't everything. Change is the goal.Putting her money where her mouth is, Leilani has foregone traditional sponsorship opportunities to race cars draped in oversized logos promoting the documentaries The Cove and Blackfish. At Daytona in February 2017, she raced a car displaying Vegan Powered bills across the hood and sides. And since 2007, she adopts one acre of rainforest for every race she runs.Leilani has presented before the UN in Geneva in 2015 and has appeared on Capitol Hill to speak on behalf of clean energy legislation. In addition, she was one of the first activists to arrive at the 2010 Gulf oil disaster and traveled to Taiji, Japan three times to document the dolphin slaughter depicted in the Academy Award winning documentary The Cove. She sits on board of the Oceanic Preservation Society and on the advisory board of The Solutions Project, a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the transition to 100 percent renewable energy.Leilani appears in the 2015 documentary Racing Extinction and her accomplishments have been profiled in USA Today, Italian Vogue, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reader's Digest, Esquire, and Newsweek. Discovery’s Planet Green named Münter the No. 1 eco-athlete in the world, she is a recipient of ELLE Magazine's 2012 Genius Award, and Glamour Magazine named her an “Eco Hero.”This conversation explores Leilani's upbringing, what motivated her to become a race car driver, and what its like to be one of the only females in her male dominated sport.It's a discussion about the intersection of activism and sport — how Leilani infuses performance with her strident commitment to principles.But mostly this is a conversation about the why behind Leilani's drive. A strong, powerful female role model committed to positively impacting culture, shifting consumer habits and catalyzing beneficial environmental policy change, I aspire to her level of dedication to a better world.As Leilani is fond of saying, never underestimate a vegan hippie chick with a race car.After this conversation, you won't either.I love this exchange and sincerely hope you do too.Peace + Plants,Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Soundcloud | StitcherThanks to this week’s sponsors:Squarespace: The easiest way to create a beautiful website, See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A road map for getting the U.S. completely off fossil fuels by 2050 is the subject of today's interview with Mark Jacobson, Stanford University professor of engineering and author of The Solutions Project. Also on the show Dan Sugar, CEO of NEXTracker, a solar company making big strides in sustainable energy, turning data into action for solar power plants. Air Date: February 26, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080
Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature | Bioneers Radio Series
Governments and businesses are recognizing climate chaos as the threat multiplier from hell. The answer is not business as usual. How about crowdfunding and democratizing investment in clean energy? Young change-maker turned clean energy entrepreneur Billy Parish, founder of Mosaic, and banker Marco Krapels, co-founder of The Solutions Project, say 100% renewable energy is both possible and imperative.
Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature | Bioneers Radio Series
Governments and businesses are recognizing climate chaos as the threat multiplier from hell. The answer is not business as usual. How about crowdfunding and democratizing investment in clean energy? Young change-maker turned clean energy entrepreneur Billy Parish, founder of Mosaic, and banker Marco Krapels, co-founder of The Solutions Project, say 100% renewable energy is both possible and imperative.
Stanford professor Mark Jacobson is a specialist in climate modeling and alternative energy and has spent much of his career trying to understand, and find solutions to, global warming. He thinks the US is now equipped with the necessary technology and economic means to get off of fossil fuels. He and colleagues, including UC Berkeley researcher Mark Delucchi, have created 100% clean, renewable energy all-sector energy plans for all 50 United States and 139 countries worldwide that include how each can achieve such a transition by 2050. To solve the problem of political will, he co-founded The Solutions Project -- with actor Mark Ruffalo, businessman Marco Krapels, and activist Josh Fox -- to engage policymakers, business leaders, and the public to try to put the 50-state plan into action. An interactive map summarizing the plans for each state is available on The Solutions Project website.TRANSCRIPTSpeaker 1:Method to the madness is next. You're listening to method to the madness. I Biweekly Public Affairs show on k a l x Berkeley Celebrating Bay area innovators. I'm Lisa Keifer and we're taking a field trip down to Stanford today to interview the clean energy mastermind. Professor Mark Jacobson. What do you do here at Stanford? Speaker 2:Well, I teach and do research and I study clean and renewable energy systems and air pollution [00:00:30] and climate problems and how to solve them through clean and renewable energy. Speaker 3:I read about you recently in the new republic. Bill McKibben has written a really thoughtful article saying that our current climate crisis, what we need to do, he likens it to what we did in World War II to gear up to fight the Nazis and the Japanese. And he mentioned you in the work that you're doing. He talks about the solutions you have that are ready right now for all 50 states in the United States. What is that project? Speaker 2:Well, we do research on developing [00:01:00] plans for states and countries and we've completed plans for all 50 states and also now working on 139 countries around the world using all renewables and yeah, the idea of the plan is to electrify all energy sectors. That's transportation, heating and cooling industry, agriculture, forestry and fishing and provide that electricity with clean and renewable energies such as wind and water and solar power, but combined with some energy storage combined with energy efficiency and some additional transmission. When did you come up [00:01:30] with this plan? Well, our first plan was in 2009 it was really a world plan, just gross numbers to see if it was possible to power the world entirely 100% with wind and water and solar power for all purposes. And it wasn't broken down into countries, but from a on a worldwide scale, if we're just looking at the raw numbers, there was possible because there's enough wind resource, there's enough solar resource and existing water resource. And also we looked at the materials required, we looked at the costs or we looked at the land use required and we found that all these are within reason and [00:02:00] then potentially possible to do. Speaker 3:How many years did it take you to come up with these very specific plans? [inaudible] right. Speaker 2:So then, uh, after that there was in 2009, and then subsequently we started working in 2011 on a state plans specifically for New York state that you got completed in 2013. So that took, why did you choose New York first? Well, I started working with some people, activists in New York, probably people who are fighting against natural gas, fracking. Hydrofracking they had wanted some alternative. What's [00:02:30] their, you know, what else can we do besides natural gas in the state of New York? And in this group was mark refollow, who's, I'm also an actor and a Marco cripples who is, um, he's a business person who lives actually in California and Josh Fox, who is a documentarian. And we kind of brainstormed and thought, well, why don't we take our energy plan for the world and squish it down to a state level answer. That's right. I did with some help with Mark Delucci, who's a doctor researcher at UC Berkeley. Speaker 2:Right. And also eventually got some students involved [00:03:00] and Reese Chris down a plan for New York, got some new data and uh, it took a while to get all the information we needed. But by 2013, we had a New York energy plan from 13 to now you've rolled out the rest of the 50 states plus 127 countries in the world. We're, we will correct the Xero since then. In the middle of completing the New York plan, we started a California energy plan. We thought, well, we have one for New York. Why not apply to another state? So we got more experience improving the plans as we went along. And we did one for Washington state [00:03:30] long at the same time. Uh, I thought, well, why not just do all 50 states? We can not about ties the process simultaneously. So we did that and we completed those plans in 2015 for all 50 states and then at the same time as we were completing that and we started working on thought, well, why not go to the world and go to all individual countries as many as we could. Speaker 2:And so we found data for 139 countries and that's what we're working on right now and try to complete that. Okay. How many people are on this team who had crunching the numbers? Well, going out into [00:04:00] the field since 2009 we've had about 80 scientists and students working on these energy plans, although there's kind of a core group of people who are doing most of the work. The group I talked about initially with Mark Ruffalo and Josh Fox and Marco Cripples, we started a nonprofit together. It's called the solutions project. And the idea of this was, well, why not take these energy plans that were developing these scientific science-based plans, but then we try to take those plans and educate the public and policy makers about them and do outreach [00:04:30] and try to reach communities that might not normally be engaged in the sense to me when I read this article in then new republic, I thought, wow, they probably been working on this for years and yet it took this long to hear about it. Speaker 2:That must be the biggest challenge. Getting this information out to the lay person so that we can make political decisions in our communities to support it. Correct. I mean that's my opinion is that, you know, getting information out to large numbers of people. I mean keep in mind there are 7.3 billion people in [00:05:00] the world and you know, as a scientist I might reach a few hundred to a few thousand at most. And you know, even with a good outreach you might reach 100,000 or something like that. But we really need to reach hundreds of millions of people to have an impact worldwide. And so, so are you capitalizing on some of your successes? Like for instance, what are some states who are doing this right now and how do we find out about that? Yeah, we've actually had some really good success and feedback. So the states [00:05:30] of both New York and California have basically adopted a portion of our plans. We proposed 80% conversion to wind water and solar by 2030 and all energy sectors and 100% by 2050. California in New York have adopted a 50% conversion for the electricity sector, which is only one of those sectors by 2030. And they've also adopted some other energy efficiency goals. But part of that is because we publish these papers for those states. We, uh, talked with the staff members of the governors [00:06:00] and so they are right, they're aware of these plans and that it was possible. And so that enabled them to push the envelope into what policies, Speaker 3:but they're still not pushing it as far as you say they should. Correct. They're not at, what's the downside of that? Speaker 2:There is downside because it means we'll have climate problems that are persist for longer period of time and we'll have air pollution problems that will persist for longer. So we're still trying to inform them about the necessity of getting to 80% by 2030 in all sectors. Uh, so there was, there was a ways to go but um, we are making in roads I should say there is a house resolution [00:06:30] now based on our work, based on our 50 state plans, a house resolution five 40, which is calls for the United States to go to 100% clean renewable energy for all sectors by 2050. So that actually, well it's just a resolution, but if it did pass, if subsequent bills were passed to support it, it would actually get to the end goal that we proposed. I think it has 44 46 co-sponsors, including Nancy Pelosi as one of the co-sponsors. Speaker 2:All three Democratic presidential candidates actually supported a a hundred percent goals by 2050 [00:07:00] and Bernie Sanders had our maps on his website. Hillary Clinton, we have a video tape of her supporting 100% clean renewable energy by 2050 and Martin O'Malley was the first one to go out there with 100% by 2050. There were also three senators I've mentioned they were going to propose 100% renewable energy by 2050. I should also mention that the a hundred percent idea has galvanized lots of nonprofits, dozens and dozens of nonprofits that are no, uh, centered around this goal. And they've actually been also helped to convince cities [00:07:30] in many cities want to go to 100% clean renewable energy, including, you know, several in the United States into southern Canada and companies as well. There are at least 60 to 70 companies, including many of the major ones that want to go to 100% renewable energy, have committed to go to 100%. For example, Walmart today, apple and Starbucks, Johnson and Johnson, there are many of the top companies Speaker 3:on the ride over here. I was in horrible traffic and I couldn't help but thinking about how are you going to convince consumers to [00:08:00] buy electric cars? How will they afford it? Number one, are we going to have to have subsidy programs along with a national grid or community redundant grids? Where does that all fit into this? Speaker 2:Well, I think electric cars, I mean most people, once I drive an electric car, they never want to go back Speaker 3:of course, but how can they afford it? Like in let's talk about outside of the coast, well Speaker 2:there are many electric car companies now that are selling commodity cars and so and there is a $7,500 tax credit. So that basically [00:08:30] brings the price of an electric car, even a low cost electric car into the same cost as an equivalent gasoline car. So I think that the costs are equivalent and it's actually, it's a lot cheaper to actually drive an electric car because the cost of the fuel is one fourth to one fifth the cost of gasoline per mile driven. So over the life of a car, if you drive a car 15,000 miles per year for 15 years, you will save $20,000 in fuel cost. The main thing that people have been concerned about is range. And so many of these electric cars now [00:09:00] actually have longer range. I mean, of course the Tesla, which is the model s, it's 275 miles a range. Um, but the, you know, even the new lower cost Tesla, which hasn't been public yet, but as people have taken orders for it, it's the thing, it's over 200 mile range. Speaker 2:And then even the, the leaf I think is over a hundred, 125 miles. Right? And so that's the limiting factor for most comedians. 95% of commutes or all the electric cars are within range. And you can charge them in your home if you have just a regular electric plug outlet or, or a special [00:09:30] charger that can be put in your home. So that's an advantage. Another advantage of electric cars is you can charge them in your house or in your garage or just a gasoline car. You can't, you know the disadvantages of course it's, it takes longer to refuel and there when you're, when you're out on the road, there's currently fewer charging stations, but there are a lot of charging stations out there now and there are a lot more coming and there is a plan to roll out many more. Yeah, there really has to, if we want to do this on a large scale, we need a lot more charging stations. But the electric grid is there, is there, it's really a question of hooking up new charging stations to the [00:10:00] grid and these charging stations don't take up much space. Speaker 3:We're doing this planning state by state. Are you also, are you setting up redundant grid systems in each state so that, you know there is a national grid, but are they going to be able to, let's say there's a climate catastrophe in one part of the country, will the other pieces of that grid be able to pick up the difference? Speaker 2:Yeah. Well the grid is interconnected already across the United States. So there the actual flow of electricity is limited by the size of the transmission lines. So we would need, we've got to 100% we will need [00:10:30] to expansion of the transmission grid or at least increasing the capacity of the grid so that you can send more electricity long distances. For example, we will have a lot of wind turbines in the great plains or we already do, but we'd have more and we might want to transfer more of that electricity to the east coast because the electricity is so cheap. The generation is so cheap and the great plains, it's, it's 2 cents a kilowatt hour now with the subsidy and in three and a half without a subsidy and that compares to natural gas, which is five to 6 cents a kilowatt hour as the actual cost of energy. Wind is the cheapest form [00:11:00] of electricity in the U s but a lot of it is in places that are far away and so transmission would be beneficial. Speaker 2:It also helps because if the wind's not blowing in one place, it is usually pulling somewhere else or having a more interconnected transmission system would actually make things more efficient. Same thing with solar. I mean it's not always sunny in some places because you're all in the clouds and the u s there are some long distance where it's called high voltage direct current or HVDC long distance transmission lines going up. I mean there's like what's called the clean power line or it's a company that has [00:11:30] proposals for several long distance corridors across the u s and I think they've had one or two of them already approved in that. They may even be building, but I can't say for sure what stage they're out. Yeah, Speaker 3:kind of controversially have left off nuclear power in your renewables. Can you tell me why you've taken that stance? Speaker 2:Yeah, it's interesting because the other people who are supportive of nuclear power just say, you know, I'm biased against nuclear, but you know, this is all based on a scientific research that while nuclear is, is better than a lot of energy [00:12:00] technologies such as coal, gas and oil. For the most part, it's not as good as clean renewable energy such as wind, water and solar. And that's just a scientific conclusion. I mean, aside from the fact that it, it takes so long to put up a nuclear plant between 10 and 19 years between planning and operation and we don't have the time. It's the same two to five years is typical for a wind or solar farm. So not only do we delay getting that energy, but it also, right now it costs, uh, about four times more than onshore wind. So it's 12 and a half cents a kilowatt hour [00:12:30] for the unsubsidized cost of nuclear versus the unsubsidized costs of onshore wind is three and a half cents a kilowatt hour subsidizes 2 cents. Speaker 2:So we're talking one fourth of the cost. So not only do you have to wait three times longer to get the nuclear up, but you also have to pay four times more for the same power. And that's the only at the beginning. The other problems are, some people say even more severe, I mean there's a meltdown risk. 1.5% of all nuclear reactors ever built up, melted down to some degree. Nuclear weapons proliferation risk. How many intergovernmental panel on climate change says there's, [00:13:00] there's robust evidence. And high agreement that a nuclear energy proliferation leads to nuclear weapons proliferation. And this is because several countries of the world who have developed weapons secretly under the guise of civilian nuclear energy programs, there's waste issues. We haven't figured out what to do with all the waste that accumulates and you have to store it for 300,000 years and that takes a lot of energy. Speaker 2:That's in costs of storing out that don't, aren't even accounted for in the cost of energy today of the nuclear. Yeah, and then there's a, the carbon dioxide emissions, people say that, oh, nuclear is a zero carbon. Well, it's not [00:13:30] zero carbon whatsoever. I mean you have to, when you're using the uranium and you have to mine the uranium that takes fossil fuels, then you have to refine it. It's a very energy intensive process to refine uranium and you have to do that throughout the life of the reactor. Fossil fuel, carbon dioxide emissions, and there are other air pollutant emissions. And the fact that it takes so long to put up a nuclear plant, the difference in the time it takes to put up the nuclear plant versus the wind or solar plant, you're running the irregular electric power grid. And so you have to assign those emissions to the nuclear as well. Speaker 2:And so we're talking when you [00:14:00] actually add everything up, it's between six and 24 times more carbon and air pollution per kilowatt hour compared to wind energy. So no brainer. Yes, it's not just one problem. If you, you can't just solve one problem and say, oh, nuclear is good. You really have to solve instead of 5% idea. I mean, I can remember reading in the 90s that thought that had to be a part of the mix to put a little people in the world. So I met a lot of people, nuclear supporters think that nuclear is necessary because it's uh, it's very high energy density. So you can, you can, you can provide a lot of power [00:14:30] in a small area. But the fact is it has so many side effects that, um, you know, it's just not as good at this point. If nothing else worked, then yeah, maybe try that. Speaker 2:You've, you're up against a massive opponent and that's the carbon industry. I'm surprised they're not pushing back more. I mean, I get more pushback from nuclear people, different philosophy people. They know that they have enough power and control the, you know, they don't have to respond to, you know, studies or other people will think about them. They can just, just keep doing what they're doing. And they, you know, they find that they don't really need to respond. [00:15:00] But if we get a congress that will pass this plan, well yeah, no, our plans would have them completely phased out and they would be eliminated. So they should be worried. But you know, on the other hand, there's, most of the energy is still produced by fossil fuels by far most of the energy worldwide. And so it's such a, such a large penetration still the, you know, they haven't felt any risk it of, of disappearing. Speaker 2:But you know the writing is on the wall and they will eventually disappears. It's a question of time. I was reading that Washington [00:15:30] State is actually the farthest along in terms of percentage of renewables toward that goal of 100% in 2050 it is, but it's because of hydroelectric power that's existing hydroelectric in the states. You won't be building more dams. You're going to make present dams more efficient. Right. Our plans call for no new conventional hydroelectric dams and just making existing dams more efficient. I should point out that there are, in the United States there are 80,000 dams and only I think 10,000 produce electricity. [00:16:00] So there most of the dams in the U s are non power dams and so in theory you could power some of those without actually creating a new dam just to create power from them. And you could also like, cause a lot of people want to remove dams and so there are literally 70,000 dams available to remove without reading moving. Speaker 2:For example, the powering dams. The reason hydroelectric power is so useful in the solution is that a hydroelectric reservoirs basically a big battery and when you need like the windows and all this blow in the centers and all the shine. [00:16:30] And so when, when you, let's say you have no way to know sunlight texted, very valuable to have hydroelectric power cause you can, you can basically turn it off and on instantaneously. Uh, and then allowing it to provide the power when you need it to fill in gaps and supply. What's your plan for say Louisiana? We just experienced horrible rains like the thousand year rains and flooding. What would a state like that look like with your plan? The South in general, it was pretty a very weak winds except off shore. Um, but they have good solar radiation, [00:17:00] although it's not as good as the south west, which has more clear skies because there are more cloudy skies in the southeast, but there's a lot of sunlight in Louisiana. Speaker 2:So solar is a major part. Then they have offshore wind as well. So those are offshore platforms? Yeah, they've offshore platforms, but offshore wind and solar are the two major sources there might be advantageous Tulsa to have transmission into the state from other states that have much greater wind to the west. What is the most challenging state or country that you've had to come [00:17:30] up with a plan for so far? I would say Singapore basically it's a very small country that is very high population density so it's population really covers most of the land so there's not a lot of room to put clean renewable energy. You have rooftops and the rooftops aren't sufficient enough but there is offshore wind as well. Um, so we might have to go to off shore floating solar. In fact, I should point out though that that's only if we decided the Singapore had to be powered entirely with its own energy. Speaker 2:It could actually just transmit energy [00:18:00] from nearby. There is a solution to that problem too, just from transmitting from outside of it. But if you're just wanting to have it provided its own energy, these kinds of, some of these smaller countries like Gibraltar has a similar issue, but there is a solution to everything. If you add transmission, people complained that the sun isn't shining, but if you do have batteries you can then provide more reliable electricity either either back to the greater for your own use in your home. So basically if you have batteries and solar on your roof, you know you're a power plant and you can provide, uh, you have the ability to [00:18:30] smooth out like the rest of the grid. Tesla bought solar city and so they want to really, Tulsa wants to become a battery storage company as well as a motor company. Speaker 2:And so the idea is to take the solar panels on the roof and then use batteries to store that electricity. So integrate the batteries with the solar panels on the roof a lot more and even make roofing material that has solar panels in them, which is a great thing to do to integrate batteries with rooftop solar. But are there technologies on the horizon that wouldn't [00:19:00] be called batteries that they're a whole different kind of, yeah, actually. Well we look when we developed plans for all 50 states a, we did a study where we said can we keep the grid reliable over the continental United States? It's 48 states and we found that we can, if we combine generation of wind and solar, which are what are called intermittent or does wind, does nose blow and the sun doesn't always shine with low cost heat and cold storage and electricity storage. Speaker 2:I should point out that first of all, if you electrify all sectors, if you electrify heating, cooling [00:19:30] industry transportation, you make it easier to match power demand on the grid because there are a lot more low, what are call loads of energy require more energy requirements that are what are called flexible. You don't have to hook a wind turbine up to your car to drive the car, your battery. So you can charge the car anytime of day or night by electrifying all sectors. And then you use low cost heat and cold storage. So, for example, ice, you can have an ice cube under a building in fact at Stanford has had an ice cube in our building since 1998 and during the night when electricity [00:20:00] prices low, it produced the ice. And then during the day instead of using high cost electricity for air conditioning during the day, you would run the water through the ice. Speaker 2:And so you basically, by using cold storage in ice, you eliminate electricity use in the afternoon and during the peak. And you can do the same thing with hot water and cold water. Uh, you can store, yeah, you can store heat and uh, in water and store cold and water as well. But then there's another, I mean there's a community in Canada, Oca, Tokes Canada, which is an hour south of Calgary that [00:20:30] they have 52 homes that have 'em on there. The garage roofs have the solar collectors that collect sunlight in the summer in a glycol solution, that glycol solution gets transferred through pipes to a building where it passes by water, heats the water, the water then gets piped underground to heat rocks that stored underground. The rocks got heated up to 80 degrees Celsius until wintertime. They're insulated around them and in winter the whole thing is run in reverse and provides 100% of our winter time heating when snow is on the ground and you can't even tell this facility's [00:21:00] there because the rocks are under a park. Speaker 2:Well, yes, it's a, yeah, it's called seasonal heat storage, so it's a way you can actually store heat over the season and it's so inexpensive. I made a battery. Battery. Electricity is $300 a kilowatt hour. Rock energy is $1 a kilowatt hour, so it's cheaper in fact that the ice is $30 a kilowatt hour, $38 a kilowatt hour. Same with hot and cold water. They're all like one 10th the cost of batteries. There's also what's called pumped hydro electric power. When [00:21:30] you, you have two reservoirs, a and when you have excess electricity, you pump water up the hill. When you need electricity, you let the water drain down the hill. And so you basically, you don't lose water that way. And it's not a dam necessarily, but a reservoir. And it could, one of the reservoirs could be the ocean or a lake. And then, uh, there's concentrated solar power where you in the deserts where, because normally with photovoltaic tags, unless you have batteries, it's hard to store the electricity. Speaker 2:But if you have what's called concentrated solar power, you focus light off of mirrors onto the central tower, the tower as a fluid, molten nitrate [00:22:00] salt for example, that heats up and that fluid can be stored and used at night to generate electricity. By the past, the hot fluid by water creates steam from the water. The steam runs a steam turbine to generate electricity. So that's called concentrated solar power storage. And if you do this on a large scale, that's a lot of solar energy that can be stored batteries. Yeah. And you can use it at night or with when it's cloudy. And that's also one 10th the cost of batteries for electricity storage. It sounds like there's going to be a lot of potential solutions in the [00:22:30] future that you could incorporate into these 50 plans. Yeah, well these are all existing solutions but they're not on a large scale so we just need to scale them up to huge scale. Speaker 2:I read about your organization that you actually give grants out the solutions project. It's a nonprofit that um, I mean the goal is to take energy plans and educate the public and policymakers about them and try to engage the public. But part of their mission right now is to give out small grants to groups that mostly non profits [00:23:00] that have creative ideas of how to get information out better, how to make more effective change. I wanted to ask you about how this idea came into fruition. Yeah. Well, I mean, my whole career I've been, I started at Stanford as a professor in 1994 but you know, it was way back when I was a teenager and my goal was to try to solve, understand and solve air pollution problems and soon after climate problems. This was back in the 19 early 1980s in Los Altos. [00:23:30] So I've always had that goal and passion to try to understand and solve large scale pollution and climate problems. Speaker 2:But when I first started doing research at Stanford, I focused on the problems and understanding them, but I then did a lot of inner comparisons of energy technologies and their impacts on health and climate. Late 1990 started looking at wind energy in particular as a potential solution to some of these problems. And so did studies on the analysis of wind energy was with students as well. But then in around 2008 [00:24:00] I decided I had enough information, I wanted to start comparing different proposed energy solutions to climate and air pollution. So I did an inter comparison study value of what are the best technologies and that's when I came up with the conclusion that it was wind and water and solar power that were the best on nuclear and coal. With carbon capture, we're kind of more mediocre and then things like, you know, natural gas and biofuels were the worst in terms of health and climate and water supply and and land use and catastrophic risk and things like that. Speaker 2:But then the [00:24:30] next question was, well, if you have wind and water and solar is the best of technologies, can you actually then power the world with all the, with these technologies given, you know, resource limitations, land use limitations. And we did a study, that's why I started partnering with Mark Delucci at UC Berkeley and we concluded that it is possible. It's technically and economically possible, but there are social and political barriers. And we said, well, it's even technically possible by 2030 but for social and political reasons it's unlikely we can get to 100% until 2015 that really once we did a paper on that, [00:25:00] that was a global paper that's, you know, nobody controls the whole globe. So we eventually had to go down to state levels and country levels to see if it was possible to do a practical plan. Do you really think based on what's happened so far that will reach the goal of 100% by 2050 based on what you've done already? Speaker 2:I think there is a, there's a growing, I mean we're a lot further now than even two years ago. I mean I think people's mindset any more people are talking about getting to 100% so that in itself is growing exponentially in terms of how people were talking and thinking [00:25:30] about that catastrophic weather that's pushing this kind of attitude. Yeah, well it's a combination of problems are getting worse. The climate problems are getting worse and more people are saying we need to solve the problem. The insurance companies are saying it's an Oh my God issue. Yeah. So are there more people on board? But it's also fortunate that the costs of especially wind and solar and batteries, even batteries and in electric cars are coming down, especially the, when the electric power sector, people are suddenly thinking, wow, we could actually, we could have a high penetration of wind and solar because it's [00:26:00] so cheap that we can really ramp it up. Speaker 2:So it's kind of a combination of more people being aware of it and wanting to solve the problem. And simultaneously costs have come down and there've been technology improvements and existing technologies that are needed. So all the problems. So a lot of things are coming together, but there's still also growth, especially in many countries like you know, even though China for example, is putting in a lot of renewable energy, it's also putting in a lot of coal still. And that's troubling. And, but there are other countries in the world also growing and the pollution, the [00:26:30] emissions are still going up and a lot of places, although they're coming down and some other places, but you do see trends in several countries in Europe. So you can see their admissions are going down already. Uh, but not as fast as we need them to. We are going to experience some pretty wild weather. Speaker 2:Even we were on a hundred percent renewables today. By definition, I mean climate is the average of all weather events and so weather is very variable in the first place. But we do get more extreme weather with higher average temperatures. Yeah. On average, I mean this'll probably be one of the warmers if not the warmest year on record and an individual months [00:27:00] as well. But climate, again, you have to average over a long period look at the trends relevant, the actual value in a given year. It's really the trend that matters. Definitely the trend. It is everything is warming up and there were temperatures are over one degree Celsius higher than, uh, in the 18 hundreds. And you know, that's, that's significant on the rate of change. The temperature today is faster than any time, even since deglaciation from the last ice age. So the Paris agreement that, you know, there, they agreed to try to avoid two degrees Celsius, but it's really [00:27:30] one and a half degrees that a lot of people wanted, um, to avoid. And we're already at one degree, so we're only half a degree away from that. How many parts per million are we had already? We want, we should be at three 50 and where are we? Where are we today for a little over 400 parts per million. Yeah. Speaker 3:And so this is significant. I mean, I think sometimes we don't scare the public enough about what's coming down yet Speaker 2:in 50 years and oh yeah, no, the problem is actually much worse than most people think because half of the warming in the atmosphere is being [00:28:00] hidden by pollution and air pollution particles because they're both reflective in general and the enhanced cloudiness. So if you actually just cleaned up air pollution particles, which you want to do because they'd cause 90% of the air pollution health problems, which killed four to 7 million people every year as you clean up that air pollution, you actually make the warming worse because of the masking that's going on. And so that is another reason it's so urgent to not only eliminate the particles from a health point of view, but also the greenhouse [00:28:30] gases from a climate point of view simultaneously. And the only way you can simultaneously eliminate greenhouse gases and the particles is by changing the energy infrastructure by electrifying everything and producing that electricity from clean and renewable wind, water and solar power. There is a solution to this problem and that's changing the energy infrastructure of cities, states, countries in the world change your own home to the extent you can by electrifying everything. And if you can put solar on the roof, then you can provide that electricity from your own power. You can even add some batteries to [00:29:00] store it so you don't have to pay for the remaining power that you do use. If you do use it, you know, try to select policymakers who are more supportive of clean and renewable. Speaker 3:And here we are coming up on an election cycle and that's to me is extremely important and especially a congress that will pass something like this. Do you have a website that people can go to if they want to find out more about this project solutions project? Speaker 2:There's two websites that solutions project.org [00:29:30] that's one word. Then one hundred.org the number one hundred.org so that's a subgroup of the solutions project, which is basically the idea is to bring 100% clean and renewable energy to 100% of the people 100% Speaker 1:of the time. I really appreciate you being on method to the madness, so thank you very much. I thank you for having me on. Speaker 4:Okay. Speaker 1:You've been listening to method to the madness by weekly public fair show. Katie l x Berkeley Celebrating Bay area innovators. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
New Phase in Climate Crisis Raises Demand for Clean Energy by MFlowers We speak with Dr. Michael E. Mann, esteemed climate scientist, about the latest science regarding the climate crisis – the rise in global temperature, sea level rise, the impact of glacier melting on ocean currents and weather and what we can expect in the next few decades. Then we speak with Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson who has developed a 50-state plan for 100% renewable energy in the United States. Relevant articles and websites: Earth Enters New Era of Extreme Weather Caused by Global Warming, Michael Mann interviewed by Sharmini Peries 100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water and Sunlight (WWS) All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for the 50 United States by Mark Jacobson et alia. RealClimate.org The Solutions Project Skeptical Science Solutionary Rail Guests: Michael Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State University, with joint appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). He is also director of the Penn StateEarth System Science Center (ESSC). Dr. Mann received his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Applied Math from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.S. degree in Physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University. His research involves the use of theoretical models and observational data to better understand Earth’s climate system. Dr. Mann was a Lead Author on the Observed Climate Variability and Change chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report in 2001 and was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003. He has received a number of honors and awards including NOAA’s outstanding publication award in 2002 and selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. He contributed, with other IPCC authors, to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union in 2012 and was awarded the National Conservation Achievement Award for science by the National Wildlife Federation in 2013. He made Bloomberg News’ list of fifty most influential people in 2013. In 2014, he was named Highly Cited Researcher by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and received the Friend of the Planet Award from the National Center for Science Education. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Mann is author of more than 190 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published two books including Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines. He is also a co-founder of the award-winning science website RealClimate.org. Mark Z. Jacobson is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University where he is also Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program. He is a Senior Fellow for both the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Precourt Institute for Energy. He received a B.S. in Engineering, a B.A. in Economics and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. He received an M.S. and a PhD in Atmospheric Science from UCLA. The main goal of Jacobson’s research is to understand better severe atmospheric problems, such as air pollution and global warming, and develop and analyze large-scale clean-renewable energy solutions to them. To address this goal, he has developed and applied three-dimensional atmosphere-biosphere-ocean computer models and solvers to simulate air pollution, weather, climate, and renewable energy. In 1993-4, he developed the world’s first computer model to treat the mutual feedback to weather and climate of both air pollution gases and particles, and in 2001, the first coupled air-pollution-weather-climate model to telescope from the global to urban scale. In 2000, he applied this model to discover that black carbon, the main component of soot pollution particles, might be the second-leading cause of global warming in terms of radiative forcing, after carbon dioxide. This and subsequent papers provided the original scientific basis for several laws and regulations on black carbon emission controls worldwide. His findings that carbon dioxide domes over cities and carbon dioxide buildup since preindustrial times have enhanced air pollution mortality through its feedback to particles and ozone served as a scientific basis for the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 approval of the first U.S. regulation of carbon dioxide (the California waiver). With respect to solvers, in 1993, he developed the world’s fastest ordinary differential equation solver in a three-dimensional model for a given level of accuracy. He subsequently developed solvers for cloud and aerosol coagulation, breakup, condensation/evaporation, freezing, dissolution, chemical equilibrium, and lightning; air-sea exchange; ocean chemistry; greenhouse gas absorption; and surface processes. With respect to energy, in 2001 he published a paper in Science examining the ability of the U.S. to convert a large fraction of its energy to wind power. In 2005, his group developed the first world wind map based on data alone. His students subsequently published papers on reducing the variability of wind energy by interconnecting wind farms; on integrating solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric power into the grid; and on wave power. In 2009, he coauthored a plan, featured on the cover of Scientific American, to power the world for all purposes with wind, water, and sunlight (WWS). In 2010, he appeared in a TED debate rated as the sixth all-time science and technology TED talk. In 2011, he cofounded The Solutions Project, a group that combines science, business, and culture to develop and implement science based clean-energy plans for states and countries. In 2013, his group developed individual WWS energy plans for each of the 50 United States. To date, he has published two textbooks of two editions each and ~150 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has testified three times for the U.S. Congress. Nearly a thousand researchers have used computer models he has developed. In 2005, he received the American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award for “significant contributions to modeling aerosol chemistry and to understanding the role of soot and other carbon particles on climate.” In 2013, he received an American Geophysical Union Ascent Award for “his dominating role in the development of models to identify the role of black carbon in climate change” and the Global Green Policy Design Award for the “design of analysis and policy framework to envision a future powered by renewable energy.” In 2016, he received a Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for “outstanding scientific excellence and originality” in his paper on a solution to the U.S. grid reliability problem with 100% penetration of wind, water, and solar power for all purposes. He has also served on the Energy Efficiency and Renewables advisory committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy and was invited to talk about his world and U.S. clean-energy plans on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature | Bioneers Radio Series
Governments and businesses are recognizing climate chaos as the threat multiplier from hell. The answer is not business as usual. How about crowdfunding and democratizing investment in clean energy? Young change-maker turned clean energy entrepreneur Billy Parish, founder of Mosaic, and banker Marco Krapels, co-founder of The Solutions Project, say 100% renewable energy is both possible and imperative.
Audio of the meeting of the Route 29 Solutions Project Advisory Board April 30, 2015, in Charlottesville, Va.
Audio of the meeting of the Route 29 Solutions Project Advisory Board Feb. 19, 2015, in Charlottesville, Va.
The main goal of Mark Z. Jacobson's research is to understand physical, chemical, and dynamical processes in the atmosphere better in order to solve atmospheric problems, such as global warming and urban air pollution, with improved scientific insight and more accurate predictive tools. He also evaluates the atmospheric and health effects of proposed energy- and transportation solutions to global warming and air pollution, maps renewable energy resources, and studies optimal methods of integrating renewable electricity into the grid.
Guest Mark Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program, Stanford University, and Cofounder of the Solutions Project, speaks with Diane Horn about a 100% Wind, Water, Sunlight All-Sector Energy Plan for Washington State.
Wednesday, July 23, 6pm EDT: Continuing an ongoing theme of A Better World Radio regarding establishing an economy based on renewableenergy sources and thereby significantly reducing our carbon footprint, Mitchell's guest this evening is Stanford Professor, co-creator of TheSolutions Project, Mark Jacobson. . Mark is Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment and Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy. He received the 2005 American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award for “significant contributionsto modeling aerosol chemistry and to understanding the role of soot and other carbon particles on climate,” the 2013 American Geophysical Union Ascent Award for “his dominating rolein the development of models to identify the role of black carbon in climate change,” and the Global Green Policy Design Award for the "design of analysis and policy framework to envision a future powered by renewable energy." He co-authored a 2009 cover article in Scientific American on how to power the world with renewable energy, served on the Energy Efficiencyand Renewables Advisory Committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and recently appeared on the David Letterman Show. Purchase Mark's Books Mitchell interviewed Mark some weeks ago from the hinterlands of East Texas where cell signals were weak so the interview was difficult to hear. They are re-doing the interview for the audience tonight. You can Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv Or listen by phone! 602 753-1860 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abwmitchellrabin/support
Wednesday June 18, 6pm EDT: Continuing an ongoing theme of A Better World Radio regarding establishing an economy based on renewable energy sources and thereby significantly reducing our carbon footprint, Mitchell's guest this evening is Stanford Professor, co-creator of The Solutions Project, Mark Jacobson. Mark is Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment and Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy. He received the 2005 American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award for “significant contributionsto modeling aerosol chemistry and to understanding the role of soot and other carbon particles on climate,” the 2013 American Geophysical Union Ascent Award for “his dominating role in the development of models to identify the role of black carbon in climate change,” and the Global Green Policy Design Award for the “design of analysis and policy framework to envision a future powered by renewable energy.” He co-authored a 2009 cover article in Scientific American on how to power the world with renewable energy, served on the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Advisory Committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and recently appeared on the David Letterman Show to discuss converting the world to clean energy. Purchase Mark's Books You can Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv Or listen by phone! 602 753-1860
Wednesday June 18, 6pm EDT: Continuing an ongoing theme of A Better World Radio regarding establishing an economy based on renewable energy sources and thereby significantly reducing our carbon footprint, Mitchell's guest this evening is Stanford Professor, co-creator of The Solutions Project, Mark Jacobson. Mark is Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment and Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy. He received the 2005 American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award for “significant contributionsto modeling aerosol chemistry and to understanding the role of soot and other carbon particles on climate,” the 2013 American Geophysical Union Ascent Award for “his dominating role in the development of models to identify the role of black carbon in climate change,” and the Global Green Policy Design Award for the “design of analysis and policy framework to envision a future powered by renewable energy.” He co-authored a 2009 cover article in Scientific American on how to power the world with renewable energy, served on the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Advisory Committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and recently appeared on the David Letterman Show to discuss converting the world to clean energy. Purchase Mark's Books You can Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv Or listen by phone! 602 753-1860
Wednesday June 18, 6pm EDT: Continuing an ongoing theme of A Better World Radio regarding establishing an economy based on renewable energy sources and thereby significantly reducing our carbon footprint, Mitchell's guest this evening is Stanford Professor, co-creator of The Solutions Project, Mark Jacobson. Mark is Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment and Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy. He received the 2005 American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award for “significant contributionsto modeling aerosol chemistry and to understanding the role of soot and other carbon particles on climate,” the 2013 American Geophysical Union Ascent Award for “his dominating role in the development of models to identify the role of black carbon in climate change,” and the Global Green Policy Design Award for the “design of analysis and policy framework to envision a future powered by renewable energy.” He co-authored a 2009 cover article in Scientific American on how to power the world with renewable energy, served on the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Advisory Committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and recently appeared on the David Letterman Show to discuss converting the world to clean energy. Purchase Mark's Books You can Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv Or listen by phone! 602 753-1860 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abwmitchellrabin/support
We speak to Goldman Environmental Prize winner Helen Slottje, scientist Anthony Ingraffea, Professor Mark Jacobson of the Solutions Project, and CEH Energy and Health expert Ansje Miller. Health experts say fracking is damaging communities, and scientists say the fossil fuels from fracking will doom the planet. Hear why fracking can’t work, and how we can protect our children and families from fracking risks!
Edition #795 It's hot, it's cold, it's polluted Who knew that incredibly complex weather patterns could be explained but something other than thoughtless gut reaction? We learn about the polar vortex, the West Virginia chemical spill and the life cycle of fracked natural gas. Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: Right mocks rescued climate scientists - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 01-02-14 Ch. 3: Song 1: Misery (Acoustic) - Maroon 5 Ch. 4: Act 2: Why is it so Darn Cold? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 01-06-14 Ch. 5: Song 2: The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get (Remastered) - Morrissey Ch. 6: Act 3: Chilling The Debate On Global Warming - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 1-10-14 Ch. 7: Song 3: The fix is in - Ok Go Ch. 8: Act 4: 'Freedom Industries' Poisons West Virginia - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-13-14 Ch. 9: Song 4: Freedom - Music Themes Group Ch. 10: Act 5: What Happens in West Virginia Doesn't Stay in West Virginia - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 1-14-14 Ch. 11: Song 5: Rivers and roads - The Head and the Heart Ch. 12: Act 6: Criminal Freedom Industries Admit to Contaminating Water More Than Previously Thought - @majorityfm - Air Date: 01-31-14 Ch. 13: Song 6: Oops and move on - Henry Phillips Ch. 14: Act 7: You Won't Believe Who's Teaching Children To LOVE Fracking! - @LeeCamp - Air Date: 01-13-14 Ch. 15: Song 7: Programmed - Trapper Schoepp Band Ch. 16: Act 8: Clean energy, not Cove Point - Mike Tidwell of Chesapeake Climate Action Network (@CCAN) Ch. 17: Song 8: Buildin' Slow - Here's to the Long Haul Ch. 18: Act 9: Obama Relies On Corrupt Consultants For Crucial Environmental Report - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-01-14 Ch. 19: Song 9: Blame Me! Blame Me! - Anberlin Ch. 20: Act 10: The Solutions Project - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 21: Song 10: Activism - Shihan Ch. 22: Act 11: Just 0.01% of Climate Scientists Reject Global Warming - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-16-14 Ch. 23: Song 11: Less is more - Laura Love Ch. 24: Act 12: Bill Moyers Essay: When Congressmen Deny Climate Change and Evolution - @BillMoyers & Company - Air Date: 1-24-14 Voicemails: Ch. 25: Thoughts on queerness and rights of the fetus - Jake from New Hampshire Ch. 26: Without a clear consensus on personhood, government would be overstepping to restrict abortions - Michael from New Jersey Ch. 27: Personhood is really not that big of an issue, body autonomy is - Max from Brooklyn, NY Ch. 28: Reproductive rights debate is about shaming women for having sex - Avera from Alabama Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Ratatat Ch. 29: Final comments on bodily autonomy and the problem with the whole debate Closing Music: Here We Are - Patrick Park ACTIVISM: The Solutions Project Other Activism: Put Solar on It Sources/further reading: Empowered by Light "Mark Ruffalo Wants You To Imagine a 100 Percent Clean Energy Future" h/t Inquiring Minds Podcast with Chris Mooney and Indre Viskontas "How to Power the Word” via Scientific American Gasland The Movie (I and II) Mark Ruffalo, Josh Fox and The Solutions Project on Twitter. Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes!
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The diversity in the varieties of crops being grown in Canada has dwindled significantly. Virtually all of the fruits, vegetables, grains, livestock and pretty much every ingredient found on grocery store shelves, is of a variety that has purely been bred for profit. At no time has the importance of maintaining diversity or flavour and nutrition ever been a concern for the powerful industrial food system that has taken hold of the North American diet. This series will explore what risks accompany the loss of such diversity and will expose the many farmers and organizations who are preserving Canada's heritage varieties of food and protecting our food supply from the exclusive control of multinational interests. Part II - Gardens of Destiny On Part II, we meet with heritage seed saver Dan Jason of Salt Spring Seeds. Jason is exalted as a Canadian food security hero and icon in Gardens of Destiny - the recently released film by Vancouver filmmaker Jocelyn Demers. Gardens of Destiny investigates many important issues related to pollution and health. These include genetic engineering, Terminator seeds and the pitfalls of industrial agriculture. Additionally, it examines how organic food has proven to be protective against cancer. The film weaves the viewer through Jason's seed sanctuary on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, and sprinkled throughout the film are interviews with well-known food security and organic advocates. This episode features a selection of audio segments from the film. To help introduce the importance of Jason's work, Host Jon Steinman provides commentary on the role of the media in covering the recent global food crisis. Guests/Voices Jocelyn Demers - Producer/Director, Gardens of Destiny, (Vancouver, BC) - Jocelyn is a radio journalist-turned-filmmaker who, after becoming exhausted with the lack of interest by his employer to accommodate critical environmental pieces, embarked on a journey into independent filmmaking. Dan Jason, Seed Saver, Salt Spring Seeds (Salt Spring Island, BC) - Dan is an organic gardener with a fantastic selection of seeds, vegetables, grains, medicinal plants and flowers. He is also the head of the grassroots organization the Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada, a network of Canadian gardeners who are preserving as much plant diversity as is possible. Dan has been a long time critic of the non-organic food system in North America. Herb Barbolet - Associate, Simon Fraser University's Centre for Sustainable Community Development (CSCD) (Vancouver, BC) - The CSCD is a teaching and research unit of Simon Fraser University, established in 1989. The Centre uses the resources and talents of the University to teach and encourage accountable and sustainable community development. As Associate since 2003, Herb has co-authored food assessment studies for provincial health authorities and a guide to food assessments for the provincial health services authority. Herb farmed organically for ten years and was co-founder of FarmFolk/CityFolk, a nonprofit that works to create local, sustainable food systems. He appears frequently on radio, in print, and on television. He remains an active food consultant. Guy Dauncey - Speaker/Author/Organizer, Earth Future (Victoria, BC) Guy Dauncey is a speaker, author, and organizer who works to develop a positive vision of a sustainable future, and to translate that vision into action. He is author of the award-winning book Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change; Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic, and 9 other titles. He is President of the BC Sustainable Energy Association, Co-chair of Prevent Cancer Now; Executive Director of The Solutions Project; and Publisher of EcoNews, a monthly newsletter that promotes the vision of a sustainable Vancouver Island.
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