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Poetry & Politics: Confronting Injustice in an Era of Diminishing Opportunities with Matt Sedillo
Matt Sedillo has been described in ROAR Magazine as “one of the most important working-class intellectuals of our time.” In this encore presentation, Matt discusses his latest book, City on the Second Floor, published by Flowersong Press. He is a Poet and Writer in Residence at Re Arte and also author of ‘Mowing Leaves of Grass’. READ MORE…
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Re:wild Your Campus: Supporting Health, Biodiversity, and Climate – Ep. 151
The organization Re:wild Your Campus empowers students to convert campuses and schools to organic land care across the continent and they are succeeding. The entire University of California system has banned the use of glyphosate, and herbicides have been banned by all public schools in Hawai’i. Join Rose Williamson and Sheina Crystal of Re:wild Your Campus as they share their aims to continue until toxic herbicides have been eliminated at every school on this continent. READ MORE…
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Reclaiming Land, Culture, & Narrative Through Black, Indigenous, & Queer Stewardship – Ep. 150
On this show we explore the world of Shelterwood Collective [http://www.shelterwoodcollective.org], a Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ-led community forest and retreat center that seeks to heal people and ecosystems through active stewardship and community engagement. Recently they took on the role of stewards for 900 acres of forest in Sonoma County, California, on Unceded Kashaya and Southern Pomo territory. Our guest is Layel Camargo, Co Founder & Co Executive Director of Shelterwood Collective. READ MORE…
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Historic Political Transitions in Honduras, Colombia, and Haiti – Ep. 149
We feature excerpts from the UCSB radio program No Alibis Third World News Review [https://spinitron.com/KCSB/show/169197/No-Alibis] with host Elizabeth Robinson, Jack Eidt, EcoJustice Radio Executive Producer, and commentators Gerard Pigeon, Katia McClain, and Hector Javkin.
Jack Eidt discusses new government transitions in Honduras and Colombia. Professor Gerard Pigeon covers the history of Haiti, and why we have seen this international-interventionist mess before. Unless many nations work together to support a Haitian-led solution, where the business and corporate interests and their US and UN military power step back, nothing will improve there. We also include a commentary by Prof. Katia McClain, calling for a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine. READ MORE…
Making Our Way to Food Forest Abundance with Jim Gale – Ep. 148
We talk with Jim Gale to discuss his org Food Forest Abundance, dedicated to food ecosystems for the individual and family through establishing yards and urban fields for growing food, to improve self-reliance and connection with the land. READ MORE…
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On Community Resistance to Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone in Port Arthur Texas with John Beard – Ep 121
John Beard of Port Arthur Community Action Network, is mobilizing the Gulf Coast for health and safety protections on the oil and gas industry that has caused high levels of illness and risk for accidents from industrial facilities located near residents and vulnerable ecosystems, all subject to major impacts from climate-change-fueled hurricanes and floods. READ MORE…
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Going Local: Drought Resilience, Storing Rain & Soil Regeneration – Ep. 147
Join Keisha and Casey Ernst of Catalyst BioAmendments [http://www.catalystbioamendments.com/] to learn practical, regenerative approaches that honor water and soil, while mitigating against drought. Individual changes remain the key to catalyzing global change that fosters abundance, balance and restored ecosystems at home. READ MORE…
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Lost Children of Turtle Island: The Forgotten History of Indian Boarding Schools – Ep. 116
Indigenous activists SunRose IronShell and Manape LaMere, update us on the current situation and the history of this generational trauma, and how bringing home the remains has become a way to tell the children’s stories and hold to account these schools. READ MORE…
Life Over Lithium: Protecting the Sacred Site Peehee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass) – Ep. 146
Gary McKinney, Spokesman for The People of Red Mountain and Lead Scout for the American Indian Movement-Northeast Nevada, reveals the true cost of lithium and what we might do to protect the Northern Paiute & Western Shoshone sacred site of Pee’hee Mu’huh to ensure Indigenous peoples and their legacies are not irreparably harmed by the world’s growing hunger for lithium. READ MORE…
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Exposing PFAS: Global Contamination & One Lawyer’s Battle For Justice – Ep. 145
Our guest Rob Bilott, Attorney and Author of Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont, stood up to the chemical industry as the lead attorney to bring light to the dangers of PFAS “forever chemicals,” found in a wide array of consumer products in daily use and in the blood of the majority of humans around the world. He fought and won a 20+ year battle against Dupont for the poisoning of over 70,000 people in West Virginia and Ohio. His work was even captured in the 2019 feature film, ‘Dark Waters’ where he was portrayed by Mark Ruffalo. READ MORE…
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