In this series, we are asking what the Green New Deal looks like at the local level.

Steve Bartlett describes the situation in Venezuela from an objective perspective.

Steve Bartlett describes the situation in Venezuela from an objective perspective.

In this series, we are asking what the Green New Deal looks like at the local level.

In this series, we are asking what the Green New Deal looks like at the local level.

In this series, we are asking what the Green New Deal looks like at the local level.

In this series, we are asking what the Green New Deal looks like at the local level.

On this edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, celebrates Earth Day by having an ol’ fashioned “porch sit" with three GIANTS from Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest in Clermont, KY: Jenny Zeller, Arts Coordinator; Claude Stephens, Facilitator of Outreach and Regenerative Design and director of the Children at Play Network; and Andrew Berry, Director of Conservation. In addition to discussing the three giants that have invaded the forest, we discuss:

• Ignorance based design (embracing experimentation, risk/failure, multiple pathways to a solution, constant adjustment)

• Deferring to the wisdom of nature in design – drawing from millions of years of successful selection (Living Building Challenge)

• Always looking as far upstream as possible to frame your solutions – addressing root causes not symptoms (Children at Play Network)

• Using the arts as a door into our work – the arts can have a GIANT impact on engaging audiences in conversations about sustainability and climate change. (Promoting conservation through a 40 year old Artist in Residence program.)

• Shifting scale – the conservation work of the past century was protecting places – the conservation work of the future will be how we connect places.

• Bernheim’s efforts in large scale conservation – connecting corridors – regional efforts – focused/prioritized land protection)

More information is at http://www.bernheim.org

As always, our interview is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is used by permission from the fantastic Louisville band, Appalatin. Explore their inspiring music at https://www.appalatin.com

On this edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, celebrates Earth Day by having an ol’ fashioned “porch sit" with three GIANTS from Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest in Clermont, KY: Jenny Zeller, Arts Coordinator; Claude Stephens, Facilitator of Outreach and Regenerative Design and director of the Children at Play Network; and Andrew Berry, Director of Conservation. In addition to discussing the three giants that have invaded the forest, we discuss:

• Ignorance based design (embracing experimentation, risk/failure, multiple pathways to a solution, constant adjustment)

• Deferring to the wisdom of nature in design – drawing from millions of years of successful selection (Living Building Challenge)

• Always looking as far upstream as possible to frame your solutions – addressing root causes not symptoms (Children at Play Network)

• Using the arts as a door into our work – the arts can have a GIANT impact on engaging audiences in conversations about sustainability and climate change. (Promoting conservation through a 40 year old Artist in Residence program.)

• Shifting scale – the conservation work of the past century was protecting places – the conservation work of the future will be how we connect places.

• Bernheim’s efforts in large scale conservation – connecting corridors – regional efforts – focused/prioritized land protection)

More information is at http://www.bernheim.org

As always, our interview is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is used by permission from the fantastic Louisville band, Appalatin. Explore their inspiring music at https://www.appalatin.com

In this series, we are reviewing the DSA's Green New Deal.

The DSA is the Democratic Socialists of America, one of the more dynamic groups on the American left. For more info, see www.dsausa.org.