A couple of weeks ago, I posted on LinkedIn that I was doing a pod cast.
Well it was actually 2 in the same day. This was the hard one to do, since it was a point/counter point with one of the most outspoken solar advocates in the world, who has practiced his narrative in hundreds of presentations.
I have no clue if I held my own or made any points that mattered to the discussion, but here it is. Let me know how I did please.
Host: Chris Whitehead, Senior Environmental Justice Consultant:
“For a project to be sustainable it must factor in the economic, social, and environmental impacts of its scope before its built, in order to minimize any detrimental impacts and maximize benefits. But backing up another step, for a project to be built at all, it must first have a handle on associated logistical constraints and how they factor into timelines and budgeting.
My two guests this week are energy experts who have decades of experience around the world. Mark Jacobson (Director, Atmosphere/Energy Program at Stanford University) and Doug Houseman (Principal Consultant, 1898&Co) are as good as it gets, and both not afraid to lean into this topic. Mounting global climate impacts have driven a push for decarbonization. That’s a gargantuan lift on many fronts. Both men acknowledge the challenges, but disagree at numerous points as to where we are and how to move forward.
This was not an entirely comfortable conversation. That’s OK, the best ones aren’t. If we are going to try to effect positive changes in this space, we need to be willing to dig into the hard questions and start finding some solutions.
I enjoyed this one and know you will too!”
Environmental justice and climate change are driving decarbonization across industrial sectors and throughout everyday life. There are many nuanced issues that planners will face as they try to sustainably reshape our world. This podcast will focus on climate and EJ but also bring on associated experts to speak about how these issues affect their fields. From city planning, economic development, transportation, education, national security, mental health, manufacturing, supply chain…we should all be considering how climate and EJ considerations will affect our decision paradigms.
Join me every two weeks as we discuss critical issues with thought leaders who know them best at www.buzzsprout.com/2318084.
