Posts tagged biodiversity
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on Diverse Expressions of a Living Earth /311

Vandana and Ayana piece apart the threads of our global culture that lead to exploitation and extraction - focusing on the policies of division and distraction that keep us from each other. The divisions that world-leaders focus so much time on are created in order to dominate and exploit the nature on which the earthly community depends.

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Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Promise of the Commons /280

Dr. Shiva warns that the ruling class operates from a place of fear of any being alive and free on their own terms. We end this conversation with a call to a paradigm shift away from capitalism, control and fear to one of partnership with the earth.

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GINA RAE LA CERVA on Wild Foods and Our Web of Relations /197

Gina shares how colonization eradicated many wild foods, the status of wild foods in the global market, and how “feasting wild” not only awakens a central part of our being, but it is also an opportunity for foragers to leade the way in ecological restoration and conservation.

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Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Emancipation of Seed, Water and Women ⌠ENCORE⌡ /118

Dr. Shiva explores how systems of domination have been artificially constructed, the pervasiveness of GMOs in our food, the roots of violent agriculture, the importance of seed saving, cultures of violence, economies of care, and the role of women in changing paradigms.

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KERRY KNUDSEN on Lichen and Life after Capitalism /116

Ayana’s conversation with Kerry spans the dreamiest of worlds, from the surreal and psychedelic presence of lichens to the magic of creating life post-capitalism.

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SUBHANKAR BANERJEE on Defending Arctic Alaska /105

Subhankar calls on us to find our connection with the Near North while clarifying many misconceptions about the current status of the Refuge and the history of extraction in Alaska. We must do these sacred grounds justice in our actions and minds.

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ELIZABETH KOLBERT on the Coming Age of Loneliness /28

Coined by EO Wilson, is the term Eremocene - the Age of Loneliness. Joining us today, is Elizabeth Kolbert discussing this major juncture in Earth’s history.

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VANDANA SHIVA on the Emancipation of Seed, Water and Women /26

Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental thinker and activist. A leader in the International Forum on Globalization, Shiva won the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award) in 1993.

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CURT STAGER on the Deep Future of Earth’s Climate /25

An expansive discussion on the climate, past and future: the weight of humanity on natural systems, repercussions of temperature and sea level rise, the future of the amazon, the history of salmon and northwest forests, and more. Curt Stager is an ecologist, paleoclimatologist, and science journalist with a Ph.D. in biology and geology.

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MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL on the Spine of the Continent /18

Today we explore an epic conservation project that encompasses the North American Rockies, and the infinite relationships between the species that inhabit them. Mary Ellen Hannibal is a writer and editor focusing on science and culture. Her book, The Spine of the Continent, is about a social, geographical, and scientific effort to save nature.

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