About this episode
The world has a big fat carbon problem. There’s already too much of it in the atmosphere and – thanks to both our lifestyles and corporations' polluting, business-as-usual practices – we're emitting even more carbon into the atmosphere each and every second. Enter carbon capturing. Today in honor of Climate Optimism Week we are outlining the latest and greatest in the carbon capture game. Here's a preview: [2:00] A carbon capture primer: What it is, why we need it, and why trees are simply no longer enough [5:00] 2 examples of small-scale carbon solutions [11:00] The main differences between post combustion capture and direct air capture [18:00] What on earth should we do with the carbon we end up capturing? [21:00] Let's not put all our eggs in the carbon capture basket! Here's why -- Join our (free!) community here . Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube . Email me and say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com. Our Sponsors: * Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.