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Bonus Episode | Welcome Back Webinar
Jun 17, 2026
44m 46s
Salt, Sound, Sanctuary with Alexia Civit
May 19, 2026
25m 34s
From Trail to Trust with Florencia Loncan
Feb 3, 2026
30m 48s
Campus History Keepers with Carolina Tree Heritage
Dec 16, 2025
31m 25s
Roots and Ridges with Jay Leutze
Oct 9, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/17/26 |  Bonus Episode | Welcome Back Webinar | We "wood" love to talk about forests and trees forever, but to wrap up the season, we're bringing you three bonus episodes of the Sustainable Carolina Podcast. The episodes are re-releases of our webinar series. This first episode comes from ourWelcome Back Webinar, which aired in fall 2025. It features Chief Sustainability Officer Mike Piehler, Sustainability Analyst Melanie Elliott, and UNC Transportation and Parking. In it, we discuss the history of Sustainable Carolina, our current ... | 44m 46s | ||||||
| 5/19/26 |  Salt, Sound, Sanctuary with Alexia Civit✨ | environmental studiesfield experiences+3 | Alexia Civit | UNC Institute for the Environment | Currituck SoundMorehead City+4 | environmentOuter Banks+5 | — | 25m 34s | |
| 2/3/26 |  From Trail to Trust with Florencia Loncan✨ | conservationhiking+3 | Florencia Loncán | Triangle Land ConservancyHussman School of Journalism and Media+1 | Appalachian Trail | Appalachian TrailFlorencia Loncán+5 | — | 30m 48s | |
| 12/16/25 |  Campus History Keepers with Carolina Tree Heritage✨ | sustainabilityrecycling+3 | — | UNC GroundsCarolina Tree Heritage+1 | — | green recyclingUNC+5 | — | 31m 25s | |
| 10/9/25 |  Roots and Ridges with Jay Leutze✨ | forestswater quality+3 | Jay Leutze | UNC School of LawSustainable Carolina | — | forestsair quality+5 | — | 37m 32s | |
| 3/10/25 |  Communicating for Community: Stories for a Better Planet✨ | community-based researchlight pollution+3 | — | — | Highlands, North CarolinaGalápagos+2 | sustainabilitycommunity research+3 | — | 41m 51s | |
| 11/26/24 |  Amy Kryston | Sanitation as a Basic Human Right✨ | sanitationpublic health+3 | Amy Kryston | UNC Institute for the EnvironmentInternational | — | sanitationpublic health+3 | — | 25m 59s | |
| 10/1/24 |  Nathan Halsey | Cultivating a Beekeeping Business✨ | beekeepingentrepreneurship+3 | Nathan Halsey | Carolina Beekeeping ClubHalsey's Hives | Carolina | beekeepingbusiness+3 | — | 19m 07s | |
| 9/27/24 |  Research Out in the Real World✨ | research applicationfloodplains+3 | Antonia Sebastian | UNC Department of Earth Marine and Environmental SciencesUNC Sustainable Triangle Field Site | — | researchfloodplains+3 | — | 15m 10s | |
| 8/13/24 |  Water, Pipes and Satellites✨ | watersatellites+3 | Tamlin Pavelsky | NASAUNC Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences | Atlantic CoastYukon Delta+1 | watersatellites+5 | — | 16m 03s | |
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| 7/18/24 |  Food Policies in Latin America and Crisis Response in South India✨ | global public healthclimate change+3 | Lindsey Smith Taillie | Gillings School of Global Public Health | Latin AmericaUnited States+2 | food policiesLatin America+3 | — | 17m 23s | |
| 6/27/24 |  Blue Carbon Storage on the Coast & Microplastics in Mountain Streams | In the first of four bonus episodes this season, we have Mike Piehler and Chloe Hall's talks from our April 2024 Sustainability Research Symposium. The research presented in this episode takes place at two of the UNC Institute for the Environment's field sites. Piehler's episode looks at blue carbon storage at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences and Hall's research takes us to the Highlands Biological Station, where she studied microplastic particles in mountain streams. Sustainable Carolina... | 17m 01s | ||||||
| 5/21/24 |  Ileana Fenwick | Opening Doors and Data in Marine Science | Ileana Fenwick is both a marine scientist and a data scientist. Pursuing her doctorate in the UNC Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, she searches for patterns in fisheries ecology data. Because she strongly believes that greater data transparency and inclusion will help solve the climate change puzzle, she challenges herself to share her own data and code with other scientists. Outside of her research, Fenwick works to help other Black environmental and marine resea... | 27m 44s | ||||||
| 4/30/24 |  Ella Feathers | Showing up for local climate action | Ella Feathers, a senior at Carolina, wears many hats in the sustainability space at Carolina. She has served on the Carolina Sustainability Council and currently co-chairs the UNC Student Government Department of Environmental Affairs. She also works as a science communicator for the Data Driven EnviroLab, led by Angel Hsu. In her episode, Ella talks about recognizing burnout, carrying a mindset of progress and showing up in the sustainability space. Sustainable Carolina works wit... | 25m 36s | ||||||
| 4/22/24 |  An Earth Day message from Carolina's Chief Sustainability Officer. | On Earth Day 2024, Chief Sustainability Officer Mike Piehler gives an update on the University's sustainability initiative, Sustainable Carolina. He walks through Carolina's Climate Action Plan, Water Plan and progress made from 2020 - 2024. This audio comes from a video, shared on the UNC Institute for the Environment's YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/HpjasYF_IaM?feature=shared Sustainable Carolina works within the UNC Institute for the Environment to increase the University energy and wat... | 2m 38s | ||||||
| 4/2/24 |  Will Freund | Exploring the Natural World and Accessible Science | Between his day job and his passion projects, Will Freund gets the best of both worlds. As the community engagement specialist for Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, he leads programs for adults, teens and our youngest North Carolinians. And every April when Morehead's Science Expo rolls around, he runs the show. Freund has a natural curiosity for the world around, and it's contagious to those around him. His debut documentary explores perceptions surrounding climate change; his second ... | 30m 12s | ||||||
| 2/27/24 |  Greening health care, generating change | Julie Jacobson Vann made her way down to North Carolina to pursue her passion — and Ph.D. — in public health. She grew up in Wisconsin knowing the importance of water quality and recycling. So when she began her career at the UNC School of Nursing, it only made sense that she would incorporate environmental health and sustainability into the courses she taught. Most recently, her interest, advocacy and volunteerism led her to be named the sustainability liaison at the UNC School of Nursing. ... | 25m 42s | ||||||
| 8/31/23 | Bonus Episode 4 | Surface Waters and Underground Elements | In this episode, Assistant Professor and Voit Gilmore Fellow Amanda DelVecchia talks about her lab's work in understanding greenhouse gas flux — the natural release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere — in rivers and streams. Then Drew Coleman, chair of the UNC Environment, Energy and Ecology (E3P) program talks about balancing Earth's ecosystems. Specifically, he talks about his partnership with the NC Collaboratory exploring how mining companies can be more sustainable in their e... | 14m 27s | ||||||
| 7/25/23 | Bonus Episode 3 | Protecting Water Quality, Improving Air Quality | In the third of four bonus episodes, we bring you a conversation about water and air quality from two centers based out of UNC Institute for the Environment. First, Megan Lane talks about the work the Center for Public Engagement with Science is doing, especially as it has to do with water quality. Then Sarav Arunachalam, director of the Center for Environmental Modeling for Policy Development, talks about a case study his team conducted on the adoption of electric medium- and heavy-dut... | 15m 28s | ||||||
| 6/30/23 | Bonus Episode | Urban Heat Island Effect & Climate Resilience | In the second of four summer bonus episodes, we talk with Xuewei Wang of Data Driven EnviroLab and Noah Kittner of Gillings School of Global Public Health. The Data-Driven EnviroLab us using both large data sets and citizen science to analyze the impacts of urban heat islands within different communities. Kittner has also worked with the Data-Driven EnviroLab to think about ways to help emerging sustainability-related technologies available to households of varying socioeconomic statuses. ... | 16m 21s | ||||||
| 5/19/23 | Bonus Episode | Infrastructure, Sustainability and Affordability | This is the first of our four summer bonus episodes. In this episode we hear from experts at the Center on Financial Risk in Environmental Systems (CoFiRES) and the Environmental Finance Center (EFC). With two different lenses, they talk about infrastructure, the environment and affordability of public services. Most of us don’t think about everything that has to happen before we flip on a light switch to turn on a light, or how we access water from the tap, but after listening to this episo... | 14m 39s | ||||||
| 4/25/23 | John Richardson | Building Town-Gown Partnerships | John Richardson isn't sure his career path existed when he was in college. Inspired by his parents, who coupled environmental stewardship with municipal service in their careers, Richardson earned a master's degree in urban and regional planning. Since 2007, he's been the Town of Chapel Hill's go-to person for sustainability. In the 16 years since he's been with the town, he's nurtured a robust relationship with UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, students and staff. In the past few years, his tea... | 25m 52s | ||||||
| 2/28/23 | Alex Hopkins | Engaging Through the Energy Transition Initiative | In 2022, UNC Institute for the Environment and UNC School of Law's Center for Climate, Energy, Environment & Economics (CE3) launched the Energy Transition Initiative (ETI). After just a few short months working for the ETI, Alex Hopkins became interim director. Mike Piehler guest hosts this episode of the Sustainable Carolina Podcast, in which Alex talks about strategies for engaging with policymakers and the University community. He also discusses the strengths of being housed within a ... | 23m 27s | ||||||
| 1/30/23 | Melanie Elliott | Powering Carolina's Energy Transition | When Melanie Elliott graduated from Carolina, she had no idea she'd be playing a big role in one of the University's greatest challenges: achieving carbon neutrality by 2040. In this episode, she talks about tracking campus emissions, understanding the latest trends in the energy transition, and working with students to pass on knowledge (and excitement) about sustainability. Sustainable Carolina works within the UNC Institute for the Environment to increase the University energy and water ef... | 21m 22s | ||||||
| 12/13/22 | Carolina Drone Lab | Flying for Fieldwork | Green roofs enhance sustainability by slowing rainwater runoff, reducing energy consumption, and more. The Carolina Drone Lab (CARDNL), housed within the UNC Institute for the Environment, is taking a closer look at Carolina's green roofs through its Islands in the Sky project. The project, made possible through the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE)/Lenovo Instructional Innovation Grants program, will reveal how well campus green roofs are performing. CARDNL Research Technician Peggy Mullin... | 20m 33s | ||||||
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