136: Learning About Solar Thermal with Dan Razumovsky

03/11/25 • 64 min

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Do you know about Solar Thermal energy?? I didn't, either; I've heard of solar panels, solar farms, Community Solar... but not solar thermal. Enter Dan Razumovski, of Sun Catch Solar Thermal, out of Colorado! This might be more of a business or farm purchase- they're pricy, and take up a good amount of space, but it's a newer technology- and it's very cool! It stores electricity, so that if power goes out, you can still power your home for a week!

If you're interested in solar thermal, though, Dan's company will help you to fill out grant applications and apply for tax breaks for updating, which, I could be wrong, but I haven't heard that many companies offer this service.

Sun Catch website to learn more is here: https://sun-catch.com/

Here's a video from the company that shows the solar thermal product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkw2d-Sw4Uc

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Sun Catch website to learn more is here: https://sun-catch.com/

Here's a video from the company that shows the solar thermal product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkw2d-Sw4Uc

They're on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/suncatchltd/

And on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/suncatch-ltd/

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135: Rewilding With Native Plants: Christopher Reynolds

I met Christopher Reynolds through Podmatch, and, as I usually do, I followed him on Instagram and TikTok to see what he's about, and his message is so beautiful. His stories are meaningful and deep, and you can't help but be drawn in and want to support whatever he's putting out. Christopher is a high-end landscape designer, and he discovered for himself what a powerful addition native plants are to his design. He encourages everyone to plant natives wherever we can - just add a few even, to add biodiversity to our area. He talks about ways that adding native plants will improve the land, and bring in beneficial insects and birds, and other critters, and the magnitude of those positive changes. All from just planting a few native plants! A small effort for huge and lasting results!

He also talks about the personal project he's working on, Tierra Linda Park, that he's experimenting and bringing back to life using natives, and the results already are truly awesome!

Christopher's own words of what he wants you to take away from this conversation from his guest form: "The solutions to many of our big problems are simple and fast in the scheme of things. We can all participate at whatever level we can and all acts, tiny and grand, contribute. If you know how easy it is, then you can't help but want to take action."

Reynolds-Sebastiani Design Service STUNNING website is here

Website for Christopher's Tierra Linda Park to see his progress: https://tierralindapark.com/

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Or if you're on TikTok, here is where he's most active

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137: Green Burials with Melissa Meadow, The Modern Mortician

I have to say, I was so impressed with myself for getting through this conversation with sensation in my toes - I'm a total baby talking about blood and stuff, and I expected to have a hard time with it, but I was too interested to get queasy, I guess. Even the 2nd time listening to edit, it was still so fascinating! Feeling very lucky that Melissa Meadow crossed my Instagram feed. This opened my eyes to a ton of new information that's available.

Melissa Meadow started her career early, and has been in the funeral home business since she was very young, evolved into being a mortician, and has tons of wisdom to share that we might not know about. I had only heard the phrase green burial in the last few months - let alone water cremation and others... AND I thought that cremation was more environmentally friendly than burying a whole body, because it took up more space - boy was I wrong about that!

This is why I wanted to have Melissa on the podcast; in her words: "There are options that are better for the environment and align with those wanting transparency and options." I love that she shared so many new options! Have you already made plans for when you die? I had when my mom passed away, but that was in Maine, where I don't live anymore, so I have to plan again- and now I have more information to make a more informed decision. It may sound morbid, but it's an important topic, I think. The more you have planned out, the less traumatic your death will be - speaking from some experience...

I hope you take some good info away from this conversation - I know I did!

You can find Melissa at her website https://www.themodernmortician.com/ (there are so many helpful resources here!)

Her Instagram page, where I found her, is both fascinating and entertaining: https://www.instagram.com/the_modern_mortician

She's also on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_modern_mortician

And lastly on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@The_Modern_Mortician

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