101 Ways To Save The Planet is one hour of hope and optimism about the future. Each episode features interviews with some of the most forward-thinking minds who are dreaming up solutions to combat climate change and help humanity live in harmony with nature. We will share their vision for the future and provide information about how you, too, can help that vision become reality.
EP. 8
Our conversation with Stacey Barbas, Senior Program Officer for Health at the Kresge Foundation, couldn't come at a more relevant time. Find out how the health of the environment, the health of our communities and our individual health are all inextricably linked. Stacey discusses Kresge's FreshLo initiative, which invests in hyper-local and community-led projects (usually centered around food) that impart a sense of pride and placemaking in communities and create resiliency in the face of a crisis like the current COVID pandemic.
EP. 7
As Managing Director of Ted Turner Reserves, Jade McBride is charged with carrying out the legendary Ted Turner's mission to "save everything" on more than half a million acres of New Mexico Wilderness. Today we talk to Jade about how he never takes for granted having one of the most beautiful wilderness escapes in the country as his backyard, and the privilege of facilitating experiences in nature that are almost too breathtaking to be believed - the kind fo experiences that make conservation the simplest choice in the world.
EP. 6
What if every trip you took helped to improve our world, regardless of the destination or type of travel? That idea is what inspired our guest today, Kelley Louise, to found Impact Travel Alliance (ITA), an organization working to educate and inspire people to travel in a way that empowers local communities and protects our planet.
EP. 5
What if every time you went out to eat you were helping farmers across the country to regenerate the land, restore soil and improve the quality and quantity of our food for generations to come? Today, Women's Equality Day, we're talking with Karen Leibowitz, the badass woman behind the James Beard Award-winning Zero Foodprint initiative, which she co-founded alongside husband and chef Anthony Myint. Zero Foodprint works to mobilize diners, chefs and growers to support regenerative agriculture practices across the food and agriculture industries.
EP. 4
We're catching up with Allie Kelly, Executive Director of The Ray, an 18 mile stretch of highway just outside of Atlanta serving as an incubator lab for ideas that will transform the future of transportation to become cleaner, greener, healthier and safer for ourselves and the planet. Everything from solar roads, pollinator gardens, EV charging stations, updated rest stops, repurposing old tires to pave the highway and so much more.
EP. 3
We're chatting with Shamar Bibbins, Senior Program Officer for environmental initiatives at the Kresge Foundation, about her and the foundation's work to help communities build resilience in the face of climate change - all while keeping equity and inclusion at the center of the effort.