The scientific consensus on climate science and the existence of climate change has been proven to be overwhelming. With this information, how do we frame it in a way where the relevance is clear? This is the focus of our podcast, bringing to light important environmental justice topics for people who are curious about learning more. We hope to educate our listeners on environmental inequality through bite-size topical episodes and encourage participation in environmental advocacy on a local level.
Seems Hopeless
Claim This Podcastby Olamide Ajasin, Samuel Alzate, Shohom Bose, Noemi Carrillo, Shirling Xu
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Podcast Overview
The scientific consensus on climate science and the existence of climate change has been proven to be overwhelming. With this information, how do we frame it in a way where the relevance is clear? This is the focus of our podcast, bringing to light important environmental justice topics for people who are curious about learning more. We hope to educate our listeners on environmental inequality through bite-size topical episodes and encourage participation in environmental advocacy on a local level.
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November 17, 2020
Episode 6: Beginners Guide to Climate Activism
<p>This episode is about ways you can help in your community. The links talked about are listed here:</p> <p>Organizations</p> <ul> <li>Eco-act.org</li> <li>gawand.org</li> <li>psequity.org</li> </ul> <p>Books</p> <ul> <li>As Long as Grass Grows by Dina Gilo-Whitaker</li> <li>On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein</li> </ul> <p>Podcast</p> <ul> <li>Living Downstream NPR</li> </ul>
November 17, 2020
Episode 5: Urban Sprawl & Transportation
<p><strong>In episode five, we explore how urban sprawl and disparities in transportation impact people from low-income and minority communities in big cities like Atlanta. People often overlook the impacts of transportation at a local level, which is why we chose to specifically talk about Atlanta. Urban sprawl means more than just rapid expansion of a city; it means that working people are losing time on the roads due to congested traffic since people from outside of the area are driving longer distances to get to their destination. Due to congested traffic, people in poor living areas are impacted by the air pollution caused by car emissions. Furthermore, others don’t own cars and have little access to public transit, which means they have no reliable transportation. We emphasize the importance of transportation equity by discussing how it can only be achieved when city officials engage communities being impacted, a prime example being the Atlanta Beltline.</strong></p>
November 17, 2020
Episode 4: Sea Level Rise
<p><strong>For episode four, we decided to focus on the environmental injustice surrounding sea-level rise. More often than not, people focus on the large-scale impacts of a rising sea level while overlooking the effect on the daily lives of individuals. In this episode, we explore the sea-level rise and how different communities will experience the consequences in drastically different ways. We talk about how in Georgia, for example, policy-makers would rather look at sea level rise vulnerability through a technocratic lens, ignoring the cultural and socio-spatial aspect of the problem. Essentially, this “colorblind” adaptation planning for sea-level rise further exemplifies how, in the future, specific communities will suffer the brunt of it while others will be protected through vulnerability mitigation.</strong></p>
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