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Green Champions — 130 episodes

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Season 5 Wrap-Up - The Conversations That Stuck With Us

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Josh Lloyd - What It Takes to Be the Number One Green Builder

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Josh Lloyd - The Architect Who Wanted the Rope to Pull, Not Push

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Mary Cropenbaker - Building a Green Program Any Business Can Join

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Mary Cropenbaker - What Gambling Pigeons Taught Her About People

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Vin Valentino - Building Washington's First Green Bank From Scratch

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Vin Valentino - From Bartending to Decarbonizing a Hospital

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RE-RELEASE: Francesca Cercelletta - Using iPhone Storytelling to Frame the Change

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Jake Kheel - Secrets Behind the Caribbean's Most Innovative Resort

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Jake Kheel - How a Generalist Found His Calling in the Dominican Republic

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Regina Harmon - Why 235 Million Tons of Food Goes to Waste While 47 Million Go Hungry

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Regina Harmon - Who is Running America's Largest Food Recovery Movement?

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Mason McNeill - Rerouting America's Food Waste, One Grocery Store at a Time

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Mason McNeill - The Banker Who Bet on Waste

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Elizabeth & Marissa - Community-Centered Strategy for a Changing World

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Marissa Ferrari - From Ms. Magazine to Mission-Driven Work

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Elizabeth Schuster - From Peace Corps to Environmental Economist

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RE-RELEASE: Joseph Klatt - Closing the Loop on Plastic Waste

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Angela Huffman - Fighting for the Future of the Family Farms

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Angela Huffman - Why Are Food Prices Rising While Farmers Struggle?

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Andrew Shakman - Building Leanpath and Changing Kitchen Culture

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Andrew Shakman - The Four-Layer Cake of Food Waste Prevention

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Nancy Zavada - Designing Events That Leave an Impression, Not a Footprint

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Nancy Zavada - The Accidental Founder Who Changed the Events Industry

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Karimah Hudda - What if Trade was Actually Fair?

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Karimah Hudda - Bringing Grassroots Equity Into Global Corporations

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Season 5 Intro - A New Co-Host!?

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Lauren Koch - How Change Actually Shows Up in Patient Rooms

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Lauren Koch - What Healthcare Can Teach Us About Sustainability at Scale

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Brody Olson - The Empathy Economy of Junk Removal

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Brody Olson - One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Career

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RE-RELEASE: Lisa Goldsand - The Hyperlocal Advantage for Thrifting

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John Seryak - Go Sustainable Energy and the People Behind the Power

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John Seryak - Building an Energy Firm to Be Bold

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Danna Lotz - School Recycling Programs That Actually Work

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Danna Lotz - Second Graders, Cereal Boxes, and Landfill Tours

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Adam & Dominique - Happy Holidays from your Hosts

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RE-RELEASE: Duccio Travaglini - Breaking Climate News With Cool Data

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Kristan Uhlenbrock - Creating a New Institute at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

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Kristan Uhlenbrock - Leading With Science in a Polarized World

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RE-RELEASE: Aryeh Alex - Creating Green Jobs from Food Scraps

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Joe Tegerdine - How Reencle Unlocked 24-Hour Composting

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Joe Tegerdine - From Legal Briefs to Leafy Greens

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Jamie Richards - Inside Bansk Beauty’s Regenerative Shea Project in Uganda

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Jamie Richards – Reconciling Style and Sustainability

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Nicholas Fox - How Composting is like Baking a Cake

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Nicholas Fox – Why He’s Fighting Food Waste in Paradise

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Christy Cook - Inside the Largest Food Waste Prevention Plan

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Christy Cook - From Farm to Fortune 500

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Bruce Bekkar - Why The Climate Crisis Is a Health Crisis

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Bruce Bekkar - From Delivering Babies to Delivering Climate Solutions

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Emily & Susan – How They Rescued One Million Pounds of Food

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Emily & Susan – From Teacher and Student to Co-Directors

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AJ Boyce - How One Man Supports Underserved Farmers

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AJ Boyce – Building Green Spaces Where They’re Needed Most

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Lauren Click - Breaking Barriers to Composting, One Classroom at a Time

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Lauren Click - How a Small Apartment Launched a National Nonprofit

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Season 4 Intro - A Look Back and What’s Ahead

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Live Recording - How Columbus is Moving the Needle on Waste Diversion

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Impact Award Winner - Non-Profit Breaking Tree-Planting Records Despite Federal Cuts [Shelly Douglas]

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Carol Kauffman - Turning Advocacy into Action for Ohio’s Air, Water, and Climate

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Kristi Eberhardt - The Data and Dollars inside PNC's Climate Strategy

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Zack Burns - How Hydroponics Feeds Giraffes and Cuts Emissions at the Zoo

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Susan VonderHaar - Permaculture and its Potential in Your Lawn

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Sarah Pottle - Clothing the Midwest Through Community and Craft

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Nathan McKee - Unpacking the Complexities of Sustainable Packaging

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Jessica Glorius-Dangelo - Sustainable Architecture Begins at the Drafting Table

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Shailah Maynard - Sew Much More Than Fashion

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Mini Series Intro - We’re going to the Midwest!

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Tania Vanzolini - Hands on with NanoPiçule Connecting Kids with Climate

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Duccio Travaglini - Breaking Climate News With Cool Data

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Lorenzo Cercelletta - Quietly Designing a Regenerative Future

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Annamaria Tartaglia - Investing in Sustainable Style

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Francesca Cercelletta - Using iPhone Storytelling to Frame the Change

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Nihat Akin Ercan - What If You Could Drink Florida’s Humidity?

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Paolo Licata - StartUp Contest Winner Turned Workshop Leader

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Stefano Cercelletta - International Innovation Contest Climbs from the Alps to the UN

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Sara Molinari - Think Global, Act Local

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Francesca Milocco - A Week at NanoValbruna

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Mini Series Intro - We’re going to Italy?!?

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Hemanth Setty - A Straight Line to Green Financing with Zero Circle

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Hemanth Setty - Product Manager Connecting Profit and Planet

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Mary Leciejewski - Transforming Ohio State into a Zero Waste University

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Mary Leciejewski - Digging Into Data to Divert Waste

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Graham Oberly - A Regenerative Farming Model (Oaks and Sprouts)

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Graham Oberly - From Football Fields to Farm Fields

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Happy Holidays from Your Hosts

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Nora Gerber - Diverting 10,000 Pounds with the Help of Can Fairies

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Nora Gerber - How Hometown Pride Built an Impactful Local Leader

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Tyler Bonner - Pioneering Zero Waste at Outdoor Events

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Tyler Bonner - From Ecotourism in the Bahamas to AmeriCorps in Appalachia

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Joya Elmore - Teaching Students with Environment Based Learning, Hydroponics and Honey

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Joya Elmore - How a Childhood in a Geodesic Dome Led to the Classroom

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Neil Drobny - Crafting Curricula on Sustainability (EEDS Program)

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Neil Drobny - How a Patent in the Antarctic led to a Career in Sustainability

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Erin Shaffer - Spearheading Sustainability Services within Rockwell Automation

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Erin Shaffer - Seeing Consulting Through a Social Impact Lens

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Joe Campbell - Building Social Capital 101 [Bonus Episode]

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Joe Campbell - When Life Gives You Soil, Make Carbon Credits

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Joe Campbell - Why Asking Yourself “What Can I Do?” Is the Wrong Question

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Brittanie Dabney - Filtering out the Facts on Forever Chemicals (PFAS and Microplastics)

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Brittanie Dabney - The Environmental Scientist Diving into Contaminated Waters

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Zagrous Kawarizadeh - Why Recycling Old Tech Isn't as Simple as It Seems

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Zagrous Kawarizadeh - From Building PCs to Recycling TVs

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Jane Boehm - Food Waste Action Plan, 5 Years in the Making

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Jane Boehm - From Agroecology Roots to Better Food Systems

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Kevin Butt - Toyota’s Roadmap Doesn’t Stop at Carbon Neutrality

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Kevin Butt - Three Decades of Driving Sustainability at Toyota

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Zachary Walls - The Story of a Zero Waste Cafe (Florin Coffee)

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Joseph Klatt - Marble Plastics and the Art of Recycled Goods

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Joseph Klatt - Closing the Loop on Plastic Waste

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Aryeh Alex - Creating Green Jobs from Food Scraps

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Aryeh Alex - Leveling up from Console to Conservation

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Mryia Williams - $300M Funding Solar for All

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Mryia Williams - Your Guide to Solar and EVs

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Ray Leard - Turning Compost Into Cash

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Ray Leard - The Recipe for Community Around Compost

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Dana Watts - Tying the Knot without Tying up Resources

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Dana Watts - Getting Hitched on Sustainability

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John McNamara - The Power to Create Equity with Solar

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John McNamara - Bringing the Energy Back to the Green Team

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Lisa Goldsand - The Hyperlocal Advantage for Thrifting

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Lisa Goldsand - Steering the Fashion Industry towards Sustainability

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Grant Behnke - Building A Private Hotel Investor’s First ESG Report

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Grant Behnke - Intersection of Hospitality, Sustainability, and Service

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Shelly Douglas - The Nation’s Largest Earth Day Service Event

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Shelly Douglas - Conquer Imposter Syndrome One Tree at a Time

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Adam Morris - Find Your Agency to Create Change

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Dominique Hadad - Sustainability as a Moving Target

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