Dr. Ruhan Nagra, associate professor and founding director of the S.J. Quinney College of Law Environmental Justice Clinic, shares about her past and present work in interdisciplinary advocacy for environmental justice through legal work. 

Daniel Hernandez (pen name: Arcia Tecun) is a Wīnak (Urban Diasporic Highland Maya) local community organizer in Soonkahni (Salt Lake Valley). As the current University of Utah Environmental Humanities Practitioner-in-Residence and Cultural Director with the Jordan River Nature Center, Daniel shares about his passions in local-global Indigenous eco-justice at the intersection of sustainability work. 

Daniel Hernandez (pen name: Arcia Tecun) is a Wīnak (Urban Diasporic Highland Maya) local community organizer in Soonkahni (Salt Lake Valley). As the Director of Culture with the Jordan River Nature Center and current Environmental Humanities Practitioner-in-Residence at the U, Daniel shares about his work towards local-global Indigenous Eco and Food Justice at the intersection of sustainability. 

Have you ever wanted to be a climate conscious shopper, without breaking the bank, but didn't know where to start? Hannah Rogers and Frances Benfell, two undergraduate students at the University of Utah, have got you covered! In this episode, they share about their developing company, Conscious, an app designed to help consumers become more sustainable shoppers. Tune in here and learn more at www.consciouss.org. 

Darren Parry, former chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, shares about the history of the Shoshone Nation, and their cultural ties to the Great Salt Lake.  

Dr. Nalini Nadkarni, a forest ecologist and professor emeritus in the U's Department of Biology, shares about her passion for rainforest tree canopy research and science communication with "non-traditional" audiences.

Nich Backman, Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Utah, discusses a collaborative project with the American West Center, several Indigenous Tribal governments, and the National Park Service to decolonize trail signage along the Overland Trails.

The Sustainability Office is happy to introduce Sydney Murray as a new Sustain podcast host. In this episode, she discusses her background and interests in environmental justice and education, along with her hopes and goals in her new role as a Sustain host!

Dr. Annie Isabel Fukushima, a scholar-activist and associate professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah, discusses her research on migration and human trafficking and their connection to environmental justice. "As we start to think about how our crops and how our very food industries are impacted by environmental realities, that is also going to impact migrant workers and opportunities for labor," Fukushima says. "There's a range of issues that start to cohere around immigration, racialized and gender-based violence, and environmental issues."

In this episode, University of Utah undergraduate student and climate justice activist Muskan Walia discusses the local youth climate movement, her work to transition Utah school districts to 100% clean energy, and youth-led initiatives to reclaim their education and make climate and environmental curricula more accessible to Utah high school students.