Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
Wendy Ring
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Community Owned Solar
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
01/15/23 • 28 min
Meet a retiree in rural OR and a group of millennials in WA who are spreading community owned solar projects across their states.
Clean Trucks Coalition Puts Pedal to the Metal
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
04/10/22 • 28 min
Activists accelerate states' switch to clean big rigs. A story about the power of coming together and speaking out for climate and justice.
Got Methane?
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
12/12/21 • 28 min
We take a deep dive into dairy digesters: their impact on farms, climate, and communities; and the intersections between Big Gas, Big Ag, and government programs which are driving their proliferation. To get to the bottom of this complex topic, we had to talk to a lot of people. Storytellers: John Hanselman -Vanguard Renewables
Natasha Duarte -Composting Association of Vermont
Brenda Platt- Institute for Local Self Reliance
Mary Beth Kirkham- KSU Professor of Agronomy
J Jordan-Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Rebecca Wolf- Food and Water Watch
Mike McCully- The McCully Group
Maria Payan -Socially Responsible Agriculture Project. Part 2 of a mini-series within a series on food and agriculture
Is Your Money Fueling Wildfires?
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
09/11/21 • 28 min
There's a movement to close accounts at big Wall Street banks and move money to smaller banks with better values.
So Good to Not Feel Alone: Solidarity stops oil by rail in its tracks
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
06/10/19 • 28 min
Our own preconceptions of who is "on our side" and the mistaken idea that we are alone may be one of the biggest obstacles to climate action. That's the big takeaway from this story about how neighbors, longshoremen, small businesspeople, tribes and environmentalists in Washington State got together and stopped a massive oil by rail terminal. Linda Garcia is a passionate activist who just wouldn't stop reaching out, and that brought a bunch of unlikely folks together. They found common ground at the intersection of climate action, workers' rights, environmental justice, and local self determination and won a 5 year battle to stop the biggest oil by rail terminal in N America. They also became friends.
Guests: Don and Alona Steinke Sierra Club, Linda Garcia of the Fruit Valley Neighborhood Association, Cager Clabough ILWU, Don Orange and Eric LaBrant Port of Vancouver Commissioners.
School Bus Plus
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
02/10/20 • 28 min
1500 electric school buses in Virginia will power the grid when parked, in the first US commercial application of vehicle to grid technology.
Join the Fight Against Voter Suppression
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
06/11/20 • 28 min
Reclaim Our Vote volunteers are sending millions of postcards to people purged from voting rolls in recent years, often in error and without their knowledge. NextGen America's young organizers look for ways to find and register young voters online while campuses are closed by the pandemic.
Vampires Shut Down Power Plant
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
10/10/20 • 28 min
You don't need solar panels to be part of greening the grid. Our refrigerators, hot water heaters, and air conditioners can shift energy use to when the sun is shining and decrease the need for fossil fuel.
A Quiet Clean Energy Revolution
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
03/11/19 • 28 min
How many people does it take to change what runs a city's light bulbs? In Norman Oklahoma and Hanover New Hampshire, they started with 12 and ended up with everyone. Adrienne Gautier, Janna Horn and Judi Colla talk about organizing "for" instead of "against", and tell how they got their towns to vote unanimously for 100% clean energy.
We talk with Jodie Van Horne from the Sierra Club about the national movement of cities for climate action and how cities can speed the transition to clean energy. She explains how their Ready for 100 Campaign helped over 100 US cities commit to 100% clean energy.
An E-bike Loaves and Fishes Tale: From 13 bikes to 13,000
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up
03/11/23 • 28 min
"When I read in 2020 that Colorado ran a pilot program to give away just 13 e-bikes, I scoffed. What difference could that possibly make? Now I have to eat my bike helmet." - Wendy Ring, Cool Solutions Producer and Host.
Turns out that mini-pilot laid the foundation for Denver's wildly successful e-bike program by proving that e-bikes cut car trips and emissions and that low income folks want to ride them. Denver's program became the model for a statewide program. That "e" also stands for equity, as removing economic barriers to bikes builds pressure to address unsafe streets in low income neighborhoods.
Guests: Christian Willis, Colorado Energy Office Rachel Hultin, Bicycle Colorado Frieda Mitchell & Darnell Robinson, Can Do CO participants Mike Salisbury Denver Office of Climate Action Sustainability and Resilience Ash Lovell, People for Bikes
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FAQ
How many episodes does Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up have?
Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up currently has 62 episodes available.
What topics does Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up cover?
The podcast is about News, Society & Culture, Climate, Energy, Documentary, Podcasts, Health, Politics and Food.
What is the most popular episode on Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up?
The episode title 'This Is My Home: Women whup petrochemical giant' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up?
The average episode length on Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up is 28 minutes.
How often are episodes of Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up released?
Episodes of Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up are typically released every 30 days, 13 hours.
When was the first episode of Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up?
The first episode of Cool Solutions: Stories of climate action from the bottom up was released on Sep 24, 2018.
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