Topic

climate change

Podcast

Kendra Pierre Louis: Motivated by obligation – Well Made E151

Climate reporter Kendra Pierre Louis's bylines follow the impacts of climate change in all forms — from caterpillar plagues to wildfire season. To solve climate change, she's shifting the lens from consumers to companies and regulators.

· Jul 15, 2021

Podcast

Tyler Mincey, Bolt: Taking things apart – Well Made E147

Tyler Mincey is a Partner at Bolt where he's always thinking about the long view of new products. With a decade of product experience, he's envisioning a future of tech that's more integrated and ambient than ever before.

· May 13, 2021

Podcast

Kevin Kelly: Becoming good ancestors – Well Made E145

As a futurist, purveyor of tech tools, and the founding executive editor of Wired, Kevin Kelly has spent a lot of time thinking about the future. But his latest project is a 50-year visual anthology that cherishes the past while bringing a more long-term vision into focus.

· Apr 15, 2021

Podcast

Jeremiah McElwee, Thrive Market: Sourcing more patiently – Well Made E144

As the natural food market has boomed, Thrive Market's Jeremiah McElwee has learned that scaling a healthy, sustainable supply chain takes patience and a constant pursuit of perfection.

· Apr 9, 2021

Podcast

Kristy Caylor, For Days: Keeping clothing out of landfills – Well Made E141

On average, each person in the US sends 70 pounds of textiles to a landfill each year. For Days founder Kristy Caylor is building a textile recovery stream to close the loop and build a supply chain fueled by fashion waste.

· Mar 4, 2021

Podcast

Alden Wicker: Impressing the eco-nerds – Well Made E139

Sustainability is not binary. Returning guest reporter Alden Wicker is breaking down what we talk about when we talk about sustainability and exposing common red herrings.

· Feb 18, 2021

Podcast

Ian Montgomery, Guacamole Airplane: Getting comfortable with trade-offs – Well Made E138

Ian Montgomery, founder and Creative Director of Guacamole Airplane is merging environmental science and design to push the limits of how we think about sustainable packaging.

· Feb 11, 2021

Podcast

Caspar Coppetti, On Running: Subscribing to a shoe – Well Made E137

What does it take to make a shoe recyclable and how do you get customers to recycle it? Caspar Copetti and his team at On are testing their hypotheses with a whole new supply chain for a subscription based shoe.

· Jan 28, 2021

Podcast

Andy Fallshaw, Bellroy: Designing for longevity – Well Made E133

Bellroy CEO and Co-founder Andy Fallshaw is debunking status quo for profit, purpose and product design, and evolving to meet the needs of our planet.

· Nov 5, 2020

Podcast

Céline Semaan, Slow Factory: Unlearning and reeducating – Well Made E129

Céline Semaan, founder of Slow Factory, is bringing us up to speed. This episode is a lesson on unlearning the systems we know and getting familiar with the discomfort of change.

· Sep 9, 2020

Podcast

Chelsea Mozen, Etsy: Scaling Environmental Accountability – Well Made E122

Etsy's Director of Sustainability shares how the maker marketplace is measuring and taking responsibility for their ecological impact.

· Jun 17, 2020

Podcast

Stephan Ango: Following Through – Well Made E121

A short meditation about the relationship between racism and climate change, and what we can do to better support Black businesses.

· Jun 11, 2020

Advice

How to Estimate the Carbon Footprint of Your Packaging

A guide to estimating the carbon emissions of your packaging, and how to reduce and offset them.

Dan Binkoski · Apr 24, 2020

Podcast

Vanessa Barboni Hallik, Another Tomorrow: Rethinking Your Framework – Well Made E116

Vanessa is taking us through the carefully considered, incremental decisions it took to build an ethical supply chain for Another Tomorrow.

· Apr 23, 2020

Advice

Does Your Slash Packaging Page Answer These 5 Questions?

Inspiration from some of the pioneers of the Slash Packaging movement.

Katelan Cunningham · Apr 22, 2020

Bulletin

Release Notes: 7 New Sustainability Properties to Reduce and Reuse Packaging

Expanding our framework of strategies to help you make better packaging decisions.

Katelan Cunningham · Apr 21, 2020