052: Protecting our Public Lands with The Conservation Fund's Director of Strategic Planning Will Allen
A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast
Marjorie Alexander
4.6 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2018
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Today we are joined by Will Allen, the Vice President of Conservation Services and Director of Strategic Conservation Planning at The Conservation Fund in Chapel Hill, NC. He is also the author of the upcoming book The Science of Strategic Conservation.
Check out the Conservation Fund at ConservationFund.org
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| 0:00.0 | This is A Sustainable Mind, episode 52. |
| 0:03.8 | We have population growth that's going to continue for the foreseeable future, and we need to come up with systems, |
| 0:13.7 | infrastructure systems, food supply systems to accommodate those folks in the most efficient way |
| 0:19.6 | possible. And cities, for the most efficient way possible. |
| 0:21.6 | And cities, for the most part, are the most efficient and organized ways to do that. |
| 0:28.6 | But you need to have a rural economic development strategy, and you need to have an urban development strategy. |
| 0:33.6 | And you really can't sprawl over thousands and thousands of miles, taking out high quality farmland, forest land, and watershed protection lands to accommodate this growth. |
| 0:50.3 | You really need to be very strategic and efficient with that. |
| 0:56.0 | Welcome to A Sustainable Mind, where we delve into the minds behind today's most impactful |
| 1:01.7 | environmental campaigns, organizations, and startups, inspiring the environmental change |
| 1:07.6 | makers of tomorrow. I'm your host, Marjorie Alexander. |
| 1:15.4 | This episode is brought to you by Studio, bringing you both style and tech for all of your |
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| 1:32.5 | 15% off at checkout. Studio headphones, style and tech. Will Allen is the vice president of conservation |
| 1:40.6 | services and director of strategic Planning at the Conservation Fund. |
| 1:45.3 | He oversees four lines of business for the fund, including the Freshwater Institute, |
| 1:50.7 | the Resourceful Communities Program, Strategic Conservation Planning, and the Conservation Leadership Network, |
| 1:57.7 | among other things. Needless to say, Will Allen has been an invaluable member of the conservation funds team for almost 25 years. Will, welcome to the show. |
| 2:07.6 | Thank you, Marjorie. So before we get started talking about the conservation fund, what that organization is all about and how you got into the organization, I wanted to ask how nature, the environment, and sustainability played a role in your childhood growing up. |
| 2:22.3 | Can you tell us a bit about that? |
| 2:24.3 | Sure. |
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