TEJU ADISA-FARRAR on Remapping Our World /177
TEJU ADISA-FARRAR on Remapping Our World /177

Teju discusses how gentrification originates through the calculated and supremacist devaluation of place, its environmental impacts, and urbanization and urban futures in response to climate and economic migration and changes.

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Cultural Strategy, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Globalization, Design+Strategy, Racial Equity Justice, Transition TransformationFor The WildGentrification, the Freeway revolts, geography, human geography, Black geography, critical geography, Oakland, placemaking, capitalism, environmental justice, space, power relations, development, global development, urbanization, climate migration, urban futures, ecofascism, Allyship Guide 1, paradigm shiftComment
Homebound: Eco-Justice in the Age of Disasters with JACQUI PATTERSON /175
Homebound: Eco-Justice in the Age of Disasters with JACQUI PATTERSON /175

Jacqui reminds us that we must strategically address the needs of our communities; when we work to uplift those at the bottom - we all rise.

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Homebound, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Climate Change, Racial Equity JusticeFor The Wildwomen's rights activist, women's rights policy, racial justice, economic justice, food rights, macroeconomics, cliamte change, violence against women, HIV/AIDS, IMA World Health, medical aid, Africa, Caribbean, U.S. Peace CorpsComment
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
DeeplyRooted: Remembering Back into Ourselves with KAILEA FREDERICK /173
DeeplyRooted: Remembering Back into Ourselves with KAILEA FREDERICK /173

Kailea offers a poetry reading woven with simple movements to reawaken our inseparable connection to all of Creation. This offering honors the hard-working mothers and caregivers who provide care so generously, and who are so deserving of moments to cultivate wellness.

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Deeply Rooted, Radical Imagination, Transition Transformation, Spirituality Theology, Media ArtFor The WildWellness, poetry, poem, Joy Harjo, meditation, guided meditation, grounding practices, music, music performances, COVID-19, coronavirus, breathwork, deep breathing, self love, self care, motherhood, mothers, caregivers, single mother, single parentComment
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
LINDA BLACK ELK on What Endures After Pandemic /171
LINDA BLACK ELK on What Endures After Pandemic /171

Ayana and Linda discuss what will be left in the wake of COVID-19, how will we tend to the wounds of disposability? What systems will endure? What must we dismantle and what will we grow? How can we deepen our actions so that they are not just a response to fear, but are rooted in the promise of collective wellbeing?

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Plant Intelligence, The Cost of Capitalism, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Grassroots Herbalism, Indigenous Sovereignty, Transition TransformationFor The WildCOVID19, novel coronavirus, coronavirus, pandemic, food sovereignty, food security, traditional medicine, traditional foods, plant medicine, herbs, healing, restoration ecology, prairie grasslands, Linda Black Elk, victory gardens, decolonization gardens, sacred medicine, ethnobotany, United Tribes Technical College, Right Relationship, Black Elk, LindaComment
Deeply Rooted: Declaring Interdependence with MILLA PRINCE /170
Deeply Rooted: Declaring Interdependence with MILLA PRINCE /170

Milla invites us to root ourselves through the very soil, minerals, water and air of our own bodies. Listen in as we shed what is old and give ourselves to the stream of life pulsing through the body of nature.

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Deeply Rooted, Radical Imagination, More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, Deep Ecology, Spirituality TheologyFor The WildDeeply Rooted, manifesto, declare interdependence, poetry, grounding practices, deep ecology, animism, rewilding, plant intelligence, body of nature, nature’s body, seasons, earth, natural cycles.Comment
Homebound: Decentralizing the Power of Healing with Dr. RUPA MARYA /169
Homebound: Decentralizing the Power of Healing with Dr. RUPA MARYA /169

Rupa reminds us that the blatant neglect for people’s wellbeing amidst this global pandemic is not coincidence or negligence, it is the result of a global system that has historically centered profit over people.

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Homebound, The Cost of Capitalism, Racial Equity Justice, Activism AllyshipFor The Wildracism, stave violence, Rupa Marya, The Justice Study, Rupa and the April Fishes, health impacts, capitalism, colonization, medicine, medical reparations, inflammation, chronic illness, systems, social illness, decolonizing medicine, police violence, community medicine, gentrification, houselessness, wellbeing, healing, health justiceComment
ESTRELLA SANTIAGO PÉREZ on the Importance of Community Sovereignty /168
ESTRELLA SANTIAGO PÉREZ on the Importance of Community Sovereignty /168

Estrella discusses the legacy of U.S. imperialism and global economic corruption, the erasure of Puerto Rico’s presence in mainstream media, community land trusts, gentrification in the wake of natural disaster, the complexities of property ownership and global aid initiatives.

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Colonial Violence, Design+Strategy, Racial Equity Justice, Transition Transformation, Conservation RestorationFor The WildProyecto ENLACE, Puerto Rico, Cano Martin Pena, Environmental Justice, US Imperialism, Hurricane Maria, Disaster Recovery, San Juan Bay Estuary, Martina Pena Channel, Community Land Trust, Gentrification, Affordable Housing, Flood Risk, Caño Martin Peña G8, Community Investment, Community Sovereignty, Natural DisasterComment
DeeplyRooted: Black Mary-Olivering with brontë velez /167
DeeplyRooted: Black Mary-Olivering with brontë velez /167

brontë velez transports us through revolutionary prayer– an incantation to ignite your creativity and fill up your inner well with joy, strength and peace.

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Deep Ecology, Deeply Rooted, Racial Equity Justice, Transition Transformation, Spirituality Theology, Media ArtFor The WildWellness, poetry, rap, mantra, meditation, guided meditation, grounding practices, music, COVID-19, coronavirus, Allyship Guide 1, Deeply Rooted, bronteComment
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
JILL WEITZ on Salmon Beyond Borders /165
JILL WEITZ on Salmon Beyond Borders /165

Learn the ins and outs of issues playing out at the transboundary, such as the toxic legacy of tailings disasters, the complexities of management and enforcement on the ground, the polluter pays principle, and the golden triangle in B.C.

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Multispecies Justice, Conservation RestorationFor The WildSalmon Beyond Borders, transboundary watershed, wild salmon, salmon, salmon river, the Taku River, the Stikine River, the Unuk River, conservation, Alaska, British Columbia, mining industry, tailings pond, tailings disaster, consent, resource management, salmon runs, fishery, fishing industry, seafood industry, restorationComment
KENRIC McDOWELL on Designing with Cosmo-Ecological Intelligence /164
KENRIC McDOWELL on Designing with Cosmo-Ecological Intelligence /164

Our conversation with Kenric covers topics like relationality, more-than-human intelligence, the trappings of consumerism and personal agency, while also being pushed to delve into realms of discussion we visit less often, like artificial intelligence, technology, design and interspecies connection.

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Cultural Strategy, Design+Strategy, Transition Transformation, Media ArtFor The WildGuggenheim, Google, AI, machine learning, artificial intelligence, human-centered design, relationality, technology, art, design, ecology, tech, deep dream, algorithm, artists + machine intelligence, google arts, cosmo-ecological intelligence, silicon valley, social media, personhoodComment
LAYLA K. FEGHALI on Borderless Remembrance /163
LAYLA K. FEGHALI on Borderless Remembrance /163

Layla and Ayana explore borderless ecologies, stories from the SWANA* region, what it looks like to embody relationship- rather than performance- culture, native plant revival, and the wealth of diasporic memory.

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Plant Intelligence, Global SouthFor The WildSWANA, MENA, storytelling, plantcestry, remembrance, River Rose Remembrance, ecological justice, liberation, ancestry, ancestral knowledge, ancestral medicine, migration, cultural exchange, home, reciprocity, relationship, pilgrimage, diaspora, revivalComment
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
JESSE WOLF HARDIN on Rewilding the Self /161
JESSE WOLF HARDIN on Rewilding the Self /161

With great heart and tenderness, Ayana and Wolf explore folk herbalism as a green portal and agent of holistic wellness, the visceral personalities of place, tending unique bioregional cultures and ecologies, unbounding judgement from our mistakes, the potency of gratitude, and discovery within the weedy margins.

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Plant Intelligence, Deep Ecology, Grassroots Herbalism, Conservation RestorationFor The Wildbioregionalism, The Healing Terrain, living ecology, place, Mother Earth, personality of place, eco-tones, animating place, geography of belonging, Gila Wilderness, New Mexico, re-emplacement, rewilding, accountability to place, wildness, rewilding the self, human consciousness, herbalism, folk herbalism, herbs, The Enchanted Healer, botanical medicine, cultivating curiosity, plant healing, green portal, grassroots herbalism, home, edgework, wild spaces, reconnection, direct action, holistic wellness, an ecology of healing, balance, Anima Sanctuary, reciprocity, reawakeningComment
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
ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER on Solidarity with Unist'ot'en ⌠ENCORE⌡ /159
ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER on Solidarity with Unist'ot'en ⌠ENCORE⌡ /159

Eriel sheds light on what Unist’ot’en Camp represents, the ongoing history of surveillance faced by frontline protectors, how policy can be a tool of forced assimilation, and the illegality of the actions taken by Canada’s federal and provincial governments.

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Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Decolonization, Direct Action, Indigenous Sovereignty, Sacrifice ZonesFor The WildLNG Pipeline, resource expansion, Wet’suwet’en Territory, Gidumt’en territory, surveillance, frontline protectors, tools of assimilation, Canadian governments, cultural identity, Indigenous land reclamation, Indigenous governance, Indigenous sovereignty, Denesuline, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, coalition builderComment
CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ on the Sublime World of Fungi /158
CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ on the Sublime World of Fungi /158

Beginning with fungal diversity, our conversation with Christian grows to discuss the global mushroom market, migration patterns, and invasive versus native fungi.

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For The Forests, More Than Human Kin, Plant IntelligenceFor The WildMushrooms of the Redwood Coast, Mushrooms, Fungi, Fungal Diversity, Climate Change, Citizen Science, Christian Schwarz, Redwood Coast Tours, Biodiversity, Mycology, Fungal Pathogens, UCSCComment