Shake the Tree: Recent Episodes
Sarah Lillie Sewell & Dr. Christine Carmichael
Shake the Tree Podcast offers candid takes on the latest successes and challenges in urban forestry. Hosted by two leading experts in the field, Dr. Christine Carmichael, and Sarah Lillie Sewell, this show is home to a robust conversation on whose voices matter when stewarding trees, and what kinds of structural changes need to happen to ensure a more environmentally just future.
Shake the Tree Podcast is a collaboration between Fair Forests and Lillie Leaf Solutions. Email us with your stories and questions at ShakeTheTreePodcast@gmail.com. Also check out our website shakethetreepodcast.com
This episode puts a magnifying glass on the hot topic of ‘green gentrification,’ a term coined which captures the concept that links making ecological improvements to a neighborhood with increasing property values that then attract wealthier residents.
Special thanks to our Season 1 sponsor #forestproud, a non-profit supporting forest climate solutions.
Research on Ecological Gentrification: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah-Dooling/publication/46541528_Ecological_Gentrification_A_Research_Agenda_Exploring_Justice_in_the_City/links/5a29c2240f7e9b63e5352f8e/Ecological-Gentrification-A-Research-Agenda-Exploring-Justice-in-the-City.pdf
Research on making cities ‘just green enough’: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169204614000310
Next City Article on Just green enough - https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/gentrification-green-neighborhoods-just-green-enough
Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability http://www.bcnuej.org/
This episode analyzes the relationship between the discriminatory zoning practice of redlining and how it shapes the urban forests of today. We will also talk about zoning as a mechanism that can reproduce discriminatory practices in who has access to quality urban nature and affordable housing (depending on how zoning is used):
Link to relevant articles: https://fortune.com/2020/07/21/black-housing-neighborhoods-economic-opportunity/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/opinion/biden-zoning-social-justice.html
Special thanks to our Season 1 sponsor #forestproud, a non-profit supporting forest climate solutions.
Tell us your tree thoughts via tweeting us @ShaketheTree_ on twitter, and emailing ShakeTheTreePodcast@gmail.com.
This episode explores the origins of the urban nature experience in a colonial capitalist context, and the present-day stewardship models that have emerged as a result.
Special thanks to our Season 1 sponsor #forestproud, a non-profit supporting forest climate solutions.
Link to Portland Article: https://www.vibrantcitieslab.com/case-studies/portland-parks-and-recreation-planting-an-equitable-forest/
Tell us your tree thoughts via tweeting us @ShaketheTree_ on twitter, and emailing ShakeTheTreePodcast@gmail.com.
This episode illuminates the influence of local policies and ordinances that govern urban forests.
Special thanks to our Season 1 sponsor #forestproud, a non-profit supporting forest climate solutions.
Link to DC Urban Forestry Administration Article:
https://datasmart.ash.harvard.edu/news/article/how-d.c.-grew-a-data-driven-tree-strategy-809
Link to state urban forestry coordinator directory: State Urban Forestry Coordinators - The Arbor Day Foundation
Tell us your tree thoughts via tweeting us @ShaketheTree_ on twitter, and emailing ShakeTheTreePodcast@gmail.com. You can always submit your suggestion for Throwing Shade there too!
This episode features our first podcast guest, Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk van dan Bosch, who shares his perspective on leading to Shake the Tree.
Special thanks to our Season 1 sponsor #forestproud, a non-profit supporting forest climate solutions.
Shake the Tree Podcast is a collaboration between Fair Forests and Lillie Leaf Solutions. Email us with your stories and questions ShakeTheTreePodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter and check out our Website.
This episode is a reflection on our experience attending the annual national conference for U.S. urban forestry practitioners.
Special thanks to our Season 1 sponsor #forestproud, a non-profit supporting forest climate solutions.
Shake the Tree Podcast is a collaboration between Fair Forests and Lillie Leaf Solutions. Email us with your stories and questions ShakeTheTreePodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter and check out our Website.
This episode captures our reactions to the latest Conference of Parties meeting on climate change, and the vital role urban forests play in building resilient communities.
Special thanks to our Season 1 sponsor #forestproud, a non-profit supporting forest climate solutions.
This episode covers why access to trees and green spaces is inequitable, and what we can do to change it.
Special thanks to our Season 1 sponsor #forestproud, a non-profit supporting forest climate solutions.
Shake the Tree Podcast is a collaboration between Fair Forests and Lillie Leaf Solutions. Email us with your stories and questions ShakeTheTreePodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter and check out our Website.
This episode delves into who cares for trees in our communities.
Special thanks to our Season 1 sponsor #forestproud, a non-profit supporting forest climate solutions.
This show is for everyone who recognizes our delicate ecosystem and want to take action to build a more climate resilient future where all can thrive. Join us to Shake the Tree!!