Here are the notes I read from to make this episode, sometimes diverging from them. Why I don’t call our environmental situation a crisis. People think scientists will solve something or engineers will create a solution and we can go back to…
I’ve been sharing the sentiment of how people today seem to think of our times versus how people from other times would see now. I expect they’d view us with horror, disgust, and disdain. We can change how we act. We can…
Since recording this episode, Michael has become Google’s Lead for Circular Economy. Michael took on a challenge many people consider: biking to work for a month. He challenged himself amid product releases at work and family obligations as his wife traveled, so…
When we pollute, we think we act for the reasons in our minds that justify that behavior, but those reasons generally come after we choose, motivated to justify behavior we consider wrong. Most environmental analysis looks at the science of what pollutes…
Brad identified the problem of people acting or not as our emotions and behavior, which many forces contribute to. We also talk about media and scientists. This refinement of the understanding to emotions points to what to work on that I see…
I believe many people believe we live in an age of wonder and that people from any other time would envy us. I believe future generations will not look at our flying and pollution not with envy but with horror, as we…
People keep describing my environmental actions as praiseworthy. I think they do it to make it seem harder and less accessible to do themselves what they expect will be hard, deprivation, sacrifice, and not what they want to do. Making what I…
A few words on growth and how people misunderstand it, especially economists. I start by talking about my window garden cherry tomato plants and how the inability of the insects eating them to regulate their growth and up destroying the plants and…
Today’s episode with guest Brad P, a dating coach and guru—well, former, since he’s moved on, as he’ll share—partly reveal a major part of my social and emotional development as an adult. He was in a sense my boss when I coached…
Polio terrorized the world. People died and became paralyzed and there were no defenses to it. Science understood it and eventually Jonas Salk found a vaccine. Just having a vaccine wasn’t enough. They needed massive global public projects to disseminate it. Is…
People commonly misunderstand the goals of this podcast. I tried in this episode to clear up two common misunderstandings: They mistakenly believe my goal is individual change—to influence one person at a time. They mistakenly believe I act on my environmental values…
This episode is two thoughtful, intelligent people sharing environmental thoughts. I think the thoughts we share are what a lot of people think but don’t share enough. We cover action, leadership, motivation, caring, beliefs, integrity, and Adam’s challenge on “imperfect” (which I…
Between insects, kelp, vertical farming, lab-grown meat, and other clever options, why didn’t we think of them before? Because we had better options! Few meat eaters choose crickets over steaks and hamburgers, but we’ve squandered what was once plenty with overpopulation. We’ve…
Here are the notes I work from for this episode: From climate march Went 3 times: Before lunch to participate in organizing group, went to Foley Square. Seemed like tens of thousands, maybe six figures. On my way to a meeting, walking…
As always, Michelle is lighthearted and fun, even when serious. She laughs a lot. Partly because we’ve been friends over ten years, partly because she’s mastered connecting with people. I see her everywhere (I’ll call out her appearing on even longer-time friend…
I share thoughts in today’s episode I didn’t have the heart to share with family on their way to vacationing in France. In my lifetime I’ve seen the world change and our understanding of it change from we can’t really raise sea…
A friend told me the other day that while I could reduce flying, business people couldn’t. It’s not so easy for them, actually impossible. Did he forget that I have an MBA? That I started a business with an 8-digit valuation, that…
Adam studies brilliant people and leadership. There are many leadership coaches and researchers. If you like me and my way of doing things, which is geeky, you might be geeky yourself. You probably like leadership too. We get to his research results…
We start talking about how to learn—you have to practice. This is one of the most important things to get, not just in learning but in life. Too many people read and analyze, expecting to learn. If you don’t change your behavior,…
When was the last time you went without a cell phone for more than a few hours? Jeremy went longer than he expected, but as chance favors the prepared mind, he was ready to take advantage of an opportunity. It sounds to…