Sea Change Radio

This week’s guest is South African sustainable investment consultant Graham Sinclair

Jesse Jenkins of the Breakthrough Institute and host Alex Wise discuss Jenkins’ recent white paper titled “Bridging the Clean Energy Valleys of Death”

Author Richard Heinberg gives us his thoughts on how to promote eco-literacy, why empowering women is good for the planet, and what environmentalists can learn from the Occupy Movement.

Profiles of two cutting-edge combustion engine start-ups, Pinnacle Engines and Achates Power

This week we hear from Erica Mackie, the co-founder of Grid Alternatives, a non-profit solar installer that focuses on getting solar electricity to low income families and Jeanine Cotter, the CEO of Luminalt, a San Francisco-based solar installer that hires much of its workforce through local community based organizations.

Dr. Dickson Despommier talks about the potential of vertical farming

Kathryn Flagg, whose recent article in Orion Magazine discusses the practice of cloud seeding and later in the show we hear from Peter Williams, CTO for IBM’s Big Green Innovations Unit talks about smarter water meters.

Alex Wise speaks with Adam Boesel, whose Green Micro Gym in Portland, Oregon is raising awareness alongside pulses. Then, we hear from Paul Freedman, the founder of Rock The Bike, a San Francisco organization that puts on pedal-powered concerts and other events.

This week’s guests are Lena Miller and Takai Tyler, co-executive directors of Hunters Point Family, a community-based organization located in the heart of San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point that fosters environmental entrepreneurship

Karl Gawell, Executive Director of the Geothermal Energy Association, explains how geothermal works, tells us who the major players are in the industry, and talks about what needs to happen to move the United States toward fully embracing this ancient but largely untapped resource.