Podcast
The Sustainability Communicator
The podcast exploring the intersection of corporate sustainability and storytelling.
Join Mike Hower—author of Sustainability Storytelling, former GreenBiz journalist, and advisor to leading global brands—as he explores one of the toughest challenges in corporate sustainability today: how to talk about sustainability in ways that are compelling, credible, and compliant—and fit cultural and reputational context. Through interviews with practitioners and insights from his own work in the field, Mike digs into greenwashing, greenhushing, and the risks and opportunities most sustainability professionals face—but few can talk about out loud.
Ready to talk your walk? You're in the right place.
Find all episodes below. You also can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or Youtube.
Ep. 23: The peaks and valleys of sustainability communication
In this episode, host Mike Hower sits down with Dan Strechay, a seasoned sustainability communications professional who has worked across private companies, public organizations, and NGOs.
The Sustainability Communicator: Year One Recap
During the first year of The Sustainability Communicator, we spoke with several sustainability and communication leaders to explore the risks and opportunities of sustainability storytelling. Here are the highlights of each episode.
Ep. 19: So you want to be a sustainability communicator?
In this episode, Mike delves into the sustainability communication field’s evolution over the past few decades through the lens of Jessica Appelgren, a remarkable professional with unmatched depth and breadth of experience in sustainability communication.

