ABDOUMALIQ SIMONE on Urban Entanglements /348

Ayana and AbdouMaliq meditate on how the design of our environments shapes us. Considering how to make marginalized places and groups more visible but not more vulnerable, AbdouMaliq offers a nuanced perspective of the “global majority.”

LARK ELODEA on Appalachians Against Pipelines /308

Lark shares about the relentless and direct activism Appalachians Against Pipelines has been doing to stop the pipeline, build community resistance, and advocate for the needs of their communities in the face of developers, oil and gas advocates, and a continued disregard for Appalachian voices.

YOALLI RODRIGUEZ on Grief as an Ontological Form of Time /306

Yoalli brings us to the Chacahua-Pastoría Lagoons in Oaxaca, Mexico, to investigate deep connections with land, ongoing colonial violence, and the grief that comes alongside loving a place; a heartening conversation about the importance of ecological grief, rage, and sadness.

KYLE WHYTE on the Colonial Genesis of Climate Change [ENCORE] /295

We discuss Kyle’s body of work on dystopia and fantasy in climate justice, the reproduction of settler structures, Indigenous science, vulnerability discourses, and “decolonizing allyship.” Kyle concludes with the ever present reminder that our work must be rooted in consent, reciprocity, and trust.

InTheField: NUSKMATA (Jacinda Mack) on the Gold Rush That Never Ended [ENCORE] /287

This episode braids together the history of the Gold Rush and colonization in B.C., the state of salmon, the practice of free, prior, and informed consent, dirty mining for a “clean” energy revolution, and the urgent necessity of reform.

Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Sacrifice Zones, In The Field, Indigenous SovereigntyFor The WildMay 18, 2022Mount Polley Mine disaster, Imperial Metals, Secwepemc, Nuxalk, Williams Lake, Fraser River, Fraser River Watershed, British Columbia, Canada, First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining, mining, mining laws, mineral tenure, salmon, toxic spill, seven generations, sacrifice zone, UNDRIP, UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, clean water, responsible mining, Gold Rush, water contamination, toxic accumulation, environmental assessment, resource extraction, colonization, boarding schools, gold fever, just transition, living libraries, climate change, renewable energy, clean energy, zero-emission energy, rare earth metals, luxury, earth connection, potlatch, Indigenous bloodline, free, prior, and informed consent, consent, professional reliance, environmental protectors, earth defenders, water guardians, the Palmer Project, Constantine Metal Resources, Chilkat territory, Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, love story, revolutionary love, In The FieldComment

RUTH ŁCHAV'AYA K'ISEN MILLER on Relations of Reciprocity [ENCORE] /283

Ruth shares how tending to the future must center Indigenous values and lifeways and shares the ways in which a just transition can be understood as a cyclical movement inspired by kinship, care, and reciprocity

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SII-AM HAMILTON on Respect-Based Futures [ENCORE] /279

In this powerful conversation with land defender Sii-am Hamilton, we are invited to discuss futuristic ways forward in recognition that Indigenous communities have been practicing creative resistance against colonialism and capitalism for hundreds of years.

Dr. KATE STAFFORD on What the Whales Hear [ENCORE] /272

Along with Dr. Kate Stafford, we listen to the many songs the ocean body sings, asking; how does a warming climate alter the Arctic’s soundscape? Why are the waters of the Arctic becoming louder, and what does this mean for kin like the bowhead?

BATHSHEBA DEMUTH on a More-Than-Human History /264

Bathsheba joins us to consider a future outside of apocalyptic visions, rooted in the understanding that the shape of the world today is neither permanent nor pre-destined.

ANTONIO LÓPEZ on the Colonization of Our Attention /261

Lopez begins with the material dimensions of our digital footprint, then moves into a deeper conversation around media and tech monopolies, desensitization in media, sensory stimulation, and the correlation between fake news, climate denial, white nationalism, and petro-masculinity.

Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Multispecies Justice, Design+Strategy, Global South, Media Art, Theory ScholarshipFor The WildNovember 24, 2021Antonio López, ecomedia, Mediacology: A Multicultural Approach to Media Literacy in the 21st Century, The Media Ecosystem: What Ecology Can Teach Us About Responsible Media Practice, Greening Media Education: Bridging Media Literacy with Green Cultural Citizenship, Ecomedia Literacy: Integrating Ecology into Media Education, Communications and Media Studies, mass media, Information and Communications Technology, digital information, environmental impacts of the cloud, ecological footprint of media, ecological footprint of technology, conflict minerals, the internet of things, e-waste, the global cloud, AI, data mining, platform capitalism, petro masculinity, fossil fuel industry and media, slow media, decomputerizationComment

CHRIS ZIMMER on a River Ethic /257

Chris Zimmer invites us to imagine what clean, healthy rivers can bring us, and to propel love for these rivers towards ethical action. Calling into question international agreements, futures of mining, and responses to climate change, this enduring conversation unsettles and uproots our conceptions of borders.

SAMUEL GENSAW III on the Restorative Revolution /256

Samuel, a Yurok fisherman and activist, guides us to explore the length of Klamath River restoration and the work that follows in the aftermath, both in terms of ecological restoration and the remediation of ancestral territories.

JOSEFINA SKERK on Sámi Lifeways /254

Josefina shares her vision for truly sustainable living, what climate change means for Sámi livelihoods, the ways in which many Europeans have severed themselves from Indigenous histories both willfully and forcibly, and the importance of reconciliation processes across the Nordic region.

RUTH ŁCHAV'AYA K'ISEN MILLER on Relations of Reciprocity /252

Ruth shares how tending to the future must center Indigenous values and lifeways and shares the ways in which a just transition can be understood as a cyclical movement inspired by kinship, care, and reciprocity

Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Direct Action, Transition Transformation, Sacrifice Zones, Multispecies Justice, Radical Imagination, Indigenous Sovereignty, Activism Allyship, Climate Solutions, Climate ChangeFor The WildSeptember 27, 2021Ruth Łchav'aya K'isen Miller, Ruth Miller Alaska, Bristol Bay Alaska, Bristol Bay Salmon Run, Pebble Mine Alaska, Pebble Mine News, Pebble Mine News 2021, Native Movement, Native Movement staff, Native Movement facebook, Native Movement Alaska, Defend the Sacred Alaska, just transition framework, just transition examples, just transition definition, just transition principles, just transition ak, just transition and climate change, the green new deal, the green new deal 2021, climate change policy, climate change politics, the green new deal definition, a green new deal without growth, climate policy initiative, climate policy jobs, climate policy news, climate policy analysis, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, UN Youth Climate Summit, colonization in Alaska, Department of the Interior secretary, Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior definition, Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, Deb Haaland Department of the InteriorComment

THEA RIOFRANCOS on Planetary Perspectives of Green Energy /250

Thea shares the connections between renewable energy development and state deployment of the military and police, the difference between extractivism versus extraction, and the ever-thorny question of whether or not it is possible to improve “wellbeing” under capitalism.

QUEEN QUET on the Survival of Sea Island Wisdom [ENCORE] /248

Facing the onslaught of colonial terrorism towards both Black and Indigenous lives, Queen Quet's vision is lighting the way forward in troubled times in terms of sovereignty, land rights, and climate change resilience plans.

ANDREA BALLESTERO on a Future History of Water /247

Andrea explores the tensions that exist between a human right and a commodity, water futures, pricing mechanisms, the fallacy of rationing and block pricing, and water scarcity. How do we distinguish the difference between commodity versus right?

Dr. MICHAEL LUJAN BEVACQUA on Guåhan’s Sovereignty Amidst Climate Change /243

Dr. Bevacqua discusses Guåhan’s incredibly layered history, as well as the CHamoru history that predates any colonial narrative by thousands of years. With an understanding of how Guåhan (Guam) ended up as a “territory” of the United States, Michael shares the current efforts to decolonize Guåhan and instill strong self-governance

Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Shore Ocean Communities, Sacrifice Zones, Racial Equity Justice, Climate Change, Activism Allyship, Indigenous Sovereignty, Political IdeologyFor The WildJuly 21, 2021Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Guam, Guam population, Guam language, militarization of Guam, Guam sovereignty, is Guam a sovereign nation, Guåhan sustainable culture, colonization pacific island, pacific colonization, colonialism in pacific, what country colonized the pacific islands, us military Asia pacific strategy, pacific military bases, military Asia pacific, military base pacific ocean, Militarization and Resistance from Guåhan: Protecting and Defending Pågat, Chamorro Studies Program, University of Guam, Independent Guåhan, Independent Guahan, The Guam Bus, extractive tourism, military tourism, military bases tourism, Chamorro language, Chamorro decolonization, decolonization GuamComment

Xʷ IS Xʷ ČAA and MAIA WIKLER on Indigenous Sovereignty at Fairy Creek Blockade /240

An on the ground interview between Maia Wikler and xʷ is xʷ čaa that goes beyond old-growth logging and big tree activism to explore Indigenous sovereignty, the responsibility of bearing witness, the importance of distinguishing between short term actions and more…

BANI AMOR on Tourism and the Colonial Project /234

Bani discusses the fetishization of land and lifeways and how tourism facilitates ongoing cycles of domination creating unstable economies, and rendering local communities vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Bani urges us to ask questions that aren’t really encouraged in the travel space including: how can we have a connection to place that isn’t based on escapism and domination?

Cultural Strategy, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition Transformation, Sacrifice Zones, Racial Equity Justice, GlobalizationFor The WildMay 19, 2021geography, human geography, critical geography, placemaking, capitalism, colonization, space, power relations, development, global development, climate migration, Bani Amor, bani amor decolozing travel, extractive tourism, extractive tourism meaning, extractive tourism industry, decolonize travel writing, hawaii military tourism, military tourist attraction, hawaii tourism bad, spiritual tourism, spiritual tourism in india, spiritual tourism scholarly articles, bali tourism bad, is bali rouned by tourism, how does tourism affect bali, tourism bad for environment, tourism bad impact, ayahuasca appropriation, ayahuasca cultural appropriation, ayahuasca tourism appropriationComment

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