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Conversations that go deep on the environment, the climate crisis, and the solutions
Conversations that go deep on the environment, the climate crisis, and the solutions
Host Matt Pawa
Matt with Rhode Island Senator Whitehouse at the People’s Climate March, NYC
Host Matt Pawa is an internationally-recognized environmental attorney. Over the past twenty-five years, Matt has been involved in many of the nation’s most important environmental cases. He has defended Greenpeace U.S.A.’s right to protest Shell’s Arctic drilling and obtained a dismissal of all criminal charges against climate protesters Ken Ward and Jay O’Hara in the Lobsterboat Blockade case. Matt also represented the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Environmental Defense Fund against the automobile industry in cases that upheld state greenhouse gas laws in California, Vermont and Rhode Island. His thirteen-year lawsuit against more than a dozen oil companies for polluting New Hampshire groundwater resulted in the largest verdict in state history and Matt’s recognition as a 2013 Massachusetts Lawyer of the Year. He worked with a group of eight state attorneys general and the City of New York in taking on the nation’s largest coal-burning electric utilities in the first climate change tort case, launched in 2004. Matt is a frequent speaker at law schools and bar association events and regularly appears in national news stories. Prior to attending law school, Matt worked as a river guide on raft trips in the western U.S. and studied environmental science at Cornell University’s SUNY College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Matt believes that humans beings are happiest and healthiest when living in harmony with nature. He founded the Mother Earth Podcast to give voice to people who are defending and healing our planet, engage leading experts in solutions-oriented conversations, and share compelling stories of people whose personal journeys have made them champions of a cleaner, greener, healthier world. With these stories of people and planet, Matt hopes to inform, inspire and empower listeners so that together we can bring humanity back into balance with nature.
Matt is married and a proud father of two adult children. When not lawyering or podcasting, Matt can be found training for triathlons and rafting rivers.
Kevin is a professional musician, audio engineer/producer, educator, and arts advocate with a focus in creative development, mentorship, and production. As an educator and arts advocate, he founded the West Suburban YMCA Center for the Creative Arts (YCCA) – a 360-degree youth music and media program serving youth and teens in the MetroWest suburbs of Boston. As an engineer and producer, he has worked with a number of local, regional and international artists and musicians including Grammy Recording Artist Alex Torres y Sú Orquestra. Kevin is currently the Studio + Operations Manager at the PRX Podcast Garage in Allston, MA. He performs with a number of Boston-based artists including the 2019 Boston Music Awards ‘Folk Artist of the Year’ nominees Hawthornand produces several local podcasts. Learn more about Kevin at kevinoconnellmusic.com.
Show notes and research by Autumn Hauser, Nick Wilson, and Carli Brenner. Our team researches each episode and compiles show notes so you can learn more about our guests and find resources that will empower you to take action on the climate crisis and other pressing environmental challenges.
Kyle Wright is head of social media and marketing. Aly Dunnington is also on the social media and marketing team and designs the graphics used on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
With the help of Annie Bartholomew and her beautiful graphic design skills, Aly Dunnington developed this website to be a resource for our audience to listen, learn, and act.
