EnvironMental with Dandelion

In this episode of EnvironMental, we spoke with Sue Inches: an author and activist with a 25 year history as an environmental lobbyist.

We are impressed with how easy she makes environmental lobbying sound - and how tied it is to story telling.

Sue also just released her book, which is really a field guide for advocacy called, "Advocating for the Environment; How to Gather Your Power and Take Action." (Such a powerful title, we know).

And she gives us great advice for folks that are in the environmental spiral: Find a community. Take action.

You can read our whole story here: https://livingbranddirectory.com/ep-environmental-lobbyist-sue-inches/
And connect with Sue (plus buy her book) at her website: https://sueinches.com/

In this episode of EnvironMental, we spoke with Sue Inches: an author and activist with a 25 year history as an environmental lobbyist.

We are impressed with how easy she makes environmental lobbying sound - and how tied it is to story telling.

Sue also just released her book, which is really a field guide for advocacy called, "Advocating for the Environment; How to Gather Your Power and Take Action." (Such a powerful title, we know).

And she gives us great advice for folks that are in the environmental spiral: Find a community. Take action.

You can read our whole story here: https://livingbranddirectory.com/ep-environmental-lobbyist-sue-inches/
And connect with Sue (plus buy her book) at her website: https://sueinches.com/

Gillian talks to the duo about the biggest business pickle out there: how to use business as a force for good in the world.

Her business, the aptly named Business Pickle, is a research advisory that helps business owners make their global sustainability goals actionable. Each "season" the Business Pickle puts out research on three relevant sustainability topics to help business owners make better decisions.

Listen to the podcast and read the full article on our website: https://livingbranddirectory.com/ep-business-good-gillian-pereira/
Connect with the Gillian and the Business Pickle at their website: https://www.thebusinesspickle.com/company/about-us

In this episode of EnvironMental Podcast, we got very excited about Sustainable Investing as we spoke with Breene Murphy, the VP of Strategy for the Carbon Collective.  Breene took this sleepy topic and turned our heads with his optimistic view on climate crisis solutions and investment.   The Carbon Collective is a sustainable investment agency on a mission to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon society.

In this episode, you can see us get more and more enthralled by Anna Luckai, the founder of Sanctuary Innerwear, and her beautiful process of plant healing through her clothing.

This Canadian native was a teacher for decades when she decided to retire and pursue her dreams of creating her own line of lingerie that feels transformational to your body.

With these garments, you're adding your clothes to your wellness routine - and feeling cozy while you do it!

You can learn more about Anna and Sanctuary Innerwear at the full article here: https://livingbranddirectory.com/ep-anna-lukai-tencel-plant-dyes/

And of course, you can find Anna and get your favorite new pjs at her website here: https://www.sanctuaryinnerwear.com

In this episode we had an incredible time chatting with Maya van Rossum about The Green Amendment - which is both Maya's book AND the goal of her nonprofit: for the generations.

The idea behind a Green Amendment is to make sure that there is unquestionable legal protection to a clean, safe, and healthy environment. This amendment grants the right to things like clean water and clean air - which Americans don't currently have the right to.

This is an especially important movement in light of the recent EPA Supreme Court Case! 

Check out this episode to hear Maya talk about why her and her team are starting with State Amendments first, the process of getting an amendment passed, and how you can get involved in  the Green Amendment!

You can find the article here: https://livingbranddirectory.com/ep-green-amendment-maya-van-rossum

And you can learn more and get involved with the Green Amendment movement in your state here: https://forthegenerations.org/

Get The Green Amendment: The People's Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment on Pre-Order: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1633310647/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_M9M5JFHR9WK850THTSNY?pldnSite=1

On this episode of the EnvironMental Podcast we kept coming back to how big of a gamechanger this book could be if its put into action.

Urvashi Bhatnagar and her co-author Paul Anastas have offered a "how to" for building businesses that put sustainability at the forefront.

The biggest takeaway here is that when businesses close the loop on their product creation, and add 'sustainability' to their definition of 'performance,' they become a sustainable solution.

Listen to podcast to hear about the four principles for managing and scaling sustainability, along with the advice Urvashi has for finding the next innovative solution.

See the whole article here: https://livingbranddirectory.com/ep-sustainability-scorecard-urvashi-bhatnagar/

You can find Urvashi at the Greenovation website: https://www.greenovationproject.com/

And pick up your copy of the Sustainability Scorecard here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678206/the-sustainability-scorecard-by-urvashi-bhatnagar-and-paul-anastas/

We had NO IDEA that reusable packaging could be a real alternative for single use food and drinks until Page told us about it on this episode of EnvironMental Podcast.

The whole goal of her company, Topanga.io is to create a digital infrastructure of a circular economy. Now, that's a huge goal - but if anyone can do it, we believe it's the Topanga Team. 

What started as a small scale milk man-style grocery delivery service has turned into a full time software development operation to help businesses challenge the trash can.

On this episode, we are wowed by Haley Stratton - an energetic environmental scientist and eco-artist!

In her day job, Haley gets to go around Colorado and assess future development sites for environmental safety! She identifies protected wildlife and habitats, offers recommendations for legal permits on development sites, and then monitors those sites to make sure that the permit laws are being followed.

And somehow, in between her field work, map making, and reporting, Haley finds time to operate Craftovert and dream up future eco-art work shops!

With Craftovert Co. Haley hand makes safe, and reliable candles that don't add harmful carcinogens to the air! And her handmade concrete candle holders are so cool!

You can find Haley and Craftovert at her website: https://craftovert.com/
or head over to Instagram and give her a follow: @craftovert

You can find this episode article feature on our Living Brand Directory here: https://livingbranddirectory.com/ep-haley-environmental-scientist/

This episode of EnvironMental was so much fun - and so informative - thanks to our guest, Freddie Catlow, the enigmatic and (self described) bamboo-obsessed co-founder of Planboo.

Freddie gives us the deets on bamboo like:

 - it's a grass that can grow a meter every day

 - it's hard enough to be treated like a wood for construction, but can totally be made into fabric and paper and silverware (and just about anything else)

 - it's a great carbon sink

AND then he started talking about bio char - and we were floored.

Bio char is made from putting the bamboo biomass through a process called Pyrolyzation.

Then, the bio char can be used a ton of ways to improve the health of soil organically over time!

Check out the Planboo site here: http://planboo.eco/