The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast

Nov 18 2024 186 ep. 47 mins 56

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The purpose of our podcast is to encourage tree planting and proper tree care for our urban forest which includes neighborhoods, parks, and other open spaces. We will also cover a myriad of tree topics including the important role trees play in relationship to the climate crisis. The show is hosted by Eva Monheim and Hal Rosner certified arborists through the International Society of Arboriculture. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/plantatrilliontrees/support

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Episode 186 - Tim Johnson is the Chief Executive Officer at the Native Plant Trust in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Nov 18 2024 60 mins

Tim Johnson is the Chief Executive Officer at the Native Plant Trust in Framingham, Massachusetts. He leads the organization’s 45-acre Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Massachusetts; the Nasami Farm, a native plant nursery in Whately, Massachusetts; and the expanded seed-processing and storage facilities to support the new Northeast Seed Network. The Network is a regional initi

Episode 185 - Dr. Anna Paltseva is a distinguished urban soil scientist.

Nov 06 2024 60 mins

Dr. Anna Paltseva is a distinguished urban soil scientist and educator, currently serving as a professor in the Department of Agronomy at Purdue University. She earned her Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the CUNY Graduate Center. Dr. Paltseva’s research focuses on urban soil contamination, particularly heavy metal pollution, and its impact on urban agriculture, eco

Episode 184 - Carlos Alvarez has been a part of the PowerCorpsPHL (Power Corps Philadelphia) team since March 2015.

Oct 24 2024 57 mins

Carlos Alvarez has been a part of the PowerCorpsPHL (Power Corps Philadelphia) team since March 2015 when he started as a crew leader supporting a group of young people completing various environmental sustainability projects in the City of Philadelphia. Since then, he has held many roles mainly focusing on developing the programs technical skills training. He enjoys working with p

Episode 183 - Dan Lambe is the CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation.

Oct 13 2024 51 mins

Dan Lambe has committed nearly two decades of work to help solve some of the biggest issues facing people and the planet through trees. After being named CEO in 2022 after 19 years in leadership roles at the Arbor Day Foundation, Lambe launched an initiative to accelerate the nonprofit’s impact by planting 500 million trees with a focus on forests and neighborhoods with the great

Episode 182 - Matthew Aghai currently serves the teams at Mast Reforestation and its subsidiaries.

Sep 24 2024 55 mins

Matthew Aghai is a climate tech executive with 20 years of professional experience spanning public, private, and academic ventures in reforestation and natural resource management across the globe. He currently serves the teams at Mast Reforestation and its subsidiaries but also enjoys a variety of extracurricular functions including advising and speaking on environmental and sust

Episode 181 - Jessica Turner-Skoff is Longwood Garden's first Associate Director of Science Communications.

Sep 16 2024 59 mins

Jessica Turner-Skoff is Longwood Garden's first Associate Director of Science Communications. She champions Longwood’s leadership in plant science and interprets Longwood’s scientific resources for multiple communication channels and audiences. Jessica is an internationally recognized, award-winning science communicator who is professionally trained as a conservation biolog

Episode 180 - Annaliese Bischoff is a Western Massachusetts artist and landscape architect. ss Amherst, home to 8000 trees on campus, and teaches an honors discovery seminar on trees.

Sep 06 2024 48 mins

Annaliese Bischoff is a Western Massachusetts artist and landscape architect. For the past decade, she has been collecting drawings and etchings of trees by Frank A. Waugh, founder of the Landscape Gardening Program at what is today the University of Massachusetts Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning. Annaliese received a bachelor’s degree in art from Brown

Episode 179 - Marshall Green is a fourth-generation owner of Primex Garden Center in Glenside, Pennsylvania.

Aug 25 2024 52 mins

Marshall Green is a fourth-generation owner and the dedicated nursery manager at Primex Garden Center in Glenside, Pennsylvania. After growing up around Primex, Marshall attended New England Culinary Institute and pursued a career as a chef in Philadelphia. In 2014 Marshall came home to Primex where he settled in as the woody plants buyer and nursery manager. As the woody plants bu

Episode 178 - Patricia Gallagher and John Kennedy from the Abington Shade Tree Commission

Aug 15 2024 63 mins

Patricia Gallagher is Professor Emerita of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University. She earned bachelor’s degrees in civil engineering and geological sciences from Rutgers University, a master’s in civil engineering from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Virginia Tech. Her research expertise centers on geotechnical and

Episode 177 - Kom and Nui are both visionaries and are co-founders of the biochar initiative Wongphai Company, Limited.

Jul 31 2024 48 mins

Khomchalat Thongting (Kom) is a visionary entrepreneur hailing from a working-class background, who has dedicated 29 years to building a thriving computer and IT consulting business with a team of 45 professionals. With a passion for sustainability and a drive for global impact, Kom has expanded his horizons by delving into the bamboo industry, cultivating 95 acres of bamboo and i