Sustainability In Your Ear

David Fenton on How to Win the Climate Debate

Yale researchers estimate that roughly 80 million Americans are alarmed about climate change. About 40 million of them say they want to be politically active on the issue

Building Solar Panel Recycling Capacity with SPR's Brett Henderson

Our guest is Brett Henderson, co-founder and CEO of SolarPanelRecycling.com, or SPR. The company owns and operates plants in North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas, with a fo

Cody Two Bears on Indigenized Energy's Community-Centric Grid Strategy

Tribal households in the United States carry an energy burden 28% above the national average and endure 6.5 times more power outages a year, and roughly 17,000 tribal hom

GoodPower’s Leah Qusba on Selling Clean Energy as Pocketbook Power

In 2024, 91% of new large-scale renewable projects around the world made electricity for less money than any fossil-fuel option, according to the International Renewable

Sustainability In Your Ear: Shareholder Democracy and Causeway Impact Founders on Building Shareholder Influence

If you hold a 401(k), an IRA, or a single index fund, you own a sliver of hundreds of American companies, yet you almost certainly let someone else decide how those share

Kendra MacDonald Steers to the Blue Economy at Canada's Ocean Supercluster

The ocean produces about half the oxygen we breathe, absorbs roughly 30% of the carbon dioxide we emit, and takes up about 90% of the excess heat those emissions trap, ac

Urban Surfer's Sifiso Gumbi on Organizing South Africa's Recycling System

In South Africa, informal waste pickers recover between 80% and 90% of all plastic and paper that actually gets recycled. There are about 140,000 of these reclaimers, who

Ethan and Desmond Hua Build HOPE for School Uniform Reuse

Most school uniforms are retired while they are still perfectly wearable. Children cycle through them on a predictable annual schedule as they grow, which sends a steady

The Institute of Food Technologists' Brendan Niemira on Why Food Science Is Climate Science

About a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the food system, but the public conversation about food and climate keeps getting stuck at the two ends of th

SiYE Interview - Trex Makes Circularity Work

Less than 2% of Americans can put plastic film in their curbside recycling bin, according to The Recycling Partnership. Meanwhile, the country generates millions of pound

Sustainability In Your Ear: EarthRating's Martin Johnston On Making Sustainability Claims Creditable

A traditional sustainability certification can take six to eight weeks and thousands of dollars in consultancy fees, and still leave purchasers wondering whether the clai

Emerald Packaging CEO Kevin Kelly Delivers Recycled Produce Packaging

Americans throw away nearly 5 million tons of film and flexible plastic packaging every year, and less than 1% of it gets recycled, according to The Recycling Partnership

Sustainability In Your Ear: Zena Harris Brings a Green Spark to Hollywood

An average big-budget movie creates about 3,370 metric tons of CO₂, according to the Sustainable Production Alliance's 2021 report. That’s like driving over 700 gas-power

Author Michael Maniates on Why Green Shopping Isn't Enough

In 2024, the global market for eco-labeled products crossed $500 billion. Electric vehicles, bamboo toothbrushes, compostable packaging — the shelves are full of ways to

Don Carli On Tuning What We See Online To Reduce eCommerce Returns

$850 billion. That's what retail and e-commerce returns will cost in 2026, generating 8.4 billion pounds of landfill waste — and a surprising share of it involves product

Sustainability In Your Ear: Schneider Electric's Steve Wilhite Maps the Renewable Energy Transition

The global energy system is changing in two big ways: it is moving from centralized fossil-fuel generation to distributed renewables, and it is becoming more digital in h

Sustainability In Your Ear: Jasper Steinhausen on Making Sustainability Profitable

Most business leaders believe sustainability costs money. They’re wrong. The proof is sitting right under their noses, bleeding out quietly as waste, excess heat, and byp

Sustainability In Your Ear: The XPRIZE Wildfire Competition Heats Up

Every wildfire starts small. The problem is that by the time most are detected, minutes have already passed and, under increasingly common conditions driven by a warming

The MooBlue Team Keeps The Beef, Without The Burp

Cattle are one of the most consequential climate problems hiding in plain sight on the dinner table. Livestock are responsible for roughly 14.5% of global greenhouse gas

The Forest Stewardship Councils' Path to a Circular Bio-based Future with Loa Dalgaard Worm

Forests are vital for people everywhere. They cover about 4.14 billion hectares, roughly a third of the world’s land, and store 714 gigatons of carbon. They also support