Getting our feet wet with our water and environmental justice series we are joined by Walt Ray who is the Chattahoochee Program Director for The Trust for Public Lands. He shares all about the process of creating a 100+ mile network of greenways, blueways, and parks along the river and connecting Metro Atlanta. Listen to learn about their collective impact methodology and how to launch a similar project in your community.

Follow Walt on LinkedIn. Find out more about the Chattahoochee RiverLands on their website.

In our closing biodiversity episode, we sit down with Amber Hasselbring to hear about the work that Nature in the City is doing to save butterflies and connect people with nature.

Find Nature in the City on the web at natureinthecity.org and on Instagram at @natureinthecity. Follow them on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/nature-in-the-city-projects-sf. Become a Nature Keeper to support their work for local wild places.

Find us on LinkedIn. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts! Email us at hnbpod@gmail.com with any comments or questions!

Resources:

• Biodiversity Factsheet from WHO
• Reimagining San Francisco

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Seeing a river otter trotting around the National Mall is cute, but predators like otters returning to the region is also an indicator of the Anacostia River’s improving health! This week, we are back in DC speaking with Jorge Bogantes Montero, Natural Resources Specialist at the Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS). He explains to us how the various restoration, reforestation, and educational activities AWS leads are having an outsized impact. From planting wild rice in the marshes, to propagating freshwater mussels, to invasive plant management—listen in to hear all about the amazing progress being made to boost biodiversity along the Anacostia, ultimately improving the health of the watershed and surrounding communities.

Oh! And if you’re local, you can join their discovery boat tours, trash pickups, mussel surveys, and paddling excursions (see events calendar link below).

You can find Jorge on LinkedIn and learn more about the Anacostia Watershed Society here.

Resources:

- Anacostia River Cameras Show Native Wildlife Returning | DCist (includes pics!)

- North American River Otter Spotted Near the Tidal Basin | DCist (includes pics!)

- Climate Change Is Hurting River Water Quality | Maryland Today

- Anacostia Watershed Society - Events Calendar

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Launching into our series about the importance of Biodiversity in our cities, we are joined by Alex Dileo, Founding Board Chair of the Intown Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society. Alex brings her passion and patience learned from her own yard to grow a group of Atlantans who are interested in spreading native plant knowledge, appreciation, and protection. Listen to learn how to join or create a similar group in your own community.

Follow Alex on Instagram and on LinkedIn. Find out more about Georgia Native Plant Society on their website.

On our last episode on sustainable design, Liz Cahill shares with us the wonder of clothing swaps and takes us on a tour de force of BuyNothing groups in San Francisco.

Follow Liz on LinkedIn or Instagram.

Find us on LinkedIn. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts! Email us at hnbpod@gmail.com with any comments or questions!

Resources:

• Double Vision Thrift
• Buy Nothing No Rules San Francisco
• Free Clothing San Francisco
• Fancy Free SF

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On our San Francisco stop on sustainable design, we have our first of two episodes with Liz Cahill, co-founder of Decentered Arts! Join us as Liz takes on on her upcycling journey, from her frugal origins to becoming a trash fashion icon. If you just touch the trash, you too may find love and community.

Follow Liz on LinkedIn or Instagram and the Piles Collective on Instagram.

Find Hot & Bothered on LinkedIn. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts! Email us at hnbpod@gmail.com with any comments or questions!

Resources:

• https://www.instagram.com/jeremyxsalazar/
• https://www.instagram.com/pilesofsanfrancisco

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Sustainable design is no stranger to the DC Public School system! In our second episode on sustainable design, we bring in Heather Jauregui, Director of Sustainability at design firm Perkins Eastman, to share the work her firm has been doing to rebuild, revitalize, and renovate at least 14 DC public school buildings since the district dedicated $4 billion in 2007 to make its facilities healthier, more energy efficient, and sound. Come explore the far-reaching effects of “net positive education.”

You can find Heather on LinkedIn and learn more about Perkins Eastman here.

Resources:

• Latrobe Prize Study Produces New Insights into Benefits of School Modernization (full report as well as a more approachable summary)
• Net Positive Education
• Green New Deal (GND) for DC and Green New Deal for Schools - Sunrise Movement
• This Hyper-Sustainable Elementary School Is the First of its Kind

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As we begin Season 2 and our series on Sustainable Designs, we are joined by Lawson Sumner, Co-founder and Chief Engineer at Ampere EV and one of Forbes 2025 30 under 30. Lawson is a graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology who co-developed an aftermarket EV powertrain that can turn any vehicle into an electric vehicle. We learn about his passion for motorsports and how Ampere EV is bringing this technology to antique and modern vehicles.

Follow Lawson and AmpereEV on Instagram and on LinkedIn. Find out more about Ampere EV on their website.

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