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Episode 360: Is sustainability sustainable?

This episode features an interview with Chad Frischmann, CEO of ReGenIntel (shorthand for regenerative intelligence), a new initiative by the team that created Project Drawdown. Read More

(Updated on February 16, 2026)

This week’s run time is 31:59.

ON OUR MINDS (5:10)

Co-hosts Joel Makower, co-founder and executive chair of GreenBiz, and Heather Clancy, editorial director, discuss the following stories:

FEATURED INTERVIEW
Is the current model of sustainability sustainable? (19:50)

Chad Frischmann is CEO of ReGenIntel (shorthand for regenerative intelligence), a new initiative by the team that created Project Drawdown. Its mission: To help humanity become a “planet positive species” by replacing policies that “sustain” the existing model of sustainability with a business mindset that focuses on regeneration. In his view, the current model of sustainability is unsustainable. 

MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE

Lee Rosevere: “And So Then,” “Start the Day,” “Let that Sink Into.”
Roman Belov: “Spirit Blossom.”

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