Episode 175 - RENEW Wisconsin

The Cripescast Podcast

Charlie Berens

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

RENEW Wisconsin is a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to the advancement of clean renewable energy in the dairy state since 1991. On this episode of the Cripescast, Charlie is joined by RENEW’s Communications Manager, Alex Beld, and their Emerging Technology Director, Francisco Sayu, to discuss what RENEW is doing in the state of Wisconsin. Their mission is “seeking to power a strong, healthy and vibrant state by implementing environmentally friendly energy systems,” while simultaneously looking out for the economy and general public health. Francisco and Alex outline their latest ongoing initiative of getting electric school buses in all of Wisconsin’s school districts, while also explaining the health impacts of diesel emissions on students and the economic advantage EV buses could provide to schools.

For more information on their work and how to nominate your school to receive free electric buses in Wisconsin, head to renewwisconsn.org. Find them on all platforms @renew_wisconsin and RENEW Wisconsin.

Find us on all platforms @cripescast @charlieberens @manitowocminute.

To donate to Doctors Without Borders, head to doctorswithoutborders.org.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Krebscast. This is the podcast where we talk to people for
0:04.3	and or from the Midwest. I'm your host Charlie Barons and here is today's episode.
0:12.2	Hey, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the Krebscast. I am joined with by
0:17.7	Colleen Maraka, the EP of the Krebscast here in the Krebscast. Hello.
0:23.2	And before we jump into things, we started off last week's episode like this. I want to start
0:28.0	off this week's episode. What is going on in the Middle East right now is incredibly
0:36.0	tragic to say the absolute least. A lot of people out there kind of struggling with how to
0:43.3	help in any sort of way. And I want to say that doctors without borders is an organization that
0:49.6	we've been donating to here. And in the live shows during the auction portion of the show, we've
0:57.4	raised money for them as well. You can also raise money for them by following their Instagram
1:04.5	at Doctors Without Borders or going to Doctors Without Borders.org. They are currently
1:12.8	doing everything they can to get much needed food, water and medical supplies into Gaza.
1:19.2	What's going on in Gaza right now is just one of the greatest humanitarian crisis
1:25.7	that I think we've seen in a while. There's a lot of kids there, a lot of innocent civilians,
1:30.8	people who need all of our support. So whatever you can do, check them out, doctorswithoutborders.org,
1:37.2	poem and Doctors Without Borders and donate whatever you can. And with that, we will get to the
1:45.0	rest of today's episode. Today on the Krebscast, my guests are Alex Bell and Francisco Sayu. Alex
1:52.2	is the communications director for Renew Wisconsin. And Francisco is the emerging technology director.
1:58.5	Renew Wisconsin, it's a nonprofit org, very cool organization dedicated to building a stronger
2:03.3	healthier and more vibrant Wisconsin through the advancement of renewable energy. We are talking
2:09.3	about everything from solar panels to buses, bioenergy, geothermal hydropower, wind energy. It's
2:17.0	just kind of a cool way to sort of see what Wisconsin is doing to push as much bipartisan
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