Ecologistics Podcast

Stacey Hunt

Meet the environmental and social justice changemakers who are taking on the world's wicked problems head on with new and inventive solutions. You will come away inspired and hopeful.

  1. 04/25/2021

    Nonprofit Activism 101

    What type of political activism can nonprofit organizations engage in without running afoul of the IRS?  Joel Diringer of Diringer & Associates will lead us through the types of lobbying and promotion nonprofits can safely do.

    29 min

  2. 02/27/2021

    Transforming Communities With City Repair

    City Repair is a Portland-based nonprofit that facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world.  Join us as we talk to Mark Lakeman, founder of City Repair.

    40 min

  3. 01/19/2021

    Roadmap to 100% Renewables

    Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson discusses his roadmaps to convert 139 countries to 100% wind, water and sunlight for all energy purposes.  Prof. Jacobson has testified before Congress and governmental agencies on this subject, was a guest on the Letterman show and spoke at the 2020 Central Coast Bioneers Conference.   Hear how we can achieve energy security and a healthier planet.

    43 min

  4. 10/28/2020

    Dreaming the Salinas

    Known as the "upside-down river," the Salinas River has its source in San Luis Obispo County and runs north to empty into Monterey Bay.   The river and its two tributaries are dammed by three dams, creating difficulties for native steelhead trout to come upstream to spawn.  Polluted with agriculture runoff and choked with invasive species, the Salinas River is one of the most degraded rivers in California.  What is being done to improve the situation for the river and its inhabitants?  Devin Best, Executive Director of the Upper Salinas-Las Tablas Resource Conservation District will talk about efforts to create a watershed management plan to save the river.

    36 min

  5. 08/19/2020

    Supporting Our Dreamers

    Adrienne Garcia-Specht, Steering Committee Member for San Luis Obispo's Central Coast Coalition for Undocumented Student Success, talks about the Coalition's mission of creating social change to ensure educational equality for all students, and how they support undocumented students achieve their goals of graduation and college. Recorded June 2019

    29 min

  6. 07/05/2020

    San Luis Obispo is Going Carbon Neutral by 2035

    In 2018, San Luis Obispo city leaders set an ambitious target date for achieving carbon neutrality: 2035.  This is a decade sooner than the same goal set by former Governor Jerry Brown for the State of California.  How are they going to do this?  Our guests Mayor Heidi Harmon and Sustainability Manager Chris Read will talk about how they were able to get the initiative adopted and how they plan to implement it.

    1h 2m

  7. 05/09/2020

    Episode 7: Stories That Change the World: The Work of the Population Media Center

    Population Media Center creates powerful TV and radio shows that catalyze social norm change, helping more than 500 million people in over 50 countries live healthier lives.  William Ryerson, President of PMC tells how they do it and shares stories of success.

    34 min

  8. 04/20/2020

    Episode 6 - Toward an Ecological Civilization

    Eileen Crist, author and associate professor in the Department of Science, Technology and Society at Virginia Tech, discusses her latest book, "Abundant Earth."  Crist calls for a profound shift in the way humanity is addressing the extinction crisis.

    36 min
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