The Wealth of Nature

We talked with Dr. Fadl Saadi about his company C-Zero, a company that is working on a technological innovation that can be paired with carbon emitting fuels, like natural gas, to completely decarbonize them. Such an innovation could revolutionize the energy industry, and help us reach international carbon emissions goals faster.

In this episode, The Wealth of Nature podcast mentor and Centennial Fellow Catherine Novelli host a town hall event to discuss why profit-minded solutions are so important to sustainable conservation efforts. Ms. Novelli is an Ocean Elder and serves on the boards of the Pristine Seas Initiative of the National Geographic Society and the National Wildlife Federation. She also runs Listening For America, a non-profit organization that strives to understand American views on international trade and globalization. Ms. Novelli was also the former Under-Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment from 2014 to 2017 where she spearheaded a $10 billion ocean conservation project called Our Ocean and served as VP of Worldwide Government Affairs at Apple from 2005 to 2013.

Globally, renewables are the fastest growing source of energy generation, driven primarily by wind and solar. But did you know that electricity from solar is also cheaper than coal or nuclear? Join us for a conversation with Sol Systems Vice President Andrew Gilligan about how solar projects are financed, what is driving investors to get involved, and the exciting future of a growing renewables industry.

Did you know that 10% of people on the planet are employed in the tourism industry? Neither did we, until we spoke with Dr. Harriet Hentges. Check out this episode for a conversation about what considerations go into development of a sustainable tourism industry at the country level, the challenge of mobilizing capital to get it going, and what all of this looks like in the face of pandemic-related economic disruption.

This episode is the second in our series on sustainable construction and design. Recorded in march of 2020, we spoke with Diana Horvat, a member of AIA and Principal of 23/Consulting LLC, on sustainability trends in the architecture and construction industry.