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Sustaining with Shana

22 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -

Sustaining with Shana highlights the unique stories of people making our world a little more sustainable. By celebrating our community and we can help to bridge the gap between local and international sustainability endeavors.

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Episode 020: What is COP26?

December 01, 2021 18:02 - 1 hour - 80.6 MB

Shana sat down recently with her good friend and colleague Lowell Bliss. Lowell is the director of Eden Vigil, an environmental missions organization now part of the Ralph Winter Launch Lab at Frontier Ventures. In addition, Lowell is the co-director of the Christian Climate Observers Program (CCOP), which provides an immersive, curated, and discipled experience of a UN COP climate summit for emerging climate leaders. He is also the author of Environmental Missions: Planting Churches and Tr...

Episode 019: How Can Regenerative Agriculture Help Fight the Climate Crisis?

May 05, 2021 16:24 - 1 hour - 64.7 MB

In the second half of this special two-part series, Shana sat down with Diana Martin. The Rodale Institute’s Director of Communications & Marketing. In this episode, they dove more into what regenerative agriculture is. Together, they discussed the comprehensive white paper that Rodale published in September 2020 titled “Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution. The report assessed how the agricultural industry is a part of the problem and solution of the climate crisis. As ment...

Episode 018: What is the Rodale Institute?

December 07, 2020 00:10 - 1 hour - 71.4 MB

In this special two-part series, Shana sat down with Diana Martin. Diana is the Director of Communications & Marketing at the Rodale Institute. Since beginning her role at Rodale Institute, Diana career achievements include starting Organic Farmers Association (focused on representing organic farmers on policy issues in DC), launching the Regenerative Organic Certification with other partners, expanding Rodale Institute to 7 locations in 4 states, beginning a new longterm research trial & co...

Episode 017: Why Is Climate Policy Key In This Upcoming Election?

November 02, 2020 18:53 - 1 hour - 77.1 MB

In this special episode, Shana sat down with Flora Cardoni. Flora is PennEnvironment's Field Director, in this role, she oversees much of PennEnvironment’s climate and grassroots organizing work, directing staff and mobilizing volunteers around the state to fight climate change and promote clean energy, clean up our air and water, eliminate single-use plastics, and hold big polluters accountable in Pennsylvania. Together, over these last few years, Shana and Flora have also worked together o...

Episode 016: Running for Reading, PA’s Green Future

October 27, 2020 01:19 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

This week Shana sat down with Noel Rivera. Noel is the Green Party candidate for the 127th Pennsylvania House District. The district includes parts of the City of Reading and Kenhorst. Noel is originally from Lebanon, PA, and is an Air Force Veteran. He served and was deployed to Bagram AB, Afghanistan, and was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal for volunteerism and excellence in service. After the military, he moved to Reading, PA, and earned a B.S. in Accounting in 2019 and an MBA foc...

Episode 015: What is Lancaster Against Pipelines?

October 10, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 77.2 MB

This week Shana sat down with Malinda Clatterbach and Tim Spiese, founding members of Lancaster Against Pipelines. Lancaster Against Pipelines (LAP) is a grassroots coalition of county residents in Lancaster, Pennsylvania opposing the Atlantic Sunrise Project. Despite their efforts, the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline was successfully built and was up and running by September 2018. During that time LAP did anything they could within their power to stop the production of the pipeline. During their c...

Episode 014: What is Pennsylvania’s Rural Bill of Rights?

September 26, 2020 20:42 - 1 hour - 80.4 MB

This week Shana sat down with Michelle Siegel. Michelle is a candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate District 27. She was raised in Selinsgrove, PA, and still resides there with her family. She attended Susquehanna University and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Together Shana talked with Michelle about her concerns for her community’s environment and how corporate greed and negligence can harm hardworking people. She recalled, as a child her grandmot...

Episode 013: Climate Change and Racism

September 11, 2020 23:27 - 1 hour - 76.5 MB

Shana sat down this week with Cole Goodman. Cole is a community activist and local elected official from Dauphin County. Cole currently serves as an elected member of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee representing Dauphin County. Goodman serves as one of the youngest members of the Executive Board of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and is also the political director of the Digital Consulting group, Unmasked Media. Cole specializes in civic engagement and youth activism to bring s...

Episode 012: What is Hydraulic Fracturing?

September 05, 2020 21:17 - 1 hour - 71.9 MB

Shana sat down this week with Karen Feridun. Karen is the founder of Berks Gas Truth and the co-founder of The Better Path Coalition. She has been working for the last 10 years fighting for a better future and a healthy environment for all Pennsylvanians against the fracking also know as the gas drilling industry. During that time she has worked with a breadth of environmental organization here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, across the Mid-Atlantic region, and beyond! Karen has also org...

Episode 011: Turing Environmental Activism into Political Action

August 31, 2020 13:17 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

Shana sat down this week with Tara Zrinski. Tara was born and raised in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. In 2017 she was elected to Northampton County Council and now she is setting her sights on making bigger waves of change in Pennsylvania’s legislature. Currently, she is running for Pennsylvania’s 138th House District, a community that is ravaged by the Penn East Pipeline. Over the last few years, she has fought for her constituents against corporations and big polluters lurking in her o...

Episode 010: What Does Climate Change Look Like in Pennsylvania?

August 23, 2020 22:58 - 1 hour - 79.2 MB

Shana sat down recently with Dr. Michael Davis. Davis is an atmospheric scientist and associate professor at Kutztown University (KU) with interests in physical geography, meteorology, and climatology. While his training is in the atmospheric sciences and climate modeling, Davis has recently diverged into geographical education through gaming. He would self-identify as a mix of a physical geographer-atmospheric scientist-geography gamer. He enjoys researching in the atmospheric sciences an...

Episode 009: What is Pennsylvania's Green Amendment?

August 15, 2020 00:54 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

On our latest episode Shana with Maya K. van Rossum. Maya is the Delaware Riverkeeper and founder of the grassroots non-profit Green Amendments For the Generations. She is the leader of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, who works throughout the four states of the Delaware River watershed (NY, NJ, PA & DE) and at the national level using advocacy, science, and litigation. van Rossum, who is skilled as an author, environmental attorney, strategist, community organizer, facilitator, coalition bu...

Episode 008: Intentional Gardening with The North Philly Peace Park

August 09, 2020 18:47 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MB

This week we are back with another exciting episode! In this episode, Shana sat down with Bird form the North Philly Peace Park. Bird is a mental health consultant, urban gardener, herbalist, and chef. She shared her life long love of gardening and cooking, which started at a young age. Bird credits her family, especially, her paternal grandparents, who were sharecroppers from the South for influencing her love in gardening.  During their discussion, Shana and Bird talked about the story be...

Episode 007: Gardening and the Black Diaspora

July 27, 2020 01:26 - 51 minutes - 47.8 MB

We are back with another exciting episode! This time Shana sat down with Christin Riddick. Christin is an urban garden to table educator and DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) native. On his online platform and podcast "Afro Beets" he teaches his audience how to grow food in small spaces, then turn what they grow into culturally inspired dishes. He has been featured on podcasts such as The Edible Activist Podcast on Full Service Radio, been a garden coordinator and District of Columbia of Public Sc...

What is Urban Gardening?

July 18, 2020 14:36 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

Recently, Shana sat down with Tiana Lopez, to kick off her next series. Tiana is a writer, botanist, and urban gardener. After graduating from college, she started Creative Tiana and Potted Poetry. Both platforms combine Tiana's passion for entrepreneurship with the love of writing and nature. What originally started as a relaxing pastime, quickly transformed into a love of language and land. Tiana has become more passionate about educating groups on the importance of returning to the land. W...

Episode 006: What is Urban Gardening?

July 18, 2020 14:36 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

Recently, Shana sat down with Tiana Lopez, to kick off her next series. Tiana is a writer, botanist, and urban gardener. After graduating from college, she started Creative Tiana and Potted Poetry. Both platforms combine Tiana's passion for entrepreneurship with the love of writing and nature. What originally started as a relaxing pastime, quickly transformed into a love of language and land. Tiana has become more passionate about educating groups on the importance of returning to the land. W...

Episode006: What is Urban Gardening?

July 18, 2020 14:36 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

Recently, Shana sat down with Tiana Lopez, to kick off her next series. Tiana is a writer, botanist, and urban gardener. After graduating from college, she started Creative Tiana and Potted Poetry. Both platforms combine Tiana's passion for entrepreneurship with the love of writing and nature. What originally started as a relaxing pastime, quickly transformed into a love of language and land. Tiana has become more passionate about educating groups on the importance of returning to the land. W...

Episode 005: Victory Gardening and COVID-19

July 03, 2020 23:52 - 1 hour - 62 MB

Shana recently sat down with Lucine Sihelnik, Reading City Councilwoman and organizer of Reading’s Victory Garden Task Force. Lucine shared her dedication to efforts like increasing access to healthy food and improving community health on the podcast. In addition to Lucine’s work with the City of Reading, PA she founded Gayatri Wellness to promote sustainable living practices of social, economic, and environmental wellbeing for all community members here in Berks County. She also orchestrated...

Episode 004: What Does a Green Recovery Look Like?

June 26, 2020 21:44 - 1 hour - 73.1 MB

A few weeks ago Shana sat down with Jane Palmer, Director of Berks Stands Up, Troy Tuner, Coordinator of Sunrise Movement Berks Hub, and Celine Schrier, an active member of both grassroots organizations. They discussed in-depth the complex problems associated with climate change, racism, and COVID-19 all happening simultaneously during an economic crisis. Together they explored how local and national political inaction got us to this point of crisis in our community. They discussed how polici...

Episode 003: Sustainability and the Latinx Experience

June 19, 2020 17:55 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

Shana sat down recently with Stephany Paola Goico. Stephany also goes by Steph or Gecko and uses they and her as their preferred pronouns is a local artist and climate activist. Steph shares their story of their deep love and relationship with the land. As a Latinx person growing up in Reading, PA, Steph has always been passionate about climate justice and raising awareness about intersectionality and people's rights especially within marginalized and oppressed groups in their hometown. This ...

Episode 002: Starting a Sustainable Business

June 12, 2020 20:47 - 54 minutes - 50.7 MB

In this episode, Shana shares more about her personal journey that led her to create the Sustaining with Shana podcast and platform, as well as interviewing her first guest. Shana sits down with Jacquelyn Bassett, co-owner and founder of FD Market, a sustainable everyday goods shop in the heart of downtown Emmaus, PA. FD Market is a sustainable small business in the Lehigh Valley. Jackies shares that she has a deep sense of community, and aims to provide practical sustainability resources t...

Episode 001: An Introduction

May 29, 2020 15:20 - 3 minutes - 2.95 MB

In the introductory episode of Sustaining with Shana, Shana briefly talks about her journey that led her to venturing into podcasting. She discusses the difficulty with finding a job in sustainability but not letting that stop her from achieving her dreams. During her journey to become a sustainability professional she has discovered a whole world, right here in her own community that is doing amazing work in sustainability. Shana wants to share her journey and that exciting discovery with you.