The Equine Assisted Growth And Learning Association (EAGALA) incorporates horses to address mental health and personal development needs. “Non-verbal is 90% of all communication, and that’s what the horses respond to.” The horse may become an a

Land Reclamation

Dec 31st, 2018 27m 8s

Dustin Morin explains the process of land reclamation, in which he updates and maintains Alabama’s state inventory of abandoned mine land features and conducts environmental assessments prior to the undertaking of mine reclamation projects. Lea

Shrimp Farming

Dec 27th, 2018 36m 25s

Marty Williams shares his experience with family-owned shrimp farming and the importance of location and environment to providing a high quality product. Working on saving the mangroves, maintaining water quality, and helping out in the local c

Movement Vs Trend

Dec 17th, 2018 36m 35s

Jake Danehy, Founder of Fair Harbor Clothing, shares how a beach where he and his sister, Caroline, spent their summers inspired the innovative creation of swim wear made from recycled plastics. Fair Harbor’s mission is to reduce and promote th

The Complex World of Decision Making

Dec 10th, 2018 55m 54s

Christina Bicchieri, S. J. Patterson Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania and author of “Norms in the Wild,” explores decision theory and all it involves, including fundamental attribution

Fostering Childhood Enrichment

Dec 3rd, 2018 35m 54s

Cassie Slone, who started The Foster Care Council in 2012, heads up Studio Thrifty for the Kids with her colleague, Lindy Hester. Many children arrive at foster homes with nothing but the clothes are their back, so Studio Thrifty for offers the

Elevated Expectations

Nov 26th, 2018 45m 18s

Jim Ziolkowski shares how BuildOn empowers youth from some of America’s toughest neighborhoods to be the change they want to see in the world through acts of service with homeless, seniors, and children in their communities. BuildOn lights a fi

Keep America Beautiful

Nov 19th, 2018 49m 41s

Helen Lowman is the president and CEO of Keep America Beautiful, an organization that has been around for 65 years and is well known for its iconic PSAs about litter and pollution. Helen learned at an early age the importance of recycling, so i

Repurposing the Hard-To-Recycle

Nov 12th, 2018 37m 44s

Veronica Rajadnya enlightens us on the innovative options available to recycle what we might have thought we couldn’t recycle. Offering many free recycling programs to raise money for non profits and easy solutions for every day individuals – T

Small Changes, Big Impact

Nov 5th, 2018 46m 28s

Amy Sohner is the Executive Director of Bluegrass Greensource, a nonprofit environmental education organization serving Central Kentucky. Bluegrass Greensource works to empower the citizens of Central Kentucky to create a sustainable environmen

Building Up Young Men

Oct 29th, 2018 49m 13s

Lawrence Sheffield, Magic City Woodworks, shares his journey from teenage entrepreneur, professional firefighter by the age of 19, significant loss of a loved one, a nontraditional educational path, to now Founder of a social impact company in

Sharing in a Cultural Legacy

Oct 22nd, 2018 50m 34s

Ely Folk School brings young and old together to teach and be taught traditional skills passed down from the ancestors who founded their beloved town. Paul draws from his lifelong interest in outdoor adventure to remind us that our daily encumb

Poetic Transformations

Oct 15th, 2018 56m 29s

iO is a nationally recognized hub of creativity for K-12 students in Detroit who are curious about exploring their worlds through the power of poetry. Since 1995, iO has helped to amplify the voices of thousands of students by dispatching estab

Stepping Off The Treadmill of Life // Biophilic Design

Oct 8th, 2018 1h 1m

Steve Nygren, chats about how a farm purchased near Atlanta, Georgia inspired a community filled with hope to live out life comprised of free range children, home grown food, butterfly bushes, edible gardens, and diverse community – welcome to

Lynn Thomas - Eagala

Oct 1st, 2018 35m 52s

Lynn Thomas, LCSW is Eagala’s founder and CEO. Under her leadership, Eagala advanced the first professionalized standards for equine-assisted psychotherapy, developing Eagala’s certification program into the industry’s global standard. Her effo

Colin Tomkins-Bergh - Copia

Sep 24th, 2018 49m 5s

Colin Tomkins-Bergh educates consumers and businesses on the issues at the nexus of food and sustainability by working with startups across the country. He has an education in sociology, entrepreneurship and scientific communication with a spec

Amanda - Savannah Litter Pickup

Sep 17th, 2018 32m 10s

Amanda is a college biology instructor living in Savannah, GA who began picking up litter in September, 2017 in an effort to mitigate flooding from oncoming Hurricane Irma. Amanda continued removing litter from Savannah streets, sidewalks, and

Susan Schader - Southern Research

Sep 10th, 2018 43m 46s

Highly driven and articulate biomedical scientist and educator with expert knowledge in HIV/AIDS virology, clinical disease/pathogenicity, drug treatments and drug resistance development. Exceptionally gifted in communicating abstract concepts

Brynne MacCann - Southern Research

Sep 3rd, 2018 37m 29s

Brynne MacCann joined Southern Research in 2016. She is responsible for providing administrative and tactical support associated with the organization’s fundraising strategy, in addition to public relations responsibilities associated with the

Vinod Namboodiri - Wichita EDU

Aug 27th, 2018 29m 6s

Dr. Vinod Namboodiri graduated with a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His research interests have been in the design, analysis and evaluation of systems that solve challenges in Mobile

Adam Lindquist - Mr Trash Wheel

Aug 20th, 2018 27m 20s

Adam joined the Waterfront Partnership team in 2011. He received his Masters of Urban Planning from the University of Maryland, College Park, and his experience includes working for the Water Resource Division of the Maryland Department of Plan

Mike Grigsby - KCMO

Aug 13th, 2018 44m 1s

Mike Grigsby is Vice President of Marketing & Technology for the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) and former CIO for the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD). He has been involved with numerous innovation efforts throughout the

Green Roofs

Aug 9th, 2018 29m 18s

Michael hails from Charleston, SC, and has managed to keep GRO headquartered there to this day. He attended The Citadel – Military College of South Carolina, where he earned his a BS Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering. While studying t

Jarami Bond - Interface

Aug 6th, 2018 30m 17s

Featured as a 2017 GreenBiz 30 Under 30 emerging leader in sustainability, Jarami Bond lives to serve people and steward the planet. Rooted in the belief that responsible business can help solve the global challenges we face, Jarami helps busin

Kathryn Kellogg - Going Zero Waste

Aug 2nd, 2018 30m 51s

Kathryn Kellogg the founder of Going Zero Waste and forthcoming author of 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste breaks eco-friendly, sustainable living down into an easy step by step process with lots of positivity and love! All of her trash for two years