SLE Podcast

Join Paige Lighthammer for Climate Change Trivia. In this episode of the SLE Podcast Paige asks U-M students about their responses to common questions skeptics have about climate change.

What are microplastics, where do they come from, and how can we research their presence in our oceans, lakes and rivers? In this episode Engineering student Brianna Roest interviews Dr. Paul Steen, an ecologist with the Huron River Watershed Council.

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Madisyn Guza is concerned about plastic in our waterways. In this episode of the SLE Podcast Madisyn interviews Rachel Cable, a researcher in the Duhaime Viral Ecology lab, about her encounters with plastic in the Great Lakes while conducting research.

GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, have been the source of much confusion for consumers and farmers alike. In this episode of the SLE Podcast Stephanie Ganzi asks School of Public Health Professor Andrew Jones about GMOs in hopes of getting to the bottom of the issue.

In this episode Madi Foster interviews Lena Swirczek, a first year student and member of the U-M chapter of Citizen's Climate Lobby, about how to get involved with sustainability organizations on campus. 

SLE first year student Javier Contreras sits down with a professor who has been teaching about climate change for more than a decade. Hear what Astronomy Professor Edwin Bergin has to say about how climate change works, how attitudes about climate have shifted, where we are headed and why.

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Meatless Mondays can provoke strong reactions. Michigan Dining promotes Sustainable Mondays in all of its dining halls, prompting some to demand hamburgers and others to protest the serving of lower impact meats such as fish and chicken. Learn what Sustainable Mondays are all about in this podcast with SLE student Noelle Dunbar and Keith Soster from Michigan Dining.

In this episode first year student Amy Huang explores her questions and concerns about plastic waste and recycling on campus. Listen to her discussion with SLE Peer Mentor Pamela Sobze (Junior, Program in the Environment).

SLE student Annie Rauwerda starts with her own family lawn on a journey to better understand why grass is the most grown crop in the United States. Listen to what she discovers, including an interview with Mike Levine of Nature & Nurture Seeds.

Are you curious about what you can do about climate change? In this episode of the SLE Podcast Michelle Lee interviews Professor John Benedict to better understand climate change in the Great Lakes region, including what it is and actions we can take to address climate change in our lives and communities.

Do all neighbors recycle equally? In this episode Alyza Hogston explores recycling infrastructure and culture in her hometown of Westland, Michigan and neighboring Wayne.