Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Community Rising
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Community Rising
By ShoresidesArts
Community Rising episodes
- Why Biogas Won't Make Hog Farms Sustainable
Hog farms have been polluting the environment of Eastern NC for decades. And over the past few years, owners of these operations have started touting biogas as a way to make hog farms more sustainable. In this episode, Kemp Burdette, the Cape Fear Riverkeeper, explains why biogas isn't the sustainable solution that it's being made out to be.
Support Shoresides’ local storytelling. Your gift helps us amplify coastal voices: https://givebutter.com/to7as6
6 min - COVID-19 and Environmental Justice
Low-income communities of color are disproportionately impacted by environmental issues in NC, and face higher rates of disease because of it. When COVID-19 hit, Sherri White-Williamson, the Environmental Justice Policy Director at NC Conservation Network, says it became clear that these were the communities that were going to be unduly vulnerable to the virus. In this episode, White-Williamson discusses why environmental justice communities are so at-risk and what policymakers should do about it.
Support Shoresides’ local storytelling. Your gift helps us amplify coastal voices: https://givebutter.com/to7as6
6 min - Duck, NC’s Hurricane Preparations
Christian Legner is the Public Informations Officer of Duck, NC. She speaks about what her town prioritizes when hurricane season is in full effect, and how this changes with COVID-19. Hurricane Isaias hit Coastal Carolina a few days ago. Christian speaks about how her town dealt with the damages and evacuations.
Support Shoresides’ local storytelling. Your gift helps us amplify coastal voices: https://givebutter.com/to7as6
6 min - New Zones Show Who is Most At Risk This Hurricane Season
NC is predicted to have a high-intensity hurricane season this year. The state is launching a new tool – outlined zones – to help coastal residents understand which areas will be most vulnerable to impacts and organizes evacuations by predicted zone impact. In this episode, Katie Webster, Assistant Director of Planning for NC Emergency Management, talks about the state's new "Know Your Zone" program that hopes to streamline these evacuation orders amidst COVID-19.
To find out your zone go to: knowyourzone.nc.gov
Produced by Kayla Guilliams. Music by Meydän.
Broadcast from the Working Narratives studio, this series examines environmental news in the coastal Carolina region.Support Shoresides’ local storytelling. Your gift helps us amplify coastal voices: https://givebutter.com/to7as6
8 min - Increasing Temperatures Worsen Health Disparities in NC
North Carolina's low-income communities of color already face higher rates of chronic diseases like heart disease. And with the threat of increasing temperatures due to climate change, these disparities will only worsen. In this episode, Marian Johnson-Thompson, a virologist and environmental justice advocate, talks about how climate change will worsen health disparities, and why these disparities exist in the first place.
Produced by Kayla Guilliams. Music by Meydän.
Broadcast from the Working Narratives studio, this series examines environmental news in the coastal Carolina region.Support Shoresides’ local storytelling. Your gift helps us amplify coastal voices: https://givebutter.com/to7as6
7 min - Environmental Issues Disproportionately Impact ENC's Low-Income Communities of Color
From hog lagoons to sewage sludge to wood pellet plants, low-income communities of color in Eastern North Carolina experience a wide array of environmental injustices. Naeema Muhammad, an organizer and activist with the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, has been fighting against these injustices for over 20 years and has experienced the emotional toll that comes with such activism. In this episode, Muhammad describes the current battle she's fighting - advocating for communities living near hog lagoons whose lives and health are put at risk on a daily basis.
Produced by Kayla Guilliams. Music by Meydän.
Broadcast from the Working Narratives studio, this series examines environmental news in the coastal Carolina region.Support Shoresides’ local storytelling. Your gift helps us amplify coastal voices: https://givebutter.com/to7as6
6 min - After Flooding, a Biologist's Story
Ana Zimmerman is a biology professor at the College of Charleston. She's also a flood survivor. Over the course of a few years, her home was repeatedly flooded after major storms. The effect of repeated floods caused major damage to her home, and left her with struggles that weigh on her both personally and professionally as a scientist.
Produced by Ben Abrams. Music by Meydän. Photo by Wade Spees.
Broadcast from the Working Narratives studio, this series examines environmental news in the coastal Carolina region.Support Shoresides’ local storytelling. Your gift helps us amplify coastal voices: https://givebutter.com/to7as6
7 min - PSA: Chemours Toxic PFAS Spill into Cape Fear River
On July 22nd, the Chemours facility in Fayetteville, North Carolina notified Cape Fear Public Utilities Authority that sediment highly contaminated with PFAS chemicals leaked into the Cape Fear River. In this episode, Emily Donovan, co-founder of Clean Cape Fear, tells us what Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender county residents that rely on the river for drinking water need to know.
For more information, go to www.cleancapefear.org/dailyfilter/ or https://www.cfpua.org/CivicAlerts.aspx
Produced by Kayla Guilliams. Music by Meydän.
Broadcast from the Working Narratives studio, this series examines environmental news in the coastal Carolina region.Support Shoresides’ local storytelling. Your gift helps us amplify coastal voices: https://givebutter.com/to7as6
8 min - Hurricanes Affect River Systems and Water Quality in Coastal NC
Larry Baldwin is the Crystal Coast Waterkeeper and the Advocacy Director of the White Oak New River Keeper Alliance. He's an advocate for improving the health and quality of water systems throughout coastal North Carolina. Baldwin has experienced a number of hurricane and says they can actually be a good thing for river systems. But they cause a number of other issues - they destroy communities' infrastructure and create issues with water quality, among others.
Produced by Caroline Bailey. Music by Meydän.
Broadcast from the Working Narratives studio, this series examines environmental news in the coastal Carolina region.Support Shoresides’ local storytelling. Your gift helps us amplify coastal voices: https://givebutter.com/to7as6
7 min - Climate Change is Threatening NC's Biggest Estuary
North Carolina's Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary is the second-largest estuary in the United States and serves as a vital resource for several industries and communities. Bill Crowell, Director of the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, says that as climate change continues to threaten this resource, taking steps to protect it is more important than ever.
Produced by Kayla Guilliams. Music by Meydän.
Broadcast from the Working Narratives studio, this series examines environmental news in the coastal Carolina region.Support Shoresides’ local storytelling. Your gift helps us amplify coastal voices: https://givebutter.com/to7as6
7 min
About Community Rising
From the publisher's feed
Community Rising examines environmental news in the coastal Carolina region. We focus on the environment, development, climate change, pollution, and public health.