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I was invited to speak on sustainability leadership on Matt Matern's radio show A Climate Change. I think he was surprised at some of my approaches or found them not like other guests, in that I focus less on technology and legislation in favor of culture and people. Click to listen to the episode Each week we talk about the environment and what we can do to make a difference today. Let’s work together to save our planet. It’s in our power to make a change for our children and grandchildren. Join us as we commit to making “a climate change.” — Matt Matern Click to listen to the episode About the show, from its About page: A Climate Change with Matt Matern serves to…

Regular listeners heard me on the Carbon Sessions podcast, by the community created by podcast guest Seth Godin that created the bestselling book The Carbon Almanac. You can tell that one host of the Carbon Sessions, Brian, had listened to This Sustainable Life. We kept in touch after recording. He was interested in the Spodek Method. We practiced it and recorded the three videos below of me teaching it, conceiving of using them as a test to create an online course. Neither of us could have predicted that he'd have the chance to practice it in a later Carbon Sessions recording, impromptu. Here is that episode. In a conversation with another host on new year's resolution, he walks her through the Spodek Method. To my…

I met Larry and Mike, who run Manopause and its podcast, through guest Mark Victor Hansen, and we hit it off. Maybe because Manopause targets people like me: men in their 50s and older, though around a third of their readers are women. I had just started my experiment disconnecting from the electric grid. They saw the leadership part, not just my personal experiment, and had to bring me on the podcast. The conversational style brought out parts I didn't get to share in posts and solo podcast episodes. Plus they're funnier than I am alone. Here's the audio: Here's the video: https://youtu.be/Oz9XJHkktqs Here are the show notes: Joshua Spodek PhD, MBA – Podcast Host, Speaker & Leadership Coach Changing the world can start with…

The Inflation Reduction Act has been in the news a lot lately. Since it introduces initiatives designed to help climate change (not so much other environmental issues, many at least as important), people have asked me about it. Eugene Bible, who hosts another branch of This Sustainable Life, recorded a conversation on the IRA, differences between management and leadership, coercing versus leading, intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation, and how I view the act. He posted it to his podcast: Special Episode - The Inflation Reduction Act w/ Joshua Spodek Even if you don't want to hear my views, if you want to hear what this country just passed, Eugene begins the conversation by summarizing many of the act's measures intended to help on sustainability. You'll learn…