Panel on ‘Bright Lit Place’ Podcast From University of Miami Climate Café Series

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On November 13, 2024, the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and its signature Climate Café Series will feature the second of two panel discussions on the award-winning WLRN podcast Bright Lit Place, reported by Pulitzer Center grantee Jenny Staletovich.

Register here for in-person attendance.

Register here to attend via Zoom.

The six-episode podcast explored the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, enacted by Congress in 2000, when the U.S. set out on one of the most ambitious environmental projects ever attempted: to wind back the clock and make the Everglades function like it once did—in 1900. The plan could have given Florida a 20-year head start on climate change, but that didn't happen, WLRN’s Staletovich reported.

Bright Lit Place aired locally on WLRN and aired nationally on NPR. It is part of the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.

The first panel discussion was held on October 16, exploring how climate change and sea level rise factored into the overall goal for sustainable restoration of the Everglades and South Florida.

The panel on November 13 will include:

• Jenny Staletovich, Florida journalist and Pulitzer Center grantee
• Benjamin Kirtman, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
• Retired Col. Terrence "Rock" Salt, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Evelyn E. Gaiser, aquatic ecologist at Florida International University
• Curtis Osceola, chief of staff, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
• Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County mayor

The event is free and open to the public.

Click here to find more information on the Climate Café Series.

Watch the previous Climate Café here.