Increasingly, youth are taking on key roles as climate advocates. So what’s it like to step into the climate policy spotlight — when you’re not even old enough to vote? Keeping It Cool talks to Purva and Alex, two Bay Area high school students

Episode 7: Finding Your (Grass)Roots

Feb 27th, 2023 42m 53s

When it seems like individual action isn’t enough to fix the climate, enter policy change. We talk with Paula and Karl Danz of the Silicon Valley North chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL works to activate community members in all 50

Episode 6: Beyond the Pail

Jul 20th, 2022 35m 18s

Most of us haven’t given much thought to what happens to waste after it’s tossed in the bin. To “unearth” more, we checked in with educator Julia Au of RethinkWaste. It turns out, waste can either form stinky methane in a landfill or beneficial

Episode 5: Fridge Benefits

Mar 27th, 2022 31m 18s

Tired of cleaning out slimy, forgotten food out of the fridge? We are too! The amount of food that is wasted by an average household is equivalent to tossing 1 in 4 bags of groceries each trip. Robin Plutchok of StopWaste discusses the impact o

Episode 4: A Virtuous Cycle

Dec 13th, 2021 39m 51s

Compared to motor vehicles, bikes are a cleaner, greener way of getting around. So how can we get more people on bikes? KEEPING IT COOL talks with longtime bike advocate Tim Oey of the Silicon Valley Bike Coalition, a group that is already shif

Episode 3: Watt's Mine Is Yours

Sep 18th, 2021 36m 37s

What can Bay Area residents do at an individual level to help solve climate change? It turns out that anyone using energy (both homeowners and renters) can make choices that can help keep the grid humming along on cleaner energy. Enter OhmConne

Episode 2: The Ugly Ducting

Jun 25th, 2021 36m 43s

Heating and cooling buildings uses a heck of a lot of energy: So what can we be doing better? Keeping It Cool interviews Deborah Vasquez, an apartment complex manager who created big energy savings for residents through building renovations and

Episode 1: Cool Beans

May 8th, 2021 36m 55s

Yifei and Vivian take the bull by the horns to find out how everyday food choices affect our greenhouse emissions, speaking with Nicole Angiel of the environmental nonprofit Acterra. They then turn to Allison Dear, a medical researcher at Stanf