Keeping It Cool

How does one small person stand up to the massive problem of climate change? The best chance we have of Keeping It Cool is by joining together. Hear what real people in our Bay Area communities are doing to tackle climate change, and learn how you can take part in the solutions.

Episode 8: Keeping It School 12/16/2023

Episode 8: Keeping It School Increasingly, youth are taking on key roles as climate advocates. So what’s it like to step into the climate policy spotlight — when you’re not even old enough to vote? Keeping It Cool talks to Purva and Alex, two Bay Area high school students, about their climate action journeys, while learning how other community members (parents, grandparents, teachers, and friends, this means you!) can join the supporting cast. /episode/index/show/keepingitcool/id/29108643

Episode 7: Finding Your (Grass)Roots 02/27/2023

Episode 7: Finding Your (Grass)Roots When it seems like individual action isn’t enough to fix the climate, enter policy change. We talk with Paula and Karl Danz of the Silicon Valley North chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL works to activate community members in all 50 states — by helping them tap into their own personal superpowers in support of a bigger common goal: getting Congress to act on carbon pollution pricing. /episode/index/show/keepingitcool/id/26054439

Episode 6: Beyond the Pail 07/20/2022

Episode 6: Beyond the Pail Most of us haven’t given much thought to what happens to waste after it’s tossed in the bin. To “unearth” more, we checked in with educator Julia Au of RethinkWaste. It turns out, waste can either form stinky methane in a landfill or beneficial compost for reuse on the land — and it’s up to us to choose which one. We also test Julia’s knowledge as she helps us with those tricky “what do I do with THIS?” questions. /episode/index/show/keepingitcool/id/23755775

Episode 5: Fridge Benefits 03/27/2022

Episode 5: Fridge Benefits Tired of cleaning out slimy, forgotten food out of the fridge? We are too! The amount of food that is wasted by an average household is equivalent to tossing 1 in 4 bags of groceries each trip. Robin Plutchok of StopWaste discusses the impact of all this wasted food and shares strategies for preventing waste from happening in the first place. /episode/index/show/keepingitcool/id/22563521

Episode 4: A Virtuous Cycle 12/13/2021

Episode 4: A Virtuous Cycle Compared to motor vehicles, bikes are a cleaner, greener way of getting around. So how can we get more people on bikes? KEEPING IT COOL talks with longtime bike advocate Tim Oey of the Silicon Valley Bike Coalition, a group that is already shifting the gears within our cities toward a people-powered, fossil-free mobility future. So get on board the Bike Party! /episode/index/show/keepingitcool/id/21461540

Episode 3: Watt's Mine Is Yours 09/18/2021

Episode 3: Watt's Mine Is Yours Supporting the clean energy revolution takes a village. Whether you rent or own, it turns out your choices at home can help keep the grid humming on cleaner energy. In this episode, we talk with Curtis Tongue about OhmConnect, a company he cofounded that is on a mission to give people an easy way to save money, all while greening the grid by shifting us away from fossil fuels. /episode/index/show/keepingitcool/id/20517089

Episode 2: The Ugly Ducting 06/25/2021

Episode 2: The Ugly Ducting Heating and cooling buildings uses a heck of a lot of energy: So what can we be doing better? We interview Deborah Vasquez, an apartment complex manager who created big energy savings for residents through building renovations and upgrades. We uncover more ways that homeowners can cut greenhouse emissions and lower energy bills by chatting with Jeffrey Liang of BayREN, an energy efficiency agency. His mission: to help us think about our homes with the same excitement that we have for our iPhones or Teslas. /episode/index/show/keepingitcool/id/19606424

Episode 1: Cool Beans 05/08/2021

Episode 1: Cool Beans Yifei and Vivian take the bull by the horns to find out how everyday food choices affect our greenhouse emissions, speaking with Nicole Angiel of the environmental nonprofit Acterra. They then turn to Allison Dear, a medical researcher at Stanford and a longtime vegan, to help demystify what plant-based eating is really like. /episode/index/show/keepingitcool/id/19031075

Introducing the Keeping It Cool Podcast 05/08/2021

Introducing the Keeping It Cool Podcast Keeping It Cool is a new Bay Area podcast focused on what local people are doing to tackle climate change. Join us. /episode/index/show/keepingitcool/id/19030979

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