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Climify
by Climate Designers
Climify is the podcast that connects climate scientists and design educators together so that we can help combat our climate crisis in our classrooms. The discussions on this program are geared to help you climify your syllab i to assign projects that not only teach design fundamentals but also can have a positive impact on our climate. A podcast by Climate Designers Listen at climatedesigners.org/edu/climify
Episodes
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The Climate Shift: Action, Optimism & What Matters Now
This is an edited version of the live Aug. 5 panel featuring all of the season five guests. Take a break from your daily grind and join Climify host Eric Benson for an energizing conversation that redefines what it means to be hopeful in the face of the climate crisis. Featuring a dynamic panel…
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(Crossover with High Tech High Unboxed Podcast) Derek Mitchell and Scott Sampson on Regenerative Education
Welcome to another great crossover episode where we introduce you to another podcast you should follow and listen to. This time it’s High Tech High’s Unboxed Podcast hosted by Alec Patton. In this episode, Alec talks to Partners in School Innovation CEO Derek Mitchell and Executive Director of...
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(Crossover with the Hey Change Podcast) What We Can Do – The Art of The Possible with Charlie Sellars
We are excited to bring you another great podcast crossover with the Hey Change Podcast hosted by season 5 guest Anne Therese Gennari. A Climate Optimist’s Guide to Sustainable Living Join Anne as she brings new life to the Hey Change Podcast and kickstart Season 5 with Mr. Climate Optimism…
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Embracing Apocalyptic Optimism: Dr. Dana Fisher on Climate Resilience
In this final episode of season five, Eric Benson talks with sociologist and American University Professor Dr. Dana Fisher for a frank conversation about the current state of climate action and our political and social futures. Dr. Fisher introduces her compelling idea of “apocalyptic optimism”…
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From Anxiety to Action — Finding Climate Purpose and Possibilities with Cynthia Leung
Join host Eric Benson for an inspiring and emotional conversation with climate leader Cynthia Leung as she shares her journey from being moved by An Inconvenient Truth to making real change in the energy industry. This episode is packed with powerful insights on how to align your passion with…
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Everyday Climate Action: Practical Tips from Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
Can small steps lead to big climate wins? In this episode, host Eric Benson chats with Cate Mingoya-LaFortune, author of Climate Action for Busy People, about how everyday choices can drive meaningful change. They explore why thinking local matters, how communities spark climate momentum, and how...
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Navigating the Nuances of AI and Climate Action with Kate O'Neil
Trigger Warning: This conversation contains content on suicide. Host Eric Benson speaks with Tech Humanist Kate O’Neill to explore how technology, empathy, and bold thinking can spark real climate action. From strategic optimism to future-ready solutions, Kate shares powerful insights on bridging...
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Empathy Over Outrage: Jenny Morgan on Building a Climate Movement That Works
Join host Eric Benson for a powerful conversation with author Jenny Morgan, whose new book Cancel Culture and Climate takes a bold look at the fractures within the climate movement. Jenny shares her personal journey—facing binary thinking, cancel culture, and the urgent need for a new kind of...
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Embracing Climate Optimism with Anne Therese Gennari
Host Eric welcomes Anne Therese Gennari — TEDx speaker, educator, author, and self-proclaimed climate optimist. Together, they explore Anne's inspiring journey toward embracing and promoting climate optimism. From the importance of inner growth and spiritual transformation to taking practical,...
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Climify Season 5 Trailer - Optimism?
In this season, we explore the duality of climate action by addressing our collective hope for a sustainable future while acknowledging the skepticism, grief, and challenges that come with it. Join our six amazing guests as we discuss meaningful ways to maintain hope and also hold space for grief...
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DC Climate Week: An Inside Look with Co-Founder C’pher Gresham
In this special episode of Climify, host Eric Benson chats with C’pher Gresham, co-founder of the very first DC Climate Week. They dive into how the event got started, what kind of speakers and activities you can expect — from garden tours to job fairs — and the lessons C’pher learned along the...
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Why Isn’t All Design Inclusive? (Crossover episode with the Made for Us Podcast)
Welcome to another fantastic crossover episode! This time we have the amazing podcast “Made for us” hosted by Tosin Sulaiman. Made For Us is an award-winning podcast for anyone who’s curious about how to design for inclusivity. Join us each week for conversations with founders, designers, product...
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Solarpunk Economics: A Conversation with a Climify Fan
This episode is our special holiday gift to you! Happy holidays! In fact, it’s all about you. Shi, an energy economist (and an avid Climify fan) was selected amongst many listeners like you to be featured on our program to talk all things Climify and, of course, climate action. Joining Shi and…
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The Climify Collective: Our Perspectives on Changing the System
In this episode, Jackie, Bhavna, and Adam join Eric to discuss their journey of creating season four of Climify. Each reflects on the challenges and successes of planning an action-based podcast and shares what inspired them from the guest interviews. The episode also explores future directions…
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Reimagining Design Education: Stevie Bales and Zoë Edington on Climate Action
This is a special three-part series for season four that you suggested to our listeners! We’ve entitled it “Changing the System - Back to School.” All of our guests and organizations in this special series want to impact climate in the classroom or through the school itself (think renewable...
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Solar for All Schools: Powering the Future with Tish Tablan
This is a special three-part series for season four that you suggested to our listeners! We’ve entitled it “Changing the System - Back to School.” All of our guests and organizations in this special series want to impact climate in the classroom or through the school itself (think renewable...
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Empowering Tomorrow's Climate Leaders: The College to Climate Story
This is a special three-part series for season four that you suggested to our listeners! We’ve entitled it “Changing the System - Back to School.” All of our guests and organizations in this special series want to impact climate in the classroom or through the school itself (think renewable...
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From Marketing to Regeneration: Thais Mantovani on Transformative Learning
In this episode of Cimiify, Eric welcomes Thais Mantovani, co-founder of Eco-Universidade, to discuss her journey from a career in marketing to becoming a regenerative strategist and educator. The episode delves into the impact of globalization on local cultures, emphasizing the need for…
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Designing for Impact: Thinking in Systems with Scott Boylston
In this episode of Cimiify, Eric welcomes Scott Boylston the graduate coordinator of the Design for Sustainability program at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Scott shares his expertise on systems thinking, the importance of community engagement in design, and highlights various...
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From LaGrange to Obama’s Team: Michelle Moore on Community Power
In this episode of Cimiify, Eric welcomes Michelle Moore, a distinguished climate policy expert and former federal environmental executive under the Obama administration. Michelle shares insights from her journey growing up in rural Georgia to impactful roles in national climate policy, including...
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Ecoscenography in Action: Tanya Beer’s Living Stage
The guests in our commercial series, are experts focused on how our collective system is organized. We’re not talking about which produce to pick at the grocery store – although these lifestyle choices are critical. Our guests in this second series play pivotal roles in the organization of our...
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A Sustainable Blueprint: Rethinking Architecture and Environmental Justice with Lynnette Widder
The guests in our commercial series, are experts focused on how our collective system is organized. We’re not talking about which produce to pick at the grocery store – although these lifestyle choices are critical. Our guests in this second series play pivotal roles in the organization of our...
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Creating Cradle-to-Cradle Clothing with Heike Petersen
The guests in our commercial series, are experts focused on how our collective system is organized. We’re not talking about which produce to pick at the grocery store – although these lifestyle choices are critical. Our guests in this second series play pivotal roles in the organization of our...
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Disrupting Design: Systemic Change with Leyla Acaroglu
The guests in our commercial series, are experts focused on how our collective system is organized. We’re not talking about which produce to pick at the grocery store – although these lifestyle choices are critical. Our guests in this second series play pivotal roles in the organization of our...
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Radically Sustainable Living: Michael Reynolds and the Earthship Revolution
Series 1: Lifestyle as Systems Change The guests in our lifestyle series are all “walking the walk.” They have integrated climate consciousness into their everyday lives and ways of being. For these experts, climate action is not a discrete choice, but an intrinsic part of their lives. From them,...
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Crossover Episode with Brands for a Better World: Haven’s Kitchen
Our third crossover episode with Brands for a Better World Podcast! Beyond simply being delicious, food can be a means to start conversations, cross cultural divides, and even inspire social change. In this episode of Brands for a Better World, you’ll hear from Alison Cayne, Founder of NYC-based...
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Understanding Systems: Planting the seeds of change with Haleemah Sadiah
Series 1: Lifestyle as Systems Change The guests in our lifestyle series are all “walking the walk.” They have integrated climate consciousness into their everyday lives and ways of being. For these experts, climate action is not a discrete choice, but an intrinsic part of their lives. From them,...
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Abolition and Resistance: In the Grassroots with Kobi Naseck
Series 1: Lifestyle as Systems Change The guests in our lifestyle series are all “walking the walk.” They have integrated climate consciousness into their everyday lives and ways of being. For these experts, climate action is not a discrete choice, but an intrinsic part of their lives. From them,...
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Designing Time For Nature with Emma Askew
In this episode, Emma Askew shares with Eric why and how, at 22, she founded Earth Minutes, an organization that specializes in environmental communication and on a mission to drive the future of environmental thinking and learning. Emma details her definition of a system (and how to change it),...
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Climate with Kiana (Crossover Episode featuring Wawa Gatheru)
Our Second Crossover Episode with Climate with Kiama! As we are one week away for the launch of the next season of Climify, we thought it would be nice to continue to provide climate education and action through the work of some of our friends. So today, we invited a kindred spirit podcast…
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Season 4: Change the System (Trailer)
We're excited to let you know that season four of Climify is recorded and ready for launch on June 13th, 2024. This season, we're doing things a bit differently, which we feel will make the program more inspiring and actionable. The theme for this season is “Change the System.” Climate change can...
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Deep Dive with Dr. Melinda Adams: Solastalgia & Soliphilia
Climify Producer Cam Burkins rejoins Dr. Melinda Adams to go deeper into her life and work. In particular, this episode explores solastalgia (or climate anxiety) and soliphilia (cures or mitigation methods against that anxiety). Melinda shares Traditional Ecological Practices that provide hope…
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When Fire Speaks: Traditional Ecological Practices in Action
How do we learn from the land and its lineage? In this special bridge episode, Dr. Melinda Adams—Indigenous scholar, ecologist, and cultural fire practitioner—explores how place-specific, Indigenous-led practices are the key to stewarding and restoring our shared lands. Dismantling the rhetoric…
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Today I Learn Climate About Materials
Our First Crossover Episode with TILClimate from MIT! As we are on hiatus this winter planning yet another amazing season of Climify, we thought it would be nice to continue to provide climate education and action through the work of some of our friends. So today, we invited a kindred spirit...
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What is Life-Centered Design?
What is Life-Centered Design? What is Life-Centered Systems Thinking? Are they different? Are they better than Human Centered Design? And most importantly, how do we design with all life in mind? Michelle Fehler, Charlene Sequeira, and Jeroen Spoelstra join Eric in this final “back-to-school”...
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You Already Are an Amazing Climate Leader
What? I’m an amazing climate leader? Yes, you are. Lis Best (Girls Club Collective) and Nivi Achanta (Soapbox Project) join Eric to share their journeys as climate leaders empowering women to be their “own secret weapon” for change. Both Lis and Nivi understand that women are fantastic leaders…
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You’re a Surprising Validator – Name and Fame your Climate Story
How can you be a role model to inspire climate action amongst your friends, family, and neighbors? Does one positive action create a domino effect for more? What’s a surprising validator? Andrea Learned joins Eric to share her work being done at her consultancy and the Living Change Podcast to...
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Climate Entrepreneurship and the Future of Food
What is cellular agriculture? Why are plant-based proteins so important in fighting climate change? How can designers play a bigger role in kicking our red meat eating habit and drawing down our carbon emissions? Bianca Drevensek joins Eric to enthusiastically share her work as a climate...
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What is the New Norm for Sustainable Fashion?
What is fast fashion and what are its impacts on our planet? How can design and business help solve this problem with our current waste stream? How do you define a climate entrepreneur? Climate entrepreneur Lauren Choi joins Eric to share her challenges and best practices for starting a business...
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Lombok Net Zero Built Paradise
Villa Sorgas. Villa Serena. Villa Utamaro. Escape to Indonesia’s Net Zero-Built Paradise. Paula Huerta Andrés, a sustainability architect and climate activist, founded Bambook Studio to achieve decarbonization through sustainable architecture and design. In a Decade of Action, their…
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Indigenous Agricultural Ecosystems on the “Extinction Capital”
Hawaii makes up barely 0.3% of the nation's total land mass yet it is home to 44% of the country's endangered and threatened plant species. Making a name for itself as the “extinction capital.” On this episode of Climify, we are joined by Katie Kamelamela, an educator and researcher with the…
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The Seaweed Jam Session
What would you do if climate change changed your life? Would you go back to what you were doing before or fight back as every fraction of a degree mattered? Mathilda D'silva joins Eric to share her journey from a TV celebrity and professional athlete to an ocean activist at her organization, the...
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AIGA Design Educators Special Edition: Teaching Ecological Sustainable Design
The AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC) seeks to enhance the abilities of design educators and educational institutions to prepare future designers for excellence in design practice, design theory, and design writing at the undergraduate and graduate levels while supporting the fundamental...
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Gen Z Claps Back at Climate Doomers: Youth-Led Activism in Education Reform
Climate and social systems are profoundly connected. Interconnectedness, in turn, can be an overwhelming double-edged sword—an ‘infobesity’ that buries clear paths forward to act against the systemic climate inequities rippling across society. In Sage Lenier’s justice-oriented activism, she has...
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Butterfly Mind: Envisioning Literary Worlds of Sustainable Societies
“All solutions are right here, they just have to catch on” is a conviction of Denise Baden, an ethical author and sustainability professor, that poetically resonates in all her stories: Habitat Man, No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save Our Planet, Anthology of Short Stories for COP27, and The...
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The Possiblest Mindset
How do you best create positive impact in communities? What does environmental justice look like? In this eighth episode of season three, the multi-talented Sarah Ichioka joins Eric to share (not only) her five principles of regenerative design from her book Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our...
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Energy Use Experience Design
How can design influence positive behavior change when it comes to climate action? Can the design of your energy bill or thermostat help you rethink how and when you use electricity? Karina van Schaardenburg joins Eric to share the work being done at Opower (Oracle) to create smarter energy use,...
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The Regenerative Mindset
Have you heard the terms sustainability, restoration, conservation, bioregionalism, or regeneration? What’s the difference between them? How can we apply each to design? Nisha Mary Poulose joins Eric to share the work being done at her organizations, Regenerative Rising and the Woven Design...
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Community-Based Restorative Design
How do you best create positive impact in communities? What does environmental justice look like? In this fifth episode of season 3, Pamela Fann joins Eric to share her journey from Corporate America to diversity, inclusion, integration, and climate activist and entrepreneur. She shares how she...
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Shaping Climate Messaging into Action
How do best educate one another about climate change and climate action when the media is muddying the water? Furthermore, how can we change how the media reports on climate change so it is accurate, not sensationalized, or influenced by fossil fuel companies? Dr. Genevieve Guenther joins Eric to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Climify is the podcast that connects climate scientists and design educators together so that we can help combat our climate crisis in our classrooms. The discussions on this program are geared to help you climify your syllab i to assign projects that not only teach design fundamentals but also can have a positive impact on our climate.
A podcast by Climate Designers Listen at climatedesigners.org/edu/climify
HOSTED BY
Climate Designers
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