Posts tagged British Columbia

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

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.

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.

SII-AM HAMILTON on Respect-Based Futures /209

JILL WEITZ on Salmon Beyond Borders /165

Learn the ins and outs of issues playing out at the transboundary, such as the toxic legacy of tailings disasters, the complexities of management and enforcement on the ground, the polluter pays principle, and the golden triangle in B.C.

InTheField: NUSKMATA (Jacinda Mack) on the Gold Rush That Never Ended /160

Uplifting the untold story of mining, 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 WildFebruary 26, 2020Mount 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

ALEXANDRA MORTON on the Virulence of Farmed Salmon /78

The greatest threat imposed by enclosed salmon farms are the diseases they foster and spread to our precious remaining wild salmon. Join us with expert Alexandra Morton to better comprehend the viruses perpetuated by this destructive aquaculture practice.

More Than Human Kin, The Cost of Capitalism, Multispecies Justice, Globalization, Food SovereigntyFor The WildMay 24, 2018Salmon farming, Pacific coast, British Columbia, diseased salmon, wild salmon, aquaculture, Piscine reovirus, salmon virus, Norway, A Love Song To CascadiaComment

IAN McALLISTER on Ferocious Conservation for the Last Wild Wolves /77

This conversation with Ian is a call to rekindle and reclaim our relationship as humble companions. Where roads have not been built, nor forests plowed and paved over, the wolves are able to experience a freedom from the slaughter brought to them by the first colonial settlers to Turtle Island, who also brought with them an insidious path of destruction that has precipitated the destruction of all our wild kin and the genocide of Indigenous Peoples.

An Anthology of the Anthropocene.

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