A Visit with Agnes Callamard. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Agnes Callamard. Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, joins us from COP26 in Glasgow to discuss the work Amnesty International is doing on human rights issues in our world today and what she has done and learned from […]
Good to Go to Glasgow (Cooper UNion)
Indigenous Peoples Protecting our Planet. The host for this show is Joshua Cooper. The guest is Rituraj Phukan. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) 26 starts its historic session in Glasgow, Scotland. Pacific Islands Nations speak out importance of 1.5C to stay alive in face of climate crisis. The […]
India Surprises COP26 (Community Matters)
Modi Sets 2070 Target for Net Zero Emissions. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets 2070 for India to reach net zero emissions at COP 26 in Glasgow, even though he had taken another less ambitious position on climate change only a week […]
Reflections on the G-20 and COP26 (Global Connections)
Is the USA Back in the Saddle. The hosts for this show are Carlos Juarez and Jay Fidell. Jay and Carlos analyze the recent G-20 and current COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit to see how they reflect continuity and change in global politics. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mHEEOF0uG_ZWaKXVlH7Wn9 ThinkTech Hawaii streams live […]
Hawaii Startup Measures Sea Level Rise (Community Matters)
This Benefits Hawaii and Mainland Communities. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Brian Glazer. Hohonu, a two-year-old Hawaii-based startup nonprofit that uses its own sensors to detect sea level rise, has been commissioned by NOAA, to assist East Coast communities on the Mainland. It is partially owned by UH and […]
Melissa MIyashiro at Blue Planet Foundation (Community Matters)
Embarking on a New Chapter. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Melissa Miyashiro. Blue Planet Foundation, a Hawaii nonprofit foundation, believes Hawaii is a model of clean energy progress that can inspire and catalyze climate solutions globally. As Blue Planet’s Executive Director, Melissa Miyashiro heads the overall organizational management, direction, […]
Human Right to a Sustainable Environment (Cooper UNion)
Emerging Rights at UN Human Rights Council. The host for this show is Joshua Cooper. The guest is Yves Lador. The focus is resolution for the global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment discussing recent International Union of the Conservation of Nature global gathering in Marseille, France and the […]
Strategies to Prevent Spillover of Disease (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
The Global Work of STOP Spillover. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Ken Howe. The guest is Richard Choularton. STOP Spillover is a global consortium funded by USAID and led by Tufts University that is working to understand and address the risks posed by known zoonotic viruses with the potential to spill […]
Drone Reforestation (Community Matters)
DroneSeed Brings Technology to Reforestation. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Grant Canary. DroneSeed, the pioneer of drone reforestation, is the first vertically integrated company in the industry through its acquisition of Silvaseed, the largest private forestry seed supplier in the Western US. Seed and seedling shortages have been well […]
Tam Talks EVs and RE (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
RE Guru Tam Hunt Brings us up to Speed. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Tam Hunt. Big moves at the federal level with a new goal of 50% EVs sold annually by 2030 and possible big EV charging infrastructure. New state legislation on EVs. New HI […]