Just Sustainability

Just Sustainability


Latest Episodes

Just Sustainability, Episode 19A: Meeting Simon Franco
October 07, 2022

When I first met Simon Franco about a decade ago he was the Student Success Coordinator for Multi-ethnic Student Programs at the University of Minnesota Morris (which the precursor to []

Just Sustainability, Episode 18B: Emily Brier – What it means to be Appalachian and the work of higher-education as therapy.
October 03, 2022

In the previous episode of Just Sustainability it was my pleasure to introduce you to Emily Brier and to share the first half of the conversation that I recorded with []

Just Sustainability, Episode 18A: Meeting Emily Brier
September 23, 2022

There are at least two things about Emily Brier that would be of interest to listeners of this podcast. First, shes innovative educator that has thought a lot about and []

Just Sustainability, Episode 17B: Julian Agyeman – Belonging, representation, and the most justly sustainable cities
April 07, 2022

On the finale of Season 2 of Just Sustainable, Julian Agyeman and I talk about a broad range of topics that include: (1) the importance of fostering a sense of []

Just Sustainability, Episode 17A: Meeting Julian Agyeman
March 28, 2022

Theres an aphorism that suggests that one should not meet ones heroes. That aphorism is without doubt incorrect when it comes to Dr. Julian Agyeman FRSA FRGS. Julian is certainly []

Just Sustainability, Episode 16B: Gabe Desrosiers – Revitalizing Indigenous languages and lifeways and the importance of families, communities, and treating folks as whole persons
March 21, 2022

In the second episode featuring Gabe Desrosiers, Gabe and I discuss how institutions of higher-education within the United States might better support language and cultural reclamation by appreciating

Just Sustainability, Episode 16A: Meeting Gabe Desrosiers
March 07, 2022

I was initially acquainted with Gabe Desrosiers as a fellow Canadian amongst the faculty at the University of Minnesota Morris. Indeed, I first learned of Gabe as the result of []

Just Sustainability, Episode 15B: Erika Bailey-Johnson – Skills, hierarchies, and facing change
February 28, 2022

On this episode we return to my conversation with Erika Bailey-Johnson. We talk about a workshop series at Bemidji State University aimed at providing students with a range of practical []

Just Sustainability, Episode 15A: Meeting Erika Bailey-Johnson
February 21, 2022

I first met Erika Bailey-Johnson about 8 years ago when she chaired the organizing committee for the Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability (aka UMACS). It took one conversation with […]

Just Sustainability, Episode 14: Special Episode with Cathy Jordan about COP 26
February 04, 2022

When Cathy Jordan was previously on Just Sustainability, she mentioned that she was about to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 26th Conference of the Parties meeting [