Introduction to the Miller Worley Center for the Environment (ft. Olivia Aguilar)
Miller Worley Center for the Environment Podcast
Release Date: 03/25/2021
Climate Action in an Election Year (ft. Molly Keehn)
Miller Worley Center for the Environment Podcast
Zoey Pickett, Community Sustainability Coordinator, and Olivia Aguilar, Miller Worley Center for the Environment Director, discuss the importance of climate action in an election year with Molly Keehn, author and lecturer of intergroup dialogue about climate action. Episode References/Learn More: Cojourn website" — Visit our website: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook:
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Geothermal Phase 1
Miller Worley Center for the Environment Podcast
Join Mancini and Sarah Purvis, Community Sustainability Coordinators, as they dive into the transformative Geothermal project aimed at fostering sustainability and achieving carbon neutrality on campus. Gain valuable insights from Miller Worley's Sustainability Project Manager and Karla Youngblood, the Associate Vice President for Facilities Management. Don't miss out on this enlightening discussion, available exclusively on the
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MWCE history (ft. Tim Farnham)
Miller Worley Center for the Environment Podcast
In this episode, our Community Sustainability Coordinators of 2023-2024, Zoey Pickett and Eli Mancini are discussing the recent history of the Miller Worley Center with Tim Farnham, a former director of the Miller Worley Center For The Environment during 2009-2016 and current professor in Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College. We invite you to listen to the evolution of what our Center for Environment was back then and how it has transformed into a space centering conversations around sustainability, the natural environment, and Environmental Justice. This podcast episode was...
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Introducing our Curator of Education and Research ft. Angelica Patterson
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In this episode, Community sustainability coordinators, Alejandra German and Sarah Purvis, introduce Angelica Patterson, Curator of Education and Research. Patterson will give an overview of her journey to Mount Holyoke, her role and goals for this semester. — Visit our website: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook:
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MHC Endowment: Investments and Divestment (ft. Ana Yankova)
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In this episode, learn more about Mount Holyoke College’s past, current, and future investments. As MHC’s goal is to be Carbon Neutral by 2037 there are green infrastructure developments that the College is investing in and plans being solidified around divestment of fossil fuels. We are excited to bring on our guest, Ana Yankova, who is Mount Holyoke's inaugural chief investment officer as of April 2020, where she oversees the College’s endowment. Learn More: —Visit our website: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook:
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Vision for Campus Waterways (ft. Jenica, Kate, and Adrianne)
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In this episode, learn more about the ongoing waterways project at Mount Holyoke College.Our host Sarah Purvis talks to guests Jenica Allen, Kate Ballantine, and Adrianne Wu about their experiences with the campus waterways. Learn More: ▻ Dams and Dredging: An Overview of Mount Holyoke College's Lake History by Mia Sigler https://ida.mtholyoke.edu/handle/10166/4673 ▻ Mount Holyoke College Campus Map https://map.mtholyoke.edu ▻ Campus Living Laboratory at Mount Holyoke College https://www.mtholyoke.edu/mwce/campus ▻ Project Stream at Mount Holyoke College...
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Meet the Team, Fall 2021 (ft. CSCs and CLLA)
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Returning Community & Sustainability Coordinators Adrianne and Hareem get to know some of the newest additions to the Miller Worley Center for the Environment staff: Alejandra German Chavarin, Rhitom Mishra, Sarah Purvis, and Meredith Becher! — Visit our website: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/mwce Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sustainablemhc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MillerWorleyCtr Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MWCEMtHolyoke
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Dialogue with Dining (ft. Rich Perna)
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In this episode Jordan Lassonde, the Assistant Director of the Miller Worley Center for the Environment and Adrienne Baxter, one of the MWCE’s Community and Sustainability Coordinators, talk with Rich Perna, the Executive Director of Auxiliary Services at Mount Holyoke College.
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Welcome Back, (ft. Jenica, Raghu, and Jordan)
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In this episode, Olivia Aguilar, Director of the Miller Worley Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College talks with the rest of the MWCE staff. Olivia introduces Jenica Allen, Raghu Raghavan, and Jordan Lassonde. The staff give a brief overview of their roles with the MWCE and share what they are excited for this semester.
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The Land on Which We Learn: A Mount Holyoke Conversation (ft. Aaron Miller)
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Join us for a conversation between Dr. Olivia M. Aguilar, Leslie and Sarah Miller Director of the Miller Worley Center for the Environment and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Dr. Aaron Miller, Associate Curator of Visual and Material Culture and NAGPRA Coordinator at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. (Originally recorded as a conversation with a live audience) Co-hosted by the MHC Art Museum.
info_outlineWelcome to the inaugural episode of The Miller Worley Center for the Environment Podcast! In this episode, Community & Sustainability Coordinators Hareem and Adrianne talk to Dr. Olivia Aguilar, the Leslie and Sarah Miller Director of the Miller Worley Center for the Environment and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College.
Olivia shares her path to her current position and her vision for the center, as well as why centering justice and building community are vital to environmental efforts. She discusses what she sees as the most pressing issues facing us in this time of rapid climate change and the global pandemic, in addition to what actions we can take.
Episode References:
▻ “Diversifying the Environmental Movement Isn’t Enough” by Olivia Aguilar
https://truthout.org/articles/diversifying-the-environmental-movement-isn-t-enough/
▻ “Are We Prepared for a Climate Crisis in the Middle of a Pandemic?” by Olivia Aguilar https://truthout.org/articles/are-we-prepared-for-a-climate-crisis-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic
▻ “Environmental Groups’ Greatest Obstacle May Not Be Republican Opposition” by Zack Colman https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/05/environmental-movement-racial-reckoning-green-diversity-465501
▻ BOOM! Building On Our Momentum: Community Day https://www.mtholyoke.edu/diversity/boom
▻ Campus Living Laboratory https://www.mtholyoke.edu/mwce/campus
▻ Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel https://bookshop.org/books/station-eleven-9781594138829/9780804172448
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