{"podcast":{"title":"Green Frequency | Environmental Science & Earth Radio","slug":"green-frequency-environmental-science-earth-radio-7796532","podcast_index_feed_id":7796532,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6991eca8483d38b26e6ccf2d","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/green-frequency","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6991eca8483d38b26e6ccf2d/1775082118196-7a99fbd3-7ecb-42e2-a60b-7d0e1c2a1f23.jpeg","author":"Clark Marchese","episode_count":13,"summary":"Green Frequency is an environmental science and climate action podcast for people who want to understand what is happening to the planet and how change becomes possible. Hosted by science communicator and Pine Forest Media founder Clark Marchese, this Earth Radio show connects ecological research with conservation stories, environmental justice, and the global policies shaping our future. Through deep-dive interviews, narrative reporting, and field coverage from international environmental summits and conservation frontlines, Green Frequency brings scientists, advocates, policymakers, artists, and communities into the same conversation. From climate change and biodiversity to environmental law, adaptation, oceans, forests, and the human work behind lasting solutions, the show offers clear context, global perspectives, and grounded reasons to stay engaged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T12:24:15.399922+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-frequency-environmental-science-earth-radio-7796532"},"episode":{"title":"Drinking Water: Why Sustainability Is So Complicated","slug":"drinking-water-why-sustainability-is-so-complicated","published_at":"2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-frequency-environmental-science-earth-radio-7796532/drinking-water-why-sustainability-is-so-complicated","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-frequency-environmental-science-earth-radio-7796532","url":"https://shows.acast.com/green-frequency/episodes/drinking-water-and-the-complexity-of-sustainability","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6991eca8483d38b26e6ccf2d/e/69ee9b9a738b0d0aa56a89b6/media.mp3","summary":"Drinking water reveals sustainability's complexity. Environmental scientist and water sommelier Dr. Elena Berg uses bottled water to show why environmental choices rarely divide neatly into good and bad. She traces how geology and mineral content create differences among waters, contrasts multinational bottlers with smaller single-source producers, and examines plastic waste, freshwater access, infrastructure, and environmental justice. The conversation also asks what sustainability means when every product carries an environmental cost and warns against treating it as a label or completed checklist. From tap water and water tasting to the stewardship practiced by some small water farmers, this episode offers an interdisciplinary environmental science case study in how context changes both the problem and the available response. Episode Guest: Dr. Elena Berg Listen to Something in the Water on Spotify or Apple Podcasts WATCH THE FULL VIDEO ON YOUTUBE Explore the Pine Forest Media digital ecosystem on our website Find the full-length video on YouTube @PineForestPods Follow us on Social Media @pineforestmedia Hosted by Clark Marchese Audio Editing by Clark Marchese, Video Editing by Oscar Padula Videography and Set Design by Le Studio Du Passage Cover Art by Laurel Wong Theme music by Nela Ruiz Find some more Pine Forest Media podcasts below Listen to Oceanography on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Listen to Plastic Podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Listen to South Pole on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Drinking water reveals sustainability's complexity. Environmental scientist and water sommelier Dr. Elena Berg uses bottled water to show why environmenta…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1694,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/green-frequency-environmental-science-earth-radio-7796532/episodes/drinking-water-why-sustainability-is-so-complicated/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-frequency-environmental-science-earth-radio-7796532/drinking-water-why-sustainability-is-so-complicated.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}