In this episode, Rachel and Stephan recap Sustainability at UW Bothell and Cascadia College for the 2022-2023 school year. They discuss their favorite Earth Month events, the new little free library in the food forest, and the new Indigenous Studies program at Cascadia. Listen and reflect with us!

Resources:

Little Free Library Location Map: https://littlefreelibrary.org/map/

Upcoming King County Repair Cafes: https://kingcounty.gov/depts/dnrp/solid-waste/programs/ecoconsumer/repair-events.aspx

Upcoming Snohomish Repair Cafes: https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/sustainability-stewards/repair-cafe/

Midori's Soils talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lo-nQwbATE

Watch the film Necessity with UW libraries: https://orbiscascade-washington.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01ALLIANCE_UW/1juclfo/alma99162629559401452

Learn more about the historic Boldt Decision: https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/PublicUpload/eclips/2014%2002%2010%20Boldt%20Decision%20on%20tribal%20fishing%20still%20resonates%20after%2040%20years.pdf

UW Indigenous Walking Tour: https://ais.washington.edu/research/publications/indigenous-walking-tour

wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House at UW: https://www.washington.edu/omad/intellectual-house/

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This episode is adapted from a recording of our Waste Diversion Panel that was held during Earth Month 2023. Rachel interviews guests from Zero Waste Washington and DTG Recycling about innovative recycling solutions, what a zero waste future looks like, and waste diversion. Check it out!

https://zerowastewashington.org/

https://www.dtgrecycle.com/

https://www.ridwell.com/

Erin Gagnon

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-gagnon-6979a483/

Tom Vaughn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-vaughn-48a72a158/

Jonathan Hatt

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-hatt-376a85229/

Ashley Whitley

https://www.linkedin.com/in/environmentalashley/

NPR Documentary about big oil and plastics misinformation: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled

In this episode, Vanessa and Belle say goodbye to Growing Up Green, and reflect on what they learned in each episode. In episode 2, we were introduced to environmental economics through tourism and COVID-19 social impacts. In episode 3, we covered the challenges of environmental education. In episode 4, we examined interdisciplinary learning in education and literature. In episode 5, we discussed the development of youth activism, and environmental social media outreach. In episode 6, we took a look at the US electoral college and made important distinctions on what makes environmental policy. In episode 7, we discussed the importance of nature-based environmental education, and what it means to get kids outside. Now we will say goodbye to our hosts in episode 8 and reflect on our journey. Thank you for listening!

Vanessa’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/VanessaR1709

Belle’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/iaarenson

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In this episode, Rachel and Stephan introduce Earth Month 2023. UW Bothell and Cascadia College are celebrating an entire month for sustainability, climate justice, and the environment this year. Since the founding of Earth Day in 1970, this single day celebration of the world that we live in has grown to include opportunities for civic engagement and volunteerism in more than 193 countries! We discuss the theme for this year's Earth Month: Project Drawdown and how to get involved. Our full list of events can be found at the links below!

Earth Month 2023 Website

Project Drawdown Table of Solutions

UWB Sustainability Calendar

Cascadia Calendar

Earth Month write up

In this episode, Vanessa interviews UW student Sammy Bellman, an Environmental Science Terrestrial Resource Management and Comparative History of Ideas dual major who is doing her senior thesis project on racial justice and a lack of access to nature-based education. They discuss different types of nature-based schooling, the barriers to access, the opportunities that come from environmental education, and environmental justice. Sammy explains her passion for the environment and for her project, and what she has learned from her work and research. 

EPA definition of environmental justice: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice 

Racial justice definition from the Annie E. Casey Foundation  https://www.aecf.org/blog/racial-justice-definitions?gclid=CjwKCAiA9NGfBhBvEiwAq5vSy_Xe3dVoZaNzwndZaQidKx6wjsuLMsTWGAzh_MghD1suRw742gjwkBoCD64QAvD_BwE  

Redlining definition: “illegal discriminatory practice in which a mortgage lender denies loans or an insurance provider restricts services to certain areas of a community, often because of the racial characteristics of the applicant’s neighborhood” -https://www.britannica.com/topic/redlining 

Chicago Botanical Gardens https://www.chicagobotanic.org/education 

Islandwood https://islandwood.org/  

Fiddleheads Forest School https://botanicgardens.uw.edu/education/youth-family/fiddleheads-forest-school/ 

Tiny Trees Preschool: https://tinytrees.org/ 

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In this episode, Belle interviews political science UW PhD student Meagan Carmack. They discuss Meagan’s article on the Green New Deal, more specifically analyzing the electoral payoffs for the Green New Deal for the House Democrat incumbents in the 2020 national elections. Belle and Meagan also discuss the motivations behind sustainable action (or lack thereof) in different states, and what determines successful climate policy.

Meagan’s article: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000043#pclm.0000043.ref033 

Sierra Club website: https://www.sierraclub.org/ 

Sunrise Movement website: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/ 

IPCC website: https://www.ipcc.ch/ 

“Snowball on Senate floor” article: https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/politics/james-inhofe-snowball-climate-change/index.html 

US emissions statistics: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1007454/cumulative-co2-emissions-worldwide-by-country/ 

Ohio Train Derailment article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/us/ohio-train-derailment-east-palestine.html 

Dana Fisher’s website: http://www.drfisher.umd.edu/ 

Register to Vote in WA: https://olvr.votewa.gov/ 

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In this episode, Vanessa and Belle interview Nick Engelfried, a freelance writer, nonprofit founder, and climate activist who recently released his new book: “Movement Makers: How Young Activists Upended the Politics of Climate Change.” Vanessa, Belle, and Nick discuss getting started as a young climate activist, and the impact youth has in the political field. Nick describes his experiences with environmental activism as a college student, and how these experiences went on to help create his book. Vanessa, Belle, and Nick also consider the impact social media has on environmental movements, and how it can be both a help and a hindrance to positive change and education.

Movement Makers book: https://nickengelfried.com/movementmakers/

Nick’s website: https://nickengelfried.com/

Sunrise Movement website: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/

Zero Hour website: https://www.thisiszerohour.org/

Divest Ed website: https://www.divested.org/

Power Shift website: https://www.powershift.org/

350.org website: https://350.org/

Indigenous Environmental Network website: https://www.ienearth.org/

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In this episode, Belle interviews UW Program on the Environment and English doctoral candidate and professor Leah Rubinksy. They discuss the significance of environmental education and communicating environmental ideas through writing. Leah discusses her dissertation on Caribbean women’s writing, with an emphasis on the idea of motherhood, memory, and place. The power of nostalgia and familiarity can impact how a person views climate change, and why our involvement matters.

Leah’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-rubinsky-02194419a/

Terry Tempest Williams’ “Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place:” https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/5809/refuge

Jennifer Atkinson’s Climate Grief Podcast, “Facing It:” https://www.drjenniferatkinson.com/facing-it

Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring:” https://orbiscascade-washington.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01ALLIANCE_UW/1juclfo/alma99162010552601452

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In this episode, Vanessa interviews professor Mark Windschitl from the University of Washington College of Education. Mark and Vanessa cover some of the challenges and opportunities in environmental education. They also explore how to teach climate change and climate justice to students at different ages.

Mark Windschitl information: https://education.uw.edu/people/faculty/mwind

Think Dirty App : https://thinkdirtyapp.com/

Islandwood Website: https://islandwood.org/

Project Drawdown: https://www.drawdown.org

The Lena Project: https://www.thelenaproject.org/

University of Cape Cod Study: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-practice/article/abs/research-article-environmental-justice-education-empowering-ghanaian-students-to-become-environmental-citizens/1B458AC91E76C2A5660BA2CBB0D341D7

Dr. Kerry Emanuel https://emanuel.mit.edu/

NASA: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/topics/climate-change

https://climate.nasa.gov/

NOAA: https://www.noaa.gov/climate

IPCC: https://www.ipcc.ch/

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In this episode, Belle interviews Syracuse University PhD student Rachel Ameen. They discuss her senior thesis paper on coastal tourism in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and examine how closely intertwined consumerism, tourism, and environmentalism are. They also discuss the impact of COVID-19, and how class and privilege greatly affect how an area is affected by social and environmental change.

Gulf of Maine Institute: https://www.gulfofmaineinstitute.org/

Rachel’s UW Thesis Paper: https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/49066

Rachel’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-ameen-09550b17b

“Last Chance Tourism” Definition: https://www.thisiseco.co.uk/news/last-chance-tourism/

Marc Miller’s UW Faculty Page: https://environment.uw.edu/faculty/marc-l-miller

“Travel, Tourism, and Marine Affairs” Paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233168159_Travel_Tourism_and_Marine_Affairs

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