Perspectives on Sustainable Development

About Perspectives on Sustainable Development

Environmental justice and climate change are driving decarbonization across industrial sectors and throughout everyday life. There are many nuanced issues that planners will face as they try to sustainably reshape our world. This podcast will focus on climate and EJ but also bring on associated experts to speak about how these issues affect their fields. From city planning, economic development, transportation, education, national security, mental health, manufacturing, supply chain...we should all be considering how climate and EJ considerations will affect our decision paradigms. Join me every two weeks as we discuss critical issues with thought leaders who know them best. Logo credit and general assistance: Uzziah Davis

Publisher

Chris Whitehead, Founding Principal

Category

business · education · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Mar 2024

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

12 of 50 episodes have a transcript.

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   6 Oct 2026

   Season 3 - Episode 11: Lithium-Ion Battery Fires: What's Being Tried to Remedy This Massive Problem

   Host [Host Name] interviews industry expert [Guest Name, Credential] about innovative solutions to mitigate the dangerous and persistent fires caused by damaged lithium-ion batteries.

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Season 3 - Episode 10: Faith and Environmental Protection: The Call to Protect Public Health

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name 1, Credential] and [Guest Name 2, Credential] about faith's role in environmental protection and public health advocacy.

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   4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Season 3 - Episode 9 - Smart Transportation Planning Leads to Thriving Communities

   Campaign Manager Miguel Morevac and Co-Executive Director Sara Lind discuss how smart transportation planning fosters thriving communities by reducing emissions and improving economic flow.

Inside a recent episode

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Smart Transportation Planning Leads to Thriving Communities

Published 4 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But it was finished in the 90s. Mission accomplished. We finished the interstate highway system. What else do we want to do with our transportation system? How does any project, you know, get designed and proposed? And I think that's where we've seen some state policies that have really pushed the conversation to say, wait, wait, wait, wait. We want the transportation system to do things other than just build roads. And I'm going to use a Republican example from Virginia on this that I think is really compelling. It's called the Smart Scale Project Prioritization Framework, right? And basically what happened in Virginia, there was a boondoggle, I know you like that word, a boondoggle where, yes, $300 million of state taxpayer money was spent on a highway project that didn't get a single permit to be built, right? […]

Who has been a guest on Perspectives on Sustainable Development

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• Miguel Morevac
• Sara Lind
• Rebecca Lubot
• Leah Kral
• Michael Gerrard

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

764

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.7 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

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Quality

57

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

32

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