Linksploration - Bay Area

Greetings listeners!  We haven't forgotten you.  Jeanne was on vacation in Spain, and came back with a A+ cold - (or should we say F-?).  We are taking a short break, but we will be back in a few weeks with another exciting episode.  Meanwhile, this is your opportunity to catch up on any episodes you may have missed, either on your favorite podcast player, or at linksploration.com.

Back in June, we began a conversation with Sadie Wilson of the Greenbelt Alliance about their Resilience Hotspots program.  Now we take a closer look at the Suisun Marsh, one of the first group of 5 hotspots, with Sadie and Alex Lunine of Sustainable Solano.

In honor of climate week, host Jeanne puts on her CPA hat and gives listeners a tour of the Inflation Reduction Act, the giant legislation giving tax incentives for all kinds of climate mitigation, plus rebates.  It's wild!

What's happening with rooftop solar now that the new net metering system has taken effect?  What is the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act?  What else is new in the rooftop solar market?  We thought we knew it all, but there is lots to learn.  Join us as we chat again with our solar experts, Pat Villano and Amit Roy of Your Energy Solutions.

When we think about climate change, we often focus on the big picture; after all it is an earth-wide problem.  This week we zoom in and talk with Laura Wehrley of Sustainable Contra Costa about what they do and what we can do as individuals, right here, right now.

Following a release of toxic dust from the Martinez Refinery, which looms above the historic town of Martinez, local residents banded together to form Healthy Martinez, a group advocating for cleaner air and more transparency from the refinery. We interview Heidi Taylor of Healthy Martinez about what happened, what's happening, and what they want to happen.

In this minisode, we have a blast at the Martinez Beaver Festival.  Just can't get enough of the little chompers!

The Greenbelt Alliance has been a longtime Bay Area institution. Now they are tackling climate change in five local sites they are calling "resilience hotspots".  We chat with Greenbelt Alliance's Sadie Wilson about how these places were chosen, what they mean by "resilience", and, well . . .  what's the plan?

In this follow-up minisode, we tour an active beaver colony in Fairfield, CA, and learn even more about the lifestyles of the toothy and hairy.  A visit to the home of the Laurel Creek beavers.

Climate change!  In this conversation, we talk  with Lynda Deschambault of Contra Costa County Climate Leaders about what separates the best cities from the  . . .  not so good.  Some of the factors are what you expect, but some are surprising.  And we name names.