America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast

In episode 66 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with Kate Bishop Williams at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.  Kate is a lecturer at the University and Waterloo and she used an America Adapts episode, “Deconstructing a Climate Change Skeptic” as part of her class curricula. Kate discusses why she chose this episode to use a tool to teach her students effective climate communication. Doug and Kate also discuss open access and the value of podcasts as a learning tool in the classroom.  Doug speaks with two of the students enrolled in Kate’s class and gets their feedback on what they learned from the Marc Morano episode (skeptic)  and their impressions of using a podcast in the classroom. This and much more! Topics in this episode: Using podcasts in the classroom to promote environmental change; Learning that climate skepticism is more prevalent than many realize; Developing guidelines for listening to a podcast and talking climate change; Understanding the role of open access educational materials, especially climate resources; Students explain how listening to a climate skeptic enhanced their ability to communicate climate change. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Listen here. Now on Spotify! Donate here! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: @kbishopwilliams @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: University of Waterloo School of Public Health and Health Systems: https://uwaterloo.ca/public-health-and-health-systems/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-bishop-williams-4253b293/ Paper that called for Ecological Determinants of Health to be taught in Public Health Programs in Canada. Link to SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition- a group focused on increasing open and describes OA and AER really well ): https://sparcopen.org:/  https://americaadapts.org/2017/08/07/deconstructing-a-climate-skeptic-the-marc-morano-podcast/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU   Elizabeth Rush Book Signing Event https://www.solidstatebooksdc.com/events/2018/6/14/elizabeth-rush-rising-dispatches-from-the-new-american-shore Amazon Link for the Young Adult Climate book by Marissa Slaven, Code Blue https://www.amazon.com/Code-Blue-Marissa-Slaven/dp/1927685273/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525300158&sr=8-1&keywords=code+blue+marissa+slaven 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 65 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with Julia Kim and Kif Scheuer of the Local Government Commission, and Michael McCormick of the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research about the upcoming California Adaptation Forum August 27-29th in Sacramento, California.  They talk about the history of the forum, goals and themes of this year’s forum, and the state of adaptation in California.  Also in this episode, Doug talks with the 2018 winners of the Tyler Prize, Dr. Paul G. Falkowski and Dr. James J. McCarthy. Established in 1973 by the late John and Alice Tyler, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is one of the first international premier awards for environmental science, environmental health and energy. It’s considered the equivalent of winning the Noble Prize in environmental science and policy. Paul and James share some of their research and the important of communicating science effectively. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Listen here. Now on Spotify! Donate here! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! 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 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! Links in episode: www.resilientca.org www.opr.ca.gov https://globalclimateactionsummit.org/ http://www.californiaadaptationforum.org/ http://tylerprize.org/ http://tylerprize.org/laureates/ Directors on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa. https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU Elizabeth Rush Book Signing Event https://www.solidstatebooksdc.com/events/2018/6/14/elizabeth-rush-rising-dispatches-from-the-new-american-shore Amazon Link for the Young Adult Climate book by Marissa Slaven, Code Blue https://www.amazon.com/Code-Blue-Marissa-Slaven/dp/1927685273/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525300158&sr=8-1&keywords=code+blue+marissa+slaven 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 64 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with Margaret Peloso, of the law firm Vinson and Elkins.  Margaret shares insights from her book Adapting to Rising Sea Levels: Legal Challenges and Opportunities. Doug and Margaret dig into topics such as the conversion of private land to public land as the oceans rise; adaptation and the public trust doctrine; coastal Superfund sites and corporate responsibility; will eminent domain drive coastal planning in the years ahead and much more! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Topics discussed in this episode: The public trust and sea level rise; Legal precedent and sea level rise; A new definition of private property; Sea level rise and Superfund sites; Policy versus the law as an adaptation strategy; The legal definition of resilience; Adaptation law as a profession; The advantages and perils of using eminent domain for coastal planning; Favorite lawyer movies and favorite lawyer jokes. Listen here. Now on Spotify! Donate here! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: @Margaretepeloso @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 episode: https://www.amazon.com/Adapting-Rising-Sea-Levels-Opportunities/dp/1611636183 https://www.velaw.com/Who-We-Are/Find-a-Lawyer/Peloso--Margaret/ https://www.velaw.com/AdaptingToRisingSeaLevels/ From the NYT on chemical plants: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/06/climate/flood-toxic-chemicals.html Predictive tools on SLR to assist the corporate community: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/climate/mapping-future-climate-risk.html EPA’s page on Superfund and climate change: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-climate-change-adaptation AP article on superfund sites prone to flooding (has a great interactive map): https://www.apnews.com/31765cc6d10244588805ee738edcb36b Australia Adaptation Summit http://vicadaptation18.w.yrd.currinda.com/# http://climate-adaptation-2018.w.yrd.currinda.com/what-39-s-on#program-header 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 Itunes.   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 on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android In California Adapts 3:  The Synthesis, Doug Parsons and writer/producer Randy Olson talk about their overall impressions of climate adaptation in California. Each of the experts interviewed during the journey gave scores from 1 to 10 for their opinion of how well they think the state is addressing their element of climate adaptation. The scores are presented to three of the experts for their assessment. The analysis ends with one more expert - a dissenting voice in terms of how well California is preparing for the changes in the climate that are already happening. Episode 63: What is “climate adaptation” and how well is California doing with it? The podcast “America Adapts” hosted by Doug Parsons has been exploring the topic of climate adaptation since 2016. In this three part special, sponsored by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Doug takes an in-depth look at the state of California, presenting its long history of environmental leadership, current work on adaptation throughout the state, and how California will be dealing with a changing environment in the future. Guests in this episode: Holly Buck, UCLA, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Randy Olson, Scientist turned Filmmaker Mark Gold, UCLA, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Peter Kareiva, Director, UCLA, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability This special project of America Adapts was generously sponsored by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. If you are interested in collaborating on a similar project, please contact Doug Parsons at americaadapts@gmail.com California Adapts was produced by scientist turned filmmaker, Randy Olson. Listen here. Listen here. Now on Spotify! Donate here! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: @pkareiva @UCLAIoES @ABTagenda @usaadapts @ucla https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline https://www.facebook.com/uclaioes/ 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 episode: http://www.randyolsonproductions.com/randy_olson/randy_olson_index.html https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/person/mark-gold/ https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/person/peter-kareiva/ Sound production by John Rael. 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.   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! Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts! Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android In this episode, Doug Parsons’ journeys around California exploring the five most important elements of climate adaptation for the state — fire, drought, flood, temperature and sea level rise. For each one he goes into the field with an expert. He visits the burn area of the Thomas Fire of December, 2017 with a fire captain, talks about drought with the state’s “Water Czar,” standing beside the Sacramento River, hears the details of the ARkStorm Mega-flood Scenario from a climate scientist, follows an urban heat expert using a laser thermometer to measure the temperature of asphalt in Los Angeles, and visits the central coast of California to talk about sea level rise. The five sequences provide an overview of climate adaptation for the state. Episode 62: What is “climate adaptation” and how well is California doing with it? The podcast “America Adapts” hosted by Doug Parsons has been exploring the topic of climate adaptation since 2016. In this three part special, sponsored by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Doug takes an in-depth look at the state of California, presenting its long history of environmental leadership, current work on adaptation throughout the state, and how California will be dealing with a changing environment in the future. Guests in this episode: Alex Hall, UCLA, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Dan Swain, UCLA, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Tony Mchale, Fire Chief, Ventura County, California Jon Keeley, USGS Leroy Westerling, University of California, Merced Jonathan Parfrey, Climate Resolve Juanita Constible, NRDC Alan Barreca, UCLA, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Felicia Marcus, Chair, State Water Resources Control Board Holly Buck, UCLA, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Tina Swanson, NRDC Ashley Boren, Sustainable Conservation Gary Griggs, University of California, Santa Cruz Glen McDonald, UCLA, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability This special project of America Adapts was generously sponsored by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. If you are interested in collaborating on a similar project, please contact Doug Parsons at americaadapts@gmail.com California Adapts was produced by scientist turned filmmaker, Randy Olson. Listen here. Now on Spotify! Donate here! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts @ucla @Weather_West @ABTagenda @alanbarreca @SusCon_CA @LeroyWesterling @GlenMMacDonald1 @jparfrey 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 episode: http://weatherwest.com/ https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/ http://www.ppic.org/ http://suscon.org/ https://www.nrdc.org/ http://climateresolve.org/ Sound production by John Rael. 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.   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! Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts! Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Episode 61: What is “climate adaptation” and how well is California doing with it? The podcast “America Adapts” hosted by Doug Parsons has been exploring the topic of climate adaptation since 2016. In this three part special, sponsored by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Doug takes an in-depth look at the state of California, presenting its long history of environmental leadership, current work on adaptation throughout the state, and how California will be dealing with a changing environment in the future. In this episode, California Adapts 1:  The Storytellers, consists of three main stories. Geologist Jeff Mount of UC Davis tells the epic tale of the 1861-1862 floods that washed out Sacramento, killing hundreds and forcing the temporary moment of the state capital to San Francisco. Environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr. and “The Queen of Green,” longtime head of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Mary Nichols tells about how the state managed to clean up the smog problem of the 1970’s, then brings us up to the present with her perspective on Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown with regard to climate leadership. Guests in this episode: Jeff Mount, Senior Fellow at the PPIC Water Policy Center Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board Ed Begley Jr., Actor and Environmental Activist This special project of America Adapts was generously sponsored by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. California Adapts was produced by scientist turned filmmaker, Randy Olson. Listen here. Now on Spotify! America Adapts is a charitable organization, Donate here! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: @ABTagenda @UCLAIoES @edbegleyjr @MaryNicholsCA @usaadapts @ABTagenda 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 episode: http://www.ppic.org/person/jeffrey-mount/ https://begleyliving.com/ https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/ https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/about/leadership/mary-d-nichols http://americaadapts.org/california-adapts-home/ Sound production by John Rael. 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.   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! Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts. Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android In episode 60 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with Jeff Goodell of Rolling Stone magazine about his new book, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World.  Topics discussed in this episode: Jeff discusses the reception of his new climate change book, The Water Will Come. Jeff and Doug discuss the reaction from the development community in south Florida to Jeff’s book. Jeff explains the history of Rolling Stone Magazine’s reporting of climate change issues. Jeff explains the extreme measures that Venice, Italy is taking to adapt to rising seas. Doug and Jeff talk about the challenges of addressing climate change in the Trump era. And meet the new America Adapts intern, Alex Stocksdale! Listen here. Now on Spotify! Donate here! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: @jeffgoodell @usaadapts @RollingStone 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 episode: https://www.amazon.com/Water-Will-Come-Remaking-Civilized/dp/031626024X https://www.rollingstone.com/contributor/jeff-goodell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Goodell https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-the-city-of-miami-is-doomed-to-drown-20130620 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-change-and-the-end-of-australia-20111003 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/hurricane-harvey-houston-flood-is-climate-change-warning-w500596 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/jeff-goodell-hurricane-irma-rising-seas-climate-change-w502160 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-climate-apartheid-how-global-warming-affects-the-rich-and-poor-w509956 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/read-climate-report-president-trump-doesnt-want-you-to-see-w511084 Listen to Doug talk science communication on the Speak Up for Blue podcast! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-speak-up-for-blue-podcast/id1010962669?mt=2 https://open.spotify.com/show/3mE8fDuPv6OiTZ64EfIob9?si=Ioj_YAO_R7edHGJBPPETPg 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 Itunes.   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 Itunes Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android In episode 59 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with Dan Ashe, the President and CEO of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Previously, Dan was the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 7 years under President Barack Obama.   Topics discussed in this episode: What is the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and its role in conservation and adaptation; How zoos can be ambassadors in deep red states in communicating climate change; Dan’s tenure as Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service; How state wildlife agencies have, nor have not, stepped up on climate change planning; Dan’s climate legacy at the US Fish and Wildlife Service; And a morale booster to current FWS employees on why what they do is so important! Listen here. Now on Spotify! Donate here! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! Facebook and Twitter: @zoos_aquariums @DanAshe @usaadapts @USFWS https://www.facebook.com/zoosaquariums/ 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 episode: https://www.aza.org/from-the-desk-of-dan-ashe https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/former-usfws-director-dan-ashe-shares-perspectives_us_59a64cafe4b08299d89d0ae6 https://www.fws.gov/director/dan-ashe/index.cfm/2016/4/21/A-Strong-Message-on-Climate-Change-for-Earth-Day https://twitter.com/DirectorDanAshe/status/804406049268703232 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/26/climate-change-requires-us-land-conservation/2021931/ https://thinkprogress.org/administration-outlines-plan-to-help-wildlife-adapt-to-climate-change-333a73629d96/ https://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2017/1/12/Director-Dan-Ashe-A-Key-Member-of-Service-Family-Steps-Down 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 Itunes.   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 Itunes Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android In episode 58 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with author and lecturer Elizabeth Rush, of Brown University. Elizabeth is the author of the upcoming book, Rising – Dispatches from the New American Shore.  Topics discussed in this episode: What is ‘creative non-fiction.’ Elizabeth explains how humans have or don’t have the emotional resilience to respond to climate change Writing “adaptation metaphors.” Narrative devices like “The Hero’s Journey” to make climate change resonate. The emerging role of Cli- Fi, climate science fiction. And much more! Listen here. Now on Spotify! Donate here! 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 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! On Twitter: @usaadapts Links in episode: https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Dispatches-New-American-Shore/dp/1571313672 Essays by Elizabeth located here:  http://elizabethrush.net/ https://www.brown.edu/academics/english/elizabeth-rush     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 Itunes.   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 Itunes Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Donate here! Listen here. Now on Spotify! In episode 57 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with experts from all over the world focusing on the conservation of the elusive snow leopard of the Asia High Mountains and how this species - and the communities around this species - are adapting to climate change.  Guests from Nepal, India, China, Russia, Sweden, and the US share stories on studying this amazing cat and talk about some of the innovative adaptation strategies that are being put in place thanks to funding from a USAID project that is being implemented by World Wildlife Fund. Two additional themes emerge in this episode, the influence of Peter Matthiessen’s epic masterpiece, The Snow Leopard, and stories from these experts about their own magical encounters with the snow leopard in the wild.  Peter Matthiessen never did see a snow leopard, but several of these experts did. Hear their amazing stories in detail. This podcast was sponsored by World Wildlife Fund and USAID as part of the Asia’s High Mountains project. Brochure: Conservation and Adaptation in Asia’s High Mountain Landscapes and Communities Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Guests in this episode: Ryan Bartlett – Lead: Climate Risk Management, WWF US (Starts 2:52) Juan Li, Post Doc, Panthera/University of California, Berkeley | UCB, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management - China/Science/snow leopard (starts 23:44) Ghana Shyam Gurung – WWF Nepal/Science/adaptation (Starts 37:33) Oksana Lipka – WWF Russia, Climate Adaptation and Environmental Specialist - Russia/Science/adaptation (Starts 51:31) Charudutt (Charu) Mishra, the Snow Leopard Trust’s Science and Conservation Director- India/Science/adaptation (Starts 59:58) Judy Oglethorpe, Senior Director, Multilateral Program Development at WWFUS - Adaptation/Nepal (Starts 1:20:58) Theo Perlin – Student, Snow Leopard Fundraiser (1:45:15) Matthias Fiechter - Communications Manager, Snow Leopard Trust (1:50:17) Donate here! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization!   Facebook and Twitter: @snowleopards @WWFUS ‏ @wwfRU @WWFNepal @WWFINDIA https://www.facebook.com/worldwildlifefund/ https://www.facebook.com/snowleopard.org/ @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! On Twitter: @usaadapts Links in episode: https://www.worldwildlife.org/initiatives/asia-high-mountains?utm_campaign=freshwater&utm_content=CBS&utm_medium=print&utm_source=events https://nature.berkeley.edu/beislab/BeissingerLab/?page_id=355 https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/ryan-bartlett http://www.wwfnepal.org/?224234/WWF-Nepal-and-partner-ministries-signed-a-grant-agreement-for-Sustainable-Land-Management-in-Churia-Region-Project https://www.snowleopard.org/sweet-treats-help-save-cats/ http://www.icimod.org/?q=15429 https://www.snowleopard.org/about/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Leopard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Matthiessen https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Leopard-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143105515 www.thirdpolegeolab.org https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/nepal-honors-a-new-generation-of-conservation-leaders http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_together_possible/making_friends_with_the_enemy/ Facts on Snow Leopard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSdJwBhWgZQ Theo Perlin’s Cheese Scone Recipe! 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 Itunes.   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 Itunes Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com