Sustainable Idaho
In the summer of 2020, and in collaboration with Idaho State University’s Sustainability Club, PRC launched Sustainable Idaho, a weekly radio show on our local National Public Radio affiliate station, KISU. The show explores a wide range of locally important sustainability topics. Our hosts consider three key pillars of sustainability: the economic, societal, and environmental aspects and why these matter to Idahoans. Topics have ranged from an interview with Representative Mike Simpson about keeping salmon from going extinct to the Shoshone/Bannock Tribes litigation and win concerning FMC’s Superfund Site.
Sustainable Idaho is funded in part by the Idaho State University Center for Ecological Research and Education and the Office for Research through the ISU Career Path Internship program. ISU Juniors, Seniors and Graduate students with an interest in learning about producing, interviewing and sound editing for radio journalism are encouraged to apply to become a host. For more information contact PRC
Current episodes and past episodes
Idaho Press Club award-winning episodes
1st place 2025 Watchdog/Investigative (student) to Madison Long for Waste on the Move: Storage, Safety, and Idaho’s Nuclear Waiver
2nd place 2025 Public Affairs Program(student, TV or audio) to Madison Long for Bees, Beef, and Better Soil: Inside a Regenerative Idaho Ranch
3rd place 2025 Public Affairs Program (student, TV or audio) to Holly Wilson for Hooves on the Ground – A Pilot Project Tackles Invasive Cheatgrass in Southeast Idaho
1st place 2024 Public Affairs Program (student, TV or audio) to Jodie Schwicht for the multi-part series on the environmental and social impacts of the fast fashion industry, Cartier Dior Eliasen Talks Fast Fashion.
Part 1 - Exploitation and Emissions
Part 2 - Reduce, Reuse, Repair
Part 3 - Fashion Looking Forward2nd place 2024 Watchdog (student, TV or audio) to Jodie Schwicht for investigative reporting on Idaho legislative bills regarding pesticide manufacturers, Senator James Ruchti and SB 1245.
Part I - Corporate Consequences
Part 2 - RoundUp's Round TwoBest of 2023 Annual Award to Jessa Briggs and Emma Thackray for excellence in environmental journalism and contributions to the program throughout the year.
Click here for past Sustainable Idaho episodes.1st Place 2021 General News Report (student) to Scott Greeves and Rachel McGovern for their Interview with Congressman Mike Simpson - Episode 6 in the series Damning Salmon? An Ecological and Native American Perspective
1st Place 2021 Public Affairs Program (student) to Scott Greeves and Rachel McGovern for their investigative series FMC Corp's Hazardous Waste Storage: A Human, Environmental, and Legal Story
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3