In episode 83 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews planner Deanna Moran and environmental lawyer, Elena Mihaly, from the Conservation Law Foundation.  Deanna and Elena come on to talk about their new report, Climate Adaptation and Legal Liability. Other topics include:  current court cases relevant to adaptation and climate change; using legal liability as a tool to affect policy decisions; the need to update building codes to reflect climate threats; what industries and sectors are most vulnerable to adaptation litigation and how will the legal system evolve with adaptation court cases. These topics and much, much more! Subscribe to America Adapts, text “adapters” to 31996! Donate to America Adapts Topics covered: Using legal liability to change social behavior. History of their adaptation and liability report How the law will impact the diversity of sectors involved with adaptation. New climate tools make it easier to use this type of evidence in court cases. Discuss current Exxon case before the courts involving adaptation planning. What sectors in society will have to be most sensitive to climate liability. Why targeting the building codes is a strategic way to deal with climate liability. Why do court cases take so long and will that be too late to affect adaptation? The resignation of PG&E CEO and the role of adaptation liability in that decision. Links in this episode: https://www.clf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/GRC_CLF_Report_R8.pdf https://www.clf.org/about/our-team/deanna-moran/ https://www.clf.org/about/our-team/elena-mihaly/ https://dirt.asla.org/2018/11/08/welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-liability/ Previous Episode of America Adapts mentioned in this episode, “You Can’t Handle the Truth: Sea Level Rise and the Law. Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android   Podcasts in the Classroom - Use this episode in your classroom, discussion guides available here. Episode 82 with Signe Nielsen (New York Adapts to Climate Change) Discussion Guide here. For a list of general questions that we believe are useful for classroom discussions about podcast more generally, see the exemplar guide available here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible! For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

In episode 82 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Signe Nielsen, a landscape architect based in New York City.  Signe has been working on projects in NYC for decades and we discuss how climate change adaptation is being addressed in the city.  We discuss the impact of Superstorm Sandy and the challenges of keeping people safe and ensuring the people of New York are not cut off from the coasts by rising seas and rising sea walls.  We also talk about managed retreat, rethinking ecological systems, the new ethics of climate change for landscape architects and much, much more! Subscribe to America Adapts, text “adapters” to 31996! Donate to America Adapts Topics covered: The 3 basic principles for designing for the future. The long term impact of Hurricane Sandy on New York’s infrastructure and psyche. What sea level rise means for a landscape architect. Pondering NYC’s future with sea walls surrounding the city. The role of the city’s Public Design Commission in dealing with climate change. How to navigate the climate change adaptation bureaucracy in NYC. The history of Pier 42 and the challenges of community engagement on this project. Managed retreat and it’s future in NYC. Will NYC need to rethink what a natural system is in regards to coastlines. What do landscape architect programs need for a new generation of professionals. Are they factoring in climate change? Should landscape architects adhere to a climate change ethical code? Signe’s Model Adaptation Project mentioned in the episode: http://www.pier55.com/ Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Podcasts in the Classroom - Use this episode in your classroom, discussion guides available here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.orgInstagram:  america_adapts Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! Links in this episode: https://www.aiany.org/news/climate-change-in-nyc-bridging-science-and-practice/ https://www.mnlandscape.com/people/signe_nielsen https://www.architects.org/architectureboston/articles/case-study-complexity https://dirt.asla.org/2017/11/14/five-years-after-superstorm-sandy-is-new-york-city-better-prepared-for-the-next-storm/ http://www.downtownexpress.com/2015/03/26/signe-nielsen/ The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisorhttp://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexahttps://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible! For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Subscribe to America Adapts, text “adapters” to 31996! In episode 81 of America Adapts - the third in a 4-part flooding series sponsored by World Wildlife Fund - Doug Parsons attends the Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) Symposium in Santa Cruz, California. The Symposium was hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineering, with disaster and flooding experts participating from all over the world. Doug and Anita Van Breda, of World Wildlife Fund, interviewed these experts on topics ranging from nature based solutions, community engagement, to the history the Army Corps. We also visited some field sites to learn about on the ground adaptation efforts in the San Francisco Bay area.  Donate to America Adapts Topics covered: The role of Nature based solutions in flood risk management. The critical role of community and stakeholder engagement. History of flood management with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Collaborating with international partners on nature based solutions to flooding. International examples of disasters and community engagement. On the ground adaptation examples of sea level rise mitigation. The “how tos” of community engagement. Developing guidelines for nature based solutions to climate change and flooding. Experts in this episode: Anita Van Breda, WWF Dr. Todd Bridges, Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Enda Murphy, Senior Marine Infrastructure Research Engineer, National Research Council Canada Dr. Cath Brooks, Senior Engagement Adviser, Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency, United Kingdom Dr. Maria Dillard, Research Social Scientist with Community Resilience Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology Executive Producer Anita Van Breda, World Wildlife Fund Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @EnviroDM @WWF @WWFUS @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! Links in this episode: https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/anita-van-breda Flood Green Guide: http://envirodm.org/flood-management https://ewn.el.erdc.dren.mil/bios/bio_bridges_todd.html https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-with-natural-processes-to-reduce-flood-risk https://ewn.el.erdc.dren.mil/nnbf.html The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible!  For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Itunes! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

In episode 80 of America Adapts, Doug Parson joins World Wildlife Fund’s Shaun Martin to take a behind the scenes look at how WWF is adapting conservation to the new realities of climate change and helping governments prepare for the future in ways that ensure a place for nature. During this 8-month journey, Doug follows how WWF is developing a simple process to integrate climate change risks into its strategies and documents the challenges and triumphs they face along the way. This episode features WWF staff from 20 countries on 5 continents, telling stories on a wide range of topics including elephants, super-typhoons, and urban water scarcity – all served up with a strong dose of instant coffee and a side of chicken gizzards! Subscribe to America Adapts, text “adapters” to 31996! Donate to America Adapts Featured in this Episode (in order of appearance) Shaun Martin, WWF US Kate Teperman, WWF Vietnam Eduardo Rendón Salinas, WWF Mexico Harisoa Hasina Rakotondrazafy, WWF Madagascar Gia Ibay, WWF Philippines Jacob Etunganan, WWF Uganda Kgaugelo Chiloane, WWF South Africa Isaiah Owiunji, WWF Uganda Sandeep Chamling Rai, WWF Global Practice Expert for Adaptation Philip Odhiambo, WWF Kenya Enkhee Devee, WWF Mongolia Chris Weber, WWF Global Climate and Energy Lead Scientist Masood Arshad, WWF Pakistan Matyas Farkas, WWF Hungary Judy Oglethorpe, WWF US Oscar Guevara, WWF Colombia Nadia Bood, WWF Central America/Belize Mariana Chavez, WWF Mexico Maggie Kinnaird, Global Wildlife Practice Leader Arjette Stevens, WWF Netherlands Nikhil Advani, WWF US Gavin Jolis, WWF Malaysia Melissa de Kok, WWF Norway John Morrison, WWF US Ninel Escobar Montecinos, WWF Mexico For additional learning - related episodes on climate change and nature conservation Episode 59: Dan Ashe, Zoos and Aquariums Adapt to Climate Change Episode 57: Conservation and Adaptation in Asia’s High Mountain Landscapes – The Snow Leopard Episode 28: Rebecca Beaver, National Parks Adapt to Climate Change Episode 26: Shaun Martin, The Intrinsic Value of Climate Change Adaptation Episode 17: Lara Hansen and Jennie Hoffman, Climate Savvy, Adaptation Threesome and the National Adaptation Forum! Episode 15: M.R. O’Connor, De-Extinction, Climate Change and the Future of Conservation: A Podcast with author Episode 14: Evelyn Gaiser, Sea Level Rise, the Florida Everglades and the role of research in adaptation Episode 10: Dennis Figg, Show me Adaptation in the Show me State! Wildlife Adaptation in Missouri Episode 8: Rebecca Esselman, Rivers, watersheds and climate change adaptation! Episode 3: Nikhil Advani, Adapting at World Wildlife Fund Episode 2: Molly Cross, Adaptation Funding and Shovel Ready Adaptation Episode 1: Nick Fisichelli, Scenario Planning and Adaptation in the National Parks Resources from WWF WWF Adapt Free, interactive and brief online courses covering climate change and adaptation basics for conservationists and their allies. Available in 7 languages. Environment and Disaster Management WWF’s portal for disaster managers and conservationists with resources to help reduce disaster risk and recover from disasters using environmentally responsible practices. WWF Climate Crowd Explore this crowdsourcing project to learn about how vulnerable communities are affected by changes in climate and weather, how they are responding, and how their responses impact the natural environment. Wildlife Adaptation Innovation Fund This initiative supports the testing of new ideas that have potential to reduce the vulnerability of wildlife to changes in climate through on-the-ground projects. Third Pole GeoLab Explore how climate change is affecting communities and snow leopards in Asia’s High Mountains through interactive maps and stories. Executive Producer Shaun Martin, World Wildlife Fund Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: @WWF @WWFUS @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible!  For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Itunes! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! 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Subscribe to America Adapts, text “adapters” to 31996! In episode 79 of America Adapts, we’re celebrating the third annual Holiday Special.  Professor Ladd Keith of the University of Arizona and Shaun Martin, of World Wildlife Fund, join Doug in person at “Rancho Adapto” to discuss each of their top 3 climate stories of the year; their favorite America Adapts episode for the past year and the state of adaptation. It’s a lively and entertaining conversation with three adaptation pros!  Bonus section, Dr. Lara Hansen and Lauren Lynch, of EcoAdapt, come on to give a preview of the 2019 National Adaptation Forum, which occur April 23-25th in Madison, Wisconsin.  Donate to America Adapts Experts in this episode: Shaun Martin, Senior Director of Adaptation and Resilience at World Wildlife Fund Ladd Keith, Chair of the Sustainable Built Environments program and Planning Lecturer at the University of Arizona Links in this episode: https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/shaun-martin http://www.laddkeith.com/ http://www.nationaladaptationforum.org/ Discussed in this episode, "Podcasts in the classroom". Check out this page for more information. Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: www.twitter.com/laddkeith @WWF @WWFUS @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org @AdaptationForum Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible!  For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Itunes! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Subscribe to America Adapts, text “adapters” to 31996! In episode 78 of America Adapts - the second in a 4-part flooding series sponsored by World Wildlife Fund - Doug Parsons talks with three experts using art to communicate the risks associated with flooding.  Catherine Sarah Young, Dr. Elizabeth Miller and Dr. Vidya Venkataramanan join the podcast to discuss their experiences using art and design for community engagement and how that can be relevant to flood managers.   Donate to America Adapts Experts in this episode: Anita Van Breda, WWF Catherine Sarah Young Dr. Elizabeth Miller, a Documentary Maker & Professor in Communication Studies based at Concordia, in Montreal, Canada Dr. Vidya Venkataramanan, postdoctoral fellow in the anthropology department at Northwestern University. Topics covered: Addressing flood risk through creative communication. Flooding and the role of community engagement for outreach. Video and audio resources for community engagement around flood management. Getting comfortable using art to communicate science. Merging technology and art to tell a story. The role of story telling in community engagement. How does art affect behavior change and learning. Art and design in adaptation planning. Developing comprehensive approaches to flood management and disaster communication. And much more! Executive Producer Anita Van Breda, World Wildlife Fund Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: Facebook and Instagram: @catherinesarahyoung Twitter: @catherineyoung @EnviroDM @WWF @WWFUS @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! Links in this episode: https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/anita-van-breda Flood Green Guide: http://envirodm.org/flood-management theshorelineproject.org Swampscapes.org www.theperceptionalist.com https://www.anthropology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/research-postdoctoral/vidya-venkataramanan,-mph-phd.html The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible!  For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Itunes! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

In episode 77 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons is joined by author and professor, Elizabeth Rush. Elizabeth discusses her recent book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Doug and Elizabeth dig in to the positive reaction it’s received, her book tour, and they take a deep dive on how vulnerability to climate change relates to the #MeToo movement. It’s a provocative and enlightening conversation. And we have a bit of fun too.   Donate to America Adapts To Subscribe to the America Adapts podcast, text “adapters” to “31996”! Topics covered: The origins of the book Rising. How communities are ‘letting go’ and retreating from coastlines. What Hurricane Katrina means for New Orleans’ identity. When “resilience” is a dirty word.  “Parallel vulnerabilities,” comparing sexual harassment with sea level rise vulnerability...yes, you have to listen to understand this provocative thought. Dealing with sexual harassment as a writer and professor. Those at risk of sexual harassment, and those at risk in highly vulnerability coastal areas, can find support through coming together. A new #WeAdapt movement. Elizabeth wants us to use ‘vulnerability as a rallying cry” Discusses her book tour, and having to get evacuated from a hike due to wildfires in California Does coastal retreat mean you have to fracture existing communities? What’s it like to become a ‘climate persona/celebrity’? Who will play Elizabeth and Doug in the movie version of Rising, and much more! Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: @ElizabethaRush @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org Links in this episode: Elizabeth Rush http://elizabethrush.net/ NY Times Review of “Rising” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/books/review/rising-elizabeth-rush.html Find information on the book “Rising” here: https://milkweed.org/book/rising https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Dispatches-New-American-Shore/dp/1571313672 Podcasts in the Classroom. Discussion guides and more information available here: http://americaadapts.org/about/services/podcasts-in-the-classroom/ Doug’s appearance on A Sustainable Mind podcast: http://asustainablemind.com/doug-parsons-of-america-adapts-podcast/ Article on using podcasts in the Classroom: https://naaee.org/eepro/blog/are-you-using-podcast-your-classroom-you Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible! For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

In episode 76 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons takes a journey to Queensland, Australia to learn how Natural Resource Management (NRM) bodies are adapting to climate change. Learn how these unique organizations are engaging with their rural communities on this important topic. Doug talks with experts from these NRM bodies ; aboriginal efforts at adaptation and carbon sequestration; and hear from two long time outback ranchers on what it means to work the land, how climate change is impacting that landscape and how to engage with rural communities. It’s an amazing episode with some truly unique Australian characters. Donate to America Adapts Subscribe to America Adapts, text “adapters” to 31996! Topics covered: Natural Resource Management bodies and their role in Queensland The role of NRM bodies in climate adaptation. Challenges of bringing various sectors, e.g., agriculture and conservation, sector together. First nation efforts at adaptation and carbon sequestration. Life on a cattle and sheep ranch in outback Australia. Making inroads on climate adaptation in rural communities. The Great Barrier Reef hurts inland adaptation. And other stories of climate adaptation in the Outback! Experts in this episode: Andrew Drysdale, recently the Executive Officer, NRM Queensland Rowan Foley, General Manager of The Carbon Fund, Wondunna clan of the Badtjala people, Traditional Owners of Fraser Island Samantha Morris, Managing Director of Wombat Creative and Blank Gold Coast Editor Bob Speirs, Advisor on climate risk, natural resource and environmental management Ann Ballinger, Retired rancher and former board member Desert Channels Peter Douglas, Retired Grazer and former Chair of Desert Channels Queensland. Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/qmdc.nrm/ @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org @blank_gc Links in this episode: http://www.qmdc.org.au/ https://www.nrmrq.org.au/about-us/our-team/ https://dcq.org.au/ http://aboriginalcarbonfund.com.au/ https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/3586463/desert-channels-boss-looks-back/ http://www.wombatcreative.com.au/our-team/ http://blankgc.com.au/ Doug’s appearance on A Sustainable Mind podcast: http://asustainablemind.com/doug-parsons-of-america-adapts-podcast/ Article on using podcasts in the Classroom: https://naaee.org/eepro/blog/are-you-using-podcast-your-classroom-you Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible! For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Itunes! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

“We just had a 500 year flood. Well, we’ve had eight 500 or 100 year floods in the last two years. What does that mean? I think it’s time to stop calling it that and just start calling it…life.”  Cherri Foytlin, of Diné and Cherokee Tribes. Donate to America Adapts In episode 75 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons takes a journey with the Freedom to Breath bus tour on location in New Orleans. During his visit, Doug attends a town hall on women and minority groups talking about climate resilience; a visit to Africatown to learn about the legacy of racism and environmental pollution and a visit to a protest community that is also serving as a gateway for refugees fleeing storm events and climate change. Women, tribal members, people of color and members of the LGBT community talk about how climate uniquely impacts them and what steps they are taking to adapt to climate change. It’s an exciting episode, with interviews with minority voices on the front lines of climate change.  Subscribe to America Adapts, text “adapters” to 31996! Topics covered: Discover the long term legacy of Hurricane Katrina Does ensuring reproductive rights for women improve their ability to adapt to climate change? Building resilience of women ensures the entire community is more resilient. Economic security of women also plays a factor in effective adaptation. Mental health disorders and the impact of storm events. Mental health systems are going to have adapt to climate change. How does New Orleans plan for climate change and sea level rise. Learn how tribal communities in Louisiana are adapting to climate change. How native plants play a role in local adaptation. Transgender people and their unique vulnerability to climate change. Experts in this episode: Anne Coglianese, Coastal Resilience Program Manager, City of New Orleans Michelle Erenberg, Executive Director, Lift Louisiana Cherri Foytlin, of Diné and Cherokee Tribes. Denese Shervington, MD/MPH, President & CEO, Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies Prof. Tammy Greer, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi Quentin Bell, Executive Director, The Knights & Orchids Society Colette Pichon Battle, Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy Center Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. 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Donate to America Adapts In episode 74 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with flood management experts, both in the US and abroad.  Discover the history of flood management in the US.  We also learn how the Netherlands plans for 1 in 10,000 year flood events.  The guests in this episode also discuss nature based solutions to flood management. World Wildlife Fund’s Anita Van Breda shares information on the recently released Natural and Nature-Based Flood Management: A Green Guide (aka the Flood Green Guide), developed by WWF and its partners, as a tool for natural based solutions to flooding.  This is the first episode in a 3 part series, sponsored by World Wildlife Fund. Subscribe to America Adapts, text “adapters” to 31996! Experts in this episode: Anita Van Breda, WWF Dr. Steve Stockton Dr. Bregje van Wesenbeeck Dr. Jeff Opperman Topics covered: Discuss history of flood management. How developing and developed countries approach flood management. What do we know about the effectiveness of green infrastructure and what do we still need to learn? What’s kept us from truly reforming flood plain management? Flood management in the Netherlands. The science behind nature based solutions to flooding. And much more! Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: @WWF @WWFUS @jjopperman @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook!   Links in this episode: https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/anita-van-breda Flood Green Guide: http://envirodm.org/flood-management Dr. Steve Stockton:  http://www.dawsonassociates.com/stockton-steven/ Dr. Bregje van Wesenbeeck:  https://www.deltares.nl/en/experts/bregje-van-wesenbeeck-2/ Dr. Jeff Opperman:  https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/jeff-opperman http://woodsversuswaves.com/ The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible!  For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.   Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Itunes! America Adapts on Facebook!   Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com