Sprouts: Rural Climate Dialogues

On this week's edition of Sprouts: Radio from the Grassroots, your host, Dr. Justin Mog (UofL's Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability Initiatives), sits down with freelance environmental reporter, Madeline Ostrander, to discuss her latest article appearing in the Jan/Feb 2018 edition of Sierra magazine, entitled "Can We Talk About The Weather: In Minnesota, rural climate dialogues get people across the political spectrum to discuss global warming. Her reporting reveals hopeful signs that people from across this countrys growing political divide can find ways to have transformative, meaningful conversations about the most pressing crisis facing humanity. Madeline has served as a contributing editor for Yes! magazine, and her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Science, Al Jazeera America, The Nation, High Country News, The Sun Magazine, Undark Magazine and numerous other publications.

Check out Madelines article in Sierra magazine at www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2018-1-j…e-trump-country

Sprouts is a weekly program that features local radio production and stories from many radio stations and local media groups around the world. It is produced in collaboration with community radio stations and independent producers across the country. The program is coordinated and distributed by Pacifica Radio and offered free of charge to all radio stations. For information, or if you would like to feature your work on Sprouts, contact Ursula Ruedenberg at ursula@pacifica.org.

Source: Sprouts: Rural Climate Dialogues (Pacifica Radio Network, Jan. 24, 2018)