This week on Sustainable Idaho we feature an interview with Dan Stone from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. Dan provides excellent context and points regarding the importance of salmon recovery on the Snake River to our local Native communities. Economic, historical, and cultural aspects of this issue are discussed, as well as the Tribes’ interaction with the policy process on this issue.

Protecting drinking water sources is key to sustainable drinking water supplies. Measures to protect the supply of drinking water in Pocatello. This show explores the Lower Portneuf Valley Aquifer and asks our guests to share their expertise about the quality of drinking water in Pocatello and what can be done to protect it.

You may have felt the ground shaking this spring? Leif and Peter welcome Dr. Glenn Thackray, a professor in the Geosciences Department at Idaho State University, back to the program for a conversation about the recent Stanley Earthquake in central Idaho.

In this special Navigating Diversity series, host Krystoff Kissoon breaks tradition and shifts the entire focus of the conversation away from the reactionary politics and incendiary news of these extraordinary times, toward trying to find answers to some of the deeper questions, the big  questions, that give all of this and all our lives meaning.

This week's program continues an ongoing series on this show, where we explore recording from different communities around the world. For the next hour, we will be celebrating jazz music from the city of Los Angeles!

In this special episode, host Krystoff Kissoon and guest Alma Jam break Navigating Diversity tradition, and shift the entire focus of the conversation away from the reactionary politics and incendiary news of these extraordinary times, toward trying to answer some of the deeper questions, the big questions, that gives all of this and all our lives meaning.

After Covid-19, how can we get the economy back on track and fight climate change?  Citizens’ Climate Lobby  (CCL) proposes a solution, called Carbon Fee and Dividend, that is supported by over 3500 economists.  A climate bill based on this proposal is called the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (HR 763); it's now in the House of Representatives with 81 co-sponsors.  This bill goes even farther than the Carbon Fee and Dividend idea, it assists and protects our agricultural industry and military security.  Listen to this episode to hear how it works.   The Pocatello Chapter of CCL can be found on Facebook.