On The Environment

On The Environment


Latest Episodes

Opportunity in Risk: Kate Gordon on California’s Environmental Policy Innovation
March 02, 2015

Kate Gordon talks about the promising signs of change in US climate and energy policy, with a special focus on the innovations emerging from California.

A Way to the Good Life: Political Scientist Matt Hoffman Discusses Decarbonization and Climate Negotiation
February 27, 2015

Matt Hoffman, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, talks about potential routes toward decarbonization, the process of weaning societies from fossil fuels.

Bringing the Giants to the Table: Glenn Hurowitz Speaks on Deforestation and Agricultural Supply Chains
February 12, 2015

In this episode Glenn Hurowitz speaks on his pathbreaking work in eliminating both environmental and social injustices that pervade the world’s biggest, most entrenched agricultural supply chains. Glenn is the managing director of Climate Advisors wher...

“The Future is Performance”: A Conversation with Artist, Engineer, Writing Duo Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico
January 22, 2015

In this episode Oriana Persico and Salvatore Iaconesi discuss what the near future is, how they study it, and what implications of designing the near future has for natural resource companies such as Shell.

The Human Right to Water: a Conversation with Mathias Risse
January 22, 2015

In this podcast Mathias Risse discusses his recent paper, "The Human Right to Water and Common Ownership of the Earth" which posits that humanity's shared possession of our planet provides a philosophical foundation for a right to water and sanitation.

From Idea to Reality: How to Structure Success
January 22, 2015

In this podcast, Christopher Sawyer -- a partner with Alston & Bird, a law firm specializing in corporate governance, real estate and conservation law -- discusses the body of skills necessary to transform ideas into a lasting positive community reality.

Protecting Pakistan: A Conversation with Environmental Lawyer and Activist Rafay Alam
January 21, 2015

In this episode, Rafay Alam, an environmental lawyer and activist in Lahore, Pakistan, speaks about the social and economic challenges the government faces in addressing endemic environmental issues.

Climate and Agriculture: a Conversation with Peter Lehner
December 15, 2014

In this podcast Peter Lehner, executive director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), discusses agriculture.

Sacred Earth: a Conversation with Dekila Chungyalpa
November 19, 2014

In this podcast WWF's Dekila Chungyalpa, discusses the organization's Sacred Earth program, which engages religious leaders and faith communities as stakeholders in the organization's work.

From Forest to Farmland and Moraine to Meadow: When did the Anthropocene Begin?
November 19, 2014

The start date for what scientists call the Anthropocene - the era in which human activities begin to have a significant global impact on Earth's ecosystems - varies widely.