Trailer - Green Champions

[00:00:10] Dominique: Welcome to our brand new podcast, Green Champions where you'll be joining us in a conversation with real people making real environmental change in the work that they do.
[00:00:19] Adam: I'm Adam Morris, and I love helping individuals create a better social impact.
[00:00:25] Adam: I come to this from a standpoint of being very curious about how we can make a better, environmental impact, and I'm eager to learn more.
[00:00:32] Dominique: And I am Dominique Haddad. I work day-to-eay, helping sustainability leaders to accomplish different sustainability projects in different industries. And I am so excited to bring some of those friends of mine on as well as some new guests for me to meet as well and be able to talk through how they got into sustainability and what success story they were able to tell us.
[00:00:52] Dominique: I'm just so excited to, to bring that expertise and, and put a microphone and a spotlight on some really amazing people.
[00:00:59] Adam: Awesome. So Dominique our listeners are here, what should they expect?
[00:01:03] Dominique: One, understanding what it means to get into the environmental space. Like what does it really mean to do sustainability work. I think it's a lot of work for the two of us to do in terms of demystifying this topic, but also I think, you know, what does it really mean to, to accomplish some kind of success.
[00:01:19] Dominique: So I hope together we can unpack and ask some good questions to understand. How do you create success from an environmental standpoint and what is there still to do and what work do we need to be doing as a community to continue that effort? 
[00:01:33] Adam: I want to have really fun access to information, right?
[00:01:37] Adam: I've listened to some sustainability stuff and I find it kind of boring. And then I read the news and I'm freaked out. And so I want a really accessible way to enjoy learning about all the cool stuff that's going on. 'cause there's like really cool stuff out there, right? And you know these people, and I've met some of these people and I'm like, alright, let's, let's get them on, so they can share their story. And not just like what they do professionally, but also like that personal journey. 'cause I think that's really fun and gritty. 
[00:02:02] Adam: Yeah,
[00:02:03] Dominique: I agree. I feel like definitely the, the climate anxiety, you expressed , is commonly shared. And I think also, I wanna make sure people who are listening we all understand what. Sustainability really means because I think if anything that I'm confident of with our Green Champions Podcast, it's gonna be understanding that sustainability is collaborative.
[00:02:24] Dominique: You can expect that Green Champions is gonna be putting out a podcast every week. To start us off, you'll get to hear from Adam and myself sharing about our background and why we're so excited to do this. And then also you'll get to then hear episodes of different guests, both sharing their background to getting into the position that they're in to sit across from us, and then also the sustainability success story that they're bringing to the table as a Green Champion.
[00:02:50] Adam: I am really excited, one, Dominic has fantastic energy and so I just wanna be in the same room with her and all these amazing people that come in. But also to be able to share that with you, as you're listening to this, to bring new possibilities to the surface.
[00:03:05] Dominique: Every guest on the Green Champions Podcast has accomplished some form of sustainability success, and we'll get to dive into it and share it with you.
[00:03:12] Adam: This is also a collaborative podcast. We expect you to join in, share your questions, share what you wanna hear. If you have ideas of guests, of people that you want us to talk to, let us know.
[00:03:23] Dominique: Yeah. I'm also excited about that idea of me making the world of sustainability less scary. I'm really excited to have you here, Adam, and to be doing this alongside you. I think you're gonna help me not spiral into the, all the hard questions all the time, but keep it focused on what we can really be doing about all this.
[00:03:38] Adam: And for those listening that don't know Dominique, she has been in powerhouse in the sustainability consulting world, brings a lot of knowledge to everything that we do and is always learning more.
[00:03:48] Adam: And so I'm very excited to be on this journey with somebody who can really fill in the gaps and help broaden our knowledge of what is actually going on and, and what we can do in ways that is feasible.
[00:03:57] Dominique: Whether you're curious about sustainability and you're place in it, whether you're curious, if sustainability has to look a certain way, or maybe you're even just feeling a lot of climate anxiety and want to have a real conversation about what sustainability looks like, what the problems are, and how we are actually addressing them.
[00:04:14] Adam: Love it. I am very passionate about helping individuals create a better social impact. And I show up here very curious about sustainability, but to me it's a big word and I don't really know what it means. So I'm here to learn and share that with you so that you can also be on this journey of discovery with me.
[00:04:30] Dominique: Yeah, I really hope that we get to demystify the idea of sustainability a little bit here at Green Champions and create some cool conversations. And honestly, I hope we both learn a whole bunch in this process. For those of you listening, I am excited that you are along for this journey with us as we have these conversations.
[00:04:47] Dominique: And Adam, I am really excited that you're here to ask some fun questions and just to keep us going. I think this is gonna be very fun, for anybody listening, we're excited you're here and along with us, hopefully let us know what you're thinking because our whole point here is to create a community around, understanding, knowing and amplifying Green Champions. And hopefully you'll help us continue to be better at doing that.
[00:05:08] Dominique: Ready to get started?
[00:05:10] Adam: Let's get started.