Environmental Health with Weston and Dad

Weston and his dad look at the next Sustainable Development Goal. What makes a city sustainable? What causes urban slums, and how does inadequate housing affect health? Learn about these issues and more on this episode.

Reducing inequality is an important step to sustainable growth and development. Weston and his dad look at SDG 10 and how inequalities affect our world.

Weston and his dad take a look at industry, innovation and infrastructure and see how it relates to sustainability.

Weston looks at SDG 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth. How does economic growth relate to the goal of No Poverty? And can we balance economic growth with environmental sustainability?

Weston and his dad look at sustainability and energy access and how the world is progressing toward the 2030 targets.

Weston and his dad take back control of the podcast from his sisters. This week they discuss how clean water and sanitation is necessary for sustainability, and how water is interlinked with the other global goals.

Weston and his dad have special guests on this episode about the Sustainable Development Goal 5. How does promoting gender equality contribute to economic, social, and environmental sustainability?

Weston and his dad look at the next Sustainable Development Goal in the series, Quality Education. Learn how education is linked to the other global goals and how education is interconnected with economic and social sustainability.

Weston and his dad continue their series on the Sustainable Development Goals. Up next is goal 3, Good Health and Well-being. This is a big topic, so let’s look at how health affects economic and environment sustainability, and how the economy and the environment affect health.

Weston and his dad continue the series on the Sustainable Development Goals. Up next is goal 2, Zero Hunger. How does hunger relate to poverty and goal 1? What can we do to support Zero Hunger?

Weston and his dad look at the first Sustainable Development Goal. What does it mean to eliminate poverty in all forms, and what are some things that you can do to help accomplish this goal?

Weston and his dad kick off season two with a look at the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, why they were created, and some of the challenges countries face to meet these goals.

Weston and his dad talk about the last planetary boundary in our series. What are some examples of novel entities, and how do they interact with the other planetary boundaries? Join us for the last episode of season 1 of our podcast!

Weston and his dad look at the seventh planetary boundary, atmospheric aerosol loading. They discuss natural and human-made aerosols, and how some aerosols have a cooling effect. They also discuss some of the health risks associated with aerosols.

Weston and his dad discuss some extreme weather events occurring this summer, and how climate change plays a role in heat domes and wildfires.

Weston and his dad look at ozone in the stratosphere and why it is important. And they look at how countries took action to reverse an environmental problem.

Weston and his dad look at another of the planetary boundaries. Learn about freshwater use and how this plays a role in deforestation and climate change.

Weston and his dad discuss nitrogen and phosphorus, and the dangers that too much fertilizer use causes on our health and the environment.

Weston and his dad take a look at some of the good and bad ways that urbanization affects health.

Weston and his dad explore the link between energy and health, and some of the good and bad reasons for fossil fuels as well and some good and bad reasons for renewable energy.

Biodiversity is important for human health, and humans are responsible for biodiversity. In this episode, Weston and his dad explore why we need biodiversity and what are some ways we can protect it.

What are some extreme weather events that we see with climate change? Weston and his dad talk about droughts, flooding, hurricanes, and more!

Weston explains why rainforests are important for our world and why we need to protect it.

Weston and his dad look at life under water and the danger of ocean acidification.