Posts in Shore Ocean Communities
KURT RUSSO on a Prayer of Mourning /357
KURT RUSSO on a Prayer of Mourning /357

Kurt shares guided wisdom about the realities of commodification, ecocide, and the capacity of the human soul for intentional cruelty. How we fight against such darkness matters not just for humanity, but for all with whom we share this precious earth. 

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Decolonization, More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The Wild357, Miami Seaquarium, Kurt Russo, Tokitae, Sea World, captivity, Southern Resident Orcas, Snake River Dams, Pacific Northwest, Sacred Sea, mother Orca, Tahlequah, tour of grief, Lummi Nation, Salish Sea, endangered marine species, marine ecology, biodiversity loss, marine mammal detention, critical species loss.Comment
KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea [ENCORE] /345
KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea [ENCORE] /345

We are honored to once again share this episode with you as a profound reminder of the place we share with the qwe 'lhol mechen, their capacity for memory, grief, and love, and the many ways that the Lummi Nation continues to protect, defend, and restore the Salish Sea.

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Decolonization, Multispecies Justice, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The WildFor The Wild, 345, Encore, Miami Seaquarium, Kurt Russo, Tokitae, Sea World, captivity, Southern Resident Orcas, Snake River Dams, Pacific Northwest, Sacred Sea, mother Orca, Tahlequah, tour of grief, Lummi Nation, Salish Sea, endangered marine species, marine ecology, biodiversity loss, marine mammal detention, critical species loss, qwe 'lhol mechen, Trans Mountain Pipeline, Sk'aliCh'elh-tenautComment
YOALLI RODRIGUEZ on Grief as an Ontological Form of Time /306
YOALLI RODRIGUEZ on Grief as an Ontological Form of Time /306

Yoalli brings us to the Chacahua-Pastoría Lagoons in Oaxaca, Mexico, to investigate deep connections with land, ongoing colonial violence, and the grief that comes alongside loving a place; a heartening conversation about the importance of ecological grief, rage, and sadness.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Racial Equity Justice, Shore Ocean Communities, Theory Scholarship, Sacrifice ZonesFor The WildYoalli Rodriguez, Mestil Yoalli Rodriguez, Yoalli Rodríguez Aguilera, Meztli Yoalli Rodríguez Aguilera, yoalli rodriguez biografia, Yoalli Rodriguez Grieving Geographies, Critical Geography, Anthropology, Chacahua-Pastoría Lagoons, Mexico Lagoons, Yoalli Rodriguez Professor, Yoalli Rodríguez Mexico, Yoalli, yoalli, rodriguez Comment
KYLE WHYTE on the Colonial Genesis of Climate Change [ENCORE] /295
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.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Sacrifice Zones, Climate Change, Climate Solutions, Shore Ocean Communities, Theory Scholarship, Activism AllyshipFor The WildLine 5, Line 3, Enbridge, Great Lakes, Michigan, Kyle Whyte, allyship, settler colonialism, colonialism, environmental justice, ecological tipping point, relational tipping point, climate justice, climate change, climate science, DAPL, Back Forty MineComment
Dr. MAX LIBOIRON on Reorienting Within a World of Plastic [ENCORE] /294
Dr. MAX LIBOIRON on Reorienting Within a World of Plastic [ENCORE] /294

Ayana and Dr. Max Liboiron explore the notion of plastic as kin, oil and petrochemical subsidies, the body burden of plasticizers, the historical construction of disposability, the appropriation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in academia, the feasibility of recycling, and more.

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More Than Human Kin, Shore Ocean Communities, Theory ScholarshipFor The WildMicroplastics, plastic pollution, plastic, marine pollution, waste colonialism, anticolonial, decolonize science, feminist methodology, CLEAR, citizen science, Max Liboiron, discard studies, waste, industrial solid waste, municipal solid waste, garbage, recycling, plastisphere, kindship, consumerism, oil subsidies, packaging, disposability, community peer review, scientific protocol, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Waste & ConvenienceComment
K’ASHEECHTLAA - LOUISE BRADY on Restoring the Sacred [ENCORE] /288
K’ASHEECHTLAA - LOUISE BRADY on Restoring the Sacred [ENCORE] /288

K’asheechtlaa shares the oral history of herring abundance in context to what a typical herring harvest looks like today, industry’s inability to act with reverence, and how Herring Protectors are working to protect the herring and the culture tied to them.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Sovereignty, More Than Human Kin, The Cost of Capitalism, Shore Ocean Communities, Wisdom Keepers, Multispecies Justice, Activism AllyshipFor The WildHerring fish, alaska herring season, alaska herring eggs, alaska herring run, alaska herring fishing, southeast alaska herring fishery, herring in alaska, herring protectors sitka, herring rock water protectors, K’asheechtlaa, Louise Brady, Pacific marine ecosystems, pacific ocean ecosystem food chain, fishery mismanagement, history of herring fishing, sitka sac roe herring fishery, sitka sac roe herring fishery 2021, sitka sac roe, sac roe fishery, Yáa at Wooné, Alaska Board of Fish, alaska board of fishering, alaska board of fish meeting, Sitka Tribe of Alaska herring, subsistence fishing alaska, subsistence fishing examplesComment
Dr. KATE STAFFORD on What the Whales Hear [ENCORE] /272
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?

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Ancient Ice, More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Sacrifice Zones, Globalization, Climate Change, The Cost of Capitalism, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The WildAcoustic monitory, migratory movements, blue whales, climate change, sea ice decline, subarctic marine mammals, oceanography, University of Washington, bowhead whales, humpback whales, narwhals, belugas, underwater soundscapes, arctic soundscape, global warming, north Atlantic right whales, Susanna Blackwell, Roz Rolland, University of Washington Applied Physica Laboratory, oil spills, Arctic shipping routes, noise pollution, sonar, military sonar, black carbon, More-Than-Human-Kin, More Than Human KinComment
QUEEN QUET on the Survival of Sea Island Wisdom [ENCORE] /248
QUEEN QUET on the Survival of Sea Island Wisdom [ENCORE] /248

Facing the onslaught of colonial terrorism towards both Black and Indigenous lives, Queen Quet's vision is lighting the way forward in troubled times in terms of sovereignty, land rights, and climate change resilience plans.

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Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Wisdom Keepers, Transition Transformation, Shore Ocean Communities, Sacrifice ZonesFor The WildQueen Quet, Queen Quet Marquetta Goodwine, Gullah Geechee people, Gullah Geechee history, Gullah Geechee Nation, Hilton Head Hotels, Hilton Head history, Hilton Head airbnb, Hilton Head activities, exploitative tourism, extractive tourism, gentrification North Carolina, gentrification South Carolina, climate change and development, climate change effects North Carolina, the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, climate and coastal resiliency, Black land ownership, Charles Frazier, Gullah Geechee Storm Rebuilding Fund, heirs property Hilton Head, heirs property South CarolinaComment
Dr. MICHAEL LUJAN BEVACQUA on Guåhan’s Sovereignty Amidst Climate Change /243
Dr. MICHAEL LUJAN BEVACQUA on Guåhan’s Sovereignty Amidst Climate Change /243

Dr. Bevacqua discusses Guåhan’s incredibly layered history, as well as the CHamoru history that predates any colonial narrative by thousands of years. With an understanding of how Guåhan (Guam) ended up as a “territory” of the United States, Michael shares the current efforts to decolonize Guåhan and instill strong self-governance

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Shore Ocean Communities, Sacrifice Zones, Racial Equity Justice, Climate Change, Activism Allyship, Indigenous Sovereignty, Political IdeologyFor The WildDr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Guam, Guam population, Guam language, militarization of Guam, Guam sovereignty, is Guam a sovereign nation, Guåhan sustainable culture, colonization pacific island, pacific colonization, colonialism in pacific, what country colonized the pacific islands, us military Asia pacific strategy, pacific military bases, military Asia pacific, military base pacific ocean, Militarization and Resistance from Guåhan: Protecting and Defending Pågat, Chamorro Studies Program, University of Guam, Independent Guåhan, Independent Guahan, The Guam Bus, extractive tourism, military tourism, military bases tourism, Chamorro language, Chamorro decolonization, decolonization GuamComment
STEFANIE BRENDL on Being Humbled by Sharks /242
STEFANIE BRENDL on Being Humbled by Sharks /242

Stefanie shares how sharks regulate the ocean’s ecosystem, the ramification of dwindling shark populations, and the many reasons that the market for shark, ray, and skate meat has more than doubled since the early 1990s.

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More Than Human Kin, The Cost of Capitalism, Shore Ocean Communities, Direct Action, Multispecies Justice, Conservation RestorationFor The WildStefanie Brendl, Stefanie Brendl Shark Allies, Shark Allies campaign, shark extinction facts, shark extinction movie, shark extinction rate, shark extinction article, global shark fin trade, global shark, coastal sharks supply the global trade, what is the shark fin trade, shark fin soup, shark squalene in cosmetics, shark squalene products, shark squalene supplement, is squalene harmful, squalene shark liver oil australia, squalene vaccine, podcast on sharks, globalization and oceans, a sharks habitat, sharks life cycle, sharks body parts, sharks endangered species, shark endangered facts, shark endangered reasons, shark endangered effectsComment
K’ASHEECHTLAA - LOUISE BRADY on Restoring the Sacred /230
K’ASHEECHTLAA - LOUISE BRADY on Restoring the Sacred /230

K’asheechtlaa shares the oral history of herring abundance in context to what a typical herring harvest looks like today, industry’s inability to act with reverence, and how Herring Protectors are working to protect the herring and the culture tied to them.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Sovereignty, More Than Human Kin, The Cost of Capitalism, Shore Ocean Communities, Wisdom Keepers, Multispecies Justice, Activism AllyshipFor The WildHerring fish, alaska herring season, alaska herring eggs, alaska herring run, alaska herring fishing, southeast alaska herring fishery, herring in alaska, herring protectors sitka, herring rock water protectors, K’asheechtlaa, Louise Brady, Pacific marine ecosystems, pacific ocean ecosystem food chain, fishery mismanagement, history of herring fishing, sitka sac roe herring fishery, sitka sac roe herring fishery 2021, sitka sac roe, sac roe fishery, Yáa at Wooné, Alaska Board of Fish, alaska board of fishering, alaska board of fish meeting, Sitka Tribe of Alaska herring, subsistence fishing alaska, subsistence fishing examplesComment
SHANNON SERVICE on Slavery at Sea /201
SHANNON SERVICE on Slavery at Sea /201

Shannon discusses the cycle of abuse within the Thai fishing trade alongside the larger systemic issues that drive such exploitation and reflects on the making of her film, Ghost Fleet, which exposes the dark side of illegal and unregulated fishing through the harrowing testimony of survivors.

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Global South, Shore Ocean Communities, Media ArtFor The WildGhost Fleet, Vulcan Productions, seafood industry, fish, overfishing, illegal fishing, slavery at sea, forced labor, Thai fishing industry, human trafficking, supply chain, exploitation, Gulf of Thailand, environmental justice, Patima Tungpuchayakul, Labour Protection Network, maritime law, human rights abuse, global fisheries, fish fraud, labor rightsComment
Dr. KATE STAFFORD on What the Whales Hear /198
Dr. KATE STAFFORD on What the Whales Hear /198

Dr. 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.

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Ancient Ice, More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Sacrifice Zones, Globalization, Climate Change, The Cost of Capitalism, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The WildAcoustic monitory, migratory movements, blue whales, climate change, sea ice decline, subarctic marine mammals, oceanography, University of Washington, bowhead whales, humpback whales, narwhals, belugas, underwater soundscapes, arctic soundscape, global warming, north Atlantic right whales, Susanna Blackwell, Roz Rolland, University of Washington Applied Physica Laboratory, oil spills, Arctic shipping routes, noise pollution, sonar, military sonar, black carbon, More-Than-Human-Kin, More Than Human KinComment
JAHAWI BERTOLLI on Remembering Kenya’s Coasts /194
JAHAWI BERTOLLI on Remembering Kenya’s Coasts /194

Focusing on stories of wild life, we extend our conversation with Jahawi into the realm of what our wild futures look like amidst ongoing development. We ask how development is changing life and landscape in Kenya, as sizeable and extensive infrastructure projects are created across the country, as well as the colonial origins and echoes of conservation.

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Multispecies Justice, Global South, Shore Ocean Communities, Media Art, Conservation RestorationFor The WildJahawi Bertolli, Kenya, Kenya Coastline, Wildlife Conservation, National Geographic Explorer, Underwater Photography, Development, East African Ocean Explorers, Indian Ocean, Bahari Yetu, Swahili fisherman, seafaring culture, overfishing, Twin Migrations, The First Rock Project, Rock Gongs, Kidero Mountains, Lamu Conservation Trust, Lamu, Manda Islands.Comment
CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ on Habitat Threshold /183
CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ on Habitat Threshold /183

We discuss parenting and caring in the Anthropocene, the connection between tourism and militarism, Guåhan’s layered history and his most recent book of eco-poetry Habitat Threshold, which intimately explores ancestry, ecological collapse and the ongoing legacy of capitalism, imperialism and colonization.

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Climate Change, Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Multispecies Justice, Indigenous Sovereignty, Shore Ocean Communities, Activism AllyshipFor The WildEcopoetry, Habitat Threshold, Craig Santos Perez, Chamoru, Chamorro, Pacific Islands, Pacific Islander, Guåhan, Guam, University of Hawaii Manoa, Climate Change, Militarization, Tourism, Hawaii, Exploitative Tourism, Demilitarization, Cultural Resiliency, Deep Sea Mining, Deep-Sea Mining, Green Technology, Green Energy, Climate GriefComment
Homebound: Personal Preparedness in Advance with Reverend M. KALANI SOUZA /166
Homebound: Personal Preparedness in Advance with Reverend M. KALANI SOUZA /166

Join us in conversation as Ayana and Kalani discuss an “all hands on deck approach” to addressing human behavior and developing personal preparedness.

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Homebound, Wisdom Keepers, Colonial Violence, Shore Ocean Communities, Transition Transformation, Spirituality TheologyFor The WildHawaiian Islands, frontline climate change, national disaster preparedness, climate chaos, adaptation, storyteller, singer, songwriter, musician, performer, poet, philosopher, priest, political satirist, peacemakerComment
KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea⌠ENCORE⌡ /162
KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea⌠ENCORE⌡ /162

We are honored to once again share this episode with you as a profound reminder of the place we share with the qwe 'lhol mechen, their capacity for memory, grief, and love, and the many ways that the Lummi Nation continues to protect, defend, and restore the Salish Sea.

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Decolonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The Wildmother Orca, Tahlequah, tour of grief, Lummi Nation, Salish Sea, Indigenous Medicine, sacred duties, endangered marine species, marine ecology, biodiversity loss, marine mammal detention, critical species lossComment
Dr. MAX LIBOIRON on Reorienting Within a World of Plastic /156
Dr. MAX LIBOIRON on Reorienting Within a World of Plastic /156

Ayana and Dr. Max Liboiron explore the notion of plastic as kin, oil and petrochemical subsidies, the body burden of plasticizers, the historical construction of disposability, the appropriation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in academia, the feasibility of recycling, and more.

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More Than Human Kin, Shore Ocean Communities, Theory ScholarshipFor The WildMicroplastics, plastic pollution, plastic, marine pollution, waste colonialism, anticolonial, decolonize science, feminist methodology, CLEAR, citizen science, Max Liboiron, discard studies, waste, industrial solid waste, municipal solid waste, garbage, recycling, plastisphere, kindship, consumerism, oil subsidies, packaging, disposability, community peer review, scientific protocol, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Waste & ConvenienceComment
KYLE WHYTE on the Colonial Genesis of Climate Change /154
KYLE WHYTE on the Colonial Genesis of Climate Change /154

Ayana and Kyle 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.  

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Sacrifice Zones, Climate Change, Climate Solutions, Shore Ocean Communities, Theory Scholarship, Activism AllyshipFor The WildLine 5, Line 3, Enbridge, Great Lakes, Michigan, Kyle Whyte, allyship, settler colonialism, colonialism, environmental justice, ecological tipping point, relational tipping point, climate justice, climate change, climate science, DAPL, Back Forty Mine, paradigm shiftComment
Reshaping the Landscape of Conservation Media at JACKSON WILD /146
Reshaping the Landscape of Conservation Media at JACKSON WILD /146

Join Ayana and six storytellers who are shifting the landscape of conservation from behind their cameras, bold media strategies, and work in the field.

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Design+Strategy, On Location, Shore Ocean Communities, Media Art, Conservation RestorationFor The Wildconservation, marine conservation, nature documentary, environmental film, storytelling, colonial conservation, climate change, expanding the narrative, archaeology, Diving with a Purpose, Society of Black Archaeologists, maritime heritage conservation, community collaboration, WildAid, natural heritage, illegal fishing, for the oceans, Parley for the Oceans, surfing, Chile, National Geographic, media strategy, mangrove forests, Kenya, history of conservationComment