Spotlight on Natural Resources
- Website
- http://web.extension.illinois.edu/podcasts/naturalresources/
- Description
- <p>Hosted by: Peggy Doty, Duane Friend, Jason Haupt, Gary Letterly, Jay Solomon, and Dave Shiley.</p>
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-10-24 12:40
- last episode published
- 2024-10-23 22:22
- publication frequency
- 22.77 days
- Contributors
- University of Illinois Extension
- Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 247
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Education Science & Medicine
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-10-23 |
Getting involved in climate work: find the solution that works for you In the final episode of our Everyday Environment season focused on climate change, we chat with Duane Friend, Illinois Extension Climate Change Specialist to explore practical ways to get involved in climate action. Whether you're looking to make a dif... |
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| 2024-10-17 |
Coffee grounds are green: composting reduces methane and builds up soil This week we welcome guests Sue Gasper and Gemini Bhalsod with Illinois Extension to chat about composting and how we can use this process to divert food waste from the landfill, where it often releases greenhouse gases as it decomposes, into backyard ... |
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| 2024-10-09 |
Investigating solar energy and agriculture: agrivoltaics and climate change This week we’re joined by Dennis Bowman, Extension Digital Agriculture Specialist with Illinois Extension. Our team was fascinated by our discussion with Dennis about agrivoltaics and University of Illinois’ major research project within this field. D... |
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| 2024-10-02 |
Exploring carbon markets as part of emissions reduction goals This week we’re joined by Sarah Sellars, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Sustainable Farm and Food Systems at South Dakota State University. We’re chatting with Sarah about agricultural carbon markets and their potential as one piece of... |
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| 2024-09-24 |
Cover Crops not Mudslides: empowering youth on climate change. Join us this week as we chat with Peggy Anesi about her career in empowering youth about climate change. By keeping it local and empowering them with realistic options for addressing climate change, we can build a citizenry that is equipped face the ma... |
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| 2024-09-19 |
It’s all about risk: how climate change increases our risk of health concerns and how we can adapt This week we’re chatting with Elena Grossman from GTI Energy about how climate change is impacting us – our health and our communities – and what we can do about it. We’ll discuss existing health concerns that are exacerbated by climate change, leading... |
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| 2024-09-12 | Join us as we talk with Brodie Dunn, Outreach Associate in Biodiversity and Pollinators for Illinois Extension, about how pollinators are expected to respond to climate change. Learn more on the blog. Resources to learn more: If you’d like to hear mor... |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Will invasive species be helped or hindered by climate change? This week we welcome Chris Evans to the podcast. Chris is an Extension Forestry and Research Specialist with Illinois Extension based in southern Illinois. We chat about what invasive species are, how their characteristics may make them more resilient ... |
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| 2024-08-29 | This week we chat with Michelle Wander, Emeritus Soil Scientist in the Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences department at University of Illinois. We go belowground to explore the importance of soil health, threats to that health, and practices ... |
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| 2024-08-22 |
708 million tons of carbon storage: Urban Forests and climate change This week we welcome Justin Vozzo to the podcast. Justin is an Extension Forestry Specialist with Illinois Extension based in Urbana, and he shares with us what an urban forest is and how they play a role in mitigating climate change. Learn more on the... |
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