People inspire us everyday with their words, their actions, and their stories. Our Human Impact Stories program shares your personal tales of innovation and impacts that matter. Together, we explore stories of social good and inspiration, as well as the people, places, and events that have moved you to take positive action in your world.
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Recorded on 2015-11-18
Wendy Brawer is the woman behind Green Map System, an online platform for building community maps and guides to green living, nature and cultural resources. Green Map is now a presence in close to 900 communities in 65 countries. As Wendy remembers, it all started back in 1991, when she and a group of inspirational […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2015-11-18
Kim Fraczek protests fracking, a controversial technique to recover gas and oil from shale rock, using… puppets. She’s been involved in the anti-fracking movement for many years. But it all started when she was a kid, and, as she tells it, got into punk music…
Listen ->Recorded on 2015-11-13
Gioya Fennelly is an Instructor at Teacher’s College and is passionate about developing sustainable education curriculum and helping teachers build STEM education in their classrooms. Anasa Scott is strategic planning consultant and co-founder of Greenproofing, where she develops projects for nonprofits and public schools. Over the years, Gioya and Anasa have partnered to get students […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2015-11-12
Jeanne DuPont is the founder of the Rockaway Waterfront. Alliance. She works to raise awareness about the natural assets of the Rockaways, an oceanfront neighborhood on the outskirts of New York City. The alliance also advocates for the health and well being of the people who live in the Rockaway. Here, Jean remembers how everything […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2015-11-04
Kazi Ateea is a passionate activist for climate change—and she’s young, only 16 at the time she recorded this interview. Since learning about climate change, and seeing the impacts on her family and community, Kasi has become a youth leader on the climate stage. Here, she talks about how her birthplace has influenced her activism.
Listen ->Recorded on 2015-11-03
Mary Miss is an artist and Founder of the City as Living Laboratory who has, since the 1970’s, been exploring how artists can play a more central role in addressing the complex issues of our times. Courtney St. John is Associate Director at the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, or CRED, at the Earth […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2015-10-28
Annie Willis is from the outskirts of New York City—the Rockaways, a neighborhood on the Atlantic Ocean. When this interview was recorded, she was a senior in high school, and for the last two years had been a part of Global Kids, a NYC and DC-based nonprofit helping underserved youth achieve leadership in their communities […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2015-10-27
Shino Tanikawa and Majora Carter have been friends for a long time. Majora is an urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation & successful implementation of numerous green-infrastructure projects, policies, and job training & placement systems. Shino promotes green infrastructure and soil and water […]
Listen ->Recorded on 2015-10-16
Aria Doe and her husband started the Action Center for Education and Community Development to serve the community in Far Rockaway, Queens, a community of New York City, where many of the residents live at 200% below the poverty line. Aria remembers the desperation and light that came from her community when hurricane Sandy struck.
Listen ->Cynthia Rosenzweig is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, one of the leading institutions for research about global climate change. There, she’s the leader of the Climate Impacts Group—which means she studies the ways a changing climate has—and will—affect our lives…
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