Resilient New Mexico Podcast

Resilient New Mexico is dedicated to sharing our climate-related stories, highlighting our commonalities, and exploring our capabilities for building a sustainable and socially just future.

Habitat Restoration With AT Cole 11/11/2024

Habitat Restoration With AT Cole AT Cole joins us to share his efforts working with his wife to restore their ranch in souther New Mexico after it had suffered from decades of over grazing and poor land management practices. We discuss cienegas, land restoration methods and hear about their successes and leasons learned. You can learn more at their wonderful website for the ranch: /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/33873207

Rethinking what Sustainability Looks Like with Andreas Hernandez 09/19/2024

Rethinking what Sustainability Looks Like with Andreas Hernandez One of our best interviews for it's thought provoking ideas! Dr. Andreas Hernandez teaches in the Sustainability Studies Program at UNM. With a broad background and breadth of experiences, Andreas challenges us to think creatively about what sustrainability means, and what it will take for us to get there. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/33118252

Neal Denton and Sustainability in Santa Fe 04/09/2024

Neal Denton and Sustainability in Santa Fe Neal Denton, who was the Sustainability Officer for the city of Santa Fe, gives us a peek behind the curtain in to what Santa Fe is doing to promote sustainability. We get in to details of what sustainablity means, some of the city's programs, and what are some of the challenges we face. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/30741288

Community Solar Update with Christian Casillas 02/22/2024

Community Solar Update with Christian Casillas Christian Casillas from the Coalition of Sustainable Communities walks us through the current status of community solar in New Mexico, describes the progress that has been made, and the amazing potential the future holds! A few links from the show: /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/30059703

Composting to Engage Youth, Improve Soil Health and Sequester Carbon with Carol Ann and Mike Fugagli 11/18/2023

Composting to Engage Youth, Improve Soil Health and Sequester Carbon with Carol Ann and Mike Fugagli Carol Ann and Mike Fugagli join us to discuss their impressive project of using Johnson-Su composting method to Engage Youth, Improve Soil Health and Sequester Carbon. They share about the educational components of the project, working with the local school system, how the Johnson-Su composter works. Some useful links: /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/28697148

Ableism, Disability and Climate with Naomi Ortiz 09/12/2023

Ableism, Disability and Climate with Naomi Ortiz The wonderful and thought provoking Naomi Ortiz joins us to educate Sandra and myself about a very important topic that isn't discussed very much, specifically the intersection of disability justice and climate justice, and how inclusion in climate activism could look. Keep reading to learn more about Naomi's work and content Naomi mentioned in the podcast. Naomi's books: Reimagining our relationship with land and challenging who is an environmentalist in the Arizona U.S./Mexico borderlands, is investigated in (punctum books). provides informative tools and insightful strategies for diverse communities on addressing burnout. Resources Naomi mentioned in this episode: bears witness to the harms disabled people face amidst climate disruption—and it documents the wisdom disabled people bring to navigating this crisis. The stories in the archive are fresh conversations with disability-identified activists, advocates, artists, first responders, policymakers, and other communal leaders. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/28006731

Dr.Stan Atcitty talks with about energy and energy sovereignty among indigenous communities in the US. 05/12/2023

Dr.Stan Atcitty talks with about energy and energy sovereignty among indigenous communities in the US. Dr.Atcitty is a senior scientist at Sandia National Labs where he works on renewable energy systems. He is also a member of the Navajo Nation, and is deeply engaged with bringing renewable energy and energy sovernty to Navajo communities and indigenous communities across the country. He shares with us many great stories of his work, and of life in these communities. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/26826510

2023 Legislative Roundup with Tom Solomon 04/24/2023

2023 Legislative Roundup with Tom Solomon Tom Solomon from joins us to discuss the climate related bills that did, or didn't make it during the 2023 legislative session. We also discuss how NM compares to other states, some of our greatest successes and some areas that could really use improvement. Plus the lightening round! /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/26629713

Recycling in NM with Sarah Pierpont 03/01/2023

Recycling in NM with Sarah Pierpont /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/26089131

Environmental Journalism with Judith Polich 11/03/2022

Environmental Journalism with Judith Polich Judith Polich writes a climate change column for the , and covers a wide variety of climate related topics. We talk to her about how to engage people in climate action, how readers respond to her articles, and of course the lightening round! /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/24890268

Childhood development with Dr.Genesis Arizmendi 04/30/2022

Childhood development with Dr.Genesis Arizmendi Genesis Arizmendi is a speach language pathologist who talks with us about how environmental polution impacts border communities, especially children in those communities, as well as climate change and the global south. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/22962242

Sustainability and Post-Sustainability with Melinda Morgan 12/22/2021

Sustainability and Post-Sustainability with Melinda Morgan We talk with Melinda Morgan who has a long resume, including the current Director of the Sustainability Studies Program as well as the author of The End of Sustainability. We have a lot of fun and learn a lot discussing things including how communities can be resilient, what it means to move past sustainability, and how to define the Anthropocene. Please join us! /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/21569471

Gabe Pacyniak explores GHG emissions and NM 10/29/2021

Gabe Pacyniak explores GHG emissions and NM We speak with Gabe Pacyniak about NM and greenhouse gas emissions, and how best NM can move towards a low emissions future. Gabe teaches climate change law and policy seminar at the UNM School of Law, and specializes in climate change mitigation policy. Prior to UNM, Gabe managed the climate change mitigation program at the Georgetown Climate Center. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/20978720

Environmental Justice with Cliff Villa 09/22/2021

Environmental Justice with Cliff Villa Cliff Villa, a Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law, shares wisdom gathered from his extensive experience, including 22 years as an attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. His clear stories and compassionate advice illuminates a variety of ways we can improve our communities and ourselves. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/20558897

Climate Change and Health with Heidi Honegger Rogers 07/11/2021

Climate Change and Health with Heidi Honegger Rogers Heidi Roders from UNM's School of Nursing and Sustainable Studies is here to talk with us about health and how it is impacted by climate change, both in NM and nationally. She also has lots of great tips for preparing yourself for these impacts. You can find papers that her students have written listed https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hsc_climate/ /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/19773788

Community Solar Bill Passage Review 05/10/2021

Community Solar Bill Passage Review The Community Solar bill was passed in to law, but is this a good thing? Sandra and Peter discuss the amendments that happened to the bill prior to being passed, how those amendments impacted the bill, and give their take on if the final bill is better or worse than the original version. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/19041800

Interview with Arté Romero y Carver 03/31/2021

Interview with Arté Romero y Carver Arté is one of the co-founders New Mexico based Youth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA), and speaks with about why climate justice is a racial and human rights issue, and how ending environmental racism is a requirement to ending climate change. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/18547658

Food Waste with Dr.Sue Barns 03/03/2021

Food Waste with Dr.Sue Barns Sue Barns joins us to discuss food waste, what it is, where it happens, and how to avoid it! We also have a good round of lightning questions, and find out the best way to store food long term. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/18169892

Discuss 2021 Legislative Session with Mona Blaber 02/13/2021

Discuss 2021 Legislative Session with Mona Blaber We spoke to Mona Blaber, who is the Communication Director for the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club. New Mexico is in the middle of its annual legislative session, and we discussed specific bills, how the public can engage with their representatives, the Sierra Club’s efforts on bills, and of course building a resilient New Mexico. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/17934110

HB106: Community Solar for NM 02/13/2021

HB106: Community Solar for NM In this episode we discuss HB106, which would allow small groups or organizations to attach small scale solar instalations to the grid. This bill came up last year, but did not pass. We discuss why the bill did not pass last year, and our hope for why it might fair better this year. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/17934059

Conversation with Dr. Carl White about nutrient cycling in NM 01/20/2021

Conversation with Dr. Carl White about nutrient cycling in NM We spoke with Dr. Carl White, an ecologist who spent his career studying NM. We cover topics about nutrient cycle, forest fires, droughts, flooding, and what individuals can do to help all of those! /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/17617190

Resilient New Mexico Preview 12/08/2020

Resilient New Mexico Preview In this episode we share a bit about our motivations, and what we will be covering in the upcoming episodes. /episode/index/show/resilientnm/id/17106929

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