EcoJustice Radio presents environmental and climate stories from a social justice frame, featuring voices not necessarily heard on mainstream media.
Our purpose is to amplify community voices, broaden the reach of grassroots-based movements, and inspire action. We investigate solutions for social, environmental, and climate issues with an eye to advance human health, steward wild landscapes, and solve the climate crisis across the USA and the world.
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Co-hosts Jessica Aldridge, Carry Kim, and Jack Eidt present a broad range of perspectives: land defenders and water protectors; front/fenceline communities; youth organizers; ecosystem and land stewards; spiritual and faith leaders; documentary filmmakers; climate scientists; and political decision makers. EcoJustice Radio is produced by SoCal350.org since 2017.
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Tune in live to KPFK Radio Thursdays from 4 to 5 PM (PT) at 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 93.7 FM North San Diego, 99.5 FM Ridgecrest-China Lake, or KPFK.org.
We also are featured on KPFT Houston Sundays from 4 to 5 PM (CST) at 90.1 HD2 FM or www.kpft.org. We are nationally syndicated through the Pacifica Network and PRX. We can be heard on WGRN Columbus, OH, KCEI Taos, New Mexico, KKWE White Earth, MN, KHOI Ames, IA, WEFT Champaign, IL, and other stations.
Executive Producer/Co-Host: Jack Eidt
Co-Host/Producer: Jessica Aldridge
Co-Host: Carry Kim
Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats
Original Host: Leah Garland
Originally Created by: Mark and JP Morris
Restoring Grasslands & Rainfall in the Desert – Ep. 199
Human-caused desertification and soil erosion is changing the landscape of Earth, with Africa and Asia being particularly vulnerable; many in these regions rely on subsistence farming. Humans are accelerating the degradation of land through deforestation, urbanization, mining, monocrop industrial farming, and conventional ranching, however, turning land into desert is not a fixed or foregone conclusion. Our guest in this show, Alejandro Carrillo, Managing Partner, Grasslands Regeneration Project for Las Damas Ranch, has been working to green the Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico.
LISTEN TO THE EXTENDED INTERVIEW: CLICK HERE
Talking Trash: The Truth About Zero Waste – Ep. 198
Guest Host Auri Jackson, writer-director formerly of BuzzFeed interviews EcoJustice Radio Co-Host Jessica Aldridge, who is a 16 year recycling and resource management expert in her day-job as Sustainability and Zero Waste Programs Director for Athens Services.
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Indigenous Voices from the Northeast U.S.: Past, Present and Future – Ep. 156
Native people inhabited the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts for more than 10,000 years. Our guest is Jennifer Lee, Northern Narragansett Educator and Board member of the Nolumbeka Project, an organization dedicated to honoring the Northeastern Tribal Heritage. For more info, CLICK HERE.
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The Māori Way of Water – Ep. 197
Humanity has a primordial connection to water. For Indigenous peoples, such as the Māori, Water is an Ancestor, a living entity to be communed with, revered and treated with sacred reciprocity. There is a growing wish to restore traditional concepts of marine and aquatic cultivation and care, to address climate change, microplastics, health of marine life, contaminants, and aquaculture. If water is an ancestor, what is our obligation to it? In this episode, join Heni Unwin, Kairangahau or Research Scientist with the Cawthron Institute, in pondering these questions from her diverse perspectives as a Māori descendant and marine scientist. For more info, CLICK HERE.
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Freedom to Repair: Taking on Manufacturers & Winning – Ep 196
The Right to Repair our electronics and other materials sounds like a no brainer. But historically manufacturers have said otherwise and fought, with millions of dollars, to stop legislation that allows consumers access to the resources to repair items like cell phones, toasters, and even tractor trucks.
On this show Right to Repair takes center stage with guests Liv Butler, Policy Associate for Californians Against Waste and Elizabeth Chamberlain, Director of Sustainability for iFixit. From new legislation in California to the national and global movement and successes, we discuss how manufacturers are being required to provide repair tools, parts, and manuals and examine concern around manufacturer compliance. For more info, CLICK HERE.
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Preserving the Language and Legacy of the Lakota – Ep. 195
Because there are few speakers of the Lakota language under the age of 30, Sage Fast Dog answered his community’s call to create a Lakota Immersion School, Wakanyeja Ki Tokeyahci that would empower youth and revitalize the Lakota way of life. In this episode he shares the journey of reclaiming the Sicangu education system and uplifting Lak̇ota language, culture, and Indigenous identity. For more info, CLICK HERE.
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Future of Environmental Protection and Social Justice from Former EPA Official – Ep. 177
Breathing clean air and drinking clean water are fundamental rights. However, these rights have been denied to many low-income communities and communities of color, who often live next to massive industrial facilities that pollute the air and water. Our guest is Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali former EPA official and now Executive Vice President at the National Wildlife Federation and Founder and CEO of Revitalization Strategies. He has been working toward solving historical injustices that target certain communities for class- and race-based discrimination putting them in the path of harm from toxic exposure, climate disruption, and industrial accidents.
Listen to the extended interview on Patreon – CLICK HERE
The Open Source Seed Initiative: Freeing The Seed from Corporate Control – Ep. 194
Patented and ‘indentured’ seeds are taking over the world’s food supply, says our guest Jack Kloppenburg. This would end farmers and gardeners ancient right to develop new varieties, forcing them to buy seed anew for every crop. Enter the Open Source Seed Initiative or OSSI. Jack Kloppenburg shares how we can create and sustain an equitable food system that celebrates the legacy and potential of a single seed.
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Burn Scars: A Poetic Reckoning with Wildfires – Ep. 193
We talked with Margaret Elysia Garcia, author and poet published by El Martillo Press. She wrote about the destruction of her NorCal hometown by wildfire and the work to deal with life after the fire. Margaret began writing her poetry collection “Burn Scars” while waiting at traffic stops driving from her mother’s house to her former hometown. She grappled with the destructive aftermath that began with a eulogy and ended with a 79 page poetry book memoir.
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Move the World: Uplifting Youth Through Art, Community, and Composting – Ep. 192
Cecilie Stuart joins us to share her own journey as a climate advocate and the urgent need to uplift and educate youth as stewards of Earth. Education might take the form of self-expression through climate-related dance, arts and theater programs of Move the World or through composting and “closing the loop” with Full Circle Compost, a non-profit committed to reversing global warming by teaching youth and local communities to compost where they live, from schools to backyards.
Listen to the Extended Discussion on Patreon – CLICK HERE