Just Sustainability

In this episode Janiece Watts and I talk about the importance of “connecting the dots” when thinking about the relationships between place, race, equity, and sustainability. We also discuss strategies […]

In this episode of Just Sustainability it’s my distinct pleasure to introduce you to Janiece Watts. I first learned about Janiece through Troy Goodnough (whom you might have listened to […]

We’ve reached the conclusion of the conversation that I had with Taylor Brorby. When I asked him about whether there were topics that he wanted to talk about that we […]

In the third part of our conversation, Taylor and I spoke about how he works personal stories about growing-up in a rural community, being gay, and being diabetic into social […]

In the second part of our conversation, Taylor Brorby and I pick-up where we left off at the end of the previous episode. Speaking about our childhoods growing-up in rural […]

Taylor Brorby is an essayist, poet, short storyist (or whatever one calls folks who write short stories), educator, and activist. I invited him onto Just Sustainability for several reasons. First, […]

I suspect that, for the past decade, I’ve worked more closely with Troy Goodnough than with any other colleague or collaborator. I can’t think of many of my professional projects […]

In the conclusion of our conversation, Stephania Fregosi and I talk about the skills that we believe are necessary to solve difficult problems, the need to better attend to wellness […]

In the second part of our conversation, Steph and I talk about about how institutional rules requiring political neutrality can interfere with discourse about sustainability (especially given that topics such […]

When I think about the integration of equity and sustainability within higher education, I can’t help but to think of Stephania Fregosi. Steph is a member of the Association for […]

In the last part of our conversation, Shawn Shafner and I talk about the parallels between the POOP Project and Shawn’s coming-out process, we review some strategies for approaching difficult […]

In the second episode with Shawn Shafner, Shawn and I spoke about defecatory justice, Queerness, and liberatory discourse. Shawn Shafner is an educator, an artist, and an activist. He skillfully […]

In hindsight Shawn Shafner, also known as The Puru, played an important role in the creation of the Just Sustainability podcast. Several years ago, I spent several days hanging out […]

Dr. Ian Werkheiser is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and the director of the Center for Collaboration and Ethics at the University of Rio Grande Valley. He also the host […]

Dr. Ian Werkheiser is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and the director of the Center for Collaboration and Ethics at the University of Rio Grande Valley. He also the host […]

Dr. Teresa Peterson is a citizen of the Upper Sioux Community.  She’s on the Board of Directors and is a co-founder of Dakota Wicohan, which is a nonprofit organization that […]

Dr. Teresa Peterson is a citizen of the Upper Sioux Community.  She’s on the Board of Directors and is a co-founder of Dakota Wicohan, which is a nonprofit organization that […]

On this episode we meet Sean Sherman and learn about the impact of settler colonialism, Indigenous foods and foodways, the reclamation of Indigenous cultures and knowledges, and Indigenous education. Sean […]

Heid Erdrich is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She is astoundingly multi-talented and is a prolific and award-winning poet, cookbook author, storyteller, artist, curator, and […]

Heid Erdrich is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She is astoundingly multi-talented and is a prolific and award-winning poet, cookbook author, storyteller, artist, curator, and […]

In the second half of the conversation that I had with anthropologist Dr. Nina Ortiz, Nina and I talked about a number of topics. One of the topics that we […]

On this episode of Just Sustainability we meet Dr. Nina Ortiz, who’s an anthropologist at the University of Minnesota Morris. Nina strikes me as the archetype of a scholar activist […]

In this episode, we return to the conversation that I had with Dr. Fayola Jacobs from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota Twin […]

In the first episode of Just Sustainability, I’ll introduce you to Dr. Fayola Jacobs, who is an Assistant Professor in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the […]

To introduce you to Just Sustainability: Curious conversations about equity, sustainability, and social justice, Peter Levin from the Institute on the Environment interviews me (Clement Loo) and we talk about […]