Just Sustainability

In the last part of our conversation, Shawn Shafner and I talk about the parallels between the POOP Project and Shawn’s coming-out process, we review some strategies for approaching difficult convers…

In the second episode with Shawn Shafner, Shawn and I spoke about defecatory justice, Queerness, and liberatory discourse.

Shawn Shafner is an educator, an artist, and an activist. He skillfully i…

In hindsight Shawn Shafner, also known as The Puru, played an important role in the creation of the Just Sustainability podcast. Several years ago, I spent several days hanging out and chatting with …

Dr. Ian Werkheiser is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and the director of the Center for Collaboration and Ethics at the University of Rio Grande Valley. He also the host of my favorite philosop…

Dr. Ian Werkheiser is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and the director of the Center for Collaboration and Ethics at the University of Rio Grande Valley. He also the host of my favorite philosop…

Dr. Teresa Peterson is a citizen of the Upper Sioux Community.  She’s on the Board of Directors and is a co-founder of Dakota Wicohan, which is a nonprofit organization that works to revitalize Dakot…

Dr. Teresa Peterson is a citizen of the Upper Sioux Community.  She’s on the Board of Directors and is a co-founder of Dakota Wicohan, which is a nonprofit organization that works to revitalize Dakot…

On this episode we meet Sean Sherman and learn about the impact of settler colonialism, Indigenous foods and foodways, the reclamation of Indigenous cultures and knowledges, and Indigenous education.

Heid Erdrich is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She is astoundingly multi-talented and is a prolific and award-winning poet, cookbook author, storyteller, artist, curator,…

Heid Erdrich is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She is astoundingly multi-talented and is a prolific and award-winning poet, cookbook author, sto…

In the second half of the conversation that I had with anthropologist Dr. Nina Ortiz, Nina and I talked about a number of topics. One of the topics that we discussed concerned how small rural towns a…

On this episode of Just Sustainability we meet Dr. Nina Ortiz, who’s an anthropologist at the University of Minnesota Morris. Nina strikes me as the archetype of a scholar activist — her work is the …

In this episode, we return to the conversation that I had with Dr. Fayola Jacobs from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

During the second…

In the first episode of Just Sustainability, I’ll introduce you to Dr. Fayola Jacobs, who is an Assistant Professor in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota T…

To introduce you to Just Sustainability: Curious conversations about equity, sustainability, and social justice, Peter Levin from the Institute on the Environment interviews me (Clement Loo) and we t…