Best Marc Cortez Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 73 / The Butterfly Story of Oyster Reefs Hosting Jeff DeQuattro 39:14

1d ago39:14

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This butterfly is excited to speak with Jeff DeQuattro, Director of Restoration, Gulf of Mexico. “I love the Gulf of Mexico, from alligators in the wetlands and sunsets over the marshes to its salty air and the sight of blue crabs scampering over tidal oyster reefs. I love this place.” TNC hired Jeff to manage a $3 million Recovery Act project to r…

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Episode 72 / The Butterfly Story of Biodiversity and Our Home Gardens Hosting Shubber Ali 51:28

1M ago51:28

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Shubber Ali. Shubber Ali is the CEO of Garden for Wildlife, a program that began within the National Wildlife Federation. Shubber has spent the last three decades helping companies in the consulting and software industries solve problems through innovation. It was while Shubber was one of Accenture’s Gl…

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Episode 71/ The Butterfly Story of Wild Animals in Captivity Hosting Devan Schowe 38:19

2M ago38:19

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Devan Schowe. Devan works as a Campaigns Associate for the wildlife conservation and animal welfare organization, Born Free USA, to fight against the exploitation of wild animals in captivity. Prior to her current position with the organization, she worked for several years as a Primate Caregiver and Ve…

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Episode 70 / The Butterfly Story of Technology and Regenerative Agriculture Hosting Alexandre Karim Howard 33:06

3M ago33:06

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Alexandre Karim Howard. Karim, is a Swiss-born entrepreneur, with a track record of scaling early-stage startups to become unicorns. Drawing from this experience, he is passionately dedicated to delivering quality products that address vital challenges, particularly in the field of regenerative agricult…

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Episode 69 / The Butterfly Story of SRM and Youth Hosting Clara Botto 30:31

4M ago30:31

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Clara Botto. Clara has been engaged with sustainable development at a grassroots and international level, from arts to politics, for the past 8 years. She is currently developing the initiative SRM Youth Watch, which is looking into the governance of climate-altering technologies called Solar Radiation …

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Episode 68 / The Butterfly Story of Complete Streets Hosting Elias Cattan 33:57

5M ago33:57

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Elias Cattan. Elias is an architect and urban planner from Mexico City, working on bringing nature back into our built environment. Through his architectural designs, urban master planning, workshops, and data visualization in graphics and installations. He is the Founder and Director of Taller13 Arquit…

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Episode 67 / The Butterfly Story of Sustainable Companies & Sustainable Consumers Hosting Ellen Williams 35:11

6M ago35:11

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Ellen Williams. Ellen is Director of Advisory & ESG Services at Orion Global Solutions, a distinguished Summit Level partner with Salesforce. With a rich tapestry of over 25 years in technology and business consultancy, Ellen seamlessly blends her tech prowess with a fervent passion for environmental, s…

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Episode 66 / The Butterfly Story of Plastics Hosting Mimi Wu 46:54

7M ago46:54

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Mimi Wu. Mimi is an impact-driven entrepreneur with deep expertise in circularity and plastics waste management, particularly in the Global South. Her mission is to accelerate our global society towards a zero-plastic waste future by reducing plastic production and consumption, building basic waste infr…

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Episode 65 / The Butterfly Story of Water, Solar, and Climate Change Hosting Marc Cortez 38:27

8M ago38:27

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Marc Cortez. Marc is the author of 'Climaturity: A Journey into the Muddy Climate Middle'. Climaturity offers a new perspective on the climate crisis controversy through the pragmatic lens of a long-time renewable energy industry veteran. Part science, part satire, and part snark. Marc is the Founder/CE…

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Episode 64 / The Butterfly Story of Activism and Environmental Justice Hosting Stephanie Trager 39:15

10M ago39:15

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Stephanie Trager. Stephanie is a medicine woman, guide, business architect and purpose catalyst holding space in a sacred container for intellectual, analytical soul seekers ready to come home to who they really are to do the work they’re really here to do. From human rights and environmental justice to…

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Episode 63 / The Butterfly Story of Honeybees as Investors Hosting Hank Svec 41:47

11M ago41:47

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Hank (Henry) Svec. Hank is a servant beekeeper, author, valued investor, and former psychologist who is now retired. For 30 years he worked as a clinical psychologist in Ontario, Canada. and for 40 years as a value investor in real estate, bonds, stocks, and early-stage start-ups. Now he is focusing on …

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Episode 62 / The Butterfly Story of The Path of The Panther Hosting Eric Bendick 30:26

11M ago30:26

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Eric Bendick. Eric is an Emmy-winning director, producer, and writer whose films explore connectivity, conflict, and ingenuity at the intersection of human and wild spaces. He’s led storytelling expeditions to the heart of many of the last intact and untamed landscapes on Earth as well as to the front l…

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Episode 61 / The Butterfly Story of The Trees of Nuclear Disaster, Chernobyl, Hosting James Downer 36:46

1y ago36:46

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Dr. James Downer. Dr. Downer has 37 years of experience as a horticulture and plant pathology Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Ventura County. His research is focused on mulch, soil microbiology and disease suppression in mulched soils, diseases of shade trees, and cult…

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Episode 60 / The Butterfly Story of the Power of Families to Rewrite Our Climate Story Hosting Sally Giblin 26:43

1y ago26:43

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Sally Giblin. Sally is an award-winning founder, podcast co-host, environmentalist, writer, speaker, and parent. Her purpose is to unleash the power of families to rewrite our climate story. Sally is the Co-Founder of Be The Future, which is creating children’s books and games about caring for our world…

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Episode 59 / The Butterfly Story of Restoring Australia’s Rainforest Hosting Branden Barber 31:46

1y ago31:46

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Branden Barber. Branden is a lifelong environmentalist. Starting with a degree in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz, he cut his teeth with Greenpeace International on the Rainbow Warrior. Then he ran the Victorian State Office for Greenpeace Australia. Over the last 25 years, he’s worked in both …

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Episode 58 / The Butterfly Story of Climate Jobs Hosting Natalie Lavery 28:16

1+ y ago28:16

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Natalie Lavery. Natalie is an avid environmentalist, marketer, communicator, and writer, with a passion for digital storytelling. She heads up marketing for Climate People, a ClimateTech recruitment agency. With a background in grassroots environmental advocacy, she has seen first-hand the dire need for…

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Episode 57 / The Butterfly Story of Working in the Climate Space Hosting Abby Alvin 31:51

1+ y ago31:51

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Abby Alvin. Abby is a big lover of anything outdoors who loves hiking and photography! She went to school for Environmental Studies, Geology and Entrepreneurship. When she graduated she was unable to find a job in the climate sector that would pay rent so she pursued 7 years in recruiting! Here we are, …

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Episode 56 / The Butterfly Story of American Forests Hosting Jeffrey H Ryan 41:42

1+ y ago41:42

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Jeffrey H. Ryan. Jeff is passionate about the outdoors and the conservation of public land, whose work has been cited in Forbes, USA Today, and other notable publications. He is the author of Appalachian Odyssey (2016), Blazing Ahead (2017), and a new book This Land Was Saved for You and Me: How Gifford…

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Episode 55 / The Butterfly Story of Optimizing the Automation of Farming Hosting Tatsiana Zaretskaya 32:06

1+ y ago32:06

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Tatsiana Zaretskaya. Tatsiana is the founder of Laava Tech & Meliora, which develops technology to increase the efficiency of indoor farming. Tatsiana is an MIT Innovator 35U35, and Forbes 30U30. She is passionate about cleantech technologies that make a difference and make sense. In this episode, you w…

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Episode 54 / The Butterfly Story of Pollution Hosting Hardik Siroha 41:59

1+ y ago41:59

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Hardik Siroha. Hardik is an Assistant Environmental Engineer at Haryana State Pollution Control Board - India. Where he formulates and implements action plans to reduce environmental pollution, curb the use of plastic, as well as work on technologies to reduce the water consumption of different industri…

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Episode 53 / The Butterfly Story of Indigenous People, Local Communities, and the Rainforest Hosting Niyanta Spelman 46:06

1+ y ago46:06

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Niyanta Spelman. Niyanta is the founder and CEO of Rainforest Partnership, an impact-driven international nonprofit that uses the power of community-centered collaboration to protect rainforests—critical components in the global climate crisis—in some of the most critical places on Earth for biodiversit…

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Episode 52 / The Butterfly Story of Making a Greener World Hosting Job van Hooijdonk 30:10

1+ y ago30:10

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Job van Hooijdonk. Job is co-founder of Regreener, an Amsterdam-based startup focusing on regreening the world. Before founding Regreener. He studied corporate law and worked as an M&A lawyer for an international law firm for several years. Being a millennial, he then started thinking about switching ca…

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Episode 51 / The Butterfly Story of Urban Forests Hosting Daniel Katz 32:57

1+ y ago32:57

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Daniel Katz. Daniel received a bachelor's degree in History and Classical Studies following which he took a sharp turn into the sustainability and environmental field where he has been immersed for the past 8 years. He first made his way into ecological work when he was called to build a community garde…

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Episode 50 / The Butterfly Story of Tree for Every Child Hosting Princess Marinay 23:11

1+ y ago23:11

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Princess Marinay. Princess Marinay is an international Presenter, Climate Change Communicator, Youth Advocate, prolific writer, fashion model, and fashion designer. She began her journey in 2015 at the age of 11, under the participation of a literary and art competition hosted by the Vision of the Child…

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Episode 49 / The Butterfly Story of Sustainable Fashion Hosting Shefali Dehl 28:51

2y ago28:51

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Shefali Dehl. Shefali is the founder of Ombrè Craft's. She is a designer and a mother to a 5 years old. Shafeli started her career in 2004 after completing her graduation in fashion designing from JD Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi, and certification in Personal Fashion Styling from London Colleg…

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Episode 48 / The Butterfly Story of a Sustainable Marine Industry Hosting Brent Perry 39:45

2y ago39:45

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Brent Perry. Brent defined an industry when he oversaw the development of the world’s first battery for marine propulsion. Energy storage systems are now a major – and increasingly important – player on the global marine energy scene. In the years since that first battery, he has become a world expert o…

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Episode 47 / The Butterfly Story of EHS & Sustainability Hosting Emily Schneider 31:14

2y ago31:14

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Emily Schneider. Emily is a Director of Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability for a U.S.-based manufacturing company. She holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in the environmental field and has been working in the field for over a decade. Originally from the Midwest, having lived in either Wi…

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Episode 46 / The Butterfly Story of Three Values For Change Hosting Johnny Palmer 20:59

2y ago20:59

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Johnny Palmer. Johnny is a British Australian entrepreneur, activist, and business adventurer who has built a portfolio of companies and projects across multiple sectors, all underpinned by 3 values. Whether cleaning up rivers, investing in commercial property, developing leading media companies, engine…

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Episode 45 / The Butterfly Story of The Miyawaki Forest Hosting Erick Ogallo 37:52

2y ago37:52

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Erick Ogallo. Erick is a performance-driven professional with a deep understanding and hands-on knowledge in the field of Natural Resource Management e.g. Air Quality Monitoring, Green & Circular Economy, Project Management, Responsible Forest Management & Landscape restoration. He is well experienced i…

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Episode 44 / The Butterfly Story of Good People Doing Good Things Hosting Grant Brown 34:27

2y ago34:27

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Grant Brown. Tech entrepreneur turned eco-activist, Grant uses his deep knowledge of environmental issues and solutions to distill complex issues into simple, easy-to-understand terms. His goal is to inspire hope for the future in those who worry about the effects of climate change and pollution. Happy …

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Episode 43 / The Butterfly Story of Climate Activist Nyombi Morris 34:24

2y ago34:24

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Nyombi Morris. Nyombi is a 23 years old Ugandan Climate Activist, a #SolvingIt Honoree, UNOCHA Ambassador and CNN Environmentalist of Tomorrow who began his activism as a result of the direct impact flooding had on his family disrupting the source of livelihood for his parents and forcing them to find a…

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Episode 42 / The Butterfly Story of Ecological Restoration Hosting Troy Carter & Patrick Leung 35:50

2y ago35:50

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Troy Carter & Patrick Leung, they are both the co-founders of Earthshot. Troy is the CEO of Earthshot, which is building the technology for planetary-scale ecological restoration. He is also a co-founder at RIZOME, which is pioneering the use of bamboo engineered lumber as a climate-positive alternative…

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Episode 41 / The Butterfly Story of The Future of Civilization Hosting Benjamin J Butler 41:22

2y ago41:22

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Benjamin J Butler. Benjamin J Butler is a former investor and now writer, futurist, and strategist. He has sat on the boards of a number of organizations as an expert on the future including Global Future Council of the World Economic Forum, the Board of Trustees of the American Renewable Energy Institu…

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Episode 40/ The Butterfly Story of Ecological & Sustainable Agriculture Hosting Claire Nasike Akello 33:32

2y ago33:32

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Claire Nasike Akello. Claire is a Wangari Maathai Scholar and leads the food campaign at Greenpeace Africa, where she trains local communities on ecological agriculture, food and seed sovereignty as adaptive mechanisms to climate change, campaigns for their adoption by smallholder farmers, and its inclu…

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Episode 39 / The Butterfly Story of Communities and Planetary Civilization Hosting Lucian Tarnowski 43:31

2y ago43:31

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Lucian Tarnowski. Lucian is the founding curator of United Planet and Architect of the UP Game. UP Game is a time traveling immersive reality to tell the greatest story ever told. Lucian spent 2 years designing a platform for a planetary unifying narrative to emerge to respond to the crisis of meaning a…

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Episode 38 / The Butterfly Story of The Healing Trees Hosting José Zaglul 31:57

2+ y ago31:57

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with José Zaglul and speak about the Healing Trees project happening on May 4th & 5th, 2022 to honor all COVID19 deaths around the world. José Zaglul is an educator, agriculturalist, and advocate for social justice. He brings the language of love and respect to the university classroom, and opportunities to …

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Episode 37 / The Butterfly Story of Seasonal Cooking & Sustainable Farming Hosting Michellee Fox 27:52

2+ y ago27:52

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Michellee Fox. Michellee is a Brazilian native, slow food chef, small minority farmer advocate and North & South America Business Development Manager for FoodBay TV - a food and lifestyle television network in Africa. She is also the host of CraftFood Podcast, where she interviews leaders in nutritional…

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Episode 36 / The Butterfly Story of Tree Songs Hosting Sharon Glassman 18:45

2+ y ago18:45

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Sharon Glassman. Sharon is the founder of Smile Songs. She is an introverted, Brooklyn, NY fashion writer turned Colorado designer and songwriter of cards and gifts that sing. A kid who read books and played music under the trees in her suburban front lawn, channeled her talent into eco-friendly greetin…

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Episode 35 / The Butterfly Story of Entrepreneurship & Climate Change Hosting Bill Liao 37:19

2+ y ago37:19

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Bill Liao. Bill is a Chinese-Australian-Irish entrepreneur, investor, former diplomat, business mentor, author, passionate leader and speaker, with a distinguished record in business development and community activism. Co-founder of the CoderDojo movement and of WeForest, his career in tech and business…

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Episode 34 / The Butterfly Story of COP26, Glasgow 18:34

2+ y ago18:34

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It’s a special episode where I bring my microphone to COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, and speak with people right at the green zone, on the streets, and even on the train. This episode shares my conversation with 3 women, sharing 3 stories, 5 minutes each. In this episode you will hear about the ocean, melting ice, cor…

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Episode 33 / The Butterfly Story of Agriculture and Bees Hosting Ben Cooper 38:05

2+ y ago38:05

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Ben Cooper. Ben is an Agriculture Specialist, recently retired from Maryland Department of Agriculture after 32 years. Ben is now a beekeeper. He teaches beginners classes at a local college. He is the president of the local beekeeping association, life member of both Maryland and Pennsylvania State Bee…

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Episode 32 / The Butterfly Story of Worms and Garbage Management Hosting Cathy Nesbitt 34:07

2+ y ago34:07

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Cathy Nesbitt. Cathy is a Worm Advocate and Founder of Cathy's Crawly Composters. She is on a mission to put worms in every living space, indoor composting with worms. Cathy believes worms are going to play an ever increasing role in waste management, soil production and therefore food security. She see…

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Episode 31 / The Butterfly Story of Weathering Climate Change Hosting Hugh Ross 31:07

2+ y ago31:07

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Dr. Hugh Ross. Dr. Ross is an astronomer and the founder and president of Reasons to Believe. He is also the author of Weathering Climate Change. In this episode you will hear about any connection if any between astronomy and climate change, climate stability, the ice-age cycles, what we can do to keep …

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Episode 30 / The Butterfly Story of Trees' Stories Hosting Holly Worton 30:29

2+ y ago30:29

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Holly Worton. Holly is an author, podcaster, and speaker. She writes nonfiction books about her adventures to inspire people to get outdoors and reconnect with nature as a way to reconnect with themselves. Holly enjoys spending time outdoors, walking and running long-distance trails, and exploring Brita…

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Bonus Episode! פרק בונוס #29 / The Butterfly Story of Water Preservation Hosting Maya Jacobs שומרת המים והסביבה מאיה יעקבס 30:21

2+ y ago30:21

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You are at the right place, this is The Butterfly Effect. This butterfly is excited to be speaking again, and this time in Hebrew with Maya Jacobs. If you are looking for the episode in English, check out Episode #26. פרק בונוס בעברית של אפקט הפרפר עם מאיה יעקבס. מאיה יעקבס, מנכ"לית עמותת צלול, הארגון המוביל בישראל להגנת הים, נחלים ומים. מאיה מוביל…

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Episode 28 / The Butterfly Story of Business Models for Forests Hosting Ariana Ivan 21:08

2+ y ago21:08

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Ariana Ivan. Ariana has built social-impact businesses from fashion to education and today her mission is to create models that make forests profitable, without cutting or degrading them. You will hear about what are some potential profitable business models for forests (besides logging), the role of a …

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Episode 27 - The Butterfly Story of Change from Within Hosting Pablo Restrepo Meza 27:05

2+ y ago27:05

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Pablo Restrepo Meza. Pablo is a designer and artist focused on regeneration and peace through the aesthetic experience. He has a BA in International Relations from the University of Exeter and The University of Hong Kong. He worked in Fashion during 5 years building networks for the reintegration of for…

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Episode 26 / The Butterfly Story of Water Preservation Hosting Maya Jacobs 37:02

3y ago37:02

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Maya Jacobs. Maya is CEO of Zalul environmental association, one of Israel’s leading environmental NGOs, dedicated to marine preservation, focusing on eliminating pollution from the Mediterranean and Red Seas, from Israel’s streams and rivers, and water preservation. She has over 20 years of experience …

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Episode 25 / The Butterfly Story of Adding Green to the Urban Environment Hosting Ross O'Ceallaigh 22:26

3y ago22:26

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Ross O'Ceallaigh. Ross is an Urban Design and Planning Consultant based in London. When he's not helping clients create better urban environments, he hosts the Green Urbanist Podcast. This show explores how planners, architects, nature lovers and policy makers can make cities more sustainable, healthy a…

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Episode 24 / The Butterfly Story of Agroforestry Hosting Breno Veiga 28:30

3y ago28:30

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Breno Veiga is an agroforester that has been developing ways to promote the knowledge surrounding agroforestry systems throughout communities. He is the co-creator of the documentary film O Elo Perdido (The Lost Connection) that is seeking the reconciliation between man and nature, through the lens of agroforestry. Breno is also the Co-Founder of E…

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