Podcasts about Sustainable management

I discuss my management fees and why so many investors need to raise the fees they charge to manage their properties.   This is a rerun from an episode originally published on February of 2022.   My book, “The Sweaty Startup” is OUT! I worked on it for 18 months. You can buy it here: https://amzn.to/4aWyrAF It's the how-to business guide I wish I had when building my first business. Most business books have 2–3 gold nuggets total. I aimed for 2–3 per page. This is a short, concise guide on how to: – Pick a business idea – Grow that business – Out-operate your competition Sales, hiring, management, delegation, and more   — with 30+ untold stories from my own experience and people in my network on how to get rich.   Live Book Signing I'm hosting a live book signing in Athens on May 8th at 6pm at Barnes and Noble. RSVP here: https://lu.ma/8m0di1yz   Beers on me afterwards at Mel's.   Audiobook: I recorded the audiobook myself. Listen here: https://amzn.to/4aWyrAF   Let me know what you think! Buying Perks / Bulk Orders:  1 book = 1 year access to my small business community ($25/mo value) 3 books = Access to my Hiring Course ($299 value) https://nickhuber.podia.com/hiring 5 books = Access to my Twitter/X Growth Course ($499 value) https://nickhuber.podia.com/twitter-growth-course-100k-followers-in-10-months 10 books = Access to my Real Estate Masterclass ($2,500 value) https://nickhuber.podia.com/realestate 40 books = I'll do a 30-minute virtual coaching call with you or your team 75 books = Join me in Athens, GA for a round of golf at Athens Country Club.   Beer and green fee on me. Don't play golf? We'll swap it for dinner.   Want me to speak at your event? Send an email to: nick@sweatystartup.com   Include proof of purchase. Use the subject line: “1 book”, “5 books”, or “50 books”, depending on how many you bought.    Thanks for listening!   Like this episode?  I think you'll love my newsletter. I write a long form essay on how to build wealth and succeed to 250K+ readers each week. Subscribe here: https://www.nickhuber.com/newsletter   Want to see all of my companies? Click here: https://www.nickhuber.com/portfolio   Want more of my content? I'm @SweatyStartup everywhere: Say hello on X: https://www.x.com/sweatystartup LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sweatystartup Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sweatystartup TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/sweatystartup Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-huber-show/id1576120606 https://sweatystartup.ck.page Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7L5zQxijU81xq4SbVYNs81 Want my team and I to help sell your business? Click here: https://www.nickhuber.com/sell Want to buy a business that my brokerage represents? Click here: https://www.nickhuber.com/buy Are you an accredited investor and interested in learning more about potential deals? Fill out this form: https://www.nickhuber.com/invest   Want my free PDF on how to analyze a self-storage facility? Click here: https://sweatystartup.ck.page/79046c9b03 Want to hire me as a consultant? Click here: https://sweatystartup.com/storage   Here are the links to my businesses: Business Brokerage - https://nickhuber.com/ Personal Brand - https://sweatystartup.com/ Self Storage - https://boltstorage.com/ Bold SEO - https://boldseo.com/ Insurance - https://titanrisk.com/ Overseas Staffing - https://somewhere.com/ Tax Credit - https://taxcredithunter.com/ Cost Segregation - https://recostseg.com/ Performance Marketing - https://adrhino.com/ Pest control - https://spidexx.com/   That's all for now.   Thank you again for joining me on my Sweaty Startup journey. Onward and upward!   -Nick

' I really like to read other people's ideas and then add my own ideas... you start with the brainstorming together and say, so what could be in here?' Petra Molthan-Hill is a professor of Sustainable Management and Education for Sustainable Development at Nottingham Business School, and a prolific academic writer. But when it came to The Handbook of Carbon Management - which was named Change & Sustainability Book of the Year at the Business Book Awards 2024 - she knew she wanted to take a different approach. She knew this had to be a practical book for anyone, at any level of the organization, and in any size of organization, wanting to make more sustainable decisions. It had to contain not just evidence-based theories, but pragmatic, easy-to-implement solutions grounded in research and real-world impact. And it needed to get out there quickly and start making a difference, because this is a crisis that demands a response and there is literally no time to lose.  So Petra turned to a trusted group of her peers, and between them they created something that is more than the sum of its parts.  In this week's episode Petra tells me about their collaborative, creative writing process, and the way in which reading and writing more generally can provide some of the most satisfying conversations you'll ever have, even when there's noone else in the room.  

After a traumatic pump recall and malfunction, today's guest and 2024 Risely graduate, Emily Hawkinson, shares how she overcame her debilitating fear of lows and technology failures. From the time she would carry jugs of juice wherever she went to discovering sustainable diabetes management, Emily gets real about what living with trauma was like. She shares how, after 25 years of living with type 1, finding community and coaching helped her finally reclaim hope, freedom, and confidence.Time Stamps:  (03:43) The Turning Point(06:22) Traumatic Pump Malfunction and the Psychological Impact(11:10) Navigating Conversations with Her Endocrinologist (14:11) The Role of Fear in Daily Life (17:24) Community and Vulnerability in Diabetes Management(20:25) Finding Hope and Empowerment Instead of Shame(30:51) Integrating Mind and Body in Coaching (34:08) Sustainable Management and Overcoming Perfectionism (41:10) Rewire Your Brain for Success(47:45) Overcoming 35 and Miracles of TransformationWhat to do now:Follow me @lauren_bongiorno and @riselyhealth on Instagram to stay in the loop when new episodes drop.Doors are open for the January 2025 round of our signature group coaching program. Apply for coaching and talk to our team so you can reclaim the life you deserve. Disclaimer: Nothing you hear on the Reclaim your Rise podcast should be a substitute for personalized professional medical advice. Please always consult your physician or other medical professional before making any changes to your diet, insulin dosages, or healthcare plan. 

Erik Distler is responsible for overseeing AEG Sustainability, the organization's corporate sustainability program. In this capacity, he focuses on global strategies and tactics that address operational impacts and capture and measure data across key environmental metrics, such as greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and waste reduction. He also supports AEG's global business units in the implementation and execution of sustainability initiatives, manages external partnerships related to sustainability, facilitates the sharing of best practices, and ensures that sustainability is a source of value across the company. Distler has worked at the intersection of environmental and social responsibility in sports and entertainment for more than ten years. Before joining AEG, he built and led the sports-focused sustainability strategy and program at Nike. Prior to Nike, he was with the Green Sports Alliance where he oversaw relationships with corporate partners, live entertainment events, professional sports leagues and clubs, sports governing bodies, and collegiate schools and conferences, as well as working extensively with ESPN. He also spent time as a sustainability consultant with PwC. Distler began his career in accounting and finance, where he worked for Deloitte and The Siegfried Group LLP for the first seven years of his career. He received his Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School and his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Iowa State University, graduating with Honors and High Distinction.. Erik Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: How AEG manages sustainability at large events like music festivals Piloting initiatives at smaller events to apply learnings and replicate at larger events Incorporating reusable materials at events in partnership with Our World Advice and recommendations for sustainability professionals Erik's Final Five Questions Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? I would say have as many conversations as you can. Sustainability departments are often departments and functions that are in service to the business. We tend to operate as internal consultants. So how can we be everywhere at the same time? How can we ensure that every part of the business has the opportunity to build sustainability into their work? How do we consult to provide subject matter expertise to the business? The work we do within the department is measurement and data and setting sustainability targets and all that kind of exists within our function. But it all starts with having conversations. I wouldn't be afraid to sit down with someone and ask them more questions than provide statements on how they feel, how they perceive sustainability, where they feel as though it's working, where it's not working, what can we do more of that really helped build out our sustainability strategy. Do a little bit of a needs assessment on what stakeholders and partners value. The only other thing I'd say too secondary is, don't be afraid to start somewhere. I think we often feel as though the challenges we're up against are audacious and global and all encompassing, and they are. It can sometimes feel like we're out at sea against a massive challenge on our own  when we think of climate issues. That can freeze one up. It can stifle movement. You can feel like, "well, what can I do? I can't possibly make a difference." It's amazing what just taking one small step can lead to. There's been this kind of backlash against incrementalism in the space, like we need big changes, not incremental changes, but I don't know that I agree with that. I think an incremental quick change that you can grow on and iterate from can turn into something very big. So don't be afraid to start somewhere. Start with something that you can measure, for sure. But have those conversations and turn those small steps into big steps. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? There's a lot to be excited about. When realizing the gravity of the issue that we're facing, I think it's important to find sources of encouragement and hopefulness. There's really no other way. There's a line by Walt Kelly from his pogo comic strip many years ago that says, “we are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.” I use that and refer to that a lot. Try to figure out what is the opportunity in front of us and be optimistic about it. I think there's an excitement around the external forces. They're becoming louder and more influential, and that's encouraging. Our fans, our partners, our sponsors, our artists and entertainers. There's more of a voice and more influence that is being laid upon us and expected from us. I think collaboration is increasing cross-sector research companies that are competitive coming together in a pre-competitive way. Higher education institutions are pulling us in to do research that will help us in our business. We're seeing a lot of that. There's also a healthy kind of push, pull and engagement among our partners and sponsors. There's that untapped space with partnerships and sponsorships where it's determining inventory and the assets and how sustainability can be valued and monetized, but the conversations that we're having with partners or potential partners around shared goals, targets, aspirations, and what we can do together to help achieve our individual sustainability goals, kind of matches up. There's a lot of energy and excitement around that. What is one book you would recommend sustainability leaders read? One is Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows. It's a book that'll retrain your brain to consider the interconnectedness of literally everything around you. And then Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins. It's that seminal book on environmental economics. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? I read Green Bizz, 3BL and Triple Pundit. We get a lot of resources from our longtime partner, Schneider Electric. We've worked with them for many years and they have webinars and lots of sessions and thought leadership that we use a lot. I also keep up on the guidance from the GHG protocol, the EPA, the UN. In our space in particular, there are two organizations that are co- holding up the movement, Green Sports Alliance on the sports side and a more newly formed music sustainability alliance on the music side. We look to these two entities to hold and convene us, and there's a lot of good research and thinking coming out of those orgs as well. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work being done at AEG? Our website, aegworldwide.com. There's an About Us dropdown at the top, and we have a somewhat newly revamped sustainability page and more changes coming. We're building out a microsite off that page when we have our next generation sustainability goals finalized. We'll have all that good stuff up there. We also have case studies or what we call sustainability stories up on that page. Also under About Us, you can read about our social impact and DEI functions as well. We have a Twitter account, we recently rebranded it from AEG One Earth to the handle, @AEGSustain or the account name, AEG sustainability. We're trying to get information up there. And of course, LinkedIn is a great place to reach out to myself or anyone from our sustainability team.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, you'll first hear then Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure and Environment) Rob Chambers discuss how is office is moving forward on the defence real property investments. Then, you'll hear a panel discussion on greening DND's infrastructure portfolio, featuring: • Saleem Sattar, Director General, Environment and Sustainable Management at DND • Lou Riccoboni, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories & Partner, Prospectus and Associates • Sonia Powell, Real estate executive • And moderated by Scott Stevenson, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute These recordings are from our June 13, 2024 conference on building the necessary infrastructure for NORAD modernization, which took place on June 13, 2024. This event was made possible thanks to the Department of National Defence's MINDS Program, CGAI's strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Hanwha Defence and Ocean, Cenovus, conference sponsors Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, PCL Construction, and Rio Tinto. Music credits to Drew Philips. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine.

During October, we are focusing on climate change and climate change policies. While I am not a single-issue voter, aligning who I vote for, no matter the office, with my values is important. As someone who cares deeply about the planet, climate policies greatly influence how I choose to cast my vote.  So, this month, we will be hearing from experts nationwide who specialize in different aspects of climate change action and policies. Be sure to subscribe to our weekly newsletter to stay updated on the latest climate discussion each week this month.  In episode 152 of the Outdoor Minimalist podcast, we kick off our climate month by looking at the intersection of climate policy and everyday life. We discuss why strong climate policies are essential for the future of the United States, touching on their impact on both the environment and the economy.  To help lead this timely discussion, I am excited to introduce Kate Gaertner.  Kate has 25 years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience in corporate sustainability. As the founder and CEO of TripleWin Advisory LLC, she specializes in GHG inventories, TCFD analyses, supply chain mapping, and developing company sustainability roadmaps. Kate has held roles in digital marketing at XM Satellite Radio and Time Inc., consulted for Fortune 500 companies, founded a sustainable activewear brand, and served as an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is the Board Chair of XXcelerate, supporting women-led businesses, and advises the Loopt Foundation on zero waste goals in manufacturing. A leading sustainability expert, Kate is a sought-after speaker and opinion   writer featured in top publications. She hosts a monthly sustainability column for Portland's Star-News and is the author of "Planting a Seed: 3 Simple Steps to Sustainable Living." Kate holds a Master's in Sustainable Management, an MBA from Wharton, and a degree from Dartmouth College. INSTAGRAM: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/outdoor.minimalist.book/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ WEBSITE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theoutdoorminimalist.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YOUTUBE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@theoutdoorminimalist ORDER THE BOOK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.theoutdoorminimalist.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LISTENER SURVEY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/jd8UCN2LL3AQst976⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----------------- Kate Gaertner Website: https://kategaertner.com/ Book: https://kategaertner.com/book  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-gaertner-935478/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kategaertner/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kate.gaertner/  ----------------- Episode Resources  Clean Air Act: https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-air-act  Clean Water Act: https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act  Silent Spring Book: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/story-silent-spring  Climate Reality Project: https://www.climaterealityproject.org/  350.org  Environmental Entrepreneurs: https://e2.org/  vote411.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/outdoor-minimalist/support

I discuss my management fees and why so many investors need to raise the fees they charge to manage their properties.   This is a rerun from an episode originally published on February of 2022.   Thanks for listening!   Like this episode?   I think you'll love my newsletter. I write a long form essay on how to build wealth and succeed to 250K+ readers each week. Subscribe here: www.nickhuber.com/newsletter   Want to see all of my companies? Click here: www.nickhuber.com/portfolio   Want more of my content?  I'm @SweatyStartup everywhere: Say hello on X: www.x.com/sweatystartup LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sweatystartup Instagram: www.instagram.com/sweatystartup TikTok: www.tiktok.com/sweatystartup Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-huber-show/id1576120606 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7L5zQxijU81xq4SbVYNs81 Want my team and I to help sell your business? Click here: www.nickhuber.com/sell Want to buy a business that my brokerage represents? Click here: www.nickhuber.com/buy   Are you an accredited investor and interested in learning more about potential deals? Fill out this form: www.nickhuber.com/invest   Want my free PDF on how to analyze a self-storage facility? Click here: https://sweatystartup.ck.page/79046c9b03   Want to hire me as a consultant? Click here: https://sweatystartup.com/storage   Here are the links to my businesses: usiness Brokerage - https://nickhuber.com/ Personal Brand - https://sweatystartup.com/ Self Storage - https://boltstorage.com/ Bold SEO - https://boldseo.com/ Insurance - https://titanrisk.com/ Recruiting - https://recruitjet.com/ Landing Page / Web Development - https://webrun.com/ Overseas Staffing - https://supportshepherd.com/ Debt and Equity - https://bluekeycapital.com/ Tax Credit - https://taxcredithunter.com/ Cost Segregation - https://recostseg.com/ Performance Marketing - https://adrhino.com/ Pest control - https://spidexx.com/   That's all for now.   Thank you again for joining me on my Sweaty Startup journey.   Onward and upward! -Nick

Dating Help for Shy and Introverted People - Interview with Jon PethkeToday, our guest is Jon Pethke, a United States Air Force Veteran out of Appleton, Wisconsin with a Bachelor Degree in Organizational Leadership who has developed a dating app specifically for shy and introverted people. Jon started development of the app in 2022 when he founded Introwoo LLC and partnered with CodeGlo Technologies. Together, they developed CoyAmore, the dating app for shy and introverted people. Join us as we talk with Jon about what inspired him to develop CoyAmore, how he developed the app, and how to use it. We will also take a tour of the app and his website to give the audience an idea of how it works. As an introvert himself, Jon will offer some dating advice to those who are shy or introverted and offer tips and tools to use in the dating world. Jon is currently working on his Masters in Science Degree in Sustainable Management at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. He currently works as an Internal Auditor for American Family Insurance while also working part time as an instructor for Fox Valley Technical College teaching veterans about small business development. Key points and Timestamps:2:02: Jon explains why he developed CoyAmore“Developing an App wasn't easy at all” It took a year to develop CoyAmore, and it was released in May of 2023.A lot of time and patience went into developing CoyAmore.5:46 Jon explains how he developed the questions on CoyAmore specifically for shy and introverted people. • Based around the 5 universal love languages and paired with people who best fit your love languages• CoyAmore is different, and hopefully will help to create a community that helps shy and introverted people more comfortably engage with one another• The hope is to create more features (like a “Blind Date” Option) which is a second layer of matching that takes the fear of asking someone out on a date.8:45: Jon Explains how the App works, starting with the login process, and the intention of meeting up in person eventually. Tracy goes over the questions that CoyAmore asks when creating dating preferences. Smoking, drinking, political affiliations, height, Astrology, Love Languages, children, pets and movie genresFor example: “What do you think about Astrology?” or “Cats or Dogs for Pets”14:05: More information about Jon and the work he is currently doing while going to Graduate School15:12: How did you come up with the name “CoyAmore” (or “ShyLove”)17:10 CoyAmore Website Tour and CoyAmore won the 2023 May Award for Best Mobile App!21:32: Tips for helping people feel more comfortable developing a dating profile• “Get support and talking with someone to help” to be as comfortable as possible reaching out“At the end of the day, to meet someone in any capacity you need to take a step out.” More people have problems getting a conversation going to figure out if they want to go out on a dateCheck out Jon's blog at https://coyamore.com/blog/• Make a dating profile with support from others• Encouage yourself with positive suggestions• Like yourself and you can't go wrong• Positive self-talk 25:38: CoyAmore is in the first year of development so there is a small pool of people on it now. Be patient! And stay on as it continues to grow.Resources: Download CoyAmore at the following links:Apple Devices: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/coyamore-dating-for-introverts/id1661401116Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codeglo.coyamore&pli=1Best Mobile App Award of May 2023! https://bestmobileappawards.com/app-submission/coyamoreJon's Website: www.coyamore.comCheck out Jon's Blog! He posts every week:...

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Zsuzsa Borsa is a research associate and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Sustainable Management at University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. (Recorded 9/28/23)

I talk about management fees and why so many investors need to raise their fees they charge to manage their properties.   This episode originally aired on August 02,2022.   FREE PDF - How to analyze a property and know what it's worth: https://sweatystartup.ck.page/79046c9b03   Check the show notes here: https://sweatystartup.com/the-sweaty-startup/   Check out my free Delegation / Hiring 101 course! Click here: https://nickhuber.podia.com/delegation-hiring-101   Join our Real Estate community: https://sweatystartup.com/rec We have a reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/sweatystartup/ Twitter Growth Mastery Course: https://sweatystartup.com/twitter Want to hire me as a consultant? Click here: https://sweatystartup.com/storage   Here are the links to my businesses: Business Brokerage - https://nickhuber.com/ Personal Brand - https://sweatystartup.com/ Self Storage - https://boltstorage.com/ Bold SEO - https://boldseo.com/ Insurance - https://titanrisk.com/ Recruiting - https://recruitjet.com/ Landing Page / Web Development - https://webrun.com/ Overseas Staffing - https://supportshepherd.com/ Debt and Equity - https://bluekeycapital.com/ Tax Credit - https://taxcredithunter.com/ Cost Segregation - https://recostseg.com/ Performance Marketing - https://adrhino.com/ Pest control - https://spidexx.com/

Today you'll learn about neighborhood 3D-printed by a robot, a 4,500 year-old secret chamber recently discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza, and about research that shows a genetic link between blood sugar and migraines. 3D-Printed Community “The World's Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood Is Here” by Todd Woody, 2023.https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-3d-printed-houses-austin-texas/?cmpid=BBD030323_GREENDAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=230303&utm_campaign=greendaily&sref=5p3yLRks“The Genesis Collection.” iconbuild.com, N.D. (no date).https://www.iconbuild.com/homes/genesis-collection-at-wolf-ranch“Is the Revolution of 3D-Printed Building Getting Closer?” by Thessa Lageman, 2019.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-11/3d-printed-architecture-more-evolution-than-revolution?sref=aiiNijqZ“Construction Has an Immense Environmental Impact - and the Industry Must Change.” by Rayna Skiver, 2022.https://www.greenmatters.com/community/how-does-construction-affect-the-environment“Sustainable Management of Construction and Demolition Materials,” EPA Website. N.D.https://www.epa.gov/smm/sustainable-management-construction-and-demolition-materials“U.S. construction industry - statistics & facts.” Statista Website. N.D.https://www.statista.com/topics/974/construction/#topicOverview“What has caused the global housing crisis - and how can we fix it?” by Victoria Masterson, 2022.https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/06/how-to-fix-global-housing-crisis/Secret Chamber in Giza  “Scientists have mapped a secret hidden corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza | Ars Technica. Jennifer Ouellette. 2023https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/scientists-have-mapped-a-secret-hidden-corridor-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/“#ScanPyramids - First conclusive findings with muography on Khufu Pyramid.” Press Release from Scan Pyramids Mission. 2016.http://www.hip.institute/press/HIP_INSTITUTE_CP9_EN.pdfItaly's famous dome is cracking, and cosmic rays could help save it.” Jennifer Ouellette. 2018.https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/08/cosmic-rays-could-help-unlock-the-secrets-of-brunelleschis-dome/“Muon Tomography.” Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muon_tomography#:~:text=Muon%20tomography%20or%20muography%20is,Coulomb%20scattering%20of%20the%20muons.“Hidden Corridor in Egypt's Great Pyramid mapped with cosmic rays.” Chris Stokel-Walker. 2023.https://www.newscientist.com/article/2362300-hidden-corridor-in-egypts-great-pyramid-mapped-with-cosmic-rays/“These are the world's tallest structures throughout history.” Iman Ghosh. 2019.https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/09/tallest-historical-structures#:~:text=The%20Stone%20Age%3A%208000%20%E2%80%94%202570%20BCE&text=Experts%20estimate%20that%20the%20Tower,to%20mark%20the%20summer%20solstice.Migraine Hope “Genetic links between migraine and blood sugar levels confirmed.” Author unlisted. 2023https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=185398“Cross-trait analyses identify shared genetics between migraine, headache, and glycemic traits, and a causal relationship with fasting proinsulin.” Islam, M.R. 2023https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00439-023-02532-6“Migraine.” Amaal Starling, M.D. & Mayo Clinic Staff. N.D.https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/migraine-headache/symptoms-causes/syc-20360201#:~:text=A%20migraine%20is%20a%20headache,sensitivity%20to%20light%20and%20sound.“The Costs of Migraines.” No Listed Author. N.D.https://www.themigrainereliefcenter.com/costs-of-migraines/#:~:text=According%20to%20an%2Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/3d-printed-community-secret-chamber-in-giza-migraine-hope

Shortcuts to Key Insights from this Episode An overview of both Georgetown's MBA programs and the MS in Environmental and Sustainability Management or the ESM. What distinguishes Georgetown's program in Environment and Sustainability Management from other similar programs. Where graduates of Georgetown's MBA program and the MS-ESM program find jobs. The types of academic backgrounds Georgetown is looking for in applicants to the MBA and MS-ESM programs. What an interviewee can expect if they're lucky enough to get an invitation. A key piece of advice from Shelly Heinrich to all applicants. A common - but avoidable mistake - seen on resumes. Shelly Heinrich, Associate Dean for MBA and MS-ESM admissions, and Director of Marketing at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, discusses everything applicants need to know about getting into Georgetown McDonough's MBA program. [Show Summary] Are you interested in sustainability? Also considering an MBA? Well Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business offers and outstanding MBA program AND an MS in Environmental and Sustainability Management. And today's interview is with the associate dean of admissions for both programs. Pull up a chair.  Interview with Shelly Heinrich, Associate Dean for MBA and MS-ESM admissions, and Director of Marketing at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. [Show Notes] Are you interested in sustainability? Are you also considering an MBA? Well, Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business offers an outstanding MBA program and an MS in Environmental and Sustainable Management. And today's interview is with the Associate Dean of Admissions for both programs. Pull up a chair. Welcome to the 512th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Thanks for joining me. Before we dive into today's interview, I want to give you a gift, Accepted's free download, Fitting In & Standing Out. This guide will help you navigate the paradox at the heart of admissions. Realize that you need to show in your application simultaneously that you fit in at your target schools, and that you stand out in the applicant pool.  It gives me great pleasure to have back on Admissions Straight Talk Shelly Heinrich, Associate Dean for MBA and MS-ESM admissions, and Director of Marketing at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. Shelly has been leading Georgetown's admissions efforts since 2014 and became Associate Dean in 2017. She earned her BBA from Texas Christian University, her Master's in Educational Administration from UT Austin, and her Executive MBA from Georgetown.  Shelly, welcome back to Admissions Straight Talk. [1:52] It's wonderful to be back. Thanks, Linda, for having me. Can you provide an overview of both Georgetown's MBA programs and the MS in Environment and Sustainability Management or the ESM? [2:01] Yeah. Absolutely. I'll start it with the MBA. The good news is our three MBAs are the same in that we have a full-time, a flex in-person for working professionals, and a flex online for working professionals. They are all 54 credits. You get the same degree, and you have access to the same experience at Georgetown McDonough, so it makes it very easy to talk about. Full-time is 20 months, like a normal full-time two-year program would be, and then the two flex programs are anywhere between two-and-a-half years to five years. But you're taking the same classes. You have the same core for the first half of the program, and then you get to choose from electives in the second half of the program. At Georgetown, we don't require you to choose a concentration. We really feel that you should customize based on what is of interest to you and/or really, what your skill gaps are. There are so many hats that we wear in our jobs today that may be strategy or marketing, or finance or budgeting. We want you to fill those skill gaps in the electives of your choosing. Very briefly,

The recent UN climate summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt brought with it lots of pledges for action.   Among them was a promise from the three countries that are home to more than half of the world's tropical rainforests to try to do something to protect them. The ministers of Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic […]

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In its effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the European Union has been looking at ways to raise the share of renewables in the EU's final energy consumption.A first Renewable Energy Directive (RED I) adopted in 2009, followed by a second (RED II) in 2018, have led to the implementation of increasingly stringent sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements for certain bioenergy sectors.In July 2021, the European Commission submitted a new proposal for the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) to the European Parliament and the Council, strengthening the sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction criteria, especially for forest biomass, following a study by the JRC. The Council and the Parliament adopted their positions which will be the basis for the ongoing trilogue negotiations.The position adopted by the European Parliament introduces a new definition of primary woody biomass that refers to all wood taken directly from forests with a few exceptions. This definition includes residues from responsible forest management such as small wood, branches on the ground, crowns, etc. This definition is then used to cap the use of "primary woody biomass" and make it ineligible for financial support. Some stakeholders question the logic of the European Parliament gradually reducing the share of primary wood counted as renewable energy while at the same time asking for an increased RES target of 45% by 2030.Many industry stakeholders claim that wood energy is a consequence of responsible forest management, a necessary by-product of forest maintenance, timber production and support to the forest in the face of climate change. They assert that forest biomass is thus a renewable, low carbon energy source, creating local jobs and contributing to the EU's climate and energy independence objectives.Some countries in the wood-energy sector that rely on wood as their primary source of renewable energy have expressed concern. They argue that the definition of the European Parliament, which includes residues from good forest management, puts the entire wood energy sector at risk, and more broadly, renders the responsible management of forests more difficult in the face of climate change.Relisten to this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to learn about the proposal regarding the introduction of a new definition of primary woody biomass in the revision of RED II and its implications for the wood-energy sector, in the framework of the ongoing trilogue negotiations.

When you hear the words food waste do you think about forgotten leftovers? In the journey from farm to stores to the dinner table, some food is lost during the processing and transportation and at home some purchase food simply goes uneaten. How can transportation science help reduce food waste and loss and make the food system more resilient and climate friendly? Interview Summary   Norbert: Welcome Callie and Celeste, it is a real pleasure to have you. Both Brenna and I are agricultural economists. You folks are engineers. So we are curious how did you come be working on food waste and loss? Callie, let's start with you first.   Callie: Thanks Norbert, and thanks so much for having me. I've been really fascinated by waste in general for a long time. Like what makes certain products and certain things valuable to people so that they'll hang onto them and what makes us throw away other things. And for a long time I was studying sort of high tech waste like electronic waste, used lithium ion batteries, old solar panels or even plastics packaging. One of the things that I learned from that is that there's so much resources and there's so much value still contained in the things that we traditionally think of as waste. Whether it's gold in the circuit boards of those old cell phones or it's the chemical energy that can be converted into fuel energy contained in the carbon bonds of plastics. But, one of the challenges that I discovered in working with these different systems is that people don't really connect to them very immediately or very viscerally. When we discard something like a phone it sort of goes away and we don't really see what happens. However, I discovered that when people think about food, it's extremely visceral. That was spinach that you bought at the grocery store with the best intention of eating, and it sort of hurts when you throw it away. It hurts your pocketbook as well as it makes you feel really guilty. So I got into food waste hoping to bring this perspective of value recovery and value retention to the food system. But, doing so in such a way that really connects to people. So looking for technologies and user-friendly solutions where we can first of all try to keep food from being discarded. But then if it is inevitably discarded how can we use best engineering and technology practices to actually recover the energy, the water, the nutrients that are contained inside instead of sending those to landfill.   Norbert: You really are playing off the old idea of one man's or one person's trash is another person's treasures. I appreciate that. And you're right, food does have this deep connection to us from a lot of different perspectives we don't like and we have been taught over and over again not to waste food. So I do appreciate how you were able to take what you've learned in other spaces to the food space. So thank you for coming into this conversation. I'd like to turn this over to Celeste. Your work began in areas around food access and now exploring food waste and loss. What interests you about this societal challenge?   Celeste: So I really fell into the field of food waste. As you know, my background is in transportation and I've always been really interested in the societal impacts of transportation. A lot of my work focuses on equity and accessibility metrics related to transportation. I was working in the food access space before coming into food waste. I kind of first got interested in food access actually from a student of mine who for their senior project wanted to know which food insecurity or food desert metrics should they be looking at for their senior project. We started looking at how different parts of Baltimore indicated different areas of food insecurity. So that's really how I got interested into food. What has been the most interesting about food waste is that transportation is important to all aspects of the food supply chain and just the scale of the problems can be so different. We can think on a worldwide scale, a national scale regional and household level. For me household level has always been I think the most interesting when it comes to food waste questions. I've always been very interested in choice in how people make choices whether it be transportation or food purchasing habits and also how those two work together.   Norbert: Thank you Celeste for that. And I would say the first time I thought about transportation and wasted food or food loss was the challenge that food manufacturers have once a product, especially something like a fresh vegetable or fruit, leaves the farm. If it starts to go bad what are some alternatives to manage that potential loss as the product that's being transported from the farm to the packing house and from the packing house to a food manufacturer or retailer. And that there are real challenges of actually redirecting product once it leaves the farm. It's really exciting to hear how you think about that. Not from the farm gate necessarily but also to the final consumer. So thank you for the work that you're doing.   Brenna: Celeste, if we can continue with you the work you have done focuses a lot on transportation and waste management. Can you tell us more about how your research has informed the ways that we need to think differently about wasted food as a household or a farming problem?   Celeste: Sure, I'll speak about it mostly from the household level. One of the things that first came out of my previous work is that everybody values having choice and agency in their food purchasing. I don't think that we often model those choices when we're doing transportation modeling for example. I think that's still important when it comes to food waste. In my previous work I talked with a lot of people during my focus groups about how they're making the decision of what stores to go to, how often and why. What we found were that households were balancing tough decisions when it comes to limited budget, quality of food not being equal everywhere, which really gets at some of the supply chain issues and making difficult trade offs between how often to shop versus how much they're able to purchase. I think some of those lessons learned translate to food waste particularly when we talk about rescuing food how we go about rescuing food for example do we just provide boxes where people don't have a say in what those boxes are? Are we matching wasted food to the demand and the needs of people? So I think a lot of the lessons learned can translate well into the food waste space as well.   Brenna: I really appreciate those perspectives, Celeste. And appreciate that agency discussion as well. Norbert and I actually have a recently published paper on the tradeoffs households make between the frequency of grocery shopping and the food waste that they incur. People definitely have pretty strong preferences for the amount of transportation they may put in going to and from the store in a given time period. Callie, shifting to you is there anything you want to add related to this topic?   Callie: One of the things that Celeste pointed to is the complexity of this challenge. While we may see quite a large percentage of food waste happening at the household level, that waste is really magnified once we look all the way up the supply chain. And transportation plays a key role at every step of the process. Not only in the transportation of food to the downstream markets, but then the collection the transportation, the aggregation, and all of the choices that then these stakeholders make at a broader scale. So say a grocery store or a restaurant decides to engage in food waste diversion and recycling behavior then the transportation becomes a key part of that. Food is heavy, wet and kind of stinky. So it's a little bit of a unique challenge for transportation in that we both want to pick it up and transport it regularly to a place where it can be recycled but that transportation can be really expensive. So this is another challenge where it speaks to these broader questions about infrastructure because then you have to start deciding where can I put locations to site recycling food waste to energy locations? How do I actually collect the food waste from what places am I going around in my truck and picking it up? Where do I take it and then how do I use the products that come out of that? Because once you have taken food waste and say you've put it through a composting process, and you have the solid compost that comes out. Or perhaps you put it in an anaerobic digester and you have bioenergy in the form of natural gas or electricity that comes out, all of those products then have to be transported back to places where they can be used. So transportation really does infuse the entire system even if sometimes it means we're transporting things other than food itself.   Brenna: That's a really important point and it does add up in between each stages of supply chain and then sometimes back again, once we have these new products and then transforming them and moving them back to where they can be used again. Celeste, if we can continue with you, what are some of the transportation challenges that contribute to wasted food?   Celeste: One of the things we deal with in transportation is just it's a uncertain science, there's always some built in uncertainty with transportation and when we're talking about items that are perishable like fresh food, that is what results in a lot of food waste because they are buffering for that uncertainty and travel time. One of the big challenges is how do we reduce uncertainty and have more reliability in our transportation system? That's becoming more challenging as land use changes. We're seeing farming being more consolidated food is being produced further from where people live as well as just our cities were decentralizing which makes transportation even more difficult. Some of the biggest challenges related to transportation really linked to changes in land use patterns as well as the production of food and how we can kind of bridge those gaps together with transportation. In the near term rising gas prices is definitely a challenge and it'll be interesting to see what impact that has on the food supply chain and to customers as well.   Brenna: That is a really important point. I can imagine where some efforts maybe to recover and recycle foods may be stagnated if transportation costs are too high. Thank you so much for that perspective Celeste   Norbert: Hearing this conversation makes me think of something you said earlier, Callie. And it's this idea that previously you've worked on how to manage waste of science and technology products. There might be gold the circuit of a cell phone or something. But, when you talked about food waste you talked about heavy wet products and ultimately I thought of products that are of relative low value and given that there are rising costs in terms of transportation related to fuel costs how do we balance this? How do we get this relatively low value product on a per unit basis given that there is these high costs associated with transporting them? What do we need to make that equation work out?   Callie: That's a great question, Norbert. This is the perfect opportunity to bring in what we call life cycle thinking. So not just looking at the end of the pipe or at the last part of the problem when this waste is inevitably generated, even if we've put in place efforts to try to prevent or reduce it or divert it upstream, some waste will inevitably result. It's not just about the cost and benefits of that process of managing it but really thinking systemically over the whole supply chain. The food that we're talking about ultimately was produced in such a way that consumes significant amounts of energy, water, and nutrients. We pump a lot of electricity, a lot of fossil fuels, a lot of land, nitrogen, phosphorus and water into the production of food. So all of that is opportunity for us to recover that value at the end of life. The food itself contains much of those resources. It contains a significant amount of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. These are things that we might normally have to obtain from more environmentally intensive process if we're extracting them from nature transforming them into a form that we need for agriculture. And so then when we think about what would happen otherwise to the food if then we move downstream, if we aren't recovering the food at end of life or doing some other activity to reduce or donate surplus food before it becomes waste then we also have this huge cost of the landfill. Depending on where you live in the United States the cost of land filling products varies significantly. In some places it's pretty expensive and that's because landfill space is scarce. And it's also in recognition of the fact that there's a huge climate cost of landfilling, when the food enters a landfill environment where it's anaerobic or in other words oxygen free. It degrades in such a way to where methane is the primary product and if that methane is not captured at the landfill that has a climate impact 25 to 30 times more than carbon dioxide. So we can also think about attaching a cost or even a social cost of the carbon impacts that come from the landfill.   So when you look at this systemically you can think about food waste as a real value recovery and value retention process, in such a way that those costs associated with making it happen are worth it. When you look at the life cycle cost of the food system you can think about using this process to recover some of those initial embedded impacts and the initial embedded carbon, water and nutrients in the food as well as to prevent the downstream cost of unavoidable and unconstrained climate impacts from land filling food waste. But I would also say that for many companies and for many actors in this space they also see a value in food waste recovery. Many households are deciding to try composting for themselves or to work with a community compostor because they value the ability to produce that compost and use it in some way at home. Similarly, businesses are looking at some opportunities for food waste diversion that actually save them money. It may end up actually being cheaper to divert this material and use it in such a beneficial way to recover some value from it than to pay to have it hauled to this landfill instead.   One of the really cool areas that we're looking at is one in which we can think about decentralized solutions in parallel with centralized solutions. Our conventional waste management model has been to collect material within a relatively constrained area and then haul it to some location where it can be processed or landfilled afterwards. There are all kinds of new food waste recovery technologies that are emerging where they can actually be put in place at the point where the food waste is being generated. So this might be a small-scale digester, dehydrator or compostor being embedded right there at the restaurant or at the point at which the waste is generated. Now those can be still very cost sensitive for some businesses but there's some cases when they actually make more sense economically than alternatives.   Norbert: Thank you so much for that. That really adds some clarity to this issue of how do we valorize food waste. And what I've heard from you is that one of the ways of thinking about this is it's the avoidance of the cost associated with processing or throwing away that food that there can be significant effects on society, on the climate by having this product go into a landfill. We can avoid some of that and we can actually capture some value that there are different actors along the supply chain or different supply chains that could benefit from this. So thank you for that, that's really helpful. Along this line I'm interested to hear your thoughts Callie on other ways to improve the transportation infrastructure or the management of food waste that can help us prevent this possible wasted food.   Callie: When we think about minimizing and managing wasted food we really want to take this full circular economy perspective. Circular economy focuses on recovering and retaining value from products rather than thinking about it as waste management. So it's a real change in paradigm first and foremost. And within this circular economy framework we might first be looking at minimizing waste like designing waste out of the system by some of the things that Celeste is shared about ensuring that we actually get food to people who are going to consume it in ways that they want to, in a way that works for their choices. Then, if there's some excess food or surplus food, food that's in the wrong place at the wrong time, then we can think about diverting that through rescue and recovery operations. Transportation clearly plays an important role there because again, you have that sort of narrow time window to get food from one point to another where it can be used effectively. Then finally, in terms of closing the resource loop by this valorization process there are a lot of open questions there that I don't think we completely have the answer to. This again speaks to the importance of a systems perspective. So first and foremost, determining what the optimal strategies are for collecting waste. If I'm a food waste collection business what company do I start with? Where do I pick up waste first? How do I optimize the training of the people who are employed and engaged in this activity? Because if food is not separated effectively at a source and contamination like plastic packaging or other materials in the food waste stream that can really throw a wrench downstream when we try to recycle it. So there's some questions there about optimal methods for separation, segregation and collection of the food waste. And, there's all these open questions about the siting and the scale of the technologies we would use to actually treat it.   I mentioned earlier this question between small scale decentralized and large scale centralized systems. Another thing to layer on that is then the optimization of the markets and the transportation and the siting of the product uses. So one of the most common and promising methods that we're looking out for food waste recycling from commercial not necessarily households but the upstream suppliers is anaerobic digestion. Because in this case we're taking that anaerobic environment with oxygen free environment where the food degrades into methane, methane's the primary constituent of the natural gas we use for heating and driving and other things in our energy system. We can certainly take that energy and put it back into use if the food waste recycling facility is located near a transmission grid or near a pipeline where the compressed natural gas can be injected. But on the flip side, there's other products that come out of that, like a liquid digestate stream, which has some of those nitrogen and phosphorous nutrients still there. Now this could be land applied on farm fields but it is also really expensive to collect this liquid, transport it and then apply it into different areas. You have to be cognizant of the ecological impacts of applying this to land, especially if you are near freshwater resources that may already be vulnerable to agricultural pollution. I don't know that there's really a clear pathway of a one size fits all recipe for setting out these food waste ecosystems. But, I think there are a lot of open questions about the best way to optimize this system in different regions and parts of the country because everywhere has different sort of local infrastructure, ecological resources and transportation available. That's one of the most exciting parts of researching this is, is trying to figure out the right solution at the right place.   Norbert: Wow, thank you for that. That's really helpful. I'm grateful in particular for this idea of reframing our thoughts about waste management and how to think about that differently changes the way we actually approach these issues. We're at the end of our time but I wanted to raise this question to Celeste because Callie I think you've addressed this to some degree, but feel free to jump in. How do we want to make sure we include the environmental impact in the work that we are doing in reframing waste management? Are there some important things that have been left out? Should we reconsider? I would love to hear your thoughts on this.   Celeste: When it comes to food waste, one of the things that really is important is that it is an interdisciplinary field. Often I find as we talk about the role of transportation in food waste is that everybody recognizes that it's an important component of food waste but often it's a separate conversation. So listening to Callie in particular, she highlighted the importance of making sure that transportation is being included kind of as a decision variable in our models. That transportation is not just an afterthought as one of the costs associated with transporting food. When we really embed transportation into the decisions that we are making related to food waste it naturally has a positive impact on the environment as well. One thing that I am curious about is the role of new transportation technologies in the future. Our field is evolving quite rapidly with autonomous and connected vehicles drone deliveries and things like that. In the future there will need to be research to look at what new technologies can do in the field of food waste.   Bios   Callie Babbitt is a Professor of Sustainability at Rochester Institute of Technology's Golisano Institute for Sustainability. Callie's research group aims to create circular economy solutions to recover value from waste streams - including food waste, consumer electronics, plastics, and lithium-ion batteries. Research at RIT is focused on creating innovative technologies, business models, policy initiatives, and consumer engagement efforts to reduce the amount and environmental impacts of food waste while at the same time creating economic growth and maximizing efficient use of resources.   Celeste Chavis is an associate professor in the Department of Transportation and Urban Infrastructure Studies at Morgan State University. Her research focuses on transportation operations, safety, and performance metrics for multimodal transportation systems through an equity lens. Her research focuses on accessibility measures (including food access), public transit operations, pedestrian and bicycle safety, and travel behavioral modeling. She is a registered professional engineer in Maryland.

We sat down with Ryan Black, CEO and co-founder of Sambazon, to talk about all things acai. Where this special berry comes from, its powerful superfruit benefits, and the impact it's had on the world. We also dive into the world of harvesting & sourcing organically, how powerful the USDA-certified organic seal is, and sustainability.    Açaí is a palm tree that grows near river banks and produces the majority of heart of palm. It's about the size of a blueberry but 95% solid seed. There is green fat that lives under the purple skin, both of these are consumed. The fat is full of omega fatty acids and the skin is full of antioxidants. Listen to learn more about açaí in Brazil, it's origins, and how you can consume it today!   TIME STAMPS 2:57 The Triple Bottom Line of açaí at Sambazon 5:50 How Ryan discovered açaí in Brazil 9:20 How Ryan brought the first certified açaí berry in the US  17:40 Organic farming and sustainability  22:16 What is açaí and what are the benefits?  26:10 Harvesting açaí  30:00 Where to look for Sambazon products  32:40 A day in the life of Ryan Black   Sambazon.com instagram.com/sambazon

In this Silicon Valley Tech & AI episode presented by GSD Venture Studios Gary Fowler interviews Tina Butler. Tina Butler, Marketing Manager for Royal Dutch Gazelle North America Tina is a Bay Area native with a BA in Media Studies and an MBA in Sustainable Management. After many years of working in tech and ecommerce, Tina made a move to the bike industry and is stoked to be working with real physical objects and technology everyday. When she is not staring at a screen, Tina is usually out and about riding on the various roads, groads, and trails of Santa Cruz County and is now a mom to five bikes, which is a perfectly reasonable amount for one person.

Nick discusses his management fees and why so many investors need to raise their fees they charge to manage their properties.   We're hiring! Visit: https://sweatystartup.com/hiring   Check my free resources about Real Estate: https://sweatystartup.com/courses/   Read the full show notes here: https://sweatystartup.com/the-nick-huber-show/ Join my Real Estate community here: https://sweatystartup.com/rec   Special thanks to the sponsors: •https://junipersquare.com •https://recostseg.com/   Twitter Growth Mastery Course: https://sweatystartup.com/twitter Want to hire me as a consultant? Click here: https://sweatystartup.com/storage   Have some questions? Send me an email and I'll feature you in the next episode: nick@sweatystartup.com

Albrecht Enders is a Professor of Strategy and Management and Co-Director of the Transition-To-Business Leadership Program at IMD Business School. Together with Arnaud Chevallier, Professor of Strategy, Director of Global Management Programs, and Director of Science in Sustainable Management and Technology at IMD Business School he recently co-authored Solvable: A Simple Solution to Complex Problems, which walks readers through critical steps needed to solve any complex problem, specifically how to make a good decision when information is limited. In conversation with Martin Reeves, Chairman of BCG Henderson Institute, Albrecht and Arnaud share insights from the book, address both the technical and people side of problem-solving, and provide concrete ways to adopt an evidence-based approach while managing key stakeholders. *** About the BCG Henderson Institute The BCG Henderson Institute is the Boston Consulting Group's think tank, dedicated to exploring and developing valuable new insights from business, technology, economics, and science by embracing the powerful technology of ideas. The Institute engages leaders in provocative discussion and experimentation to expand the boundaries of business theory and practice and to translate innovative ideas from within and beyond business. For more ideas and inspiration, sign up to receive BHI INSIGHTS, our monthly newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Pascale Terra Deau is French Caribbean from Martinique, Black American, and Tsistitas (Cheyenne). She works at the intersection of human development and sustainability. She is the creator of Haumea Ventures, a consulting firm that helps bring to life transformative and sustainable ideas and initiatives. Pascale is also the co-founder of Archery Foundation, an organization that supports young talents from French disadvantaged neighborhoods from the time they enter high school to the time they begin their professional journey. She holds a Master's in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on spirituality from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is currently pursuing a Master's in Sustainable Management at Columbia University. fondationarchery.fr www.linkedin.com/in/pascale-d%C3%A9au-0050ab5b Listen to hear about Pascale’s passion for connecting human development, psychology and sustainability; and how she is applying innovative methods to help organizations align inner with outer impact. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the thirteenth of a series began during the pandemic in 2020.Evelyn Lee, AIA, is the first ever Senior Experience Designer at SlackTechnologies, Founder of the Practice of Architecture, and Co-Host on thePodcast, Practice Disrupted. Lee seamlessly integrates her business andarchitecture background with a qualitative and quantitative focus to build a betterexperiences for organization's Employees, clients, and guests.Evelyn received her Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors in 2002from Drury University where she minored in Global Studies while playing on theWomen's Soccer Team. In 2003 she received her Masters of Architecture degreefrom the Southern California Institute of Architecture SCIArc). Most recently, in2012, Evelyn finished a dual MPA Masters Public Administration)/MBA MastersBusiness Administration) in Sustainable Management from the Presidio GraduateSchool.She is widely published, wrote a monthly column for Contract magazine for over 3years, and now is a frequent contributor to Architect Magazine. Evelyn hasreceived numerous industry awards including the 2016 40 Under 40 awardfor Building Design + Construction and the 2014 AIA National Young ArchitectsAward. She currently serves as the first ever female Treasurer to the AIA NationalBoard in 20202021.Evelyn has been a featured Keynote Speaker, Invited Guest, Panelist, andModerator at national design and architecture conferences including AIA NationalConvention, Dwell on Design, and Women in Green. Her topics focus ondeveloping knowledge leadership, organizational change management, capacitybuilding, stakeholder engagement, and strategic approaches to put designthinking into practice.Evelyn has over 15 years working with individuals, organizations, andcompanies who are interested in applying design thinking to their decision-making process.Link to this blog post:https://inmawomanarchitect.blogspot.com/2021/04/wfh-we-are-still-interview-w-evelyn-lee.html

Join Lashanti the Siren for the SEAson 13 Finale as we discuss the recent project with IsraAid in The Bahamas with Project Coordinator Dr. Ancilleno Davis

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Nick Xenos and Saleem Sattar on how the government of Canada and the Department of National Defence are working on greening their activities to reduce its carbon emissions. This episode is made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence's MINDS program Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding and Boeing. Participants' Bios: Nick Xenos is the Executive Director of the Centre for Greening Government within the Treasury Board Secretariat of the Government of Canada. The Centre is working with federal departments and agencies towards zero-carbon, sustainable and climate-resilient government operations. Previous to this position Nick has worked on climate change impacts and adaptation, Arctic science, space policy and infrastructure policy. Nick has a Master's in Business Administration from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Ottawa. Saleem Sattar is the Director General of Environment and Sustainable Management. Working within the Infrastructure and Environment Branch of DND, Saleem leads the development of the Defence Energy and Environment Strategy which supports Canada's Defence Policy: Strong, Secure, Engaged, the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy and the Greening Government Strategy. Host Bio: Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry) Recording Date: 9 Nov 2021 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

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Jude Parker Koski has dedicated his career to serving marginalized communities through work in the nonprofit sector since 1996. He has helped youth experiencing homelessness access education, advocated for LGBTQIA+ youth and families, worked to reform foster care policy, and helped preserve urban open space and community gardens. He's also a transgender professional, and he joins us today to talk about his experience supporting his communities while living with ADHD. OK, this isn't one of our shorter episodes. We get that. And it's just fine if you want to skip around. But here's why we thought it was important to have this conversation and share it in full: because Jude's experience overcoming internal and external questions of gender identity sit right at the intersection of the same journey with his ADHD. What he has learned as he continues to live through both experiences can teach us quite a bit about our own journeys. We hope you find the same and perhaps learn a few new lessons about the fluidity of your own lived experience. About Jude Parker Koski Jude has dedicated his career to serving marginalized communities through work in the nonprofit sector since 1996. He has helped youth experiencing homelessness access education, advocated for LGBTQIA+ youth and families, worked to reform foster care policy, and helped preserve urban open space and community gardens. Before joining the NTEN staff, he served on the NTEN Board of Directors and participated as a member of NTEN since 2011. Jude holds an MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco. As a transgender professional, he has experienced the NTEN community as particularly welcoming and supportive. As the Membership and Community Director, he is deeply committed to ensuring everyone experiences solidarity within this important and unique community. Outside of work, Jude volunteers for the San Francisco SPCA Community Cat Program as Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) practitioner and advocate for feral/community cats. He lives in San Francisco with his partner and four rescued kitties. Jude enjoys designing and woodworking with repurposed materials, gardening, and adventures in nature.

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BGBS 067: Margaret Hartwell | Archetypes In Branding | What's the Deeper Meaning? Margaret Hartwell is an innovation and strategy leader on a mission to empower purpose-driven change at the intersection of design, brand & culture, and technology. Her diverse accomplishments range from co-founding and establishing the innovation practice for Cognition Studio, a subsidiary of Certus Solutions, to authoring Archetypes in Branding: A Toolkit for Creatives and Strategists. She uses a transformative approach to everyday innovation and employs skills and best practices from a range of disciplines: archetypal branding, transpersonal psychology, sustainable management, and design thinking.  Her experience spans 20+ years developing design-led businesses in the US, UK, Europe, and APAC. Industries include technology, social and environmental advocacy, health and wellness, media, entertainment and the arts, leadership development, automotive, telecommunications, packaged goods, and travel. She holds her MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School, her BA from UC Berkeley, and an advanced coaching certification from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. She thinks in systems, strategies, and surprises. She creates in metaphor, music, and story and relates with empathy and curiosity. Recognized for a breadth and depth of applied skills and experience across multiple creative disciplines and business sectors, Margaret began her career as a designer as one of the founding members of Suissa Miller Advertising where she served in various roles from studio director to art director to vice president. In London, she was Director of Development for the London Design Festival and Head of Marketing for the Design Council. Returning to the U.S., consulting and coaching includes work with Saatchi & Saatchi S, PayPal, Jive, BVG, Inc., Flextronics, BFG Communications, Omegawave, Stanford Lively Arts, Verve Coffee Roasters, TwoFish Bakery, and the San Francisco Symphony. She taught "Live Exchange" in the pioneering MBA in Design Strategy (DMBA) program at the California College of the Arts, and is an engaging speaker/presenter/facilitator. Margaret has been called an information junkie with a childlike curiosity and is known for having an insatiable appetite for travel, trends, and technologies. She has been an actor, singer, improv player, photographer, scriptwriter, environmental advocate, and founder of a line of infant sportswear called zerosomething. She currently lives in Salem, Massachusetts. In this episode, you'll learn... An archetypal approach opens a door to a deeper level of connection to yourself, society, and any relationship. This helps particularly in the branding space because it is no longer about pushing your ideals, it's about relatedness. Once you recognize that failure is to be embraced, that is where your brilliance will shine through. These lessons become the tools you use throughout life. Archetypal strategy brings about a unique curiosity about life and people. It can apply to benefits beyond branding by helping people understand themselves and how they want to move in the world. Resources Websites www.margarethartwell.com www.archetypesinbranding.com www.liveworkcoaching.org www.thedowagercountess.com Clubhouse: @mphpov Twitter: @MPHpov Facebook: @ArchetypesinBrandingToolkit LinkedIn: Margaret Hartwell Instagram: @margarethartwell Quotes [33:20] The process of this kind of introspection and alignment of everything changes the way that people hold on to right and wrong. They're not as much about finding a solution, as opposed to finding a process that continues to reveal value…This is actually something that is going to grow along and with and inside and outside of us. [40:58] Branding is really about increasing the value of a relationship, much in the way that you would increase the value of a relationship with your family or a friend or your community. [56:33] It's hard to have the courage because we've been taught that we can't fail. And that's not real. Good relationships don't have conflict. No way. As human beings, you know, the more we can just say, 'Yes, awesome. That just came up; let's go there'…I think that's really where everybody's unique brilliance is, is recognizing that all those things are baseline, all those things are to be embraced. And if you just left them out of the right 'wrong box', then they're all actually just gifts and tools to be applied to however you want to live and be and do. Have a Brand Problem? We can help. Book your no-obligation, Wildstory Brand Clarity Call now.  Learn about our Brand Audit and Strategy process Identify if you need a new logo or just a refresh Determine if your business has a branding problem See examples of our work and get relevant case studies See if branding is holding your business back and can help you get to the next level Book Your Brand Clarity Call TODAY Podcast Transcript Margaret Hartwell 0:02 I used the vulnerability and shame work in my startup in New Zealand a lot to build the innovation process that change people to that change their reactions, because using innovation tools requires you to let go of that kind of judgment. And then we're never going to get to the kind of creativity or the kind of satisfaction from the daily work if they were constantly protecting something, you know, shaming someone else judging someone else. So I've seen an architectural approach have all kinds of secondary and tertiary benefits to people's relationships to people's understanding of themselves and how they want to move in the world. So it definitely can apply and way more levels than just in your brand. And for me, it's moved a lot into the culture space. Marc Gutman 1:05 podcasting from Boulder, Colorado, this is the Baby Got Back story Podcast, where we dive into the story behind the story of today's most inspiring storytellers, creators and entrepreneurs. I like big backstories and I cannot lie. I am your host, Marc Gutman is your brand the provoca tour. Maybe it's the activist. Perhaps it's the muse, Marc Gutman, and on today's episode of Baby got backstory, we are talking about meaning deeper meaning and connection. And one of my favorite topics, archetypes in branding. And before we get into this amazing episode, and I do promise that once you hear who the guest is, you'll agree that it is amazing. I'm asking you to take on the archetype of the advocate, or the companion or the cheerleader, and rate and review this podcast on Apple podcasts or Spotify. Apple and Spotify use these ratings as part of the algorithm that determines ratings on their charts. And we want them to identify this show with the archetype of the podcaster. Don't we? Thank you for your reviews. I do appreciate it. Today's guest is Margaret Hartwell. Margaret Hartwell is such a great name. Sounds very harrowing, yet playful as well. And I didn't even realize that until I just said it. But that's how I kind of see today's guest. Margaret is one of my true real life heroes, because she's the author of a book and toolkit that has transformed who I see the world and how I interact with clients, her book, archetypes and branding. The toolkit for creatives and strategists is a must read, whether you're in branding, or not. archetypes, and archetypal analysis, are all about stripping away the noise in getting down to the essence, the core, and that's also the aim of today's interview. In addition to being an author, Margaret Hartwell is an innovation and strategy leader on a mission to empower purpose driven change at the intersection of design, brand, and culture and technology. By developing people centered solutions, she serves as a guide, mentor, an alchemist. Those are all archetypes by the way. To help senior executives in teams solve complex issues. She uses a transformative approach to everyday innovation employs skills and best practices from a range of disciplines, archetypal branding, transpersonal, psychology, sustainable management, and design thinking. All topics we touch on in today's episode. Her experience spans 20 plus years developing design led businesses in the US, UK, Europe and APAC industries include technology social and environmental advocacy, health and wellness, media, entertainment and the arts, leadership development, automotive, telecommunications, packaged goods and travel, and she draws upon and expands on toolkits from the design council UK, the grove society for organizational learning, IDEO Stanford D school in Jean Lukas work at the Darden School of Business, to name just a few sources of inspiration. Recognize recognized for a breadth and depth of applied skills and experience across multiple creative disciplines and business sectors. Margaret began her career as a designer is one of the founding members of swiza Miller advertising, where she served in various roles from Studio director, the art director to Vice President. In London. She was the Director of Development for the London design festival and head of marketing for the design Council. When she returned to the US she consulted and coached with Saatchi and Saatchi Pay Pal jive Flextronics BFG communications, Stanford Lively Arts, to fish bakery in the San Francisco Symphony. She has teaching experience as she taught live exchange in the pioneering MBA and design strategy program at the California College of the Arts, and is an engaging speaker, presenter and facilitator. Margaret has been called an information junkie with a childlike curiosity is known for having an insatiable appetite for travel trends and technologies. She has been an actor, singer, improv player, photographer, script writer, environmental advocate and founder of a line of infant sport were called zero something and she currently lives in Salem, Massachusetts. And this is her story. I am here with Margaret Hartwell, innovation consultant, innovation coach, and yeah, that's all great. We're gonna talk about that. But I know Margaret, from a book that she wrote called archetypes in branding, and I have it right here. And it is literally like it's well law that got like, the corners are like kind of, you know, dinged up a little bit. And things are like noted and ripped in here. And I like more than any other book. You can see here, Margaret, like, you know, and people that are on the listen to the podcast, I'm here at the halfway house studio, I am surrounded by books. And I believe that books have energy and power. And I just love books. And so I get a lot of books. And this book is probably the one that I reach for more often than any other book because it's, we're going to talk about this book, but it's because it has knowledge that you receive when you read it. But it's like a working book, it's a book that like, has like a purpose that I work with in my job, like, on a daily basis. Now I want to talk to you about that. So I'm extremely, extremely excited to have you on the podcast. So welcome. And as we get into this, like to me, archetypes are definitely about the universal, the the essence, but they're also like sort of mystical and magical. They're like a portal or a window to me, you know, in a lens. And so with that kind of definition at least and I'm sure you have your own. When you were like a young girl, were you into these types of like portals in Windows and translation like what was what was young Margaret like? Margaret Hartwell 7:58 Gosh, well, thanks, Mark, I really pleased and chuffed that I get to chat with you on your great podcast. And that's a great opening question. Because one of the things as I was reviewing the kinds of influences and and trajectories and defining moments and stuff is I had imaginary friends that I was asked by the kin urban, my mother was asked by the kindergarten teacher to have me leave them at home because it was taking too long for me to answer questions and to do things because I was doing everything in collaboration. So yeah, I think that was huge, because my sisters are eight years older than I am. And they're identical twins. And so I had to go to the magical mystery portal world to find my twin was like, hey, they thought each other. So I made up my own and I made three, so I outnumbered them. So, but um, you know, I think combining that with super bad eyesight. Also, this is where I went into books. So for me, I love what you just said about books too. I do think they're alive. And they they are portals as well. So you combine those things together. And yeah, it was it was pretty evident early on that I had a very favorite place in my imagination. Marc Gutman 9:22 And were you a creative as a child, or did you think that you'd have a creative career did you want to do something else? Margaret Hartwell 9:28 All I wanted to do was sing? Well, I should say all I wanted to do was anything creative. You know, let's paint let's work with clay. Let's sing Let's dance, let's act let's make diagramas just anything kind of maker ish was really, I loved it. And but music was my wheel. You know, that was really where it all came together in terms of what it felt like as your body as an instrument and playing the piano. No, and story. So you know, every song that we sing has huge story too. And I think that that became like a third way of going into the mystical in a way because music so amazing in terms of its portal. Marc Gutman 10:16 Yeah, absolutely. And so you're into music and you're creative. I mean, Was this something that was supported in your household as a child did? Or did your parents want you to do something else? Yes, it Margaret Hartwell 10:30 was supported in so much is that it was the child like thing to do, and that when you grew up, you should be a doctor. So that was, that was kind of what I was told is that, ultimately, that the arts weren't a career, they were just a hobby. And I tried to debunk that. But I did go to Berkeley and Gosh, studied medicine or pre med at the time. And it was, I don't know, it's kind of funny, I look back on it now. And I kind of see the paradigm. And the paradigm was is that it was kind of like cheating to go and do something that you were already really good at. They should do things that you're not so good at. And then you are a whole and complete person. So hard work meant everything in my family. I'm a third culture kid, Canadian mother and a Chinese father. That doesn't, you don't really see it so much. But I'm actually more Chinese than my sisters from what the ancestry 23andme says. But yeah, so you know, it's a great, my parents were awesome, don't get me wrong. I mean, they really supported everything that I loved and wanted to do. And they, they were just like any parent, they wanted to make sure that I was going to be self sufficient, and be able to make a living, and they didn't see how it all works gonna come together if I was just doing the arts. So they were very happy when I got my MBA. Instead of, you know, I'm not going to med school. I'm leaving for London, and I'm doing a Shakespeare program. And my father's like, Why? I said, Well, because every doctor, you know, needs to know how to speak. And I am big pentameter, right? And it just looked to me like you've lost your mind. And my mother says, Let her go. She'll get it out of her system. Yeah, no, never got it out of my system. Marc Gutman 12:28 But I just love imagining you and your sisters having arguments about who's more Chinese, I can see it now. It's the holidays. And so take me back there to Berkeley, you're in pre med, I imagine that you've at least convinced yourself you want to be pre med, you know, like we all do, we tell ourselves that, okay, this is my path. And then something's kind of welling up in you something is saying maybe this isn't my path. What was that decision like to, to go to London, Margaret Hartwell 12:56 but like barely passing all my science classes. Fear has a way of doing that to you. But yeah, I think I got three days the whole time I was there. And it was in kinesiology, exercise, physiology and psychology and photography. So, um, what was welling up, I was singing all during college, I sang in the perfect fifth and then in the golden overtones. And that was really what I loved to do. And so I was seeing that I was kind of dying inside. And I was getting unhappy. And I was kind of isolating myself at that point. And I thought What's going on? It was, you know, I always look back and go, whatever, the first kind of crises or existential moments of awakening, and I think, before going choosing to go to London, that was mine, where I just feel like why am I doing any of this? What what's the point? I mean, it was, wasn't that I was super bad at and I was really good at, you know, intuiting people's needs and really listening to people and all that, but, but to spend the time. So yeah, that was the moment of thinking, well, I, let's see what this is going to be like. And quite frankly, that's really what kind of changed everything for me. Because I just came alive in London, and not just from the tack on the you know, the tactics and the skills building that that the Shakespeare program gave me, but really from the interest in people, and in kind of the myth and metaphor just popped. And I think if I look back, I think that was probably where the notion for an archetypical approach, kind of which I would never have been able to put the words to, but that's where it kind of took hold is I was constantly looking around corners sideways and looking for meaning what's the what's the deal. Meaning here, how does it translate into other arenas or cultures or to different people? So and, you know, Shakespeare is an amazing primmer for that kind of symbology and metaphor. So, yeah, that's where it kind of took hold. Marc Gutman 15:20 So the question I always disliked when I was going through school, because I never really knew what I wanted to do was people always ask me, they always say, what are you going to do with that? Yeah, what are you going to do with that? And so I as much as I disliked that question, I mean, were people asking you that about the Shakespeare program? What are you going to do with that? So you're going to wonder why don't you have Shakespeare but what after Margaret? What are you going to do? Margaret Hartwell 15:43 Oh, totally. Well, yes. So I was told to come home to finish my degree at Berkeley. And because three years at Berkeley didn't mean anything. So my parents said, Wait, if you want to go back, you can go back because I what I really wanted to do was go to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, because musical theater then had become my thing. So what did I really want? You know, what were you going to do with that? Well, I was just going to keep studying. I love learning. I love being in school, I love, you know, playing essential. And that's what this program was, but came back and finished my degree. And my parents said, Well, what are you going to do with that? I was like, Well, I'm going to move to LA. And I'm going to try my hand at acting, and her shaking their heads completely. But at that point, being an actor, without a lot of credits, you either become an aerobics instructor or a waiter. And so I started teaching aerobics. And then I found my way into a theatre company. And at that point, I met somebody who was working on a commercial shoot. And she introduced me to my then former future boss in advertising. Unknown Speaker 16:55 So Margaret Hartwell 16:56 it was a complete like pinball of, I had no idea what I was gonna do with that. And I said, I have no idea. But you know what? I'm, again, I think I've always had a certain level of faith that whatever happened, you know, I came from a great background, and my family always had my back. And I could pretty much do whatever I wanted, anything was possible. So I went with it. And my parents were thrilled that I got into advertising. You know, finally, something that sounded like a job. So, Marc Gutman 17:31 absolutely. What was that first advertising job? Like when you were in LA? And who were you working for? And what was your responsibilities? Margaret Hartwell 17:39 So I joined suissa suissa group when we had 13 people. And I left after we had gotten the accurate account, as we said, Miller, and we've been sold to IPG, so the trajectory of this tiny little agency, I mean, when we got accurate, the headline said, you know, there's a snowball's chance in hell, that this agency is going to get this, but I was the designer on that pitch. So that's kind of where I, I was able, then at that point, to kind of parse out all my responsibilities, because in a smaller agency, I was running the studio, I was doing my own, you know, art direction for clients. I was also doing all the it, which is the joke of that of everything. But nobody else had the confidence to do it. So I was like, Okay, I'll learn this. And do that. So, yeah. So I was able, what was it like it was, it was like a total roller coaster, and really fun. I mean, la advertising in your, in your 20s and early 30s is super fun. People are unencumbered. And yeah, then it was a good support. It was it was a nice family. And I was able to have my daughter during that time. So as a single mom, that was a huge support network. So I learned a ton. And I think that's really where I learned about brand strategy. And marketing is from the creative side of advertising. Marc Gutman 19:13 Yeah, at what moment in that advertising journey? Did you think to yourself, oh, wait, like, I might be an advertising. I might make a career out of this. This might be like what the future holds for me? Yeah, Margaret Hartwell 19:25 I what moment was that? I think it was truly winning the accurate account. Because up until that point, I had just been kind of like a Swiss Army knife in terms of being our art director, designer, creative director all around whatever you need. And at that point, I thought, Hmm, maybe I really do have a knack for this for understanding people's needs and wants and finding a way to connect with them. So that there was some exchange that was mutually beneficial and so that there were a couple of great strategists at the agency to, and then ultimately, they were a huge influence. And so that when I left my agency, actually, I gotta be honest, I got laid off because it was at a really difficult time for the agency. And, and so I got laid off. And I thought, huh, what do we do when we're at our lowest moments, all change moments, we go back to London. So that's what I did. Marc Gutman 20:31 When was your first interaction with archetypes like, when did you those even become on your radar and something that you're like, Ah, this is interesting. I Margaret Hartwell 20:41 was actually in my coaching program that I took at the Institute of transpersonal psychology in Palo Alto. And we, it was goddesses and every woman, the Jean Shinoda bowling book, she also wrote gods in every man, and reading that brought all of you know, Edith Hamilton's mythology back because I studied that in high school, but never really never took hold. And Joseph Campbell, and I've been on the path with James Hellman, and, you know, and other kinds of, you know, I guess the suit, you know, the source code was a huge impact for me. But that's when I first found it. And then I found Carolyn meses work. Have you been across her? Marc Gutman 21:25 I don't know her. So the Margaret Hartwell 21:26 book, so she isn't a medical intuitive. And she wrote a book called sacred contracts, that has outlined very descriptions of a lot of archetypes. And she uses archetypes as a way of doing just like we would in branding as a shorthand for understanding people's drives and journeys and motivations. And that's a nice, so I found that book. And I thought, this is pretty cool. I don't know what. And I looked more into it. And she actually had a deck of cards. So I could backup that at the time, I was doing brand strategy work as a consultant, just kind of for hire. And so when I found these cards that Carolyn mace had done, I went to the guy that I was working with, who's actually my co author, Josh chin. And I said, you know, can I trial working with the right kind of client with these cards and lists? Let's see if the brand strategy process goes differently, or let's just experiment with it. And the feedback that we got was the cards were way too, whoo. And it just, it made them feel like, you know, somebody was trying to read their Tarot or something. And that it, that it wasn't validated. And it wasn't real at that point. So, so yeah, so Josh, and I, you can clap, well, maybe this is an opportunity. And he had had an agreement with his publisher for previous books that they had the agency had published. And they had been kind of after him saying, well, what's next? So Josh came to me and said, you want to write a book about archetypes and branding? I went, sure. Okay. Because it was working, you know, the, the process, the dialogue, the kind of different conversations that we were having, were actually unlocking areas that were resistances in a business, that by using this archetypical kind of world, somehow it gave them a 30,000 foot view, and they soften some of the ego identity attachments that people had about what their brand was supposed to be or how they were going to do things. So yeah, that's a long winded answer to your How did you first find archetypes? Marc Gutman 23:49 No, it's amazing. I want to know and it's funny that you say woo so you know as I mentioned, I love them and I'm a little like, you know, little dislike neurotic and like the little perforations on the cards bother him. So I bought some of your cards like the Korean version like back when you could get them real easily. And then I had someone at Etsy make me a special leather case because when I bring them out that's like I'm like this is this is some This is magic little bit you know, and we're gonna learn to go through the deck and I agree there's just something that you conversate because I don't think most client especially when you want to involve like the leadership team half the words like they don't have the words and so the conversation that comes up out of these is so amazing. But look, summon another team had already written kind of what was considered the book on archetypes, you know, and Carolyn Pearson and Margaret mark and, and they they wrote they wrote about 12 of them so like, why not? Like, why is that not just enough? Like, why did you create this amazing book with six because now it seems so easy and obvious to me, but like, also must seem really daunting. You know? Like, like, why didn't you think that there was a market for this? Well, first Margaret Hartwell 25:02 off, I mean, the here on the outlaw wow, you know, this is all the work is standing on their shoulders totally I give them massive props, they were at the forefront of bringing this, of course into the business and branding world. And so it just wasn't nuanced enough for me. I from I started out, you know, looking at things and they, they felt like they were bordering on stereotypes, or, like so many words that kind of find their way into their vernacular that they end up losing their meaning losing their unique essence and stuff. And I think that's true as culture evolves is that, you know, words go in and out of having meanings. So I didn't see any thing wrong with trying to, you know, nuance something a little bit, you know, nuanced the magician, to an alchemist. You know, why, why wouldn't you do that? And so I guess, I mean, then the next probably another theme, you know, people ask me, why do you do this? I think or why did I do anything? Like in my life, man? Pretty much my answers were Why not? Do it? So, yeah, it was a little daunting. And on the first to say that, you know, we're here with writing any book that gets published? Like, I go back, and I shake my head, like, No, no, I should put that there should have put that there. You know, there's always improved room for improvement. So, yeah, just, I've got a list on my computer of the next kind of set to flesh out with people. And I'm looking for a way to, to maybe do that in a collaborative sense. So, you know, somebody came to me and said, will you work with me, as a brand new practitioner, we work with me to find this as a unique expression of an architect for this client. And we did and we completely front fleshed out the connoisseur. And it was super fun and super cool to work together like that. But I love your cover. And that makes me You just can't know how much it means to know that something that I've poured my heart and soul into, has meaning for people. It's really, it's really lovely. And I love that they've got the little cover for it and everything. Marc Gutman 27:25 No, I mean, means a lot to me, it's meant a lot to people I've worked with and clients, and did you do the artwork on these cards? Is these your design creative, Margaret Hartwell 27:33 creative director, creative director, with Josh, he and I both, but we had an amazing team of designers. So the breadth of designers, you know, of course, you see different styles all throughout there, but we all know so so we're kinda It was kind of our, our backstop if you will, like, if this wasn't going to work, we thought, Well, at least we'll have something that we could say, well, I don't like green or, you know, like, I like that style of design that clients could say. So we're backing ourselves up with some some other layer of meaning or usefulness in the design world for that, hence, the different designs. Oh, Marc Gutman 28:14 yeah. And I find archetypes. So interesting. I've often just thought about, like, completely writing an entire agency process around our top the bottom, like just being like, like archetypes, I haven't gotten there yet. But when you work with clients, what's kind of your go to way of using archetypes? How do you like to start with the cards and the conversation? And what do you ultimately hoping they're going to, they're going to land on or discover, Margaret Hartwell 28:40 right? So I'm rarely hired to do the one thing to do just the archetype work. It's, it's odd how the first they'll come, because they want to do architectural work. And then we have the initial conversation. And it always kind of flushes out into something that's more what you would just call a big brand strategy, like the work that you do. So the archetypes are, I see them as part of the Gestalt of your brand strategy in a sense that you can't ask them to do all the heavy lifting. And also, I think that they're evolving. So as as stakeholders change and their relationships with the brand change, then they have to, they have to have a certain developmental path to them as well. So I usually include a developmental path for an architectural approach. But to your question about how do I, how do I usually start? It's kind of a classic design thinking process where I do a kind of discovery phase to understand where there may be gaps or potential alignments to be found. And then we go into really exploring what has been done before because I don't want people thinking that you Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. What What can we use moving forward? And and then they usually just it's a codification of truly what value they're providing what values they have, what is their mission, you know, and getting them to distill that. And at that point, I do it pretty much the same way that that I said, I do it in the book, which is that you you just sort with a facilitated question process. And I think that's probably, if I will, you know, say the secret sauce is because you can't just do this digitally and go, Oh, I've got my archetype. Now, there's a deep reflection that says, You don't even tell you because you're doing it all the time to it reflects back something that resonates like you're almost you can feel it in the room when it when it's happening. There's that term entrainment, which is that musical term, where a frequency will start to create another frequency at the same resonant vibration, that's what I feel when we're starting to get close in the sorting process and in the questioning process. And then before we actually decide is not really the right word, because we've been revealing things all along. But before we say commit, choosing commit to a process of including archetypes throughout the value chain, we actually dig into the value chain, and see whether or not this this archetypical expression can come to life. In all the different areas of the business in the operations in the you know, in the processes and the systems in marketing and sales? How can it become a organizing principle for both the brand and the culture? So those are the kinds of questions I asked. And it's really more about chunking them down into modules that I do in the different workshops. And I use a lot of other exercises to, to elicit this, the kind of resonance that you will. And a lot of them are design thinking exercises, I like to really see how an art we put it to the test before we choose and commit. So what would this how would this affect the customer journey? Right? Does does this affect your value proposition? How does this align with, you know, the strategic path for the business? Because that might shift things as well? Like, are they on an m&a track? Because at that point, we're actually dressing up something differently than we would if we were a startup. So those overlays, the developmental overlays of the business come into factor as well. Marc Gutman 32:57 Do you find it hard to sort of back up or back out if you've chosen a archetype? And you've gone through this prototyping, if you will? And you're like, that's not working design? Everyone just kind of says, Yeah, like, it's not working? Margaret Hartwell 33:11 Pretty much at that point. No, you know, what, I'm curious to see what your experience with the process is. But for me, the process of this kind of introspection, and alignment of everything changes the way that people hold on to right and wrong. They, there's not as much about finding a solution, as opposed to finding a process that continues to reveal value. And it's not so solution based. So it's not just one and done, you know, everybody understands that this we're going this is some actually something that is going to grow along. And with an inside and outside of us, we've actually changed the game. And it you know, it's not for everybody. Some people really want just a solution. And it's pretty amazing to watch them fight. Yeah. And you just go Okay, well, this isn't the right time. I'm not the right one for you. So that's okay. Marc Gutman 34:19 A lot of it. And, you know, I think about that, I mean, one of the challenges I have with clients is they are so like, solution oriented, even when it comes down to working with archetypes. And so they're like, like, okay, like, what are we doing here? Like, what are we trying to get to and right, and, you know, so I've, I have put some parameters around it. You know, I'll say things like, Oh, well, we want to find your archetype that makes you want your like the resonates with your why or the architecture that makes you unique in your space. But that's just kind of the way I've done it because I feel like you have to put these like these parameters, so the client can understand what we're Trying to get otherwise, it's harder for them, it's a little too little too woowoo, you know, and Margaret Hartwell 35:05 I totally agree. And I'm kinda like them down the edge to kind of calm down the cognitive dissonance if you will. And usually, I've done a poll pre education about the value of archetypes and how they, you know, increase your economic value, when you know what a brand lead valuation looks like, and how it actually translate into an intangible asset for your m&a if that's what you're doing. And then also just, you know, really looking at educating them in a way that gets them on the same page, so that they, they'd let go a little bit to kind of shake some loose, so and then you can do those things without that. The other piece that I think that's been really important lately, for me, is Bernie Browns work fitting out founded, seemingly, you know, a long time ago, but I used the vulnerability and shame work in my startup in New Zealand a lot to build the innovation process, and that change people to that change their reactions, because using innovation tools requires you to let go of that kind of judgment. And then we're never going to get to the kind of creativity, or the kind of satisfaction from the daily work, if they were constantly protecting something, you know, shaming someone else judging someone else. So I've seen an architectural approach, have all kinds of, you know, secondary and tertiary benefits to people's relationships to people's understanding of themselves and how they want to move in the world. So it definitely can apply on way more levels than just in your brand. And for me, it's moved a lot into the culture space. Marc Gutman 37:04 A common question I get all the time is Mark, can you help me with our brand? Yes, we help companies solve branding problems. And the first step would be to schedule a no obligation brand clarity call, we'll link to that in the show notes, or head over to wildstorm comm and send us an email, we'll get you booked right away. So whether you're just getting started with a new business, or whether you've done some work and need a refresh, or whether you're a brand that's high performing and wants to stay there, we can help. After you book, your brand clarity call, you'll learn about our brand audit and strategy process, we'll identify if you need a new logo or just a refresh, will determine if your business has a branding problem. And you'll see examples of our work and get relevant case studies. We'll also see if branding is holding your business back and can help you get to the next level. So what are you waiting for, build the brand you've always dreamed of. Again, we'll link to that in the show notes or head over to wildstorm comm and send us an email. Now back to the show. So my friend assha she's a brand strategist, she knew I was talking to you and she wanted me to ask you a question she she wants to know why some brand strategist like us use archetypes, then why some don't like what's your what's your thought on that? Like? We'd like sort of in what and perhaps, I think to broaden the scope of the question, What might those other brand strategist be be missing by not employing archetypes in their work? Margaret Hartwell 38:50 Oh, gosh, why do some users and some not? Well, I think there are a lot of people, regardless of what they do Alicia's in brand strategy, the think that there's a way, a way for the way. And that if you just do the way, then you'll just get what you want. There's like this linear, aided, you know, Zed kind of thing that you get. And they like they have a certain commitment to that kind of process. They give some confidence. They can replicate it, there's bits, it's something that they have identified with and studied with. But, gosh, I'm stopping myself, but I'm gonna go ahead and say it. You know, it's there was this guy who put archetypes in brain as he put it on his bullshit meter. And he said it was the sixth biggest marketing bullshit thing that ever was, and I just burst out laughing I and I thought it was great because it's like, we were right after Seth Godin work. And it was like, yeah, you made it right after so But I think that the gig is up for people in, in any form of consulting or business, or helping or creativity, maybe even anyone, that you can't bring your whole self to things anymore. And I think that archetypes, you have to do that. Now, what I mean to say, probably got my negatives caught up there. But the art and architectural approach, I think, just opens a door to a deeper level of connection with yourself, with your society with any any relationships. And I think understanding that branding now isn't is about is no longer push and telling it's relatedness. And we and I'm not saying anything that you are meant all of your listeners are already across. But it's an orienting principle to understand that a brand. Branding is really about increasing the value of a relationship, so much in the way that you would increase the value of relationship with your family or a friend or your community. So why do they not use them? I think they're scared of them, because they don't know how to flesh them out into a 360 degree, living and bodied way of being. And I will admit, I probably have a leg up here, because I studied acting, I mean, you I know how to step into a character and kind of feel what that is. Right? You know, I've done a ton of improv. So, you know, just the idea of sparking new thing of new ideas off of other people and being able to play in that space. I've studied a ton of psychology. So I understand motivation and behavior and how to move people in that sense. And I've also been in the art world and the sustainability world, where you understand that everything is connected on some level. And it's just, it's we're working in a system. So to answer your question, in the most long winded way, is that I think that people don't use them because they don't really grok the depth of them, and that they're part of a system. So they still see it as a separate, you know, branding is still something separate. I think it's like the thread that is, who we are, and who a company is. So that's why I think people who are naturally curious, and always continuously learning are the most successful brand. Practitioners out there for an archetypal strategy or for even if they don't use archetypes, because they're just, they're just curious about life and curious about people. And they look at the cross sections, which is what I think archetypes do. Marc Gutman 42:57 Absolutely. And that was a great answer. Not long winded. And you touched on this, but I just want to clarify, when when you're using archetypes in the archetypal analysis, are you starting off that way? and using it as a centering device? Are you doing it later? Like a lot of times? I'll do it later in the process, especially like when we're in a more typical brand strategy process like personality, voice and tone. That's where, you know, it comes up a lot for me, because I heard you speaking. Sounds like it could be very useful. Maybe in the beginning of the process, especially when you're talking about like purpose and why and why do we exist? Is that how do you approach that? Well, Margaret Hartwell 43:36 I've been criticized for always approaching everything uniquely, which is why I probably work harder than I have to. Because everything seems like it's some bespoke thing. Again, I have to say, I think I just feel my way, I wish I could say that there was a process but you can from the discovery, half an hour with with a company and a discovery session about what it is they're saying they want, what it is that they're doing, and asking them where they want to be revealed something that tells me then, where this needs to happen. And I've done it at the very beginning, just to kind of ground them into the notion of talking about what's going on in a story fashion with people that have specific drivers and motivations and then universal stories to them. I've done it in the middle, and I've done it with with each one of the little teams too. So that was an interesting one. Instead of doing it with the C suite. I went in and did the exercise with each one of the kinds of teams marketing and sales, Ops, HR, and even finance. So he did one with each one of those. And then I asked one person out of each one of those to come with me, and then we did it with the C suite Bigger. And those people were, were so that they were, of course, really engaged at that point. And loving the process, that they were the greatest kind of contagion excitement for the process that the C suite had to give up their Oh, boohoo on it all. And, and they were fed by the people that worked really were on the front lines, I don't like to use those metaphors. But you know that in the trenches with that with the company's purpose, and not just directing it, so I've used them at every different phase, it's this crazy, but it's really satisfying to walk back into a client's office and see the image of the car, somebody has it on their t shirt, or somebody is using it within a mug, or, or, or they're actually sitting there because we do some, some grounding work, I guess you could say, for creativity purposes, to get you in a place where you can hear your own creative news. And so they have a little technique that I teach them. So I'm watching them do it, it's pretty cool. It comes from Eric Moselle, who's a renowned kind of artistic and creativity coach. And so you know, it's a breathing process, but it it puts people quickly into a space of being able to channel the archetype, the story of that archetype. So, so yeah, it's it's everywhere. At the beginning, I think it was more that we use it right, we use it more in a kind of more traditional sense that it came, it came after, usually, after the collage, I used to do a lot of collaging, with people to try and get them to, to elicit what was going on visually for them, and also to hear how they would tell a story because we'd have them collage on a certain theme. And then they would have to tell the story back to the group, while listening to music telling me then which music actually worked for them, too. So it was it was a little bit more of a predictable process at that time. But then, I've seen it just it seems to work everywhere now. So lots of applications. Marc Gutman 47:14 So many. And that's and that's what's so great about archetypes, and archetypal analysis. What's it like? Being the archetypes and branding person being the expert? Like what's hard about it? Like what I mean, I imagine that a lot of people come to you for different things, you get a lot of probably comments and criticism, like the like, like the person that said, You were the six most bullshit marketing trend or whatever, like, exactly, yeah, I mean, what's what's hard about it, like, like being having put this work into the world, and so many people resonating with it and using it, which is great, but like, what, what don't we see about that? Margaret Hartwell 47:54 I guess, based on who I am, and I'm, you know, which is a overlay all unto itself to the work, I guess what's hard is that sometimes it does make me want to hide, like, I'm going to disappoint people, or that I won't be able to find it with them, or, you know, sometimes getting too egoic about and find it for them, you know, that somehow I will let them down. And I think that's been the gift and the challenge of having this work kind of fall into my lap, where the threads of my, all of my education and training and everything kind of came together is that the task now is again, to just recognize that, whatever is going to be is needs to be and to trust that we will get there together. And so to not get too attached, I think that's what's hard is that it's like having a baby in a way is like, Hey, don't criticize my baby. But do whatever, you know, good days and bad days, too. There's there's definitely people that like to criticize, and all I think back to is the way that Bernie Brown has brought the the quote about being, you know, kudos to the man in the arena, as like, Hey, I'm in the arena. Like maybe bloody but I'm, I'm in there, you know, one thing sincerely, to help and to, to guide in a way business to be the powerful force for change that I know it is, and I know it can be. So that's my whole driver of why I'm in it. So I just have to keep reminding myself that's what's hard. is even when you forget sometimes in the midst of it all that this is you have to return to your why, like you said earlier, you know, always Marc Gutman 49:55 so I imagine this is a lot like picking your favorite child But everyone, you know, and and, you know, I tell people, you know, I have three, I have three kids and I tell people, I don't have a favorite overall child. But I always do have a favorite at any given moment. And so yes, you know, do you have a favorite archetype? At this moment? Or what? What right now would you say? Is your your favorite archetype and why? Well, Margaret Hartwell 50:25 so I'll answer it from two different places. One from a play place, and one from a meaning place. Not that the two are, are not together. But what's happening in the world right now from a social justice perspective is soul destroying to me. And to me then, but I really, if we can awaken the strength of the activist in people that think that doesn't touch them, but it is shifting them. It's, I love the power of the activist. I love the confidence and the, the giving ness of it, you know, the, the infusion of doing what's really right for humanity. So that one's high on my, my favorite slash right now. I think from the play position. I cannot lie. You like big stories. I cannot like I like the provocateur, I cannot lie. I just, it's anything that wakes people up is totally my favorite thing. Marc Gutman 51:36 So what's your favorite? What's your favorite provocateur brand right now? Margaret Hartwell 51:41 Oh, Marc Gutman 51:43 that's such a tough question. But like what's like, just what's one that's on your mind? And that represents that archetype? Well, well. Margaret Hartwell 51:50 So this is where I think that what I'm going to name is, is actually a company where I think that the provocateur is either a secondary or tertiary. But the insurance company lemonade, has they're they're disrupting and provoking a different mindset around the insurance industry. Are you across their work? Marc Gutman 52:11 Yeah, I'm familiar with lemonade. Oh, yeah. Margaret Hartwell 52:13 It's I just think it's amazing what they've done with, you know, machine learning to get claims processed quickly, and, and that it's actually in the benefit for that the collaborative in a way. So I think that that's part of they've provoked people to say, I don't need to accept this. So I think I think there's probably a big provocateur in that company right now. But I wouldn't say that they're provocative or bland. I really think they're citizen brand. Citizen Jester, actually, cuz I just think they're fun. You know, funny. Marc Gutman 52:54 Talk a little bit about that really quick. I mean, you mentioned primary, secondary, tertiary, like, how do you organize that and use that as overlapping lenses? when you're when you're talking about archetypes? Margaret Hartwell 53:05 Yeah. Um, I do. Again, I know I said this in the book, but I do kind of think of it as you're wearing different clothes, you're still the same person. But when you go hiking, you're not going to wear black tie, you know. And so the primary and secondary and tertiary show up, like you just said, as lenses for I like to think of them as facets of, you know, like a, like looking at a kaleidoscope if you if you change the the orientation just a little bit, you get a completely different color picture and all that it's still the same Kaleidoscope and it still has all the same parts, you're just choosing to put one part of it forward with the intent of not being what kind of sycophant Would you like me to be, but with the intent of actually connecting? So what part of me is going to connect the most what authentic part of me, so if that's my tertiary, or you know, the fine, if that's the tertiary archetype, that's fine. Um, for I'm just thinking of a way that this was kind of quantified is that we had metrics, we established metrics for kind of how much of certain pieces of communication would be in the primary, secondary and tertiary. So we tried to keep a balance, we graded basically how the writing was netting out in terms of the stories so that we understood that we weren't over indexing on one or another. And that if we did find ourselves shifting around, or being uncomfortable with it, it was time to refresh Marc Gutman 54:47 of it. I love it. And so, you know, I started off the show, introducing you as an innovation consultant, innovation coach. What is that like? Like, what is like, what does that mean? And how does that show up for you? Because that's where you're focusing your time right now, Margaret Hartwell 55:01 I think I, basically, I'm a change person, I just am a change agent. And that's usually what I get hired to do is to do some kind of change with people, whether it's on a one to one basis, or on a company basis or a family basis, because I, I also do just coaching with people as well, executive coaching. So, you know, I have attorneys and CEOs that are looking for a different way of showing up and recognizing, much like you said earlier in the, in our chat, is that you kind of know, something is going on inside of you. And an architectural lens can help with that, and other kinds of connection as well. So, innovation is just a thing for me a fancy word for creative change. So I like to say that I instill creative courage in people. And that's what I do, and help to do. Marc Gutman 56:07 Why is it hard for people, your clients to have creative courage? You know, it's not easy? Margaret Hartwell 56:13 Yeah. Well, we've been fed a pretty steady stream of fear breaks, you know, steady diet of fear, recently, a lot. And I think that the, the macro world is also making us feel very, you know, insecure, and, and changing. And so it's hard to have the courage because we've been taught that we can't fail. And that's not real. You know, it's like, like, good relationships don't have conflict. No way. You know, like, yeah, and if you're a successful person, you don't fail. Sorry, the human beings, you know, the more we can just say, yes, awesome, that just came up, let's go there. I think that I'm just keep looking at your hat mark. And I think that's really where everybody's unique brilliance is, is recognizing that all those things are baseline, all those things are to be embraced. And if you if you just left them out of the right wrong box, then they're all actually just gifts and tools to be applied to however you want to live and be and do. Marc Gutman 57:25 And so we're in the midst of a pandemic, pandemic, hopefully winding down. But how have you been dealing with archetypes because I talked a lot about, you know, my box and my cards, and it's so magical to be in a room. So how have you translated this into a tool that people can use virtually? Well, Margaret Hartwell 57:45 I think I've mentioned to you that my favorite tool is Miro, how give them a shameless plug, I don't own any stock or anything. But to me, that has changed everything. The ability to collaborate in a virtual space on a whiteboard in that way with post its I mean, I can run innovation workshops in the same way that I did, you know, physically, it is what I had to get used to was using a couple of different monitors to make sure that I could still really catch into people's reactions and in their engagement. And so how is it changed the way I facilitate? Well, I, I'm much more cognizant of getting people to, to play specific roles for me, I don't because I'm needing to watch in a way where I can't sense it as much. I have, I always have a timekeeper with me, that's only doing that somebody who's looking at my time to Agenda sit, you know, saying, Hey, we only got five more minutes for this one, what do we want to move. And also great note takers, because I can't do all those things. Virtually, I can actually take notes, when I'm there physically, and going around, because somehow that works out because it's kind of part of the making of it all. But it can't seem to do that in a virtual space. So having good note takers and people who are actually listening, and putting in putting the stuff into the boards has been important. I found that Nero was an easy way for people to sort as well, because they just, I just put up all of the archetypes and then they would just pull into piles. And then we'd sword again. So that's what it is. I think I've worked only with Miro and zoom. And now they have an integration. Thank you safeer Marc Gutman 59:40 Yeah, I like mirror to mirror if you're listening, I don't like your pricing model, we have to talk about that. We're not gonna use time, it takes a lot of management on my time. Like, I don't need to be managing like seats and things. But what I also wanted you to mention, you kind of alluded to it, but I just want everyone to know that Margaret has also digitized all the cards and so you You can go to her website, we'll link to that in the show notes. You can grab a licensed version of those cards and bring them into Miro, so that you can play around with them, which I think is amazing. You know, and I think it really, look, is it as good? No. But is it the next best thing? Absolutely. And I think it's really made things amazing. So I just want people to be aware of that if people are looking to get into archetypal analysis, like how would you suggest they get started? I mean, you know, I'm assuming get your book and then what? Margaret Hartwell 1:00:30 Well, I would like to get them sooner than that, in so much is, gosh, be curious, be hungry, you know, be a hedonist at the shore gets bored of life and just study and look and observe and witness anything that you can. And then once you've identified that this is really a path for you in terms of, of brand, don't stop learning about yourself and learning about myth and story and narrative. You know, that to me, I think is deepening your, your resonance with the impact that different messages have is one of the best ways to hone your skill at on earthing and revealing a true archetypical brand rallying cry, if you will. So, yeah, that's what I would say. And then yes, of course, you know, read Margaret, Mark, read Carolyn mace, read Joseph Campbell, you know, just read, read, read, read and watch. I think films are one of the greatest ways of learning about, you know, what is alive in a culture? What are the influences, so I guess it's really more just about being really hungry, and for knowledge, and for input stimulus, and looking for the intersections and then making sure that they also somehow come together for positive meaning, and that you take responsibility for the impact that you create. So that the way I would say get in how to get into this business, you know, follow your nose, you'll be led. Marc Gutman 1:02:12 And if you're listening, I'll just say, Margaret's being humble. Her book synthesizes everything. I'll admit something right here on the show, I have tried to read Joseph Campbell's work like 100 times I get through maybe 30%. Each time at best. I want to tell everybody that I'm a Joseph Campbell person. It's pretty, it's pretty rough. So if you want to go through that, you know, some of that academia Be my guest. But if you want to have something that's quick and actionable, and synthesizes it with some beautiful artwork, as well, as great words, I highly, highly recommend the book, Margaret. Unknown Speaker 1:02:48 Thanks, Mark. Marc Gutman 1:02:49 What's Yeah, by the way, I keep seeing your name Margaret Hartwell on zoom. I'm like, What a cool name like Margaret. Well, like it sounds like like, like, maybe work like at the newspaper and a comic book or something like murder. I just love it. But what's next for Margaret Hartwell? What? What are you most looking forward to? Margaret Hartwell 1:03:07 Well, I'm looking forward to getting back with people. Gosh, I missed I mean, I'm kind of an introvert. I am an introvert. And I didn't realize how much I really wanted to be around people. So what's next is really enjoying being able to just connect with people in all areas of work and play and community and everything. I think your question was probably more in terms of what am I going to do next? Or where is my work taking me? Unknown Speaker 1:03:36 Am I right? That's one Marc Gutman 1:03:37 way to take it. Absolutely. Margaret Hartwell 1:03:39 Well, so strangely enough, I've gotten to travel the world with work, and I've just loved being able to do it. And I really am traveling hard, you know, three, four trips to China, New Zealand, Australia, it gets really hard. And I I've been getting a little tired of it. So my partner and I actually bought a huge Victorian in Salem, and we've been renovating it. So now the hope is that we bring kind of the world to us here. So that's one component of it. Because it's amazing how many people that have booked into our Airbnb have actually read the book, this wild lady, well, I guess Salem's kind of all archetypes, right? So that's kind of just in the background for fun, but it's really, I'm really keen to move into more of a coaching and teaching place at this point. I'd like to keep on, you know, maybe 234 clients, but teachings really amazing. I taught at the California College of the Arts, and it was one of in the design MBA program and I loved it and so I think the future is going to hold more Teaching and building out an online course right now again, when came out when the book was first published, but it was less than what I'd be proud of. So doing that building that out. And, and we'll see how the coaching goes really working with individuals, practitioners who want another sounding board or another input for bigger clients that they're doing this work with. Marc Gutman 1:05:26 And we'll make sure to link to all your contact info in the show notes, if anyone's interested in continuing that work with you. Margaret Hartwell 1:05:32 Yeah, I will say Mark if people want to, you know, if they want to follow me on Instagram, and then send me a message, just put the vgts or what does that maybe not backstory did GPS. There it is. What is it again? Mark, Marc Gutman 1:05:47 BG bs? No, no. Yeah, PGP Margaret Hartwell 1:05:51 got back. So yes, sir. Just put that in your message. And I'll send you an email to give you a discount on the the course when it comes out. So Marc Gutman 1:05:59 that's fantastic. Thank you for that. I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of people who are interested, Margaret, as we come to a close here, and we're running out of time, I'm going to think back, I want to think back to that. That little Margaret version of yourself that was singing and dancing and, you know, didn't have a care in the world. And what do you think she'd say, if she saw you today? Margaret Hartwell 1:06:24 She's probably say, See, I told you so. And that she, she had such faith, that being a hybrid divergent was okay. And that she just lived it and all that and expend a lot of time trying to get back to that place. So they are an archetypical perspective, the book, all of it came together. And that would be her closing shot. I think it's like, See, I told you, so he told you, it'd be okay. You'd get it all, all the creativity, all the fun people, all the arts, you know, all the meaning. It's all there. Marc Gutman 1:07:08 Then that is Margaret Hartwell, author of archetypes in branding, go buy the book, we'll link to it in the show notes. And look, I get nothing from your purchase, I have no vested interest or incentive in you buying this book. Other than I want you to open up your aperture, broaden your possibilities. And think, a little more human. One thing we touched on, but didn't really explain is that the book explains all this awesome archetype stuff. But there are also 60 cards in the back that punch out. So you can get a full deck of cards too. You can apply this in your branding work, professional life, writing personal life, there really are so many applications, go to Amazon and get the book right now. One nugget that stood out to me was when Margaret said, brand is about increasing the value of a relationship. And at the end of the day, that's it. Now how we get there isn't always simple or easy, just like real relationships. But I think what matters is that we show up. We keep working at it, because we want to because we care. And over time, the value of that relationship increases even when we make mistakes, put her foot in her mouth, or have a bad day. brands are no different. I hope you enjoyed this conversation as much as I did. It was such a treat to talk with Margaret here her perspective and learn about what she's doing next. I'm not joking when I say Margaret is a hero to me. And I hope you got as much from this episode as I did. A big thank you to Margaret Hartwell. I want to be your BFF let me know if I can send you one half of a branding BFF locket and we can make it official. We will link to all things Margaret Hartwell in the show notes, her book, her website, her course. Well, all things and if you know of a guest who should appear on our show, please drop me a line at podcast at wildstorm calm. Our b

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Danielle Jezienicki is the Director of Sustainability for Grove Collaborative, the leading digital-first brand & ecommerce platform for natural home and personal care products. A certified B Corp, Grove serves hundreds of thousands of households in the U.S. every month. Prior to Danielle’s current role at Grove, Danielle was as the Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSI) where she supervised ESG reporting and sustainability initiatives for the Company and its West Coast brands including Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, Williams-Sonoma, Rejuvenation and Mark & Graham. Long inspired by the possibilities of sustainability-first consciousness provide, she was an Impact Analyst for four years at Sonen Capital, an investment firm that prioritizes socio-environmental outcomes in conjunction with financial returns. She holds an MBA in Sustainable Management at Presidio Graduate School and BA from Brown University. Danielle Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Establishing sustainability goals that are both practical yet challenging Addressing plastic use and the concept of being plastic neutral at Grove Reforestation efforts at Grove Advocating for legislation around safety and sustainability in consumer products Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Danielle's Final Five Question Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? I would say: your next job is not necessarily your dream job. Just find something that you're going to learn or work on that will eventually get you your dream dream job. It's all a stepping stone. Just keep learning; keep growing your experience. It will all be useful down the line. Get to work, roll up your sleeves. We have so much to do. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability?  The focus on regenerative agriculture; this conversation about biodiversity. The shifting is thinking about sustainability as an add on: we use carbon and then we offset it. But becoming a more circular business, and circularity around sustainability. Understanding that it's all connected. It's all one ecosystem. We need to regenerate the soil and take back the materials. It's this growing consciousness about the role that sustainability plays and how important it is to regenerate, not just sustain.  What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read? I'm currently reading All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. It's really inspiring, and focused on women. I just also read The Overstory, which from a fiction standpoint will give you a good shake and remind you that this is really urgent. We just don't have time to waste. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work?  One thing I love that we have at Grove, we use Slack and we have a sustainability channel. I love hearing from non-sustainability people about sustainability things, because you end up in your own bubble inevitably. So I love hearing what other people have to say and what other people are hearing. It opens your world as to how it is that you should be engaging with people who aren't knee deep in this stuff day in, day out. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work being done at Grove?  For me personally, LinkedIn is a great place. I try to share all of our major announcements. Then we have a sustainability page, sustainability report, plastic report- that's always on the Grove site: grove.co/sustainability or grove.co/beyondplastic. We will give you the latest and most transparent information: our plastic footprint, what percent is reusable. We're really committed to being super transparent about everything that we're doing.

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Mariana received her bachelor's in Sustainable Management of Coastal Zones in Mexico, which included living for 3 years in a small fishermen's village. Her thesis was on coral diseases and included an analysis of their resource management practices. During this time she also volunteered in the National Park Cocos Island, Costa Rica, a remote island in the Pacific reachable only by a 2-day trip by ship. She lived there for one month, diving with majestic hammerhead sharks. After graduating she decided to specialize in Marine Biodiversity & Conservation at Sea Education & Boston University. The so-called "semester at sea" included classes as well as a 5-week sailing trip across the Sargasso Sea to learn about navigation and carry out a research project. Afterward, Mariana went to Europe where she received a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management. She completed her thesis at the MIIS in California, a comparison between two Marine Protected Areas, one in Mexico and one in the United States. After graduating she worked as a junior researcher at the National Laboratory of Coastal Resilience in Mexico, and focused again on the Caribbean and carried out the study "Social alienation and environmental decline in a coral reef: Challenges to coastal management in the Mexican Caribbean". Following that Mariana got her current job as Project Manager at Geonardo Environmental Technologies, focusing on marine and coastal-related projects in the EU. In this position she developed and coordinated the AQUA-LIT project, focusing on creating a toolbox to tackle marine litter at sea with the hand of aquaculture stakeholders from the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Mariana is also part of the implementation team of CoastObs project, focusing on using satellite data to monitor coastal waters across the EU, and part of the management team of Surfrider Porto chapter. Surfrider is an organization focused on promoting the protection of the Ocean through local activism and lobbying. Her personal hobbies, as you might have guessed, are also related to the ocean. Mariana particularly loves freediving, scuba diving, bodyboarding, and underwater and drone photography. You can follow her on Instagram @marml_photography and find her photography and personal website here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reefroundup/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reefroundup/support

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Plastic Waste is a Contributing factor to global warming and has a sigificant impact on the environment.As a leading chemicals company in the world, Indorama Ventures undeniably produces a huge amount of plastic, which ends up as plastic waste.However the plastics industry has many ways to support the reduction of waste and its impact on the environment.Today we talk to Yashovardhan Lohia, the Chief Sustainability Officerof Indorama Ventures Company Limited, on how plastic waste can be managed.We also look at how the company is adopting the concept of circular economy to bring about sustainability.

Hilary Abell of Project Equity joins All Things Co-op to talk about her experiences and take away from almost 2 decades of work in co-op development. Topics include: The background, mission and work of Project Equity; Abell's thoughts on how the current pandemic and economic crisis contributes to the existing "silver tsunami" and increases the possibility for conversions; Successful conversion examples by Project Equity: pizza, manufacturing; Project Equity's process of identifying potential candidates for conversion; Abell's thoughts on growing the economic sector: the path to scale. Learn more about Project Equity: https://project-equity.org/ Learn more about the referenced paper by Hilary Abell, "Worker Cooperatives: Pathways to Scale" https://democracycollaborative.org/learn/publication/worker-cooperatives-pathways-scale Hilary Abell was “bit by the cooperative bug” when she was a worker-owner at Equal Exchange in the 1990s and forever changed by witnessing how Latin American farmers used coops to transform their communities. After a decade of internationally focused community empowerment work, Hilary has worked in coop development in the Bay Area since 2003. As Executive Director of WAGES (since rebranded to Prospera), she led the organization through a period of major growth, resulting in a network of five worker-owned green cleaning businesses that created 100 healthy, dignified jobs for low-income women. Worker-owners increased their family incomes by 40-80%, built assets through robust profit sharing, and gained business skills and social capital. Hilary co-founded Project Equity while writing Worker Cooperatives: Pathways to Scale and consulting for coop development initiatives and nonprofits. For her work with Project Equity, Hilary was awarded Presidio Graduate School’s Big Idea Prize in 2013, an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2014, and a 2016 Local Economy Fellowship. She has her B.A. from Princeton University and her MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio. In her spare time, she can be found powering up a hill on her road bike or nesting with her wife and three kittens.

JUST SAY IT – S01 E23 - Esther Pearl, PIXAR Studios, and reel-stories.com*FINAL EPISODE OF SEASON ONE *Esther Pearl is the founder and Executive Director of Reel Stories. She received her Bachelor’s in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego and her M.B.A. in Sustainable Management from The Presidio Graduate School. She spent 15 years working in Production Management in the entertainment industry. The majority of Esther’s film career was spent at Pixar Animation Studios where her feature film credits include Academy Award winning films The Incredibles, Wall-e, and Monsters, Inc. Her other credits include Titanic, Starship Troopers, Armageddon, and What Dreams May Come. Esther has been honored for her contributions to Bay Area Women in Film, Television, and Media by the San Francisco Women’s Film Institute. She was a semi-finalist for the Echoing Green Fellowship awarded to a social entrepreneur addressing urgent issues in society today. In 2018, she received the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Advanced Imaging Society.www.reel-stories.comSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/my/profile)

On today's episode, you'll get to listen in on a panel discussion from a recent forum. This exciting panel features Valerie Cardwell, with Comcast NBCUniversal's Office of Sustainability, Beth Wytiaz, Global Environmental Operations Manager at Bank of America, and the panel is moderated by Becky Sternberg, Vice President of Energy and Climate Practice at 3Degrees. Beth and Valerie are going to share their renewable energy and climate goals, plus their strategies for achieving them. It's a great opportunity to look behind the curtain at these two large corporate buyers of renewable energy and not only understand their sustainability commitments but the obstacles they're overcoming to make things happen.  You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in... Meeting Beth [2:34] How Beth's day to day role plays into Bank of America's renewable commitment. [3:13] Reaching a 100% renewable goal with innovation & maximum impact. [4:13]  Meeting Valerie. [5:37] The diversity of Comcast's footprint. [6:27] Work being done to address Comcast's complexity [7:55] Enabling co-benefits from an environmental perspective. [11:15] Aligning co-benefits with internal approval. [14:01] Takeaways for a new approach in your organization. [21:00] What is the biggest lesson learned? [23:00] Public goals... and what it takes to reach them. Beth talks about the 100% renewable goal, as well as their carbon neutrality goal—two of 13 public goals—she is working towards for Bank of America. When they looked to achieve these goals they set an overarching mission. Not only for their ESG strategy, but also their responsible growth framework, and within that, they are striving to reach the 100% renewable goal in a way that is innovative but also maximizes impact. When thinking about innovation and impact while looking across all operations the first thing they did to get to carbon neutrality was to look at where they could reduce emissions. Since 2010, they've reduced emissions by 56% and are hoping to continue that trajectory beyond 2020. The next thing they did was purchase 100% renewable electricity, they have done that through leveraging a variety of tactics and ultimately building a portfolio and creating a hierarchy around where they wanted to start and focus efforts. Finally, for what's leftover within scope one and scope two emissions, there were a few things that they had to purchase carbon offsets for. Listen now to hear the full story.  Doing things differently How does one address a company like Comcast that has such a complicated footprint with many different sources and scopes of emissions and opportunities for improvements and reductions? Valerie talks about strategy and options. She mentioned that having a great partner like 3Degrees helped them to break down those options and figure out the levels and pillars that they could employ at each of their locations and for each of their business units. From there, they start with the building blocks of what makes sense for each unit and location. They are currently doing onsite solar where it fits but because of the unique footprint, they rely more on contractual arrangements and take advantage of opportunities when they arise. There is no one size fits all so everything is done differently. Key takeaways and lessons learned In this episode, they have talked about how it's important to identify who the stakeholders are, that you must understand this is a long game with a lot of complexity and options, that telling stories and meeting people where they are personally—in accordance with their values—and THEN aligning the renewables work to the broader mission of the company, is all a process that takes finesse and time.  Things rarely happen as planned. They will often take longer than you expect and some things will just fall together. Be ready to pivot and allocate or reallocate money to get things across the finish line. There are a lot of surprises; flexibility, adaptability, and a plan B will go a long way and be tremendously helpful.  Valerie Cardwell, Executive Director, Office of Sustainability, Comcast NBCUniversal Valerie Cardwell is with Comcast NBCUniversal's Office of Sustainability and is responsible for the implementation of strategic initiatives in support of Comcast NBCUniversal's Sustainability goals of Zero Waste, Zero Emissions, and 100% Renewable Energy. Valerie has been with Comcast NBCUniversal for 12 years and previously worked in organizations involving customer service, regulatory policy, and operations compliance. She previously worked at the broadband startup, Covad Communications, and Verizon where she led teams that developed and implemented operational processes that improved customer service, reduced service delivery cycle times and lowered overall costs. Valerie also executed several deals with suppliers that avoided costly litigation, increased productivity, and improved the business relationship among the companies.  In addition to her corporate experience, Valerie has worked in the consulting field. Valerie worked with Fortune 500 companies and smaller firms in the areas of leadership development and strategic planning. Valerie has a BS degree in Computer Science from Seton Hall University and an MBA in International Business from Rutgers University. Valerie considers serving her community as part of her DNA and has a personal mission statement to increase children's exposure to life's opportunities. Rebecca (Becky) Sternberg, 3Degrees Rebecca Sternberg is Vice President, Energy and Climate Practice at 3Degrees. In her role, Rebecca leads a team of experts helping corporate, university and other leaders meet their renewable energy commitments. In prior roles, Rebecca originated, led, and closed a 100MW aggregation in PJM amongst corporate buyers taking relatively equal shares; including Bloomberg, Cox Communications, Gap, Salesforce, Workday and Starbucks. She enabled a large retail energy provider in ERCOT, on behalf of their corporate customers to bring a 200MW project to contract. She also led the origination and negotiation of a 110 MW VPPA in PJM on behalf of a leading corporation, and actively initiated and negotiated other corporate, university and retail opportunities in PJM, ERCOT, MISO, and CAISO. Rebecca founded and grew the Sustainability Practice at Accenture in the early 2000s. She brings over 17 years of experience in consulting, customer experience and corporate development strategy, technology implementation, and corporate sustainability program design with organizations such as Ernst & Young, Accenture and Kaiser Permanente. In those capacities, she served clients including Chevron, Waste Management, Microsoft, multiple Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and many others. Rebecca holds an MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio, an MS in Health Science from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, a Graduate Certificate in Economics from the University of York (England) and a BA cum laude from Mount Holyoke College. Beth Wytiaz, SVP, Global Environmental Operations Manager, Bank of America Beth Wytiaz is part of the Global Environmental Group within the Environmental, Social, Governance division of Bank of America. Beth has worked in the environmental space for the past 13 years with 10 years being at Bank of America. In her current role as the Global Environmental Operations Manager, she is responsible for reducing the bank's impact on natural resources. This encompasses setting and achieving all public environmental operations goals. This includes becoming carbon neutral; purchasing 100% of electricity from renewable sources; reducing waste, water, paper, greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and energy use; managing e-waste; sourcing paper sustainably and executing the responsible sourcing program. In addition to this work, she leads the GHG emissions calculations and disclosure efforts. Beth has a Master's degree in Humanities with a focus in Environmental Studies and a Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Merchandising; both from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a big sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters, serves on the board of SpringClean and the Market Leadership Board for USGBC Carolinas as well as volunteering with a variety of other organizations. She is passionate about social and environmental issues and seeks to engage others to drive change. Connect With Smart Energy Decisions https://smartenergydecisions.com Follow them on Facebook Follow them on Twitter Follow them on LinkedIn Subscribe to Smart Energy Voices If you're interested in participating in the next edition of the SED Renewable Energy Sourcing Forum taking place on December 7-11, visit smartenergydecisions.com or email our Event Operations Director, Lisa Caroll at lisa@smartenergydecisions.com" Audio Production and Show notes by PODCAST FAST TRACK https://www.podcastfasttrack.com The online JavaScript compressor will help you optimize your scripts for a better page loading speed.

Michele Freppaz"L'adieu des glaciers"Forte di Bardhttps://www.fortedibard.it/Un affascinante viaggio alla scoperta dei ghiacciai di alcune delle cime più note delle Alpi e dei cambiamenti in atto sotto il profilo climatico. Ma non solo. Una mostra che unisce fotografia, ricerca scientifica e arte, in un dialogo iconografico carico di suggestioni tra passato e presente. Tutto questo è L'Adieu des glaciers, un progetto quadriennale promosso dal Forte di Bard che, nel 2020, parte dai ghiacciai italiani del Monte Rosa.Gli aspetti fotografici della mostra, allestita nelle Cannoniere della fortezza, sono curati da Enrico Peyrot, fotografo e ricercatore storico-fotografico, mentre gli aspetti scientifici da Michele Freppaz, professore del Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari dell'Università di Torino. L'identità glaciale del Monte Rosa viene presentata attraverso un corpus di cento fotografie inedite che raffigurano ambienti naturali e antropizzati, contesti e sodalizi storico-culturali, imprese scientifiche. Il progetto si avvale di opere di autorevoli autori e selezionate fotografie realizzate nel corso degli ultimi 150 anni e offre l'opportunità di apprezzare la qualità materico-fotografica delle stampe sia storiche che contemporanee, frutto di specifiche procedure, strumentazioni e materiali messi in opera nelle alte valli che nascono dal Monte Rosa.L'apporto dei contenuti scientifici è stato condotto in collaborazione con il Comitato Glaciologico Italiano, la Cabina di Regia dei Ghiacciai Valdostani, la Fondazione Montagna Sicura, l'Arpa Valle d'Aosta, l'Archivio Scientifico e Tecnologico Università Torino (Astut), il Dipartimento di Scienze agrarie, forestali e alimentari (Disafa) dell'Università di Torino, il Centro Interdipartimentale sui rischi naturali in ambiente montano e collinare, il Dipartimento di Neuroscienze dell'Università di Torino e con il professor Marco Giardino, segretario generale del Comitato Glaciologico Italiano e il professor Piergiorgio Montarolo, direttore dell'Istituto Scientifico Angelo Mosso. Si ringrazia per la collaborazione anche il Centro Addestramento Alpino.La mostra gode del Patrocinio di Mountain Partnership.Incontri al Forte di BardPrendono il via gli appuntamenti di Estate al Forte di Bard 2020. Giovedì 6 agosto, alle ore 20.30, per la rassegna Forte di Bard Incontri, il noto filosofo e teologo Vito Mancuso presenterà, in dialogo con Davide Mancini, il suo nuovo volume, edito da Garzanti, La forza di essere migliori (ingresso 5 euro, incluso biglietto per la visita alla mostra PhotoAnsa 2019). Riscoprendo le nostre radici che affondano nella cultura classica e nella tradizione cristiana, Vito Mancuso accompagna i lettori in un viaggio lungo il sentiero delle quattro virtù cardinali, e offre una nuova prospettiva di senso per le nostre vite in balìa dei tumultuosi venti dell'esistenza: «Perché solo colui che non cerca più di vincere e di prevalere, ma recupera il senso profondo dell'essere forte, saggio e temperante, può infine essere giusto, e fiorire in armonia con il mondo».Sabato 8 agosto, alle ore 20.30, dialogo tra il giornalista e scrittore Enrico Camanni, autore del volume Il grande libro del ghiaccio, e Michele Freppaz, professore del Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari dell'Università di Torino (ingresso 5 euro, incluso biglietto per la visita alla mostra Il Monte Rosa: ricerca fotografica e scientifica).Il grande libro del ghiaccio si dipana tra la lotta millenaria dell'uomo con il gelo e il radicale rovesciamento dei valori tra Settecento e Novecento, con la scoperta romantica dei ghiacciai, la neve degli sciatori e l'invenzione del ghiaccio artificiale, cioè la sua produzione a scopo alimentare, industriale e medico. Fino alla crisi attuale, in cui l'uomo prende coscienza della propria responsabilità di fronte al riscaldamento climatico e alla fusione dei ghiacci.Michele Freppaz è professore associato di pedologia e nivologia all'Università di Torino. Le sue ricerche si concentrano sullo studio dei suoli d'alta quota, con particolare riferimento all'influenza del manto nevoso sui cicli biogeochimici e al contributo delle valanghe all'erosione. E' stato membro del Comitato di Coordinamento della Rete LTER Italia e visiting professor presso l'Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research dell'Università del Colorado. Dal 2014 è Direttore scientifico della Summer School internazionale IPROMO (International Program on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas), in collaborazione con la FAO-Mountain Partnership.https://www.unito.it/persone/mfreppaz IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

We look at the mangroves for the future scheme and the impacts of it

I feel compelled to post one last extract from the very end of my conversation with the legendary Hunter Lovins - for those who might prefer to listen in ‘chapters', for those who might not have made it all the way through on first listening, and for those who might be particularly interested in the themes covered here. And because I'm still deeply moved by how our conversation culminated. This extract segues directly from extract 2, where Hunter left off talking about trying to figure out how the rest of the world recovers from COVID-19. We explore her brilliant stories and current views of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, Wellbeing Governments Coalition, Regenerative Communities Network, the Club of Rome, Doughnut Economics Action Lab, and how Dana Meadows' famous piece ‘Places to Intervene in a System' was born. Hunter Lovins is a best-selling author, including of the seminal Natural Capitalism, with Paul Hawken and Amory Lovins. She's also founder and President of Natural Capitalism Solutions, founding Professor of Sustainable Management at the Bard MBA, a pioneering rancher, and Chief of Impact at Change Finance. Hunter consults for companies and countries around the world, has been named Millennium TIME Magazine Hero of the Planet, and was awarded the 2008 Sustainability Pioneer Prize by the European financial community for her decades of pioneering work. Get more:
 Listen to our conversation in full wherever you get your podcasts, or at our website https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/061-were-gonna-reinvent-everything-hunter-lovins Music: The System, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra Title slide: Hunter Lovins, sourced at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/naturalcapitalism/finer-future-creating-an-economy-in-service-to-lif Thanks to our generous supporters for making this podcast possible. If you too value what you hear, and have the capacity at this time, please consider joining them, by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support Thanks for listening!

This is a second brief extract from towards the end of my conversation with the legendary Hunter Lovins. It opens by looking at the tectonic shift that is apparently underway in the capital flows that will back in regenerative economies. Where banks are already looking at the stranded fossil fuel assets they're reclaiming and wondering what to do with them. And where the opportunities on the other side of the ledger grow. I heard Hunter say not long ago that the regenerative economy was already bigger than the extractive one in her home state of Colorado. But that nobody knows. So we talk about how they found out, how they engaged with 90% of the economy on it, and where else this might be true. Along with what to look out for. So much has changed in just the last couple of months, in the world at large and in Hunter's thinking. “Things are shifting,” she says. And “you can see the shape of the future.” Hunter is a best-selling author, including of the seminal Natural Capitalism, with Paul Hawken and Amory Lovins. She's also founder and President of Natural Capitalism Solutions, founding Professor of Sustainable Management at the Bard MBA, a pioneering rancher, and Chief of Impact at Change Finance. Hunter consults for companies and countries around the world, has been named Millennium TIME Magazine Hero of the Planet, and was awarded the 2008 Sustainability Pioneer Prize by the European financial community for her decades of pioneering work. Get more: 
Listen to our conversation in full wherever you get your podcasts, or at our website https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/061-were-gonna-reinvent-everything-hunter-lovins Title slide: Hunter Lovins, sourced at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Lovins#/media/File:Hunter_Lovins.jpg Thanks to our generous supporters for making this podcast possible. If you too value what you hear, and have the capacity at this time, please consider joining them, by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support Thanks for listening!

"We can roll back climate change." - L. Hunter Lovins This is a brief extract from episode 61 with the legendary Hunter Lovins, on the importance of the bio-regional scale – place and community - in creating regenerative economies. Especially now. There are a couple of great stories in this short clip, including more of her own. Hunter is a best-selling author, including of the seminal Natural Capitalism, with Paul Hawken and Amory Lovins. She's also founder and President of Natural Capitalism Solutions, founding Professor of Sustainable Management at the Bard MBA, a pioneering rancher, and Chief of Impact at Change Finance. Hunter consults for companies and countries around the world, has been named Millennium TIME Magazine Hero of the Planet, and was awarded the 2008 Sustainability Pioneer Prize by the European financial community for her decades of pioneering work. She also recently took out the Humungous Fungus Award – which is where we start this part of our conversation! Get more:
 Listen to our conversation in full wherever you get your podcasts, or at our website https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/061-were-gonna-reinvent-everything-hunter-lovins Title slide: Hunter Lovins, by West Coast Green sourced from - https://rachelsnetwork.org/hunter/ Thanks to our generous supporters for making this podcast possible. If you too value what you hear, and have the capacity at this time, please consider joining them, by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support Thanks for listening!

Mareika, Nora and Runya Chirikure are three German-Zimbabwean sisters who currently live in Germany. They were raised in Zimbabwe, and only moved to Germany after high school. In this conversation, we explore what it meant to be mixed race in Zimbabwe, in comparison to what it means now that they are in Germany. We also dive into issues such as colourism, lightskin priviledges, and the complexities associated with being expected to choose between one's Germanness and one's Zimbabweanness.Nora is a Pan-Afrikan feminist passionate about creating spaces where people socialize, learn from one another and inspire change. She has done this through organising events in Rotterdam and in Berlin, and through co-founding the Pan-Afrikan collective, Isusu Ffena. She has a background in Economics, Politics and Philosophy, and is currently pursuing Master’s program in Economics and Management Science. In addition, she believes that economic empowerment is necessary for change to be realised, and therefore Nora is involved in the Sangano Business Hub initiative in Berlin.Mareika is currently finishing off her bachelor in Culture and History in Freiburg. She believes that it is vital to not be complacent towards the injustices in this world. She is passionate about creating space for BIPoC people to meet and exchange as she sees this as an avenuue to fight injustices that have been perpetrated through colonialism, capitalism and imperialism. Beyond this, Mareika dedicates much of her time to exploring Afrikan literatures that embody the powerful and spiritual tool of storytelling.Runya is a candidate for a Masters in Sustainable Management of Water and Energy and the co-Founder/Director at Dzidzai Edu. (an agency for study in Germany). She is passionate about sustainability, renewable energy, social innovation and development. Her Zimbabwean/German background has always encouraged her to look for a bridge between the two continents. She believes Africa is the continent of the future and seeks to make a meaningful contribution towards realizing her potential.

Hunter Lovins has been a highly influential figure for many decades in the regenerative economies movement. She is another guest that I struggle to describe in a brief intro. To give you a little idea, she's a best-selling author, including of the seminal Natural Capitalism, with Paul Hawken and Amory Lovins. She's also founder and President of Natural Capitalism Solutions, founding Professor of Sustainable Management at the Bard MBA, a pioneering rancher, and Chief of Impact at Change Finance. Hunter consults for companies and countries around the world, has been named Millennium TIME Magazine Hero of the Planet, and was awarded the 2008 Sustainability Pioneer Prize by the European financial community for her decades of pioneering work. I could go on. Oh, she also recently took out the Humungous Fungus Award – and we will talk about that! I heard Hunter say not long ago, before the pandemic, that her research suggests the regenerative economy is already bigger than the extractive one in her home state of Colorado. But that nobody knows! So I asked Hunter if she'd join me to talk about it, along with how things are changing right now, and of course some of her brilliant life story. Like my other extensive conversations with legendary figures in this space, like Hazel Henderson and Paul Hawken, this one drifted into ever more meaningful and heart felt exchanges as we went. I hope you enjoy this journey through Hunter's life, these transforming times, and where we can go from here. Our conversation includes why she ditched being a lawyer and accidentally became a regenerative rancher, her retrospective view on change and approaches to it over the decades (spoiler alert – where were the stories?), and the growing number of calls she's receiving asking how to build a regenerative economy out of the COVID collapse. So much of her thinking, she says, has changed in just the last couple of months - from what's needed to transition towards renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, and the finance to back it in, to how she goes about her own life and work. Hunter's is a trans-partisan vision where we're all in for societies that are better for people and planet – genuine prosperity. She's helped set up so much of the world's work to this end – including more recently the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and the Regenerative Communities Network. Dana Meadows' famous leverage points piece – Places to Intervene in a System – was seeded on Hunter's whiteboard. This prompts a moving conclusion to our conversation reflecting on some of Dana's profound insight. We're up against it, but we can still make something good of this situation, Hunter believes. Tectonic shifts are upon us. So where and how do we go from here? This episode was recorded online on 7 May 2020. Get more: Hunter's organisation, Natural Capitalism Solutions - https://natcapsolutions.org/ Her most recent book ‘A Finer Future: Creating an economy in service to life' - http://ourfinerfuture.com/ John Fullerton's 8 principles (or qualities, as he's currently speaking of them) of a regenerative economy - https://capitalinstitute.org/8-principles-regenerative-economy/ Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) - https://wellbeingeconomy.org/ Regenerative Communities Network - http://fieldguide.capitalinstitute.org/regenerative-communities-network.html Music: The System, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra. Thanks to you, our generous supporters, for making this podcast possible. If you too value what you hear, and you have the capacity at this time, please consider joining them, by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. And get in touch any time by text or audio at https://www.regennarration.com/story Thanks for listening!

Evelyn Lee, AIA, is the first ever Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies. Evelyn seamlessly integrates her business and architecture background with a qualitative and quantitative focus to build a better workplace experience for Slack Employees, visitors, and guests.  Evelyn received her Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors in 2002 from Drury University where she minored in Global Studies while playing on the Women’s Soccer Team. In 2003 she received her Masters of Architecture degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Most recently, in 2012, Evelyn finished a dual MPA (Masters Public Administration)/MBA (Masters Business Administration) in Sustainable Management from the Presidio Graduate School. She is widely published, wrote a monthly column for Contract magazine for over 3 years, and now is a frequent contributor to Architect Magazine. Evelyn has received numerous industry awards including the 2016 40 Under 40 award for Building Design + Construction and the 2014 AIA National Young Architects Award. She currently serves as the first ever female Treasurer to the AIA National Board. Evelyn has been a featured Keynote Speaker, Invited Guest, Panelist, and Moderator at national design and architecture conferences including AIA National Convention, Dwell on Design, and Women in Green. Her topics focus on developing knowledge leadership, organizational change management, capacity building, stakeholder engagement, and strategic approaches to put design thinking into practice. Evelyn has over 15 years working with individuals, organizations, and companies who are interested in applying design thinking to their decision-making process.

(Re)Humans Series with Rodrigo V. Cunha and guest today Amanda Joy Ravenhill. Amanda is Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, which is dedicated to accelerating the development and deployment of strategies that radically regenerate Earth's ecosystems. She previously held the role of Co-Founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. Amanda Joy is a member of The Seastars, an acapella group blending harmonies with new narratives of a future that works for 100% of life. She is also an avid gardener, stewarding her small backyard farm to build soil, host pollinators, create medicines, and grow food.Other positions she has held include lecturer at Presidio Graduate School, teaching the Principles of Sustainable Management course; co-founder of The Hero Hatchery, a climate activist fellowship program; Business Partnership Coordinator at 350.org; and Americorp Sustainable Communities and Education Fellow. Amanda Joy is driven by her experience living and working internationally as well as her enthusiasm to integrate design and science. She lectures and speaks publicly on climate, biochar, regenerative design, carbon drawdown strategies, mindfulness, and systems thinking. She is an active member of the international community focused on addressing imminent global challenges and welcomes you to join her in weaving the tale of our planet’s regenerative metamorphosis. --

Jessica Karr consults with start-ups focusing on product, biotechnology, and impact strategy. As the number twelve employee of Impossible Foods, she has been part of the plant-based and clean meat revolution from the start. In her role for 6+ years in R&D at Impossible Foods, she contributed to designing and launching the Impossible burger by integrating consumer insights with technical understanding of flavor chemistry, sensory data, and protein biochemistry. Through her consulting work, she has engaged start-ups locally and internationally to launch new plant-based food products by building product roadmaps, business strategies, and researching market opportunities. She is dedicated to growing mission-driven technologies by leveraging her multi-disciplinary background (MS in Biochemistry and MBA in Sustainable Management), and is passionate about products that improve human and planetary health. She is currently the the Head of Product and Research at UMANA, co-chair of Slow Food San Francisco, and an advisor to two plant-based food technology start-ups. Links: Linkedin and Website. Kickstarter Campaign for WALTIC --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/makeclimatecool/message

Imagine being married 3 times, and feeling on the verge of suicide, and then getting WOKE! Woke to your truth and become radically aligned to your truth about what you wanted for your life. You got specific, dumped the bullshit, set the boundaries that would save you and make you say, "Oh shit!" Welcome to Bob Gower's world. A world were radical alignment is not only the title of his forthcoming book but also the way he lives his life. What might happen for you if you radically aligned to your truth with intentions, honoring your concerns, setting boundaries, and allowing your dreams to fully come to life? That is the focus of our radically aligned conversation today about getting in alignment with yourself. About BobOrganizations are a superpower for humans. They help us thrive. Yet many organizations are failing to thrive—or just plain failing—because they’re not able to /adapt fast enough/ to our uncertain, fast-changing world. Bob Gower helps organizations improve performance by /designing future-ready systems/ that help people work more effectively now, and adapt more easily to future changes.  In his talks, Bob explores: What makes organizations and teams succeed? Why do they fail? How can we work together more successfully?   In his consulting work, Bob helps organizations design teams and streamline systems, to perform at the highest level. The result? Increased speed and agility, more productive associates, happier clients, lower costs. Bob’s work helping people build better organizations grew out of curiosity and a strong sense that we can be and do better. For ourselves. For others. For our organizations. For our planet.  As a young adventurer, exploring life, relationships and cultures, Bob: Researched the Shaker movement in college. Explored the backcountry of the US and Canada, doing manual labor.  Journeyed for 3 months from Bangkok, though Laos, to Hanoi. Went to Japan to study Zen and martial arts; arriving with a few hundred dollars and a backpack, he made a life there for 6 years by playing in a traditional Irish band. (The Japanese loved it.) Drove across Cuba having adventures involving rum and art. These experiences /made culture visible/ to Bob. He understood in a profound way that there are a wide variety of ways to live and work.  The corporate world provided insights into what is effective—and isn’t—in work cultures, as he: Led creative teams as design director at the SF Examiner, leading its re-design, and early digital presences for MSNBC, Newsweek, Discovery, and others. Became expert in agile software development and lean theory as product leader for Silicon Valley startups MaestroConference and Genius Inc. Traveled the world for Rally Software as an Agile Coach, specializing in enterprise-level Agile transformations.  Bob Gower saw people and organizations fall far short of their potential. He realized that bad behavior toward customers and employees is often unintentional—it is driven by organizational /structures/ and /habits/ and /communication/ /patterns./  Bob earned an MBA in Sustainable Management, learning how to build organizations that deliver value and financial performance, as they better serve all stakeholders. Bob also earned a certificate in Positive Psychology, focusing on what helps us thrive.  One of the earliest expert practitioners of Agile, Bob wrote the bestselling book /Agile Business: A Leader’s Guide to Harnessing Complexity/.  Bob now helps organizations become /Future-Ready, By Design/. He: Facilitates meetings and workshops with C-Suite executives and boards Helps apply agile and self-management principles, working at the highest levels of corporations, including GE and Chanel.   Guides clients including Ford, Travelers, and Spotify in applying agile and lean methodologies, and...

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie are discussing feet and the importance of maintaining healthy foot muscle function.  Your feet are the foundation of your body, and if your foot muscles are dysfunctional, there will likely be dysfunction throughout your body. Julie and Charlie discuss why it is so important to keep your foot muscles strong and functioning well, as well as what you can do at home to help improve the strength and function of your feet. Check out this week's episode for all of the details! Links referenced in this week's episode can be found below: E67 - How Stiff & Supportive Shoes Are Affecting You In More Ways Than You Think Flat Feet - Why Your Feet MUST Flatten List of certified Muscle Activation Techniques® specialists

To B or Not to B: A Nature Lover Turns Businesses into Benefit-Driven Brands About this episode: "[They've got some stuff] that makes good headlines on sustainability, but it is not moving many at all on the speed of urgency." - Jen Boyton, regarding her decision to "break up" with Amazon.com As a young child growing up in rustic New Hampshire, Jen Boynton discovered the joys of nature. Play for her and her siblings was dirty, lots of sticks and stones...and mud. In 2007, she helped to launch and scale Triple Pundit which grew to become one of largest sources of news and information in the sustainability and social responsibility sectors. Then in 2018, after exiting Triple Pundit, she founded BTargetedMarketing, a marketing services company based in San Diego that maximizes the localistic impacts of for-profit and non-profit brands and the people who work for them. In this podcast episode, you will discover her: Early childhood work dreams [starts at 3:00] Unconventional schooling experience [starts at 5:44] Pivot into the business world [starts at 18:49] Business philosophy for BTargetedMarketing [starts at 23:54] Breakup with Amazon [starts at 30:04] About our Guest From early on, Jen Boynton's life path aligned with nature and community. And family dinner table conversations revolved around current events and politics. Jen's passion for the natural world and social responsibility continues to this day through her innovative business, BTargetedMarketing. Jen received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pitzer College and an MBA in Sustainable Management from the Presidio School of Management. She and her family live in San Diego, California. EPISODE DATE: November 1, 2019 Published work: Why I'm Breaking Up with Amazon Social media: Website Twitter Page Photo credits: Green Cityscape, iStock Photo; Photographic Portrait, Jen Boynton

Prof. Dr Elisabeth Fröhlich is the President of Cologne Business School since May 2013. Through its business programs, Prof. Fröhlich efforts are always toward balancing the traditional business school curriculum with an emphasis on sustainable business topics and values. That emphasis has made CBS the fastest-growing sustainability-focused graduate school. Being the board member of several scientific organizations - BME Region Cologne, Institute for Sustainable Management and Business Ambassador for the City of Cologne she has been active in linking the business world with the education system. Join us as we explore how Prof. Fröhlich is tackling the challenges of the ever-changing education system to make it more sustainable. Happy SustainAbility!

Catherine looks at sustainable management of cold environments for your GCSE Geography exam. In this episode, she will look at different ways of managing cold environments in a sustainable way, such as through conservation groups and international agreements. Ideal for preparing your for GCSE Geography exam. For more info visit www.senecalearning.com/blog/gcse-geography-revision

Catherine looks at sustainable management of cold environments for your GCSE Geography exam. In this episode, she will look at different ways of managing cold environments in a sustainable way, such as through conservation groups and international agreements. Ideal for preparing your for GCSE Geography exam. For more info visit www.senecalearning.com/blog/gcse-geography-revision

Leveraging Your Skills as an Architect Beyond Traditional Practice Evelyn Lee received her Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors in 2002 from Drury University where she minored in Global Studies while playing on the Women's Soccer Team. In 2003 she received her Masters of Architecture degree from SCI-Arc. And Most recently, in 2012, Evelyn finished a dual MPA (Masters Public Administration)/MBA (Masters Business Administration) in Sustainable Management from the Presidio Graduate School. You may recognize her name Evelyn is widely published and wrote a monthly column for Contract magazine for over 3 years. She has received numerous industry awards including the 2016 40 Under 40 award for Building Design + Construction and the 2014 AIA National Young Architects Award. She currently serves as Director-At-Large for the National Board of Directors for the AIA. Listen to this episode of EntreArchitect Podcast where host Mark R. LePage discusses Leveraging Your Skills as an Architect Beyond Traditional Practice with Evelyn Lee. Learn more about Evelyn at her website http://practiceofarchitecture.com (Practice of Architecture). Visit our Platform Sponsors Freshbooks is the easy way to send invoices, manage expenses, and track your time. Access your free 30 day trial at https://entrearchitect.com/freshbooks (EntreArchitect.com/FreshBooks). (Enter EntreArchitect) ARCAT has huge libraries of free content, Specs, CAD, BIM and more. No registration required. Want to collaborate with colleagues in real time? Visit https://entrearchitect.com/ARCAT (EntreArchitect.com/ARCAT) and click Charrette for more information. Gusto is making payroll, benefits, and HR easy for small businesses. Learn more at https://entrearchitect.com/Gusto (EntreArchitect.com/Gusto). Referenced in this Episodehttps://entrearchitect.com/foundations/ () https://entrearchitect.com/group (Request Free Access at The EntreArchitect Community on Facebook) https://entrearchitect.com/itunes (Leave a Rating and Review for the Podcast at iTunes) Download our powerful new tool: https://entrearchitect.com/billingratecalculator/ (The EntreArchitect Hourly Billing Rate Calculator) The post https://entrearchitect.com/podcast/entrearch/leveraging-your-skills-as-an-architect/ (EA262: Leveraging Your Skills as an Architect Beyond Traditional Practice [Podcast]) appeared first on https://entrearchitect.com (EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects).

Historically, civilizations collapse when there are high levels of inequality and depleted resources. Hunter Lovins argues that we either solve the climate crisis now, or we lose everything we care about. But the good news is, we CAN build an economy in service to life, one that reverses climate change—at a profit. Hunter is the President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, a nonprofit dedicated to the development of innovative climate change and sustainability solutions for companies, countries and communities. A renowned author and champion of sustainable development, Hunter has 35-plus years of consulting experience in the realm of sustainable agriculture, energy, business, water, security and climate policy. She lectures regularly to audiences around the globe and serves as a professor of Sustainable Management at Bard MBA. Time Magazine recognized Hunter as a Millennium Hero for the Planet, and Newsweek referred to her as the Green Business Icon. Today, Hunter joins Ross, Christophe and Paul to discuss her work helping to design MBA programs in sustainability and walk us through the fundamentals of the Bard program in New York City. She share the impetus for her new book, A Finer Future, explaining how we can solve climate change quickly AND at a profit. Listen in for Hunter’s insight on the eight principles of regenerative capitalism, the role of human dignity in Gross National Wellbeing, and what YOU can do to support a regenerative economy in your local community.   Connect with Nori  Nori Nori’s Republic Campaign Nori on Facebook Nori on Twitter Nori on Medium Nori on YouTube Email hello@nori.com Nori White Paper Subscribe on iTunes   Resources Natural Capitalism Solutions A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service to Life by Hunter Lovins, Stewart Wallis, Anders Wijkman and John Fullerton Bard MBA in Sustainability John Lewis David Brower Earth Island Institute Rocky Mountain Institute Richard Gray Presidio Graduate School Conference of the Parties on Climate Change Laura Gitman Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index IPCC Report on Climate Change HANDY Thought Experiment Alliance for Sustainability and Prosperity Dr. Robert Costanza Jacqueline McGlade Richard Wilkinson Kate Pickett The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett Chris Laszlo Andrew Winston   Key Takeaways [1:35] Hunter’s path to reversing climate change Mother worked in coal fields with John Lewis Father mentored Chavez and King Worked with David Brower in 1960’s Created Rocky Mountain Institute, Natural Capitalism  [4:28] Hunter’s work creating MBA programs in sustainability San Francisco in 2002, first accredited program Idea to bake sustainability into all classes (vs. add-on) Eventually created own business school in Bard [7:08] The fundamentals of the Bard program Diversity of students (Wall Street, entrepreneurs, NGOs) Teaches to drive change in world Use city as living lab (i.e.: sustainability consulting)  [9:15] The impetus for Hunter’s book, A Finer Future Bhutan’s concept of Gross National Happiness High levels of inequality + overrun resources = collapse Tasked with reinventing global economy Global team of scholars build economy in service to life Solve climate crisis at profit (better business) [15:28] How to solve climate change quickly at a profit Fall in cost of solar, storage (e.g.: batteries) Electric and driverless cars Carbon storage through regenerative agriculture Apply science of holistic grazing to grasslands [30:53] Hunter’s take on the appeal to greed Neoliberal narrative of ‘greedy bastards’ is wrong Pre-human species that survived cared for good of whole Move toward genuine equity, safe and just space for all [33:19] Nori’s aim to blend economics with meaning Humans drives to acquire, defend, bond + make meaning ‘Global weirding’ of weather (i.e.: hurricanes, draught) Solve climate crisis OR lose everything we care about [36:31] Hunter’s insight on the original neoliberals Good intentions to fight what had trashed planet Missed individual human dignity core to sense of happiness [38:58] John Fullerton’s eight principles of regenerative capitalism Right relationship Holism Empowered participation Edge effect abundance Circularity Seeks balance Ability to entrepreneur Honors place [45:02] Hunter’s call to action for listeners Join WEAll, build own regenerative economy locally More interconnected = more resilient

Bob Gower helps organizations become faster, better, and happier. He is an authority on agile development, lean theory, and responsive organizational design, and the author of Agile Business: A Leader's Guide to Harnessing Complexity. Bob has advised leaders at numerous companies—including GE, Ford, Chanel, and Spotify—in creating more effective organizations. He holds an MBA in Sustainable Management, is a Certified Positive Psychology Practitioner, and speaks and publishes regularly on what it takes to build great organizations. Bob is the author of the new book “Getting to Hell Yes”, along with his wife Alexandra Jamieson, and together they will be leading a workshop at Responsive Conference 2018 on generative conversations that will change your business (and the rest of your life). This video was recorded at the 1st Annual Responsive Conference in 2016. Learn more: http://responsiveconference.com

Dr. Michael Lizotte is Sustainability Officer at UNC Charlotte since 2013.  He previously filled that role at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where he was professor of ecology and helped start an environmental studies program and an online MS in Sustainable Management.  Dr. Lizotte has research administration experience with an oceanography institute and NASA. To study the ecology of algae, he made 12 trips to Antarctica and 1 to the Arctic.  Lizotte Creek in Antarctica is named in his honor. Mike Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Incorporating light rail on campus and impacts on sustainability goals and performance How sustainability affects the products of higher education Raising sustainability issues that may not be popular with all stakeholders Using AASHE STARS to guide sustainability improvement Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Mike's Final Five Question Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? I think the best advice I can give people is that they have to learn that they can't do all of this on their own, but that almost everything you do is going to happen via some kind of partnership with other people. I don't know of any good examples where someone is really given the reigns of the organization or enough resources to actually be able to do that. It's kind of expected right now that we're going to conduct our work through persuasion and various other sort of leadership skills. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? Well, there is a tendency to get attracted by the piece that's sort of right in front of you, but I'm spending an awful lot of time looking at transportation. I think even in the decade or so that I have left before I might retire, I think things are going to change radically. They may just change because experimental systems need a place to be tested and the universities may be the places that are going to try this. So we may be the first ones that see some smaller scale autonomous vehicle use and test out what does it look like when you really do these radical changes to a community. What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read? That was an easy question. So the one that I'm always recommending to folks is Bob Willard's Sustainability Champion's Guidebook. It's just the nicest little book and I'm always going back and flipping through it and getting ideas. It is a series of models, so I'll admit I'm kind of drawn to it from that aspect, but I think he does a great job with summarizing a lot of ideas and creating a way that someone who is supposed to lead can configure out, "how am I going to get all these other people involved or how am I going to make these persuasive arguments." What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in the work that you do? One that's been wonderful for me is just the networks that were formed. Before I arrived here in North Carolina, in Charlotte, I belonged to one network of sustainability officers at universities across the southeast. Just having that monthly call is wonderful. An entirely separate network is one here in the city of Charlotte where some fairly large corporate headquarter sustainability officers are available along with other large organizations. So, I get to see things and solutions that aren't necessarily being talked about at the university. There's even a smaller effort here, which is sustainability leaders having to do with the hospitality industry.  So, wherever you are, I would just say try to find those networks. For the most part they're not Internet based, but they are primarily networks of people who are still doing things face to face or via the telephone. And finally where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work that you're leading at UNC Charlotte. We hope to be getting a lot more attention through the UNC a main page, that's you www.uncc.edu. We have a new plan coming out and we're hoping that the initiatives get more attention from the university, but they're already fairly good at covering regular events and things like that that we do on campus.

Will the political crisis in the Maldives unravel their tourism industry and bring about climate disaster?Featuring:Azim Zahir - PhD Candidate in the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at the University of Western Australia. Stephen Schweinsberg - Lecturer in Sustainable Management at the University of Technology Sydney Business School. David Beirman - Senior Lecturer in the Management Discipline Group at the University of Technology Sydney. Producer: Jake Morcom.

You say you want a revolution… How about a ‘design science revolution’? Coined by R. Buckminster Fuller, the idea advocates for an alternative to politics that makes war obsolete, optimizes planetary resources for the benefit of all, and uses nature’s existing order to guide human design.   Amanda Ravenhill is the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, an organization dedicated to building on the legacy of systems visionary, inventor, and architect R. Buckminster Fuller to solve complex global problems through design thinking education. Prior to her work with the institute, Amanda taught Principles of Sustainable Management at Presidio Graduate School, served as business Partnership Coordinator at 350.org, and held the role of Executive Director of Project Drawdown. Amanda is an advisor to the Center for Carbon Removal and a member of the Nexus Global Climate Change Working Group steering committee.  Today, Amanda sits down with Ross and Christophe to share the vision of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and its namesake’s legacy as an early environmentalist, humanitarian, and techno-optimist with a global vision of the future. They discuss how Nori fits into that vision as part of the ‘design science revolution’ and how the transparency of the blockchain aligns with Fuller’s ideas. Amanda offers insight into the origin of the Drawdown Project, describing the details of how solutions like the education of women and girls have cascading benefits that include reversing climate change. Listen in for Amanda’s advice around approaching problems with design thinking and learn about the groundbreaking work of Regenesis Group.   Resources Buckminster Fuller Institute Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming edited by Paul Hawken Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by R. Buckminster Fuller Grunch of Giants by R. Buckminster Fuller Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking by R. Buckminster Fuller Synergetics 2: Further Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking by R. Buckminster Fuller Inventory of World Resources, Human Trends and Needs Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach Burning Man IDEATE Regenesis Group The Regenerative Business: Redesign Work, Cultivate Human Potential, Achieve Extraordinary Outcomes by Carol Sanford Savory Institute Allan Savory TED Talk GreenWave Ocean Farming   Key Takeaways [3:00] Amanda’s WHY in working with Buckminster Fuller Ensure climate change used as positive catalyst to transform the world [4:54] The fundamentals of biochar Collect residue, starve of oxygen to produce energy Supercharges land, fertilizer not necessary Addresses several problems with one solution [7:19] The aim of the Buckminster Fuller Institute Make world work for 100% of humanity in shortest possible time Spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense, disadvantage to anyone [10:28] Fuller’s concept of dymaxion Blending of dynamic, maximum and tension Do more with less [13:42] The role Nori plays in Fuller’s vision Carbon balancing integral part of ‘design science revolution’ War obsolete with enough to go around [18:47] How the blockchain fits with Fuller’s vision Grunch of Giants addresses dangers of centralization Decentralized system combats oppression [21:52] The idea of Burning Man Experiment in community based in gifting economy You AND me vs. you OR me, plus radical self-reliance [27:06] How the education of women and girls impacts climate change Every year over primary education = 10-20% more in wages Family planning has cascading benefits beyond population [30:34] Amanda’s advice around approaching problems with design thinking Explore work of Regenesis Group Operate, maintain, sustain and regenerate [33:15] How winners of the Fuller Challenge are selected Comprehensive perspective, utilize design science Notable winners include Savory Institute, GreenWave [36:04] The significance of ‘Team Trillion Tons’ Reduction from 410 ppm to 280 ppm requires removal of 1T tonnes of CO2

Esther Pearl, Founder and Executive Director of Camp Reel Stories CampReelStories.com Esther Pearl is the founder and Executive Director of Camp Reel Stories. She received her Bachelor’s in Visual Arts from U.C.S.D and her M.B.A. in Sustainable Management from The Presidio Graduate School. She has spent 15 years working in Production Management in the Entertainment Industry. The majority of her career was spent at Pixar Animation Studios where her feature film credits include Academy Award winning films The Incredibles and Wall-e, as well as Monsters, Inc. Her other credits include; Titanic, Starship Troopers, Armageddon and What Dreams May Come. She was also a founding board member and the former President of the Board of Bay Area Girls Rock Camp (BAGRC). Esther believes in the power of great storytelling to create social change. Esther lives in Oakland with her husband and two children. During our chat, we discussed a number of fantastic topics...included among those are: - Esther-osophy - What a story manager does - What separates a good story from a great story - The state of the entertainment industry today - How women can break into entertainment and what Esther is doing - Camp Reel Stories and how it's impacting girls of all background to be tomorrow's storytellers We give shout outs to: RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) Camp Reel Stories Women in Animation

The rubric "Miscellanea" constitutes a collection of lectures held by visiting fellows in various different contexts at the Center for Advanced Studies LMU. | Center for Advanced Studies: 09.06.2016 | Speaker: Prof. em. Roland W. Scholz | Moderation: Dr. Caroline Gutjahr

The rubric "Miscellanea" constitutes a collection of lectures held by visiting fellows in various different contexts at the Center for Advanced Studies LMU. | Center for Advanced Studies: 09.06.2016 | Speaker: Prof. em. Roland W. Scholz | Moderation: Dr. Caroline Gutjahr

As much as 40 percent of all the food produced in the United States never gets eaten and typically ends up in landfills or goes unharvested in the field, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Megan Burritt, Aspen Institute First Mover Fellow and director of sustainability and wellness at Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, saw an opportunity to address this issue, developing pathways that connect fresh food waste in the supply chain with food insecure consumers. This led the company to design a new program, dubbed “Real Good” produce, to sell imperfect fruits and vegetables to food insecure customers, at a highly discounted price. Learn more about this program here: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/about/blog/aspen-first-mover-fellow-tackles-food-waste-while-feeding-food-insecure#sthash.a2q39kN1.dpuf (http://www.aspeninstitute.org/about/blog/aspen-first-mover-fellow-tackles-food-waste-while-feeding-food-insecure#sthash.a2q39kN1.dpuf) TOPICDecreasing Food Waste Through the Real Good Produce Program GUESTMegan Burritt is Raley’s Supermarkets Director of Wellness and Sustainability. Passionate about creating sustainable food systems and bringing good, clean food to the everyday American, Meg has lived every link in the food chain, from working on the farm to line cooking to category management. Meg attended Stanford as an undergrad, majoring in Human Biology, and is a graduate of Presidio Graduate School where she obtained an MBA in Sustainable Management. As a 2014 First Movers Fellow with the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program, Meg continues to learn and grow as an innovator. First Movers is a group of exceptional innovators in business who are creating new products, services and management practices that achieve greater profitability and positive social and environmental impacts. Meg lives in beautiful Curtis Park, Sacramento where she enjoys baking, riding bikes and spending time with her veterinarian wife, Amanda, and their family of rescue animals. Twitter – https://twitter.com/misskeen (https://twitter.com/misskeen) LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganburritt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganburritt) ORGANIZATIONRaley’s Supermarkets (also known as Raley’s Family of Fine Stores) is a privately held, family-owned, regional grocery chain that operates stores under the Raley’s, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods, and Food Source names in northern California and Nevada. Raley’s operates 128 stores, 40 of them in the Greater Sacramento area and employs around 13,400 workers today. Headquartered in West Sacramento, California, Raley’s is the dominant supermarket operator in the Sacramento metropolitan area. TAKEAWAY QUOTES“Up to 40% of the food that we grow here in America is often wasted before it gets to the consumer. That’s the high end of the statistic, but it really is mind boggling when you think about that much food that we’re putting resources into growing, that isn’t getting into the hands of people who would like to eat it.” “At Raley’s we do still have some produce waste because some of it just goes off while it’s waiting to be purchased at the grocery store. And we actually divert from the landfill. We send all of our produce waste to an anaerobic bio-digester where it becomes essentially compost and then natural gas energy.” “We are used to selling only one type of very perfectly shaped, sized, and colored fruits and vegetables in conventional grocery stores. So to go out here with this what people sometime call “ugly produce” we were taking a little bit of a risk. But we did see a really positive reception with our consumers that they understand that every fruit and vegetable is unique and it’s still nutritious and delicious no matter what it looks like.” “People don’t realize that the food sector is the largest producer of greenhouse gasses of all our sectors, including transportation. So if you have an industry that’s wasting 40% of its effort, there’s this huge opportunity to...

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised South Africa's commitment in addressing challenges relating to sustainable management of the world's forests. Ramaphosa was addressing delegates at the 14th World Forestry Congress in Durban. Meanwhile, experts in the forestry sector and civil society groups have called for more bold and urgent measures for preserving the already under pressure forests of the world. Zanele Buthelezi reports

Dr. Paraskevi Karachle is a researcher in the field of Fishery Science, a broad field spanning topics such as fish biology, feeding ecology and ecomorphology. We talk about the implications of what do fish eat, why they eat it and how they adapt. Furthermore, Dr. Karachle’s research is related to the management of aquatic resources and fisheries, feeding ecology and diet, and how fish interact with each other and other aquatic organisms. The applications and the repercussions of the this research spans a wide area from ecosystem preservation and sustainability to commercial applications. We then talk about Maritime Spatial Planning, the regional/geological mapping and planning of the sea, an activity with huge impact on several applications which involve the use of sea ecosystem resources and capabilities - from touristic enterprises and fishing to offshore wind-farms. Finally we discuss Dr. Karachle’s work on stakeholder management and involvement in fishery science and specifically about the “Citizen Scientist” initiative - an activity aiming to outreach to and leverage the involvement of every non-scientist stakeholder in order to rapidly expand the knowledge- and information- base in the field. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

Dr Sonal Choudhary describes the importance of producing sustainable food throughout the whole supply chain. Dr Choudhary discusses all the contributing factors which may affect the sustainability of the food chain; including resource scarcity and climate change. Dr Sonal Choudhary is a Lecturer in Sustainable Management at Sheffield University Management School. Music is Dust in Sunlight by Poddington Bear.

This is a revision podcast for CCEA GCSE Geography Unit 1: Understanding Our Natural World (Physical Geog). A2Theme A: The Dynamic Landscape Part 2 dealing with Part 3: Coastal Processes and Features Part 5: Sustainable Management of Coasts

This is a revision podcast for CCEA GCSE Geography Unit 1: Understanding Our Natural World (Physical Geog). A1 Theme A: The Dynamic Landscape Part 1 dealing with Part 1: The Drainage Basin: A component of the Water Cycle Part 2: River Processes and Features Part 4: Sustainable Management of Rivers

Mark Ashton, Morris K. Jessup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology and Director of the School Forests, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, provides a historical overview of forest management and land use. Professor Ashton discusses the changing uses of forests and how cycles of industrialization, degradation, rehabilitation and sustainability are affected by changing capitalization values. He also traces the beginnings of scientific forestry in Europe and America, and notes the strategies that forest managers and policymakers may use in the future.

Aired 08/12/08 Hunter Lovins is the founder and President of Natural Capitalism, Inc. and Natural Capitalism Solutions, a non-profit in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. A professor at Presidio School of Management's MBA in Sustainable Management program, she has co-authored several books including NATURAL CAPITALISM: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution and 2006 CLIMATE PROTECTION MANUAL FOR CITIES. Trained as a sociologist and lawyer, Hunter co-founded the California Conservation Project (Tree People), and Rocky Mountain Institute, which she led for 20 years. Named millennium Hero for the Planet by Time Magazine, she received the Right Livelihood Award, and the Leadership in Business Award.

Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chair of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Director General, Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board (CARB) Ray Lane, Managing partner of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Greg Dalton, Commonwealth Club Vice President, founder of The Club's Climate One Initiative PANEL: Leading a transformation to a global low-carbon economy Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Mary Nichols and Ray Lane will address questions concerning California’s leading role in the fight against dangerous climate change. What is the state of science on the causes and impacts of global warming? Can California consumers, corporations and policymakers facilitate systemic change and spur others to act? What are the costs and what are the opportunities? What role does innovation play? “California's culture of innovation is helping to drive the world towards more sustainable ways of producing, consuming and being,” comments Greg Dalton, Club VP and Director of The Club’s new Climate One Program, who orchestrated the program. “The changes are profound and promising. And yet leading environmental scientists such as R.K. Pachauri say we all need to do more, much more.” Pachauri, chair of the IPCC since 2002, is also the director general of the Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi, devoted to researching and promoting sustainable development. Selected by The United Nations Development Program as a Part Time Adviser in the area of Energy and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, Pachauri holds an M.S. in industrial engineering, a Ph.D. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in economics from North Carolina State University. Nichols, appointed chair of CARB by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2007, also served as CARB chair under Governor Jerry Brown. Her history includes serving as assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air and Radiation, Secretary for California's Resources Agency, and Director of the University of California, Los Angeles Institute of the Environment. Considered one of California’s first environmental lawyers, Nichols has paved the way for greater air quality. She has her Juris Doctorate degree from Yale Law School and a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University Lane, Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has sponsored several investments for the firm in clean and alternative energy including Ausra (solar concentrator), Fisker Automotive (plug-in hybrid car), Th!nk NA (electric car), Luca Technologies (biologically enhanced gas recovery from fossilized hydrocarbons). Before joining KPCB, Lane was President and Chief Operating Officer of Oracle Corporation, the second-largest software company in the world. Lane received a Bachelor's degree in mathematics and an honorary Ph.D. in Science from West Virginia University (WVU).

Pioneering Environmental MBA Programs in the Bay Area In the past four years, three environmental MBA programs have been launched in the United States, two of which are in the Bay Area. New College of San Francisco pioneered the concept with its Green MBA, launched in 2001. Presidio World College’s Presidio School of Management enrolled its first students for its MBA in Sustainable Management in 2003. (For the benefit of curious listeners…the program outside the Bay Area is Bainbridge Graduate Institute in Washington State, which began to offer its MBA in Sustainable Business in 2002.) Unlike traditional MBA programs, in which students take a standard course of study their first year and then have the option of taking individual classes or doing a specialization in environment or sustainability, environmental MBA programs integrate issues of the environment and sustainability from the beginning of the first year. Terra Verde’s guests are from New College and the Presidio School of Management. The post Terra Verde – August 5, 2005 appeared first on KPFA.