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

When natural disasters strike, marginalized communities are often left behind without access to essential recovery resources or digital infrastructure. In her groundbreaking book Climate and Code: Building a Digital and Connected Climate-Resilient Future, Georgetown University Law Center professor and National Geographic Explorer Monica Sanders explores how law, community wisdom, and technology can bridge this gap to build disaster equity. Monica Sanders, founder of The Undivide Project, joins us for an insightful conversation on redefining resilience from the ground up. Drawing from her personal experience surviving Hurricane Katrina to examining digital redlining and community-led initiatives in Panama and Baltimore, Monica highlights why digital access is a critical lifeline during extreme weather events. Discover how centering local knowledge and co-creating digital solutions can empower communities to withstand environmental crises and shape a more resilient future.

COMPLETE BLOG & TRANSCRIPT: https://caremorebebetter.com/climate-and-code-bridging-the-digital-divide-in-disaster-recovery-with-monica-sanders/

About Guest:

Monica C. Sanders, JD, LL.M., is a law professor, author, journalist, and social entrepreneur working at the intersection of climate resilience, technology, and justice. A New Orleans native whose work was shaped by Hurricane Katrina, she founded The Undivide Project to help communities use digital infrastructure and data to strengthen disaster resilience, and Bonne Terre Labs to build decision-intelligence tools for more responsible infrastructure investment. Sanders teaches at Georgetown University Law Center, is a National Geographic Explorer and Forbes Senior Contributor, and previously held senior disaster, homeland security, and humanitarian roles in government and at the American Red Cross. Her new book, Climate and Code, explores how law and technology can help build a more resilient and equitable future.

Guest Website: https://www.monicacsanders.com

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicasanders12/

Guest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monicadrrprof/

Guest YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theundivideproject4007/videos

Resources Mentioned:

BOOK: Climate and Code: Building Digital Justice in a Connected World

Chapters with Time Stamps:

02:40 How Hurricane Katrina Shaped Disaster Resilience And Equity

07:38 Valuing Natural Systems: The Barataria Estuary As Environmental Infrastructure

12:14 Designing Technology With Communities, Not For Them

20:18 Digital Access As A Critical Component Of Climate Resilience

28:51 Data Centers, Hyperscale Tech, And Environmental Justice

38:27 Climate And Code: Leveraging AI Responsibly Without Losing Human Innovation

48:06 Actionable Steps To Build Equitable Community Resilience

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Almost every conversation about AI is about power — what it can do, what jobs it will replace, and who it will enrich. Almost no one is asking what it would mean to bring care to this technology. In this solo episode of Care More Be Better, host Corinna Bellizzi, PhD, draws on Carol Gilligan's ethics of care, her own doctoral research into regenerative enterprise, and her personal experience using Claude and ChatGPT in dissertation research to make the case that AI can be an amplifier of care — but only with intention, transparency, and accountability. She covers the copyright settlement Anthropic reached with authors in July 2026, the attention question, the RFK Jr. MAHA report hallucinations, and the four questions everyone should ask before adopting any AI tool.

Complete Blog: https://caremorebebetter.com/can-ai-be-used-responsibly-the-ethics-of-care-in-a-machine-age/

Chapter Markers

00:00 — Opening Question: What Does It Mean to Care When Machines Mediate How We Learn?

01:00 — Introduction: A Solo Episode on AI Ethics

02:00 — AI Is Already in Your Life Whether You Chose It or Not

03:00 — What Ethics of Care Actually Is — Gilligan, Noddings, and the Care Tradition

05:00 — Ethics of Care and Regeneration as Near-Synonyms

05:30 — The Care Questions AI Raises: Copyright, Ecology, Labor, Attention

06:00 — The Copyright Reckoning: Anthropic's $1.5B Settlement and 35+ Active Cases

06:30 — The Ecological Footprint: Water, Energy, and Whose Community Hosts the Data Center

07:00 — The Labor Question: Whose Words Trained the Model?

07:30 — The Attention Question: What Happens to Wonder When Answers Arrive Instantly?

08:00 — The Whale Bends Story — and What Was Lost

10:00 — Using AI in Doctoral Research: Building Intelligent Queries

12:00 — Claude vs. ChatGPT: The Hallucination Problem

13:30 — The RFK Jr. MAHA Report: What Happens When Nobody Checks

14:00 — Using Claude for the RSD15 Paper: Editing Without Outsourcing the Thinking

16:00 — AI in Podcast Production and the Disclosure Question

17:30 — The Website Disclaimer: What It Says and Why

18:30 — AI as Amplifier of Care — Used With Intention

19:00 — Four Questions to Ask Before Adopting Any AI Tool

20:00 — The Freedom Not to Use AI: Your Integrity Is Yours

20:30 — Closing: Embracing Technology with Intention, Purpose, and Integrity

"Ethics of care moves us from thinking in rules and regulations, in inputs and outputs, to who is affected and what do they need. This show's name is essentially a care ethics thesis. Care more, be better. The order matters. You have to care first."
— Corinna Bellizzi, PhD | Care More Be Better | Episode #301

Resources and References:

In a Different Voice — Carol Gilligan (1982)

Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics — Nel Noddings (1984)

The Ethics of Care — Virginia Held (2006)

Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis — Paul Hawken

Anthropic copyright settlement — Reuters

MAHA Commission report — Washington Post coverage

RSD15 Conference — Relating Systems Thinking and Design

Claude — Anthropic

DuckDuckGo — AI-free search option

Brave Search

Startpage

AI Disclosure — caremorebebetter.com

Scary Smart — Mo Gawdat

From Ideas to Income with AI — Zach & Jason Francis, Ep. 296 (previous episode)

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Many social change organizations struggle to bridge the gap between the values displayed on their office walls and the actual practices in their daily operations. Achieving true values alignment requires navigating deep humanity, conflict, and the inevitable shame that arises during transitional periods. In this episode, host Corinna Bellizzi sits down with Genevieve Smith, an organizational effectiveness consultant and founder of GV Advisory. Genevieve shares her unique approach as a "professional bummer" who facilitates difficult but necessary conversations around power sharing, organizational grief, and leadership transitions. She explains how drawing inspiration from preschool classrooms and using tools like the community garden metaphor can help teams get unstuck, build trust, and move from panic to practical solutions.

Full Blog Here: https://caremorebebetter.com/getting-unstuck-facilitation-and-the-work-of-values-alignment-with-genevieve-smith/

About Guest: Genevieve Smith is an organizational effectiveness consultant using a facilitative approach to her work with foundations and nonprofit organizations. She collaborates with companies on organizational effectiveness efforts, staff and board retreats, and helps them navigate conflict and grief. Genevieve's work tends to make the most sense for organizations in transition who have big questions about how to move forward and what to leave behind.

Guest Website: https://gv-advisory.com

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gvadvisorygv/

Additional Resources Mentioned:

• The Revolution WIll Not Be Funded, INCITE! https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-revolution-will-not-be-funded-beyond-the-non-profit-industrial-complex-incite-women-of-color-against-incite/381bf42fe2436b30

• The Success Spectrum, Eugene Kim (of the collaboration gym): https://fasterthan20.com/workout/success-spectrum/

• Creative Destruction, Liberating Structures: https://www.liberatingstructures.com/creative-destruction

Chapter Markers:

01:04 The Evolution Of A "Professional Bummer" In Organizational Effectiveness

06:58 Navigating Massive Transitional Moments And Organizational Crisis

12:06 The AI Disruption: The Danger Of Polished Plans Over Rough Drafts

17:58 Grappling With Wealth And Philanthropy In The Social Sector

27:50 Power Sharing Vs. Abdication: Explaining "Power Under"

37:05 Tending To Acute Organizational Grief And Leadership Departures

42:00 The Myth Of Neutrality: How Everyday Actions Build Or Erode Trust

50:23 Getting Unstuck: Practical Tools And Experiments For Staff And Leadership

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This bonus episode revisits Corinna's Nutrition Without Compromise conversation with Chef Babette Davis, who was interviewed on Care More Be Better as Episode 174 in February 2024, roughly 6 months after this BONUS episode was originally recorded and shared on Nutrition Without Compromise. In this episode, they discuss:

Babette's childhood: asthma, eczema, refined sugar and MSG addiction inherited from her mother's cooking

The rough road through her 20s and 30s, including a seven-month battle with crack cocaine

Meeting Randall in 1990: the Griffith Park run, her first vegan meal, and the two books that changed everything (Fit for Life and the Mucusless Diet Healing System)

Food combining principles and why "mucus" is about systemic inflammation, not just congestion

Honest talk on protein, B12, and omega-3s for plant-based eaters, plus personalizing nutrition through simple at-home testing

Building Stuff I Eat, Inglewood's first vegan restaurant, and her advocacy with Mercy for Animals

Notable quote: "All you have to do is have a little bit of knowledge of what foods to eat together that will eliminate so much of your indigestion." / "At 73 years old, I don't have to harm anyone to nourish myself."
Resources:

Chef Babette on Instagram: https://instagram.com/chefbabette

Chef Babette on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chefbabette

Stuff I Eat (Inglewood, CA): https://www.stuffieat.com/

Cash In On Cashews by Chef Babette Davis

Fit for Life by Harvey Diamond: https://www.amazon.com/Fit-Life-Harvey-Diamond/dp/0446300152/

Mucusless Diet Healing System by Arnold Ehret: https://www.amazon.com/Mucusless-Diet-Healing-System-Scientific/dp/1884772005

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The federal government plans to kill 450,000 barred owls over 30 years to protect the northern spotted owl — while simultaneously narrowing the definition of harm under the Endangered Species Act to allow old-growth forest logging that will destroy the spotted owl's habitat.

Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for Humane Economy, joins Corinna Bellizzi to expose the timber industry logic behind both moves. Together, they explain what's happening to wild horses and wolves on America's public lands, and share what 35 years of animal protection work has taught Wayne about how a slippery slope can lead to environmental devastation. We must act to protect America's open spaces and wild habitats.

00:00 — Introduction: The Spotted Owl, the Barred Owl, and the Question of Whose Fault It Is

04:00 — The 14-Mile Zone of Life: How Much Room Do We Actually Share?

06:00 — The Northern Spotted Owl: History, Habitat, and the Timber Wars

10:00 — The Barred Owl Is Not Invasive: The Range-Expansion Argument

14:00 — Human Beings Crossed the Bering Land Bridge: Applying the Same Logic

18:00 — The Plan to Shoot 450,000 Owls: Why It Won't Work

20:00 — The Endangered Species Act: How the Definition of Harm Is Being Gutted

23:00 — The One Big Beautiful Bill and the 60% Timber Increase

27:00 — Old Growth Redwoods, Carbon, and the True Cost of Logging

30:00 — The Lawsuit and What Comes Next

32:00 — Wild Horses: 80,000 vs. 4.3 Million Cattle

36:00 — Wolves: Delisted for Politics, Hunted by Snowmobile

37:00 — Fertility Control as a Humane Alternative

39:00 — Why Every Animal Sequesters Carbon

40:00 — The Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Its Origins

44:00 — The Environmental Groups That Got This Wrong

47:00 — Direct Mail, Organizational Efficiency, and the 95% Program Model

50:00 — What Animal Wellness Action Has Actually Accomplished

53:00 — Wildfires, Forest Management, and Fossil Fuels

57:00 — The Colorado River and the Water Crisis

01:00:00 — What You Can Do: Congress, Donations, and Showing Up

01:02:00 — Closing: Inspired and Enraged
Resources

Wayne Pacelle on LinkedIn

Animal Wellness Action — animalwellnessaction.org

Center for Humane Economy — humaneeconomy.org

Wayne Pacelle on X

Wayne Pacelle on Instagram

The Bond — Wayne Pacelle

The Humane Economy — Wayne Pacelle

Action Alert: Barred Owl Kill Plan

Action Alert: Endangered Species Act Definition of Harm

Donate to Animal Wellness Action

Aldo Leopold — A Sand County Almanac

Bill McKibben on Ezra Klein Show

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