Welcome to ESF's Podcast!
Hosted by ESF President Joanie Mahoney, the podcast features in depth conversations
with the people
who are working to address our planet's most pressing issues.
Campus Conversations: The Podcast is produced by the Digital Storytelling Studio.
Season 7 Episodes
Laura Schifter: Climate Action and Solutions
In the final episode of this season, President Mahoney has a fantastic conversation with Laura Schifter, a senior fellow with the Aspen Institute's Energy and Environment program. She leads This Is Planet Ed, an initiative of Aspen Institute aiming to unlock the power of education as a force for climate action and solutions. In this conversation, they discuss Laura's motivation to become more involved in educating about climate change, understanding how it affects what is important to you, and how to educate and inform about what's important. They talk about the Higher Ed Climate Action Plan that President Mahoney and SUNY Chancellor King participated in with Laura and the Aspen Institute.
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Spencer Berg: Student-Community Initiatives
In this episode, President Mahoney speaks with Spencer Berg. Spencer is an Environmental Studies major with a minor in Landscape Architecture. He is also the president of the Environmental Studies Student Organization, known as ESSO, the Chief Academic Officer for the Mighty Oak Student Assembly, and an R.A. in Centennial Hall. Listen in as Spencer talks about what drew him to ESF, his interest in politics, environmental activism, the SUNY system, and the importance of decision-making with the environment in mind.
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Sue Fassler: Driving Sustainable Change at ESF
In this conversation, President Mahoney speaks with the Director of Sustainability at ESF, Sue Fassler. Listen in as President Mahoney and Sue discuss ESF's Sustainability Action Plan, encouraging small changes in habits that can produce a big impact, the value of having difficult discussions, and being OK with trying something and failing.
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Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer: An Economy of Reciprocity
As we kick off season 7, we welcome back Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer! President Mahoney and Dr. Wall Kimmerer talk about her new book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World and the benefits of a gift economy. The conversation builds on the role of the serviceberry tree and how we can incorporate its relationship to the natural world into our lives.
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