PBSL Podcast

Hey there, audience member - It's February! Grab your hot cocoa and listen in as Meera, Jade, Jessica, and Armaan discuss how the pandemic has affected the sustainability in our communities. Topics include: supply chain changes, transportation, waste from masks, and more.

Where does that leftover pizza from Bursley dining hall go when you throw it away? What is her story?

Imagine if we told you there was a way to allow that pizza to turn back into dirt that could then make tomatoes and wheat into more pizza. Well the answers are all here folks, packed into a 26 minute episode full of fun facts and fast laughs! Tune in to hear Jessica, Meera, Armaan, Jade, and Cameron talk about the magical world of composting!

Topics include how to compost on or off campus, why composting is both environmentally and economically beneficial, carbon sequestration, and a very special game show at the end!

The team interviews our good pal Maria about topics within the realm of Environmental Justice, including a brief history of Environmental Justice, the importance of Indigenous perspectives, the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars program, and more!

Maria Ramirez (she/her/hers) works as a Student Coordinator for the Planet Blue Student Leaders. She is a first generation graduate student at U-M specializing in Environmental Justice, a participant in the Global Public Health Certificate program, and is a Mexican-American Mestiza.

The team gleefully discusses how sustainability relates to a very joyful and also waste-intensive time - the holidays!

Why should you use glow sticks and hire a “one of those fire-throwing-guys” instead of shooting off fireworks? Tune in to learn more!

The team discusses the role the individual person (YOU!!) has in creating a more just and sustainable community. Topics include changing the sustainability mindset from deprivation to joy, public policy, and eating food in a way that makes the planet happy.

Produced by Jade Whittaker-Mitts, Meera Kumar, Armaan Patel, and Jessica Middleton

Recording, Editing, and original music by Cameron Wilson

In the highly anticipated inaugural episode of season two, the team interviews four different sustainability student orgs on the University of Michigan campus: UM Bees, Students for Clean Energy, Blue Lab, and the UM Sustainable Food Program.