Podcast Episode: Soil Health, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice with Sage Fairman
In today’s episode, I sit down with Sage Fairman from the Oregon Climate & Agriculture Network (OrCAN). Sage is the Program Manager of OrCAN, and she specializes in regenerative agriculture, bilingual farm business support, and farmworker advocacy. Our discussion centered around soil health, sustainability in agriculture, and environmental justice through the lens of…
Minisode: The Problem with Invasive Annual Grasses
New Podcast Series! Minisodes are a new series on the Speak Environment Podcast. Content for the podcast will now extend to Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube in addition to the usual audio platforms in the form of vertical, short-form videos deep diving specific topics. The goal is to continue to create content in-between full-length…
Podcast Episode: The Endangered Species Act in Less Than 20 Minutes
Today is the 51st birthday of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. In today’s episode, we explore what we’ve learned over those years.
Invasive Plants 101: Harming the Planet, People, and Profit
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Podcast Episode: War and the Environment: Lessons from Palestine, Congo, and Sudan
Today’s episode explores the intersections of war and its impact on the environment using contemporary conflicts across Palestine/Israel, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan. 2023 brought about the beginning of horrific wars and humanitarian crises in the Middle East and Africa. This episode explores these crises and how they are impacting…
NEW SERIES: Come to Work With Me! Forest Habitat Surveys in Oregon’s Willamette Valley
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