Coalesce.Earth

​The goal of the podcast is to connect sustainability professionals with thought leaders to generate more connectivity, assess the needs of the field, and synthesize innovations that will define the future of campus sustainability.

"Education is about changing people’s minds. Policy is changing the rules. Business is transforming organizations." Eban Goodstein, Director of Graduate Education in Sustainability at Bard College shares his perspective on sustainability careers, outlines how Bard's graduate programs are designed, and discusses what is needed to prepare the next generation of leaders.

What is our predominant leadership paradigm and is it working? Join President Emeritus Wendy Purcell as she shares her philosophy around adaptive leadership and her experiences on the effects of leadership on organizational performance.

What are the facts, case studies, myths, and barriers to shifting how endowments are invested? Explore the evolving field of impact investing with Georges Dyer, Principal from the Intentional Endowments Network.

In this conversation Anne Waple, climate change consultant and CEO of Studio30K, walks us through steps needed for campuses to understand vulnerabilities and assess and plan for resilience.

Collaboration between campuses is key to achieve sustainability goals. In this podcast we speak with Matt St. Clair, Director of Sustainability at the University of California System, to learn about what's happening in his state.

We need to broaden the language we use to talk about sustainability and the communities we include in the conversation. More attention needs to be paid to the social and economic components of sustainability in addition to the environment, otherwise we will never meet our goals. Dave Newport, Director of the Environmental Center at UC Boulder, shares his experience in broadening the scope of the conversation.

What is needed to transform learning? Join us in a conversation with Katie Ginsberg and Alan Cass of CELF, where we explore how sustainability can be integrated into school curricula through training teachers and evolving curricula to reflect the interconnected nature of the challenges we face.

What is the role of higher education in leading climate action? We explore the carbon commitment, resilience commitment, and other Second Nature programs with Tim Carter, President of Second Nature. We discuss the barriers of and progress in advancing campus sustainability.

"Children are not little adults" and the built environment in which we learn makes a significant difference in our cognitive function and performance. Learn more about the Healthy Buildings research at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health with doctoral student Erika Eitland.