Georgia Ray
Georgia Ray joined ELI as a Research Associate in August 2021. She is currently working on projects related to best practices in sustainable land-based aquaculture, wetlands for hazard mitigations, wetland regulation, and digital economy and the environment. She is also the People Places Planet Podcast host. Previously, she was involved with projects related to environmental crimes in Peru and intergovernmental environmental enforcement. Before coming to ELI, Georgia worked with the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities studying the environmental justice legacy of fossil fuel in Philadelphia and was a Kleinman Center for Energy Research Leadership Fellow. She also researched the impact of public transportation on refugee integration in the Denver area, used GIS technology to understand public perception of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Philadelphia, and authored a report for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission surrounding best practices for Urban Climate Change Mitigation. She grew up in Denver, Colorado and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Urban Studies, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy.
Appears in 36 Episodes
Farewell, Georgia Ray! A Special Behind-the-Scenes Episode
Georgia Ray joined ELI as a Research Associate in August 2021 and has been the Host of People, Places, and Planet for the past year. At ELI, Georgia also worked on pro...
From Trash to Triumph: The Mount Growmore Initiative
In this week's episode of the People Places Planet Podcast, host Georgia Ray dives deep into an incredible transformation journey with her guests Debbie Sims, Suzi Ruh...
Protecting Half the Land: Reimagining How We Interact with the Environment with Author Tony Hiss
People view and value the land in different ways, and these attitudes have significant implications for the environmental movement. In this episode of the People Place...
The Fight for Forests: Green Militarization in Latin America
Environmental laws and the judiciary can play a role in preventing deforestation across Latin America. In this episode, host Georgia Ray speaks with Kristine Perry, a ...
Sensing a Change in the Air: How Local Governments Can Respond and Adapt to Shifts in Air Quality Monitoring Technology
Recent wildfire smoke events have highlighted the value of air quality measurement. But how does it really work, anyways? From the latest technologies and regulations ...
Of Fish and Farms: Investigating Land-Based Aquaculture's Promises
Fish consumption is on the rise worldwide, and with it, fish farming. Land-based aquaculture and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) offer a lot of environmental p...
Sedimentary, My Dear Watson: How Coastal Resilience is Affected by Sediment Placement Regulation
Did you know that sediment could be a critical resource for coastal resilience? In this episode of the People Places Planet Podcast, host Georgia Ray speaks with Derek...
Discussions with ELI’s Spring Interns: The Nagoya Protocol and India’s Green Hydrogen Investments
At the Environmental Law Institute, interns have the opportunity to develop independent research projects based off their interests. In this episode of the People Plac...
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Scott Fisher, Local Stewardship Award Winner
Language changes how we perceive the world around us, and Scott Fisher is no stranger to that concept. Conversant in the Hawaiin language, Scott’s work centers communi...
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Bingqing Liu, Scientific Research Award Winner
From remote sensing to carbon sequestration, Bingqing Liu has the research to back it up. Dr. Liu’s work at The Water Institute is taking a deep look at how coastal re...
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Rebecca Swadek, Wetlands Program Development Award Winner
New York City might not be the concrete jungle you think it is. Rebecca Swadek has secured over $22 million in city and grant funding to implement wetlands projects ac...
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Matthew Hough, Promoting Awareness Award Winner
Promoting awareness is never easy–especially when you're talking to an uninformed and sometimes resistant public. Despite the difficulty, Matt Hough has been instrumen...
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Charlotte Michaluk, Youth Leadership Award Winner
Charlotte Michaluk has been a successful, data-driven advocate for wetland conservation and a continuous force in educating the community, notably through her wetland ...
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Adam Davis, Business Leadership Award Winner
Philanthropic and government resources alone can’t afford to restore all our wetlands. Over the past two decades, Adam Davis’ thought leadership has increased private ...
Groundtruth: Cultural Burns as Tools for Wildfire Prevention and Indigenous Healing
Indigenous people used prescribed burns in forests for thousands of years to manage land, reduce wildfire risk, and support cultural practices. Noa Ervin and Claire Mc...
The Enforcement Angle: Driving California Toward Carbon-Neutrality with Dr. Steven Cliff
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is playing a major role in setting air quality standards across the country and world. Led by Dr. Steven Cliff, the agency wo...
Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Resilience with Lawyers and Authors Susan Crawford and Robert Verchick
In this podcast episode, Jeffrey Peterson interviews Susan Crawford and Robert Verchick, two noted lawyers who have new books on climate adaptation and coastal resilie...
Drinking Water in LA County
Drinking water in the United States is among the world’s cleanest and most heavily regulated, yet entire grocery store aisles are dedicated to bottled water. Why is th...
The Youth Review: Government-to-Government Consultation with Tribal Nations During Constant Environmental Change
As sovereign nations, a unique relationship exists between Tribal Nations and the U.S. federal government, which is grounded in the U.S. Constitution. An integral comp...
The Enforcement Angle: Corporate Compliance Monitors
Increasingly, independent third parties—better known as “corporate compliance monitors”--are appointed to oversee a company’s compliance following the settlement of a ...
Global Perspectives on International Law Education and Practice with Visiting Attorney Tomkeen Mobegi
Global sustainable development requires attention to environmental, developmental, and social priorities. ELI’s Georgia Ray speaks with ELI Visiting Attorney Tomkeen M...
Women & Water
International Women’s Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to bring attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence an...
The Enforcement Angle: DOJ’s Environment & Natural Resources Division
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment & Natural Resources Division is tasked with enforcing the United States’ civil and criminal environmental laws. In this ep...
Red, White & Blue = Green? Parallels Behind U.S. and French Environmental Law
Many view the early 1970s as the dawn of environmental law here in the United States. President Nixon signed NEPA into law on January 1, 1970. By December of that same...
The Enforcement Angle: The New Mexico Environment Department
With its deeply forested mountains, unique rock formations, vast plains, and moonlike deserts, New Mexico—the fifth largest state of the nation—boasts a unique landsca...
National Wetlands Award Feature: Wetlands Watch
ELI’s Georgia Ray speaks with Ross Weaver, the Program Assistant Director for Wetlands Watch, in this first in a series of episodes highlighting the incredible work of...
ELI 2022 Year in Review
John Pendergrass, ELI’s Vice President of Programs and Publications, and Sandy Thiam, Associate Vice President of Research & Policy, share highlights from ELI’s resear...
Ocean Circulation, Science Communication, and Climate Policy — A Conversation with John M. Doherty
ELI’s Georgia Ray speaks with ELI Science Fellow John Doherty about his paleoclimatology research, current climate change policy discussions, and barriers associated w...
The Youth Review: Electric Vehicles and Just Energy Transitions
As more EVs reach the roads, governments will need to address a host of new environmental and social challenges. In this episode, we reflect on the role EV production ...
Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Compliance
ELI’s Georgia Ray speaks with Jed Anderson, the founder of EnviroAI, to discuss the role of AI in environmental compliance. Jed shares how we can leverage the sophisti...