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 Climate

The power of wonder with Lisa Sideris

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.

Sanctuary and change with Willis Jenkins

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 

Navigating gas leasing with Stephanie Malin

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 

Previewing "Just Energy" with Sanya Carley

In this episode, host Gabe Filippelli explains the science of lead's health effects and tells us the story of Thomas Midgley Jr. and Clair Patterson, who respectively put lead into and got lead out of gasoline. 

Getting the lead out: a history lesson

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.

Methane explained with Steven Hamburg

Host Jim Shanahan and David Polly, chair of Indiana University's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, discuss the politics of preservation, national monuments, and paleontology.

Monuments and lawsuits with David Polly

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 this 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 

People's Cooperative Market with Lauren Volpp

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.

Dr. Jay Lemery on Climate Health

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.

Investing in local growing with Cedar Valley Permaculture

Gabe talks with Susan Anenberg of GWU about climate change, air quality, COVID and climate and  other issues.

Susan Anenberg: Climate and Air Quality

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/

Bonus: touring Brambleberry Permaculture Farm

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. Check out our co-released bonus to take a tour of the farm!

Year-round local food with Darren Bender-Beauregard

Gabe and Jim review the movie "Don't Look Up" from a scientist perspective. Also a discussion of Midwest tornadoes.

Gabe and Jim Review "Don't Look Up"

A show about how environmental policy dealt with acid rain, and the beneficial effects in the Adirondacks.

How We Solved Acid Rain

We’re a podcast from Indiana University’s Environmental Resilience Institute and The Media School. We’re here to bring you the scientists working toward solutions, the legislation to watch and the ways you can remain resilient.