Posts tagged climate change
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on Diverse Expressions of a Living Earth /311
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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Climate Solutions, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Global South, Globalization, Multispecies Justice, The Cost of CapitalismFor The WildDr. Vandana Shiva, Vandana Shiva, My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements, The Seeds of Vandana Shiva, biodiversity, commons, GMOs, seeds, Navdanya, Earth School, food, earth, life, food sovereignty, Indigenous food sovereignty, diversity, Monsanto, health, peasant movements, farming, farmers movements, gardening, collapse, capitalism, health under capitalism, health under colonialism, climate change, colonialism, vandana, shiva, Vandana, ShivaComment
Dr. CLINT CARROLL on Stewarding Homeland /299
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.

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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 WildDr 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
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
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
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Promise of the Commons /280
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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Climate Solutions, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Global South, Multispecies Justice, The Cost of CapitalismFor The Wildbiodiversity, commons, GMOs, seeds, seed saving, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Vandana Shiva, Navdanya, Earth School, food, earth, life, food sovereignty, Indigenous food sovereignty, diversity, India, reclaiming, health, Monsanto, Gates, microbiome, toxins, glyphosate, GMO, globalization, late-stage capitalism, peasant movements, farming, farmers movements, gardening, collapse, capitalism, health under capitalism, health under colonialism, climate change, colonialism, Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Indigenous Wisdom, and the Rights of Mother Earth, Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy: A Global Citizens’ Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture, reclaiming the commons bookComment
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
CAMILLE DEFRENNE on Forest Symbiosis /213
CAMILLE DEFRENNE on Forest Symbiosis /213

Camille shares the role of mother trees in forest regeneration, how mycorrhizal networks are faring, and the ramifications of large scale reforestation and afforestation efforts when they are not implemented thoughtfully and locally. We also talk about disturbances to forest ecosystems, the role of mycorrhizal networks, and the unbelievable importance of peatlands.

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Deep Ecology, For The Forests, Plant Intelligence, Climate Solutions, Climate Change, Conservation RestorationFor The Wildreforestation, afforestation, Camille Defrenne, Suzanne Simard, Mother Tree Project, mycorrhizal fungi, forested peatlands, peatland, plantation forests, restoration, climate change, carbon sequestration, climate mitigation, forest restoration, SPRUCE, SPRUCE project, Colleen Iversen, ecological impacts of logging, fungicides, imazapyr, herbicides, plant-fungal symbiosisComment
Dr. SAMUEL RAMSEY on Bee Population in Peril /210
Dr. SAMUEL RAMSEY on Bee Population in Peril /210

Dr. Ramsey gives us an in-depth explanation as to what parasitic mites like Varroa destructor and Tropilaelaps mean for bee health, how climate change impacts the nutritional quality of pollen, and how human design and development has strengthened and spread parasitic mites to the disadvantage of bees globally.

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More Than Human Kin, The Cost of Capitalism, Multispecies JusticeFor The Wildvarroa destructor, honeybees, honey bee, colony collapse disorder, native bees, murder hornets, giant murder hornets, neonicotinoids, climate change, extinction, entomology, Tropilaelaps mite, parasitic mites, apiculture, fight the mite initiative, Samuel Ramsey, Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Black entomologists, Project Apis.m, pollinator gardens, pesticidesComment
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
ANTONIA JUHASZ on the New Age of Big Oil /174
ANTONIA JUHASZ on the New Age of Big Oil /174

With a global market in free fall, a rising climate activism movement, and the uncertainty of elections on the horizon, this episode tackles a set of essential, timely questions: How has the fracking boom radically transformed communities, ecologies, and life in states across the country? Why are oil prices crashing and how does this reflect an industry in debt, teetering on the brink of collapse?

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The Cost of CapitalismFor The Wildincluding the rise of residential drilling, big oil, fossil fuels, oil production, fracking, fracking boom, energy economy, natural gas, environmental deregulation, financial collapse, oil price, economic crash, Bakken oil fields, North Dakota, Dakota Access Pipeline, residential drilling, environmental justice, coronavirus, energy dominance, energy policy, offshore drilling, global oil economy, plastic production, climate change, carbon emissions, ExtractivismComment
Homebound: Capitalists and Other Cannibals with ALNOOR LADHA /172
Homebound: Capitalists and Other Cannibals with ALNOOR LADHA /172

Alnoor invites us into a guided conversation on neoliberal capitalism, the global economic system and how we can work ourselves out of it. Topics include Wetiko mind virus, Anarchy, the root causes of poverty, the dangers of technocracy, and more.

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Homebound, Colonial Violence, The Cost of CapitalismFor The Wildpolitical organizing, systems thinking, storytelling, technology, decentralization of power, The Rules, climate change, poverty, organizers, designers, coders, researchers, writers, wetiko, Anarchy, Bill Gates, origins of oppressionComment
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
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
SEFRA ALEXANDRA on Seed Remembrance /142
SEFRA ALEXANDRA on Seed Remembrance /142

Sefra and Ayana look into the culture of seed saving, the importance of diversity in the global food supply, the grave impacts of seed relief on local agro-economic systems, undermining seed oligarchies, and the ways in which being in relationship with seeds offer us a deeper connection to all dimensions of life

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Food Sovereignty, Plant Intelligence, Conservation RestorationFor The WildPerennial, ethnobotanical, conservation, preservation, restoration, heirloom seeds, non-GMO, seed diversity, seed saving, seed savers, plant genes, seed banks, seed bank, food security, seed sovereignty, ancient seeds, agroecology, agrarian, taro, kalo, seed dispersal, harvest, stewardship, bioregion, industrial agriculture, extinction, Seed Huntress, seed oligarchies, proprietary seeds, Bayer, Corteva, Monsanto, Crop Trust, Genebank, in-situ conservation, ex-situ conservation, global seed bank, climate change, climate resilience, global food securityComment
COREY LESK on Warming Winters and Southern Pine Beetle Migration /136
COREY LESK on Warming Winters and Southern Pine Beetle Migration /136

Ayana and Corey discuss the implications of southern pine beetle expansion, how forest structures will shift, the threat to native biodiversity, the importance of cold winters, and how forestry measures are not the solution.

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The Cost of Capitalism, For The Forests, Climate ChangeFor The WildSouthern pine beetle, southern pine beetle expansion, warming winters, climate change, North American pine forests, pine forests, insect pests, destructive pests, New Jersey, timber industry, infestation, infested forests, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Canada, coastal pitch pine forests, pitch pine forests, ecological uncertainties, global warming, cold winter snaps, geographic thresholdComment
Dr. CARLOS NOBRE on the Shifting Future of the Amazon /106
Dr. CARLOS NOBRE on the Shifting Future of the Amazon /106

Dr. Nobre clarifies the complexities surrounding the driving factors of deforestation and savannization and discusses the margins of safety that must be implemented, the simultaneous rise of nationalism, and the possibility of a third way outside the realms of the preservation/consumption binary when it comes to Amazonia.

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For The Forests, Climate Change, Global South, DecolonizationFor The WildAmazon Rainforest, forest body, climate change, deforestation, drought, fire disaster, climate tipping point, Brazilian Panel on Climate Change, natural disasters, IIPC, climate scientist, earth systems scientist, rise of nationalism, savannization, Global Forests, treeoflifeplaylistComment
Dr. CHAD HANSON on the Myths & Misinformation of Wildland Fires /97
Dr. CHAD HANSON on the Myths & Misinformation of Wildland Fires /97

Learn about what happens in a post fire habitat, why fire is an ecological treasure, not a disaster, how significantly climate change will impact wildfires, and why both politicians and the United States Forest Service have a vested interest in spreading misinformation when it comes to forest management.

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For The Forests, Climate Change, Conservation RestorationFor The Wildwildfires, California, natural disaster, cliamte change victims, fire risk areas, forest management, urban interface fires, forest and fire ecologist, conifer forest ecosystems, fire ecology, fire history, fire patterns, climate change Comments
NINA SIMONS on the Holistic Endeavor of Shifting Culture /40
NINA SIMONS on the Holistic Endeavor of Shifting Culture /40

Today we are joined by co-founder and president of Bioneers, Nina Simons. Nina takes on some far-reaching questions about organizing for systemic change amid convergent crises.

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Cultural Strategy, Transition Transformation, Radical ImaginationFor The Wildpublic discourse, indigenous leadership, race/class/gender, movement building, climate change, bioneers, Bioneers, social entrepreneur, breakthrough innovations, systemic change, ecological crises, sacrifice, denialism, gender tension, race tension, privilege, empowermentComment