In This Climate

Insects can provide protein, and increased use of them as feed and food may have beneficial climate effects. Gabe Filippelli interviews IUPUI's Christine Picard about her research.

Are top-down solutions the best way to achieve environmental improvements? Author Todd Myers discusses ways to incentivize change at the individual level.

A discussion with Erin Posthumus from the National Phenology Network. They track the seasons through "phenology," the study of cycles and seasons in nature. She tells us if "spring" is really early, and by how much.

Emily Miles converses with noted author Priyanka Kumar.

As the Forest Service's plan for forest restoration in the Buffalo Springs moves ahead, some citizens are opposed. A conversation with Andy Mahler.

An update about the Buffalo Springs Forest Restoration project in Southern Indiana, with US Forest Service reps Chris Thornton, Marion Mason, and Todd Ontl.

A discussion with David Konisky (O'Neill School, IU) about how the energy transition is proceeding in Indiana.

A discussion of cooperatives and public-owned utilities as a way to provide rural energy, with author Michelle Moore (Rural Renaissance, Revitalizing America's Hometowns through Clean Power. Island Press).

Jim talks to Gabe about environmental resilience issues in Indiana, mainly Indianapolis. Urban heat, green insfrastructure, the White River.

Does the history of Indiana shape how Hoosiers relate to the environment today? Conversation with Eric Sandweiss, Professor of History at IU Bloomington