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This Giving Tuesday, SunCast brings you three powerful stories of how clean energy is transforming communities, saving lives, and unlocking local climate action.
Host Nico Johnson sits down with leaders working across three different fronts of the climate fight:
• Robin Swanhuyser — Twende Solar
Electrifying community hubs in places like rural Ghana, turning schools and clinics into resilience engines for entire villages.
• Will Heegaard — Footprint Project
Deploying portable solar microgrids after hurricanes and wildfires, from Jamaica to Western North Carolina.
• Jack Hanson — Run on Climate
Empowering local leaders to pass real climate policy—proving the most effective climate action often starts at your city council.
These are tangible, hopeful, boots-on-the-ground solutions you can support today.
Expect to learn:
🔹 Why “being connected to the grid” doesn’t always mean having reliable energy
🔹 How solar-powered microgrids restore communication, water, and medical services after disasters
🔹 Why local elections and city-level policies are quiet climate superpowers
🔹 How small actions—like a $50 donation or even buying a solar-themed puzzle—can create outsized impact
Hope this episode is more than a way to pass the time; pay it forward by donating or sharing w/your community!
Listen in, get inspired, and consider giving where it matters most.
Support all three organizations here:
https://www.suncast.media/giving-tuesday-2025
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Check out Run on Climate:
"We're providing access to a reliable, sustainable and consistent source that these communities can count on." – Robin Swanhuyser
"Electrons can make a lot of things go around. Once you get renewable energy in the mix, you can change the arc of a site's recovery." – Will Heegaard
"The mission is to pass cutting edge climate policies and programs in cities across the country." – Jack Hanson
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Nico Johnson
Entrepreneur & Podcaster
In my 20 year career, I've worked with dozens of entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and professionals in transition to clarify their mission, set or stretch their goals, and work through the barriers to their growth.
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