Take a moment to listen and learn about Project Drawdown’s sector for Land Use and hear examples of efforts happening in the state of Pennsylvania. The main solution highlighted in this audio file includes perennial biomass.

Transcript [MS Word] is available for this podcast episode.

Guest interviews

• Dr. Armen Kemanian, Associate Professor of Production Systems and Modeling in the Department of Plant Science, Penn State University
• Dr. Tom Richard, Director, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment. Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Pennsylvania — Land Use

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources  —  Land Conservation and Stewardship Education

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Additional sources

Project Drawdown sector summary for Land Use, and the multiple solutions mentioned in this audio file are linked on sector summary page

View Breaking down biomass [and bioenergy], part one | from Sustainable Energy, CNBC International TV

View Breaking down biomass [and bioenergy], part two | from Sustainable Energy, CNBC International TV

View this TED Talk by Shubhendu Sharma: An engineer’s vision for tiny forests, everywhere

 

View this video on Biomass 101, from Student Energy

 

Podcast produced by Anna Nguyen. Transcript created by Rev and edited for accuracy.