In this conversation, Danae defines distributional justice in the context of environmental economics and markets. We also discuss the efficacy of carbon markets as a tool to address unequal distributions of pollution in California and Mexico.

What are social positionalities? And, how do we navigate positionalities counter-hegemonically? Ame and Khampha reflect on some of their own intersecting identities and positionalities in research and the workplace. Listeners are also encouraged to reflect on the role of positionalities in their lives.

What is the role of corporations in today’s sustainability transition? In this conversation with Lukas, we interrogate corporate sustainability. Ultimately, we engage the question: what is being sustained as a result of corporate sustainability initiatives?

Growth of many kinds is often identified as a sustainability issue to be addressed. In this conversation, we discuss what it means to collectively respond to urban growth. Urbanization poses many challenges including increasing pressures on rural farmers in India. Increasing pressures of urbanization require decisions be made about about groundwater usage.

Industrialization has forced the field of sustainability to think about the impact of toxic Particulate Matter (PM) on air quality. This conversation navigates air quality and justice implications of air monitoring policies in the United States.

By now listeners are used to podcast guest’s introducing themselves with relevant sociopolitical positionalities. In this discussion with Taína, we navigate the relevance and significance of thinking about positionality and identity as relates to sustainability. Topics of food systems and religion guided how we discuss the role of sociopolitical power, privilege, identity, and positionality.

Issues of water scarcity are central to sustainability concerns. Questions on how water incentives and water allocation policies might address scarcity problems are engaged in this discussion on water economics with Katie.

Today's conversation navigates meanings of sustainability amid rising temperatures and rapid urban development. This discussion identifies how certain communities are exposed to heat stress more than others. Climate adaptation and mitigation responses are compared to urban heat.