2023 Episodes

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Episode 42: Decarbonizing Heating & Cooling: Thermal Transition in Action
Episode 42: Decarbonizing Heating & Cooling: Thermal Transition in Action

Live session from 2023 Higher Ed. Climate Leadership Summit.

Episode 41: Evolving Energy P3 on Higher Ed. Campuses
Episode 41: Evolving Energy P3 on Higher Ed. Campuses

2021-2022 Episodes

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Episode 40: Carbon neutrality should not be the end goal with Alex Barron and Aaron Strong
Justice, Electrification, Carbon Emissions, Scope 3 Emissions, Renewable Energy, Student Engagement, Sustainability Curriculum
Episode 40: Carbon neutrality should not be the end goal with Alex Barron and Aaron Strong
Justice, Electrification, Carbon Emissions, Scope 3 Emissions, Renewable Energy, Student Engagement, Sustainability Curriculum
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Justice, Electrification, Carbon Emissions, Scope 3 Emissions, Renewable Energy, Student Engagement, Sustainability Curriculum
Episode 39: The Cutting Edge with Peter Kelly-Detwiler
Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Community, Investing, Wicked Problems, Utilities, Systems Thinking, Water, Justice, Electrification, Design, Solar, Gas, Thermal Energy, Hydrogen
Episode 39: The Cutting Edge with Peter Kelly-Detwiler
Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Community, Investing, Wicked Problems, Utilities, Systems Thinking, Water, Justice, Electrification, Design, Solar, Gas, Thermal Energy, Hydrogen
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Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Community, Investing, Wicked Problems, Utilities, Systems Thinking, Water, Justice, Electrification, Design, Solar, Gas, Thermal Energy, Hydrogen
Episode 38: The Political Economy of Higher Ed with Dr. Katrina Kelly-Pitou
Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Student Engagement, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Community, Investing, Renewable Energy, Wicked Problems, Utilities, Systems Thinking, Water, Justice, Electrification, Education, Design
Episode 38: The Political Economy of Higher Ed with Dr. Katrina Kelly-Pitou
Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Student Engagement, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Community, Investing, Renewable Energy, Wicked Problems, Utilities, Systems Thinking, Water, Justice, Electrification, Education, Design
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Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Student Engagement, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Community, Investing, Renewable Energy, Wicked Problems, Utilities, Systems Thinking, Water, Justice, Electrification, Education, Design
Episode 37: Designing for the 90% with Kenny Seeton (CSU Dominguez Hills)
Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Student Engagement, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Solar
Episode 37: Designing for the 90% with Kenny Seeton (CSU Dominguez Hills)
Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Student Engagement, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Solar
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Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Student Engagement, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Solar

2020 Episodes

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Episode 36: Podcasting for Sustainability - AASHE 2020
Education, Student Engagement, Sustainability Curriculum
Episode 36: Podcasting for Sustainability - AASHE 2020
Education, Student Engagement, Sustainability Curriculum
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Education, Student Engagement, Sustainability Curriculum
Episode 35: The Eco Performance Office with Ron Herbst
Systems Thinking, Wicked Problems, Resilience, Renewable Energy, Utilities, Energy Efficiency, Electrification, Carbon Emissions, Procurement
Episode 35: The Eco Performance Office with Ron Herbst
Systems Thinking, Wicked Problems, Resilience, Renewable Energy, Utilities, Energy Efficiency, Electrification, Carbon Emissions, Procurement
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Systems Thinking, Wicked Problems, Resilience, Renewable Energy, Utilities, Energy Efficiency, Electrification, Carbon Emissions, Procurement
Episode 34: GeoMicroDistrict: an alternative future for Natural Gas - HEET
Systems Thinking, Community, Wicked Problems, Resilience, Renewable Energy, Utilities, Energy Efficiency, Electrification, Carbon Emissions
Episode 34: GeoMicroDistrict: an alternative future for Natural Gas - HEET
Systems Thinking, Community, Wicked Problems, Resilience, Renewable Energy, Utilities, Energy Efficiency, Electrification, Carbon Emissions
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Systems Thinking, Community, Wicked Problems, Resilience, Renewable Energy, Utilities, Energy Efficiency, Electrification, Carbon Emissions
Episode 33: Changing the Climate for Women - Abena Sackey Ojetayo
Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
Episode 33: Changing the Climate for Women - Abena Sackey Ojetayo
Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
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Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
Episode 32: Resilient Campuses, Resilient Communities with Cal State - Chico and Central Community College
Systems Thinking, Community, Education, Justice, Wicked Problems, Resilience
Episode 32: Resilient Campuses, Resilient Communities with Cal State - Chico and Central Community College
Systems Thinking, Community, Education, Justice, Wicked Problems, Resilience
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Systems Thinking, Community, Education, Justice, Wicked Problems, Resilience
Episode 31: Changing the Climate for Women - Krista Murphy
Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
Episode 31: Changing the Climate for Women - Krista Murphy
Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
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Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
Episode 30: Twenty Sustainability Podcasts for 2020
Community, Education, Communications
Episode 30: Twenty Sustainability Podcasts for 2020
Community, Education, Communications
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Community, Education, Communications
Episode 29: Changing the Climate for Women - Kayla Dawson
Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
Episode 29: Changing the Climate for Women - Kayla Dawson
Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
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Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
Episode 28: Twenty Years of Sustainability with Anne Eskridge at the University of Washington
Community, Scope 3 Emissions, Transportation, Electrification, Behavior Change, Solid Waste, Water
Episode 28: Twenty Years of Sustainability with Anne Eskridge at the University of Washington
Community, Scope 3 Emissions, Transportation, Electrification, Behavior Change, Solid Waste, Water
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Community, Scope 3 Emissions, Transportation, Electrification, Behavior Change, Solid Waste, Water

2019 Episodes

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Episode 27: To Electric Vehicles and Beyond - Low-carbon transportation with Arjun Sarkar
Community, Scope 3 Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Transportation, Electrification
Episode 27: To Electric Vehicles and Beyond - Low-carbon transportation with Arjun Sarkar
Community, Scope 3 Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Transportation, Electrification
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Community, Scope 3 Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Transportation, Electrification
Episode 26: Changing the Climate for Women - Bonny Bentzin
Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
Episode 26: Changing the Climate for Women - Bonny Bentzin
Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
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Systems Thinking, Behavior Change, Community, Education
Episode 25: Losing Steam - Carleton College’s Energy Transition
Student Engagement, Systems Thinking, Renewable Energy, Carbon Emissions, Co-generation, Energy Efficiency, Utilities
Episode 25: Losing Steam - Carleton College’s Energy Transition
Student Engagement, Systems Thinking, Renewable Energy, Carbon Emissions, Co-generation, Energy Efficiency, Utilities
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Student Engagement, Systems Thinking, Renewable Energy, Carbon Emissions, Co-generation, Energy Efficiency, Utilities
Episode 24: Sustainable Food Systems at UNC-Chapel Hill
Education, Community, Food, Student Engagement
Episode 24: Sustainable Food Systems at UNC-Chapel Hill
Education, Community, Food, Student Engagement
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Education, Community, Food, Student Engagement
Episode 23: Social Justice and Sustainability - with Mary Annaïse Heglar
Education, Communications, Community, Wicked Problems, Justice
Episode 23: Social Justice and Sustainability - with Mary Annaïse Heglar
Education, Communications, Community, Wicked Problems, Justice
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Education, Communications, Community, Wicked Problems, Justice
Episode 22: Renewable Fuels Drive Education and an Artistic Revolution in Jackson County
Education, Student Engagement, Communications, Community, Systems Thinking
Episode 22: Renewable Fuels Drive Education and an Artistic Revolution in Jackson County
Education, Student Engagement, Communications, Community, Systems Thinking
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Education, Student Engagement, Communications, Community, Systems Thinking
Episode 21: Institutionalizing Sustainability for Real Change - Live at CHESC 2019
Education, Student Engagement, Communications, Community, Systems Thinking
Episode 21: Institutionalizing Sustainability for Real Change - Live at CHESC 2019
Education, Student Engagement, Communications, Community, Systems Thinking
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Education, Student Engagement, Communications, Community, Systems Thinking
Episode 20: Streamlining Sustainability Reporting with AASHE STARS
Carbon Emissions, Education, Student Engagement, Sustainability Curriculum
Episode 20: Streamlining Sustainability Reporting with AASHE STARS
Carbon Emissions, Education, Student Engagement, Sustainability Curriculum
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Carbon Emissions, Education, Student Engagement, Sustainability Curriculum
Episode 19: Sustainable Investing and Divestment
Behavior Change, Materialism, Student Engagement, Investing
Episode 19: Sustainable Investing and Divestment
Behavior Change, Materialism, Student Engagement, Investing
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Behavior Change, Materialism, Student Engagement, Investing
Episode 18: University of Virginia's Delta Force Program
Behavior Change, Carbon Emissions, Energy Efficiency, Green Labs, Revolving Funds
Episode 18: University of Virginia's Delta Force Program
Behavior Change, Carbon Emissions, Energy Efficiency, Green Labs, Revolving Funds
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Behavior Change, Carbon Emissions, Energy Efficiency, Green Labs, Revolving Funds
Episode 17: Designing a Sustainable Future: Intersections of Energy, Buildings & Engagement at the University of Washington
Design, Living Buildings, Student Engagement
Episode 17: Designing a Sustainable Future: Intersections of Energy, Buildings & Engagement at the University of Washington
Design, Living Buildings, Student Engagement
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Design, Living Buildings, Student Engagement
Episode 16: One Lab’s Trash is Another Lab’s Treasure: Reducing Waste and Increasing Reuse at Northwestern University
Solid Waste, Scope 3 Emissions, Behavior Change, Healthcare, Green Labs
Episode 16: One Lab’s Trash is Another Lab’s Treasure: Reducing Waste and Increasing Reuse at Northwestern University
Solid Waste, Scope 3 Emissions, Behavior Change, Healthcare, Green Labs
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Solid Waste, Scope 3 Emissions, Behavior Change, Healthcare, Green Labs

2018 Episodes

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Episode 15: Landfill-gas flaring project at Central College of Pella, Iowa
Renewable Energy, Utilities, Carbon Emissions, Community, Solid Waste, Scope 3 Emissions, Sustainability Curriculum, Education
Episode 15: Landfill-gas flaring project at Central College of Pella, Iowa
Renewable Energy, Utilities, Carbon Emissions, Community, Solid Waste, Scope 3 Emissions, Sustainability Curriculum, Education
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Renewable Energy, Utilities, Carbon Emissions, Community, Solid Waste, Scope 3 Emissions, Sustainability Curriculum, Education
Episode 14: Solar Carport and Energy Transition at Michigan State University
Carbon Emissions, Co-generation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Utilities
Episode 14: Solar Carport and Energy Transition at Michigan State University
Carbon Emissions, Co-generation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Utilities
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Carbon Emissions, Co-generation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Utilities
Episode 13: The Challenges and Opportunities of Aggressive Climate Action
Sustainability Curriculum, Education, Community, Communications, Behavior Change, Carbon Emissions, Co-generation, Energy Efficiency, Food, Renewable Energy, Scope 3 Emissions, Utilities, Wicked Problems
Episode 13: The Challenges and Opportunities of Aggressive Climate Action
Sustainability Curriculum, Education, Community, Communications, Behavior Change, Carbon Emissions, Co-generation, Energy Efficiency, Food, Renewable Energy, Scope 3 Emissions, Utilities, Wicked Problems
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Sustainability Curriculum, Education, Community, Communications, Behavior Change, Carbon Emissions, Co-generation, Energy Efficiency, Food, Renewable Energy, Scope 3 Emissions, Utilities, Wicked Problems
Episode 12: Find Your Sustain Ability - Dr. Lee Ball, Appalachian State University
Sustainability Curriculum, Education, Community, Communications
Episode 12: Find Your Sustain Ability - Dr. Lee Ball, Appalachian State University
Sustainability Curriculum, Education, Community, Communications
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Sustainability Curriculum, Education, Community, Communications
Episode 11: Putting a Price on Carbon - Nathan Graf, Swarthmore College
Carbon Emissions, Carbon Charge, Education, Energy Efficiency
Episode 11: Putting a Price on Carbon - Nathan Graf, Swarthmore College
Carbon Emissions, Carbon Charge, Education, Energy Efficiency
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Carbon Emissions, Carbon Charge, Education, Energy Efficiency
Episode 10: Repairing our Relationship to Stuff – Barnard College’s Sandra Goldmark Discusses Sustainability in the Context of Reuse, Repair, and Design
Behavior Change, Materialism, Scope 3 Emissions, Solid Waste
Episode 10: Repairing our Relationship to Stuff – Barnard College’s Sandra Goldmark Discusses Sustainability in the Context of Reuse, Repair, and Design
Behavior Change, Materialism, Scope 3 Emissions, Solid Waste
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Behavior Change, Materialism, Scope 3 Emissions, Solid Waste
Episode 9: The New Grand Strategy
Wicked Problems, Food, Renewable Energy, Walkable Communities, Energy Efficiency, Water
Episode 9: The New Grand Strategy
Wicked Problems, Food, Renewable Energy, Walkable Communities, Energy Efficiency, Water
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Wicked Problems, Food, Renewable Energy, Walkable Communities, Energy Efficiency, Water

2017 Episodes

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Episode 8: Campus as a Living Laboratory
Wicked Problems, Education
Episode 8: Campus as a Living Laboratory
Wicked Problems, Education
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Wicked Problems, Education
Episode 7: Fuel Switching and Sustainability at Iowa State University
Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Co-generation
Episode 7: Fuel Switching and Sustainability at Iowa State University
Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Co-generation
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Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Co-generation
Episode 6: The Path to 100% Renewable Energy: an interview with Bronte Payne of Environment America
Behavior Change, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy
Episode 6: The Path to 100% Renewable Energy: an interview with Bronte Payne of Environment America
Behavior Change, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy
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Behavior Change, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy
Episode 5: Exploring the nexus of sustainability and research with My Green Lab
Green Labs, Behavior Change, Energy Efficiency
Episode 5: Exploring the nexus of sustainability and research with My Green Lab
Green Labs, Behavior Change, Energy Efficiency
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Green Labs, Behavior Change, Energy Efficiency
Episode 4: What can Flint, MI teach us about Sustainable Water Systems?
Water, Wicked Problems
Episode 4: What can Flint, MI teach us about Sustainable Water Systems?
Water, Wicked Problems
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Water, Wicked Problems
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Wicked Problems, Education, Behavior Change, Sustainability Curriculum
Episode 3, Part 2: Krista Hiser, University of Hawaii - Teaching Sustainability Concepts
Wicked Problems, Education, Behavior Change, Sustainability Curriculum
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Wicked Problems, Education, Behavior Change, Sustainability Curriculum
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Behavior Change, Education, Sustainability Curriculum, Wicked Problems
Episode 3, Part 1: Krista Hiser, University of Hawaii System - Sustainability Designation for College Courses
Behavior Change, Education, Sustainability Curriculum, Wicked Problems
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Behavior Change, Education, Sustainability Curriculum, Wicked Problems
Co-generation, Utilities
Episode 2: Peter Kelly Detwiler - Exploring the relationship between campus energy systems and the local utility provider
Co-generation, Utilities
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Co-generation, Utilities
Sustainability Curriculum, Education, Food, Healthcare
Episode 1: Rachel Chadderdon Bair - at the intersection of food, healthcare, economy and environment
Sustainability Curriculum, Education, Food, Healthcare
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Sustainability Curriculum, Education, Food, Healthcare

Changing the Climate for Women

This series focuses on the unique challenges and opportunities for women working in sustainability related fields.