Just Sustainability Episodes
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Just Sustainability, Episode 11C: Janiece Watts – Finding common cause and what the academy might learn from activists
During the concluding half-hour of our conversation, Janiece Watts and I spoke about: finding common cause with one another across the silos of our work, what institutions of higher education […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 11B: Janiece Watts – Connecting the dots and building coalitions
In this episode Janiece Watts and I talk about the importance of “connecting the dots” when thinking about the relationships between place, race, equity, and sustainability. We also discuss strategies […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 11A: Meeting Janiece Watts
In this episode of Just Sustainability it’s my distinct pleasure to introduce you to Janiece Watts. I first learned about Janiece through Troy Goodnough (whom you might have listened to […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 10D: Taylor Brorby – Climate change, social justice, and the need to attend to uncomfortable truths
We’ve reached the conclusion of the conversation that I had with Taylor Brorby. When I asked him about whether there were topics that he wanted to talk about that we […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 10C: Taylor Brorby – Stories, social issues, and humility
In the third part of our conversation, Taylor and I spoke about how he works personal stories about growing-up in a rural community, being gay, and being diabetic into social […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 10B: Taylor Brorby – Biases and telling stories that resonate
In the second part of our conversation, Taylor Brorby and I pick-up where we left off at the end of the previous episode. Speaking about our childhoods growing-up in rural […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 10A: Meeting Taylor Brorby
Taylor Brorby is an essayist, poet, short storyist (or whatever one calls folks who write short stories), educator, and activist. I invited him onto Just Sustainability for several reasons. First, […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 9: Troy Goodnough – Intercultural Sustainability Leaders (ISLe)
I suspect that, for the past decade, I’ve worked more closely with Troy Goodnough than with any other colleague or collaborator. I can’t think of many of my professional projects […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 8C: Stephania Fregosi – Competencies and making space for inclusive discourse
In the conclusion of our conversation, Stephania Fregosi and I talk about the skills that we believe are necessary to solve difficult problems, the need to better attend to wellness […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 8B: Stephania Fregosi – Political neutrality, tools from professional organizations, and thinking about skills and vocations.
In the second part of our conversation, Steph and I talk about about how institutional rules requiring political neutrality can interfere with discourse about sustainability (especially given that topics such […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 8A: Meeting Stephania Fregosi
When I think about the integration of equity and sustainability within higher education, I can’t help but to think of Stephania Fregosi. Steph is a member of the Association for […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 7C: Shawn Shafner – The Four Noble Poops
In the last part of our conversation, Shawn Shafner and I talk about the parallels between the POOP Project and Shawn’s coming-out process, we review some strategies for approaching difficult […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 7B: Shawn Shafner – Defecatory justice, Queerness, and liberatory discourse
In the second episode with Shawn Shafner, Shawn and I spoke about defecatory justice, Queerness, and liberatory discourse. Shawn Shafner is an educator, an artist, and an activist. He skillfully […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 7A: Meeting Shawn Shafner
In hindsight Shawn Shafner, also known as The Puru, played an important role in the creation of the Just Sustainability podcast. Several years ago, I spent several days hanging out […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 6B: Ian Werkheiser – Redefining sustainability
Dr. Ian Werkheiser is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and the director of the Center for Collaboration and Ethics at the University of Rio Grande Valley. He also the host […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 6A: Meeting Ian Werkheiser
Dr. Ian Werkheiser is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and the director of the Center for Collaboration and Ethics at the University of Rio Grande Valley. He also the host […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 5B: Teresa Peterson – Gardens and food
Dr. Teresa Peterson is a citizen of the Upper Sioux Community. She’s on the Board of Directors and is a co-founder of Dakota Wicohan, which is a nonprofit organization that […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 5A: Meeting Teresa Peterson
Dr. Teresa Peterson is a citizen of the Upper Sioux Community. She’s on the Board of Directors and is a co-founder of Dakota Wicohan, which is a nonprofit organization that […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 4: Sean Sherman – Reclaiming Indigenous cultures and foodways
On this episode we meet Sean Sherman and learn about the impact of settler colonialism, Indigenous foods and foodways, the reclamation of Indigenous cultures and knowledges, and Indigenous education. Sean […]
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Just Sustainability, Episode 3B: Heid Erdrich – Taking mental walks in the woods and grass
Heid Erdrich is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She is astoundingly multi-talented and is a prolific and award-winning poet, cookbook author, storyteller, artist, curator, and […]