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A podcast for busy people who want to save the planet by completing one simple eco-challenge at a time. The vision for this show is to engage, educate and empower people to reduce their carbon footprint and solve our climate crisis by completing various small eco-challenges. Produced by Heard Not Seen Media, Inc.
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The Freeing Energy Podcast
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The Freeing Energy Podcast
Bill Nussey - Clean Energy CEO & TED Speaker
Hear from energy pioneers from across the globe who are accelerating the shift to clean energy by making their own electric power for their homes, offices, and communities. Join TED speaker and Solar Inventions CEO Bill Nussey and co-host Sam Easterby as they talk to the individuals who are disrupting the century-old grid monopoly and making clean, local energy a reality. Visit FreeingEnergy.com for more.
Podcasting about the policy and politics shaping our clean energy economy.
To slow climate change, we need to transform our homes, buildings, cars, and economy quickly. "The Big Switch" explains how to rebuild the energy systems all around us. Dr. Melissa Lott of Columbia University brings together historical examples, current events, and incisive analysis to give listeners a deep understanding of the solutions to climate change.
Get the latest insights on climate change and breakthrough technologies and innovations that are fighting climate change! According to a United Nations climate change report, the evidence of human-caused climate change is overwhelming and continues to strengthen. The impacts of climate change are intensifying and climate-related threats to our physical, social, and economic well-being are rising at an unprecedented rate. Widespread climate changes are causing extreme heat, severe drought, un ...
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How 2 Build Green: The Sustainability Podcast
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How 2 Build Green: The Sustainability Podcast
Sustainability, energy saving, green building, and green energy. How to bui
The How 2 Build Green Podcast is a sustainable lifestyle podcast. Focusing on how we live in not only our homes and buildings but how we interact with the planet. We are accelerating change in the way we live and the way we consume the Earth's resources. This is also designed to give you specific how to information that you can integrate in your own life. Some might be thinking about building their own home, becoming a sustainable building contractor, or just living a more organic and free l ...
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Climate Change with Scott Amyx
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Interview with David Hamilton Nichols Speaker Impact Investor Author Producer
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Tim Montague: How is good old fashioned midwestern grit helping shape a clean energy future in Illinois?
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Midwest solar and storage leader and Clean Power Hour podcast host, Tim Montague, shares with host Bill Nussey how clashing titans in Illinois crafted a grand legislative bargain taking big steps toward a clean renewable energy future. Plus, Montague shares insights on how the simple economics of solar power and storage is changing minds in both bo…
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Interview with Mitzi Perdue Businesswoman Philanthropist Advocate
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Mitzi Perdue is a businesswoman (Perdue Chicken, Sheraton Hotels, CERES Farms), philanthropist, and anti-human trafficking advocate.By Scott Amyx
Electric autonomous vehicles shuttle us to high-tech mass transit hubs. Our fare system is contactless. We’ve already paid via a customized, equitable subscription model. All the trains and buses are on time. And we don’t have to wait in traffic. This is a world in which we can hop in a car to get somewhere, but we don’t have to. In this episode, t…
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Interview with Paul Mellotto CEO of AlRaedah Finance
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Alraedah Finance works to provide unique financing solutions for entrepreneurs and SMEs in Saudi Arabia.By Scott Amyx
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Tiny Climate Challenge
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028 Creating Community with Amanda Essoh & Jim Wang
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In this Tiny Climate Challenge episode, our Guest Challengers Amanda Essoh and Jim Wang discuss how they serendipitously met each other on a plane, spontaneously connected with folks in their local communities and organically created communities of their own to help elevate their voices and make a difference in our world. Guest Expert/Challenger Co…
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Andy Klump: What do stuck boats, melted rocks, and geopolitics have to do with US efforts to transition away from fossil fuels?
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In this episode host Bill Nussey talks with Andy Klump, founder and CEO of Shanghai-based Clean Energy Associates, the leading global solar and storage supply chain management and engineering services firm. Klump walks us through how and why the economics of solar are shifting in the short term and the impact an energy crisis in China as well as ba…
In the next five episodes, we'll take a deep dive into decarbonizing the entire transportation sector -- everything from bulldozers and planes to ships and trains. In this episode we start with cars. How do we switch the world's over 1 billion fossil-fuel-powered cars to zero-carbon alternatives, and fast? Dr. Melissa Lott explores the most promisi…
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Wendy Philleo: How can a little sunshine in our schools speed the adoption of local energy?
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Social Entrepreneur and non-profit leader, Wendy Philleo, Executive Director of Generation 180, joins host Bill Nussey as they explore how her organization is using innovative educational content to transform interest into action, community by community all across the US. Wendy shares examples of their pathways to action programs, including the Sol…
In the first five episodes of this show, we talked about cleaning up our electricity system—the power grid. In upcoming episodes, we're going to explain how to make that Big Switch in every other sector of the economy—everything from cars and heavy trucking to industrial heat and buildings. It's a lot to cover, and so we need a roadmap. In this epi…
We have a whole year of episodes coming up. In the first five episodes of The Big Switch, we talked about cleaning up our electricity system--the power grid. Next, host Dr. Melissa Lott will talk with experts about how to transform every other sector of the economy, including transportation, industry and buildings. To slow climate change, we need t…
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Interview with Taylor Francis Co-founder at Watershed
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Watershed is a software platform that helps businesses to track and reduce their carbon footprint.By Scott Amyx
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Karl Rabago: Does adding local distributed energy defy conventional wisdom and save money for everyone?
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A soldier, lawyer, teacher, judge, and 25 year veteran leader in the energy world as an appointed regulator, utility executive and leading clean energy thinker and advocate, our guest, Karl Rabago shares with host Bill Nussey powerful insights into a new roadmap for the lowest cost, reliable electric grid and why local solar costs less as a part of…
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Interview with Dr. Brett Summerell, Chief Botanist at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
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Interview with Dr. Allison Brager Neuroscientist for Molecule
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Dr. Allison Brager is a neuroscientist and sleep specialist for Molecule and author of Meathead: Unraveling the Athletic Brain.By Scott Amyx
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Peter Kelly-Detwiler: What does a reimagined electric grid look like and what does it mean for all of us?
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The way humans produce, distribute and consume electricity will be cleaner, cheaper, and infinitely more complex in the very near future. But how do we get there? Freeing Energy Hosts Sam Easterby and Bill Nussey catch up with leading energy industry expert Peter Kelly-Detwiler to talk about his recently published book, The Energy Swtich. Peter del…
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Interview with Sir Ronald Cohen Chairman of Impact Investment
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Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust.By Scott Amyx
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Interview with Rebecca Orlowitz David Founder of GIVE
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Interview with Elena Morettini Director of Globants Sustainable Business Studio
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Michael Liebreich: What are the biggest opportunities in our clean energy future?
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In part two of this special interview, global renewable energy leader Michael Liebreich breaks down the core elements driving the shift to a net-zero economy and how public policy and finance influence the rate of change. Plus, Liebreich shares insights on startups and what shapes his investment strategies.…
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Climate Change with Scott Amyx
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Interview with Tariq Fancy CEO of The Rumie Initiative
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Tariq Fancy, Founder & CEO of The Rumie Initiative.By Scott Amyx
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Michael Liebreich: Is it time to go big or go home? Which renewable energy solutions should we pay attention to?
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In this first of a two part interview, host Bill Nussey talks with the founder, chairman and CEO of Liebreich Associates and founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Michael Liebreich. This world-renowned thinker, investor, philanthropist and much sought after advisor, weighs in on the renewable energy solutions we should all pay attention to and w…
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Climate Change with Scott Amyx
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Interview with Ali Behnam-Bakhtiar Founder of Ali Bakhtiar Designs
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Ali Behnam-Bakhtiar is an internationally acknowledged designer and a leading expert in bespoke luxury spaces.By Scott Amyx
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Interview with Greg Morris SVP President of ADMs Agricultural Services and Oilseeds
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Greg Morris is the SVP and president of ADM’s Agricultural Services and Oilseeds business unit.By Scott Amyx
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Jorge Elizondo: How computer science is radically simplifying the design and operation of micro-grids..
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In this episode, host Bill Nussey catches up with Heila Technology Co-Founder and CTO, Jorge Elizondo. Learn how Helia’s breakthrough technology is changing the way complex local energy systems are managed and operated, making each component smarter while making the whole system far more efficient and resilient.…
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Climate Change with Scott Amyx
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Interview with Bryan Eagle III CEO of Glanris
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Glanris delivers water filtration with the world’s first sustainable, hybrid filtration media that filters both organics and metals.By Scott Amyx
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Interview with Dr. Howard Botts Chief Scientist at CoreLogic
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Dr. Howard Botts is the Chief Scientist, Insurance and Spatial Solutions at CoreLogic.By Scott Amyx
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Interview with Dr. Suzanne Simard Professor of Forest Ecology Author
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Dr. Suzanne Simard is a leading forest ecologist, professor and author of Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest.By Scott Amyx
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Climate Change with Scott Amyx
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Interview with Aylon Steinhart CEO of Eclipse Foods
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Eclipse Foods is a Y Combinator-backed startup making plant-based dairy products that are indistinguishable from conventional dairy.By Scott Amyx
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Tiny Climate Challenge
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027 Permission to be Great is Granted with Joan Kling
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Leadership matters and how we show up in the world is just as important as the work we do. In this Tiny Climate Challenge episode, our Guest Expert Joan Kling teaches us her coaching philosophy that she developed called PIES and we discuss how this can be applied in all of our lives. Her Tiny Climate challenge for each of us is to find or create a …
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The Freeing Energy Podcast
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Bill Nussey: The vision behind Freeing Energy and lessons learned from three clean energy entrepreneurs.
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Host Sam Easterby talks with entrepreneur and founder of the Freeing Energy Project, Bill Nussey. Nussey tells us why the local energy approach will reshape the transition to clean renewable electricity and shares, in their words, lessons learned from some of the new breed of clean tech entrepreneurs interviewed in the past year.…
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Climate Change with Scott Amyx
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Interview with Max Wilbert Co-Author of Bright Green Lies
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Max Wilbert, Co-Author of Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About ItBy Scott Amyx
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Interview with Chris Martin IV Chairman CEO of C. F. Martin Co.
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Martin acoustic guitars are prized worldwide for their exceptional tone, design, craftsmanship and attention to detail.By Scott Amyx
In episode 2, we explored how to build a championship zero-carbon “team” on the grid. We could have the best players in the world — rooftop solar, batteries, net metering, demand response, high-voltage transmission, and so many others — but if the rules prevent these technologies from playing ball, then we won’t be able to decarbonize fast enough. …
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Loren McDonald: Could the new Ford electric pickup truck disrupt the century old electric grid?
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Host Bill Nussey talks with Loren McDonald, founder of EV Adoption and leading consultant in the electric vehicle arena. Loren and Bill take a drive through the unexpected twists and turns that EVs will face in reshaping our electric grid. With hundreds of billions being invested, the implications of electric vehicles goes so much further than clea…
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Climate Change with Scott Amyx
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Interview with Adam Weiss CEO of Honeybee Burger
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Honeybee Burger is a plant-based fast-food chain.By Scott Amyx
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The Big Switch
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The High-Wire Act of the Distributed Grid
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Matching electricity supply and demand is a high-wire balancing act. As we add more solar, wind and batteries, and shut down thermal generation, it shifts the balance. New kinds of distributed resources can help to balance things out -- but they also make grid management more complex. In our fourth episode of season 1, Dr. Melissa Lott explores the…
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Climate Change with Scott Amyx
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Interview with Dr. Yi Chao CEO of Seatrec
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Seatrec is a company working to monitor, understand, and ultimately protect the ocean and its health.By Scott Amyx
If the grid system is the backbone of a low-carbon economy, then transmission lines are the nervous system. We need a dramatic build-out of the transmission system to connect renewable energy to the places that need it, while managing a wider range of local resources. How do we build it quickly, cheaply, and in a respectful way? In our third episod…
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Garrett Nilsen: The DOE may be the best way to fund energy tech startups that no one knows about.
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Host Bill Nussey talks with Garrett Nilsen, Deputy Director of the Solar Industry Technologies Office in the US Department of Energy about the amazing and enormously practical scope and scale of DOE work across the energy landscape. Garrett explains how innovators and entrepreneurs can tap into vast resources to help vet, test, fund, pilot and even…
