Harness Green Energy & Produce Regenerative Food With Jared Blumenfeld

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Science, Self-improvement, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Education

5.0 • 22 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

If the world is to thrive for many years to come, it must take action against climate change as soon as possible before it is too late. Corinna Bellizzi sits down with Jared Blumenfeld, President of Waverley Street Foundation, who pioneered a spend-down strategy in climate philanthropy to make green energy and regenerative food more accessible to the public. He talks about the role of solar energy to empower local communities, allowing them to adopt regenerative farming, improve food distribution and production, and initiate affordable climate solutions.

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0:00.0	we have to really reconnect ourselves to nature, that this separation between us and the rest of nature,
0:06.7	and then us and each other, is what really is causing climate change, causing all these natural issues.
0:14.0	It's not about any particular bad thing. It's about how we view our relationship to nature.
0:20.3	So food for us and power,
0:23.4	energy are two huge things that we can reintegrate ourselves with nature. There's no reason right
0:29.1	now, 95% of all the new installed energy, even in this country, even at this time, is going to be
0:36.5	solar and wind because it's cheaper,
0:39.7	it's better, and it's quicker to put in than conventional energy.
0:45.7	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social
0:51.5	impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
0:55.2	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in Planet before profit and personal gain.
1:00.5	You'll learn how you can make a difference.
1:02.4	Vote with your dollars and get involved today.
1:05.4	Here's your host, Karina Belizei.
1:09.2	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who want to regenerate our planet,
1:14.9	our communities, and build a collective future that's a little brighter and better than today.
1:20.3	Together with our partners at forestplanet.org, our community has already planted more than 32,000 trees this year. That's one for every new
1:30.0	listener and subscriber to our newsletter. These trees help to restore ecosystems, support
1:36.0	biodiversity, and sequester more carbon, making our world just a little cleaner and just a little
1:42.2	greener each and every day. Today, I'm honored to welcome
1:47.4	a guest whose work is reshaping the future of climate philanthropy. Jared Blumenfeld. Jared is
1:52.9	the president of the Waverly Street, Foundation where he is tasked with investing $3 billion into
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