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I chatted with my friend and climate champion Hilary Ego. Hilary is one of the most multidimensional climate people I know. She manages the environmental programs in the City of La Mesa, wrote and drew a children’s book and loves making food for people. We dive deep into her role of helping the City of La Mesa implement its climate action plan and the community outreach and relationship building it (and everything in climate, basically) requires to succeed. Hilary also shared why she decided to publish a children’s book and how to start doing something for our community, for our planet and for ourselves.

Things we mentioned in the episode:

• Hilary Ego’s children book: How I Save the Earth
• City of La Mesa’s Climate Action Plan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXua3GbmrUQ
• California Senate Bill 1383: Organic Waste Reduction and edible food recovery law
• California Assembly Bill 341: mandatory recycling law
• California Assembly Bill 1346: ban the sell of gas powered small engines

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This podcast was created by the youth group of Climate Reality DFW in 2021, and is currently a joint project by the DFW & Portland Chapters produced by Li-Ya Mar. Comments, feedback or share your stories with us, email us at ⁠thegreenpathsgang@gmail.com⁠.

Special shoutout to Nick Keenan and Pradeep Vundela for their technical and audio support.

Art Design by ⁠Marni Keenan⁠.

Music by ⁠RomanSenykMusic & ⁠QubeSounds⁠ from ⁠Pixabay

Eco-anxiety and climate emotions impact everyone who is paying attention to our world. I often turn to poetry, not as a way to escape, but a way to sit with the emotion and let it lead me where I need to be. Art and creative work can help translate and transform our feelings and emotions in the climate crisis. That’s what Nancy’s poems do.

We chatted about the role of poetry in solving the climate crisis and the importance of human relation in healing our world. Our conversation made my heart so full, reminding me I'm not alone in trying to figure out my place and role in the climate. I hope it empowers and comforts you as much as it did for me.

Things we mentioned in the episode:

• Read Nancy’s Poems here.
• Nancy’s Poetry Collection: I’d Rather Be Lightning
• Solar Punk Magazine
• Center for Science and Reimagination
• Ezra Klein’s on our future on NYTimes: Your Kids Are Not Doomed

Reminder: We are donating a small amount to the Environmental Voter Project (EVP) for every listener who subscribes to this podcast. EVP is not a sponsor of this podcast. I just love their mission.

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This podcast was created by the youth group of Climate Reality DFW in 2021, and is currently a joint project by the DFW & Portland Chapters produced by Li-Ya Mar. Comments, feedback or share your stories with us, email us at ⁠thegreenpathsgang@gmail.com⁠.

Special shoutout to Nick Keenan and Pradeep Vundela for their technical and audio support.

Art Design by ⁠Marni Keenan⁠.

Music by ⁠RomanSenykMusic & ⁠QubeSounds⁠ from ⁠Pixabay

In this episode, we’re so excited to share a conversation with Karen Magruder, a faculty member in the school of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). Karen was trained in trauma informed therapy, but Hurricane Harvey in 2017 brought the “a-ha” moment to her. She witnessed how the climate crisis made vulnerable people more vulnerable, especially with the poor infrastructures in our society. We chatted about the Environmental Justice & Green Social Work course she created at UTA, what eco-anxiety is, and how to harness its power for change!

Things we mentioned in the episode:

• Karen’s article in in Social Work Today: Exploring the Prevalence and Treatment of Eco-Anxiety
• UN Climate Change Learning
• UPSTREAM – Framework to Harness the Power of Our Eco-anxiety

Follow us on Instagram ⁠@OurClimateStories⁠.

Comments, feedback or share your stories with us, email us at ⁠thegreenpathsgang@gmail.com⁠.

This podcast was created by the youth group of Climate Reality DFW in 2021, and is currently a joint project by the DFW & Portland Chapters produced by Li-Ya Mar.

Special shoutout to Nick Keenan and Pradeep Vundela for their technical and audio support.

Art Design by ⁠Marni Keenan⁠.

Music by ⁠RomanSenykMusic & ⁠QubeSounds⁠ from ⁠Pixabay