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Topic:Sustainability and Economic Opportunity and Inclusion In This Episode:[01:24] Co-host Kif Scheuer is introduced. [01:32] Julie Seward is introduced. [01:40] Julie shares how she became interested in working in resiliency, sustainability, and community equity. [03:14] Julie describes the biggest successes and the biggest challenges in the smart-growth movement. [05:23] Julie speaks about the subtopics and interconnected terms of the smart-growth movement and if there’s confusion for the public. [06:47] Julie comments on who is involved in the smart-growth movement and the roles they play. [08:28] Julie addresses challenging issues that go beyond jurisdictional boundaries. [10:41] Julie states how to weave together thriving-economy areas and non-thriving-economy areas of the country. [14:37] Kif mentions the economic imbalance of coastal urban areas, valuable resources we have under a stressed climate, and the “makers and takers” of the environment. [15:35] Julie expresses her thoughts on the future leaders who may be able to help shape the future [16:50] Mike adds to the discussion his opinion that the biggest need is for people to have equitable opportunity to participate in the economy. [18:29] Julie responds with her perspective on economic inclusion, urban economies, and the inflection point. Co-Host:Kif Scheuer joins the Infinite Earth Radio as the co-host for this episode. Kif Scheuer is the Climate Change Program Director at the Local Government Commission (LGC). Kif is a solution-oriented sustainability professional with a strong history of engaging diverse audiences in real-world climate protection efforts through innovative, market-focused research and analysis, creative program design, effective project implementation, and compelling public advocacy and education. In 2013 Kif organized the first California Adaptation Forum, which attracted over 800 attendees and served to kick start the statewide conversation on adaptation. Kif led the development and growth of one of the LGC’s key coalitions – the Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation, a statewide network focused on addressing adaptation at the regional scale.… Guest:Julie Seward is the Principal of Julia Seward Consulting. Julie is skilled at building the foundation for long-term initiatives and transforming strategies into actions. Her consulting work often involves finding solutions and promoting common goals and collaboration among highly diverse stakeholders. Julie’s particular areas of interest and experience include building sustainable communities through smart growth; creating and integrating state policy partnerships; and planning and orchestrating conferences and meetings that produce innovative outcomes. Organization:Julia Seward Consulting provides strategic planning, project management and implementation, and facilitation to national organizations, local, state, and regional governing bodies, community based organizations, foundations and consulting firms. Take Away Quotes:“The biggest success in the smart-growth movement, in fact, is there is a smart-growth movement that is understood, and smart growth is now a fairly accepted frame of reference for people. If you had asked people a decade ago what that means, certainly there are a core of people who would understand that, but many people would not have. I think there’s huge success and the…people that are involved in smart growth should really claim great credit for having really created something that has become a common word for people in the United States. Sustainability is now a part, I think, of the way most people think about the work they do—certainly not that way a decade ago—so I think in some ways that’s the greatest success is it’s become an integral part of the way people think about their lives.” “Well, I think sometimes we even confuse ourselves. Yeah, I think in many people’s minds they [the interconnected terms of smart growth] are the...