i wam trained as an environmental engineer, where i got my bachelor's degree. That was in the nineties, there was no consensus around climate change. And so yes, we should stop digging up fuels, but we're not being punished for doing that. So if you're at all in a position to, like, remodel a bathroom or look into solar, check out the solar panels.
Art meets science! Problems meet solutions! Climate change meets … hope? In this atypical episode, things get casual as hell as Alie sits down to talk about the Drawdown Design Project: an illustration non-profit started by filmmaker, Emmy-nominated television editor and longtime friend Andy Hall. When he’s not having to edit Alie on Innovation Nation, Andy is the founder and creative director of the Drawdown Design Project, which commissioned some of the world’s most sought-after artists to illustrate climate solutions outlined by Drawdown.org. What resulted was the just-released limited-edition 200 print run of ENGAGE, EMPOWER, CULTIVATE and ELECTRIFY. Andy walks me through the passion, the production and the process of raising money for rainforests while making something gorgeous and uplifting. Also: I used to serve snacks on film sets.
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ENGAGE by Brian Steely
CULTIVATE by Tula Lotay
EMPOWER by Khary Randolph
ELECTRIFY by Malleus
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