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How does one small person stand up to the massive problem of climate change? The best chance we have of Keeping It Cool is by joining together. Hear what real people in our Bay Area communities are doing to tackle climate change, and learn how you can take part in the solutions.
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This podcast purpose is to inspire and motivate. I'm gonna talk about the challenges of life, relationships, spirituality, and the importance of self healing. Take this journey with me as I share things about what I've learned from my own personal experiences in life and others. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iam-dfortune/support
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Increasingly, youth are taking on key roles as climate advocates. So what’s it like to step into the climate policy spotlight — when you’re not even old enough to vote? Keeping It Cool talks to Purva and Alex, two Bay Area high school students, about their climate action journeys, while learning how other community members (parents, grandparents, t…
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When it seems like individual action isn’t enough to fix the climate, enter policy change. We talk with Paula and Karl Danz of the Silicon Valley North chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL works to activate community members in all 50 states — by helping them tap into their own personal superpowers in support of a bigger common goal: getti…
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Most of us haven’t given much thought to what happens to waste after it’s tossed in the bin. To “unearth” more, we checked in with educator Julia Au of RethinkWaste. It turns out, waste can either form stinky methane in a landfill or beneficial compost for reuse on the land — and it’s up to us to choose which one. We also test Julia’s knowledge as …
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Tired of cleaning out slimy, forgotten food out of the fridge? We are too! The amount of food that is wasted by an average household is equivalent to tossing 1 in 4 bags of groceries each trip. Robin Plutchok of StopWaste discusses the impact of all this wasted food and shares strategies for preventing waste from happening in the first place.…
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Compared to motor vehicles, bikes are a cleaner, greener way of getting around. So how can we get more people on bikes? KEEPING IT COOL talks with longtime bike advocate Tim Oey of the Silicon Valley Bike Coalition, a group that is already shifting the gears within our cities toward a people-powered, fossil-free mobility future. So get on board the…
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What can Bay Area residents do at an individual level to help solve climate change? It turns out that anyone using energy (both homeowners and renters) can make choices that can help keep the grid humming along on cleaner energy. Enter OhmConnect, a company that is on a mission to give people an easy way to save money and be part of the clean energ…
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Heating and cooling buildings uses a heck of a lot of energy: So what can we be doing better? Keeping It Cool interviews Deborah Vasquez, an apartment complex manager who created big energy savings for residents through building renovations and upgrades. Yifei and Vivian uncover more ways that homeowners can cut greenhouse emissions (and lower ener…
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Yifei and Vivian take the bull by the horns to find out how everyday food choices affect our greenhouse emissions, speaking with Nicole Angiel of the environmental nonprofit Acterra. They then turn to Allison Dear, a medical researcher at Stanford and a longtime vegan, to help demystify what plant-based eating is really like.…
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