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Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Environmental Law: Protecting Our Natural Resources
Guests: Marisa Desautel, Esq., Principal, Desautel Law, and Clarice Parsons, Mediator, MWIEnvironmental lawyers and mediators assist clients in navigating complex regulations and meeting compliance requirements. While this may seem to be a dry topic, this episode will be entertaining and informative. Beyond regulation and compliance issues, environmental lawyers and mediators resolve conflicts involving land use or coastal access rights and work to protect our natural resources. We will discuss these challenges with attorney Marisa Desautel and mediator Clarice Parsons. Marisa and Clarice co-host a podcast series called “Environmentally Speaking,” where they discuss their work through an informative and entertaining platform.Marisa is the Managing Attorney at Desautel Law, a firm providing legal representation in Rhode Island and Massachusetts with respect to a wide scope of environmental issues. Marisa earned her BS in Biology at Roger Williams University and worked for almost four years as an Environmental Scientist before going on the earn her J.D. from the Roger Williams University School of Law. Concurrently, she earned her MS in Marine Affairs. She served as Senior Legal Counsel to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for over 8 years prior to founding Desautel Law in 2015.Clarice is a mediator currently living on the Rhode Island border. She graduated from New England Law in 2017 and got her first introduction to the environmental law field working with Marisa as a temporary employee. Invited back a year later, Clarice began her own environmental and land use education with the firm. Though she is a self-proclaimed "indoor cat," Clarice has taken a recent interest in hiking and learning about the preservation and conservation actions to protect the areas she is exploring.In this episode, we weave together some personal stories and spotlight the practice of Environmental Law.INFORMATION RESOURCESEnvironmentally Speaking podcasts - https://desautelesq.com/environmental-law-news/Desautel Law website - https://desautelesq.com/Rhode Island Envirothon - https://www.rienvirothon.org/Story Walking Photoblog - https://netwalkri.com/blog/f/ecodetective-on-the-land-trust-trail
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Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Wild Mushrooms: Mycology, Foraging, Cooking and RemediationGuests: Ryan Bouchard and Emily Schmidt, Co-Founders, Mushroom Hunting FoundationAs children, we were cautioned about mushrooms, because some of them are poisonous to eat. Most of us avoided them altogether. This is unfortunate, because in truth, there are many wild mushrooms that are edible and provide both delicious and nutritious culinary value. So which ones are safe and which ones are unsafe? In this episode we explore mycology, which is the study of mushrooms and mycelium. Mycelium is the hidden dynamic mass of branching, thread-like hyphae that produce the visible fruiting bodies we call mushrooms. Mycelium is essential to maintaining a healthy forest ecosystem, which we will begin to investigate through a story walk through the woods.Our guests Ryan Bouchard and Emily Schmidt co-founded The Mushroom Hunting Foundation to educate people about wild mushrooms, safety and mycology. Ryan is the author of Gourmet Mushrooms of the Northeast, a combination book and calendar that details the annual progression of the mushroom seasons and focuses on species that are easiest for novices to identify as safe. Edible mushrooms can be found year round, with different species fruiting during different seasons, including the winter months. Both Ryan and Emily are experts in hunting, identifying, preparing and cooking mushrooms. In this episode, they delve into the health, nutrition and many uses of fungi, including the decontamination of polluted soil through a process called mycoremediation. Mycelium is capable of neutralizing soils contaminated with pollutants such as PCB chemicals, hydrocarbons, pesticides, heavy metals, bacterial pathogens, and even plastics. This fun episode will spark great curiosity and interest.INFORMATION RESOURCESMushroom Hunting Foundation website - https://mushroomhunting.org/Contact info@mushroomhunting.orgGourmet Mushrooms of the Northeast calendar and book combination by Ryan Bouchard - https://mushroomhunting.org/index.php/shop/PhotoBlog: Mushroom Hunting - https://netwalkri.com/blog/f/mushroom-huntingOrganic Farming and Mycoremediation by Tradd Cotter - https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/organic-mushroom-farming-and-mycoremediation/
Learn more at www.storywalking.com , https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Food Waste Recycling
Guests James Corwin and Chris Ratcliffe, Co-Directors of the RI Schools Recycling ClubIn July, Rhode Island approved a legislative bill titled School Waste Recycling and Refuse Disposal. The legislation requires all K-12 and vocational schools to produce a “waste audit” report. This report should include guidelines and strategies that will eliminate food waste, promote recycling and provide excess food to nearby communities. This process is expected to begin in January, 2022... So, how might schools begin to engage in this effort? Guests James Corwin and Chris Ratcliffe founded the RI Schools Recycling Club twenty years ago in partnership with the RI Resource Recovery Corporation and the RI Department of Environmental Management. Recently the club was awarded a Healthy Communities Grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency to fund the “Get Food Smart, RI” challenge – a two-year food waste recycling initiative. Corwin and Ratcliffe have already been guiding individual schools in implementing programs for reducing, recovering and recycling food waste. They are dedicated to educating the next generation of environmental leaders and providing students with the tools they need to create sustainable solutions. This episode begins with a walking investigation through a school lunch area.Jim Corwin’s career spans decades in both radio and marketing. He has coordinated numerous Earth Day cleanups, promotions and concerts in partnership with the RI Department of Environmental Management. In 2019, with a grant from The RI Attorney General’s Office, Jim led a project to measure food waste in RI Schools, and we'll be hearing more about this later in the show.Chris Ratcliffe has worked as a marketing consultant for decades, having spent years in the broadcasting industry. In partnership with the Environment Council of RI Education Fund, Chris spearheaded an effort to divert food waste from RI public schools as early as 2005. Chris is an associate professor at the Community College of Rhode Island and a Lecturer at Bryant University, and occasionally teaches business classes at the RI Adult Correctional Facility in Cranston.INFORMATION RESOURCES
Read the "School Waste Recycling And Refuse Disposal" legislation details https://legiscan.com/RI/text/H5328/2021
Visit the RI Schools Recycling Club website - https://rirecyclingclub.org/
Request a "waste audit" - https://www.rirrc.org/education-program-support/help-starting-improving-program
Download the "Food Smart" Tool Kit - https://rirecyclingclub.org/toolkit/
Find more "Educational and Program Support" materials - http://www.rirrc.org/
Play the "Waste Sorting Game" and test your knowledge - http://www.rirrc.org/education-program-support/new-waste-sorting-game
Learn more at www.storywalking.com , https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Pesticide Free Parks, Lawns & Gardens in Providence
Guests: Emily Koo, Sustainability Strategy Manager in the City of Providence's Office of Sustainability and Lee Ann Freitas, Director of the Roger Williams Park Botanical CenterWhen we apply pesticides, herbicides and fungicides to our lawns, gardens and trees, these chemicals harm the surrounding environment. These toxins find their way into our air, our food, our water and our parks. How can we fix this problem? We can turn to Nature for safe solutions. Emily Koo and Lee Ann Freitas from Pesticide Free PVD talk about how they are creating a pesticide free city, and they share lots of tips and tricks, including biological methods. This episode begins with two fun stories - Praying Mantis and Web of Life - to get everyone to start thinking about the pesticides issue before diving deeper with our guests.Emily Koo serves as Sustainability Strategy Manager in the City of Providence's Office of Sustainability, where she implements a wide range of programs and monitors progress towards the city’s sustainability and equity goals. She supports city departments, community organizations, businesses, and residents in making sustainable choices, including recent efforts to reduce neurotoxic chemical exposures throughout the city. She also manages public outreach and communication about the work of the Office of Sustainability.Lee Ann Freitas, has been working with plants, insects and nature for over 30 years. With a degree in Horticulture and graduate work in soil microbiology, her approach to gardening is with soils and ecosystems in mind. As director of the RWP Botanical Center for the last 5 years, she has initiated a holistic, chemical-free method of gardening to the Center's growing practices and works to bring those practices Park and City wide.INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR FURTHER EXPLORATIONLearn more and take the Pledge to go pesticide free at https://www.providenceri.gov/sustainability/pesticidefree/Story Walking Photo Blog: The Entomologist and the Etymologist - https://netwalkri.com/blog/f/the-entomologist-and-the-etymologistCheck out the Top 10 Tips for a Pesticide Free Lawn & Gardenhttps://www.providenceri.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/pesticidefreePVD-10tipsonepager_engesp.pdf-10tipsonepager_engesp.pdfDownload the Spring 2021 Report: City of Providence’s Pesticide and Chemical Free Management Practices prepared by the Audubon Society of RIhttps://www.providenceri.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pvd-parks-environmental-practices-report_onlineedit.pdfPlan a visit to the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center:https://www.providenceri.gov/botanical-center/Follow the Providence Office of Sustainability @SustainPVD on Facebook and @Sustain_PVD on Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/sustainPVD/ and https://twitter.com/Sustain_PVDSign up for the SustainPVD newsletter: https://www.providenceri.gov/sustainability/newsletter/Learning OpportunitiesGroundwork Rhode Island has both an Adult Job Training program and the Green Team Youth Employment program. GroundCorp Landscape and Harvest Cycle Compost are social ventures that provide employment to graduates of their programs and allow them to implement on-the-ground environmental projects in Providence. https://groundworkri.org/The Growing Futures Boot Camp is sponsored by the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association (RINLA). Program participants work for a week in Arcadia Management Area, learning and doing meaningful work to repair and restore public lands including trail restoration, fire road clearing, tree and shrub pruning, and other entry-level forestry and horticulture work. https://growingfuturesri.org/boot-camp/
Learn more at www.storywalking.com , https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Environmentally-Safe Technology Part 2
Guest: Cecelia (Cece) Doucette, MTPW, BA, Director, Massachusetts Safe Technology
Planet Earth is a great big electromagnetic field, and it has what is known as a “natural frequency," called the Schumann Resonance, which pulsates at a rate of 7.83 Hz. In comparison, cell phone frequencies can range up to 5 million times this natural frequency. 5G wireless technology emits frequencies over a billion times greater. Electromagnetic frequency (EMF) limits have never been biologically safety-tested, yet there are over 1,000 scientific studies connecting EMF radiation exposure to cancer, DNA damage and infertility.
What is going on here, and what can we do about it?
Special guest Cecelia Doucette, Director of Massachusetts for Safe Technology (MA4SafeTech.org) is back to tell us more and to inspire us to take action. MA4SafeTech is a public interest group working to promote the use of biologically safe and fiscally responsible technology in our homes, schools, communities and workplaces. The organization is building coalitions of citizens who act as advocates on a town-by-town basis to educate their neighbors and to work proactively with local governments, legislators and state agencies for safe, sustainable technology. Massachusetts has led the nation for several years with bills to address the health, environmental and economic impact of today’s wireless technology.
In Part 2, Cece shares more personal stories and leads us into the issues of pre-emptive town planning, court representation and public policy. She tells how the state of New Hampshire quickly passed a law to study the health and environmental impact of 5G and EMFs, spent a year investigating, and then issued a groundbreaking report with 15 recommendations to protect the public and the environment. This now serves as an ideal model for other states. You can find this information, and more, listed in the resources below.
Serendipitous Note: A few hours after we recorded Part 2, Children's Health Defense announced its big legal win, with the Court ruling that the FCC has failed to consider the evidence of 5G and wireless harm. Learn more about the case here... https://childrenshealthdefense.org/seeking-justice/legal/chd-v-federal-communication-commission-fcc/
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Massachusetts for Safe Technology
Environmental Health Trust: Information on 5G
Understanding EMFs
Wireless Education
Expert Forum on Wi-fi in Schools
TechSafe Schools
Massachusetts EMF bills - https://sites.google.com/site/understandingemfs/massachusetts-emf-bills-2019-20
Bills in other states, including NH - https://sites.google.com/site/understandingemfs/massachusetts-emf-bills-2019-20/bills-in-other-states-2019-20
Wireless Wise Kids bookhttps://www.wirelesseducation.org/wireless-wise-kids-book-available-wireless-safety-education-nutshell/
Generation Zapped Award-Winning FilmMany libraries subscribe to Kanopy and/or Hoopla, both of which offer the film for free to those with a library card. Ages 12+
Health in Buildings Roundtable Conference @ NIH
Learn more at www.storywalking.com , https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Friday Aug 06, 2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Environmentally-Safe Technology
Guest: Cecelia (Cece) Doucette, MTPW, BA, Director, Massachusetts Safe Technology
How safe are cell phones and wireless laptops? And, how prudent is the next generation of wireless technology, known as 5G? The three main benefits of 5G are faster speeds, faster response times between machines and the ability to support a huge number of simultaneous connections. Are the costs and risks of 5G worth the benefits? What can we do to mitigate associated public health and environmental risks of wireless technology?Special guest Cecelia Doucette is a Technology Safety Educator. She is also the Director of Massachusetts for Safe Technology, a public interest group working to promote the use of biologically safe and fiscally responsible technology in our homes, schools, communities and workplaces. The organization is building coalitions of citizens who act as advocates on a town by town basis to educate their neighbors and to work proactively with local governments, legislators and state agencies for safe, sustainable technology. Massachusetts has led the nation for several years with bills to address the health, environmental and economic impact of today’s wireless technology.Cecelia (Cece) helped her children’s schools become the first in the nation to take precautionary measures with wireless technology. She is the Education Services Director with the international non-profit Wireless Education, which offers affordable 30-minute on-line technology safety training for Schools & Families and Corporate Safety Induction. Cece was honored to co-chair the technology panel for the Health in Buildings Roundtable Conference at the National Institutes of Health, and to present state and local policy at the international EMF Medical Conference 2021. She has been featured on Genius of Wellness, Boston25 News, PBS, O’Dwyer’s, EMF Warriors and in the films Generation Zapped and Wi-Fi Refugees.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Wireless Wise Kids bookhttps://www.wirelesseducation.org/wireless-wise-kids-book-available-wireless-safety-education-nutshell/
Wireless Education Schools & Families Course half-hour training
https://www.wirelesseducation.org/store/l2/
Generation Zapped Award-Winning FilmMany libraries subscribe to Kanopy and/or Hoopla, both of which offer the film for free to those with a library card. Ages 12+
Massachusetts for Safe Technology
Environmental Health Trust: Information on 5G
Understanding EMFs
Wireless Education
Health in Buildings Roundtable Conference @ NIH
Expert Forum on Wi-fi in Schools
TechSafe Schools
Municipal Presentation on 5G & EMFs
Additional YouTube EMF Talks
EMF Conference for Health Practitioners
Learn more at www.storywalking.com , https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Friday Jul 09, 2021
Friday Jul 09, 2021
Non-toxic Personal Care Choices for Clean Water
Guest Beth Newberry, Diamond Ambassador, Pure HavenWearing sunscreen or bug repellent is a daily part of many people’s skincare routines, especially during the summer months. Few people stop to think about how the chemical ingredients used in making the product might adversely affect their body, as the substances are absorbed in through the skin. Fewer still think about whether the use of sunscreen or bug repellent may adversely affect on the world around us. Researchers have recently found that chemicals in common sunscreens pose a threat to marine life. The chemicals wash off bathers into lakes, rivers and oceans, and they actually contribute to pollution. The state of Hawaii has banned four sunscreen chemical ingredients which were found to accumulate in the tissue of the coral, causing coral bleaching and damaging DNA. Corals are keystone species, meaning they provide an essential function to other species within their marine ecosystems. This is a hint of what lies further down the rabbit hole.Guest expert Beth Newberry is a Diamond Ambassador for Pure Haven, a Rhode Island-based company formulating and marketing safe personal care products. Beth started her foray into non-toxic living 11 years ago when her middle son, Liam was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. She began reading labels on her products and researching the ingredients. That's when she realized that many conventional products contain neurotoxins. This drove her passion to educate others on the same topic, and she began supporting more families with switching out to non-toxic alternatives, including soap, shampoo, skincare, household cleaning and more. Beth now supports a team of over 2,200 consultants nationally with Pure Haven, who do about $400,000 in sales of non-toxic products per month.Take action by joining the radio hour's Pure Haven shopping party fundraiser. This party will support The Empowerment Factory's environmental education art programs. It will also build awareness and education with regards to leading a non-toxic, more eco-friendly lifestyle. 25% of retail sales will be given to the non-profit and participants will be entered into a drawing to receive free product. Then spread the word... $25 will be awarded for each person who books and holds their own gathering before the end of July and $25 for each person who signs on as a wholesale buyer/consultant. Go to www.purehaven.com/bethnewberry. Set up an account. Shop the online store. Enter the party ID 287433. Place your order.INFORMATION RESOURCESNon-toxic shopping party (ID 287433) - www.purehaven.com/bethnewberry
Pure Haven list of ingredients to avoid - https://purehaven.com/ingredients-to-avoid/
Environmental Working Group (EWG) consumer guides - https://www.ewg.org/consumer-guides
Article "The trouble with ingredients in sunscreens" - https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/report/the-trouble-with-sunscreen-chemicals/
Article "Does your sunscreen check these fives boxes?" - https://purehaven.com/does-your-sunscreen-check-these-five-boxes/
Story Walking Photo Blog: "Down the Rabbit Hole..." - https://netwalkri.com/blog/f/down-the-rabbit-hole
Learn more at www.storywalking.com , https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Designing Biomaterials for a Circular Economy
with guests Megan Valanidas, Principal Designer, Altimeter Groupand Callie Clayton, Designer and Former Material Design Researcher, Modern MeadowHow does one go about designing materials and products that are truly sustainable? Biodesign is a nascent field seeking to solve the problem of plastics pollution. Today’s guests provide an inspiring example of how one can pick a problem, study it, discuss it, brainstorm with others and help devise solutions that are both innovative and sensible. Graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design, Megan Valanidas and Callie Clayton are both bioneers, bringing together the disciplines of art and science to help create new bio-based materials, products and circular systems.
Valanidas works as Principal with the Altimeter Group, where she is exploring biodesign and helping to create compostable materials, products and systems that are truly sustainable. Specifically, she is working to ensure that biomaterials function in a seamless and intuitive way once they inevitably rise to everyday use and scaled applications.
Clayton studied Textile Design and minored in Sustainable Studies. She has been working as a Material Design Researcher at Modern Meadow, a startup that is transforming the material world through the development of textile materials that are both design-conscious and eco-minded.
This forward thinking episode begins with a story walk that leads across an algal bloom and into a new world of bioplastics. Along the way, we suggest resources for further discovery, which are listed below.
INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION
eXXpedition all-female voyages exploring the impact of and solutions to plastic and toxic pollution in our ocean – https://exxpedition.com/
SHiFT Platform sharing hundreds of solutions to plastic pollution – https://shift.how/
“The Breakup: Microbes + Bioplastics” article in Biodesigned by Megan Valanidas – https://www.biodesigned.org/megan-valanidas/the-breakup
Creatives in Biotech youtube video series – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDJgY29A4Ys
Materiom open source library for experimentation with loads of biomaterial recipes – https://materiom.org/
Ecovative Design mycelium foundry – https://ecovativedesign.com/
Biofabricate resources from consultancy working with brands, startups and investors on biomaterials and sustainability – https://www.biofabricate.co/resources
Atelier Luma/Algae Project design-oriented studio/research group experimenting with algae to create products via 3D printing and other methods – https://atelier-luma.org/en/about
Atelier Luma Algae Review newsletter – https://leeloo.luma-arles.org/s/wWi8NFcKHnLoxPy#pdfviewer
Global Community Bio Summit annual conference for biologists and biodesigners – https://www.biosummit.org/
Fashion for Good sustainable textile innovation platform, with an accelerator program that funds emerging startups – https://fashionforgood.com/about-us/
RELATED EPISODES
Voyaging into an Ocean of Plastics
Earth Care Composting for Climate Restoration
Developing a Sustainable Textile Industry for the 21st Century
RELATED STORY WALKING PHOTOBLOGS FOR KIDS
Story Walking for Answers – https://netwalkri.com/blog/f/story-walking-for-answers
EcoPirate on the Cover – https://netwalkri.com/blog/f/ecopirate-on-the-cove
EcoDetectives Dig Up Some Dirt – https://netwalkri.com/blog/f/ecodetectives-dig-up-some-dirt
EcoDetective at Bleachery Falls – https://netwalkri.com/blog/f/eco-detective-at-bleachery-falls
Learn more at www.storywalking.com , https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
Technology and Nature: Guest Greg Nemes, Founder and Director of TanagerHow much of our children's time today is screen time? How has the pandemic amplified screen time habits? How does technology effect cognitive and social-emotional development? What happens when kids, or adults, disconnect from cell phones, video games and virtual classrooms and start to reconnect with nature and with real people in real space? These are some of questions we explore in this episode about Technology and Nature. We will also look at how good technology design can benefit humanity's development. This episode's story walk will show how story walking is as much about the people we meet as it is about the places we go and the things we see and experience. I will also talk about my new book, The Difference Maker.Special guest, Greg Nemes, is both a bird lover and the Founder and Director of Tanager, a creative technology firm that serves organizations focused on building a brighter future for humans, our environment and wildlife. Tanager designs experiences that connect the physical and digital worlds. The company has created websites large and small, built mobile apps, tamed scary-complicated databases, and helped organizations tend their digital landscape year after year. In addition to design services, Tanager offers both free community walks and guided nature walks for organizations and companies. The walks are another way for Tanager to make nature part of its practice, and a way to share the secret beauty of the natural world with as many people as possible.Greg holds a Bachelors of Architecture from Bowling Green State University, and a Masters of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has taught at Brown University, The Boston Architectural College, Roger Williams University, and currently teaches part-time at RISD. This Story Walking episode covers a lot of new ground.INFORMATION RESOURCESBook: The Difference Maker - https://netwalkri.com/bookTanager website - https://tanager.org/
Learn more at www.storywalking.com , https://netwalkri.com email wendy@netwalkri.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
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Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Difference Makers: Cultivating Climate Literate StudentsGuest: Jeanine Silversmith, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Environmental Education Association (RIEEA)A survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that nearly half of American teenagers say they have learned either little or nothing about the causes or ways to reduce the effects of climate change, yet 61 percent say the issue of climate change is very important to them personally. Other surveys find that four out of five U.S. adults support climate change education for young people regardless of geographic location or political affiliation. While the Climate Change Education Act has just been reintroduced in the U.S. Congress, Rhode Island has introduced the 2021 Climate Literacy Act. This local bill seeks to ensure that all Rhode Island public school students become environmentally and climate literate by the time they graduate from twelfth grade. In this episode, we'll be talking about the Rhode Island bill, what it entails and the legislative process itself. We will also discuss civic engagement opportunities for adults and students to voice their support or concerns regarding the legislation. The show will begin with a story walk that suggests ways to infuse effective environmental education into the learning plans for all grade levels, K-12.Our guest Jeanine Silversmith, Executive Director of the Rhode Environmental Education Association (RIEEA), has been working with State Senator Valarie Lawson and State Representative Terri Cortvriend to formulate and introduce the 2021 Climate Literacy Act. Silversmith has a background in both formal and informal education. She started her career as a classroom science and math teacher at the middle and high school level, and then managed the Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo’s award-winning Girls for Planet Earth program. In 2010, Silversmith founded RI Families in Nature, a family hiking club, and, in 2015, she published The Rhode Island Family Hiking Guide and Journal. Known for her collaborative leadership approach and attention to detail, she has helped RIEEA build its capacity and advance its mission and vision for environmental, climate and sustainability education.INFORMATION RESOURCESStory Walking Photoblog: School-based Nature Trail - https://netwalkri.com/blog/f/school-nature-trailRIEEA website and "Take Action" Page - http://rieea.org/2021-climate-literacy-act/Text of House Bill H 5625
http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/billtext21/housetext21/h5625.htm
Text of and Senate Bill S-464
http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/billtext21/senatetext21/s0464.htmRhode Island General Assembly website database - http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/pages/legislation.aspxRhode Island Families in Nature website and Family Hiking Guide information - http://www.rifamiliesinnature.org/
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