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In this final episode of the Ohio University Sustainability Series podcast, join Sustainable Administration Hub Coordinator in Ohio University's Office of Sustainability Ryan Fogt as he discusses the role of electric vehicles now and into the future for sustainable transportation.

In this episode, join the Associate Director for the Office of Sustainability at Ohio University Sam Crowl as he discusses the importance of bicycles as a form of sustainable transportation with two officers of the Athens Bicycle Club, Rob and Bob.

In this episode join Ambassador Nathan as he discusses the changes in transportation and its future as it relates to sustainability and the impact on the environment.

May kicks off the month of transportation for the Ohio University Sustainability Series Podcast. In this episode, join Climate & Sustainability Ambassador Liz as she interviews Dr. Ben Sperry, a professor in Civil Engineering at Ohio University. Dr. Sperry talks about the noise associated with highway transportation, and how reducing this unwanted form of pollution relates to sustainable transportation.

In this final April episode focused on climate, Ambassador Megan Westervelt interviews ecologist Brooke Biddlecombe, a doctoral student at the University of Manitoba in Canada, about her research with polar bears and Artic whale species, all of whom rely on Artic Sea ice to survive. With the changing climate, the ecosystem that these animals depend on has been fragmented and impacted in many ways, although not all of them are as detrimental as we might think. Brooke gives listeners hope through her scientific findings and advice for what we can all do to help preserve this fragile and frigid ecosystem.

Happy Earth Day! In this podcast episode, Ambassador Megan Westervelt interviews conservation photojournalist and National Geographic Explorer Jen Guyton about the importance of capturing the story of climate change to bring its global impact to our attention and to support the people who are most impacted by the increase in frequency and intensity of natural disasters. Jen relates her experience of covering the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique in 2019, during which more than1,300 people lost their lives to climate change.

Join Climate & Sustainability Ambassador Chloe who discusses the relationship between climate change and the earlier timing of the cherry blossoms. She'll talk about the cherry blossoms in Japan as well as here in Athens and in Washington DC. In spring 2021, the Japanese cherry blossoms bloomed the earliest on record, and the podcast how it relates to the long-term warming trend in Japan.

In this episode, you'll learn about certain diseases and other health risks that are linked to climate change, and how they can have impacts both now and into the future with projected temperature increases.

With the new month of April, the theme now changes to Climate. For this first episode, join Climate and Sustainability Ambassador Alexis as they talk with the founder of local non-profit environmental group Rural Action, Carol Kuhre as they talk about the climate, and how climate began a focus of Rural Action over the years, even if it was not a focus of the organization when it first started. For more info about Rural Action and the organizations discussed in this episode, please visit: https://ruralaction.org/ https://www.pachamama.org/

In the final episode on food, join Ambassador Megan as she talks with Jessica Dotson from Rural Action about the local Chesterhill Produce Auction and how this provides local sustainably sourced food to a large number of people across SE Ohio. To learn more about the Chesterhill Produce Auction, please visit the following links: https://chesterhillproduceauction.com/https://www.facebook.com/chesterhillproduceauction/