Episodes
Featuring Carbon Almanac Founder Seth Godin and Portfolio Editor in Chief Niki Papadopoulos In this episode, Jennifer is joined by Seth and Niki to explore the spark behind The Carbon Almanac. Seth shares why he started this, where the idea came from, what he accomplished in 24 hours and how he chose the Almanac format for the book. We learn from Niki about her role in the Almanac and how this project is different from others that she has worked on. The conversation explores the early phase...
Published 06/16/22
Published 06/16/22
Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Barrett Brooks and David Meerman Scott Hailing from opposite sides of the US, Barrett from Portland and David from Boston, these two writers talk about their experiences in The Carbon Almanac. Both joined the community very early in the process and were instrumental in the development of the book. Listen as Barrett and David talk about why they joined The Carbon Almanac and what it is to create and deliver on deadlines within a community that doesn’t...
Published 06/09/22
Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Jenn Swanson, Inma Lopez, Rod Aparicio, Olabanji Stephen These four contributors span the world hailing from Canada, Spain, Germany and Nigeria. They come together, not as experts, but as regular people to have real conversations on topics involving climate change and sustainability. In this episode, we talk about why CarbonSessions has developed and the vision for this podcast. We get a taste of some of the topics we’ll be hearing about in upcoming...
Published 06/02/22
Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Leekei Tang, Tania Marien & Manon Doran. Coming together from Paris, France, Southern California and Ontario, Canada, these three collaborators combined their backgrounds in art, biology, environmental education and sustainable development with their passion for education to work on the Educator’s Guide. While the Educator’s Guide brought them together, their contributions also include writing and editing articles, supporting the travelling...
Published 05/26/22
Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Kristy Sharrow, Bruce Clark and Katherine Palmer Cause…climate…compassion…confidence…COVID....crowd-sourcing…contagious…carbon...create…connection…celebration…cohort...courage. They’re all here in this episode brought to you by the letter C. Hailing from Detroit, Michigan; Bloomington, Illinois; and Vancouver, British Columbia, these three contributors came to the Carbon Almanac with diverse backgrounds — a writer and editor/marketer, an architectural...
Published 05/19/22
Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Linda Westenberg, Lynne Richards & Teresa Reinalda. This trio lives around the world with Linda in the Netherlands, Lynne from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Teresa originally from New York living in a suburb of Chicago. These collaborators have vast backgrounds and were involved in The Carbon Almanac in roles including assistant editor, researcher, layout, design, and graphics. In this episode, we talk about a vast array of topics including what it’s...
Published 05/12/22
Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Anne Marie Cruz, Tonya Downing and Leah Granger A former Magazine Editor from New York, A Digital Strategist from Durham in North Carolina and a Law Librarian from San Francisco in California talk have brought their expertise to be a part of the Carbon Almanac. Having contributed to many areas of the book, the three came together to talk about teamwork and the way that teams have worked together to produce the Carbon Almanac, reaching out to others from...
Published 05/05/22
Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Louise Karch, Eva Forde & Diane Osgood. This trio lives around the world with Louise a Canadian living in Australia, Eva the self-proclaimed nomad currently in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Diane who splits her time between the United States and France. These collaborators have vast backgrounds in social work, entrepreneurship, marketing, sustainability, and biodiversity. They all contributed to content for The Carbon Almanac, but equally important,...
Published 04/28/22
Featuring Carbon Alamanac Contributors David Kopans, Avaleen Morris & Lori Sullivan. From Boston, Nashville (Jamaica-born!), and Detroit, these collaborators have backgrounds in cleantech, philanthropy, and founding/running a business that helps companies lessen their environmental impact. They’ve contributed to many areas of the Carbon Alamanac but came together to build and execute a daily email action program - the Daily Difference. To give individuals a way to contribute to big...
Published 04/21/22
Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Mark Deutsch, Vivek Srinivasan & Scott Hamilton. The collaborators featured in today’s episode come from Virginia and New York State in the eastern United States and Bangalore, India. With backgrounds in sales for financial services, writing, research, and business development - these contributors share interests in sustainable development, economic growth, clean energy, and ESG. Their contributions to the Carbon Almanac include: Writing and...
Published 04/14/22
Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Alexis Costello, Ryan Flahive & Annie Parnell. From British Columbia, Canada (via Costa Rica), and from Colorado in The United States, these collaborators have backgrounds in education, instructional design, publishing and as parents. Having contributed to many areas of the Carbon Almanac, the three came together to develop lesson plans and activities that educators can use to help all kinds of learners understand climate change. We wanted to bring...
Published 04/07/22
Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributors Anna Cosentino, Lisa Blatt & Michel Porro. The collaborators presented in this episode come from the Netherlands, New York and San Francisco. Their backgrounds stretch from lawyer and designer, business founder and therapist to - fintech and podcast production. With so many tools on their belt, their contributions to the Carbon Almanac span a wide variety of areas as well: research and writing articles, the resource section, editing and they were...
Published 03/31/22
From sunny Portugal and The United States, these collaborators have backgrounds in creative services for clean energy, graphic design, and freelance copywriting and marketing. If you hold the book in your hand you will see the magic they helped make. The three came together (with a team of 10-12!) to design and produce the layout spreads for the Carbon Alamanac. In this episode, we talk about how encouragement from leadership helped the team push through hurdles, process changes,...
Published 03/24/22
From Singapore, the United Kingdom and The United States, these collaborators have backgrounds in teaching design, owning a family business, and spending years working with Greenpeace. Having contributed to many areas of the Carbon Alamanac, the three came together to craft one of the most meaningful parts - the Carbon Alamanac for kids' content. In this episode, we talk about digitizing hand-drawn illustrations, being inspired by the wacky inventions of kids, and why this environment was...
Published 03/17/22
Featuring Carbon Alamanac Contributors Jasper Croome, Barbara Orsi and Steve Wexler From Portland, the New York State and Bologna, Italy these collaborators are passionate about data visualization, D3, data science & analytics - and cricket burgers with hot sauce. The three came together on the Carbon Almanac charts team. Taking complex data and using design thinking and design to present the information clearly, and making it easy to understand for the readers of the almanac. In this...
Published 03/10/22