Resilient New Mexico Podcast

By Sandra West and Peter Heald

What's Resilient New Mexico Podcast about?

Resilient New Mexico is dedicated to sharing our climate-related stories, highlighting our commonalities, and exploring our capabilities for building a sustainable and socially just future.

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Resilient New Mexico Podcast episodes:

04.09.2024
Neal Denton and Sustainability in Santa Fe
Neal Denton, who was the Sustainability Officer for the city of Santa Fe, gives us a peek behind the curtain in to what Santa Fe is doing to promote sustainability. We get in to details of what sustainablity means, some...
02.22.2024
Community Solar Update with Christian Casillas
Christian Casillas from the Coalition of Sustainable Communities walks us through the current status of community solar in New Mexico, describes the progress that has been made, and the amazing potential the future holds! A few links from the show:...
11.18.2023
Composting to Engage Youth, Improve Soil Health and Sequester Carbon with Carol Ann and Mike Fugagli
Carol Ann and Mike Fugagli join us to discuss their impressive project of using Johnson-Su composting method to Engage Youth, Improve Soil Health and Sequester Carbon. They share about the educational components of the project, working with the local school...
09.12.2023
Ableism, Disability and Climate with Naomi Ortiz
The wonderful and thought provoking Naomi Ortiz joins us to educate Sandra and myself about a very important topic that isn't discussed very much, specifically the intersection of disability justice and climate justice, and how inclusion in climate activism could...
05.12.2023
Dr.Stan Atcitty talks with about energy and energy sovereignty among indigenous communities in the US.
Dr.Atcitty is a senior scientist at Sandia National Labs where he works on renewable energy systems. He is also a member of the Navajo Nation, and is deeply engaged with bringing renewable energy and energy sovernty to Navajo communities and...
04.24.2023
2023 Legislative Roundup with Tom Solomon
Tom Solomon from 350newmexico.org joins us to discuss the climate related bills that did, or didn't make it during the 2023 legislative session. We also discuss how NM compares to other states, some of our greatest successes and some areas...
03.01.2023
Recycling in NM with Sarah Pierpont
Sarah Pierpont is the Executive Director at New Mexico Recycling Coalition and stops by to discuss the 5 Rs (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and rot) with us, and shares some inspiration, practical tips for reducing your waste, and some of...
11.03.2022
Environmental Journalism with Judith Polich
Judith Polich writes a climate change column for the Albuquerque Journal, and covers a wide variety of climate related topics. We talk to her about how to engage people in climate action, how readers respond to her articles, and of...
04.30.2022
Childhood development with Dr.Genesis Arizmendi
Genesis Arizmendi is a speach language pathologist who talks with us about how environmental polution impacts border communities, especially children in those communities, as well as climate change and the global south.
12.22.2021
Sustainability and Post-Sustainability with Melinda Morgan
We talk with Melinda Morgan who has a long resume, including the current Director of the Sustainability Studies Program as well as the author of The End of Sustainability. We have a lot of fun and learn a lot discussing things...
10.29.2021
Gabe Pacyniak explores GHG emissions and NM
We speak with Gabe Pacyniak about NM and greenhouse gas emissions, and how best NM can move towards a low emissions future. Gabe teaches climate change law and policy seminar at the UNM School of Law, and specializes in climate...
09.22.2021
Environmental Justice with Cliff Villa
Cliff Villa, a Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law, shares wisdom gathered from his extensive experience, including 22 years as an attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. His clear stories and compassionate advice...
07.11.2021
Climate Change and Health with Heidi Honegger Rogers
Heidi Honegger Rogers from the UNM Health Sciences Center is here to talk with us about health and how it is impacted by climate change, both in NM and nationally. She also has lots of great tips for preparing yourself...
05.10.2021
Community Solar Bill Passage Review
The Community Solar bill was passed in to law, but is this a good thing? Sandra and Peter discuss the amendments that happened to the bill prior to being passed, how those amendments impacted the bill, and give their take...
03.31.2021
Interview with Arté Romero y Carver
Arté is one of the co-founders New Mexico based Youth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA), and speaks with about why climate justice is a racial and human rights issue, and how ending environmental racism is a requirement to ending...
03.03.2021
Food Waste with Dr.Sue Barns
Sue Barns joins us to discuss food waste, what it is, where it happens, and how to avoid it! We also have a good round of lightning questions, and find out the best way to store food long term.
02.13.2021
Discuss 2021 Legislative Session with Mona Blaber
We spoke to Mona Blaber, who is the Communication Director for the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club. New Mexico is in the middle of its annual legislative session, and we discussed specific bills, how the public can engage...
02.13.2021
HB106: Community Solar for NM
In this episode we discuss HB106, which would allow small groups or organizations to attach small scale solar instalations to the grid. This bill came up last year, but did not pass. We discuss why the bill did not pass...
01.20.2021
Conversation with Dr. Carl White about nutrient cycling in NM
We spoke with Dr. Carl White, an ecologist who spent his career studying NM. We cover topics about nutrient cycle, forest fires, droughts, flooding, and what individuals can do to help all of those!
12.08.2020
Resilient New Mexico Preview
In this episode we share a bit about our motivations, and what we will be covering in the upcoming episodes.

What's Resilient New Mexico Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Resilient New Mexico Podcast episodes:

Neal Denton and Sustainability in Santa Fe

Community Solar Update with Christian Casillas

Composting to Engage Youth, Improve Soil Health and Sequester Carbon with Carol Ann and Mike Fugagli

Ableism, Disability and Climate with Naomi Ortiz

Dr.Stan Atcitty talks with about energy and energy sovereignty among indigenous communities in the US.

2023 Legislative Roundup with Tom Solomon

Recycling in NM with Sarah Pierpont

Environmental Journalism with Judith Polich

Childhood development with Dr.Genesis Arizmendi

Sustainability and Post-Sustainability with Melinda Morgan

Gabe Pacyniak explores GHG emissions and NM

Environmental Justice with Cliff Villa

Climate Change and Health with Heidi Honegger Rogers

Community Solar Bill Passage Review

Interview with Arté Romero y Carver

Food Waste with Dr.Sue Barns

Discuss 2021 Legislative Session with Mona Blaber

HB106: Community Solar for NM

Conversation with Dr. Carl White about nutrient cycling in NM

Resilient New Mexico Preview