Posts tagged colonialism
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
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. 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
OLÚFÉMI O. TÁÍWÒ on Climate Colonialism and Reparations /216
OLÚFÉMI O. TÁÍWÒ on Climate Colonialism and Reparations /216

We explore climate colonialism, reparations, carbon removal, and a real “just transition” with guest Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. Our conversation reminds us that while climate colonialism is unfurling before us, there is a myriad of tangible ways countries and movements across the so-called global North could begin making reparations.

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Colonial Violence, Climate Solutions, Design+Strategy, Climate Change, Globalization, Radical Imagination, Global South, Racial Equity Justice, Transition Transformation, Theory ScholarshipFor The Wildcolonialism, colonialism and imperialism, colonialism in Africa, colonialism and capital, reparations, reparations as a public health priority, identity politics, climate colonialism, green new deal, green new deal pros and cons, green new deal problems, green new deal cons, carbon removal, carbon removal technology, carbon removal tool, carbon removal companies, Olufemi O Taiwo, philosophy, constructivism, Unions, labor, Green Climate Fund, green climate fund contributions by country, green climate fund projects, green climate fund paris agreementComment
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
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