In This Climate
182 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe’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.
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Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor of Columbia MO
February 21, 2024 17:37 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBGabe talks with Barbara Buffaloe, mayor of Columbia, MO, about climate challenges and success in her community.
Are coated agricultural seeds killing insects? A conversation with author Elizabeth Hillborn
December 11, 2023 14:26 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MBElizabeth Hillborn's book " Restoring Eden" chronicles her search to discover what was poisoning her wetland.
What is happening to coal culture in the Midwest?
November 01, 2023 14:15 - 35 minutes - 49 MBAn interview with Siri Chilukuri and John McCracken about thir Grist article.
Is coal making Indiana's electricity more expensive? State Affairs' Ryan Martin
September 28, 2023 15:16 - 16 minutes - 23.8 MBA discussion with journalist Ryan Martin (State Affairs) about the impact of coal on energy pricing in indiana.
Michael Mann: Hope, disinformation, Carl Sagan, and climate communication
September 21, 2023 18:19 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBFor Climate Week, Gabe interviews climate scientist and communicator Michael Mann about his current activities as a climate communicator.
What to do when your child's lead levels are high? Journalist Lauren Silverman
September 13, 2023 17:40 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBGabe talks with journalist Lauen Silverman about her experiences after learning that her child had elevated lead levels.
Can we do better at preventing environmentally caused cancer? Interview with Kristina Marusic
August 25, 2023 13:45 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MBKristina Marusic's book "A New War on Cancer" tells stories of those who are working to reduce exposure to cancer-causing chemicals in the enviroment.
Heidi Roop, “The Climate Action Handbook”
May 27, 2023 13:12 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MBGabe talks with Heidi Roop (Univ. Minn) on her new book “The Climate Action Handbook.”
The Anthropocene, Explained: Jason Kelly, Professor of History and Director of the Indiana Arts and Humanities Institute
April 07, 2023 18:31 - 38 minutes - 53.8 MBThe Anthropocene, a period in which environments are fundamentally changed by humans. Jason Kelly, Professor of History (IUPUI) and Director of the Indiana Arts and Humanities Institute explains.
Vetocracy: Francis Fukuyama discusses ways to improve our ability to make decisions about climate
March 31, 2023 15:38 - 30 minutes - 42.6 MBMany projects and policies that could help with climate change stumble on too many decision points, places where ideas can be shot down. Francis Fukuyama discusses his idea of "vetocracy" in relation to climate.
Can insects be food? Gabe interviews Christine Picard (IUPUI) about insects as food and feed.
March 22, 2023 14:23 - 40 minutes - 56.6 MBInsects can provide protein, and increased use of them as feed and food may have beneficial climate effects. Gabe Filippelli interviews IUPUI's Christine Picard about her research.
Nimble environmental solutions: Interview with Todd Myers, author of Time to Think Small
March 14, 2023 20:21 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBAre top-down solutions the best way to achieve environmental improvements? Author Todd Myers discusses ways to incentivize change at the individual level.
Is spring early? We have the scientific (phenological) answer.
March 06, 2023 14:19 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBA discussion with Erin Posthumus from the National Phenology Network. They track the seasons through "phenology," the study of cycles and seasons in nature. She tells us if "spring" is really early, and by how much.
Conversations with birds: Author Priyanka Kumar
February 26, 2023 13:00 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MBEmily Miles converses with noted author Priyanka Kumar.
Opposition to Buffalo Springs restoration: Conversation with Andy Mahler
February 10, 2023 16:30 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBAs the Forest Service's plan for forest restoration in the Buffalo Springs moves ahead, some citizens are opposed. A conversation with Andy Mahler.
Hoosier National Forest: Buffalo Springs Update
January 24, 2023 15:47 - 30 minutes - 43 MBAn update about the Buffalo Springs Forest Restoration project in Southern Indiana, with US Forest Service reps Chris Thornton, Marion Mason, and Todd Ontl.
Is Indiana lagging in the energy transition? A conversation with David Konisky.
January 11, 2023 15:58 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBA discussion with David Konisky (O'Neill School, IU) about how the energy transition is proceeding in Indiana.
Rural energy: Cooperatives and public-owned utilities, with author Michelle Moore (Rural Renaissance, Revitalizing America’s Hometowns through Clean Power. Island Press).
January 02, 2023 15:04 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBA discussion of cooperatives and public-owned utilities as a way to provide rural energy, with author Michelle Moore (Rural Renaissance, Revitalizing America’s Hometowns through Clean Power. Island Press).
Resilience in Indianapolis
December 15, 2022 19:33 - 37 minutes - 52 MBJim talks to Gabe about environmental resilience issues in Indiana, mainly Indianapolis. Urban heat, green insfrastructure, the White River.
Hoosier history and environmental attitudes
December 07, 2022 15:33 - 36 minutes - 50 MBDoes the history of Indiana shape how Hoosiers relate to the environment today? Conversation with Eric Sandweiss, Professor of History at IU Bloomington
Biodiversity and species movement in the Midwest: Conversation with Ellen Ketterson
December 01, 2022 17:31 - 35 minutes - 49.6 MBEllen Ketterson is the founder of the Environmental Resilience Institute at Indiana University. She discusses her chapter in the new book Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond.
158: Climate modeling at the regional level
November 17, 2022 18:28 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBWe talk with Ben Kravitz about downscaled climate models, especially those that are focused on the Midwest and Indiana.
“Wacky weather and climate chaos—making sense of the role of climate change in fueling weather disasters”
October 11, 2022 13:09 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBGabe talks about strange weather and climate chaos. What can we do; what is being done?
Diversifying Power with Jennie Stephens
September 19, 2022 19:30 - 30 minutes - 42.7 MBTo open our fourth season, we chat with Northeastern University professor of sustainability science and policy Jennie Stephens about climate movement leadership and how it needs to shift if we want to see transformative change. https://www.jenniecstephens.com/
Remix: environmental education
September 13, 2022 18:04 - 44 minutes - 62.2 MBWe're just getting into the fall semester here at IU, so what better time to share an episode that examines methods of environmental education. We revisit conversations about infusing contemplative practice into college sutainability courses, about teaching and learning science with high schoolers, about the potential for music to teach lessons about empathy and sustainability and the potential for visual art to bring ecological data to life. Featured episodes: Supporting the change age...
Remix: heat
August 17, 2022 17:50 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBWhen we think of this summer's deadly heatwaves and each rollout of temperature projections, it's hard to argue that there's anything more obviously horrifying. So we wanted to go back through some heat-centric conversations from our archive. They're not not sad, but they all circle around the whys and hows of getting here and being here and going forth. We'll hear about migration histories, participatory design, Indigenous knowledge, and how heat interacts with carceral structures, like p...
America's Energy Gamble with Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
July 27, 2022 16:25 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MB"We do have the technology," Shanti tells Jim in this interview. "What we need to do now is to put in place the policy to enable reaching these goals." Shanti Gamper-Rabindran is the author of America’s Energy Gamble: People Economy and Planet and works at University of Pittsburgh to analyze the economic, legal, and political barriers and opportunities for the energy transition to renewable energy and for economic diversification of fossil fuel-reliant communities in the United States and ...
Fire's Catching: an iteration of Appalachian love for community and earth
July 06, 2022 16:49 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MBThe people who form Appalachians Against Piplelines have been resisting the Mountain Valley Pipeline and other extractive, environmentally dangerous projects since 2018, continuing the long tradition of care for the earth and all beings among the mountains. In this sound-rich audio documentary about AAP's work, Appalachian-grown filmmaker Laura Saunders brings together the stories of folks who have dedicated years of labor, risked arrest, and continue to fight for the wellbeing of their co...
Remix: sustainable food systems
June 21, 2022 18:20 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MBOver the past three years (150 episodes!) of In this Climate, some themes and lessons have emerged. One of those is the necessity of more sustainable food systems. So, this episode, we're pulling interviews from different moments and tying them together for a multidimensional look at how we grow and distribute and consume. We'll hear about Californian water use, local nutrient cycling, unfair coffee trade, and Panamanian campesino land defenders. Camille Pannu: https://www.law.uci.edu/fa...
How to Community Garden: Faith Farms
June 15, 2022 18:13 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBWrapping up our tour of community gardens, Curtis Whittaker tells us the story of Faith Farms in the Emerson neighborhood of Gary, Indiana. Over the past nine years, a team from Progressive Community Church has turned a small patch of land into an expansive collection of year-round growing spaces that produce thousands of pounds of produce for a food-insecure community. They've also organized a Junior Master Gardner program and CSA box subscription. IER story: https://www.indianaenvironmen...
How to Community Garden: Carbondale Spring pt 2
June 06, 2022 19:01 - 23 minutes - 33 MBThe 2017 and 2024 solar eclipse paths cross over Carbondale, Illinois, a college town in a largely rural region with the highest poverty rate in the state. For some here, in the midst of intensifying climate change and ongoing environmental racism, this moment between eclipses is an opportunity to focus on building dynamic resilience and nurturing community care networks. One element of this resilience is food autonomy, which hinges on a group of community gardens and chicken coops affiliate...
The power of wetlands with Cassie Hauswald
May 31, 2022 19:33 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBAbout a year ago, Senate Bill 389 became law, stripping protections for more than 400,000 acres of Indiana wetlands. In contrast, a recent poll commissioned by Audubon Great Lakes reveals that 94% of Hoosiers believe state leaders should either strengthen or maintain Indiana’s current wetland protections. So, what can be done? In this episode, we ask why wetlands are important and how we can take action to protect them. Our guest Cassie Hauswald, a freshwater ecologist with The Nature Co...
How to Community Garden: Carbondale Spring pt 1
May 27, 2022 19:08 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MBThe 2017 and 2024 solar eclipse paths cross over Carbondale, Illinois, a college town in a largely rural region with the highest poverty rate in the state. For some here, in the midst of intensifying climate change and ongoing environmental racism, this moment between eclipses is an opportunity to focus on building dynamic resilience and nurturing community care networks. One element of this resilience is food autonomy, which hinges on a group of community gardens and chicken coops affiliate...
How to Community Garden: Project Grow
May 16, 2022 20:46 - 49 minutes - 69 MBThis series of episodes grew out of our January series on year-round local food, in which Stewart from Cedar Valley Permaculture suggested we can meaningfully shift our food system by growing more of our own food. So how are people making this happen? How are people already coming together to grow both food and new food systems? Throughout this series, we’ll look at a couple helpful Midwestern stories — one in Carbondale, Illinois and one in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Together, they reveal a b...
Introducing Nature's Gossip: Loons
May 04, 2022 19:16 - 19 minutes - 29.2 MBChances are, you've heard the famous call of the loon. In this special release, we introduce the work of Indiana University student Mackenzie Bowlen, who has spent the past semester researching the complex vocalizations of loons.
Hot Farm with Eve Abrams and Sam Fromartz
May 03, 2022 16:29 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBWith agriculture accounting for 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, it's easy to argue that farmers need to be involved in our work to mitigate and adapt to intensifying climate change. Hot Farm, a new podcast from the Food & Environment Reporting Network hosted by Eve Abrams, travels across the Midwest, learning from farmers about what they're doing, or could be doing, to improve our relationship with the earth and fellow inhabitants. Listen to Hot Farm: https://thefern.org/podca...
Hoosier urban forestry with Burney Fischer
April 26, 2022 15:44 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MBHow are Hoosier forests shifting, and what can we do to ensure our cities maintain healthy canopies? In this episode, Jim talks with Burney Fischer, former state forester and co-lead of the Bloomington Urban Forestry Research Group, about the dynamics of urban forestry.
Earth Week Live: philanthropy, implementation, and coordination
April 20, 2022 18:58 - 43 minutes - 60.6 MBIn this show, taped live at Hopscotch Coffee, we talk with Jane Martin, Anagha Gore, and Amy Thompson about the work of ERI and how we can coordinate to improve our relationships with each other and our environment. ERI Crowdfunding Campaign: https://crowdfunding.iu.edu/climate-change-internships Recommended Indiana-Native Plants for Attracting Pollinators: https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/POL-6/POL-6.html
Multidimensional community forestry with Kyle Lemle
April 18, 2022 20:44 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBBridging spiritual ecology with urban forestry, we find themes of emergence and the voice of Kyle Lemle. In this episode, he tells us about fasting in the desert as a teenager, turning guns into shovels, supporting community forestry in Bhutan, and training people of many faiths to know and build collective power. Through these stories and more, he helps us understand how land stewardship and social justice work can be acts of love.
Testing marine energy with Andrea Copping
April 07, 2022 19:41 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBHere in Indiana, we talk often about wind and solar, but what could renewable marine energy development mean for people from the Hoosier State to small remote island? Andrea Copping, a scientist with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Marine Sciences Laboratory, helps us understand the science, collaborations, and potential of several varieties of marine energy. If you like this, you might want to listen to Just Energy: https://open.spotify.com/show/1IkLxMbUL3EeYTWPjnDlt2?si=2b9...
Detangling plastics with Paul Harvey
April 06, 2022 12:53 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBHost Gabe Filippelli talks with Paul Harvey about his book and project Plasticology, microplastics in the environment, and how we can deal with our legacy of plastics pollution—which, like most things, is a climate problem.
Expanding collaboration with Ravi Naidu
March 30, 2022 19:20 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBIn this episode, host Gabe Filippelli talks with Laurate Professor Ravi Naidu at the University of Newcastle about environmental contamination, emerging issues, and how to work with industries in a constructive way to help solve environmental problems.
Supporting the change agent with Laurie Thorp and Lissy Goralnik
March 29, 2022 18:48 - 49 minutes - 68.9 MBAs institutions of higher education aim to prepare students of sustainability and support environmental research, what are we missing? And what does it take to turn our knowledge of chemistry and physics into new ways of relating with the earth? In this episode, Lissy Goralnik and Laurie Thorp of Michigan State University share what they've learned through teaching with contemplative practices.
Naming climate emotions with Panu Pihkala
March 11, 2022 14:22 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBWe've been talking a lot about ecological anxiety and grief, vague and muddy feelings that they are. In this episode, climate emotions researcher Panu Pihkala helps us name and explore what these wide terms hold. An insightful episode from Panu's new podcast: https://climatechangeandhappiness.com/episodes/episode-03-eco-anxiety-demystified
Naming climate emotions with Panu Pikhala
March 11, 2022 14:22 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBWe've been talking a lot about ecological anxiety and grief, vague and muddy feelings that they are. In this episode, climate emotions researcher Panu Pikhala helps us name and explore what these wide terms hold. An insightful episode from Panu's new podcast: https://climatechangeandhappiness.com/episodes/episode-03-eco-anxiety-demystified
Lamenting for the land with Ashlee Cunsolo
March 10, 2022 21:35 - 26 minutes - 37 MBWe talk with Ashlee Cunsolo, founding dean of the School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies at the Labrador Campus of Memorial University, about the connective capacity of grief, the role of land in Inuit mental health research, and the relationship between agency and letting go. Ashlee's site: https://ashleecunsolo.ca/
Climate-aware psychology with Leslie Davenport
March 07, 2022 19:46 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBWhile we're not in the business of pathologizing feelings toward our changing environment, we recognize those emotions can be difficult to work with. So, in this episode, Leslie Davenport helps us understand what climate-aware therapy is, why it matters, and how we can tend the interactions between our brains and the structures in which we exist. Leslie's website: https://lesliedavenport.com/
Existential loneliness, the climate crisis, and intrinsic hope
March 02, 2022 21:00 - 40 minutes - 56 MBWhat if the science story and the emotion story are the same story? What could we do if we were to deconstruct the dualism of feeling and acting? In this episode, Sarah Jaquette Ray and Jennifer Atkinson walk us through their research on and experience with climate feelings, from grief to guilt to hope. We work on understanding how we can engage with emotions together to help us get into ever-better relationship with each other and the earth. Sarah Jaquette Ray's reflection on The Unbearable ...
Concerned Scientists at Indiana University call for climate planning
February 28, 2022 16:22 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBIn 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 admonistrators. It includes requests for a formal climate action plan and an implementation planning taskforce 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.
Zen teachings for the earth with Stephanie Kaza
February 25, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBStephanie 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.