Going Zero Waste with Amanda Sun

Frida Ruiz is the founder of the Green Cause, a fiscally sponsored youth-led organization whose mission is to bring environmental education into schools and communities through classroom lesson presentations and social media content. In this episode, we discuss youth activism, project-based learning, the importance of environmental education, and possible implementations in schools through policy and activism.

In our first, completely guest-hosted episode, we feature Covalence Global, a youth networking organization who’s purpose is to foster “covalent bonds” by building a global community of youth leaders combating climate change. We feature the founders, Sophia and Lulu, who discuss climate literacy and youth activism in the context of networking.

This episode features Taylen Reddy, a 2022 Youth Ambassador for Break Free From Plastic, and the founder of Zero Waste Durban who started the organization in 2020 to help raise awareness about climate change and the plastic crisis in Durban, focusing on awareness campaigns through social media. We discuss greenwashing on social media and corporate accountability, looking at the impacts of false climate solutions.

This episode features the organization, GirlUp2030, an organization that aims to bring awareness, advocacy, and action to issues inspired by the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, aiming for social, environmental, and economic justice by 2030. We discuss environmental injustices on a global scale, including how women of color in low income minority communities face greater barriers when it comes to education & healthcare, discussing how the climate crisis acts as a threat multiplier. Check out GirlUp2030 & stay tuned for our takeover where we answer your questions!

Nichole Ruiz is the founding director of The Five Dollar Project and leads independent research on climate anxiety. We discuss climate anxiety’s effect on our mental health and how it changes the way we view our planet, especially as a sort of existential doom. We also talk about the importance of both individual and collective action to bring a feeling of togetherness - specifically talking about our own experiences in the climate movement to achieve a larger goal through smaller steps.

In this two-part episode, we discuss the International Olympic Committee’s Sustainability Plan which aims to “contribute to the realization of a model of a new mature city in which the activities of citizens would improve the urban environment which would keep developing into the future.” We talk about recyclable cardboard beds and their actual purpose and IOC’s goal of making the games sustainable and whether or not they achieved it. We also talk about if the Olympics would be more sustainable in the future and how this may be possible. Keep up for the second part which will be published Feb 20th!

Amanda Sun is the co-founder and executive director of Green2Go, a national nonprofit that aims to accelerate the transition to a zero-waste society. We discuss zero waste’s importance, how it can be implemented in an individual and comprehensive manner, and the necessity for modern solutions to look to our climate future with hope.

In this episode, we talk about climate change and its correlation with extreme wind and rain events like hurricanes and tornadoes. This was a continuation of the discussion surrounding extreme heat events in Part 1.

In this episode we talk about climate change and its correlation with extreme heat events. This is to be continued with a discussion surrounding the rainier and windier destructive counterparts.

This episode discussed world overshoot day, what it means, offers various examples, includes how calculating overshoot day is possible, why this is a problem and discusses sustainable solutions!