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The 2,000-Pound Vegetarians Slowing Climate Change
Some of our best environmental engineers when it comes to winning the race to slow climate change have turned out to be these natural (and very cute) prairie-preserving specialists! Here’s how bison are restoring a previously destroyed landscape and keeping tons of carbon out of our atmosphere along the way.
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Helping Musicians Make a Living AND a Difference with Liz Stookey Sunde (Episode #217)
Helping Musicians Make a Living AND a Difference with Liz Stookey Sunde (Episode #217) What if the most powerful changemakers in your community were musicians? Liz Stookey Sunde—co-founder of the nonprofit Music to Life—helps artists across 39 genres turn their…
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Weeds are a Good Thing! Why the Biodiversity in Your Backyard Matters
It's difficult to fully comprehend the stunning complexity and diversity of life on our planet, and even more difficult to understand how deeply that complexity and diversity matters. Ready for a deep dive into why biodiversity matters? Read on to see how you can help the planet by starting in your own backyard!
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From Subway Walls to School Halls: Murals That Draw Connection with Marco Santini (Episode #216)
From the United Nations to school hallways, impact artist Marco Santini is helping people see themselves—and each other—in a brighter light. His murals and “One Love” logo bring unity, creativity, and joy to communities around the world, and today he’s here for a conversation about purpose, healing, affirmation, and the power of visual storytelling.
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This Glam Squad Lifts Spirits and Self-Esteem for Hospital Patients
Making hospital patients feel beautiful is the mission of the nonprofit Simply From the Heart. But it is much more than just providing glam. The organization’s volunteers – called the glam squad – lift spirits and self-esteem wherever they go.
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Turn ‘Someday’ Into Today: Ripples of Goodness Begin with You – with Andy DeMeo
Andy DeMeo, founder of Granite Goodness, is on a mission to spotlight remarkable people quietly making communities better. Together, we explore how a simple shift in focus—from despair to possibility—can transform how we experience the world.
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Growing a Revolution: How Community Gardens are Changing Your Neighborhood!
To leave a legacy that helps the world, you need only go as far as your local empty lot! By bringing gardens back to the empty spaces in NYC's neighborhoods, Hattie Carthan and Liz Christy started a movement that brought life to formerly desolate spaces, and their work is still flourishing all around the city's residents today.
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Living Longer, Smarter, and Slower: How AI is Redefining Aging with Carl Honoré (Episode #214)
What if aging wasn’t about decline, but expansion? Bestselling author and TED speaker Carl Honoré returns to flip the script on aging, slowing down, and how AI can be an unexpected ally at any age—especially over 40, 50, and 60!
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The Remarkable Organization Saving Kenya’s Orphaned Elephants
Meet the remarkable people behind one of their most successful (and adorable) programs protecting the world's remaining wildlife, the Elephant Orphanage. For over 40 years the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has been transforming and inspiring hearts and minds!
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No More People Pleasing: How to Say ‘Yes’ To Yourself with Lindsey Godwin & Miriam Novotny
No More People Pleasing: How to Say ‘Yes’ To Yourself with Lindsey Godwin & Miriam Novotny If you often feel stretched too thin, frustrated that you never seem to have time for what really matters, Lindsey Godwin and Miriam Novotny…
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Oh Dam! How Beavers are Master Environmental Engineers… and Might Just Save the World
Imagine if we had millions of eager, highly skilled, environmental engineers, ready to devote their lives to fight drought, forest fires, and flooding — 24/7, 365 days a year — never asking for payment, just wanting to be left in peace. Wouldn’t we want to welcome them to our communities? Well, you don’t have to hope they show up, they’re already here! They just aren’t people, they’re beavers.
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Carbon Isn’t the Villain?! Change How You See the World with Paul Hawken (Episode #212)
Entrepreneur and climate change innovator Paul Hawken joins us for a warm, candid chat as much about the poetry of life as it is about the science of carbon. Paul may be an expert in his field, but in this podcast episode we’re just two ordinary people, unraveling the mysteries of the universe together.
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