PERC Podcasts

PERC Podcasts

PERC Podcasts bring you new ideas for environmental solutions from the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana. PERC researchers examine how property rights create incentives for conservation and how markets give people with conflicting environmental values a way to cooperate rather than fight. Learn more: perc.org

Episodes

Enviropreneurs at Work: Hank Fischer

January 4, 2019 • 8 mins
In this Enviropreneurs at Work podcast, Hank Fischer, a special projects coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation, tells the story of wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park and the need to consider compensation for those that experience costs as a result. Enviropreneurs at Work is a PERC Podcast that explores how environmental entrepreneurs are changing how conservation is done.
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Enviropreneurs at Work: Jamie Workman

January 4, 2019 • 8 mins
In this Enviropreneurs at Work podcast, Jamie Workman, co-founder of AquaShares, tells the story of water marketing and the resulting conservation benefits. Enviropreneurs at Work is a PERC Podcast that explores how environmental entrepreneurs are changing how conservation is done.
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Wildfire: Dave Calkin, U.S. Forest Service

August 17, 2016 • 17 mins
How do public land managers assess wildfire risk? At PERC's 2016 Wildfire Solution Summit, Dave Calkin, a wildfire economist and research forester with the U.S. Forest Service, discussed challenges faced by the fire management community and offered ideas for navigating budgetary constraints and policy restrictions to better manage the firescape. Learn more: perc.org/wildfire
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Wildfire: Chad Ellis, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

August 15, 2016 • 20 mins
Fire is an important tool for managing landscapes. How can landowners mitigate wildfire risk and foster rangeland health? At PERC's 2016 Wildfire Solution Summit, the Noble Foundation's Chad Ellis shares best practices for prescribed burns. Learn more: perc.org/wildfire
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Wildfire: Dean Lueck and Jon Yoder

August 15, 2016 • 37 mins
What are the economics of wildfire? What policy reforms would foster more efficient fire management? At PERC's 2016 Wildfire Solution Summit, authors Dean Lueck and Jon Yoder share the findings from Clearing the Smoke from Wildfire Policy: An Economic Perspective. Learn more: perc.org/wildfire
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Wildfire: Sarah Anderson, Bren School at UCSB

August 15, 2016 • 15 mins
How does our perception of wildfire risk shape wildfire management and policy? At PERC's 2016 Wildfire Solution Summit, political scientist Sarah Anderson shares findings from the Bren School's Strategic Environmental Research Initiative on Wildfire and Climate Change. Learn more: perc.org/wildfire
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Ecosystem Services: Water Markets

March 21, 2013 • 5 mins
This podcast provides a quick overview of ecosystem services and the potential for water markets - featuring Director of Applied Programs Reed Watson and PERC Enviropreneur Alum Jamie Workman. Stay tuned for the full podcast highlighting Hayek, Coase, and ecosystem services coming soon!
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Liberty & Environment

February 27, 2013 • 18 mins
PERC Executive Director Dino Falaschetti and President Terry Anderson talk about liberty, the environment, and the history and future of PERC.
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Financial Mechanisms and Environmental Quality

February 7, 2013 • 14 mins
This episode features Executive Director Dino Falaschetti speaking at the Florida Insurance Market Summit about how financial mechanisms, particularly insurance, can improve environmental quality.
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Economics and Ecology with Daniel Botkin

November 21, 2012 • 9 mins
As part of the PERC Lone Mountain Forum, "Reconciling Economics and Ecology," PERC President Terry Anderson sat down with noted ecologist Daniel Botkin to discuss the conference and the need for a dynamic understanding of markets and nature.
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The Pre-Columbian World Revisited with Charles Mann

October 10, 2012 • 13 mins
As part of PERC's Lone Mountain Forum, "Reconciling Economics and Ecology," PERC Board Member Steven Hayward sits down with author Charles Mann to revisit contemporary understandings of the pre-Columbian world.
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The Right to Own Property on Reservations

October 4, 2012 • 14 mins
PERC President Terry Anderson points out that American Indians and First Nations people can reach back into their rich cultural heritage and find institutions that rewarded individual initiative. The key is for tribes to take this initiative again and for Congress to give tribal nations the rights that were once theirs. Read his full On Target article in the fall issue of PERC Reports here.
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Water in a Changing World

September 17, 2012 • 29 mins
PERC Lone Mountain Fellow John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering and Environmental Health at Harvard, presents on “Water in a Changing World.” Professor Briscoe has devoted his career to critical issues relating to water, natural resources, and economic development in developing nations. Briscoe has launched the Harvard Water Security Initiative, which focuses on major challenges facing countr...
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Private Investment and Road Pricing: The Investment Public-Private Partnership

August 14, 2012 • 37 mins
As part of PERC's Free Market Environmentalism Workshop, "Financial Contracting, Transaction Costs, and Environmental Amenities," Dr. Richard Geddes of Cornell University presents on congestion pricing.
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Do Clean Development Mechanisms Reduce Emissions?

August 14, 2012 • 19 mins
As part of PERC's Free Market Environmentalism Workshop, "Financial Contracting, Transaction Costs, and Environmental Amenities," Jonathan Klick of the University of Pennsylvania Law School presents on estimating the effects of emissions permits.
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Access to Finance and Environmental Innovation

August 12, 2012 • 24 mins
As part of PERC's Free Market Environmentalism Workshop, "Financial Contracting, Transaction Costs, and Environmental Amenities," Dr. Jamie Brown of Iowa State University presents on entrepreneurial finance and environmental innovation.
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Decision Markets for Environmental Policy

August 10, 2012 • 25 mins
As part of PERC's Free Market Environmentalism Workshop, "Financial Contracting, Transaction Costs, and Environmental Amenities," Dr. Robin Hanson of George Mason University presents on information markets for environmental services.
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The Promise of Environmental Finance

August 10, 2012 • 34 mins
As part of PERC's Free Market Environmentalism Workshop, "Financial Contracting, Transaction Costs, and Environmental Amenities," Jonathan Klick of the University of Pennsylvania Law School offers a summary of the conference and closing remarks on the future of environmental finance.
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Financial Assurance for Environmental Protection

August 9, 2012 • 22 mins
As part of PERC's Free Market Environmentalism Workshop, "Financial Contracting, Transaction Costs, and Environmental Amenities," Michael Orlando of Economic Advisors Inc. presents on financial contracting, energy, and the environment.
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Save Rivers, Destroy Trees

August 8, 2012 • 27 mins
PERC Enviropreneur Institute Alum James Workman discusses the water-wildfire nexus and why we should save rivers and destroy trees.
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