Episode 3 Food Security &The Future of Agriculture. Published Feb. 26,2021 

 

We dive into the globalization of food, food security, and the future of agriculture with Dr. Charles Simpson. We also share a detailed summary of Simpson's first novel, Uncertain Harvest. The novel follows a reporter who discovers a plot by an international corporation to use genetic technology to monopolize the world's food production and destroy ecosystems.

Episode 2 Indigenous Impact. Published

Nov. 30, 2020

 

Episode two of IEA Today features Greg Cronin and Yari Sina Sierra. Greg is Vice President of the IEA, Founder of the nonprofit Yon Sel Lanmou, and Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver. Yari Sin Sierra is a native Borikén (Puerto Rican) and member of the Taino Tribal Nation who actively works to protect and advance Taino culture, values, and spirituality. The two have been working together, in collaboration with the people of Vilaj Mozayik, using a transdisciplinary approach to combat Haiti's most wicked planet and human challenges.

Episode 1 Pilot. Published Oct. 26, 2020

 

Dr. Kalim Shah, president of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Association and professor at the Biden School of Public Policy at the University of Delaware. Dr. Shah

reflects on his history with the IEA, his  goals for the Association, and his ambitions to modernize the IEA with the use of new communication platforms and engagement opportunities.

 

He also offers advice to young professionals and students  who are navigating career moves amid the Covid-19 pandemic while emphasizing our biggest challenges in science and society, and reinforcing why the Interdisciplinary Environmental Association is as relevant today as ever before.