Crowdsourcing Sustainability

Ryan Hagen

Real talk on the planetary emergency and what we can do about it. actonclimatenewsletter.substack.com

  1. Community Climate Action with Seattle's Director of Sustainability, Jessyn Farrell

    05/24/2023

    Community Climate Action with Seattle's Director of Sustainability, Jessyn Farrell

    In line with Crowdsourcing Sustainability's monthly theme of organizing for climate action in your community, we recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jessyn Farrell! Jessyn brings a unique and helpful perspective to community climate action as she has been involved with it from several different angles - first as an advocate, directing a transportation-focused nonprofit, then as a lawmaker for the state of Washington’s House of Representatives, and now as the Director of Seattle’s Office of Environment and Sustainability. We covered a lot of ground in this interview including: The most effective ways for people to influence local politicians.How policy actually gets written (for better or worse).Advice for anyone running for office.The importance of meeting people where they are, listening, and addressing injustices.A story about the time she prevented fossil fuel lobbyists from destroying a multi-billion dollar bill by hiding in the bathroom…Crowdsourcing Sustainability links:  - Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01  - Join the Crowdsourcing Sustainability Community! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.community/ - CS Website: https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org  Crowdsourcing Sustainability is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider supporting us so we can keep educating, inspiring, and empowering more people to act on climate where they live and work! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org/donate  And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch as always for editing!! Support the Show. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit actonclimatenewsletter.substack.com

    55 min
  2. Origin story: Ryan Hagen & Crowdsourcing Sustainability

    05/10/2023

    Origin story: Ryan Hagen & Crowdsourcing Sustainability

    This episode is thanks to the good people over at Brighter Future who recently reached out to interview me (hi, Ryan here 👋) for their Origin Story series which, in their words, is about "highlighting the path that planet-driven leaders walk on their journey to create a Brighter Future". So I had the tables turned on me in this one and had a fun convo with Sandra Gouveia! Figured I’d share it here for those of you who want to hear more about my story and some of the thinking behind Crowdsourcing Sustainability. Hope you enjoy - let me know what you think :) You can find the lightly edited text version of the interview here. Crowdsourcing Sustainability links:  - Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01  - Join the Crowdsourcing Sustainability Community! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.community/ - CS Website: https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org  Crowdsourcing Sustainability is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider supporting us so we can keep educating, inspiring, and empowering more people to act on climate where they live and work! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org/donate  And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch as always for editing!! Support the Show. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit actonclimatenewsletter.substack.com

    42 min
  3. Equitable Electrification & a Just Transition

    04/29/2023

    Equitable Electrification & a Just Transition

    In this panel discussion, we talk about why equity is critical to decarbonization and ways to center it!  If you'd like to learn more about the panelists and the great work they're doing you can find them/check out their work below: - Jamal Lewis - Director of Policy Partnerships and Equitable Electrification, Rewiring America https://www.rewiringamerica.org/about#leadership  - Johanna Bozuwa - Executive Director of the Climate + Community Project https://www.climateandcommunity.org/ - Carolina Paes - Geologist & Sustainability and Circular Economy Consultant https://www.systemiq.earth/paris-effect/ - Dion Richardson - Founder & President of Community Dreams Foundation https://cdreams.org/ Here are the resources that were discussed and shared throughout the panel: - EU Corporate Responsibility Reporting: https://finance.ec.europa.eu/capital-markets-union-and-financial-markets/company-reporting-and-auditing/company-reporting/corporate-sustainability-reporting_en - Climate + Community Project's report on Achieving Zero Emissions with Less Mining: https://www.climateandcommunity.org/more-mobility-less-mining - Rewiring America's IRA Calculator (figure out how much money you can get to electrify!): https://www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator - Report on coalition-led low-carbon economies in the Amazon: https://www.systemiq.earth/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Amazons-Report.pdf   Crowdsourcing Sustainability links:  - Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01  - Join the Crowdsourcing Sustainability Community! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.community/ - CS Website: https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org  Crowdsourcing Sustainability is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider supporting us so we can keep educating, inspiring, and empowering more people to act on climate where they live and work! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org/donate  And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch as always for editing!! Support the Show. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit actonclimatenewsletter.substack.com

    1h 14m
  4. Sustainable Investing = Building the Future We Want to Live In with James Regulinski

    03/29/2023

    Sustainable Investing = Building the Future We Want to Live In with James Regulinski

    In this episode, we cover the ins and outs of sustainable investing and the impact it has with James Regulinski. James is the Co-Founder of Carbon Collective which is helping people to align their investments with solving climate change! This was a fun one - James has quite the story and brings a refreshing, holistic perspective to investing and why it matters. As I mentioned at the end of the episode, Carbon Collective can help your company to offer sustainable investment options for you and your co-workers. After this recording, Crowdsourcing Sustainability partnered with Carbon Collective as we're aligned on addressing climate change and getting more people to switch to sustainable investing options. Because of this partnership, if your company ends up making the switch to having Carbon Collective as their advisor (and you let them know that you found them through CS!), our nonprofit will get a referral bonus. We see that as a mission-aligned win win win, and, quite frankly, every little bit helps our scrappy nonprofit! Relevant Links: Carbon Collective: https://www.carboncollective.co/ CS Referral link: https://hubs.li/Q01JwLlY0 Fossil Free Funds tool to see your investment's grades: https://fossilfreefunds.org/ Invest Your Values: https://investyourvalues.org/ Lots more on this topic in our latest newsletter which you can always find on our website! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org  Additional Crowdsourcing Sustainability links:  - Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01  - Join the Crowdsourcing Sustainability Community! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.community/ Crowdsourcing Sustainability is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider supporting us so we can keep educating, inspiring, and empowering more people to act on climate where they live and work! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org/donate  And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch as always for editing!! Support the Show. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit actonclimatenewsletter.substack.com

    57 min
  5. Sustainable Banking & Investing

    03/08/2023

    Sustainable Banking & Investing

    This episode features an all-star panel we spoke with recently about climate-positive banking and investing, and how you can make sure your money is supporting climate solutions rather than climate collapse.  We specifically covered:  - How your and/or your organization's money is currently supporting fossil fuels through the mainstream banking and investing industry. - What you and your organization can do to change your money's impact, and affect the financial industry overall. - Why it all matters  - the difference in impact between the status quo and climate-positive financial solutions so you feel clear about why making the switch is so important. Our panel for this event: Andrew Behar - CEO of As You Sow Vanessa Fajans-Turner - Executive Director of BankFWD Ravi Mikkelsen - Cofounder & CEO of Atmos Bank Relevant Links! - Find your banking climate footprint: https://bankfwd.org/toolkit/calculator/ - Questions to ask your bank (for individuals and companies): https://bankfwd.org/questionsforbanks/ - Find out where your 401K is invested: https://investyourvalues.org/ - The Clean 200 - list of the cleanest global public companies to invest in: https://www.asyousow.org/clean200 - Find values-aligned investment funds for issues including climate, weapons, prisons, and gender equity: https://www.asyousow.org/invest-your-values - Atmos Financial: https://www.joinatmos.com/invite/crowdsourcing-sustainability Crowdsourcing Sustainability links:  - Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01  - Join the Crowdsourcing Sustainability Community! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.community/ - CS Website: https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org  Crowdsourcing Sustainability is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider supporting us so we can keep educating, inspiring, and empowering more people to act on climate where they live and work! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org/donate  And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch as always for editing!! Support the Show. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit actonclimatenewsletter.substack.com

    1h 19m
  6. Electrifying Everything With Saul Griffith

    02/08/2023

    Electrifying Everything With Saul Griffith

    In this episode, we got to chat with Saul Griffith about what it means to electrify everything, why it matters, and what people like you can do to help electrify your community! Saul is an inventor, engineer, MacArthur Genius award winner and much much more. He probably knows more about the US's energy system than anyone and helped shape the Inflation Reduction Act with his teammates at  Rewiring America .  (The graph mentioned can be viewed here! https://youtu.be/TxeD1Y68tLM?t=1627) Timeline: 0:00 Intro & Saul's climate journey. 7:20 What electrification is and how much more efficient it is than fossil-fueled machines. 15:45 Committed emissions from existing fossil fuel infrastructure would take us to 1.9°C or 2°C. 18:20 IPCC's pathways to 1.5°C over-rely on negative emissions. 21:25 What the mobilization we need right now looks like. 23:35 Electrification is anti-inflationary. 28:25 Community-level activism. 35:30 Our laws were made for a fossil-fueled world. What regulations need to change? What should people invest their time and energy into to change these rules and laws? 42:00 Why we need climate loans. 47:45 Public vs. private infrastructure. 51:20 Final message and call to action! Relevant Links: - Rewiring America: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/ - Other Lab: https://www.otherlab.com/ - Diagram of how US Energy flows through society: https://www.otherlab.com/blog-posts/us-energy-flow-super-sankey - 1 billion machines: https://saulgriffith.medium.com/one-billion-machines-48a7c3cf0694 - Personalized Savings Calculator for the Inflation Reduction Act: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator Crowdsourcing Sustainability links:  - Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01  - Join the Crowdsourcing Sustainability Community! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.community/ - CS Website: https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org  Crowdsourcing Sustainability is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider supporting us so we can keep educating, inspiring, and empowering more people to act on climate where they live and work! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org/donate  And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch as always for editing!! Support the Show. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit actonclimatenewsletter.substack.com

    57 min
  7. Bill McKibben on Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What to Do!

    11/18/2022

    Bill McKibben on Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What to Do!

    In this episode of the Crowdsourcing Sustainability Podcast, Bill McKibben shares his 30,000-foot view with us on the past, present, and future - How did we get here? Where we are now? And what do we need to invest our time and energy in going forward to co-create the best possible future? Timeline 0:00 Intro 1:30 Bill's climate story 6:29 Why "the choices we made in those years around 1980 will turn out to be more important than any choices any nation ever made." 12:45 On the "non-trivial chance of civilizational collapse" 17:00 The good news is... 21:20 Bill's theory of change 25:50 Third Act & the important role of people over the age of 60 31:50 On threats to democracy 33:40 Effective organizing 35:40 The role of religious communities and how to shift the zeitgeist 39:40 Final thoughts Relevant links! Get Involved with Third Act! https://thirdact.org/get-involved/ Banking on our Future Pledge: https://thirdact.org/act/bank-on-our-future-pledge/ Check out Bill's latest book, "The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon": http://billmckibben.com/the-flag-the-cross-and-the-station-wagon.html Crowdsourcing Sustainability links: Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01 Website: https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org Crowdsourcing Sustainability is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider supporting us so we can keep helping to educate and empower more people to act on climate where they live and work! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org/donate And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch for editing!! Support the Show. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit actonclimatenewsletter.substack.com

    42 min
  8. How to go solar ☀️ (with maximum savings & minimal hassle)

    10/14/2022

    How to go solar ☀️ (with maximum savings & minimal hassle)

    In this webinar we were lucky to be joined by Mike Condon and Matt Schuler to walk us through how to go solar!  Mike and Matt both work at EnergySage which really is second-to-none when it comes to making the solar process easier, more transparent, and much cheaper for homeowners and renters alike in the US thanks to their free online marketplace and free unbiased energy advisors who are there to help you every step of the way. See if solar is a good fit for you with the EnergySage calculator here and start getting free quotes! https://www.energysage.com/p/crowdsourcingsustainability/  Timeline 0:00 Intro 2:45 Where does the residential solar industry stand in the US? 7:15 EnergySage: Mission & what they do to help people 10:54 What it's like using EnergySage's online solar marketplace 19:00 How does someone determine what the right solar option is for them? 23:50 Community solar: what states it's available in & other useful info 30:05 Best practices & key things to consider in going solar 33:00 Vetting solar installers   36:25 Most common hurdles people face and how to overcome them 39:45 Q&A on energy storage, range of panel options in quotes, solar roofing, do you still get power if grid goes down?, calculating future electricity needed for EVs 52:35 Final thoughts & calls to action Crowdsourcing Sustainability links: Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01 Website: https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org Crowdsourcing Sustainability is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider supporting us so we can keep helping to educate and empower more people on climate action! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org/donate And a huge thank you to our volunteer, Diego Rentsch for editing!! Support the Show. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit actonclimatenewsletter.substack.com

    58 min
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