Decarbonizing School Districts

Streets.mn Podcast

School districts are organizations that have a large potential for reducing the carbon emissions of our local communities. Let's explore some of the work that is being done in this sector and see where we can push farther!

Episode index 00:00:00 | Intro 00:02:26 | SPPS students riding public transit 00:05:34 | Erica Wacker, SPPS Director of Communications 00:26:05 | Staff Transportation Demand Management 00:29:28 | Bike bus! 00:33:34 | Jody Volk, Health Teacher at Seward Montessori 00:38:26 | Student drop-off and parking 00:41:10 | Land use 00:43:30 | Divestment: Uriah Ward, SPPS board member 00:58:01 | Solar on schools 00:59:03 | Waste reduction 01:01:25 | Outro Further resources

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  • Text of fossil fuel resolution
  • Text of private prison resolution
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Attributions

Our theme song is Tanz den Dobberstein, and our interstitial song is Puck's Blues. Both tracks used by permission of their creator, Erik Brandt. Find out more about his band The Urban Hillbilly Quartet on their website.

This episode was hosted and edited by Ian R Buck, with transcript by Mike Allen, first of his name. Christy Marsden is our awesome guest booker, and technical assistance is provided by the super professional Brian Mitchell. If you’re able to help make sure this team gets paid for the hard work they do, please consider donating. We really appreciate it!

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