Etienne Stott is using his Olympic gold medalist status to augment his impact acting on the environment, including working with Extinction Rebellion on peaceful civil disobedience. He’s been arrested, spoken publicly, and more. When I started acting on sustainability, I looked for…
“Your story is truly inspirational“: feedback from an attendee. The government advisory Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board invited me to speak on sustainability leadership Wednesday. I spoke on what led to my experiment going off-grid in Manhattan, two-and-a-half weeks at the time.…
Including their greatest proponents, nearly everyone thinks of and uses solar, wind, and other so-called renewables wrong if their goal is to reach sustainability or to stop reducing Earth’s ability to sustain life. They all pollute in manufacture, transportation, installation, maintenance, recycling…
Whitney’s background and accomplishments are incredible and we start with them. He shares his beliefs and mindsets that lead to his high performance in business, philanthropy, fitness, family, and more. Then we share a fun part of how I invited him to…
We started from Ash’s TEDx talks, which cover vulnerability, intimacy, and support. You can listen to our conversation on its own, but it won’t hurt to watch them first. She could easily say, “As a lesbian, I have it so difficult,” but…
The text of this episode: Regular listeners know I’ve been living with my apartment off the electric grid for two weeks, in Manhattan, not off in the woods. Most of the benefits are about connecting more with nature, being humble to it,…
We start with one of the great cases of a corporation choosing to act with integrity in the face of pressure and incentive not to. Mark and his agency, DiGo (DiMassimo Goldstein), worked with the team that chose for CVS drug stores…
Regular listeners know I love talking with professional athletes. They open themselves to failure every time they compete. They often make incredible feats look so simple and natural, we forget the years of dedication and effort that made it possible. Whether you…
More continual improvement: the more sustainably I live, the easier each next step. Business people know about continual improvement, also knows as kaizen, the Toyota Way. How do you go from the Wright brothers’ airplane to a 747? Not in one jump.…
When a man who founded a restaurant that uses no trash cans meets a guy who doesn’t fly and hasn’t filled a load of trash since 2019, we start by expressing mutual appreciation. Anyone can do these things. It’s a matter of…
I share thoughts after two days using only solar power in Manhattan. After recording I turned off the circuit to the whole apartment. I’m on the roof now, charging the battery. The recording shares more. The main themes: freedom and continual improvement.…
The notes I read from for this episode: Notes for Growthbusters comments I love the Growthbusters documentary and helped fund making it free online. I listen to every episode of the podcast. They know I love them and their message and I…
Gaya gets systems, how to change them, and not fall prey to rationalizations that sound tempting but are self-serving excuses like “individual actions don’t matter” or “only governments and corporations can act on the scale we need.” I loved this conversation for…
Ambrose and I start by reviewing his commitment. After a bit, as best I can tell, we talked past each other. Every now and then, the Spodek Method doesn’t resonate and this conversation looks like one of them. His description of how…
Aren’t we living in the best time in history? Don’t we have to keep pressing forward to avoid returning to medieval serfdom or the Stone Age and everyone dying young? No. History, anthropology, and archaeology show these beliefs wrong. Humans weren’t living…
You’ve heard every politician pay lip service on the environment. They talk abstractly about carbon dioxide levels, solutions to spend more money, and something about a future improved by electric cars and solar panels (conveniently missing how these “solutions” pollute). How many…
This episode is available on video. Before our conversations, I tended to see Warren as mainly focused on issues where men and boys suffer that society doesn’t see, downplays, or ignores. I still see him as a rare luminary on such issues.…
If you’ve been following Michael and my conversations so far, you know to expect thoughtful, considerate conversation coming from different perspectives. Each time we find deeper understanding, share more, and listen more. You won’t be disappointed this time. In this episode we…
Nakisa talks about her community in Charlotte, North Carolina, the environmental and social challenges it faces, the level of engagement, the biases in difficulties in engaging for people who work long or unusual hours, advantages to big businesses, and other challenges. She…
Doug is the opposite of the catastrophe we’ve made of the food industry. He created a restaurant with no trash cans; not for the customers, not for the staff, nor for suppliers. Talk about a role model. You can do it too.…