Bridging the Carbon Gap

David Case, Helena Rambler, Pierce Siegel, Giulia Di Vincenzo, Cindy Ye, Adeline Sauberli, Eli Gitter-Dentz, Marie Fadeyeva, Nicholas Wu, Ajani Stella, Daniel Shneider, Gabriel Gitter-Dentz, Kevin Zhou, Adam Rudt
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Bridging the Carbon Gap

Join high school students at Hunter College High School in Manhattan, New York City (NYC), on their journey to gain knowledge about climate change, a topic that is not taught enough to young students across the U.S. We interview climate activists, experts, and researchers about their work and experiences, and use our knowledge to think about how a climate change themed high school education can be created. This podcast is created in collaboration with newyork.thecityatlas.org.

  1. Christopher Shaw on the social transformation needed to solve climate change

    DEC 1

    Christopher Shaw on the social transformation needed to solve climate change

    Dr. Christopher Shaw is an independent climate communications expert. Chris was previously Head of Research at Climate Outreach, where among the reports he worked on is the IPCC handbook for climate scientists on how to communicate effectively. Chris is also author of the book Liberalism and the Challenge of Climate Change. (London: Routledge 2023)From the publisher's website:"In this book Christopher Shaw analyses how liberalism has shaped our understanding of climate change and how liberali...

    48 min
  2. Gianluca Grimalda on international travel without flight, and the impact of climate change on Pacific islands

    JUN 1

    Gianluca Grimalda on international travel without flight, and the impact of climate change on Pacific islands

    Dr. Gianluca Grimalda was fired by his employer, a German research institute, after refusing to travel by plane for his return from Papua New Guinea, where he was conducting research on the social impacts of climate change. To reduce his own carbon footprint Dr. Grimalda instead chose to make his way back to Germany by ferry and then overland, a trip that took 72 days, but saved 9/10ths of the emissions that he would have been responsible for by using air travel.In his journey he crossed many...

    48 min
  3. Drew Pendergrass: physicist, climate scientist, writer, activist, game developer

    APR 8

    Drew Pendergrass: physicist, climate scientist, writer, activist, game developer

    With Troy Vettese, Drew Pendergrass is the co-author of the book Half-Earth Socialism, which comes with a free online video game, play.half.earth.Pendergrass graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 2020 with a BA in Physics and Mathematics and a minor in English, and is now doing his Ph.D in Environmental Science and Engineering at Harvard's Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His research in atmospheric physics includes work on real time satellite tracking of pollutants."My...

    43 min
  4. Gaya Herrington: from working in finance to studying paths to global sustainability

    MAR 19

    Gaya Herrington: from working in finance to studying paths to global sustainability

    While working at the consulting firm KPMG, the econometrician Gaya Herrington undertook an update of the social and environmental projections in the 1972 MIT report "Limits to Growth."Her research formed her thesis for her Masters in Sustainability at Harvard, and then gained attention in the press after being published in 2020. In this episode, Gaya describes her path to studying sustainability and the solutions proposed in her free book, "Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse: What a ...

    49 min

  5. 08/28/2023

    Alice Hu on becoming a full time climate activist after graduating from Columbia University

    Alice Hu works with New York Communities for Change and has participated in several of their most visible actions, including storming the Hamptons with plastic pitchforks to call attention to the enormous carbon footprints and destructive investments of the billionaires that vacation there. Hu also joined with fellow protestors to visit a live broadcast of the morning show The View and interrupt Ted Cruz, to spotlight the lack of coverage of climate change on ABC.In this episode, Alice descri...

    42 min

  6. 03/11/2023

    Julien Dossier on climate politics in France and making a 14th c. fresco into a vision of sustainability

    Julien Dossier is an expert in climate policy and the co-author of the 2017 carbon neutrality plan for Paris. He founded Quattrolibri, a consulting firm that designs low carbon transition strategies for clients. His current project is a book and a program, Renaissance Ecologique, for which he created a modern version of a 14th century Italian fresco to give us a view of what an ecological Renaissance might look like. Nicolas Wu, Daniel Schneider, and Ajani Stella spoke to Julien on May 4...

    35 min

  7. 03/10/2023

    Rebecca Willis on solving climate change with more democracy

    Rebecca Willis is a Professor in Energy & Climate Governance at Lancaster Environment Centre, where she leads the Climate Citizens project. In 2020 she was an Expert Lead for Climate Assembly UK, the Citizens’ Assembly established by the UK Parliament. Rebecca is a Trustee of the New Economics Foundation and an adviser to the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund. She features on the Woman’s Hour Our Planet Power List which highlights 30 women making an impact by helping to protect...

    51 min

  8. 06/19/2022

    Stuart Capstick and the Center for Climate Change and Social Transformations

    In the first episode of the second season, Daniel Shneider and Ajani Stella, students at Hunter College High School in NYC, talk to Dr. Stuart Capstick, Deputy Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST Centre). Dr. Capstick researches public understanding of climate change, and the ways in which citizens’ involvement can lead to action. He co-leads a research theme with the CAST Centre focussed on real-world trials to inform low-carbon transformations; this wo...

    49 min
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Join high school students at Hunter College High School in Manhattan, New York City (NYC), on their journey to gain knowledge about climate change, a topic that is not taught enough to young students across the U.S. We interview climate activists, experts, and researchers about their work and experiences, and use our knowledge to think about how a climate change themed high school education can be created. This podcast is created in collaboration with newyork.thecityatlas.org.

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  • Creator
    David Case, Helena Rambler, Pierce Siegel, Giulia Di Vincenzo, Cindy Ye, Adeline Sauberli, Eli Gitter-Dentz, Marie Fadeyeva, Nicholas Wu, Ajani Stella, Daniel Shneider, Gabriel Gitter-Dentz, Kevin Zhou, Adam Rudt
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024 Bridging the Carbon Gap
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