Episode 100! Agency, Action, and Hope
Celebrating 100 episodes of climate solutions and the actions you’ve taken
We made it — 100 episodes of Everybody in the Pool!
When I started this show a little over two years ago, it was with one simple belief: hope is stronger than fear. But hope alone is not a plan. We need invention, innovation, capital, and collective action to tackle the climate crisis — and we need stories that prove it’s happening.
So for this milestone episode, I asked you, dear listeners, to share the actions you’ve taken. And wow — you delivered.
This episode is about agency. Because no matter what’s happening in Washington, or which projects get rolled back, or what battles we we feel we are losing, we are absolutely not helpless. Our choices matter, our actions matter, and as long as we’re breathing, we can keep making better ones.
In This Episode:
A Navy chaplain who divested retirement funds and said my old Marketplace series on lithium extraction inspired his son to study chemical engineering with that in mind (awwww!)
Listeners who’ve invested through Climatize — a platform for funding renewable projects with spare change
Listeners who redirected their own 401ks with Sphere
Families decarbonizing their finances, diets, and even their family planning decisions
Food waste warriors trying out Flashfood and Mill to keep scraps out of landfills (seriously, so many of you bought Mills, I’m genuinely shocked)
Home retrofits: solar arrays, heat pumps, and net-zero builds
Listeners inspired to rethink careers, buy e-bikes, and even revisit airships as cargo transport
Listen here: Episode 100: Agency, Action, and Hope
It’s inspiring, it’s practical, and it’s proof that personal choices can fuel systemic change — even if in the short term, they just make us feel better.
Thank You
From the very first episode to today, this show has always been about solutions — and about the brilliant, creative people building them. That includes all of you.
Keep sending your stories, your questions, and your ideas. They inspire me, and they clearly inspire others.
Together, we’ve made it to 100. Now let’s get to work on the next 100.
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Congrats on 100!