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CLIMATE HOUR – Women are deeply effected by the climate crisis. They repeatedly demonstrate that they have the strength, ideas and skills to make crucial decisions about how we live with the Earth and with each other. Women around the world direct their family’s lifestyle and consumption habits. Women farmers feed the world, producing as much as 80% of food in the Global South. Indigenous women in particular hold invaluable traditional knowledge on regenerative farming and the preservation of our waters and lands.
Women vote more often. They work harder to get out the vote. And they lead on enacting, environmental legislation when elected to office. Women are more willing and able to unite across party lines and other boundaries. Studies repeatedly show that countries with more women in government, ratify more international environmental treaties. Women's voices are key to the political and ecological changes needed to slow the climate crisis and to create a sustainable future.
Join host, Bob Grove, and guest Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network, and author of The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis, to discuss the opportunities women's voices offer in world climate actions.
To learn more, visit …
https://ospreyoriellelake.earth/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR – We as individuals know that we can do things that reduce our personal carbon footprint – things that make us healthier, more secure, save us money – all while helping the environment and reducing climate change. But we also know that it’s going to take collective action to fight the most egregious impacts of climate. And to act collectively, we must engage with our governments to create positive climate legislation and then engage with that legislation to make real-world change.
A good example of this is the United States’ 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. As the name implies, the goal of the legislation is to reduce inflation. But it does that by investing in domestic clean energy production. Analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that the Inflation Reduction Act raises $738 billion dollars from tax and prescription drug reform, and then spends $783 billion dollars on new clean energy infrastructure and climate change mitigation. This is the largest climate investment in U.S. history. If fully implemented, the law is projected to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 40% by 2030.
So how do we, as individuals, engage with this legislation to turn these goals into reality? Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss the how to policy work through collective climate action. Guests include:
James Owen, Executive Director of Renew Missouri
Jon Dolan, Executive Director of Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association
To learn more, visit …
https://www.renewmo.org
https://www.moseia.com
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR – What is the role of state government in the challenge of Climate Change? The scientific consensus is that global warming of over two degrees Celsius will threaten human life as we know it. The Paris Agreement defines 1.5 degrees as a more desirable goal to limit the worst outcomes. Yet as of October, 2023, the planet’s average surface-temperature increase was already 1.4 degrees Celsius.
There’s many things we can do to reduce our personal carbon footprint. But we also need to engage in collective climate actions. We have to take action with our communities, our national governments, and at the state government level.
Join host, Bob Grove, and Mark Glick, Chief Energy Officer the the State of Hawai'i, to discuss the role of state government in the challenge of climate change.
Mr Glick served as senior advisor to the Texas Land Commissioner in the 1980s, where he helped pass landmark amendments to both the Texas Clean Air Act and the federal Clean Air Act. He then headed up operations and economic development for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and later served as Hawaii's Energy Administrator during the formative years of the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative. And in 2023, Mark was appointed Chief Energy Officer of the Hawaii State Energy Office.
Hawaii’s clean energy initiative is recognized as a national and global policy trendsetter. Hawaii was first in the nation to establish a legally binding commitment to 100% renewable energy. And Hawaii adopted legislation in 2022 that requires the state to sequester more atmospheric carbon than emitted, achieving net-negative emissions no later than 2045.
To learn more, visit …
https://energy.hawaii.gov/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR – Connections between humans and the natural world are often seen as exploitative or destructive. But scientists continue to find surprising ways that the natural world can heal us, both physically and mentally. Join host, Bob Grove, and Florence Williams, science journalist and author, to discuss the surprising connections between humans and the natural world.
Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, has been awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in science and technology, an Audie in general nonfiction, two Gracie Awards from the Alliance of Women in Media, and her latest book, Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey, has won the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.
To learn more, visit …
https://www.florencewilliams.com
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR – Clean water is essential for life, yet billions of people around the world don’t have enough water. Global warming is increasing the number of water-stressed areas and magnifying the water problems in regions already affected, leading to increased geopolitical conflict and water wars.
Scientists with the United Nations report a 20% drop in renewable water resources for every 1° celsius increase in global warming. So the world’s current 1.5° celsius increase means we’ve already lost 30% of our renewable water resources. Subtropical regions, like the southern United States, North Africa and Australia are suffering longer and more frequent droughts; broken by torrential rainfalls that cause flooding. Water scarcity is effecting the world’s food supplies and is a direct cause of mass migration.
Join host, Bob Grove, and Dr Wendell Chris King, retired U.S. Army Brigadier General and co-founder of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change to discuss Water Wars: Direct Impacts of Water Scarcity on the World.
To learn more, visit …
https://GMACCC.org
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR – Marine mammals are the planet’s canary in a coalmine. For as the ocean goes, so goes the land and all that dwell upon it. Climate change is causing the world’s oceans to become warmer and more acidic, while a constant stream of petrochemicals and microplastics turn then into a toxic wasteland. The study and preservation of marine mammals can provide an early warning system that helps us understand the long term impacts of climate and waste on land, and the future of land mammals.
Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss marine mammals. Guests include:
Ted Cheeseman, Co-Founder and Director, HappyWhale.com
Philip Hamilton, Interim Chair, Kraus Marine Mammal Program, and Senior Scientist, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium
Adam Ratner, Director of Conservation Engagement, The Marine Mammal Center
To learn more, visit …
https://www.MarineMammalCenter.org
https://www.NEAQ.org
https://www.HappyWhale.com
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR – A little community orchard provides an amazing number of benefits. First there’s basic carbon sequestration. Trees take carbon out of the air and reduce global warming. Then there’s food sovereignty. Trees give you control of your own food sources. In today’s corporate farming system, genetically modified foods are picked green, irradiated to prevent spoilage, then shipped half way around the world to high priced grocery stores. Food sovereignty means growing tasty, nutritious food that you can just walk up to the end of a block and pick from a tree. And then there’s community building. Bringing people together. Creating a shared work that builds relationships and creates a sense of accomplishment.
Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss the Amazing Impacts of the Little Community Orchard. Guests include:
Erica Kratofil, Co-Executive Director, Giving Grove
Florence Williams, Science Journalist and Author
Matt Bunch, Horticulturalist, Giving Grove
To learn more, visit …
https://www.GivingGrove.org
https://www.FlorenceWilliams.com/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR – We’ve talked about climate education before. We’ve discussed how to teach children about climate, and we’ve talked about climate programs in higher education. But all of these programs need teachers who understand and are willing to add climate to their curriculum. How do we go about teaching teachers to teach climate change and how do we form the professional networks needed to support both formal and non-formal climate education? How do we teach teachers to teach climate?
Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss the Value of Teaching Teachers To Be Climate Teachers. Guests include:
Marie Fargo, Senior Climate Change Instructional Resources Coordinator for Climate Generation
Amy Frame, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Ten Strands
Barbara Martinez-Guerrero, Executive Director of Dream in Green
Seth Spencer, Team Climate Network Coordinator for Climate Generation
To learn more, visit …
https://climategen.org
https://tenstrands.org
https://dreamingreen.org
https://climategkc.org
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR – When was the last time you talked about climate issues with a friend or family member? Studies find that the majority of people are concerned about climate but don’t talk about it. Why has something as universal as the climate conversation become such a political football that it’s a forbidden topic at family holiday gatherings?
In 2002, a prominent republican pollster circulated a strategy guide advising his candidates to talk about “climate change” instead of global warming. His research found that the concept of climate change was less threatening. Global warming was a crisis. Climate change was like taking a ski trip. He effectively created a talking point that de-escalated and delayed climate action for over 20 years.
So words do matter. Words can inspire hope and action. Or they can discourage and silence our voices. How do we find that balance between inspiring hope and addressing the urgency of a situation. How do we reframe the climate conversation?
Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss Reframing the Conversation. Guests include:
Adam Ratner, Director of Conservation Engagement, The Marine Mammal Center
Hannah Phillips, Manager of Docents and Interpreters, Education Department, Saint Louis Zoo
Kait Birghenthal, President & Project Coordinator, National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI)
Dr. Megan Ennes, Assistant Curator of Museum Education and Director of the Thompson Earth Systems Institute, Florida Museum of Natural History
To learn more, visit …
https://MarineMammalCenter.org
https://stlzoo.org
https://NNOCCI.org
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/earth-systems/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR -- How do we prepare our college and university graduates to understand, survive and even prosper in this age of climate change? Some of this is expanding science degrees to address climate-related issues. But most of it is incorporating climate-related issues into ALL subjects; cross-cutting education to address the climate change we’re experiencing today and the climate reality that our graduates will face tomorrow.
The United Nations is calling for climate change studies to be a formal part of all curriculums in all schools by 2025. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has launched a project to re-Orient chemistry education globally toward sustainability. Climate Change is becoming core curriculum around the world.
Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss how to make higher education work for climate change. Guests include:
Sarah Johnson, Founder, Wild Rose Education
Shannon O'Lear, Professor of Geography and Director of the Environmental Studies Program, Kansas University
Shari L. Wilson, Founder and Teaching Ecologist at Project Central
To learn more, visit …
https://www.wildroseeducation.com/
https://geog.ku.edu/
https://www.projcentral.co/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR -- We know that deforestation, commercial farming, urban sprawl and other forms of defoliation contribute to climate change. But what about the other way around. What is climate change doing to trees and other plants? Destruction of plants reduce our planet’s ability to sequestor greenhouse gases and increase global warming. But what if global warming itself is effecting world forest growth and other plants?
Join host, Bob Grove, and Dr Rohan Shetti, Faculty of Environment, University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem, to discuss How Climate Change is Impacting World Forest Growth.
To learn more, visit …
https://theenvironmentalanalytics.com
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR -- For most of the world, food security – having enough to eat – is one of today’s greatest challenges. As climate change continues to disrupt today’s industrial farming systems, world leaders are reevaluating traditional regenerative farming practices which are more resistant to climate change. Practices which work with the environment instead of killing it the way today’s monocrop farming does.
Agroforestry is a specialized type of regenerative agriculture that involves growing food as part of a forest ecosystem, producing more food in less space. Polyforestry is a variation of agroforestry that reflects both the many (poly) ways to grow food in a polyforest, and the polynesian people who have used this traditional farming practice for centuries.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is partnering with indigenous communities across the U.S. to merge their traditional farming wisdom with modern computer technology and produce Climate Dashboards capable of increasing food production and food security.
Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss food security, polyforestry and and NOAA’s Climate Dashboard. Guests include:
Tom DiLiberto, Climate Scientist, Public Affairs Specialist for NOAA Office of Communications
Pua Kamaka, Coordinator, NOAA Pacific Islands Region Collaboration Team for the NOAA Regional Collaboration Network
Justine Kamelamela, Project Director, Keaʻahuli ʻO Panaʻewa
Maile Luʻuwai, President, Pana'ewa Farmers Association
Makaʻala Rawlins, Community Outreach Coordinator, Keaʻahuli ʻO Panaʻewa
To learn more, visit …
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/pilot-project-to-build-resilience-support-akamai-smart-agriculture-in-hawaii
https://www.keaukahapanaewafarmersassociation.com
https://www.noaa.gov/regional-collaboration-network
https://www.noaa.gov/regional-collaboration-network/regions-pacific-islands
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR -- Oceans cover 70% of our planet’s surface. Oceans absorb 90% of the heat from global warming. They absorb 30% of the carbon dioxide produced by burning fossile fuels. Oceans drive our planet’s weather and oceans feed much of the world. Ocean warming threatens the survival of the world's largest ecosystem. The importance of oceans cannot be over stressed. As go the oceans, so goes civilization.
Join host, Bob Grove, and Dr Greg Asner, Director of the Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Arizona State University and the Founder of Asner Labs, to discuss Ocean Warming and The Survival Of The World’s Largest Ecosystem.
Dr Asner is an ecologist recognized for his applied research on ecosystems and climate change. He serves on ASU’s faculty of the School of Ocean Futures and in numerous programs with NASA, the U.S. State Department, and the United Nations. He’s a recipient of multiple scientific and sustainability awards and is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. His research spans the areas of ecology, biodiversity, coral reefs, terrestrial carbon cycle, animal-habitat interactions and climate change. Dr Greg Asner is the Principal Investigator for Asner Labs.
To learn more, visit …
Dr Greg Asner
https://globalfutures.asu.edu/gdcs/
https://asnerlab.org/
BOB GROVE
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR -- India has now surpassed China as the world’s most populous nation. That’s almost one-and-a-half billion people living in an area three times smaller than the United States. To put that in perspective, a person living in the U.S. has on average 12 times more space than a person living in India. To put that in GLOBAL perspective, 17% of the entire world’s population lives in India. India's perspective on climate change plays an increasingly important role in the planet's future.
India has the world’s third largest carbon footprint … after the United States and China. India produces around 2.5 billion tons of GHG annually. On a per person basis, that’s only 1/5th the average emissions of a person in China, and 1/8th the average emission of a person in the United States. But, by any metric, India is one of the top three players in creating and reversing climate change.
Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss India’s Perspective on Climate Change. Guests include:
Arjit Jere – nature educator, Foliage Outdoors and freelance nature writer
Pournima Agharkar – environmental scientist, Secretary of the Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change (INECC), and Sustainability Facilitator at LAYA Resource Centre, Visakhapatnam and Samuchit Enviro Tech, Pune.
To learn more, visit …
Arkit Jere
https://academiaplus.in/2023/05/18/career-stories-chapter-20/
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/13X6UJKyzv41gjk_8brnIjZj2eI14p5EC
https://www.talaterra.com/talaterra-podcast/ep112-arjit-jere-freelance-science-journalism
Pournima Agharkar
https://inecc.net
https://laya.org.in/
https://samuchit.com/
Bob Grove
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24
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CLIMATE HOUR -- Nuclear supporters think that nuclear energy is a safe, sustainable option with zero greenhouse gas emissions, that plays an important role in fighting climate change. The anti-nuclear movement thinks that nuclear power’s radioactivity creates too many risks; and that nuclear is too expensive and too slow to deploy when compared to modern renewable energy sources, like wind and solar. Is nuclear an important tool in the transition away from fossil fuels, or is it already outperformed by renewable energy?
Nuclear Energy
Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss Nuclear Energy. Guests include:
David Kraft, Director and Co-Founder, Nuclear Energy Information Service
Brigadier General Wendell Chris King (Ret.), Dean Emeritus, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
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The Climate movement is predominantly white. Many climate activists raise up Climate Equity and the importance of engaging with communities of color, but...
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Science has now demonstrated that there’s enough wind energy globally to supply the energy needs of the entire planet. Combine this with all of the renewable solar and water energy, and there’s more energy available than we can ever use.
Detailed plans and grid-studies are in place for all 50 U.S. States, hundreds of cities worldwide, 145+ countries and over 400 international corporations to all transition to 100% renewable water-wind-solar energy by 2035 with an infrastructure payback of just six years. There’s nothing stopping us from solving the climate crisis today using existing technology.
Join host, Bob Grove, and Dr Mark Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program at Stanford University, to discuss Climate Science and Renewable Technology.
Dr Jacobson is the recipient of the American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award (2005), the American Geophysical Union Ascent Award (2013), the Global Green Policy Design Award (2013), a Cozzarelli Prize (2016), the Judi Friedman Lifetime Achievement Award (2018), and has been selected as "one of the world’s 100 most influential people in climate policy" by Apolitical in 2019 and 2022.
References:
No Miracles Needed, by Mark Z. Jacobson
100% Wind, Water, and Solar (WWS) All-Sector Energy Roadmaps and Grid Studies for 145 Countries, by Mark Z. Jacobson
Grove’s FIELD GUIDE to Climate Change, by Bob Grove -
If you’ve tuned in to the Climate Hour before, you’ve heard us explain that the burning of fossil fuels has led to an increase in greenhouse gases that have trapped the heat from the sun and increased the average of our planet’s surface temperature; that this global warming is causing the planet’s climate patterns to change, and that this climate change is leading to an increase in the frequency and severity of natural weather disasters. But we really haven’t explored the global impacts of these weather disasters. We’re talking about nations that are becoming deserts or being submerged under rising oceans. We’re talking about crop failures leading to mass starvation, the loss of drinking water, and the spread of infectious diseases … epidemics and pandemics.
Join host, Bob Grove, and Brigadeer General Wendell Chris King (Ret.) to discuss the Strategic Defense Impacts of Climate Change.
General King served our nation for 45 years. He retired from federal service in 2016, and was named Dean Emeritus of the Command and General Staff college. General King holds a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Tennessee and two Masters Degrees - a MS in Civil Engineering from Tennessee Technical University and a MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. General King is a founding member of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change (GMACCC.org) -
Young people across the world are forming networks to take positive action on climate change. Many act locally, but increasing numbers are coming together to form national and continental coalitions that are collectively mobilizing a generational movement. Young people know that they will bear the brunt of climate change and they’re taking to the streets, to public forums and to political office to create climate action.
Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss the International Climate Youth Movement. Guests include:
David Bernhardt, Climate Activist, International Relations student at the University of Erfurt in Thüringia, Germany, and Student Coordinator of Heartland’s Future bus tour
Katharina Herz, English & Communications student at the University of Erfurt in Thüringia, Germany
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Food is a pretty fundamental part of life. The history of the world is often defined by its farming systems, and today’s world seems defined by expensive, un-nutritious monocrops; often genetically modified to require the very chemicals that have destroyed their nutritional value. Increasingly, people are turning to urban farming, to once again grow their own food in a effort to save money, and provide a nutritious alternative to today’s commercial food systems.
Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss the growth of Urban Farming. Guests include:
Mark Gawron, Cultivate KC
Mike Rollen, Ophelia's Blue Vine Farm
Stan Slaughter, Missouri Organic Recycling
Jennifer Fink, Kansas City Community Gardens - Montre plus
