Climate with Kiana

Sustainable Living with Home Swap Stories

Home Swap Stories and Climate with Kiana bring you a collaborative episode about sustainable living at home. Recorded at one of Home Swap Stories’ sustainable living events that took place in a passive apartment building, the event exhibited sustainable fashion vendors, vegan bites, and panels with sustainable living experts. Home Swap Stories is a show sharing stories of how New Yorkers live sustainably and low waste created & hosted by Yelle Belle. This episode features a series of short interviews with environmental creatives. The conversations explore what it means to live sustainably at home with discussions about herbalism, vegan cooking, violin making, sustainable fashion, and more delightful sustainable stories. Home Swap Stories https://www.instagram.com/homeswapstories/ [https://www.instagram.com/homeswapstories/?hl=en]   Featuring Interviews with: Vanessa Sossa Sanchez, Plant Based Chef, Founder of Alegria Vegana & La Bakeria NYC , @alegriavegana Ana Anu, Interdisciplinary Artist & Climate Educator, @soopspoon Sheila McMenamin, Writer & Climate Justice Advocate, @climate_cuties Jess Vetterli, Founder of Simply Sustainable, @Simply_Sustainable Kim Macharia, Founder & Executive Director Brave Leap, @galactic_kim MJ Kwan, Violin Maker, [http://mj.mkwan.com/] mj.mkwan.com Jacob Simon, Climate Educator & Video Creator, @jacobsimonsays Jeorgina Williams, Hydroponics & Science Teacher and founder NerdDNA Experiences, @nerddna   CREDITS: Produced by Kiana Michaan & Yelle Belle [https://www.instagram.com/yelle_belle/?hl=en] Edited by Maxfield Biggs

Sustainable Products at Expo West

In this episode, which was recorded at Expo West, we hear from several sustainable brands about how they implement sustainable practices in their products and operations. Expo West is a  natural food & products industry conference, bringing together brands and attendees from around the country. Sustainability is crucial in the production of all kinds of products from matcha to soap to non-toxic cleaning products to clean beauty, and even toilet paper. This episode features interviews with Hannah Habes, founder of Matchaful, Nathalie Marin-Gest, Special Operations at Dr. Bronner’s,  Richard Kostick, founder & CEO at 100% Pure, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, president & CEO of ECOS, and  Aaron Liou, from Who Gives a Crap. In these conversations we discuss topics including sustainable supply chains, regenerative organic certified, growing matcha under solar panels, innovative ingredients in non-toxic products, and more.   This episode features interviews with: Hannah Habes, Founder & Chief Matcha Officer, Matchaful  https://www.matchaful.com/  Nathalie Marin-Gest, Special Operations, Dr. Bronner's  https://www.drbronner.com/   Richard Kostick, Founder & CEO, 100% Pure  https://www.100percentpure.com/   Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, President & CEO, ECOS  https://www.ecos.com/   Aaron Liou, Brand Activations Manager, Who Gives a Crap  https://us.whogivesacrap.org/   CREDITS: Produced by Kiana Michaan Edited by Maxfield Biggs

Newtown Creek Alliance with Willis Elkins

In this episode, we hear from Willis Elkins, executive director of Newtown Creek Alliance. Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based local New York City organization dedicated to restoring, revealing, and revitalizing Newtown Creek. Newtown Creek is a 3.8 mile tributary of the East River, an estuary, a border between Brooklyn and Queens, and a federal superfund site. Historically, the creek has had over 50 industrial refineries along its banks.  In this conversation with Willis, we discuss the history of industry & legacy pollution on Newtown Creek, the Greenpoint oil spill, environmental remediation efforts, water quality, green roofs, and the vision for a more sustainable future for the creek. This episode was recorded at Kingsland Wildflowers Green Roof in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Check out the video version of this episode on youtube to see the green roof!   Video version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6ToprNazs   Connect with Newtown Creek Alliance: www.newtowncreekalliance.org/ [http://www.newtowncreekalliance.org/] www.instagram.com/newtowncreek/ [http://www.instagram.com/newtowncreek/] www.kingslandwildflowers.com/   CREDITS: Hosted and produced by Kiana Michaan Edited by Maxfield Biggs www.strandedastronaut.com [http://www.strandedastronaut.com] Videography by Jae Minard www.jaeminard.com [http://www.jaeminard.com] Sound Recordist & Co-produced by Lucy Little www.lucyalittle.com [http://www.lucyalittle.com]

Global Warning with Philip Boucher-Hayes

In this episode, we hear from award winning Irish investigative journalist, Philip Boucher-Hayes. We discuss his new documentary, Global Warning, a three part series, written & hosted by Philip. His documentary series unpacks the current impacts of climate change, highlights how communities are responding & adapting, and explores solutions in the transition away from fossil fuels. In our conversation we discuss Philip’s career covering climate change and the biodiversity crisis, key moments in the docu series, and the role of media in environmental communication.   Watch Global Warning on Al-Jareeza: Inside the planet’s most urgent climate warning | Global Warning E1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8vI5_gN90g [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8vI5_gN90g] Inside the planet’s race to adapt | Global Warning E2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwgqVoFhVNM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwgqVoFhVNM] Inside the planet’s fight to end fossil fuels | Global Warning E3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlNuYqrXNS0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlNuYqrXNS0] RESOURCES: Hot Mess - Podcast - RTÉ Radio 1 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/hot-mess/ [https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/hot-mess/] Manual for Environmental Justice https://envjusticemanual.com/ [https://envjusticemanual.com/] Bangladesh has become much more resilient to cyclones, saving many lives - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/bangladesh-has-become-much-more-resilient-to-cyclones-saving-many-lives [https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/bangladesh-has-become-much-more-resilient-to-cyclones-saving-many-lives]   CREDITS: Hosted and produced by Kiana Michaan Edited by Maxfield Biggs Music by Naima Mackrel

Offshore Wind and Ocean Biodiversity with Rennie Meyers

In this episode, we hear from Rennie Meyers, Global Policy Lead at Ørsted, about her work in offshore wind, ocean policy, and biodiversity. Ørsted is a Danish energy company and the world’s leading & largest offshore wind developer. In our conversation, we discuss Rennie’s journey into working in sustainability, offshore wind infrastructure, Ørsted’s transition to clean energy, protecting ocean biodiversity, nature positive project development, and ocean policy. Rennie is a regulatory and public affairs specialist focusing on interactions between infrastructure, communities, and the environment. At Ørsted, she focuses on global ocean policy and oversees international policy forums and stakeholder engagement. This episode was recorded in Denmark in 2024.   Connect with Rennie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rennie-meyers-82a0b03b/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rennie-meyers-82a0b03b/] RESOURCES Ørsted - Protecting Biodiversity https://orsted.com/en/about-us/sustainability/biodiversity [https://orsted.com/en/about-us/sustainability/biodiversity] Ørsted successfully pilots new technology that further optimises offshore wind monopile installation https://orsted.com/en/media/news/2024/07/orsted-successfully-pilots-new-technology-that-fur-13959650 [https://orsted.com/en/media/news/2024/07/orsted-successfully-pilots-new-technology-that-fur-13959650] Ørsted to commercialise its state-of-the-art low-noise technology Osonic https://orsted.com/en/media/news/2025/11/orsted-to-commercialise-its-state-of-the-art-low-n-1467749011 [https://orsted.com/en/media/news/2025/11/orsted-to-commercialise-its-state-of-the-art-low-n-1467749011] ReCoral – Coral Restoration Project | Ørsted https://orsted.com/en/who-we-are/sustainability/nature/net-positive-biodiversity-impact/recoral [https://orsted.com/en/who-we-are/sustainability/nature/net-positive-biodiversity-impact/recoral] Home | ARK Rewilding Nederland https://arkrewilding.nl/home [https://arkrewilding.nl/home] Global Offshore Wind Alliance https://gowa-energy.org/ [https://gowa-energy.org/] Ocean Energy Pathway https://oceanenergypathway.org/ [https://oceanenergypathway.org/] Oceantic Network  https://oceantic.org/ [https://oceantic.org/] WindEurope https://windeurope.org/ [https://windeurope.org/] CLEANPOWER https://cleanpower.org/expo/ [https://cleanpower.org/expo/]   CREDITS Hosted and produced by Kiana Michaan Edited by Maxfield Biggs Music by Naima Mackrel