Adventures in Sustainability

In this episode, we continue our fascinating and entertaining conversation with John Cooper about a wide range of subjects. John shares with us his insights into the world of innovation, business, as well as some key observations about sustainability.
Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian
Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Miriam Otoo is an award-winning researcher who studies circular economy and its adoption into profitable and sustainable business enterprises.

In this episode, we have an exciting and encouraging discussion on the circular economy. Miriam shares with us her findings from years of studying the systemic management of resources. We discuss the roles of government, private sector, entrepreneurs, and society in closing the loops in our value chains. More importantly, she helps us realize that it may not be so difficult to start making our economies more circular! The future is closer than we think, what are we waiting for?

Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian
Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Marco Belmont is an expert on healthy public policies and also studies biogeochemistry, ecotoxicology, and pollution control.

In this episode, we draw insights from Marco’s vast experience in working in regulatory agencies in both high and middle-income countries. We also do a deep dive on sustainable urban planning with a focus on circular water management and reuse through decentralized technologies

Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian
Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Jessica Hernandez has 15 years of experience working with public and private sector entities in the planning and implementation of sustainable development projects and resiliency initiatives. She has participated in the planning and financing of more than 40 urban infrastructure projects, water, clean energy, solid waste management, among others. She has a Master of Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master of Public Administration from ITESM. She has worked at the North American Development Bank as a Program Manager and as Associate Director for Latin America in the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities program. She currently collaborates with the government of Mexico in the development of water supply projects.

In this episode, we discuss hard questions from a systemic point of view like Who cares enough about sustainability and resilience?; Is sustainability sustainable?; and How are we going to deal with the consequences of our modern lifestyle in a way that makes life better for all of humanity, not just for a portion of us?

We also discuss how we can become one of the many that are looking for ways to move our society forward sustainably and resiliently.

Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian
Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

In this episode, we talk about our hopes and dreams for this podcast. We touch upon how this podcast came to be from our sustainable adventure when we moved from Canada to Mexico. The range of characters, connections, and contexts we have come across have inspired and encouraged us to be more sustainable. We are producing this podcast to share a wealth of knowledge with our listeners in the hopes of helping them find their sustainable voice.
Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian
Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.