Living Change: A Quest For Climate Leadership

Sandeep Patel sees food as integral to his corporate sustainability focus as President and CFO of a - wait for it - consumer tech brand. What?! That seeming disconnect is exactly why Andrea knew when she met him last year that she had to talk with him for Living Change. Patel is an intensely values-driven leader with a Wall Street background who intends to make these changes not just for PopSockets, but for the whole corporate sector. The conversation gets ever more enthusiastic as they both dream of the potential Scope 3 emissions reductions in a collective corporate food policy shift.

PopSockets https://www.popsockets.com/

Project Drawdown http://Drawdown.org

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) https://www.ipcc.ch/

Greener By Default LinkedIn case study: https://www.greenerbydefault.com/linkedin-video

Plants and Perks https://www.plantsandperks.com/

Trillion Tree Campaign https://www.trilliontreecampaign.org/

Califia Farms https://www.califiafarms.com/

Designing Your Life https://designingyour.life/

Bowinn Ma was driven into politics by climate change and a rebellious streak. She gets around the city and builds constituent trust, by riding an eCargo Bike. She also talks enthusiastically about how the BC Government is buying up land to ease transportation for its 1.8 million citizens. In all she does as a lawmaker, biking the streets, and on social platforms, Bowinn pedals her talk and gets things done.

CycleLogistics Background, by Sam Starr

Anand Giridharadas’s book, The Persuaders

Social media tags/handles:

Twitter & TikTok: @BowinnMa

Alex Fisch knows how to engage with constituents, collaborate with peers and tell the positive stories that get the LA area affordable housing and urbanism advocates rolling. His work as a former Mayor of, and City Councilperson in, Culver City has been an ideal platform for being seen Living Change. Andrea talks with Alex about eBiking and bus lanes, parking mandates, and how understanding the whole system of transportation, social justice and affordable housing – citing the Livable Communities Initiative in LA - is key. May it ultimately rest in peace, Andrea and Alex also talk about the power of Twitter, and how the time has come for bolder, more risk-taking politicians.

@AlexFischCC - Twitter

LivableCommunitiesInitiative.com comes up a lot (they are @LCI_LA )

https://www.alexfisch.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfisch/

KEXP DJ John Richards is well known for his global music influence and committed Morning Show fanbase, but in this lively conversation, Andrea unearths the backstory on his somewhat stealth climate influence. Recorded live at John’s fully vegan Seattle bar, Life On Mars (which is now - and rightly so - a global independent music tourist destination), this conversation brings his “living change” to full light (and, that’d be a disco ball light). Learn about plant-based-eating and eBike-riding climate influence from a truly surprising validator.

Find John on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/djjohnrichards/

& Twitter: https://twitter.com/djjohnrichards

Visit John’s restaurant, Life on Mars:

https://lifeonmarsseattle.com/

More fun stuff about John Richards:

The Rad eBikes interview with John: https://www.radpowerbikes.com/blogs/the-scenic-route/riding-ebikes-with-kexp-host-john-richards

Great backgrounder on John/KEXP role during COVID: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zmqb/kexp-is-keeping-seattle-and-everyone-else-sane

Huffington Post interview with John, written by Andrea, re: the importance of community radio: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-radio-week-kexp-on-the-social-impact-of-community_b_59907654e4b0ed1f464c0bb0

Even though they don’t have the word "sustainability" in their title, there ARE a lot of leaders out there who care deeply about their impact on the environment. Climate influencer Andrea Learned talks with a range of guests on the corporate, political, and cultural spectrum who leverage their own climate influence, often without even realizing it!

From mayors and legislators across North America, to an Emmy-winning writer/producer to a globally recognized radio DJ to a consumer goods CFO, these folks tell inspirational stories of climate impact in their industries.

With her years working in and monitoring the full landscape of corporate sustainability and climate leadership, and her access to the vast networks of leaders in those spaces, Andrea finds the stories that need to be amplified. Listeners will hear enthusiastic, hopeful, fun stories from professionals using their work or business ventures to help shift the social norms around “leadership” in the Climate Crisis age.



Through these stories, Andrea knows listeners will be inspired to act. Leadership takes many different forms! Lots of folks are already doing it. Don’t you want in?

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