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Woody Tasch is the founder of the Slow Money Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to catalyzing the flow of capital to local food systems, connecting investors to the places where they live. Today, Woody joins Ross and Christophe to discuss how he developed the idea of Slow Money and explore the reasons why we can’t seem to get our money out of the markets and do something radically different with it—especially foundations whose investments are out of alignment with their missions.
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This episode's page on the web: https://www.rosskenyon.com/p/88-how-slow-money-worksand-when-not-3f7
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My other show, Climate Workers Anonymous: https://www.climateworkersanonymous.com
Peter Brannen is an award-winning science journalist with expertise in ocean science, deep time, astrobiology, and the carbon cycle. Peter walks Ross and Christophe through the five major mass extinctions in Earth’s history, discussing what events triggered each extinction and how plant and animal life changed each time.
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This episode's page on the web: https://www.rosskenyon.com/p/87-the-ends-of-the-worldwith-peter-635
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My other show, Climate Workers Anonymous: https://www.climateworkersanonymous.com
Bob Inglis is a former Republican congressman representing South Carolina and the current Executive Director of republicEN, an EcoRight organization that supports a free market approach to climate change. Today, Bob joins Ross and Christophe to share the three-step metamorphosis that inspired his belief in climate change. He defines conservatism, discussing the link between Christianity and climate action and explaining why current conservative politics don’t reflect Christian values.
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This episode's page on the web: https://www.rosskenyon.com/p/86-for-what-shall-it-profit-a-congressman-758
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My other show, Climate Workers Anonymous: https://www.climateworkersanonymous.com
Joshua Hughes, Sara Czarniecki and Amanda Wilson are the CEO, COO and CMO of Blacksheep, a regenerative resource management cooperative taking direct action against landbase destruction by investing in natural capital. Today, Joshua, Sarah and Amanda join Ross and Christophe to define permaculture and explain how Blacksheep began with the intention to recover that 20 acres of eroded land—and how the business has grown since then.
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This episode's page on the web: https://www.rosskenyon.com/p/85-the-gang-learns-about-permaculturewith-e79
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My other show, Climate Workers Anonymous: https://www.climateworkersanonymous.com
Wendy Owens is the founder and CEO of Hexas Biomass, a producer and distributor of sustainable biomass that can supplement or replace wood in multiple applications. Wendy’s team is dedicated to using sun, water and land to benefit people and the planet through renewable resources. Today, she joins Ross to discuss the process of growing giant reed for use in products or to produce energy.
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This episode's page on the web: https://www.rosskenyon.com/p/84-good-biomass-bad-biomass-giant-187
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My other show, Climate Workers Anonymous: https://www.climateworkersanonymous.com
Thaddeus Russell joins Ross, Christophe and Paul to explain why he takes issue with the environmental movement. He challenges the moralist approach to political problems, describing how environmentalists leverage guilt and shame individual choices—while ignoring big emitters like the US military. Thaddeus also offers an overview of the Progressive Era, discussing the historical efforts to eliminate cultural diversity in the US and sharing his take on the parallels between progressives and environmentalist
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This episode's page on the web: https://www.rosskenyon.com/p/83-thaddeus-russell-vs-environmentalism-bce
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My other show, Climate Workers Anonymous: https://www.climateworkersanonymous.com
Dr. Emma Fuller is a Lead Data Scientist with Granular, a farm management software company working to apply data science to the agriculture industry. In her role, Emma tracks consumer trends in sustainability and works with NGOs and startups to identify opportunities for Granular growers to get rewarded for their stewardship. Today, Emma joins Christophe and Michael Leggett, Director of Product at Nori, to discuss the partnership between Granular and Nori and share their pilot program’s progress to date.
Resources
This episode's page on the web: https://www.rosskenyon.com/p/82-better-farming-through-datawith-824
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My other show, Climate Workers Anonymous: https://www.climateworkersanonymous.com
While a plastic straw ban might make us feel better, does it actually reduce consumption in the long-term? Does recycling really make a difference? As we think about waste management solutions, what questions should we be asking in terms of sustainability? What can we do to be more thoughtful about our waste and consider where our trash goes when we throw it AWAY?
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This episode's page on the web: https://www.rosskenyon.com/p/81-the-business-of-wastewith-lindsey-752
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My other show, Climate Workers Anonymous: https://www.climateworkersanonymous.com
Zoya Teirstein is a climate reporter for Grist, an environment and climate change media platform based in Seattle. She walks us through several of the presidential candidates’ climate plans, covering Biden’s shifting approach, Inslee’s comprehensive policy, and Warren’s initiative to green the military.
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This episode's page on the web: https://www.rosskenyon.com/p/80-2020-presidential-candidates-and-86f
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Books from the show, at Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/reversing-climate-change
My other show, Climate Workers Anonymous: https://www.climateworkersanonymous.com
Today, Albert Bates joins Christophe and Alexsandra to share his unique path from the courtroom to the ecovillage, describing how he came to study terra preta soils and get involved in the biochar movement. Listen in for Albert’s insight around the waste streams that could serve as biochar source material and learn about the ecovillages and cities that serve as proof of concept for using biochar to draw carbon out of our atmosphere and oceans!
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This episode's page on the web: https://www.rosskenyon.com/p/79-biochar-or-using-fire-to-cool-0de
Subscribe to the Reversing Climate Change Substack: https://www.rosskenyon.com/subscribe
Books from the show, at Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/reversing-climate-change
My other show, Climate Workers Anonymous: https://www.climateworkersanonymous.com
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