Hot Mamas Cool Planet

How much sunlight is good for you? What are the pros and cons of mineral vs chemical sunscreen and how can your phone weather app help you plan sun protection?

Solar Power is an awesome renewable energy source around the globe! Solar Plants and Korean Solar Flower islands, Smart Grids and Solar AI Coupling. Can you say Solar Pow-ER with a California accent?

Mur explains how energy efficient, innovative heat pumps work in layperson terms.

Miechie shares global ecological highlights of sustainable living ranging from the ancient to the modern, from linear parks in tropical Singapore to desert wind catchers in Dubai, New Mexican Earthship communities...

In this episode we chatted with artist and engineer Tamiko Thiel about her technically sophisticated and culturally impactful art, including ecologically mindful Augmented Reality art like Unexpected Growth, her early...

Mur takes a tour of her local recycling factory in London and signs up to be a Recycling Champion.

Especially for listeners who may have flat feet but who also love shoes, Mur shares about her journey from high heels to comfortable marshmallow soled flats and how she has learned to best treat her feet.

We talk blood sugar levels, from the free glycemic index estimator tool built into Miechie's nutrition game Fruity, to Mur's surprising findings wearing an individual glucose monitor (CGM) when she worked for a...

Mur shares why mushrooms are good for your body, your mind, and our planet. We also share favorite ways to eat immune boosting mushrooms and discuss the therapeutic application of psychedelic mushrooms.

Our guest on this episode, artist and nutritionist Helen, explains how she made her innovative nutrition bracelet for pivoting to Plant Forward, Planet Forward healthy eating. Similar to both prayer beads and an abacus...

From the first odd bike inventions to the first US bicycle lane in Davis, CA we touch on the history of bicycles before moving on to discuss bicycle-forward cities and towns around the world. We also share bicycle...

This episode focuses on two of the strangest conditions associated with menopause, and even more oddly, both are named for temperatures. There's Burning Tongue and Frozen Shoulder. Learn what these ailments are like and...

How do our food choices impact the environment and how could different choices improve both our own health and the planet's? In this episode we explore the climate research that Miechie used to build a food carbon...

If you want to wear your sustainability heart on your sleeve, this episode will tell you which fibers that sleeve should be made from. The most sustainable might surprise you! We also chat about vintage and second hand...

In this episode we chat with guest nutrition professor Dr. Jinan Banna from the University of Hawaii about food groups and compare the more recent Plate guides to nutritious eating like MyPlate and Harvard's Healthy...