For three seasons, Growing Impact has brought you conversations with Penn State scientists who are advancing energy and environmental research. In season four, Growing Impact is expanding: more team members from different disciplines and deeper conversations around the challenges their project is addressing, the inspiration that turned an idea into a project, and the solutions that may arise from these interdisciplinary researchers.
Join us on September first for season 4 of Growing Impact.
Transcript
Emily Rosenman: I don't really think we can talk about housing without talking about energy anymore.
Rebecca Bascom: There's this huge array of health problems, and knowing how to address them as climate change accelerates is a very important scientific problem.
Travis Flohr: Of all of New York City, where would investment in cool roofs and trees have the largest impact?
Host: For three seasons. Growing Impact has brought you conversations with Penn State scientists who are advancing energy and environmental research. From mountain wetlands to city streets, IEE has been investing in projects that make impacts.
Jacqueline O'Connor: Electricity or batteries are really good for some applications, but they're not going to solve all the problems.
Josephine Wee: I think a combination of population increase and the need for high quality protein is really pushing us to think of ways that we can increase production of animal source proteins without putting a strain on our existing system.
Host: Although the topic of each project revolves around energy and the environment, the focus is people. The title of the podcast is Growing Impact, and that is the aim of these projects, impact that helps people. Projects occur around the globe, in Columbia, Malawi, the Arctic Circle, as well as around the corner, including cities in Pennsylvania like Pittsburgh and Lancaster. Growing Impact translates the science of Penn State researchers to explain how that science affects you.
Margret Byron: These plastics have even made their way into our own food and water supply. I think by one estimate, we are ingesting up to a credit card worth of plastic every week.
Peter Stempel: So that we can better represent cultural landscapes and ecological features that are of concern to African-American communities, Indigenous people, and other minority communities.
Host: In season 4, Growing Impact is expanding: more team members from different disciplines and deeper conversations around the challenges their project is addressing, the inspiration that turned an idea into a project, and the solutions that may arise from these interdisciplinary researchers. Join us on September first for season 4 of Growing Impact.
