Guests: Erik Dorfman, Activist and Poet Russel Mendell, MERL’20 <a href="https://www.vermontlaw.edu/directory/person/speth-gus">Gus Speth</a>, Co-Founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Vermont Law School Professor 2010-2015 Hosts: <a href="https://www.vermontlaw.edu/directory/person/oliver-jeannie">Jeannie Oliver</a>, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney <a href="https://www.vermontlaw.edu/directory/person/parenteau-pat">Pat Parenteau</a>, Professor of Law and Senior Counsel in the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (ENRLC)Recommended Resources:<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/children-change-their-parents-minds-about-climate-change/">Children Change Their Parents’ Minds about Climate Change</a> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/21/is-there-any-point-to-protesting">Is There Any Point to Protesting?</a> <a href="https://blog.ucsusa.org/erika-spanger-siegfried/what-is-the-climate-strike-an-adults-guide">What Is the Climate Strike? An Adult’s Guide to What, Why, and How to Help</a> <a href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/juliana-v-us">Juliana vs. United States</a>

Environmental Justice

With environmental crises reaching a critical tipping point, we find ourselves sprinting to keep up with fast-changing environmental law and policy developments like regulatory rollbacks and subsequent lawsuits. Join experts from the nation's premier environmental law school as they provide concise, accessible conversation on the most pressing issues of our time. If you are an advocate, journalist, educator, student, or concerned citizen seeking to understand environmental law and how it relates to current events, Hothouse Earth is the podcast for you.