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EnvAns®

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The Environmental Answers podcast

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Episodes

  1. Episode 119 : Offshore Wind Works

    In this episode, Tiana Elame connects with Liz Burdock, founder, president, and CEO of Oceantic Network, the leading nonprofit organization driving growth and collaboration across the U.S. offshore wind and ocean renewables supply chains.Since launching the Network in 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland,...

  2. Episode 118: Food As Medicine

    In this episode, Tiana Elame, EnvAns podcast host connects with Perri Kramer, a dedicated leader who has spent her entire career working to build healthier, more sustainable food systems. Perri believes that good, high-quality food should bring both joy and well-being—and she has committed her…

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  3. Episode 117: Harvesting with Cultural Memory

    In this episode of EnvAns, we sit down with Brittney Shelby Sessoms — guide, advocate, artisan maker, and cultural storyteller — whose work bridges ancestral wisdom with modern food justice. Known to many as “the youngest Big Ma,” Brittney embodies the spirit of the traditional Black Southern...

  4. Episode 116: Keep Powering On

    On this episode of the EnvAns Podcast we will get to sit down with Antonia “Toni” Tahia Ginsberg-Klemmt, founder of GismoPower! Toni invented and co-patented the MEGA (Mobile Electricity Generating Appliance), a 6kW plug-in solar carport on wheels for renters. She’s a trilingual “mermaid,” rower,...

  5. Episode 114: A Reuse Rising

    In this episode, host Tiana Elame sits down with Crystal Dreisbach, CEO of Upstream, a nonprofit leading the charge to advance a robust and enduring reuse economy. Crystal shares why reuse isn’t just an environmental solution, but also an economic and social imperative—one that saves money…

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  6. Episode 115: Future for Leather

    On this episode of the EnvAns podcast we’re sitting down with George C. Engelmayr, Jr., PhD, a biomedical engineer whose career path has bridged worlds most of us rarely connect: from cardiac tissue engineering in top university labs to pioneering cultivated meat and leather startups shaping the...

  7. Episode 113: A Take Over

    After 12 incredible episodes featuring conversations with experts and changemakers, host Tiana Elame is stepping in front of the mic to share more about herself and the vision behind EnvAns.This episode is a chance to hear the story behind the podcast: why it was created, how it connects to the...

  8. Episode 112 : Recycling Better Defined

    In this episode of Environmental Answers, we sit down with Evan Gwynne Davies, CEO and co-creator of Scrapp, a Certified B-Corp that's revolutionizing how we understand waste. What started in a college dorm has evolved into a global platform helping organizations digitize their waste streams and...

  9. Episode 111 : The Mind for it

    Join us for a special EnvAns Podcast Live episode during Mental Health Awareness Month as we welcome Rebecca Vidra (she/her), Senior Lecturer of Marine Conservation and Ethics at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment.In this powerful and reflective conversation, we explore what it...

  10. Episode 110: Access to Sustainable Tourism

    Can Travel Be Truly Sustainable? Annie Combs Thinks So.In this episode of EnvAns, we sit down with Annie Combs—environmental scientist, sustainable tourism researcher, and founder of ECPC Travel—to explore how travel can become a force for good. Annie shares how her experiences around the world…

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  11. Episode 109 : Food History Matters

    On this Episode of the EnvAns Podcast, We’re excited to welcome Andre Taylor to our next conversation — a dynamic historian, scholar, and storyteller whose work beautifully bridges academia, community, and culture.🎓 Andre is a Ph.D. student in American Studies at William & Mary, former oral...

  12. Episode 108 : Food Infrastructure Investments

    Elysabeth Alfano is the CEO of VegTech™ Invest, the Advisor to the Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Elysabeth is an expert in investing in food systems transformation and speaks internationally on the intersection of investing, sustainability, and...

  13. Episode 107 : The Profitable Data

    Hazel Horvath is the founder and CEO of Ecolytics, a software platform enabling companies to build data-driven sustainability programs. With a degree in Environment and Sustainability from Duke University and a diverse background in global sustainability analysis—from Washington, DC, to Geneva,...

  14. Episode 106: Energy - Where's the Impact?

    In our next episode, we're interviewing Jessica J. Auck !Jessica brings nearly 20 years of interdisciplinary experience from fields like archaeology, environmental planning, land use management, and construction compliance. Her expertise spans industries such as transportation, residential real...

  15. Episode 105: New Waste Ways

    John Starke has a background in engineering and manufacturing, with extensive experience in industrial operations, specializing in product, production, and quality engineering. As the founder of #MyMatR, he aimed to empower individuals to manage their waste more effectively, contributing to a…

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  16. Episode 104: Sustainable Returns Playbook

    Dear listeners, On this episode of the Environmental Answers Live podcast, we're diving into the world of sustainable investing. Our guest is Heather Beatty, the founder and CEO of ScopeFour Capital, a climate-focused investment firm. Heather brings a wealth of experience to the discussion…

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  17. Episode 103: Zero Waste Nourishment

    Dear listeners, tune in to this episode of the Environmental Answers podcast to hear from Chef Netta, a Food & Nutrition expert with a passion for flavorful, healthy food. Chef Netta specializes in helping local communities build sustainable eating, cooking, and lifestyle habits that optimize...

  18. Episode 102: Evidence-Based Sustainability

    On this Episode of the Environmental Answers (EnvAns) podcast we will explore evidence-based sustainability by diving into a conversation with Maddie Shiff, Commercial Operations Manager at Polycarbin. Maddie is on a mission to decarbonize the scientific industry through an evidence-based…

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  19. Episode 101: A New Climate

    The Environmental Answers (EnvAns) Podcast is designed for environmental leaders, clean energy innovators, sustainable developers, and anyone who wants to be more informed about the environmental industry.In this episode, we are excited to feature Reba Elliot, an impactful organizational…

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