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Join Host Peterson Toscano for Episode 49 of Citizens’ Climate Radio. Three guests join us to help unleash our imagination potential: Hannah Pickard from  the National Network of Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation ;  Dr. Natasha DeJarnett , a leader in environmental health research and board member of Citizens’ Climate Education and Physicians for Social Responsibility; and  Sean Dague , a software engineer by day, a CCL group leader, and an En-ROADS Climate Simulation tool ambassador.  more

Citizens’ Climate Radio is a monthly podcast hosted by CCL volunteer Peterson Toscano. This episode features interviews with volunteers who attended the Conservative Climate Lobby Day.  Browse all our past episode recaps  here , or listen to past episodes  here , and check out the latest episode in the post below.   more

On this episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio, eight women talk about working through grief to a place of action. They use their expertise to connect the impacts of climate change to what we are now seeing with COVID-19. more

How is coronavirus similar to climate change? How is it different? Citizens’ Climate Radio host Peterson Toscano convenes a panel of experts to consider these questions. In discussing the connections they see between this pandemic and climate change, they suggest that governments do not properly plan for unexpected future events because of a collective failure of imagination. Tune in to find out more. more

Concerned about climate change, Princeton University student, Jonathan Lu, and his friends became excited about a particular solution:  Carbon Fee and Dividend . Through  Citizens Climate Lobby  they learned about a proposed national policy to price carbon and give the revenue back to households. That inspired them to ask,  Could this be done in New Jersey?  Our host, Peterson Toscano, chats with Jonathan, Ahan, and Aurora, members of  New Jersey Student Climate Action  NJSCA. They and scores of high school and college students are working on the  New Jersey Climate Investment and Cash Back policy . In addition to applying what they are learning in school about climate change, economics, and civics, they are discovering just how challenging it is to devise a bill that appeals to as many people as possible.  more

Originally from Venezuela, Solemi Hernandez has lived in the U.S. state of Florida for the past 17 years. In addition to raising her two sons, Solemi has taken on a very big mission: She wants to save the world starting in her own community.  more

Adam Rosenbalm  and  Austin Ramsey  study at East Tennessee State University (ETSU.) Both raised in Conservative families in the South, they arrived on campus at a time when American citizens were more politically polarized than ever.  After the 2016 election it seemed the country was more polarized than ever. Conversations quickly became debates that led to arguments. Both Adam and Austin wanted to do something about the partisan divide between Conservative and Liberal Americans. Fortunately they learned about a new group called  Better Angels .   more

Two researchers from HBCU Tuskegee University have been tuning in and made a series of extraordinary discoveries all from agricultural waste. Out of the muck Dr. Michael L Curry, Dr. Donald White, and a team of other researchers found a natural alternative to plastics, one that will biodegrade in less than 100 days. This will keep us from adding even more pollution to a very polluted world. Further researched revealed this material also has other extraordinary properties.  more

Tatiana Schlossberg  is the author of the new book,  Inconspicuous Consumption . In it, she highlights just how good we are at being bad when it comes to fossil fuel pollution. She explores the pollution generated in four major industries: fuel, food, internet, and fashion. In her conversation with Citizens’ Climate Radio host, Peterson Toscano, Schlossberg dives into the vast world of fashion, the extreme pollution the fashion industry produces, and how this pollution contributes to global warming. She focuses on specific sectors, including denim and the production of jeans. more

Climate Communication experts Blair Bazdarich from the  San Francisco Zoo  and Hannah Pickard at Boston’s  New England Aquarium  share proven insider tips about effective communication strategies. They are both leaders at  NNOCCI, the National Network of Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation . In this episode, Hannah and Blair share the techniques they have been using, including a “values-first” approach. Through NNOCCI’s research, they identified two motivating values that prove highly effective in opening up conversations with members of the public. The first value is protection — we feel a strong need to protect the people and places we love. And the second is responsible management. more

Lew Blaustein, editor of  Green Sports Blog , is very concerned about climate change. Lew puts the challenges we face into perspective. He says, “Mike Trout of the Anaheim Angels—best player in baseball—recently signed a $400+ million dollar 12-year contract extension. Twelve years is also what the IPCC said is the time frame that humanity has to reduce our carbon footprint by 45%—basically Mike Trout’s contract.” Lew believes sports fans can become instrumental in taking on climate change. “We need to get the masses of people who follow sports…to engage on positive climate action.” more

There is a growing movement among professional athletes. More and more of them, like Milwaukee Brewers pitcher  Brent Suter , are using their platforms to urge large scale responses to climate change. Brent received a scholarship to play baseball at Harvard University, where he studied environmental science. He learned about the effects of climate change and what how we need to drastically reduce our pollution. At first, that meant making individual lifestyle choices to lower his own personal carbon footprint, but he has been expanding his efforts. Through his  Strike Out Waste  initiative, he got professional baseball players to use reusable water bottles during spring training. more