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Flipping the Green Switch

Flipping the Green Switch

Written by: Amanda & Haylee
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Flipping the Green Switch explores sustainability in the context of everyday life; the drivers and obstacles that shape our interactions with the world and its resources. Our goal is to educate, uplift, empower, and entertain our audience as we navigate the many issues and topics that are touched by sustainability. For us, nothing is off limits, and we are here to learn as we go, and share what we can to create a more sustainable world for everyone.We are here to break down the overwhelming amount of science, news, and gossip to provide solutions to help everyone make a greener switch!© 2022 Flipping the Green Switch Economics Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Season Two: The IPCC Report
    Sep 11 2021

    Welcome to the premiere episode of season 2! We are excited to be back in the home studio kicking off another season of sustainability-focused discussion, with a sprinkling of humor and some helpful tips to get your own sustainability journey started. This episode focuses on the recently published IPCC report, and our main takeaways from it. Amanda took the time to craft three main points of interest, and we use those to guide our talk today. We reflect on what the publication of this report means for the environmental/sustainability movement, and if it has the ability to spark any lasting change. This episode wrestles with the idea that it may be too late to change everything, but it’s never too late to change something.


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    31 mins
  • Building Back Better: The First 100 Days
    May 15 2021

    This episode focuses on the Biden Administrations recently released Infrastructure spending bill, and President Biden's first 100 days in office. The ladies are here to bring a sustainability magnifying glass to the proposed bill, and dissect and discuss its many parts and how they relate to sustainability. It's time to redefine in(fun)structure, so tune it to hear how Haylee and Amanda make the case that it's not all about building roads and bridges, but including economic principles like increasing quality of life and accessibility. It's another episode where the Three Pillars (cake layers) are highlighted and put front and center, particularly for a proposed bill that has the potential to be quite environmentally damaging if the Planet Pillar is left by the wayside. Enjoy!

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    42 mins
  • Clean Energy: Pop Culture
    Apr 27 2021

    Welcome back to the end of the third installment of our Reinventing the Green Wheel series! This episode we are talking about the hidden energy of the internet, and looking closely at what happens when we stream music (or podcasts) over the internet. We know cleaning up the energy grid doesn't end with our homes and cars, but the nuts and bolts can be a little (a lot) confusing. Amanda and Haylee are here to demystify where the internet actually lives, and give tips and tricks on how to clean up your wifi-specific energy footprint. See the linked article below to jumpstart your understand of what happens behind the stream.


    Read more about the environmental impacts of streaming music here: 
    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/environmental-impact-streaming-music-835220/

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    31 mins
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