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232: Michael Werner, part 2: Leading Google by bike
Episode 232
Since recording this episode, Michael has become Google's Lead for Circular Economy.
Michael took on a challenge many people consider: biking to work for a month. He challenged himself amid product re…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
231: How are you justifying your polluting behavior?
Episode 231
When we pollute, we think we act for the reasons in our minds that justify that behavior, but those reasons generally come after we choose, motivated to justify behavior we consider wrong.
Most enviro…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
230: Brad P, part 2: Change your habits, change your life
Episode 230
Brad identified the problem of people acting or not as our emotions and behavior, which many forces contribute to. We also talk about media and scientists.
This refinement of the understanding to emot…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
229: How might future generations view us?
Episode 229
I believe many people believe we live in an age of wonder and that people from any other time would envy us.
I believe future generations will not look at our flying and pollution not with envy but wi…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
228: Kicking puppies praiseworthy?
Episode 228
People keep describing my environmental actions as praiseworthy. I think they do it to make it seem harder and less accessible to do themselves what they expect will be hard, deprivation, sacrifice, …
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
227: Economists don't know what they're talking about on growth
Episode 227
A few words on growth and how people misunderstand it, especially economists.
I start by talking about my window garden cherry tomato plants and how the inability of the insects eating them to regulat…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
226: Brad P, part 1: Dating coaching, leadership, and the environment
Episode 226
Today's episode with guest Brad P, a dating coach and guru---well, former, since he's moved on, as he'll share---partly reveal a major part of my social and emotional development as an adult.
He was i…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
225: My role model: Jonas Salk and the polio vaccine
Episode 225
Polio terrorized the world. People died and became paralyzed and there were no defenses to it.
Science understood it and eventually Jonas Salk found a vaccine. Just having a vaccine wasn't enough. The…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
224: Clarifying my strategy
Episode 224
People commonly misunderstand the goals of this podcast. I tried in this episode to clear up two common misunderstandings:
They mistakenly believe my goal is individual change---to influence one perso…Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
223: Adam Quiney, part 2: Do the Thing
Episode 223
This episode is two thoughtful, intelligent people sharing environmental thoughts. I think the thoughts we share are what a lot of people think but don't share enough.
We cover action, leadership, mot…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago