Green jobs/businesses
Women Climate Innovators Band Together
We speak with a co-founder of The Greenhouse, an online community of women climate innovators turning their business ideas into reality. Along with two members of this online community, we discover the inner workings of how these women entrepreneurs are overcoming many obstacles by offering each other practical and emotional support.
Neighbors Build Climate Resilience in Their Watersheds
We speak with guests from the Watershed Project, an organization protecting and restoring our landscapes that drain into waterways: creeks, rivers, and the San Francisco Bay. We’ll learn how they work with thousands of neighbors to envision, build, and celebrate “green infrastructure” and clean water projects that use nature-based solutions, such as trees and native plants. Teachers and young people benefit from their education and internship programs.
Cultivating Their Own Sustainable Food Systems: Indigenous and Black Communities
Meet folks in the San Francisco Bay Area and Detroit, Michigan who’re reclaiming the right to feed themselves and own their communities’ ecologically sustainable food systems. They’re restoring cultural and spiritual ties with the Earth, building their local economies, and healing historical traumas. Their work is tied to broader movements for climate justice, land justice, and water justice, with implications for resilience and ecological health.
The Black Church’s Inspiring Work in Environmental Justice
We delve into the inspiring journey of the Black Church in its pursuit of environmental justice. Joined by Reverend Dr. Ambrose Carroll, co-founder of Green The Church, we explore the role the Black Church plays in driving positive change by bridging faith and sustainability. Prepare to be motivated as we discover the Black Church’s unwavering commitment to creating a more equitable and environmentally friendly future.
Giving Eco-Friendly Gifts
We hear from Abbe Clemons, owner of Simple, an eco-market in San Francisco. Abbe discusses how to choose and give gifts with the planet’s health in mind – no matter the occasion. She offers ideas about avoiding plastic, and considering climate-friendly choices. Abbe says: “Hopefully it’s such an easy alternative that it just becomes a natural part of your life.”
Building Electrification: a climate solution with a public health benefit
We talk to Sean Armstrong from Redwood Energy, with over 25 years of experience working in building electrification and decarbonization. Sean walks us through where we started, where we’re going, and what we can all do to help get us there. Discover how a combination of regulation, financial incentives, and willpower will reduce building fossil fuel consumption.