Climate Changers
Ryan Flahive
Climate Changers features interviews with remarkable entrepreneurs, scientists, activists, educators and other leaders who are taking initiative as we face a growing climate crisis.
Climate Changers is for people who are tired of feeling helpless and want to hear real stories from thoughtful and effective leaders who are on the front lines of building the products and coalitions that will create change
The future is worth fighting for, so join me in this weekly celebration of the heroes who are working to create a new and sustainable resource and energy economy.
Climate Changers is for people who are tired of feeling helpless and want to hear real stories from thoughtful and effective leaders who are on the front lines of building the products and coalitions that will create change
The future is worth fighting for, so join me in this weekly celebration of the heroes who are working to create a new and sustainable resource and energy economy.
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Mar 24, 2020 • 14min
Mastering a Positive Mindset in Challenging Times with Catherine Sanderson
Catherine Sanderson is the Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences (Psychology) at Amherst College. Her research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health and she has published over 25 journal articles and book chapters in addition to four college textbooks, middle school and high school health textbooks, and trade books on parenting as well as how mindset influences happiness, health, and even how long we live (The Positive Shift). In 2012, she was named one of the country's top 300 professors by the Princeton Review. Professor Sanderson speaks regularly for public and corporate audiences on topics such as the science of happiness, the power of emotional intelligence, the mind-body connection, and the psychology of good and evil. These talks have been featured in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, CNN, and CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley. She also writes a blog for Psychology Today - Norms Matter - that examines the power of social influence on virtually all aspects of our lives.
Mar 18, 2020 • 16min
Empowering Rural Africa with Solar Microgrids
Richard Mori is the Co-Founder and CEO of Xpower, a company that is focused on energy and internet access in the developing world. Xpower is also the parent company to MeshPower, which brings clean electricity to rural villages in Rwanda, using solar microgrids that power homes and empower economic development.
Mar 10, 2020 • 26min
Building a Transformative Solar Energy Revolution with Sachu Constantine
Call to Action:Learn more about Vote Solar: https://votesolar.org/about-us/Learn more about their mission: https://votesolar.org/about-us/mission/
Mar 3, 2020 • 14min
Creating Innovation Ecosystems for Cleantech with Beth Zonis
Call to ActionApply to the Cleantech Open 2020 accelerator: https://www.cleantechopen.org/en/challenge/2020-cto-accelerator
Feb 25, 2020 • 22min
Climate and Faith Community Outreach with Kelsey Grant
Calls to ActionRead Kelsey's recent editorial in the Daily Camera: https://www.timescall.com/2020/02/15/kelsey-grant-christianity-and-climate-change/Learn more about the Citizen's Climate Lobby: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/
Feb 11, 2020 • 16min
The 100% Solution with Solomon Goldstein-Rose
Learn more about Solomon's book and events: https://www.solomongr.com/Follow Solomon on Twitter: @SolomonG_R
Feb 4, 2020 • 29min
Climate Fiction (Cli Fi) with Joey Eschrich
Calls to ActionLearn more about the Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative at Arizona State University. Learn more about the Everything Change Climate Fiction Contest 2020: https://everythingchange.submittable.comTo read Everything Change: An Anthology of Climate Fiction, Volume II, which collects the grand prize winner and finalists from the 2018 contest, visit https://climateimagination.asu.edu/everything-change-vol-2.
Jan 28, 2020 • 14min
Finding Common Ground Through Conservative Outreach with Dan Palken
Calls To ActionFind your local chapter of the Citizens' Climate Lobby: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/about-ccl/chapters/Learn more about the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/energy-innovation-and-carbon-dividend-act/
Jan 21, 2020 • 18min
Empowering Young Women's Voices for Climate with Beth Osnes
Calls to ActionLearn more about Inside the Greenhouse: https://insidethegreenhouse.org/Learn more about the musical Shine: https://insidethegreenhouse.org/shine/index.html
Jan 14, 2020 • 13min
21st Century Climate Communication with Max Boykoff
Calls to ActionLearn more about Max's newest book, published by Cambridge University Press: Creative (Climate) CommunicationsMax is a Project Leader for Inside the Greenhouse, a multidisciplinary team that uses creative framing and storytelling of issues surrounding climate change through video, theatre, dance, and writing to connect a wider audience to the deep and pressing need to address climate change.
