Luke Miller Callahan

Society

Transforming City Food Waste into Profit with John-Paul Maxfield of WasteFarmers

One man’s trash is another an’s treasure. We’ve all heard this saying before, but John-Paul Maxfield is acting on it. At Waste Farmers, John-Pauls takes city food scraps that were once thrown away, and composts them into top-quality soil amendments for Denver growers.

March 13, 2012

Society

Strategies for mobilizing our workforce towards urban agriculture with Michael Abelman

How do we catalyze a movement of urban farmers throughout the country and throughout the developed world? Renowned speaker, activist, and urban farmer, Michael Abelman sits down with me to discuss the reasoning and strategy behind encouraging millions of people to become small plot farmers.

January 23, 2012

Society

The new Sharing Economy: Is it legal?

Is it legal to rent your room to others, how about your car? Sharing Lawyer, Janelle Orsi joins me today to discuss the laws surrounding the sharing economy. We get into their current structure, how they are evolving, and what you need to be aware of.

January 16, 2012

Society

The upcoming transition away from a fossil-fuel based society: David Holmgren talks strategy

How do we move away from a fossil-fuel based society? David Holmgren, ecological design engineer and co-originator of the term “Permaculture” discusses this very question.

November 25, 2011

The End of Growth with Richard Heinberg

As global energy production peaks, our consumer-driven society is being forced to rethink its values and creatively adapt to a less energy intensive world. Richard Heinberg, senior fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and author of The End of Growth joins Luke to discuss the end of consumerism.

November 22, 2011

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