Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and Spirituality · Forrest Inslee

Jobs in the Climate Space: Earthkeeping and Vocation, with Brennan Ziegler | Ep. 130

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Dr. Bronner's says it prevents greenwashing through six cosmic principles, transparent sourcing, and 17 certifications.

1. Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and Spirituality centers this episode on Jobs in the Climate Space and Brennan Ziegler’s vocational path. 2. Forrest Inslee hosts Brennan Ziegler, a mid-twenties guest who works for Dr. Bronner’s and participates in Climate Base Fellowship. 3. The episode asks how daily work can directly benefit the planet while still paying a living. 4. Brennan describes young people as split between anxiety, apathy, and hope about climate change. 5. He places himself in the hopeful group, saying he is encouraged by other people’s actions and by momentum on climate solutions. 6. Forrest says the podcast exists to help listeners find reasons for hope without hope becoming unrealistic. 7. Brennan says hope can mean doing the right thing and trusting God with the outcome. 8. He points to his friend Wesley, who struggles with having children because of the climate future those children would face. 9. Brennan says people need to understand that climate change is already forcing hard transitions to a different climate reality. 10. He says the Earth Keepers podcast itself helps people see acting, resisting, and doing the right thing as part of something bigger than themselves. 11. Brennan names Dr. Bronner’s co-workers, university classmates, the B Corp Network, One Percent for the Planet members, and Plant With Purpose as communities that support his optimism. 12. He says Plant With Purpose’s gala is built around stories of hope. 13. Brennan traces his love of nature to Sacramento, the American River levee, and Sierra fence lizards with blue bellies. 14. He also recalls backpacking near Tahoe and the Sierras, then living in Scotland and later in southern Washington near Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood, and the Oregon Coast. 15. Brennan links development and earth care by describing Plant With Purpose’s agroforestry work as a way to improve crop yields, biodiversity, soil health, climate resilience, and economic stability. 16. He says that work also creates community bonds that can resist rural-to-urban migration. 17. The conversation shifts to his gap year in Costa Rica, Senegal, and France, where he saw biodiversity, regenerative agriculture, and the A Rocha conservation context. 18. Brennan’s tone is practical and reflective, while Forrest’s style is affirming and mentorship-oriented. 19. People exploring climate careers, ethical business, and faith-based creation care. 20. Listeners wanting entertainment without climate, business, or vocational content.

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