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PONDERING SKIES
By Matthew Bryant
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How many episodes does PONDERING SKIES have?
The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.
PONDERING SKIES episodes:
July 14, 2020Pondering Skies - Episode 6 - Move It or Lose It Dave Bennink specializes in building materials reuse and is the director of the Building Deconstruction Institute. He is a circular economy professional and an embodied carbon advocate. Hear about his passion for his work, and his lans for a Reuse Innovation Center....more June 17, 2020Pondering Skies - Episode 5 - Art is Life Adam Carlin is a social practice artist and director of the Greensboro Project Space. In this episode, we hear how Adam became an artist and what brought him to social practice as an art form, and we'll hear an explanation of what social practice is. He discusses why it is important for him to connect art, ecology, and community through projects and institutes that blur the lines between art production and everyday life. And we'll hear about his love for chickens....more June 04, 2020Pondering Skies - Episode 4 - Places of Possibility Dr. Carolyn Finney is a storyteller, author, and cultural geographer. Her work looks to develop greater cultural competency within environmental organizations and institutions, challenge media outlets on their representation of difference, and increase awareness of how privilege shapes who gets to speak to environmental issues and determine policy and action.
Her work is grounded in both artistic and intellectual ways of knowing - she pursued an acting career for eleven years, spent five years backpacking through Africa and Asia and living in Nepal, and eventually returned to school after a 15-year absence to complete her bachelors, masters degrees, and eventually a Ph.D.
She has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Canon National Parks Science Scholar, and she received a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Studies. Carolyn has worked with the media in various capacities including the Tavis Smiley Show, MSNBC, and Vice News Tonight; she’s written op-eds for Outside Magazine & Newsweek; was a guest editor & contributor for a special section on Race & the National Parks in Orion Magazine; participated in a roundtable conversation with REI and The Atlantic; and has appeared in interviews with NPR, Sierra Club, Boston Globe, National Geographic, and The Guardian; and she served on the U.S. National Parks Advisory Board for eight years. Her first book, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors was released in 2014.
In this episode, I talk to Dr. Finney about what sustainability means to her, how sustainability and environment became part of her work, and her unique approach in working both inside and outside of academia. She discusses how her scholarly work complements her creative artistic practice, and vice versa. We also get a glimpse into current and upcoming projects.
About This Podcast
This show explores how the themes of nature, weather, climate, and environment interrelate. Visit the accompanying blog at www.ponderingskies.org
Dr. Finney snaps a selfie for the podcast.
Artifacts gathered by Finney for use in her creative nonfiction book project.
...more May 18, 2020Pondering Skies - Episode 3 - Reconsidered Goods In this episode, we'll hear from Paige Cox, the owner and co-creator of Reconsidered Goods, a creative reuse center located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Pondering Skies is a podcast about those who are working in, thinking about, and doing sustainability....more May 18, 2020Pondering Skies - Episode 2 - A Journey of Stewardship Pondering Skies is a podcast about those who are working in, thinking about, and doing sustainability. This episode welcomes guest Laine Roberts, Water Resources Public Education Coordinator for the City of Greensboro, North Carolina....more May 08, 2020Pondering Skies - Episode Zero Pondering Skies is a podcast about those who are working in, thinking about, and doing sustainability. In this introductory episode, host Matthew Bryant gives a little background on why the podcast got started....more May 07, 2020Pondering Skies - Episode 1 - Moving the Needle Pondering Skies is a podcast about those who are working in, thinking about, and doing sustainability. This episode welcomes guest Sean MacInnes, Sustainability Specialist at UNC Greensboro....more
FAQs about PONDERING SKIES:
How many episodes does PONDERING SKIES have?
The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.