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?
Read MoreJosefina 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.
Read MoreDr. Stafford has spent years listening to the sounds of climate change in the Arctic and learning how anthropogenic sounds, like ship propellers and oil and gas exploration, are changing marine mammals’ capacity to communicate.
Read MoreJoin Faith Gemmill & Princess Lucaj in conversation around the fight to protect the life giving grounds of the Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that has been going on for decades and will continue to do so as the first leases to drill for oil and gas could be sold by the end of 2020.
Read MoreLearn how glacial retreat is impacting communities, the connection between extractive tourism, extractive science, and glaciers, why it matters that the majority of glaciology has been produced by white men, and the ways in which polar and mountain explorations have furthered colonial, capitalist, and imperialist projects.
Read MoreSubhankar 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.
Read MoreToday we’re speaking Faith Gemmill, a Pit River/ Wintu and Neets’ aii Gwich’in Athabascan earth defender from Arctic Village, Alaska. Also joining us is Princess Lucaj. She is the former Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee and Alaska Director at the Indigenous Leadership Institute.
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