Mind Over Matters Episodes

Sustainability Segmnet: Cathy Tuttle and Jim Curtin

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Guests Cathy Tuttle, Executive Director, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, and Jim Curtin, Traffic Safety Coordinator, Seattle Department of Transportation, speak with Diane Horn about Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Seattle's Vision Zero plan.

Sustainability Segment: Eric de Place

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Guest Eric de Place, Policy Director, Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the implications of oil transport by rail in the Pacific Northwest.

Sustainability Segment: Robert Wintner

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Guest Robert Wintner, Executive Director, Snorkel Bob Foundation, speaks with Diane Horn about reef protection and his most recent book, "Reef Libre: An-In Depth Look at Cuban Exceptionalism & the Last, Best Reefs in the World".

Sustainability Segment: James McWilliams

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Guest James McWilliams, Ingram Professor of History, Texas State University, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “The Modern Savage: Our Unthinking Decision to Eat Animals”.

Sustainability Segment: Paula Swedeen and Joe Kane

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Guests Paula Swedeen, Forest Policy Specialist. Washington Environmental Council, and Joe Kane, Executive Director, Nisqually Land Trust, speak with Diane Horn about forest protection in Washington State and the Nisqually Community Forest.

Sustainability Segment: Terri Butler

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Guest Terri Butler, Executive Director, Sustainable Seattle. speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Sustainable Seattle, including the Sustainability Leadership Awards, and the Pacific Northwest Resiliency Challenge.

Sustainability Segment: Rebecca Ponzio and KC Golden

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Guests Guests Rebecca Ponzio, Puget Sound Policy Specialist, Washington Environmental Council, and KC Golden, Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Solutions, speak with Diane Horn about priorities for environmental legislation in the 2015 Washington State Legislative session: Oil Transportation Safety Now and the Carbon Pollution Accountability Act.

Sustainability Segment: Jeffrey Ashe

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Guest Jeffrey Ashe, Research Fellow, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, and Fellow, Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “In Their Own Hands: How Savings Groups Are Revolutionizing Development”, co-authored with Kyla Jagger Neilan.

Sustainability Segment: Randi Abrams-Caras and Erika Schreder

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Guests Randi Abrams-Caras, Senior Campaign Director, and Erika Schreder, Science Director, Washington Toxics Coalition. speak with Diane Horn about how toxic flame retardants pollute our waterways and discuss plans to address toxics in the 2015 Washington State Legislative session.

Sustainability Segment: Kristin Eberhard

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Guest Kristin Eberhard, Senior Researcher, Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about putting a price on carbon in Oregon and Washington State to address climate change.

Sustainability Segment: Rhys Roth

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Guest Rhys Roth, Director, Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, The Evergreen State College, speaks with Diane Horn about his report “Infrastructure Crisis, Sustainable Solutions: Rethinking Our Infrastructure Investment Strategies."

Sustainability Segment: Robert Cowin

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Guest Robert Cowin, Director of Government Affairs, Union of Concerned Scientists' Climate and Energy Program, speaks with Diane Horn about the challenges and opportunities to address climate change at the federal and state levels following the 2014 election.