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A Sustainable Mind | Interviewing environmental activists, community leaders, and green business owners

Marjorie Alexander

A Sustainable Mind is a podcast created for the earth-conscious individual, ecopreneur, environmental activist, sustainability enthusiast, grassroots organizer, minimalist, conscious consume...

Episodes

20 of 100 episodes

100: Green Amendment Movement Founder, Maya van Rossum, Talks Climate Progress and The People's Fight for a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment

Maya K. van Rossum is the Founder of Green Amendments For the Generations , a grassroots non-profit organization inspiring a nationwide move...

57:30Sep 3, 2022

099: Orlo Nutrition - Omega-3 Evangelist Corinna Bellizzi Talks Carbon Negative Nutrients Using Algae

Use promo code "ASM10" to get an additional 10% off your Orlo purchase at OrloNutrition.com ! Corinna Bellizzi, MBA is a natural products in...

57:04Jul 28, 2022

098: Brilliant Planet - Harnessing the Power of Algae in the Desert with Dr. Raffael Jovine

Raffael Jovine trained in molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale, did his PhD in marine sciences at UC Santa Barbara, and completed r...

01:01:10Jul 26, 2022

097: Arbor Day Carbon: Reforestation projects and the voluntary carbon market with Jeremy Manion

The Arbor Day Foundation's mission is simple: we inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees. As Director of Forestry Carbon Marke...

57:50Jul 13, 2022

096: BinBreeze Composting Powder: Reducing wood waste and making composting less gross with CEO Taylor McCarten

Taylor McCarten is the Co-Founder and CEO of BinBreeze, the world's first non-toxic and all-natural composting powder. A University of Victo...

44:59Jun 27, 2022

095: Developing Environmental Education & Curriculum: Resources for business owners, teachers, and students with Katelyn Armbruster of Sustainable Earth

Katelyn Armbruster is the Program Manager for Rob & Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service within the Global Futures Lab at Arizona...

36:47May 27, 2022

094: Baba Bags: Handmade Reusable Bags & Social Entrepreneurship with Fedia Kourbatov

Fedia Kourbatov is 23 years old and the founder of Baba Bags, a reusable bag social enterprise. Fedia founded Baba Bags in his college dorm...

34:08May 19, 2022

093: Sustainable Fashion: Recycled Clothing for Unique Everyday Wear with Jess Grech of The Grandad Company

The Grandad Company is a closed-loop upcycling brand whose mission is to breathe life into reclaimed vintage menswear for a new unisex gener...

39:15Apr 22, 2022

092: Reusable cups: form and function, with Vince Dickson, co-creator of HUNU

After finding out that over 165 million single-use cups end up in landfills every day, Vince Dickson and Megan Williams went looking for a r...

50:10Apr 4, 2022

091: Publishing the UK's Largest Ethical Lifestyle magazine with Jarvis Smith of My Green Pod

Proud hippie, eco-warrior, thought leader and renowned retailer Jarvis advises brands including Natwest, HSBC, Deloitte, Citrix, the Parliam...

01:02:15Mar 14, 2022

090: Trash Academy - Communicating Consumption and Waste through Activism & Advocacy with Ron Whyte

Trash Academy, a project of Mural Arts Philadelphia's Environmental Justice department, is an intergenerational collaboration of young peopl...

36:27Jan 15, 2022

089: Vegan Entrepreneurship with Noah Hyams of VEGPRENEUR

Noah Hyams is a serial entrepreneur who started VEGPRENEUR to create a global community of entrepreneurs and investors building sustainable,...

45:16Jan 13, 2022

088: Sustainable Compostable Palm Leaf Tableware with Pallavi Pande of Dtocs

Pallavi Pande started Dtocs three years ago with three things in mind, sustainability, community, and usability. Dtocs offers a line of comp...

40:47Jan 11, 2022

087: The Democratization of Energy - Understanding your power bill, energy regulation, and the shift to decentralized clean energy with Seth Mansur

Seth Mansur is a longtime sustainability advocate and Marine Corps veteran, and over the last decade, he has developed a deep understanding...

01:03:11Jan 8, 2022

086: Compostable Packaging & Circular Food Systems with Kate Flynn of Sun and Swell Foods

Kate Flynn, CEO & Co-Founder of Sun & Swell, has an MBA from Harvard, is a Certified Culinary Nutrition Expert, and has a background in stra...

47:54Dec 30, 2021

085: Sustainable Healthcare with Dr. Rosie Spooner

Dr. Rosie Spooner is a British Pediatrician who is currently an Education Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, an NGO working on...

47:04Dec 16, 2021

084: Sustainable Filmmaking & Production with Emellie O'Brien of Earth Angel Sets

Since Emellie O'Brien's first days in production, she knew there was a way for the role of sustainability on-set to go beyond basic waste ma...

53:49Mar 19, 2021

083: Zero Waste Hair Salons and Sustainability in the Beauty Industry with Ben Hudgins of Novak Hair Studios

Benjamin Novak Hudgins is the Co-Founder and CEO of Novak Hair Studios. As a nationally-recognized hairstylist with over 18 years of industr...

50:27Mar 11, 2021

082: Climate Change Along the Chesapeake and the Come Together Handbook with Dana Simson

Author/illustrator/Designer Dana Simson is a life-long environmentalist and climate change activist. She and her husband live on the frontli...

45:56Mar 5, 2021

081: Plastics Renewal and Waste to Fuel with Brightmark's Bob Powell

Bob Powell's dreams and vision about how we can leave the world a better place are being realized at Brightmark, the company he founded to c...

45:38Feb 26, 2021