Adventures in Sustainability
The “Adventures in Sustainability” podcast showcases stories of personal and professional discovery and growth encountered on the quest for a better way to live. We explore the meaning and challenges of sustainability, resilience, and ecopreneurship with their champions working in a myriad of fields (public policy, business, urbanism, arts, culture, engineering, etc.) We also discuss their dreams, motivations, and passions that help them take action. We harvest the collective wisdom through honest conversations to see what it means to be sustainable in today’s world.
Episodes
15 episodes
Episode 13: The importance of asking better questions (Part 2)
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 su...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:05:57
Episode 13: The importance of asking better questions (Part 1)
In this episode, we have a 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 sustaina...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:20:44
Episode 12: Creating a sustainable urban water cycle
Dr. Edgar Tovilla is an Environmental Engineer that has worn almost all of the hats in the water-wastewater world across North America. He studies the interconnected and sustainable management of the municipal drinking water, wastewater, and st...
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1:44:26
Episode 11: Stop thinking start doing! A conversation with a doer.
Erica Ayala Morriss should be an inspiration to all of us; an architect by trade and a passionate environmental activist by design. Join us in our conversation with Erica as we look at our plastic world and how to take action to reduce th...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:47:28
Episode 10: Pulling back the curtain of the mining industry
Adwoa Cobbina is an engineering consultant at Golder Associates' Mine Water Management Group and an environmentalist at heart. In this episode, Adwoa discusses the intricacies and complexities of mining operations in Can...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:51:00
Episode 9: Circular economy. What are we waiting for?
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. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:49:51
Episode 8: A peek into the business of sustainability
Guillermo (Billy) Dunckel is an academic, investor, serial entrepreneur, and established businessman with a passion and experience in infusing ethical and environmental values into his enterprises. Today we discuss how companies can...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:55:00
Episode 7: Decentralizing water management
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 an...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:50:00
Episode 6: Touring the Climate Crisis with Osseily Hanna
Osseily Hanna is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker with experience in more than 40 countries. He combines his science and banking background with empathy, dedication, and passion for humanity and nature to write books and direct docu...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:28:00
Episode 5: If you build it they will come
Lilly Wolfensberger has been a sustainability activist and specialist since before the term “sustainability” was coined.In this episode, we discuss Lilly’s multi-decade and in-depth experience in designing, building, and monitoring trans...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:45:00
Episode 4: Rethinking human systems (from linear to circular)
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 o...
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Episode 4
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2:00:12
Episode 3: Crisscrossing the world in the search of sustainable development
Yu Chen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN), University of Toronto, Canada. He received his PhD in sociology (2018) and MA in Latin American studies (2011) from the University of Texas at Austin. His research br...
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Episode 3
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1:26:00
Episode 2: Keeping sustainability definitions simple… easier said than done
Ilan Adler is a water and sustainability expert with a focus on public policy and decentralized technologies. In this episode, we explore Ilan’s view on sustainability, which he understands as the idea to sustain life through time on this...
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Episode 2
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1:28:53
Episode 1: Adventures in Sustainability
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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