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 and Carry Kim 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 Fridays from 4 to 5 PM (PST) 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: 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
We Are Still Here: Connecting Community with Indigenous Cuisine – Ep.190
Founder of the educational, community outreach non-profit Wild Bearies, and Indigenous chef Elena Terry joins us to share from her Ho-Chunk lineage and how Native foods are a sacred means to heal, educate and mentor future generations in the preservation of culture and life itself.
Listen to the Extended Discussion on Patreon – CLICK HERE
Reclaiming the Outdoors: Healing Communities of Color Through Stories and Adventures – Ep. 189
Chad Brown is founder and president of Love Is King and Soul River Inc. He is an accomplished documentary-style portrait and adventure photographer [http://www.Chadocreative.com], creative director, film maker [https://blackwatersfilm.com/], and conservationist. He is a veteran of the US Navy. Chad’s current work focuses on outdoor adventure travel and documenting threatened wild spaces. He connects the public to endangered areas by showing the true spirit of the people of these lands.
Listen to the Extended Discussion on Patreon – CLICK HERE
Wild Hope: A Documentary Vision for Conservation Storytelling – Ep. 188
Some have argued that storytelling is a sort of climate action. We spoke with Jared Lipworth, Executive Producer of a new documentary series called Wild Hope, available on the web and on PBS, based on Andrew Balmford’s book of the same name. It endeavors to tell the stories of ordinary people leading a collaborative environmental and social recovery in the face of extinctions, superstorms, and climate tipping points.
Listen to the Extended Discussion on Patreon – CLICK HERE
The Truth About Hydrogen: Green Fuel or Greenwash? Ep. 159
The fossil fuel industry has been promoting hydrogen as a reliable, low carbon, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes, and generate electricity. In this encore interview, Ashley Kosak, 2022 Research and Project Management Fellow with FracTracker Alliance, explains how hydrogen is generated, transported, stored, and burned; the environmental and social impacts; and what it means for the future of clean energy. READ MORE…
Listen to the Extended Discussion on Patreon – CLICK HERE
Indigenous Regenerative Intelligence: A Navajo Perspective – Ep. 187
Native cosmology connects us to the land to work with the environment from a place of sensitivity, cooperation and understanding from the heart. James Skeet, Executive Director of Covenant Pathways and Spirit Farm, joins us to share from his Navajo (Diné) perspective from his own Indigenous Regenerative Intelligence.
Listen to the extended interview on Patreon – CLICK HERE
The Ahupua’a System of Hawai’i: Serving the Lands and Waters – Ep. 186
Kumu Mikilani Young, Co-Founder of the nonprofits, United Pillars of Aloha and Kaiapuni Ho’ola Piha Sanctuary, shares the essence of the Ahupua’a system as a global example that honors the interconnectedness of the land, waters, clouds and all living things. In the aftermath of the disastrous fires on Maui, this is an important testament to how to rebuild the homes and businesses lost without losing sight of the importance of relations between the waters, ecosystems, and climate.
Listen to the extended interview on Patreon – CLICK HERE
Debunking the Skeptics: Real Solutions For A Clean, Renewable Energy Future – Ep. 165
Is a 100% clean, renewable energy future by the year 2050 possible? Our guest, Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson proposes that the most efficient and socially and environmentally just way is to replace fossil fuels through a combined implementation of Wind, Water-Geothermal, and Solar energy solutions. READ MORE… – CLICK HERE
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Offshore Fish Farming: Profiting Off Environment, Public Health, & Local Economies – Ep. 185
Andrianna Natsoulas from the Don’t Cage Our Oceans coalition campaign, says no to industrial fin fish farms, while advocating for community-centered seafood supply chains. We talk about the impacts to public health and the environment from these massive open net-pens. She also advocates for the alternatives: sustainably managed wild-caught seafood and aquaculture fish farming practices that are embedded in social, economic, and environmental values.
Listen to the extended interview on Patreon – CLICK HERE
Wheat Belly, Restoring Gut Microbiomes, and Planetary Health – Ep. 184
Our guest in this show, Dr. William Davis, Cardiologist and Author of the books Wheat Belly, Undoctored, and Super Gut, exposes the problem with our wheat addiction and has connected the dots between gut health and common modern ailments and complaints. He observed over 80% of the people in his cardiology medical practice were pre-diabetic or diabetic. In an effort to reduce blood sugars, he had patients remove all wheat products from their diet based on the simple fact that foods made of wheat flour raise blood sugar higher than nearly all other foods.
Listen to the extended interview on Patreon – CLICK HERE
Feeding Tomorrow: Transforming the Future of Food with Oliver English – Ep. 183
The upcoming documentary ‘Feeding Tomorrow’ explores the intersection between the food we eat, our personal and community health, and protection and regeneration of ecosystems.
In this week’s interview, Oliver English, Co-Founder & CEO of Common Table Creative and Filmmaker, Chef, and Food Advocate, shares the stories of visionary leaders in agriculture, healthcare, and education working to build a more just food system in their local communities – giving rise to a new global vision for Feeding Tomorrow.
Listen to the extended interview on Patreon – CLICK HERE
Do We Need Environmental Permitting Reform for Climate and Housing Projects? Ep. 182
We discuss the impact of the reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (called NEPA) in the debt ceiling bill. This law requires federal agencies to assess the potential environmental effects of development projects, public works, and other major government actions.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is an environmental and public health bill of rights that is like NEPA for Californians. This should be the law of the land in all 50 states, but that is not happening. And multiple chamber of commerce, business, and development interests now want to weaken these laws as well. We discuss these issues with two community activists from Southern California. Host Jack Eidt talks with Gloria Sefton, Vice President of Orange County California’s Friends of Harbors Beaches and Parks, and Conner Everts, Executive Director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance and Co-Chair of the Desal Response Group.
LISTEN TO PART ONE OF THIS DISCUSSION – CLICK HERE
Listen to the extended interview on Patreon – CLICK HERE