Suzanne Simard
Mother Earth Podcast
by Mother Earth Podcast
2y ago
In our conversation with Suzanne, she explains her groundbreaking findings and we hear about the controversy her findings have stirred up. We also discuss the Mother Tree Project, which is researching forest renewal practices that protect biodiversity, carbon storage and forest regeneration as the climate changes. Suzanne lets us in on her personal journey from a simple, rural upbringing in the British Columbia forests to world famous scientist and author. And she opens up about the challenges of being a woman taking on scientific orthodoxy in a male dominated field.   Suzanne is professo ..read more
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Suzanne Simard
Mother Earth Podcast
by Mother Earth Podcast
2y ago
In our conversation with Suzanne, she explains her groundbreaking findings and we hear about the controversy her findings have stirred up. We also discuss the Mother Tree Project, which is researching forest renewal practices that protect biodiversity, carbon storage and forest regeneration as the climate changes. Suzanne lets us in on her personal journey from a simple, rural upbringing in the British Columbia forests to world famous scientist and author. And she opens up about the challenges of being a woman taking on scientific orthodoxy in a male dominated field.   Suzanne is professo ..read more
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Madeleine Jubilee Saito
Mother Earth Podcast
by Mother Earth Podcast
2y ago
This week’s episode of the Mother Earth Podcast features our first visual artist on the podcast, Madeleine Jubilee Saito. Madeleine addresses the climate crisis through poetry comics, an artform that combines drawings with words. Madeleine’s poetry comics on the climate crisis take us out of the language of science and into the language of feelings and emotion. In our conversation, we discuss the role of feelings, emotion and human connectivity in solving this crisis.    Madeleine’s art conveys a critical message: we are all inextricably linked; we cannot see ourselves separate from ..read more
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Bracken Hendricks - Part 2
Mother Earth Podcast
by Mother Earth Podcast
2y ago
Do you need hope on the climate crisis? In this episode of the Mother Earth Podcast, policy expert Bracken Hendricks issues a stirring call to action for Americans to join together in common purpose to solve the climate crisis. And he explains how we can do so using the policies in the Evergreen Action Plan that he and his colleagues recently released. Bracken was the co-author of the groundbreaking climate plan for Governor Jay Inslee's presidential campaign, which quickly became the go-to plan for all democratic presidential candidates. After Governor Inslee dropped out, Bracken and colleagu ..read more
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Madeleine Jubilee Saito
Mother Earth Podcast
by Mother Earth Podcast
2y ago
This week’s episode of the Mother Earth Podcast features our first visual artist on the podcast, Madeleine Jubilee Saito. Madeleine addresses the climate crisis through poetry comics, an artform that combines drawings with words. Madeleine’s poetry comics on the climate crisis take us out of the language of science and into the language of feelings and emotion. In our conversation, we discuss the role of feelings, emotion and human connectivity in solving this crisis.    Madeleine’s art conveys a critical message: we are all inextricably linked; we cannot see ourselves separate from ..read more
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Amanda Sturgeon
Mother Earth Podcast
by Mother Earth Podcast
2y ago
In today’s episode of the Mother Earth Podcast, we sit down for an inspiring and hopeful conversation with world-leading sustainable architect and planner Amanda Sturgeon. Amanda is the founder of the biophilic design movement, which designs buildings and communities in alignment with nature. Her buildings have windows that open for fresh air and allow you to see the changing sunlight throughout the day. Biophilic design makes us happier, healthier, and more productive. Students learn better in biophilic buildings, hospital patients heal faster. The fresh air in biophilic buildings is a really ..read more
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Dan Esty
Mother Earth Podcast
by Mother Earth Podcast
2y ago
  In the face of such grave climate threats, why has environmental policy failed us? Why has an issue that once enjoyed broad bipartisan support become a source of deep division? The 60s and 70s saw swift and effective legislation over pollution and clean air. So what has changed?   In today’s episode of the Mother Earth Podcast, guest Dan Esty discusses the necessity to modernize environmental policy. He argues the 20th century policy has not failed us, but rather the policy and law of the 20th century served 20th century purposes. Now, “it’s time to refresh the game plan.”   D ..read more
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Deeohn Ferris
Mother Earth Podcast
by Mother Earth Podcast
2y ago
In this episode of the Mother Earth Podcast, we sit down with Deeohn for a conversation about the indispensable role of community-based environmental change. Deeohn and her team work in cities in China, India, Bangladesh and the United States, where they bring together key stakeholders--factory owners, workers, government leaders, NGOs, and folks at the grassroots level--to tackle the critical issues of making the transition to renewable energy, enhancing resiliency, reducing pollution, and making sure that equity is at the center of the process. Deeohn and her colleagues share international b ..read more
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Jeff Golden
Mother Earth Podcast
by Mother Earth Podcast
2y ago
One year ago, catastrophic wildfires devastated communities in southern Oregon, including the rural towns of Talent and Phoenix. The fires destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, raced ahead of people trying to escape in their cars, and killed eleven people. Much of the devastation occurred in the district of state Senator Jeff Golden, Chair of the Oregon Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery. Senator Golden is a rare political animal: a progressive Democrat and environmental champion in a rural, conservative district and a thoughtful, respectful politician who refus ..read more
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Amanda Surgeon
Mother Earth Podcast
by Mother Earth Podcast
2y ago
This week we sit down for a deep conversation with world-leading sustainable architect and urban planner Amanda Sturgeon. Amanda is the founder of  “biophilic design,” which connects people to the natural world through the built environment. For years she was a voice in the wilderness, her sustainable design ideas belittled and dismissed. But she was driven by her abiding love of nature and never gave up. She is now the foremost expert on sustainable building design. And she recently expanded her  mission: she’s bringing her biophilic design principles to community planning worldwide ..read more
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