I'm Afraid of Climate Change Audrey Casper

In this episode, Audrey discusses the connection between the US' history of redlining and its disparities in green infrastructure. 



Sources:

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_029251.pdf



https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/redlining



https://www.savi.org/2021/06/24/lasting-impacts-of-segregation/



https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0249715#:~:text=Tree%20cover%20cools%20the%20air,than%20sensible%20heat%20%5B20%5D.



https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/8/1/12



https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795961381/racist-housing-practices-from-the-1930s-linked-to-hotter-neighborhoods-today



https://www.americanforests.org/our-programs/tree-equity/



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Welcome to season two of I'm Afraid of Climate Change, hosted by Audrey Casper.

The Weather book club poem-response, separate from the rest of the episode!



Read along: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WVb7iFd75_PiBZgGeCLi4_ctLThbOIOYYhksIAGceA0/edit?usp=sharing



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In this episode, Audrey hosts their first book club episode, discussing Jenny Offill's Weather. The episode is broken into three sections: a non-spoilery discussion on the philosophy of the novel, a spoilery section on Weather's themes, and a poem-response of Audrey's own. Enjoy!



Transcript: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MMA1tczy8M-g-527qxkzlApLxhmEdRJyUuNwa6sJ2M/edit?usp=sharing



Poem: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WVb7iFd75_PiBZgGeCLi4_ctLThbOIOYYhksIAGceA0/edit?usp=sharing



Resources: 

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/02/14/learning-to-die-an-interview-with-jenny-offill/

nytimes.com/2020/02/05/magazine/jenny-offill-weather-book.html

https://www.obligatorynoteofhope.com/

https://dark-mountain.net/



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In this episode, Audrey breaks down Lorde's newest album, Solar Power, with their friend and fellow Lorde fan, Sadie Roussell. They discuss the responsibility of "pop stars" to talk about pressing issues, how art can empower us, fascism, and whether Lorde should've scaled the fish in "Oceanic Feeling" (Audrey: yes. Sadie: no.). 



"Weather" by Jenny Offill book discussion episode coming September 15th. To read along:

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345806901



To weigh in, email: imafraidofclimatechange@gmail.com



Resources: 

https://www.insider.com/lorde-solar-power-new-album-details-release-date-2021-6

https://twitter.com/lordeanalytics/status/1417880758237208579

https://www.nme.com/news/music/lorde-solar-power-isnt-big-climate-change-record-2978876

In this episode, Audrey discusses the fossil fuel industry's past and present with funding climate disinformation.



To weigh in, email: imafraidofclimatechange@gmail.com



Line 3 Resources:

https://www.stopline3.org/

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/line-3-protest-pipeline-biden.html

https://mn.gov/puc/line3/summary/



Get Weather by Jenny Offill: 

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345806901



Resources:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/nov/05/scientists-warned-the-president-about-global-warming-50-years-ago-today

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-well-have-climate-models-projected-global-warming#:~:text=He%20was%20fairly%20accurate%20up,into%20account%20in%20his%20model.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/06pdf/05-1120.pdf

https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/

https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/America_Misled.pdf

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-116hhrg38304/html/CHRG-116hhrg38304.htm

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53640382

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-mobils-messaging-shifted-blame-for-warming-to-consumers/

https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(21)00233-5

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/05/25/slowing-population-growth-environment/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/business/energy-environment/california-solar-mandates.html



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