Leander interviews another podcaster Sapna. Sapna is the host of the Breaking Green Ceilings podcast. They discuss experiences of being BIPOC podcasters with a focus on environmental and social challenges and the importance of providing a platform for unheard voices. Leander wants to forgive his audience for making the statement "falling on deaf ears". He actively, daily works to eliminate unnecessary vocabulary that isn't accurate and utilizes a group of people to describe something which further stigmatizes and highlights societal ignorance.
Episode Highlights:
4:20 - Starting a new podcast
9:55 - Conservation as a segregated movement
16:00 - Learnings from guests
20:24 - Experiences of "people of difference" in conservation
26:17 - Immigrant experience and conservation
32:28 - Getting BIPOC people into conservation
Links Mentioned:
Breaking Green Ceilings: https://breakinggreenceilings.com/
Lacy Consulting Services: https://www.lacyconsultingservices.com/
Leander wraps up Season 3 and talks about the future of The Green Mind Podcast. Support his journey in bringing this podcast to listeners into the future.
Episode Highlights:
1:15: Date of Season 4
1:50: Helping The Green Mind
3:20: Dr. Paul Zeitz
4:45: Utilizing Funds for The Green Mind
5:25: Other ways to help
Links:
Support: https://www.thegreenmindpodcast.com/support
Professor Leander Lacy connects with Dr. Rickey Frierson to discuss the academic institutions that are producing the future leaders in natural resources. Dr. Frierson is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Colorado State University. They discuss navigating natural resources departments and integrating DEI for faculty and staff.
Episode Highlights:
4:35 - Recruiting diverse students/talent
17:12 - When you are not the DEI expert
23:57 - Dr. Frierson’s journey into natural resources
31:12 - Leander’s journey into natural resources
36:15 - Success for DEI in academics
40:10 - Dr. Frierson’s vision
Leander connects with an old friend, Veronica Oakler, from his undergrad program in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida. Go Gators! They take a journey through their careers and tackle some very difficult conversations around environmental justice.
Episode Highlights:
3:56: Wildlife Conservation and Law in Florida
7:51: Love of Florida Black Bears
18:39: Clean Water for North Carolina
21:02: Environmental Justice
34:28: Getting Policies on the Agenda
40:24: Get Involved in North Carolina
Links:
www.lacyconsultingservices.com
Leander meets up with Blake Osborn to talk about a great program happening at Colorado State University attempting to get more voices into the water conservation world. Listen in as they tackle some difficult conversations.
Episode Highlights:
3:40 - Colorado State University Water Program
11:15 - Bringing diverse perspectives into water conservation
17:41 - Diversifying your Conference Attendees
19:48 - Water Rights in Colorado
28:19 - Benefits of the program
Links Mentioned:
www.lacyconsultingservices.com
https://watercenter.colostate.edu/studentfellows/
Leander meets Grace Anderson for the first time and they unpack the conservation field and the various impacts the system has on all people. Grace is very interested in social justice, conservation principles, and healing through nature. Follow this interesting conversation as they both take a tour around the social construct we call conservation.
Episode Highlights:
3:37 - Grace’s Conservation Career
09:37 - Identity Erasure in Conservation
15:21 - The Show Pose
19:25 - Finding Peace and Solitude in Nature
25:57 - Navigating the Conservation System
Links:
www.lacyconsultingservices.com
Leander talks to local Commissioners Adam (Colorado Parks and Wildlife) and Nanjappa (Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission) as they explore what it means to be a commissioner and the importance of every citizen to engage in the decision being made about their natural resources. They also have deep conversations about justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion means in the world of Commissioners.
Episode Highlights:
5:05: Commissioner Gordon from Batman
14:12: Oil and Gas vs Parks and Wildlife
24:53: Women and race identity in the Commissioner role
44:27: If you could do it all over
Leander catches up with another friend from his old graduate program: Conservation Leadership Masters Program at Colorado State University. Leander finds out what Dr. Adam Calo has been doing since his graduate school days and explores the future of sustainable agriculture and land ownership globally.
Episode Highlights:
6:33: Working outside of the United States
8:42: Transition from individual to community land ownership in Scotland
18:24: Is the current agricultural system flawed?
24:18: Racism and reparations in the agricultural system
34:14: The power of land ownership
37:49: Evolution of Dr. Adam Calo’s conservation journey
Links Mentioned:
Master of Conservation Leadership: https://warnercnr.colostate.edu/hdnr/conservation-leadership/
Lacy Consulting Services: www.lacyconsultingservices.com
Join Leander as he discusses the pathway to conservation with a Black conservationist named Diquan. Leander and Diquan share stories about navigating a conservation career and engaging with their own communities about the topic of conservation.
Episode Highlights:
3:33 - Finding your love for nature
9:43 - Introducing your family to Yellowstone
16:43 - Leander’s switch into conservation
23:34 - Working at The Triangle Land Conservancy
28:17 - Working with diverse communities
Links Mentioned:
https://www.triangleland.org/
www.lacyconsultingservices.com
Join Leander as he discusses the North Carolina State University’s contribution to raising the next generation of conservationists through this conversation with Dean Myron Floyd of the College of Natural Resources. They discuss Dean Floyd’s background, state of research at his university today, and the future of conservation.
Episode Highlights:
9:31 - Being one of few in undergrad
15:39 - Transition to the Conservation Field
20:08 - Being the Dean of the College of Natural Resources
23:49 - Research at North Carolina State University
35:39 - Future Conservationists
Links Mentioned:
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/
Join Leander as he talks with his employees about the future of conservation’s organizational culture. Leander is creating the future of conservation and he invites you to the healing space that is possible in conservation.
Episode Highlights:
2:30 - Introducing Staff
20:14 - Discussing Mental Health
39:12 - Discussing Social Justice at Work
40:39 - Transparency in Salary
53:16 - Strength-Based Culture
Links Mentioned:
www.lacyconsultingservices.com
www.kiteanddartgroup.com
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