Green City

This morning we are going to move our focus outside and talk about Parks & Rec! Today’s guest is Eric Tabor, President of the Friends of West Des Moines Parks and Recreation Board and retired Chief Deputy Attorney General at the Office of the Attorney General of Iowa. As a 3 year old organization, Eric has done a great job leading the Friends group and establishing a foundation and framework for it to continue on.

This week, we welcome Suzan Erem, one of the founders, former executive director, and current community engagement specialist for the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT).

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This morning we are talking with our third Valley High School student in our segment to learn their perspectives on the current state of our environment and our planet.

Alyssa Makena is a senior at Valley and will be attending Yale next fall with a focus on public health. 

Ben Ahlrichs is joining us this morning to share another young adult’s perspective on the environment and the challenges we currently face along with possible solutions to give us hope.

Ben is a Senior at Valley High School, as was last week’s guest, Emma, and next week’s guest.

Ben will be attending the University of Iowa in the fall with a focus on Journalism and English and Creative Writing.

We are joined by Emma Fetters joining us to share her perspective on the environment, climate change, and whatever else we might get into in our discussion. Emma is a senior at Valley High School and will be attending Iowa State University in the fall with a focus on chemistry and environmental science.

We are joined by Bre Miller to discuss food and food systems. Bre is the program coordinator on the Food Systems Team for Iowa State Extension and Outreach's Farm, Food, and Enterprise Development Area. 

We have another returning guest joining us this morning, and she happens to be a former student of Brant Reif, who was our guest last week!

Fatima Husain is a graduate of Valley High School in West Des Moines and went on to attend Brown University for her undergrad in geochemistry. Now at MIT, Fatima is working on her PhD studying ancient earth and how it has changed over time using chemistry, biology, and history.

We welcome a returning guest this week, Brant Reif, an AP Environmental Science and Biology teacher at Valley High School in West Des Moines, IA. 

Olivia Hicks is a current environmental journalism student at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. With her graduation on the horizon, Olivia joins us to discuss what she’s learned so far and the environmental lessons she’ll take with her.