EPISODE · Mar 12, 2021 · 32 MIN
Elevate: Public Interest Trailblazer Karin Sheldon
from Hothouse Earth · host Anne Linehan, Karin Sheldon, Mason Overstreet, Molly McDonough, Jeannie Oliver, Environmental Law Center, Emily Potts, Vermont Law School, Veronica Ung-Kono
GuestKarin Sheldon, President of Four Echoes Strategies and Adjunct Professor at Colorado Law University of Colorado BoulderHostsJeannie Oliver, Assistant Professor and Staff Attorney, Energy ClinicVeronica Ung-Kono JD/MERL 2021Recommended ResourcesBowman, Cynthia Grant, Women in the Legal Profession from the 1920s to the 1970s: What Can We Learn from Their Experience about Law and Social Change? (2009) Cornell Law Faculty Publications. Paper 12. Green 2.0, exploring diversity in environmental organizations. https://www.diversegreen.org/See in particular, Taylor, Dorceta E., The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations, July 2014.2019 report card with a summary hereHalton, Mary, Climate change ‘impacts women more than men’, 8 March 2018, BBC News. McCarthy, Joe, Why Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Women, 5 March, 2020, Global Citizen.
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Welcome to the first episode of Elevate, a Hothouse Earth miniseries featuring interviews with women in environmental law and policy. Today our hosts Jeannie Oliver and Veronica Ung-Kono speak with attorney Karin Sheldon, a true trailblazer in the field of public interest environmental advocacy. We’ll hear what it was like to be one of just a few women in law school during the beginning of the modern environmental movement, discuss the importance of mentorship, and consider why we should be hopeful about the future of our profession.
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