Adventures in Sustainability

In this episode, we continue our fascinating and entertaining conversation with John Cooper about a wide range of subjects. John shares with us his insights into the world of innovation, business, as well as some key observations about sustainability. Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

In this episode, we have a fascinating and entertaining conversation with John Cooper about a wide range of subjects. John shares with us his insights into the world of innovation, business, as well as some key observations about sustainability. Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Dr. Edgar Tovilla is an Environmental Engineer that has worn almost all of the hats in the water-wastewater world across North America. He studies the interconnected and sustainable management of the municipal drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater sectors. In this episode, we discuss how the province of Ontario has taken a water tragedy such as Walkerton and transformed itself through a committed collective of municipal professionals aiming to create a sustainable urban water system. Leading by example, Edgar motivates us and gives us insights into how to be an agent of change in these critical changing times. Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Erica Ayala Morriss should be an inspiration to all of us; an architect by trade and a passionate environmental activist by design. Join us in our conversation with Erica as we look at our plastic world and how to take action to reduce the negative impact of our consumption habits. Erica has several initiatives and I hope you will be convinced to support them: RescatArte: email rescatarte.mexico@gmail.com FB https://www.facebook.com/rescatartemexico/ IG https://www.instagram.com/rescatarte.mexico/ YT https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWNw7vWOBpF543pwGue1ag WhatsApp 52.55.3094.4440 CRER Hace el Cambio AC (cigarrette butt project) email info@crer.com www.crer.com.mx FB https://www.facebook.com/crer.mexico/ IG https://www.instagram.com/crer.mexico/ TW https://twitter.com/crer_mexico/ YT https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU5N2UDHfWsqLahmYVUMzPA WhatsApp 52.55.35894316 Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Adwoa Cobbina is an engineering consultant at Golder Associates' Mine Water Management Group and an environmentalist at heart. In this episode, Adwoa discusses the intricacies and complexities of mining operations in Canada and internationally. From her experience of 10+ years in the sector, she delves into the mining industry's footprint on the planet (economy, society, and environment). She provides us with insights and strategies for the sustainable development of mining operations and practices. She also invites environmentally-minded people to get involved in mining to help it become more sustainable. Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Miriam Otoo is an award-winning researcher who studies circular economy and its adoption into profitable and sustainable business enterprises. In this episode, we have an exciting and encouraging discussion on the circular economy. Miriam shares with us her findings from years of studying the systemic management of resources. We discuss the roles of government, private sector, entrepreneurs, and society in closing the loops in our value chains. More importantly, she helps us realize that it may not be so difficult to start making our economies more circular! The future is closer than we think, what are we waiting for? Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Guillermo (Billy) Dunckel is an academic, investor, serial entrepreneur, and established businessman with a passion and experience in infusing ethical and environmental values into his enterprises. Today we discuss how companies can achieve their triple bottom line both inside and outside their businesses. We also discuss approaches and visions for profitable and sustainable initiatives in the fast-changing and highly diverse world of the 21st century. Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Marco Belmont is an expert on healthy public policies and also studies biogeochemistry, ecotoxicology, and pollution control. In this episode, we draw insights from Marco’s vast experience in working in regulatory agencies in both high and middle-income countries. We also do a deep dive on sustainable urban planning with a focus on circular water management and reuse through decentralized technologies Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Osseily Hanna is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker with experience in more than 40 countries. He combines his science and banking background with empathy, dedication, and passion for humanity and nature to write books and direct documentary films about the most pressing issues of our times. He gave up a successful career in global financial markets in 2011 to write his first book, Music, and Coexistence, and has continued to successfully follow his passions sine. To purchase Osseily's book follow this link. In this episode, we join Osseily on his journey across the globe documenting the sad realities as well as encouraging initiatives around Climate Change. He shares with us his insights on how to keep hope alive and be a sustained sustainable doer. We also talk about his great love and reverence for bees. *Correction: When mentioning COP 22 we were referring to COP 26* Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Lilly Wolfensberger has been a sustainability activist and specialist since before the term “sustainability” was coined. In this episode, we discuss Lilly’s multi-decade and in-depth experience in designing, building, and monitoring transformative sustainable experiences at all scales, from personal to community-wide projects. She also provides us with insights on how to regenerate our living spaces, regardless if they are rural or urban, and how to improve our quality of life by working together with Nature. Modern eco-construction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugC5m3uhWsY To receive a copy of Lilly's master's thesis please email us at fryderyk@parakata.org Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Jessica Hernandez has 15 years of experience working with public and private sector entities in the planning and implementation of sustainable development projects and resiliency initiatives. She has participated in the planning and financing of more than 40 urban infrastructure projects, water, clean energy, solid waste management, among others. She has a Master of Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master of Public Administration from ITESM. She has worked at the North American Development Bank as a Program Manager and as Associate Director for Latin America in the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities program. She currently collaborates with the government of Mexico in the development of water supply projects. In this episode, we discuss hard questions from a systemic point of view like Who cares enough about sustainability and resilience?; Is sustainability sustainable?; and How are we going to deal with the consequences of our modern lifestyle in a way that makes life better for all of humanity, not just for a portion of us? We also discuss how we can become one of the many that are looking for ways to move our society forward sustainably and resiliently. Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Yu Chen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN), University of Toronto, Canada. He received his PhD in sociology (2018) and MA in Latin American studies (2011) from the University of Texas at Austin. His research bridges urban/ housing development, sustainability, and public policy, with a geographical focus on Latin America and China. He has conducted ethnographic research in Mexico, Cuba, and China. Yu Chen is currently leading CGEN's research initiative "Sustainable Peri-Urbanization in Mexico City". This initiative aims to implement community-based engineering projects to tackle sustainability challenges in peri-urban contexts. Moreover, Yu Chen and his colleagues at CGEN seek to bring community engagement and a social justice perspective in engineering education and research and to promote interdisciplinary and intercultural collaboration. This year, under its Mexico City program, CGEN is developing a research network on sustainable water and sanitation with academic institutions and NGOs in Mexico. In this episode, Yu tells us his adventures in understanding and living sustainability across China, Canada, and Mexico. We delve into the problems and ideas of solutions to address the needs of communities undergoing rapid urbanization. The roles of eco-technology, civil organizations, ecopreneurship, and academia are discussed. Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Ilan Adler is a water and sustainability expert with a focus on public policy and decentralized technologies. In this episode, we explore Ilan’s view on sustainability, which he understands as the idea to sustain life through time on this planet for as long as possible with as good as possible outcomes for as many people. This implies not exhausting our resources, understanding the true cost of our lifestyles, keeping hope alive, and acting in whatever way you can. We also do a deep dive into water issues across the globe. Music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

In this episode, we talk about our hopes and dreams for this podcast. We touch upon how this podcast came to be from our sustainable adventure when we moved from Canada to Mexico. The range of characters, connections, and contexts we have come across have inspired and encouraged us to be more sustainable. We are producing this podcast to share a wealth of knowledge with our listeners in the hopes of helping them find their sustainable voice. Intro music "Fintches 72 " composed and performed by Alec Petizian. Instagram: @Official_alec_petizian Outro music "Diversity" composed by Frank and Rob Petizian.

Welcome to Adventures in Sustainability A podcast about people that are passionate about changing the world for the better. Your hosts Fryderyk Paczkowski, Flor Garcia, aim to explore this field and examine the challenges and opportunities that are faced by those that work towards taking action in the face of megatrends that complicate our lives or even threaten our very existence as a society. These megatrends can be anything from overpopulation, climate change, overconsumption, and the list goes on. Join us as we have conversations with some very special people who come from various fields and from all around the world. We hope you join us on this adventure and that you find some inspiration or insights that can help you on your own journey. If you would like to send us a comment or suggest a guest or a topic you can do so by sending an email to info@parakata.org Enjoy!