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Green Champions

Hosted by Dominique Hadad & Christy Cook · society · EN-US

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About this Podcast:

From energy to agriculture, retail to tech — Green Champions tells the stories of real people building sustainable solutions across every industry. Hosted by Dominique Hadad and Christy Cook, each episode provides that progress is already happening and environmental work takes many forms. New episodes every Tuesday.

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35%

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Selective

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Questions about Green Champions

What is Green Champions about?

From energy to agriculture, retail to tech, Green Champions tells the stories of real people building sustainable solutions across every industry. Hosted by Dominique Hadad and Christy Cook, each episode provides that progress is already happening and environmental work takes many forms. New episodes every Tuesday.

Who hosts Green Champions?

Green Champions is hosted by Dominique Hadad & Christy Cook. The show has published 136 episodes to date.

What has Green Champions covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Season 7 Intro - The Conversations We Want to Have" (27 October 2026, 13 minutes), "Melinda Vonstein - Greenways, Blueways, and a 1,000-Mile Vision" (20 October 2026, 26 minutes), and "Melinda Vonstein - From Rollerblades to Regional Trails" (13 October 2026, 23 minutes).

How often does Green Champions publish?

Green Champions publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 136 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Green Champions?

Booking probability for Green Champions is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Green Champions requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Green Champions's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Green Champions?

The strongest fits for Green Champions are Environmental Agencies. Green Champions has a society audience.

About the host

Dominique Hadad & Christy Cook hosts Green Champions, a society podcast with 136 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #1

    Season 7 Intro - The Conversations We Want to Have

    Oct 27, 202613 minS7

    Everyone listening is a sensor in their community. That idea, sparked by last season's conversation about neighborhood air quality sensors, sets the tone as Green Champions opens Season 7. First, a look back at the...

  • Episode #6

    Melinda Vonstein - Greenways, Blueways, and a 1,000-Mile Vision

    Oct 20, 202626 minS6

    For most of a decade, a vision for 500 miles of connected trails across Central Ohio got the same reaction: nice idea, no money, we will be long gone before it happens. Then Franklin County voters passed a sales tax...

  • Episode #5

    Melinda Vonstein - From Rollerblades to Regional Trails

    Oct 13, 202623 minS6

    Melinda Vonstein leads the Greenways Planning Studio at MORPC, where she plans and expands Central Ohio's network of trails and works to connect communities across the region. Her origin story starts with a broken glass...

  • Episode #4

    JR Diaz-Hernandez - Did You Breathe Air Today?

    Oct 6, 202626 minS6

    The EPA can call it a good air quality day while your own street tells a different story. Residents across Franklin County kept saying exactly that, and it is why MORPC built the Community-Led Enhanced Air Quality...

  • Episode #3

    JR Diaz-Hernandez - The World's Too Big of a Place to Be Bored

    Sep 29, 202625 minS6

    JR Diaz-Hernandez goes by the initials of two men. The J is his great-grandfather. The R is Roberto, the grandfather who helped raise him through his first nine years. He is now the air quality and sustainability...

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  • Episode #2

    Brandi Whetstone - Steal This Playbook for a Sustainable 2050

    Sep 22, 202624 minS6

    For some communities, the word "sustainability" itself is the hurdle, tangled up in politics and easy to dismiss before the real work even starts. Brandi Whetstone spends her days getting past that. As director of...

  • Episode #1

    Brandi Whetstone - From a Toy-Factory Town to MORPC

    Sep 15, 202624 minS6

    Brandi Whetstone is the director of sustainability at the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, or MORPC, where she has spent 16 years helping Central Ohio communities plan for a healthier, more livable future. The...

  • Episode #27

    Season 5 Wrap-Up - The Conversations That Stuck With Us

    Sep 8, 202610 minS5

    Season 5 closes the way the best conversations do, by looking back at who was in the room. This wrap-up gathers the guests, the surprises, and the moments that stuck, and it marks a first: the season that welcomed a new...

  • Episode #26

    Josh Lloyd - What It Takes to Be the Number One Green Builder

    Sep 1, 202624 minS5

    Buildings carry carbon long before anyone turns on a light, locked into the steel and concrete it took to put them up. Josh Lloyd's job is to drive that number down. As Regional Sustainability Manager at Turner...

  • Episode #25

    Josh Lloyd - The Architect Who Wanted the Rope to Pull, Not Push

    Aug 25, 202622 minS5

    Josh Lloyd is the Regional Sustainability Manager at Turner Construction, where he leads sustainability work across 10 offices in eight states. He came up through architecture, adopted LEED early enough to have watched...

  • Episode #24

    Mary Cropenbaker - Building a Green Program Any Business Can Join

    Aug 18, 202626 minS5

    Most people think a solid waste district exists to run the landfill. Mary Cropenbaker's job is the opposite: keep as much material out of it as possible. As the Assistant Solid Waste Manager at Hamilton County ReSource...

  • Episode #23

    Mary Cropenbaker - What Gambling Pigeons Taught Her About People

    Aug 11, 202624 minS5

    Mary Cropenbaker is the Assistant Solid Waste Manager at Hamilton County ReSource, the solid waste district for the Cincinnati region, where she helps businesses, schools, and communities cut what they send to the...

  • Episode #22

    Vin Valentino - Building Washington's First Green Bank From Scratch

    Aug 4, 202623 minS5

    There is not enough public money in the world to fund the clean energy transition. That gap sits at the center of Vin Valentino's work, and his answer is the green bank, a purpose-driven financial institution built to...

  • Episode #21

    Vin Valentino - From Bartending to Decarbonizing a Hospital

    Jul 28, 202626 minS5

    Vin Valentino is the Energy Economy Lead for the Washington State Department of Commerce, where he works to grow the state's clean energy economy through investment, policy strategy, and partnerships across government...

  • Episode #20

    RE-RELEASE: Francesca Cercelletta - Using iPhone Storytelling to Frame the Change

    Jul 21, 202627 minS5

    Francesca Cercelletta, creative director for ReGeneration Hub Friuli and graphic designer for Zegna, brings a unique blend of artistic vision and sustainability passion to NanoValbruna. As the organizer of "Frame The...

  • Episode #18

    Jake Kheel - Secrets Behind the Caribbean's Most Innovative Resort

    Jul 14, 202624 minS5

    A resort that generates 25 tons of waste every single day has two choices: manage it badly or build something worth talking about. Jake Kheel, VP of Sustainability at Grupo Puntacana, chose the latter. He's back this...

  • Episode #17

    Jake Kheel - How a Generalist Found His Calling in the Dominican Republic

    Jul 7, 202624 minS5

    Jake Kheel is VP of Sustainability at Grupo Puntacana, one of the Caribbean's most recognized leaders in sustainable tourism. He's also a conservationist, author, and co-director of the award-winning documentary Death...

  • Episode #16

    Regina Harmon - Why 235 Million Tons of Food Goes to Waste While 47 Million Go Hungry

    Jun 30, 202625 minS5

    <p>In 2023 alone, 235 million tons of food went uneaten or unsold in the United States. The number one item clogging landfills is not furniture, not plastic, not diapers. It is food. And 47 million Americans are food...

  • Episode #16

    Regina Harmon - Why 235 Million Tons of Food Goes to Waste While 47 Million Go Hungry

    Jun 30, 202625 minS5

    In 2023 alone, 235 million tons of food went uneaten or unsold in the United States. The number one item clogging landfills is not furniture, not plastic, not diapers. It is food. And 47 million Americans are food...

  • Episode #15

    Regina Harmon - Who is Running America's Largest Food Recovery Movement?

    Jun 23, 202623 minS5

    Regina Harmon is the CEO of Food Recovery Network, the largest student-led movement fighting food waste and hunger in the US. Before she was leading a national nonprofit, she was a kid in Maine with a cloth lunch bag, a...

Recent guests

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Josh Lloyd

lead fantasy analyst, Locked On Fantasy Basketball

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Mauro "JR" Diaz-Hernandez

Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission

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Nancy Zavada

MeetGreen

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Jake Kheel

Grupo Puntacana

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