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In this episode, Jim talks with Michael Hamburger, a professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, about the letter that Concerned Scientists at Indiana University-Bloomington recently sent to University administrators. It includes requests for a formal climate action plan and an implementation planning task force of diverse stakeholders.
We reached out to IU Director of Media Relations Chuck Carney for comment and received a statement, which Jim reads at the end of the episode.
Stephanie Kaza—a long-time lover of trees, practicing Zen Buddhist, and environmentalist—walks us through some of the teachings and practices of Zen Buddhism that can help us get into right relationship with the earth and ourselves, which as we learn, are not one and not two.
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? In this episode, we ask James Keys about his experience and study of wonder, about the many ways we can access, experience, and use this emotion.
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants?
In this episode, we talk with Lisa Sideris about wonder as it relates with science, religion, Rachel Carson, and policy change. We also return to a discussion on the importance of religious and ethical approaches to environmental issues.
In this series, we ask, how can spiritual connection with our environment help us enter into right and restorative relationship with the earth, including human and nonhuman inhabitants? In this episode, we ask environmental ethicist and religious studies scholar Willis Jenkins about the significance of understanding religion in the process of building a better relationship with our environment. We talk about the Lynn White Thesis, Laudato si', understanding Yellowstone as sanctuary, and more.
Back in December 2020, we talked with environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin about the ins and outs of natural gas leasing. Like, how is it that a company obtains rights to drill in the middle of farmland? How do farmers feel about that? And as always, how does money flow and motivate and determine access to political processes?
More about Stephanie: https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/people/samalin/
More of her work: https://theconversation.com/profiles/stephanie-malin-318393/articles
There's a new podcast we think you'll want to hear! “Just Energy” is a collaboration between Sanya Carley, an energy justice professor at Indiana University’s O’Neill School, and her master of public affairs students. They explore what energy (in)justice is, its racial and social dimensions, and how to make future energy policy more inclusive by design. Because it’s never just about energy. It’s about people.
Here's a link to the first episode of the show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7moq93E1leU1eq3c7x0pGK?si=4btlrDFkQT-8KXM60GiDew
Not all greenhouse gases work the same. While CO2 has a severe long-term effect on our climate, methane has much more significant warming power in the near term. And where does methane often escape? Along the natural gas supply chain.
In this episode, Jim talks with Environmental Defense Fund scientist Steven Hamburg about all things methane -- where we find leaks and how we can fix them while we move to renewables.
Many of us here in Indiana wonder how we can access local food as the weather gets colder and warm-weather plants go dormant. So, in three parts, we're asking folks near Bloomington how they prepare for and operate in winter.
This episode, we meet Lauren Volpp, who nurtures Three Flock Farm, the Plant Truck Project, the People's Market, and much more. She explains how these distinct farmers market cultivates collective confidence and stability that can build capacity for future winter harvests.
Visit the market website here: https://www.peoplesmarketbtown.org/
Another podcast explaining markets and food justice work in Bloomington: https://blackprogressivespodcast.buzzsprout.com/1806789/9060825-food-justice-locally-ep-5-part-1
What is the health impact of urban heat islands? Is climate change a "cause of death"? How good is med school training on climate issues? Gabe talks with Dr. Jay Lemery of the Univ of Colorado.
Many of us here in Indiana wonder how we can access local food as the weather gets colder and warm-weather plants go dormant. So, in three parts, we're asking folks near Bloomington how they prepare for and operate in winter.
In this episode, we join Stewart Hamilton and Kelsey Campbell for a Friday harvest and chat through lettuce bagging. They talk about the value of local, sustainably grown food and what needs to change in order to build capacity for local growing and eating in future winters.
If you haven't yet listened to our discussion with Darren Bender-Beauregard, we recommend you do that here! It provides context for Darren’s relationship with the land, how he grows Andean crops in Indiana, the sorts of grants that help his family experiment and educate, and more.
Then, listen to this tour for concrete insights into how Darren and his family channel and encourage ecological abundance.
More on the farm here: https://www.brambleberrypermaculture.com/
Many of us here in Indiana wonder how we can access local food as the weather gets colder and warm-weather plants go dormant. So, in three parts, we're asking folks near Bloomington how they prepare for and operate in winter.
First up, we sit down at Brambleberry Farm with Darren Bender-Beauregard to talk through his family's iteration of permaculture/homesteading, experimentation with unconventional crops, and how we can engage with the many systems of which we're part.
A discussion with Chris Clayton of Progressive Farmer/DTN about ag and climate provisions in the Build Back Better bill. What is the future for those provisions?
A discussion about a proposed forest restoration project in the Hoosier NF.
2:23 Ranger Chris Thornton, HNF
24:00 Kyle Brazil, Central Hardwood Joint Venture
34:11 Steven Stewart, Save Hoosier National Forest
We talk with researcher Seth Wynes about how major league sport travel, affected by COVID, affects energy use. Also, does academic travel affect academic success?
