Season 4 | Episode 6

Extreme Home Makeover: Threshold Edition

Transcript

A lot of the changes needed to keep global heating below 1.5 degrees have to occur at a huge, international level. But nearly a fifth of carbon emissions in the U.S. come from our homes. Are there things we can do at home to help the climate crisis? And how effective are individual actions? 

This is Threshold Season 4: “Time to 1.5.” In this episode, we zoom in to look at what individuals can do to decarbonize their homes, from small town Livingston, Montana, to New York City.

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Guests

 
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Chris Dorsi
Chris Dorsi

Chris Dorsi is the Director of the Montana Weatherization Training Center. He's spent the last 40 years developing best practices for the housing industry, publishing respected textbooks and technical curricula, developing training programs, and operating private construction organizations.

Leah Stokes
Leah Stokes

Dr. Leah Stokes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and affiliated with the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She authored the book Short Circuiting Policy, and contributed to the anthology All We Can Save. Leah Stokes co-hosts the podcast A Matter of Degrees.

John Mandyck
John Mandyck

John Mandyck is the CEO of Urban Green Council. Prior to his current role, he capped a 25-year career as Chief Sustainability Officer for United Technologies Corporation. He also serves as a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Business.

 

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Time to 1.5

Extreme Home Makeover: Threshold Edition is episode six in Threshold Season 4, Time to 1.5

Credits

This episode of Threshold was produced and reported Nick Mott with help from Amy Martin and managing editor Erika Janik. Fact checking by Sara Sneath and Nick Mott. Original music by Todd Sickafoose. Episode art by Sally Deng. Cover art by Maggy Contreras at Bahía Design.The rest of the Threshold team is Eva Kalea, Shola Lawal, Caysi Simpson, Emery Veilleux, Sam Moore, and Deneen Wiske. Thanks to Hana Carey, Dan Carreno, Luca Borghese, Julia Barry, Kara Cromwell, Katie deFusco, Caroline Kurtz, and Gabby Piamonte. Special thanks to Donnel Baird, Elizabeth Yeampierre, Katherine Janda, Joanne Huang, Shamim Graff, and Rebekah Morris.

 

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