Perspectives on Sustainable Development
Environmental justice and climate change are driving decarbonization across industrial sectors and throughout everyday life. There are many nuanced issues that planners will face as they try to sustainably reshape our world. This podcast will focus on climate and EJ but also bring on associated experts to speak about how these issues affect their fields. From city planning, economic development, transportation, education, national security, mental health, manufacturing, supply chain...we should all be considering how climate and EJ considerations will affect our decision paradigms.
Join me every two weeks as we discuss critical issues with thought leaders who know them best.
Logo credit and general assistance: Uzziah Davis
Episodes
23 episodes
S2 - E4 - Environmental Advocacy Across Generations
I start every EJ or climate talk that I give with a photo of my children. They are the reason why I am so passionate about all of this, they are why I do this work. The same can be said for many of those in environmental advocacy; over time it ...
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Episode 4
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Season 2 - Episode 3 - Climate Impacts and Rising Insurance Costs
Climate change impacts are mounting across the world, and it has been difficult to watch. From cloud bursts, to drought, to stronger hurricanes, and longer heat waves, the economic and public health impacts are mounting and costing us all a lot...
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Season 2 - Episode 2 - Environmental Justice: Dignity Rights, Disparities, and Outlook
This week Chris was joined by James May (Distinguished Professor of Law, Washburn University) and Dana Johnson (Chief Movement Advisor, Strategic Movement Collective, LLC). The topic for this episode is environmental justice and dignity rights....
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Season 2 - Episode 1 - Climate Change: Impact Trends, Social Tipping Points, and Climate Anxiety
Season 2!!!As with last year, we are starting this season on climate change. There is no bigger issue that we discuss on these podcasts. The risks are real, the costs of impacts mounting, and our time for action is dwindling to avert sur...
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Episode 1
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Season 1 Finale - Food Insecurity: A Major Global Issue with Inspiring Local Solutions
Yes, we did a 90 minute Season finale. You will thank me later.I dedicated this episode to my mom, Lois Whitehead, who sadly passed away earlier this year from leukemia. During her professional career, for a time, she worked for a nonpr...
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Episode 17: Financing Decarbonization: From startups to critical support infrastructure
No matter what your climate goals look like, where your project is located, or who is in office at the time, your project will not happen if the financing is not in order. Projects have to make money, and have to usually incur levels of risk th...
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Episode 16: Community Air Monitoring Networks
One of the topics that I have been asked about most over the last few years from community members is how they can get their own community air monitoring. Many are concerned over possible contamination in their air, and want to see improvements...
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Episode 15 - The Critical Need to Modernize the Grid
Anyone who has listened to past episodes likely knows that I am an offshore wind (OSW) energy advocate. I am a renewable energy advocate, and I am an advocate for smart answers to complex problems.There is no better example than the nee...
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Episode 14 - EJ in Chicago: Leaders, Allies, and Zoning Changes
Environmental Justice communities are diverse collections of perspectives, concerns, and drivers. No two are identical, but there are some common themes that most share. Love of their culture, protection of their communities and children, and c...
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Episode 13 - Planning in Practice: Equity and Sustainability in Modern Cities
For this episode Chris was joined by Rebecca Karp (CEO and Founder) and Ali-Sutherland Brown (Principal) from Karp Strategies. Chris recalls, "I first met Rebecca through the offshore wind space a few years ago when we were both pr...
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Episode 12 - Air Impacts of Wildfire
For this episode Chris was joined by Sarah Henderson (Scientific Director, British Columbia Centers for Disease Control) and Christine Wiedinmyer (Associate Director of Science at Cires at the University of Colorado Boulder). Chris went heavy o...
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Episode 11 - Challenges Facing Industrial Decarbonization and the Imperative to Act
For this episode, Chris was joined by two colleagues to continue a discussion that the three of them started over breakfast in Minneapolis earlier this year. Michael Jung, Government Affairs & Public Policy at Modern Hydrogen, and Madeline ...
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Episode 10 - Chevron Deference, Good Neighbor, and SCOTUS Embracing Administrative Law
The Supreme Court in the US (SCOTUS) ended their last term with an absolute flurry of important environmental cases that focused on the role of administrative law in managing these issues. I nearly became an environmental layer eons ago before ...
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Episode 9 - ESG: Critical Concepts in Risk Mitigation and Environmental Stewardship
ESG is a hot button issue for some, but executives see it as a risk mitigation and environmental stewardship question. Cut back all of the noise and fundamental questions remain on how climate change impacts will affect business and its relatio...
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Episode 8 - The Cleanest Electron is the One You Don't Use
For this episode Chris was joined by Department of Energy expert Kelly Crawford and Dr. Tony Reames (University of Michigan and formerly of DOE). Kelly and Tony are pretty much as good as it gets on energy justice topics, and their decades of e...
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Episode 7 - Building Decarbonization, Sustainable Sourcing, and Decades of Project Management
For this episode Chris was joined by Eugene McGrane (Executive Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield) and John Thomas (President, The Mount Group and the CDRA) to discuss building decarbonization and sustainability in the construction indu...
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Episode 6 - On the Shoulders of Giants: National EJ Leaders and Those Who Paved the Way
For this episode Chris was joined by Jeremy Orr (Director of Litigation and Advocacy Partnerships, Earthjustice) and Sean Moriarty (Director of Strategic Regulatory Affairs, Archer Public Affairs). Both men are leaders in their states on ...
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Episode 5 - The Big Apple: Transportation, Climate Change, and EJ Impacts
Chris Whitehead sits down with Rebecca Bratspies, a professor at CUNY School of Law where she runs the Center for Urban Environmental Reform, and Thomas Abdallah, the Vice President of Environmental Services at MTA Construction and Development ...
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Episode 4 - Energy Justice: Cost, Reliability, and What Gives Us Hope
For this episode we are joined by Abby Watson (President and Co-Founder of The Groundwire Group) and Professor Raphael Heffron (University of Pau and Adour Countries (France)) to discuss energy justice. Abby and Raphael are well-known for their...
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Episode 4
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Episode 3 - "Environmental Economics and Policy Development: It's a Long Process"
In our first two episodes we covered climate change and environmental justice issues. I hope they filled you with a sense of wanting to do something about it. The "doing something about it" on a policy end takes time, and having a sound economi...
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Episode 3
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Episode 2 - "Environmental Justice: No It's Not Just Going Away Next Year"
Environmental justice work has become my passion. After working technically in air quality for over 16 years, and projecting the potential impact of the New Jersey EJ Law, I began to see EJ issues almost everywhere I looked. The data is clear a...
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Episode 2
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Episode 1 - Climate Change: Tipping Points, Security and Supply Chain Implications
Chris Whitehead sits down with Andy Bochman, Senior Grid Strategist from Idaho National Labs and Marisol Maddox (Sr Artic Analyst from the Woodrow Wilson Institute.Topics covered: Climate change tipping points, health impacts, climate j...
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Episode 1
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Podcast Launch - Call to Action
Hosted by Chris Whitehead.Climate change and environmental justice are two of the largest drivers in environmental regulation and sustainable development. This podcast will bring together subject matter experts on major topics to discus...
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Episode 0
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