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Let’s start…..Summer!!

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On this week’s show, Rebecca Hardin and David Clive discussed our summer broadcasts and their plans for the summer, environmental news including the Santa Barbara Oil Spill, and what’s in season including morel mushrooms. Continue reading Let’s start…..Summer!! →

Law, Property and Society

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This week’s segment of It’s Hot In Here was Law, Property and Society.  Rebecca Hardin, our main host and the President-elect of the Association for Law, Property and Society, Hari Osofsky, previous Association president from the University of Minnesota Law School and Department of Geography, and Thomas Mitchell, Professor of Law at the  University of Wisconsin discussed affordable housing, indigenous rights, and energy politics.
The academic conference reflected on those who have been evicted or displaced from their properties. The Association of Law, Property and Society (ALPS) met at the University of Georgia Law School for its 6th Annual Conference. The ALPS values interdisciplinary dialogue, with legal scholars joined by geographers, anthropologists, urban planners and experts of other fields.

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Energy Extravaganza!

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This is weeks show is an Energy Extravaganza! Our hosts, Pearl Zeng and Andrea Kraus talked energy technology, policy, consumer education, and equity with a group of four master’s students from SNRE who are wrapping up over a year of work on their capstone projects and theses, Brett Simon, Geoff Burmeister, Kate Loshakova, and Kiran Chawla. These individuals have a wide breadth of knowledge relating to the energy industry and energy policy planning. We also discussed what energizes each of them every day.

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Brett Simon is currently a second year Masters student at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment. His major area of interest is Energy and he is pursuing a degree in Environmental Policy and Sustainable Systems. He received his B.A. Environmental Studies and Mathematics from New York University. Brett has also served as a Research Assistant at the Center for Sustainable Systems with a research interest in renewable energy systems, and is a member of the Ross Energy Club.

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Geoff Burmeister is currently a second year Masters student at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment. He is pursuing a degree in Environmental Policy and Planning. Geoff is a MS Candidate at the University of Michigan Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, and is receiving his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business, where he is active in the Ross Energy Club. His driving mission in his career is to collaborate with businesses, policymakers, and regulators to advance programs that promote sustainable energy production and consumption and extend the benefits of sustainable energy in an equitable and inclusive way.

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Kate Loshakova is currently a second year Masters student at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment. She is pursuing a degree in Conservation Ecology and Environmental Policy & Planning. She is also a Research Assistant for the Center for Sustainable Systems and the Northport ENergy Action Taskforce. She is working on the Renewable Energy Community Plan master’s project. She also served on the UNFCCC COP Delegation Panel as an educator on Sustainable Systems.

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Kiran Chawla is a Master’s student at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment. She is pursuing a degree is Sustainable Systems and Environmental Policy and Planning. She is also a Graduate Research Assistant and uses multi-criteria Decision Analysis framework to conduct a constrained optimization for determining the optimal energy mix for the growing needs of the power sector. Kiran has also volunteered for Green Peace and at Samaritans.

Ecology of Fear and Fear of Ecology – Can Science Do More to Improve Human-Wildlife Cohabitation?

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The theme of this week’s segment of It’s Hot In Here, the radio show bringing you environmental news, views, and grooves from SNRE students, faculty, and the many practitioners in southeast Michigan and beyond was Ecology of Fear and Fear of Ecology — Can Science do More to Improve Human-Wildlife Cohabitation? Our hosts were joined in-studio and by pre-recorded interviews by guests including, Dr. Matthew Kauffman from the Wyoming Migration Initiative, Maurita Holland from the Washtenaw Citizens for Ecological Balance, and Mayank Vikas from the UM School of Natural Resources and Environment.

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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The theme of this week’s show is Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Green Tribal Economies. Hosts Brittany Anstead, Andrea Kraus, Rebecca Baylor and Pearl Zeng were joined by Jannan Cornstalk with the LTBB Natural Resource Comission and Barb Barton from The Gathering Society.

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Ending War, Stopping Climate Change, Intergenerational Activism

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Today’s show was about how to end the war against the planet! We brought together activists from the 1960’s anti-war movement and the modern environmental movement to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first Teach-In against the Vietnam War right here at the Univeristy of Michigan in 1965. In the studio our hosts, Sam Molnar and Andrea Kraus were joined by guests; Tom Hayden, Richard Mann, Ellen Loubert, and Joanna Theilin. Our mission was to find out what can the young learn from the elders? What can the elders can learn from the young? And how to stop war and climate change in one fall of the axe.

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Growing Authentic Leaders from Communities Most Impacted by Environmental Injustice and Climate Change

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On this week’s show, our hosts Rebecca Hardin, Whitney Smith and Nicholas Bruscato discussed Growing Authentic Leaders from Communities Most Impacted by Environmental Injustice and Climate Change with the distinguished Dr. Robert Bullard – “The Father of Environmental Justice” and current Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. 
What is Environmental Justice?
Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies (Environmental Protection Agency, 2015).
The Principles of Environmental Justice can be viewed here

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Art and Environmental Science

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After a week long hiatus over spring break, we are back! Hope you all enjoyed your spring break as much as we did! In addition to the environmental news, views and grooves that you love, this week’s show focused on Art and Environmental Science. Our lovely hosts, Rebecca Hardin (rdhardin@umich.edu) and Pearl Zeng (zhuzeng@umich.edu) were joined by three interesting guestsincluding Sara Cole, M.S., (sacole@umich.edu), a recent Graduate of the Behavior, Education and Communication Program at the University of Michigan SNRE and a current Communications Assistant at the University of Michigan SNRE, Sara Anna Adlerstein Gonzalez, Ph.D., (adlerste@umich.edu) an Associate Research Scientist at the University of Michigan SNRE that has particular interests in bridging art and science, especially environmental science, she teaches courses to share her perspectives on creativity and consciousness, sustainable development in South America and messing with messy data, and Rebecca Lambers (rl@rebeccalambers.com) a Couturière and environmentally conscious designer and owner of Rebecca Lambers Couture. Continue reading Art and Environmental Science →

Healthy Stuff and Consumer Product Safety

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We kicked off spring break with a show on Healthy Stuff and Consumer Product Safety. Our hosts, Rebecca Hardin and Andrea Kraus were joined by toxic stuff guru, Jeff Gearhart from HealthyStuff.org and the Research Director at The Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, and Andrew Klooster, a University of Michigan graduate (anthropology and sustainability) and current SNREd! We also discussed the importance of Recycle Ann Arbor. You can learn more about their work at HealthyStuff.org. We would like to give a special thanks to our talented Audio Engineer, Cameron Bothner. 

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China | Culture and Environment

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Happy Chinese New Year!  
Our incredible co-hosts, Pearl Zeng and Sam Molnar, celebrated the Chinese New Year and discussed Chinese Culture and Environmental perspectives. Our co-hosts were joined by five guests, Hua Cai, Wufan Jia, Junhong Liang, Lingyan Xu, and Neal McKenna. We would like to give special thanks to our oh-so-talented audio engineer, Tex, who did his best to navigate through all the Chinese songs and help us with the show. We also want to thank Zeqi Zhu (SNRE MS) for helping record interviews during the SNRE Chinese New Year celebration, and thank Jose Alfaro (SNRE Faculty), Yuanyuan Cui (SNRE MS), Luis Cecco (SNRE MS) and Stevia Morawski (SNRE MS) for sharing with us their experience of the celebration. Continue reading China | Culture and Environment →