ROSS REID on How We Talk About What Matters /369

Ross and Ayana consider what it means to get people interested in protecting the places that sustain us. How can we inspire the connection with the land that brings people to defend it?

Conservation Restoration, Climate Change, For The Forests, More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, Media ArtFor The WildMarch 20, 2024369, Ross Reid, Nerdy About NatureComment

ERIK ASSADOURIAN on Dreams of the Long Future /366

Erik shares his spiritual path of recognizing interdependence with the Earth and shares how he dreams towards a future where we exist in a mutualistic relationship to the Earth. His wisdom and groundedness is a balm for those tired by the rhetoric of our overculture.

Climate Change, Spirituality TheologyFor The WildFebruary 21, 2024ERIK ASSADOURIAN, Erik, Assadourian, gaianism, gaiaComment

PERDITA FINN on the Long Story of Our Souls /353

Following ecology, not theology, Perdita calls us to think about the ecological equation – the reality of bodies feeding other bodies, of death opening a portal to another life. This is a reality that animals, plants, and all our more-than-human kin know well. How can we tap into their earthly wisdom?

JACQUELINE SUSKIN on The Poetry of Seasons /352

Detailing her ongoing connection to the earth and the wonder she feels about humanity's place within and as a part of nature, Jacqueline details the way our rhythms are drawn from those of the earth.

CHUCK COLLINS on Wealth Hoarding and Capitalist Capture /340

Collins dives deeply into the world of wealth hoarding and staggering inequality. Recognizing the complexity of these issues, Ayana and Chuck engage deeply with questions of philanthrocapitalism, tax spending, the wealth defense industry, and power inequities across society.

AMY WESTERVELT on Uncovering Extraction /334

Amy brings specific insight to ExxonMobil’s rapid development of oil production in Guyana and details the global complications and power dynamics at play, considering the obscene level of influence huge corporations have in perpetuating global injustice.

MAYA KHOSLA on What the Forest Holds /313

Maya introduces listeners to the science behind forest fires and urges us to see fire as not simply “destructive,” but rather as one of the many cycles of earth. From practices of cultural burning to current studies on post fire diversity, the creative and regenerative power of the forest cannot be overlooked.

TUSHA YAKOVLEVA on the Invitation of Invasive Plants /307

We are challenged to think about our capacity, or willingness, to know invasive plants - Tusha queries listeners, “Do we know their reasons for making home in unfamiliar soils? Or what gifts and responsibilities they carry?” We are left with much to think about in the realm of curiosity and acceptance.

ANG ROELL on the Relations of the Beehive /301

Ang reveals the complex relations within the hive and the multitude of lessons if we listen rather than impose. Rooting into the rich history of beekeeping and the folk traditions of their ancestors, Ang reminds us of the deeply interconnected world humans and bees share and the reciprocity inherent in right relationship.

Dr. CLINT CARROLL on Stewarding Homeland /299

Dr. Carroll pushes back against dominant settler histories about Cherokee migrations and relations to homeland and provides insight into what audience members ought to glean from Indigenous philosophies imparting practices of deep reciprocity, responsibility, and relationship to the land and each other.

Activism Allyship, Climate Change, Climate Solutions, Colonial Violence, Conservation Restoration, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Deep Ecology, Design+Strategy, Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Sovereignty, More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Political Ideology, Racial Equity Justice, Radical Imagination, The Cost of Capitalism, Theory Scholarship, Transition TransformationFor The WildAugust 10, 2022Dr Clint Carroll Roots of Our Renewal, Dr Clint Carroll, Clint Carroll, Dr Clint Carroll Cherokee Nation, Dr Clint Carroll Boulder, Dr Clint Carroll CU Boulder, Dr Clint Carroll Colorado, Ethnobotany, Cherokee Environmental Governance, Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Environmental Leadership Program, Knowing the Land, Land Education Program, Cherokee Medicine Keepers, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Society for Applied Anthropology, Center for Creative Climate Communication and Behavior Change, National Science Foundation, Indian Land Tenure Foundation, Indigenous land education, community-based conservation, Indigenous ethical frameworks, climate change, traditional use plants, wild plants, tribal self-determination, tribal lands, grounded normativity, grounded relationality, ecological knowledge, land conservation, Indigenous wellbeing, natural resource management, settler-colonialism, forced displacement, homeland, Appalachia, Tahlequah, Eastern Band, Northeastern Oklahoma, old settlers, Keetoowah, Buffalo National River, gathering agreements, kinship, Trail of Tears, forced relocation, forced removal, forced migration, settler colonialism, settler colonial violence, white supremacy, racism, Land BackComment

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.

GIULIANA FURCI on the Divine Time of Fungal Evolution [ENCORE] /289

We slow down to acknowledge the beauty and power of fungal decomposition with guest Giuliana Furci who shares a lesson in divine time, the transformation of energy, and the necessity of decomposition.

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

Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Direct Action, Transition Transformation, Sacrifice Zones, Multispecies Justice, Radical Imagination, Indigenous Sovereignty, Activism Allyship, Climate Solutions, Climate ChangeFor The WildApril 20, 2022Ruth 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

adrienne maree brown on Writing Our Future /278

In the shift from panic to practice, visionary fiction is vital medicine, and adrienne guides us to stretch our minds to see a future beyond what the confines of white supremacy, colonialism, heteropatriarchy, and capitalism tell us is possible.

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?

Dr. PATRICIA KAISHIAN on Queer Mycology /262

Dr. Patricia Kaishian encourages us to think of mycology as a revolutionary and political practice. Diving into queer mycology, we see the ways that fungi challenge binaries of gender, family structure, and even traditional biological classification.

NIRIA ALICIA on Pockets of Joy in the Resistance /260

Niria Alicia guides us to think about ancestral instruction, precious purpose, rituals for liberation, and what it means to be human in this time. This warm and rich conversation looks at spiritual crisis in tandem with climate crisis, the allure of self-sabotage, and the problem with the many “solutions” we are offered …

KERRY KNUDSEN on Lichen and Life after Capitalism [ENCORE] /258

Kerry spans the dreamiest of worlds, from the surreal and psychedelic presence of lichens to the magic of creating life post-capitalism and speaks to the times we are living in, “just like the butterfly that beats its wings and causes a rainstorm around the other side of the world, we have to embrace the chaos of our lives.”

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

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