Adrian Fielder

My Own Two Hands co-founder Adele Craft returns from London with a Masters Degree in Positive Psychology and shares about her experience with co-host Adrian Fielder.

This month's episode of My Own Two Hands is a special hour-long feature with Dr. Tina Evans, Professor of Integrated Sustainability at Colorado Mountain College (CMC). Adrián and Tina discuss the evolution of Sustainability (globally) as a career field and (locally) as a guiding light for CMC, which after launching its bachelor program in the field back in 2011, has recently adopted the AASHE STARS rating system as a way to track its progress toward accomplishing its mission.

On this episode of My Own Two Hands, host Adrián Victór is on a field assignment in Camuy, Puerto Rico, where regenerative farming innovators Stephanie Syson and Dan Whitney have just founded a 35-acre jungle homestead and an exciting non-profit called the Caribbean Agroforestry Institute.

This month’s episode of My Own Two Hands features mushroom cultivator Matthew Mateo Rader, founder of Toadstool Traditions. Mateo shares his knowledge and insights about the many health benefits of "functional mushrooms."

On this month's episode of My Own Two Hands, host Adrian Fielder continues his investigation of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict by circling back with Will Hodges, community organizer and co-founder of the local group CeaseFireNowRFV, which has generated much public dialogue in the Roaring Fork Valley since last month's episode.

On this month's episode of My Own Two Hands, Adrian chats with Hamilton Pevec about the history of medicinal uses of fungi, a new film project Hamilton is working on about the role of fungi in making cheese, and a special event on micro-dosing hosted tomorrow night by the Western Colorado Mycological Association in the Carbondale Library.

This episode introduces Andrés Better (Andy), a current student of Colorado Mountain College’s Bachelor of Science program in Ecosystem Science and Stewardship, and a graduate of the college's Permaculture Design Certificate. Over the years, he’s developed a passion for documenting biodiversity in his home country of Ecuador and in Colorado where he grew up.

In this episode, host Adrián Victór Fielder speaks with Kevin Hillmer-Pegram, Professor of Sustainability Studies at Colorado Mountain College (CMC), about the role of sustainability within CMC's new strategic plan ("Mountain Futures") and about how CMC students, staff and faculty are teaming up to measure the college's sustainability efforts via the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's STARS reporting framework.

In this episode, Adrián catches up with Steve Skadron (College VP and Dean of Colorado Mountain College's Aspen/Carbondale campus) to hear his unique story. Along the way, they talk WeCycle, upcycling and a new jobs training opportunity for local residents to get preparation for living-wage jobs in the sustainable apparel sector thriving right here in our region: a certificate in Outdoor Soft Goods Manufacturing, offered at Colorado Mountain College's Aspen campus and part of the college's Action Sports Industry program.