Posts tagged resource extraction
InTheField: NUSKMATA (Jacinda Mack) on the Gold Rush That Never Ended [ENCORE] /287
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.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Sacrifice Zones, In The Field, Indigenous SovereigntyFor The WildMount 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
THEA RIOFRANCOS on Planetary Perspectives of Green Energy /250
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.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition Transformation, Sacrifice Zones, Climate Solutions, Climate Change, Design+Strategy, Global SouthFor The WildThea Riofrancos, Resource Radicals, Thea Riofrancos green new deal, a green new deal, green new deal pros and cons, green new deal problems, a green new deal for Europe, green energy solutions, green energy, clean energy problems, green energy problems, lithium mining environmental impact, lithium mining and the environment, why we need a green new deal, a planet to win, green capitalism, resource extraction, post-extractivism, extractivism, mining Chile, resource extraction economy, resource extraction and climate change, resource extraction and conflict in Latin America, pink tideComment
InTheField: NUSKMATA (Jacinda Mack) on the Gold Rush That Never Ended /160
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.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Sacrifice Zones, In The Field, Indigenous SovereigntyFor The WildMount 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
JADE BEGAY & JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT on Restorying Power for a Just Transition /143
JADE BEGAY & JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT on Restorying Power for a Just Transition /143

Ayana, Julian, and Jade unpack the Green New Deal policy proposal, explore the creative potential of media and narrative production, and replant the seed of tending community power.

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Climate Solutions, Design+Strategy, Political Ideology, Indigenous Sovereignty, Transition Transformation, Media ArtFor The WildClimate policy, Green New Deal inequality, IPCC, Paris Climate Accord, renewable resources, clean energy, energy sector, carbon sinks, just transition, resource extraction, environmental justice, rare earth minerals, lithium, mining, Indigenous knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge, colonialism, community power, land use, green jobs, Indigenous power, sacrifice zones, frontline communities, media, narrative change, storytelling, rights of nature, Indigenous rights, Indigenous sovereignty, climate justice, Indigenous futurism, water is life, decolonization, cultural revitalization, language preservation, social media, digital organizingComment
ELSA SEBASTIAN on Loving the Last Stands of the Tongass /141
ELSA SEBASTIAN on Loving the Last Stands of the Tongass /141

Fall in love with the Tongass, as Elsa shares stories from the field, communities where boom and bust industry have torn people apart, and her personal journey as a second-generation activist.

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Decolonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, Cultural Strategy, Direct Action, The Cost of Capitalism, Activism AllyshipFor The WildA Love Song To Cascadia, Timber industry, old growth, forests, logging, clearcut, wildlife corridors, relationship to place, groundtruthing, citizen science, conservation, land defense, resource extraction, sacrifice zone, land management, commercial fishing, salmon, fishing industry, boom and bust cycle, Roadless Rule, colonialism, advocacy, Voices of the Tongass Comments
LYLA JUNE on Resistance and Forgiveness in the Final Years of Patriarchy ⌠ENCORE⌡ /126
LYLA JUNE on Resistance and Forgiveness in the Final Years of Patriarchy ⌠ENCORE⌡ /126

Lyla June retraces the origins of oppression of European women, men and earth-based cultures through to recent histories of genocide, inter-generational trauma, and the enduring forces that seek to destroy Indigenous women and the earth and more …

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Radical Imagination, Transition TransformationFor The Wildorigins of oppression, inter-generational trauma, earth-based cultures, genocide, resource extraction, frontline communties, cultural healing, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, global family, ceremony, prayer, cultural delusion, cultural disconnection, sacredness of women, global movementsComment