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Episode 24: Listen Up: More Music as a Voice for Climate Action
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 • Duration 17:39
We sit down with the two musicians behind Eco Soul Entertainment, which uses original soul, funk, and R&B songs to encourage adults and kids to take care of our precious planet. This Bay Area band has been in the trenches working with various local climate action groups. Their mantra? Make climate education and action fun and engaging. Take a listen to excerpts of 3 of their songs and see what they mean.
Guests and Titles: Will Hammond Jr., singer and Mike Roberts, songwriter/musician
Great Guest Quote: ”It's a way of edutaining the people, you know, you educate them on the, the facts and then you entertain them through the music. And so, that's really what we're about.” - Will Hammond Jr.
Keywords: #eco-music, #climate music, #Eco Soul Entertainment, #I’m Your Heat Pump, #Geothermal, #I Love Flowers, #edutainment, #eco-songs, #climate songs
Project InnerSpace: Eco Soul Entertainment's "Geothermal" was made in partnership with this group that advocates for awareness about geothermal energy.
Eco Soul Entertainment's ‘I Like Flowers’ video has four project partners currently:
The Switch Is On: This organization helps educate and provide electric solutions. This is where the idea for Eco Soul Entertainment and their song “I’m Your Heat Pump” blossomed.
Rising Sun (where guest Will Hamond Jr. works): This group offers climate careers to young leaders who provide “Green House Calls”: energy and water efficiency services to households throughout the Bay Area.
Music Declares Emergency: Bringing artists, music professionals and music fans together to call for an immediate response from the government to respond to the climate change emergency to protect all life on Earth.
Gabriella Smith, a Bay Area native whose classical music compositions focus on our climate.
Grist article on how musicians and music venues across the country are championing climate action.
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Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Eli Staton. Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas
* This episode is dedicated to the memory of our Executive Producer's music-loving sister, Deborah Massachi. She passed away during this episode's production.
Episode 23: Women Climate Innovators Band Together
Season 2 · Episode 23
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 • Duration 15:13
In this episode, we speak with a co-founder of The Greenhouse, an online community of women climate innovators turning their business ideas into reality. Along with two members of this online community, we discover the inner workings of how these women entrepreneurs are overcoming many obstacles by offering each other practical and emotional support.
Guests and Titles:
Anya Lamb, co-founder of The Greenhouse; Caroline Buck, member and co-founder of sustainable dog food company; Barb Chang, member working on a waste reduction company
Great Guest Quote:
“ We spent a lot of time talking about the real fears and doubts that come up when you want to start your own business. I mean, there were tears sometimes and people were talking about their struggles and we were supporting each other along the way.” - Barb Chang, member of The Greenhouse
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Episode 22: Cycling and Walking: Emissions- and Guilt-Free Transportation Solutions
Season 2 · Episode 22
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 • Duration 14:01
In this episode, we sit down with two Bay Area bicycle advocates to discuss how to make cycling and walking part of our everyday lives. We learn how our guests have made that shift, in part, to curb their contributions to the climate crisis. And they share information about how a number of cities are creating infrastructure to make it easier to get around by biking and walking.
Guests and Titles:
Emma-Louise Anderson, Executive Director, The Seed Fund
Tim Oey, owner, Bicycle Solutions and founder of ZeroW.org
Great Guest Quote: “I switched out of high tech to dedicate myself to helping others get to the point of being able to bike more. “ – Tim Oey, owner, Bicycle Solutions and founder of ZeroW.org
Episode 21: Neighbors Build Climate Resilience in Their Watersheds
Season 1 · Episode 21
Saturday, February 1, 2025 • Duration 30:53
In this double-length episode, we speak with two guests from the Watershed Project, a Bay Area organization that protects and restores our landscapes that drain into waterways: creeks, rivers, and ultimately the San Francisco Bay. We'll find out how they work with thousands of neighbors to envision, build, and celebrate “green infrastructure” and clean water projects that use nature-based solutions, such as trees and native plants. Teachers and young people benefit from their education and internship programs.
Guests: The Watershed Project’s Juliana Gonzalez, Executive Director, and Natalie Matias, Community Engagement Manager
Host: Dalya Massachi
Great Guest Quote: “With climate change being at the forefront of so many of the problems that we're going to face, investing in those under-resourced, frontline communities to make them more resilient to the changing climate is such an important thing.” - Juliana Gonzalez, Executive Director, The Watershed Project
Episode 20: Cultivating Their Own Sustainable Food Systems: Indigenous and Black Communities (SF Bay Area and Detroit, MI)
Season 2 · Episode 20
Friday, November 29, 2024 • Duration 31:28
In this double-length episode, we speak with folks doing similar work in both the San Francisco Bay Area and Detroit, Michigan. Our two guests – Joshua Hoyt from the Cultural Conservancy’s Native Foodways Program and Shakara Tyler from the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network – are reclaiming the right to feed themselves and own their communities' ecologically sustainable food systems. They are nourishing their communities by restoring cultural and spiritual ties with the Earth, building their local economies, and healing historical traumas. We all learned a lot about how their work is taking shape in different cultural contexts, with strong overlap.
Great Guest Quote: “If we don't actually address the ways that we relate to the environment and our place in it, then we will just continue to make the same mistakes over and over again.” - Joshua Hoyt, Native Foodways Program
Guests: Joshua Hoyt, from the Cultural Conservancy's Native Foodways program (San Francisco Bay Area’s Sonoma County); Shakara Tyler from the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network
Episode 19: Partner Interview: ‘We the Children’ Podcast
Season 2 · Episode 19
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 • Duration 17:30
In this special episode, we speak with the 12-year-old host of another climate podcast - called ‘We the Children’. Our guest, Zach Fox-Devol, discusses his podcast for kids who, like him, are interested in the climate crisis. We learn what inspires him, and get to hear an excerpt of his podcast episode on our oceans and the plastic polluting it. He - and his podcast guest - also suggest how kids can get involved.
Guest and Title: Zachary Fox-Devol, Host of the ‘We the Children’ Podcast
Great Guest Quote: “We want to help kids feel empowered, feel confident to make a difference. I feel like a lot of the time climate change feels like this huge problem that a lot of adults can't solve. And I know as a kid it can feel really overwhelming.”
Episode 18: What We’ve Learned in Season 1 (co-host conversation)
Season 1 · Episode 18
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 • Duration 16:16
In this episode, three of our co-hosts (Dalya Massachi, Sean Mendelson, and Ellisa Feinstein) talk about what we're learning in our conversations with community members here in the San Francisco Bay Area. We share what stands out for us, and why we’re doing this work to create a “homegrown supplement to the mainstream climate news.” We also hear from listeners like you – about how they are finding the podcast inspiring and educational, and how it gives them ideas about what climate actions they can take in their own communities.
Great Guest Quote: “This is really what drives us here at this podcast - having people this excited about things that are happening right in their backyard.” - Ellisa Feinstein, one of our co-hosts
Episode 17: Raising Children During the Climate Crisis
Season 1 · Episode 17
Monday, May 6, 2024 • Duration 14:27
In this episode, we discuss the personal impact that climate change-fueled fires had on our guest and her young child. She also explains, from a therapist’s perspective, the steps parents (and others) can take to deal with the growing problem of climate anxiety in themselves and in their families. See below for links to many helpful resources we share.
Guest: Jennifer Silverstein, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Great Guest Quote: “This is an existential worldwide problem. We're not going to solve it by ourselves and we need to work together, and…we really can't take care of our emotional well-being by ourselves, either.”
We speak with Shaandiin Cedar, a tribal member of the Navajo Nation and an advocate for indigenous-led climate action. Shaandiin discusses how Indigenous communities can help lead the way to addressing our climate crisis. We learn about the intricacies involved with climate justice for Native peoples, including both climate impacts that are already happening and avoiding or lessening future harms. How can we honor and center the experiences and wisdom of Indigenous peoples? And how can non-Native people support them during our shared climate crisis?
Guest: Shaandiin Cedar, advocate for Indigenous-led climate action and Senior Associate, Powerhouse Ventures
Great Guest Quote: “Not leveraging Indigenous ingenuity, I think, is just a giant missed opportunity for our collective effort to mitigate climate change.”
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Related Action Resources: UNEP-WCMC and ICCA Consortium 2021 Territories of Life report: Estimated extent of territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities: https://report.territoriesoflife.org/global-analysis/
Article on indigenous protection of 80% of the world's biodiversity: https://www.conservation.org/blog/3-ways-indigenous-knowledge-protects-natur
Grid Alternatives Tribal Program: https://gridalternatives.org/what-we-do/tribal-program
Native Land App and Database: https://native-land.ca/
Similar programs elsewhere: Navajo & Hopi Nations in Arizona: https://www.nativerenewables.org/; Amazonian villages: https://amazonfrontlines.org/work/building-solutions/solar-program/
Episode 15: Hands-On Climate Education and Action In Elementary Schools
Season 2 · Episode 15
Thursday, November 30, 2023 • Duration 14:34
In this episode, we explore hands-on climate education and action at elementary schools: featuring McDowell Elementary in Petaluma, CA. For many years, 3rd grade teacher Angela Werner has incorporated a slew of climate education activities into her curriculum - from creek restoration to visits to her local wetlands to cultivating a school garden. She and her former student, Sherlyn Deras Ramos, reflect on their experiences and encourage other schools to get involved in nature-based programs. Find out how elementary school students are becoming the next generation of everyday climate champions.
Guests: Angela Werner, 3rd grade teacher and Sherlyn Deras Ramos, 4th grade student
Great Guest Quote: “I would say to just jump in 'cause there's so much out there. Even if you feel like you don't really know what you're doing, take that step.” – Angela Werner
Host: Sean Mendelson
Keywords: #climaterestoration,#Sanomaenvironmentaleducationcollaborative,#climateliteracy.#climateeducation,#climatecrisis,#climateaction,#elementaryschools,#STRAW,#InOurOwnBackyard,#gardenofeatin’
Transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PFnBkszxHymoSH9eaTwU7mOI_jDKEsWX7351X1p0VzE/edit?usp=sharing
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Related Action Resources:
STRAW: Student and Teachers Restoring a Watershed, a program of Point Blue Conservation, which works with classes to restore their local waterways with native plants: https://www.pointblue.org/our-work/education/
In Our Own Backyard, which provides four guided field trips per school year to nearby nature scapes, focusing on exploration & discovery, animal habitats, watersheds, and stewardship: https://www.landpaths.org/iooby/
SEEC Sonoma Environmental Education Collaborative, which promotes climate education programs throughout the county: https://sonomacountyee.org/pathways-project
Petaluma River Cleanup, an annual community event: https://cityofpetaluma.org/event/petaluma-river-clean-up/
Petaluma Wetlands Alliance, supporting Shollenberger Park and other wetlands in the region: https://petalumawetlands.org/
Garden of Eatin’, teaching children to make healthy food choices through a comprehensive, hands-on based garden curriculum: https://nbcc.net/garden-of-eatin/
California’s recently passed climate literacy bill, which requires K-12 to teach about climate change in their science curriculum, AB 285: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB285
McDowell Elementary School, a dual immersion school in Petaluma, CA where our guests tach and learn: https://www.petalumacityschools.org/mcdowell
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The Climate Reality Project Bay Area Chapter catalyzes local solutions to the climate crisis in every corner of the San Francisco Bay Area. We work together to spark urgent action and rapid adoption of solutions to the climate crisis. As Climate Reality founder and Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says, “Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to stand up and act.”
To learn more, visit: www.ClimateRealityBayArea.org
Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designer/Engineer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: George Dy, Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas
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Related Action Resources:
The Greenhouse: Official website for The Greenhouse, online female climate innovator community:https://www.greenhousewomen.com
California’s Active Transportation Program: This program was created to encourage increased use of active modes of transportation, such as walking and biking.
San Francisco Bay Area Creek & Watershed Finder: This tool from the Oakland Museum of California will help you find creeks and watersheds throughout the Bay Area, including those in your own backyard: https://explore.museumca.org/creeks/wb-resc.html
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Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designers/Engineer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas
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Website: www.climaterealitybayarea.org/eccpodcast
The Climate Reality Project Bay Area Chapter catalyzes local solutions to the climate crisis in every corner of the San Francisco Bay Area. We work together to spark urgent action and rapid adoption of solutions to the climate crisis. As Climate Reality founder and Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says, “Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to stand up and act.”
To learn more, visit: www.ClimateRealityBayArea.org
Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designers/Engineer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas
Related Action Resources:
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The Climate Reality Project Bay Area Chapter catalyzes local solutions to the climate crisis in every corner of the San Francisco Bay Area. We work together to spark urgent action and rapid adoption of solutions to the climate crisis. As Climate Reality founder and Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says, “Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to stand up and act.”
To learn more, visit: www.ClimateRealityBayArea.org
Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designers/Engineer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli, Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas
The Climate Reality Project Bay Area Chapter catalyzes local solutions to the climate crisis in every corner of the San Francisco Bay Area. We work together to spark urgent action and rapid adoption of solutions to the climate crisis. As Climate Reality founder and Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says, “Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to stand up and act.”
Powerhouse Ventures: https://www.powerhouse.fund/ventures
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The Climate Reality Project Bay Area Chapter catalyzes local solutions to the climate crisis in every corner of the San Francisco Bay Area. We work together to spark urgent action and rapid adoption of solutions to the climate crisis. As Climate Reality founder and Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says, “Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to stand up and act.”
To learn more, visit: http://www.ClimateRealityBayArea.org
Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer/Editor: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designer/Engineer: Martin Sanchez; Co-Hosts/Researchers: Ellisa Feinstein, Isabella Genereaux, Sean Mendelson, Hasini Parepalli; Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas
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