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Imagine if people were actually making progress on climate change... because they are.Each week, Imagine If spotlights changemakers creating measurable impact, from innovators reshaping industries to creatives rewriting the rules, to students reimagining what’s next.These are…
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Lentils 101: A Pantry Guide to Every Variety (opens the original)
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Lentils seem simple until you actually try to buy them — then you're staring down French green, black beluga, red, yellow, brown, and more, with no idea what separates one from the next. In this installment of our pantry series, Caroline Saunders walks through the wide, varied world of lentils: where they grow, why the soil and climate of a place shapes the lentil that comes out of it, and which variety belongs in which dish. Caroline and her co-host dig into the prized Le Puy lentil from France
Why Squid Might Be America's Most Sustainable Snack with Steven Shonts, The Hermit Jerky (opens the original)
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What if the most sustainable protein in America was sitting in a 7-Eleven in Bangkok the whole time? In this episode, Janet Kraus sits down with Steven Shonts, founder of The Hermit, to talk about squid jerky, yes, squid jerky, and why it might be one of the most overlooked climate wins in the American snack aisle. Janet and Steven get into the ecological case for squid (low bycatch, a population that's holding steady or growing, and minimal habitat disruption) and the nutritional case (high pro
Can't Handle Caffeine? Meet Your New Morning Ritual with Caroline MacDougall, Teeccino (opens the original)
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She couldn't drink coffee without wrecking her stomach, so she built an entire sustainable industry instead. Teeccino founder Caroline MacDougall joins Imagine If to talk about turning a caffeine problem into a rainforest-preserving, women-empowering herbal coffee company. In This Episode How a lifelong caffeine intolerance led Caroline into the herbal coffee business Why an unexpected pesticide-drift result in "wild" carob pods sent Caroline on a mission to get every Teeccino ingredient certifi
Pantry to Dinner: Why Mushrooms Deserve a Permanent Spot in Your Pantry (opens the original)
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What if the lowest-carbon protein in your kitchen was also the easiest one to always have on hand? In this episode of Pantry to Dinner , Victoria sits down with Bluedot Living contributor Caroline Saunders to talk all about mushrooms, from childhood memories of fairy rings and foraged morels to the roughly 2,100 edible varieties (out of 14,000 total) hiding in plain sight. Whether you're looking to stretch your grocery budget, cut down on meat, or just want a better mushroom soup recipe, this co
Turning Eco-Anxiety Into Eco-Action With Sage Lenier and Cleo Carney (opens the original)
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What if the most hopeful thing you hear about climate this year comes from a college class called 'Solutions'? Sage Lenier designed UC Berkeley's "Solutions for a Sustainable & Just Future" course at 19 — now the largest student-led class in the school's history — and joins Vicki and Cleo Carney for a genuinely hopeful conversation. Solar and wind keep getting cheaper, cities are stepping up, and even a tangle like California's water politics has real, workable fixes already on the table. They a
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