This Sustainable Life
Episodes
054: The connection between entrepreneurship, academia, and environment; Balint Horvath , Part 1
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Balint Horvath and I are physicists and both podcasters -- a rare combination. I think the connection helps make this conversation inspire. That's the...
053: Leadership without judgement; David Burkus, Part 2
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Burkus returns to share his cold shower challenge.He's a leadership expert and shares great insight, especially about networking and tolerance. ...
051: Changing a community through leadership; Jeff Brown, Part 2
15 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Can a small change lead a community? Our conversation with Jeff Brown shows how a small action on what you care about can inspire and lead a comm...
050: Disconnecting means reconnecting; Vincent Stanley, part 2
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For such a successful man, Vincent Stanley is as down to earth as they come.He returns to discuss his experience disconnecting from technology and rec...
049: David Allen, conversation 1: Creating work of enduring value
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In our first conversation, David and I talk mostly about creating a work of enduring value. As David says, the way to keep you book so high up on Amaz...
048: Anisa Heming, conversation 2: I became very grateful
22 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode contains a lot of laughter.It's about making behaviors conscious. Many people tell me how hard they envision living by their values. They...
047: Michael Lenox, conversation 1: Can Business Save the Earth?
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At last I spoke to someone with a systems perspective!Michael spoke about how many areas we could work in, not to say it's too much but that you can f...
046: Systems, values, and learning from the military
19 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why do people who haven't tried it call not flying impossible, yet it was just as challenging for me and I find it one of the most rewarding experienc...
045: Anisa Heming, conversation 1: Every day you make choices. Make them conscious
13 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anisa is another counterexample to believing that working on the environment distracts from getting ahead.She rose to become the director of the Cente...
044: Jeff Brown, Conversation 1: Leading means more than reading and writing
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff has interviewed authors of leadership books since before I started writing mine. I enjoyed being a guest on his podcast.This time he's on mine, a...
043: Ken Blanchard, Conversation 1: We're here to help each other
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
21 million books sold among 60 titles---including one I remember from my mom's shelf as long as I can remember---a lifetime of research, speaking, and...
042: More valuable than hope
06 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This morning I volunteered to pick up trash along the Hudson River.The experience included baby geese, a crab, lots of plastic and waste, and people n...
041: David Burkus, Conversation 1: Flipping the mental model
03 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David has helped me many times. I felt honored to host him and, I hope, help start his environmental legacy.We covered two main things.First, his new ...
040: Which is easier, freeing slaves or not using disposable bottles?
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Which is easier, for a slave owner to free his or her slaves or for you to stop using disposable water bottles and food packaging, flying around the w...
039: Vincent Stanley, conversation 1: business success through environmental support
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent shares several stories of Patagonia growing from a few dedicated outdoors people to discovering business growth, the usual ways businesses aba...
038: RJ Khalaf, conversation 2: Making productive leaders from hopeless martyrs
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
RJ and I talk about the early success of LEAD Palestine, the organization he began to teach leadership to youths that most of the world abandoned in P...
037: Our first Leadership and the Environment Panel of Experts: April 3 at NYU
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Do you care about the environment?Do you care about leading?The Leadership and the Environment podcast andNYU's School of Liberal Studiesinvite you to...
036: Bryan Braman, Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagle (who composts): World Championship leadership
25 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I created this podcast to bring leadership to environmental action.Who leads?As much as I value science and education, scientists and educators rarely...
035: RJ Khalaf, conversation 1: Leading on the West Bank with the Dalai Lama
18 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I encourage you to review RJ's leadership program in Palestine for yourself. Check out www.leadpalestine.com.RJ Khalaf is my youngest guest so far, st...
034: Joshua Spodek, Before, Living by Others' Values
16 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After sharing my "after" stories about after taking on my environmental challenges, in this episode I share the "before" situations. Hosted on Acast. ...
033: David Biello, conversation 3: "It's easier than you think"
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David shares what happens when you act on your values:Act on your values -> better life -> act on your values more -> yet better life -> e...
032: David Biello, conversation 2: "Way better than I expected ... and easier"
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David's challenged himself to reduce his meat eating. Right off the bat, he said he found it way better and easier than expected. He felt good and wan...
031: Frances Hesselbein, Conversation 1: Where you can make the greatest difference
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Having worked with many people and generations, Frances sees great hope in millennials. She points to research that they are like the so-called Greate...
030: Joel Runyon, conversation 2: Almost too easy
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you treat the world?True to form, Joel committed to a double challenge of avoiding bottled beverages and picking up trash, so we talked about b...
029: Joel Runyon, conversation 1: Discipline and resilience
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you're here for leadership, especially personal leadership, you're going to hear about one of the most important things you can do to improve.What ...
028: Sandy Reisky, Conversation 1: Providing 10 percent of America's New Wind Power
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Many people excuse themselves from acting on the environment with the complaint "but acting on the environment will distract me from getting ahead."Th...
027: Alisa Cohn, Conversation 1: Progressive daily wins
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alisa Cohn is at the top of the leadership coaching and speaking game. Inc. Magazine named her a top 100 speaker. Marshall Goldsmith selected her as a...
026: Joshua Spodek, The View From The Future
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our world is filled with systems based on beliefs that made sense in the past, but that evidence contradicts.Growth and technology are contributing to...
025: David Biello, Conversation 1: We Can Do This
17 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Biello is one of the few people I've met who understands environmental issues, doesn't complain or vent doom and gloom. Instead he approaches wi...
024: Michael Bungay Stanier, Conversation 2: How to Create Habits
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Michael's schedule turned a modest one-month challenge into a five-month one.Many would give up. I suspect most people respond that way to environment...
023: Dov Baron, Conversation 2: Freedom and the Jaguar
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Who doesn't have a dream car?If you can afford it, especially if you've aspired to it your whole life, isn't owning and driving your dream car one of ...
022: John Lee Dumas: Puerto Rico post hurricanes
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Lee Dumas and I met at a talk at the New York Public Library a week after the hurricanes hit his home in Puerto Rico. I was surprised at how that...
021: Emily Ann Peterson, Conversation 2: Turn Off Your Computer
02 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
During a book launch, Emily still turned off her computer in a stressful time. Book launches are crazy and people want your time like crazy. She still...
020: Joshua Spodek, The Big Picture
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I describe the big picture of this podcast. So far I've influenced a few people to make modest changes.The big picture for this podcast is systemic ch...
019: Emily Ann Peterson, Conversation 1: Bare Naked Bravery
28 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I've been part of Emily's community since she interviewed me on her podcast in June. I've seen support, growth, openness, and everything you'd expect ...
018: Joshua Spodek: Enron Environmentalism
28 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I coined the term Enron Environmentalism to explain the gap between what people say they value about the environment and what they do.If you're an Ame...
017: Dorie Clark, Conversation 1, Make Yourself Known
23 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Talk about a generous conversation!Dorie Clark shares about how to make yourself known, to become a leader, and to connect with others.She shares her ...
016: Daniel Gefen, Conversation 1, Vulnerability and Openness
21 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Not often when two men chat on the internet do tears well up and they get choked up.I loved this conversation for its being unscripted and unguarded. ...
015: Dov Baron, Conversation 1
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You will not forget this conversation. Dov brings his full self intellectually and emotionally, especially starting about 20 minutes in.I guarantee yo...
014: Joshua Spodek: My friend's anger and why I'm doing the show
14 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
My friend told me this show angered him -- hearing people act as if little changes were significant... not knowing not to get new plastic bags.I share...
013: Dan Pink, Conversation 2
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Pink's second conversation was short and sweet, like his personal challenge.After a few guests learning, growing, and leading from having to overc...
012: Judith Glaser, Conversation 2
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation was fun and engaging since Judith is charismatic, experienced, and cheerful, even though it started solemnly, owing to a terrorist a...
011: Tanner Gers, Conversation 3
06 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tanner's third conversation continues his project beyond just polluting less himself to influencing a store, in fact a whole grocery store chain. You ...
010: Jim Harshaw, Conversation 2
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In conversation 1, Jim shared his values and committed to live by one.In conversation 1.5, he shared problems with the challenge and how he overcame t...
009: Tanner Gers, Conversation 2
31 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to improve your life?... and enjoy doing it?I usually don't laugh out loud at people talking about the environment, but Tanner made me.Lis...
008: Jim Harshaw, Conversation 1.5
25 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I will recommend this episode a lot. You’ll hear an accomplished man struggle with a goal he expected to be easy. You’ll also hear him triumph, br...
007b: Judith Glaser, Conversation 1: A different environment
22 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A 30-minute highlight version of conversation 1 with Judith Glaser. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
007: Judith Glaser, Conversation 1
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Judith co-founded the Harvard Coaching Institute as well as her own consulting and coaching firms -- Benchmark Communications and Creating WE -- throu...
006: Jim Harshaw junior, Conversation 1
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and I have become friends since I did his podcast, Success Through Failure, twice. He's as friendly and approachable as anyone you'll meet, despit...
005: Tanner Gers, Conversation 1
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tanner Gers has been through more than you have, almost surely. If you want a role model for taking on challenges that you know will improve your life...
003 Elizabeth Kolbert, Conversation 1
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Reading Elizabeth Kolbert's haunting The Sixth Extinction was difficult but enlightening. She presents what most people fear facing but is happening a...
001: Dan Pink, Conversation 1
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone in leadership knows Dan Pink, his books and his TED talks.If you want to lead, influence, or motivate people, it's a matter of time until you...
004 Michael Bungay Stanier, Conversation 1
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michael is a coach's coach. Our conversation became a two-way interview on leadership, values, and acting on them.I was pleasantly surprised that thou...
002 Marshall Goldsmith, Conversation 1
28 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I first heard of Marshall Goldsmith when business school leadership class assigned reading the New Yorker article about him in 2005. He became one of ...
000: What Leadership and the Environment is about
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why Joshua Spodek created Leadership and the Environment, what it does, and how you can help.EDIT: A team has formed and we changed the podcast name t...