- Trees and Green Space with Rob Christopher
Episode 2 features Rob Christopher, the City of Easton’s Urban Conservation Manager, for a discussion about trees, their importance to climate change, their benefits to quality of life, and the work that goes into maintaining an urban forest.
Links and additional resources from the episode:
- Easton’s Urban Conservation Office (includes links to request a free street tree or submit questions/concerns to Rob)
- Easton Urban Conservation Facebook
- Bethlehem Bureau of Urban Forestry
- There are many apps/programs that let you earn points to plant trees. A quick Google search can help you find the most current options.
- Sign up for the CREATE Connections Newsletter
- More about the CREATE Connections Project
Welcome to the CREATE Connections podcast! This podcast centers on the idea that no matter what roles you hold - elected official, parent, volunteer, student, or other - you are a crucial part of climate action in your community. We are all impacted by climate change and other environmental hazards, and we all have strengths and resources we can bring to make our community more resilient.
We will “CREATE Connections” as we interview a variety of guests to explore how they have found their place in the network of people and organizations working to build healthy, sustainable, resilient, people-centered places to live and work. Along the way, we will highlight opportunities for listeners to take action and form new connections throughout our region!
This podcast was prepared by the Nurture Nature Center under award NA23SEC0080002 from the Environmental Literacy Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or the U.S. Department of Commerce.
S1E2 - 30m - Aug 1, 2024 - Plastics and Waste with Artist Kate Dodd
Our first episode is a conversation with Kate Dodd, New Jersey-based artist who has created many large public art installations using repurposed materials. Listen in as we explore ideas about single-use plastic, waste, collaboration, and more.
Links and additional resources from the episode:
- Kate Dodd’s website
- NNC’s Perspectives: Art on Environment project
- Video of Insidious Plastics exhibit
- Beyond Plastics training
- Lehigh Valley businesses with refilleries and other zero-waste or plastic-free products (Please let us know if we missed a business that should be included here! lfosbenner@nurturenaturecenter.org):
- FD Market | The Promenade Shops Center Valley, PA
- Nature’s Way Market | 143 Northampton St. Easton, PA
- Verde | 267 E Broad St. Bethlehem, PA
- William Penn Elementary’s “Tray Trouble” Group
- Sign up for the CREATE Connections Newsletter
- More about the CREATE Connections Project
This podcast was prepared by the Nurture Nature Center under award NA23SEC0080002 from the Environmental Literacy Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or the U.S. Department of Commerce.
S1E1 - 30m - Jun 20, 2024
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