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51. N8 installs solar panels Aug 31, 2021

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California is leading the United States into the solar panel revolution. And spoilers: it’s actually quite boring. Or at least, that's what an OG environmentalist would say.

This episode, Nature N8 walks us through the process of installing solar panels on his parents’ roof, in the Californian suburbs. He explains the financial magic of solar, compares it to industrial scale installments, and finds hope in how the once-radical technology has now become ordinary.

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50. N8's back in San Diego Jul 14, 2021

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N8's visiting home in San Diego!

Don't worry though, the show's not ending, and he promised he will write us regularly.

For other environmental podcasts, check out the Climactic Collective and the signatories of Podcasters Declare.

For our sister shows in our network, search Ghost Island Media.

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49. Sustainable menstrual products Jul 01, 2021

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This week, we bring back Emily Cardinali on the show! She was our very first editor, and she had really wanted to report on sustainable menstrual products. So, after our interview with Isabel Aagard last episode, we reached out to Emily about her own experiences with green tampons.

N8 and Emily discuss the guilt on half of our human population, tips on identifying sustainable products, and the pros and cons of every sort of menstrual product sold on the market.

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48. Isabel Aagaard (LastObject) on Sustainable Design Jun 17, 2021

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We don’t all have to be sustainability consultants in order to save the environment. You can keep doing what you’re good at - and apply your expertise to environmental problems. That’s how Isabel stepped into circular design.

Isabel Aagaard is an entrepreneur and product designer. She founded LastObject two years ago in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a mission to eliminate single-use items by creating their reusable alternatives. Her very first product raised 1.2M USD on Kickstarter.

Today, Nature N8 chats with Isabel about how companies measure sustainability, her own successful business model, and toilet paper.

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47. "Taiwan's Green Parties": Dafydd Fell (SOAS University of London) Jun 02, 2021

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Today’s show is a cross over with The Taiwan Take.

Taiwan’s next referendum will soon vote on activating the nation’s fourth nuclear plant, as well as constructing a natural gas plant on an algal reef that's critical for Taiwan’s biodiversity. These decisions come as governments around the world are scrambling to meet the demands of the Paris Agreement, and as environmental activists fight for a more sustainable planet.

Green Parties propose an alternative voice in politics to tackle our environmental ruin. All over the world, there are 91 Green Parties that believe in committing our governments to environmental stewardship, through electing green movement leaders into office. In Asia, Taiwan is home to the region’s oldest Green Party, which won a National Assembly seat in 1996 - their very first election campaign.

Our guest today is Professor Dafydd Fell, a political scientist at SOAS University of London, and Director of the Centre of Taiwan Studies. Dafydd Fell is author of the new book: “Taiwan’s Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan”, published in March 2021 by Routledge.

Subscribe to The Taiwan Take for more Taiwanese perspectives on global issues.

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46. En-ROADS, a climate simulation May 19, 2021

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Do you enjoy gaming? Do you enjoy surviving our climate apocalypse? Well, good news! You can enjoy both at the same time!

Last fall, Nature N8 went to a World Climate Simulation event, called En-ROADS, where participants roleplay as different sectors to negotiate for better climate policies. N8 finds out what goes on throughout the simulation, and why this game was created in the first place.

Thank you to Omplexity, TWYCC, and the Hive Taipei for organizing this En-ROADS session. And special shoutout to our Patreon patron Brian for inviting us to the event!

You can play En-ROADS yourself on the Climate Interactive website.

Finally, a quote on hope:

“Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency. Hope should shove you out the door, because it will take everything you have to steer the future away from endless war, from the annihilation of the earth's treasures and the grinding down of the poor and marginal... To hope is to give yourself to the future - and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.” ― Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark

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45. Is Seaspiracy worth seaing? (Not debunking) Apr 21, 2021

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Nature N8 is too old and tired to debunk any more bad environmental hogwash baloney. So he’s definitely not debunking Seaspiracy, the new 2021 Netflix documentary that's trending all over social media and press coverages. Nope. Not doing it.

What we WILL do is share an open letter: Podcasters Declare. A group of Climate Podcasters is calling Apple Podcast to add a new category: Climate! This would help podcast listeners like you find more thoughtful discussions on climate change!

Go to PodcastersDECLARE.com to sign the letter, and tell your favorite podcasts to join us today!

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40. Covid-19 is NOT Climate Change Feb 24, 2021

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N8’s noticing some viral trends on Twitter, again. This time, media pieces are comparing COVID-19 to Climate Change. (Spoilers: they’re not comparable.)
We also want to share an open letter that our friend Mark from the Climactic podcast is helping organize: Podcasters Declare. A group of Climate Podcasters is calling Apple Podcast to add a new category: Climate! This would greatly help listeners like you find more thoughtful discussions on climate change in other podcasts!
Go to PodcastersDECLARE.com to sign the letter, and tell your favorite podcasts to join us today!
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39. Dr. Jasmine Clark (Georgia State Representative, US) at AAAS 2021 Feb 08, 2021

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Representative Dr. Jasmine Clark of Georgia is a microbiologist who organized the March for Science in Atlanta and was part of the following wave of scientists that ran for office in the United States. N8 and Dr. Clark discuss Georgia’s challenges in diversifying its energy portfolio, public transportation and infrastructure, and what it actually means to bring scientific expertise into law-making.
We’re back at the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) for a second year! Find us on the AAAS 2021 podcast library here: https://virtual.aaas.org/category/waste-not-why-not

Check out Dr. Clark's virtual panel at AAAS here: https://virtual.aaas.org/legislators-in-lab-coats-how-to-run-for-office-and-change-the-world

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38. We dig into e-waste (CEWS, Corporate eWaste Solutions) Jan 27, 2021

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Surprise! Nature N8 embarks on yet another field trip—this time to a waste recycling facility. Specifically, an electronic waste facility. If you’re reading this, you’re creating e-waste right now! What are you gonna do with it?!

Corporate eWaste Solutions is a company that disassembles, recycles, and reuses e-waste for other businesses. N8 goes to their facility in Brea to talk with John (Environmental Health & Safety specialist) and Raymond (Business development marketing) about how you should get rid of your old TV, how the poison in your laptop is cleaned before it pollutes our world, and how companies can turn e-waste into e-treasure.

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