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Sustainability Now is engaged in the exploration and proliferation of cutting edge sustainable technologies that solve planetary problems related to food, energy, housing, water, waste, health, economics and consciousness. http://www.sustainabilitynow.global
with Host Mira Rubin and Producer Scott Bille

080 Urban Food Forests Seed Libraries as Food Sovereignty Strategies

Mar 17, 2024

A Sustainability Now Interview with Nathan Lou, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Mongol Tribe.

Agro-ecologist Nathan Lou is Co-founder and Executive Director of San Diego-based Mongol Tribe, a 501C3 providing hands-on education and experiences with traditional and regenerative land management practices.

With local...

075 Restoring the Rainforest of the Sea

Sep 17, 2023

Deniz Tekerek is co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Archireef, a Nature-tech startup that restores coral reefs with proprietary 3D-printed clay Reef Tiles.

Often called the rainforests of the sea, coral reef structures help slow down and shrink waves as they hurtle towards shore, which helps protect coastlines...

046 Concrete Solutions to Climate Change

Mar 21, 2021

What if we could use open-source software development principles to reverse climate change?

That is exactly what Chris Neidl and The Open Air Collective has done through their Direct Air Carbon Capture (DACC) projects and their leadership in crafting the New York State Low Embodied Carbon Concrete Leadership Act...

021 - How Garbage is Killing the Urban Metabolism

Oct 18, 2019

If we think of a city as a living organism, energy and waste are essential parts of the urban metabolism. Join us for an enlightening conversation with zero waste consultant, Alisa Shargorodsky as we explore the challenges of recycling programs, and the impact of recyclables, compostables and single-use packaging on the...

007 Hungry Harvest - How Can Ugly Food to End Hunger w/ Stacy Carroll

Aug 9, 2018

Begun as a college exercise in social entrepreneurship, Evan Lutz founded Hungry Harvest with a mission to achieve zero food waste and put an end to hunger. Four years and a successful Shark Tank deal later, Hungry Harvest is making "ugly food" a beautiful thing, making food deserts flourish, and nourishing body...