All Episodes

Sustainability Defined is the podcast that defines “sustainability”, one concept and (one bad joke) at a time. Each episode explores one new topic in depth with the help of an expert (or experts!) in that field. Click on each year below to view all related episodes. Then follow the links to see each episode's intro notes and listen right from your browser! 

ATYPICAL EPISODE 7: RESPONSIBLE BEAUTY (SPONSORED BY P&G)

EPISODE 80: CARBON REMOVAL WITH BEN RUBIN (CARBON BUSINESS COUNCIL)

ATYPICAL EPISODE 6: THE UPROOT PROJECT

EPISODE 79: 2023 HOLIDAY HODGE-PODGE

EPISODE 78: INVASIVE SPECIES WITH LEIGH GREENWOOD (THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

EPISODE 77: SUPPLY CHAIN HUMAN RIGHTS WITH ARUNA KASHYAP (HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH) AND ALEX SILBERMAN (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR)

EPISODE 76: RARE EARTHS WITH SCOTT DUNN (NOVEON MAGNETICS)

EPISODE 75: THE ENERGY GRID WITH KRISTINA SKIERKA (POWER FOR ALL)

EPISODE 74: TRANSPARENCY WITH DAN SACCARDI & KATHY MULVEY (CERES AND THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS)

ATYPICAL EP 5: STAFFER PODCAST EPISODE WITH MIKE BOOTS (BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY AND GATES VENTURES)

BONUS EPISODE: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EVNRIONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT (MS-EMS) PROGRAM

EPISODE 73: WATER CONSERVATION WITH ASHLEY FILL (PROCTER & GAMBLE)

BONUS EPISODE: YALE'S FINACING AND DEPLOYING CLEAN ENERGY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

EPISODE 72: BIODIVERSITY WITH DR PAULA EHRLICH (E. O. WILSON BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION)

EPISODE 71: WATER AND AGRICULTURE WITH ASHWIN MADGAVKAR (CERES IMAGING)

BONUS EPISODE: CONVERSATION WITH DAVID SANDALOW, (ZAYED SUSTAINABILITY PRIZE)

EPISODE 70: 2022 HOLIDAY HODGE-PODGE

EPISODE 69: AIR POLLUTION WITH MOLLY RAUCH & ALMETA COOPER (MOMS CLEAN AIRFORCE)

EPISODE 68: THE "FOREVER CHEMICALS": PFAS WITH LAUREN GROPPER (REPURPOSE)

ATYPICAL EPISODE 4: WASHING LAUNDRY IN COLD WATER WITH TODD CLINE (TIDE)

EPISODE 67: SUSTAINABILITY WEDDINGS WITH GINA LETT-SHREWSBERRY (INSPIRATIONS BY GINA)

EPISODE 66: RECYCLED CONTENT WITH NICK HIGGINS (GLAD)

ATYPICAL EPISODE 3: ENERGY MANAGEMENT WITH LAUREN SCOTT (ACUITY BRANDS)

EPISODE 65: PERSONAL SUSTAINABLE INVESTING WITH KEN LAROE (CLIMATE FIRST BANK)

EPISODE 64: 2021 HOLIDAY HODGE-PODGE WITH OUR HOSTS, SCOTT BREEN AND JAY SIEGEL

EPISODE 63: SEA LEVEL RISE WITH JOHN ENGLANDER (RISING SEAS INSTITUTE)

EPISODE 62: TRANIST ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WITH RICK COLE (THE CONGRESS FOR THE NEW URBANISM)

EPISODE 61: CARBON PRICING WITH DR. MARC HAFSTEAD (RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE)

ATYPICAL EPISODE 2: SUSTAINABILITY DEFINED STAFF!

EPISODE 60: SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING WITH DR. SHARON HALL (ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY)

EPISODE 59: ECO-ANXIETY WITH DR. LISE VAN SUSTEREN (CLIMATE FOR HEALTH)

EPISODE 58: BIOTECHNOLOGY & SUSTAINABILITY WITH JOHN MELO AND BETH BANNERMAN (AMYRIS)

EPISODE 57: ENERGY STORAGE WITH MAREK KUBIK (FLUENCE)

EPISODE 56: SUSTAINABILITY & SPIRITS WITH SOPHIE KELLY (BULLEIT FRONTIER WHISKEY) AND ERIC SPRAGUE (AMERICAN FORESTS)

EPISODE 55: 2020 HOLIDAY HODGE-PODGE!

EPISODE 54: RACISM AND THE MODERN ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT WITH FAITH BRIGGS (GLOBAL WORKS COMMUNITY FUND)

EPISODE 53: POLLINATORS WITH ROB DAVIS (CENTER FOR POLLINATORS IN ENERGY), KEVIN HACKETT (NATIVEENERGY), AND ELYSA HAMMOND (CLIF BAR & COMPANY)

EPISODE 52: FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS WITH ALEC JAMES AND CELIA POOL (DAME)

ATYPICAL EPISODE 1: RACIAL JUSTICE STATEMENT, FAVORITE SUSTAINABILITY ARTICLES, LISTENER VOICEMAILS

EPISODE 51: URBAN GREENING WITH SANDRA ALBRO (HOLDEN FORESTS & GARDENS)

EPISODE 50: HOSPITALS AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH JULIE MOYLE (PRACTICE GREENHEALTH)

EPISODE 49: E-MOBILITY WITH GIOVANNI BERTOLINO (ENEL X)

EPISODE 48: CAREERS IN SUSTAINABILITY WITH TRISH KENLON (SUSTAINABLE CAREER PATHWAYS)

EPISODE 47: SOIL CARBON WITH JENNIFER COOPER AND JEFF BERNICKE (NATIVEENERGY) AND HANA KAJIMURA (ALLBIRDS)

EPISODE 46: 2019 HOLIDAY HODGE-PODGE

EPISODE 45: SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE WITH SOPHIE RYAN (GLOBAL SALMON INITIATIVE)

EPISODE 44: BIOMIMICRY WITH NICOLE MILLER (BIOMIMICRY 3.8)

EPISODE 43: HIGH SPEED RAIL WITH ANDY KUNZ (U.S. HIGH SPEED RAIL ASSOCIATION)

EPISODE 42: CLIMATE ADVOCACY WITH BRADY WALKINSHAW (GRIST) AND VARSHINI PRAKASH (SUNRISE MOVEMENT)

EPISODE 41: EQUITY IN CITIES WITH JERRY TINIANOW (CITY OF DENVER, CO) AND ROB PHOCAS (CITY OF CHARLOTTE, NC)

EPISODE 40: UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY WITH PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

EPISODE 39: ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITH SCOTT TEW (INGERSOLL RAND)

EPISODE 38: HOLIDAY HODGE-PODGE OF SUSTAINABLE GIFT IDEAS, CLIMATE CHANGE MIGRANTS, AND GUESTS FROM THE STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE, GROSVENOR REAL ESTATE, AND THE WOODROW WILSON CENTER

EPISODE 37: OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY WITH BENJ DYKES (ORSTED) AND LIZ BURDOCK (BUSINESS NETWORK FOR OFFSHORE WIND)

EPISODE 36: GREEN BURIAL WITH ELIZABETH FOURNIER (CORNERSTONE FUNERAL SERVICES)

EPISODE 35: SUSTAINABLE BEAUTY AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS WITH DANIELLE AZOULAY (L'OREAL USA)

EPISODE 34: BIODEGRADABLE PRODUCTS WITH SUSANNA CARSON (BSIBIO SOLUTIONS)

EPISODE 33: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM WITH DANIELLA FOSTER (HILTON HOTELS)

EPISODE 32: REVERSING GLOBAL WARMING WITH PAUL HAWKEN (PROJECT DRAWDOWN)

EPISODE 31: LIVE RECORDING OF EXISTING BUILDINGS KEYNOTE SPEECH WITH JAY AND SCOTT (U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL'S GREENCON EVENT)

EPISODE 30: GREEN FINANCE WITH JOEL MAKOWER (GREENBIZ GROUP)

EPISODE 29: GREEN AVIATION WITH JOHN MANDYCK (UNITED TECHNOLOGIES)

EPISODE 28: MARKETING SUSTAINABILITY WITH SOLI TOWNSEND (FUTERRA)

EPISODE 27: SUSTAINABILITY AND ART WITH ANNIE GRIFFITHS (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND RIPPLE EFFECT IMAGES)

EPISODE 26: BIG DATA & SUSTAINABILITY WITH KATE BRANDT (GOOGLE)

EPISODE 25: SUPPLY CHAIN EMISSIONS & PROJECT GIGATON WITH ZACH FREEZE (WALMART)

EPISODE 24: PLASTICS WITH ANDREW ALMACK (PLASTICS FOR CHANGE) AND MONIQUE OXENDER (KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN

EPISODE 23: AGROECOLOGY WITH STEVE BRESCIA (GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL

EPISODE 22: CIRCULAR ECONOMY WITH JENNIFER GERHOLDT (U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION) AND ANGELA NAHIKIAN (STEELCASE)

EPISODE 21: WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WITH WILL SARNI (WATER FOUNDRY, LLC)

EPISODE 20: CONSERVATISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE WITH BOB INGLIS (REPUBLIC(E)N)

EPISODE 19: SUSTAINABILITY IN THE C-SUITE WITH COLIN DYER (JLL)

EPISODE 18: SUSTAINABLE APPAREL WITH JEFF DENBY (THE RENEWAL WORKSHOP)

EPISODE 17: ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM WITH NICK ASTER (TRIPLEPUNDIT)

EPISODE 16: SUSTAINABLE BEER WITH KATIE WALLACE (NEW BELGIUM BREWING COMPANY

EPISODE 15: NET IMPACT NATIONAL CONFERENCE WITH KATHARA GREEN AND BRITTANY LEHNHART (NET IMPACT)

EPISODE 14: SUPPLY CHAIN RISK WITH EMILIE MAZZACURATI (427 CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

EPISODE 13: SUSTAINABILITY DISCLOSURE WITH ROGER MARTELLA (SIDLEY AUSTIN

EPISODE 12: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH ANDREW WINSTON (WINSTON ECOSTRATEGIES

EPISODE 11: CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION WITH ED MAIBACH (CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION)

EPISODE 10: SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN WITH DIVYA NATRAJAN (PALADINO & CO)

EPISODE 9: COMPOSTING WITH JEREMY BROSOWSKY (COMPOST CAB)

EPISODE 8: PUBLIC LAND USE WITH MATT LEE-ASHLEY (CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS)

EPISODE 7: SOLAR FINANCING WITH ANDREW GILLIGAN AND ELI HINCKLEY

EPISODE 6: FOOD WASTE WITH ANN YANG AND PHIL WONG (MISFIT JUICERY)

EPISODE 5: GREEN SCHOOLS WITH JOSH LASKY (US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL)

EPISODE 4: NATURE DEFICIT DISORDER WITH JACKIE OSTFELD (SIERRA CLUB)

EPISODE 3: NEONICS WITH JENN SASS (NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL)

EPISODE 2: HFCS WITH KASEY KNOELL (ICF INTERNATIONAL)

EPISODE 1: ELECTRIC BIKES WITH AMBER WASON (RIIDE)