Eugene Bible started a sister podcast to mine in January 2021. With his background in engineering, he called it This Sustainable Life: Solve for Nature.
Over the weekend he posted his 100th episode. He invited me to host him as a guest on his own podcast for that episode. He once viewed 50 episodes as a milestone he might never meet. Now he says he has no intent to stop. He’s also taken my sustainability leadership workshop and organizes and runs many alumni events.
It’s changed his life. He has developed as a host far beyond engineering. Here’s the episode, followed by show notes for this episode, followed by show notes for the podcast in general:
Show notes:
Josh Spodek turns the questions on host Eugene Bible. After 100 episodes, Eugene takes the hot seat so listeners can get to know him a little better, and there was only one right person for the job. Josh, host of the original This Sustainable Life podcast, invited Eugene more than six years ago to start a sister show under the This Sustainable Life umbrella, spreading sustainable living through joy and meaning. Today, Eugene is still at it, interviewing new guests and growing in the skills of deep conversation that help people find a life that is happy, healthy, and connected.
It’s been an amazing ride, guys. Josh made me promise to do at least 50 episodes, and I can’t believe I’m at 100. I have no plans to stop. What I love most is the deep conversation, then challenging my guests to look within and find meaning and purpose through an action that’s uniquely theirs. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to help the show reach more people, share it with a friend or family member.
Podcast notes:
Solve For Nature Podcast
A podcast about people, planet, and the life worth living
Most sustainability podcasts give you information. Facts, statistics, solutions, experts telling you what needs to change.
This Sustainable Life: Solve for Nature does something different.
What this show is about
Every episode starts with a conversation — a real one, with scientists, farmers, entrepreneurs, activists, and everyday people who are actively working at the intersection of humanity and the natural world. People doing interesting, meaningful work on the most important challenges of our time.
But then the conversation takes a turn.
Because facts and solutions alone don’t change how people live. Values do. So I take each guest on a journey inward — through what they believe, what they care about most, and what kind of life they actually want to be living. And together, we uncover a personal sustainability challenge that is uniquely theirs. Something rooted in their own values. Something that will make their life not just more sustainable, but genuinely healthier, happier, and more connected.
The result isn’t an expert talking at you. It’s two people figuring something out together, in real time.
Why it’s built this way
Mainstream culture has convinced us that sustainability is a burden — something you take on out of guilt or obligation. A sacrifice.
I don’t buy that. And neither do my guests, once we dig in.
The truth is that the choices that are best for the planet tend to be the same ones that are best for you — for your health, your relationships, your sense of purpose. The goal was never to be sustainable. The goal is to be happy, healthy, and deeply connected to the world around you. Sustainability is what happens naturally when you get there.
That’s the story this show is trying to tell — one guest, one conversation, one challenge at a time.
Who you’ll hear from
Guests on Solve for Nature include regenerative farmers, marine scientists, sustainability entrepreneurs, community organizers, and people quietly building a better way of living in their own corner of the world. What they share isn’t a political agenda or a list of things you should feel bad about. It’s a genuine commitment to figuring out how to live better — and the courage to do it publicly.
Listen & Subscribe
- Apple Podcasts:Â TSL: Solve For Nature on Apple Podcasts
- Spotify:Â TSL: Solve For Nature on Spotify
- ACast: https://shows.acast.com/solvefornature