The IMPERATIVE Podcast

In this episode, I have the pleasure of talking with Klaus Hoppe, one of the world's authorities on low carbon and smart city planning. From 2001 to 2014, he led Freiburg's energy department, coordinating their energy policies and strategies. Even though Klaus will tell you it was a team effort, Freiburg's international status as one of the greenest, most sustainable cities in the world owes a great deal to Klaus's vision and commitment to creating sustainable and smart cities.

In our interview, I talked with Klaus about his experience confronting climate change in both his past role, leading Freiburg's energy department, coordinating its energy policies and strategies, and his current role as a sustainable, smart cities consultant, helping municipalities, city networks, and national governments develop smart cities and sustainable development strategies, and what advice he would have for someone setting out to make a difference in meeting the challenges of the TWENTY FIRST CENTURY IMPERATIVE.

I hope you enjoy our conversation!

You can find show notes at: http://bit.ly/Klaus_Hoppe

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In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Stan Choptiany, a former high school teacher, university professor, and mayor of St. Andrews, New Brunswick. In our interview, I spoke with Stan about his experience confronting climate change in both his role as the mayor of the ocean-front town of St. Andrews, and his role as a biologist and environmental activist on the front lines of environmental harm reduction, regeneration, and climate adaptation, and what advice he would have for someone setting out to make a difference in meeting the challenges of the TWENTY FIRST CENTURY IMPERATIVE. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

You can find show notes at: http://bit.ly/Stan_Choptiany

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In this episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Ryan Meyers, one of the world’s leaders in quantifying natural capital, former Chief Technology Officer at Impact Infrastructure, and now a Director at MAP Consulting where he specializes in web development and sustainability economics.

In this podcast episode, we talk about why the monetization of natural capital is so important in finding a pathway towards minimizing the risks of climate change, and how we can all be contributing to the effort. 

I hope you enjoy our conversation!

You can find show notes at: http://bit.ly/Ryan_Meyers

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In this, our first episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Jeff Schnurr, the Chairman of Community Forests International (also know as CFI), and more recently, the CEO of Jaza Energy.

In today’s interview, we are going to talk to Jeff about how he started a sustainable forest NGO; and how he sees his role as someone on the front lines of environmental harm reduction, regeneration, and climate adaptation; and what advice he would have for someone setting out to make a difference.

I hope you enjoy our conversation!

You can find show notes at: http://bit.ly/Jeff_Schnurr

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