What we covered:02:07 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Jonathan Shieber, who speaks to the critical work he’s doing at Footprint Coalition09:15 – Why there’s hope for us to reverse course on the Climate Crisis15:07 – What it was like growing up in Louisiana and enduring endless hurricanes and natural disasters19:31 – Jonathan opens up about a major challenge he’s had to overcome23:53 – The decision to live abroad and what Jonathan learned about China28:09 – An unknown fact about Jonathan and the one band Jonathan would go see play live if he could31:14 – Kurt thanks Jonathan for joining the show and lets listeners know where they can connect with him and how they can be of service to Jonathan33:18 – Jonathan turns the tables on Kurt and asks him some interview questions Episode Sponsor: Hunt Club Tweetable Quotes: “Even before I joined, I’d been covering climate innovations for a while. And despite the seriousness of the threat and the catastrophes that we’re all seeing unfold around us that are directly related to the changes that humanity has wrought on the climate, there is hope. There’s an opportunity to reverse course. We do have a window wherein we can mobilize the levers of industry that we have to create a more sustainable society and reimagine what the world looks like.”“Nothing good happens when you lose the sense of nuance or the complexity of a place. And a place (like China) with over a billion people is a very complicated place. The same is true about the United States.”“I try to supplement the work that all of the great storytellers that were already on staff at Footprint Coalition or working with the team from the production studio that they run on Team Downey (Robert Downey Jr's Production Company) trying to help support them in any way that I can.”“There’s a lot of benefits to localized generation resources that can really help sustain communities and individuals in the event of a catastrophe.”“The entire Gulf Coast is one of the places that’s Ground Zero for climate change to impact those communities. And, unfortunately, most of the Gulf Coast is not wealthy enough to develop the kinds of systems that are necessary to protect the residents from that.” Links Mentioned: Kurt’s TwitterKurt’s Instagram Kurt’s LinkedIn Jonathan’s LinkedIn Jonathan’s Email Jonathan’s Twitter Footprint Coalition WebsiteInvest in Footprint Coalition 

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