Perspectives on Sustainable Development

Chris Whitehead, Senior Environmental Justice Consultant
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Perspectives on Sustainable Development

Environmental justice and climate change are driving decarbonization across industrial sectors and throughout everyday life. There are many nuanced issues that planners will face as they try to sustainably reshape our world. This podcast will focus on climate and EJ but also bring on associated experts to speak about how these issues affect their fields. From city planning, economic development, transportation, education, national security, mental health, manufacturing, supply chain...we should all be considering how climate and EJ considerations will affect our decision paradigms. Join me every two weeks as we discuss critical issues with thought leaders who know them best. Logo credit and general assistance: Uzziah Davis

  1. 11/11/2024

    Season 1 Finale - Food Insecurity: A Major Global Issue with Inspiring Local Solutions

    Send us a textYes, we did a 90 minute Season finale. You will thank me later.I dedicated this episode to my mom, Lois Whitehead, who sadly passed away earlier this year from leukemia. During her professional career, for a time, she worked for a nonprofit in Trenton, NJ that addressed food insecurity issues and helped people get back on their feet. She taught me a great deal in 41 years, but this issue stands out as it was something we went back to often in the last couple years as I did more ...

    1h 30m

  2. 10/29/2024

    Episode 17: Financing Decarbonization: From startups to critical support infrastructure

    Send us a textNo matter what your climate goals look like, where your project is located, or who is in office at the time, your project will not happen if the financing is not in order. Projects have to make money, and have to usually incur levels of risk through development. Whether a clean energy startup or billion dollar offshore wind developer, there is great opportunity right now, but also great risk, and fluctuations in supply chain, interest rates, and other outside forces, can directl...

    57 min

  3. 10/16/2024

    Episode 16: Community Air Monitoring Networks

    Send us a textOne of the topics that I have been asked about most over the last few years from community members is how they can get their own community air monitoring. Many are concerned over possible contamination in their air, and want to see improvements. As we often say, their lived experiences are the ultimate screening tool. They know if there's a problem. There is a direct link between air contamination and health impacts, and objective tools like ambient air monitors can help inform ...

    57 min

  4. 10/08/2024

    Episode 15 - The Critical Need to Modernize the Grid

    Send us a textAnyone who has listened to past episodes likely knows that I am an offshore wind (OSW) energy advocate. I am a renewable energy advocate, and I am an advocate for smart answers to complex problems.There is no better example than the need to urgently modernize our transmission systems. My guests for this week, are Theodore Paradise (Energy Partner at K & L Gates) and Dane Pehrman (Director of Strategy & Growth - Power and New Energy, Worley Consulting). Both men have been...

    49 min

  5. 10/01/2024

    Episode 14 - EJ in Chicago: Leaders, Allies, and Zoning Changes

    Send us a textEnvironmental Justice communities are diverse collections of perspectives, concerns, and drivers. No two are identical, but there are some common themes that most share. Love of their culture, protection of their communities and children, and concern that our planning systems have not historically taken their views into equal account when making decisions that would affect the community. Community leaders are the EJ experts. Outside expertise can come in to play a role but no on...

    1 hr

  6. 09/17/2024

    Episode 13 - Planning in Practice: Equity and Sustainability in Modern Cities

    Send us a textFor this episode Chris was joined by Rebecca Karp (CEO and Founder) and Ali-Sutherland Brown (Principal) from Karp Strategies. Chris recalls, "I first met Rebecca through the offshore wind space a few years ago when we were both presenting at the International Partnering Forum (IPF) event in Atlantic City, NJ. I was immediately struck by her expertise, her ability to connect with local communities, and understand multiple drivers affecting that community."On this episode we...

    59 min

  7. 08/27/2024

    Episode 12 - Air Impacts of Wildfire

    Send us a textFor this episode Chris was joined by Sarah Henderson (Scientific Director, British Columbia Centers for Disease Control) and Christine Wiedinmyer (Associate Director of Science at Cires at the University of Colorado Boulder). Chris went heavy on the graphics and visuals during his intro this time because wildfire is such a visceral issue. Annual acreage burned is rising each year, insurance costs are a huge problem that not enough people are addressing, and air quality impacts f...

    58 min

  8. 08/20/2024

    Episode 11 - Challenges Facing Industrial Decarbonization and the Imperative to Act

    Send us a textFor this episode, Chris was joined by two colleagues to continue a discussion that the three of them started over breakfast in Minneapolis earlier this year. Michael Jung, Government Affairs & Public Policy at Modern Hydrogen, and Madeline Urbish, Orsted Head of Public Affairs for the Americas Region, both live these issues every day. Our climate is changing, impacts are stacking up, the cost of business is rising (as is associated uncertainties), and most importantly, healt...

    58 min
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Environmental justice and climate change are driving decarbonization across industrial sectors and throughout everyday life. There are many nuanced issues that planners will face as they try to sustainably reshape our world. This podcast will focus on climate and EJ but also bring on associated experts to speak about how these issues affect their fields. From city planning, economic development, transportation, education, national security, mental health, manufacturing, supply chain...we should all be considering how climate and EJ considerations will affect our decision paradigms. Join me every two weeks as we discuss critical issues with thought leaders who know them best. Logo credit and general assistance: Uzziah Davis

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