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ZAYAAN KHAN on the Place of Sweet Waters, Part 2 /84

ZAYAAN KHAN on the Place of Sweet Waters, Part 2 /84

We meet with Zayaan Khan to discuss water scarcity in South Africa and a point of no return at which culture can change rapidly. Suddenly people become accustomed to the unthinkable —no showering! no laundry!— and they begin to ask, how could we have ever been so wasteful, so indulgent?

Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Decolonization, Global SouthFor The WildJuly 12, 2018thresholds, resilient systems, diversity, collapse, Adaptive Cycle, South Africa, climax state, available energy, natural disasters, capitalism, wild water wild iceComment

ZAYAAN KHAN on the Place of Sweet Waters, Part 1 /83

ZAYAAN KHAN on the Place of Sweet Waters, Part 1 /83

With Zayaan, we trace the ways that the white colonization of South Africa not only destroyed the complexities of the human-to-land relationship, but also continues to ignore the intricacies and connectivity of the landscape and how South Africa is still living within the echo chamber of a shockingly repressive colonial system

Decolonization, Global South, Colonial Violence, The Cost of CapitalismFor The WildJuly 5, 2018thresholds, resilient systems, diversity, collapse, Adaptive Cycle, South Africa, climax state, available energy, natural disasters, capitalism, wild water wild ice Comment

JACINDA MACK on the Planetary Cost of Luxury /81

JACINDA MACK on the Planetary Cost of Luxury /81

What is responsible mining? Is there such a thing? How do we restructure our dominant culture’s view of what is considered valuable? Jacinda Mack wholeheartedly leads the way to ignite the fire in people’s hearts around this critical topic of responsible mining, rooted in seven generations thinking.

TOM GOLDTOOTH on Climate Change Capitalism /80

TOM GOLDTOOTH on Climate Change Capitalism /80

Tom calls on indigenous peoples to have a critical analysis of where we are going, where we will be in fifty years, when the youth of today will be elders. How can our emotional, psychological, and our spiritual strategies impact a healing process that can ensure a just transition?

Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom Keepers, Indigenous SovereigntyFor The WildJune 7, 2018Indigenous rights leader, Diné, Dakota, Indigenous Environmental Network, Bioneers Conference Indigenous Forum, healthy indigenous communities, traditional knowldge, environmental knowledge, Drumbeat for Mother Earth, just transition, critical voices, environmental justiceComment

MALIK YAKINI on a Food Sovereign Future in Detroit /75

MALIK YAKINI on a Food Sovereign Future in Detroit /75

Malik Yakini share his view on the “good food revolution” as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice and equality.

Colonial Violence, Food Sovereignty, Sacrifice Zones, Racial Equity JusticeFor The WildMay 3, 2018Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, urban farming, good food revolution, international food sovereignty movement, Black communities, Americas, Caribbean, AfricaComment

LEAH PENNIMAN on Land Based Liberation /72

LEAH PENNIMAN on Land Based Liberation /72

Leah and the folks of Soul Fire Farm leave no stone unturned in the integration between social and environmental justice. Leah serves as a true leader of our generation, asking us to show up to these times with full heart rooted tangible action, healing the earth and one another.

Colonial Violence, Food Sovereignty, Racial Equity JusticeFor The WildApril 11, 2018end racism, food system justice, Soul Fire Farm, regeneration, grassroots activism, agroecology, Afro-Ecology, ecological transformation, social justice, environmental justice, sacred land, sacred relationships, Allyship Guide 1 Comments

BRONTË VELEZ on Embodying the Revolution /65

BRONTË VELEZ on Embodying the Revolution /65

Mesmerizing visionary leader, brontë velez, poetically guides us through an expansive exploration of critical ecology, radical imagination and decomposition as rebellion.

ANGELO BACA on the Elders of Bears Ears /63

ANGELO BACA on the Elders of Bears Ears /63

Angelo Baca is a Navajo and Hopi filmmaker, and a PhD candidate, he has created numerous documentaries and collaborative works around such subjects as Indigenous food sovereignty, and Indigenous international repatriation.

Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Direct ActionFor The WildFebruary 1, 2018anthropolgy, indigenous international repatriation, indigenous food sovereignty, sacred lands protection, traditional knowledge keepers, documentary film-maker, digital storytelling, Shash Jaa': Bears Ears, Frontline Defense Comments

CLAYTON THOMAS-MÜLLER on Disrupting Planetary Destruction /58

CLAYTON THOMAS-MÜLLER on Disrupting Planetary Destruction /58

Join Ayana in conversation with organizer, facilitator, public speaker and writer on Indigenous rights and environmental & economic justice, Clayton Thomas-Müller.

Colonial Violence, Direct Action, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice ZonesFor The WildNovember 24, 2017Treaty 6, Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, Pukatawagan, Northern Manitoba, traditional territories, Alaska Natives, Native Americans, Stop it at the Source, Tar sands, fossil fuel resistance, land defendersComment

WINONA LaDUKE on the Prophesied Green Path /57

WINONA LaDUKE on the Prophesied Green Path /57

As the Founder and Executive Director of Honor the Earth, Winona is fighting against pipelines while simultaneously creating tangible solutions for oil independence.

KANDI MOSSETT on the Hidden Costs of Modernity /53

KANDI MOSSETT on the Hidden Costs of Modernity /53

Kandi Mossett (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara – North Dakota) has emerged as a leading voice in the fight to bring visibility to the impacts that climate change and environmental injustice are having on Indigenous communities across North America.

THERESA TWO BULLS on Uniting to Reclaim the Black Hills /50

THERESA TWO BULLS on Uniting to Reclaim the Black Hills /50

Theresa Two Bulls is an attorney, prosecutor and politician in the United States and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. In 2004 she was elected to the South Dakota Senate, the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the state legislature

Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Sacrifice ZonesFor The WildAugust 30, 2017attorney, prosecutor, politician, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Indigenous women, Department of Justice, National Congress of American Indians, Unity Concert, Black Hills Initiative, Honor the Treaties, violence against Indigenous women, youth suicide, Buffalo NationComment

ERIEL DERANGER on Radicality Amid Expanding Tar Sands /45

ERIEL DERANGER on Radicality Amid Expanding Tar Sands /45

In this episode we speak with activist Eriel Tchekwie Deranger about the largest industrial project in the world, the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, and strategize about the future of fossil fuel resistance.

The Cost of Capitalism, Colonial Violence, Direct Action, Sacrifice ZonesFor The WildApril 23, 2017Extractivism, fossil fuel resistance, extractive industry, Indigenous sovereignty, land rights, Boreal forest, carbon sink, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, traditional territory, Indigenous Cliamte Action, Indigenous rights advocate Comments

LYLA JUNE on Resistance and Forgiveness in the Final Years of Patriarchy /43

LYLA JUNE on Resistance and Forgiveness in the Final Years of Patriarchy /43

Lyla June retraces the origins of oppression of European women, men and earth-based cultures through to recent histories of genocide, inter-generational trauma, and the enduring forces that seek to destroy Indigenous women and the earth.

LYLA JUNE on the Endangered Diversity of Language and Life /42

LYLA JUNE on the Endangered Diversity of Language and Life /42

Lyla June was raised in Taos, New Mexico and is a descendent of Diné (Navajo) and Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) lineages. Her personal mission in life is to grow closer to Creator by learning how to love deeper.

Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Cultural Strategy, Transition TransformationFor The WildMarch 10, 2017paradigm shift, musician, poet, Taos, Diné, Tsétsêhéstâhese, Indigenous language, Creator, environmental anthropology, elders knowledge, traditional knowledge, spiritual knowledge, ecological knowledge Comments

STEPHEN JENKINSON on Ancestry and Misanthropy /41

STEPHEN JENKINSON on Ancestry and Misanthropy /41

Stephen Jenkinson is an activist, teacher, author, and farmer. His book Die Wise recently received the Nautilus Book Award. He has a masters degree in theology from Harvard University and a masters degree in social work from the University of Toronto.

FAITH GEMMILL & PRINCESS LUCAJ on an Arctic Untouched by Oil /39

FAITH GEMMILL & PRINCESS LUCAJ on an Arctic Untouched by Oil /39

Today 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.

VANDANA SHIVA on the Emancipation of Seed, Water and Women /26

VANDANA SHIVA on the Emancipation of Seed, Water and Women /26

Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental thinker and activist. A leader in the International Forum on Globalization, Shiva won the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award) in 1993.