Chris Whitehead, Senior Environmental Justice Consultant
34 episodes
1 month ago
Send us a text NIMBY - Not in my backyard. If you let that play out for long enough, eventually you risk running out of backyards, and running out of trust. I have been wanting to do this episode for at least a year and was excited to be able to sit down with Roishetta Sibley Ozane (Founder, Vessel Project of Louisiana) and Sharonda Allen (Founder and Executive Director, Operation Grow Inc.). I spend an obscene amount of time looking at modeling, EXCEL sheets, and reading papers that st...
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Send us a text NIMBY - Not in my backyard. If you let that play out for long enough, eventually you risk running out of backyards, and running out of trust. I have been wanting to do this episode for at least a year and was excited to be able to sit down with Roishetta Sibley Ozane (Founder, Vessel Project of Louisiana) and Sharonda Allen (Founder and Executive Director, Operation Grow Inc.). I spend an obscene amount of time looking at modeling, EXCEL sheets, and reading papers that st...
S2 - E4 - Environmental Advocacy Across Generations
Perspectives on Sustainable Development
58 minutes
9 months ago
S2 - E4 - Environmental Advocacy Across Generations
Send us a text I start every EJ or climate talk that I give with a photo of my children. They are the reason why I am so passionate about all of this, they are why I do this work. The same can be said for many of those in environmental advocacy; over time it becomes a family affair, and we often see children joining efforts that their parents have worked on for decades. On the episode this week, I tell a story of late last year, I was moderating a panel in Chicago with Cheryl Johnson, daughte...
Perspectives on Sustainable Development
Send us a text NIMBY - Not in my backyard. If you let that play out for long enough, eventually you risk running out of backyards, and running out of trust. I have been wanting to do this episode for at least a year and was excited to be able to sit down with Roishetta Sibley Ozane (Founder, Vessel Project of Louisiana) and Sharonda Allen (Founder and Executive Director, Operation Grow Inc.). I spend an obscene amount of time looking at modeling, EXCEL sheets, and reading papers that st...
