A quick beginning-of-the-year check in with the BTG staff to talk about what is keeping them hopeful.

In this episode, Hunter talks with current and former KC Tree Corps participants. KC Tree Corps is a pre-apprenticeship certification program training participants to attain the skills necessary for an entry-level position in arboriculture or a related field, offered by Bridging The Gap.

The holidays are a time of meals, and family, and joy, but they are also filled with a lot of waste. In this episode we're talking to one local org trying to keep things out of the landfill, ScrapsKC.

Over the Summer, BTG hosted the Supporting Equitable Building Performance panel discussion. Representatives from MARC, MEC and The Hoxie Collective were our panelists and took us through some broad citywide themes including workforce development, available resources for building owners and those adjacent to buildings, and gathering community feedback

In this episode celebrating World Rivers Day, Hunter visits with folks working hard to protect and maintain our waterways. World Rivers Day is an annual global event celebrated on the fourth Sunday of every September, emphasizing the importance of rivers and fostering greater public awareness and stewardship for river conservation worldwide.

On our newest episode of BTC, Hunter sits down with Rick Usher and Nicholas Grunauer of Crossroads Street Trees. Learn about their ongoing efforts to shade the Crossroads and help eliminate the heat island effect here in Kansas City.

In today's episode, Hunter talks with Cydney Ross. Cydney is a local artist and works with Deep Roots whose mission is to encourage the appreciation, conservation, and use of native plants in the heartland through educating, collaborating, and facilitating the planting of regenerative native landscapes that are essential for a healthy planet.

Learn about Deep Roots and Cydney's nature-inspired artistic practice.

On this episode of Bridging The Chat, our KCWL Program Manager Hunter Moore talks with BTG's new Executive Director Scott Wagner. Learn about Scott's work, what he's done at BTG so far, and his perspective on the future of environmental justice in the region.