sustainability

Today’s episode is the first of a two-part series in which Chelsea will be speaking with Idaho Office of Energy and Mineral Resources Project Coordinator - Jett Hawk, about the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program - also known as NEVI. In this first episode, they’ll be discussing what the program is, the socioeconomic and environmental concerns Idaho state seeks to address through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, and how Idaho communities will benefit from the program.

In this episode Parker Interviews Ladd Whalen who is a potato farmer in Aberdeen Idaho. Ladd Whalen is also the founder of Roots Potato chips. They discuss what regenerative agriculture is, how it is beneficial to the environment, and then they explore how regenerative agriculture can shape the future of agriculture and what that might look like.

Today's Sustainable Idaho podcast is the second episode in a two-part series on Chronic Wasting Disease. As Chelsea picks up where episode one left off, she will dive into the impacts of the disease on hunting, Idaho fish and Game’s need for the public's help in monitoring and managing the disease, the implications of the disease on ecological balance, and last - but not least - the helpful role that roadkill plays. And yes, you read that correctly.

On this episode of Sustainable Idaho, Chelsea interviews the Southeast Regional Office of Idaho Fish and Game’s wildlife manager, Zach Lockyer, and wildlife biologist, Eric Freeman, to discuss Chronic Wasting Disease’s deadly neurological effects that are impacting Idaho’s deer, elk, and moose populations. Learn more about how the disease is transmitted, how the symptoms of this neurological disease are presented, what to do if you observe an animal, you believe may be infected with the disease, and understand the implications on our way of life.

In this week’s episode, Chelsea interviews artist, educator, and “unlawning” advocate Professor Brian Collier, whose projects fuse his passion for research, art, and ecology to bring attention to issues relating to climate change and ecological rehabilitation. Brian is the founder of The Society for a Re-Natural Environment. Join us as Brian shares practical advice from over 20 years of engaging with communities to improve sustainability outcomes through unlawning and the re-naturalizing of unused spaces in yards and communities.

In this week's episode, Parker interviews Professors Dr. Dan Dale and Dr. Mike Ellis about Idaho State University’s new sustainability class. The name of this class is CE 1140 Environmental Sustainability and Climate. This class examines current sustainability issues through the lens of physics, engineering, chemistry, geology, and sociology. This class is being taught this semester and possibly in the spring semester. The overarching goal of the class is to teach students about sustainability and have them think about current sustainability issues from their own point of view.

Nathan Gregson is joined by Lisa Kuscu, the president and founder of Black Rock Geoscience based in Pocatello, Idaho, to discuss developments of Geothermal power in Idaho. They discuss why geothermal energy is a good alternative to wind or solar power, the potential of geothermal energy in Idaho, enhanced geothermal systems, how Idaho is responding to the geothermal movement, and barriers for geothermal in Idaho.

Nathan Gregson is joined by Lisa Kuscu, the president and founder of Black Rock Geoscience based in Pocatello, Idaho, to discuss developments of Geothermal power in Idaho.

In this two-part series, Jodie Schwicht interviews ISU Sustainability Team Leaders Brian Sagendorf, Jessica Carnes, and Jennifer Parrot on their efforts to create a more environmentally-friendly network of ISU campuses.

Nathan Gregson is joined by Matt Lucia, the Executive Director of Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust located in Pocatello, to discuss the diminishing sagebrush steppe landscape.