Energy Extravaganza!
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.
Ecology of Fear and Fear of Ecology – Can Science Do More to Improve Human-Wildlife Cohabitation?
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.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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.
Ending War, Stopping Climate Change, Intergenerational Activism
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Growing Authentic Leaders from Communities Most Impacted by Environmental Injustice and Climate Change
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
Art and Environmental Science
Healthy Stuff and Consumer Product Safety
China | Culture and Environment
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
IHIH Love Fest
We had a wonderful celebration of love in the studio yesterday! Along with our regular hosts, Pearl Zeng (zhuzeng@umich.edu), and Rebecca Hardin (rdhardin@umich.edu), our latest member of the team, Bailey Schneider (baschn@umich.edu), joined us in the studio. We celebrated Valentine’s Day and shared our love with the Founders and family of IHIH, including Jennifer Johnson, Hugh Stimson, Rachel Chatterdon Bair. We also discussed the ongoing fundraiser at WCBN.