Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchResilience Hotspots: Nature's Role in Urban Climate Adaptation
Episode 123
What are “Resilience Hotspots”?
Technology and high-tech solutions are not the only responses to climate change. Nature can also be a powerful form of…
2 years, 6 months ago
Green Ammonia: Pioneering a Sustainable Future in Food Production
Episode 122
What is “Green Ammonia”?
Ammonia is a vital chemical that sustains half of all food production around the world (through the creation of agricultural …
2 years, 6 months ago
RERUN: Could We Use CRISPR to Fight Climate Change? with Professor Kris Niyogi
Episode 83
What is CRISPR?
DNA contains the fundamental information about an organism, and is used as an instruction manual to guide organism structure and funct…
2 years, 6 months ago
Geothermal Power: Tapping Earth's Heat for a Carbon-Free Future
Episode 121
What is Geothermal Energy?
Geothermal energy is heat generated in the earth. It is a renewable source of energy, and it is extracted from the inner ea…
2 years, 7 months ago
Matching Demand for Zero-Emissions Public Transportation in Scotland, with Ed Thomson
Episode 120
Zero-Emissions Public Transportation: Demand and Supply
Globally, transportation accounts for approximately one quarter of all CO2 emissions and grew …
2 years, 7 months ago
Carbon-Free Trucks on the Road to Zero Emissions, with Sophie Defour
Episode 119
Carbon-Free Trucks
The European Green Deal, passed in 2020, sets policy initiatives approved by the European Commission to boost efficient use of reso…
2 years, 7 months ago
Lithium mining in Southern California’s Salton Sea geothermal system, with Dr. Pat Dobson
Episode 118
Lithium Batteries
While the use of lithium to power electric vehicle batteries has been around for close to a decade, and while car manufacturers and …
2 years, 7 months ago
Corporate Lobbying as an Ally in the Fight Against Climate Change
Episode 117
Editorial Note
The interview for this episode was recorded in June 2021. The basic point of the episode remains relevant, but the mentioned campaign i…
2 years, 8 months ago
The “30 by 30” Conservation Movement, with Jennifer Norris
Episode 116
What is the “30 by 30” Movement?
The 30 by 30 movement is a global initiative aimed at conserving 30 percent of the Earth’s land by the year 2030. In …
2 years, 8 months ago
Raising the Bar: Brewing a Greener Future with Concentrated Beer, with Gary Tickle
Episode 115
What are the problems with current beer production methods?
Beer is primarily composed of water—making up about 90 percent of its content. Annually, o…
2 years, 8 months ago