Char Miller is a professor and director of environmental analysis at Pomona College in Claremont, California. Beyond being a devoted educator to the next generation of environmentalists, Char is an expert on U.S forest management, California wildfires, water scarcity, and environmental history. When Char isn't teaching, he's writing. In the past 2 years, he's released books covering water management, marijuana policy and politics, and a collection of essays about Theodore Roosevelt.

In this episode, we dig into: 

- what it means to be an effective teacher

- the status of wildfires in the USA

- why history serves as the ultimate guide for solving existential crises

Show Notes: 

- Gentleman's Agreement

- Tongva People of LA Basin

- Gifford Pinchot

- The Nature of Hope: Grassroots Organizing, Environmental Justice, and Political Change (Intersection in Environmental Justice), Char Miller

- Dakota Access Pipeline

- Bill McKibben

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