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617: Janet Allaker: A long-time listener shares what This Sustainable Life means to her
Episode 617
Janet shared how she found This Sustainable Life, what kept her coming back, the guests she liked, and how it's affected her. I wish I had recorded e…
3 years, 6 months ago
616: Michael Lombardi, part 1: Culture, Leadership, and Football
Episode 616
Leaders who know how to lead and change culture know culture eats strategy for breakfast.
This concept figures strongly in Michael's book, Gridiron Ge…
3 years, 6 months ago
615: Living off the grid without solar either (as all humans once did)
Episode 615
Regular listeners know I started an experiment disconnecting from the electric grid. I began May 22. Then on July 22, I posted an episode that the so…
3 years, 6 months ago
614: Michelle Nijhuis, part 1: Living off the grid for 15 years
Episode 614
Where was Michelle Nijhuis all my life?
She lived off the electric grid for fifteen years and I was about two months in, so we shared stories of the e…
3 years, 6 months ago
613: Our Next Constitutional Amendment
Episode 613
My proposal and rationale for the next amendment for the United States Constitution.
It will sound crazy, impossible, and too hard at first, as it did…
3 years, 7 months ago
612: Sebastian Junger, part 1: Humans Thrive on Mutual Dependence, Feeling Needed, But Our Culture Isolates.
Episode 612
When I wrote up my experiment to live with my apartment off the grid in Manhattan for a month, I looked up what I did the morning I started. My libra…
3 years, 7 months ago
611: Etienne Stott, part 6: Activism and Leadership
Episode 611
In this sixth conversation between an Extinction Rebellion Rebel and a home-grown sustainability leadership (I hope) leader, we explore more of the l…
3 years, 7 months ago
610: Abortion and Sustainability
Episode 610
Here are the notes I read from:40% of pregnancies are unplanned. Overpopulation is a major problem for environment so it's a topic for this podcast.G…
3 years, 7 months ago
609: Finishing My Off-the-Grid-in-Manhattan Experiment in Month 3
Episode 609
Having just started month three of living off the electric grid in Manhattan, technical issues led me to stop the experiment. I'm not sure the proble…
3 years, 7 months ago
608: Parents Just Don't Understand
Episode 608
The notes I read from:
Yesterday my mom suggested I move away from the city if it makes me feel so bad. Last week my dad reaffirmed that he wouldn't a…
3 years, 7 months ago