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.

Global South, Shore Ocean Communities, Media ArtFor The WildSeptember 23, 2020Comment

REBECCA BURGESS on Soil to Soil Fiber Systems /200

Rebecca begs the question; if much of our clothing originates from the soil, why don’t we interrogate the fashion industry the way we do the agricultural industry? In order to answer this question, we begin by exploring the rise of industrialized fashion and its global impact – when did we start to rampantly consume clothing?

Globalization, Design+Strategy, The Cost of Capitalism, Conservation RestorationFor The WildSeptember 16, 2020Comment

STEPHEN JENKINSON on Closing Time [ENCORE] /199

Stephen Jenkinson shares wisdom on the cycle of life and elderhood and offers so much that makes the ancient in us sit up and listen. As fluidly as water, Jenkinson uses language to disrupt clinging and confusion as we discuss the loss of elderhood.

Wisdom KeepersFor The WildSeptember 9, 2020Comment

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.

GINA RAE LA CERVA on Wild Foods and Our Web of Relations /197

Gina shares how colonization eradicated many wild foods, the status of wild foods in the global market, and how “feasting wild” not only awakens a central part of our being, but it is also an opportunity for foragers to leade the way in ecological restoration and conservation.

Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Food Sovereignty, Globalization, Conservation RestorationFor The WildAugust 26, 2020Comment

FAITH GEMMILL & PRINCESS LUCAJ on an Arctic Untouched by Oil [ENCORE] /196

Join Faith Gemmill & Princess Lucaj in conversation around the fight to protect the life giving grounds of the Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that has been going on for decades and will continue to do so as the first leases to drill for oil and gas could be sold by the end of 2020.

Ancient Ice, Direct Action, Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice ZonesFor The WildAugust 19, 2020Comment

ANAYVETTE MARTINEZ on the Brilliance of the Radical Monarchs /195

Anyvette discusses the wealth, abundance, and courage that is generated when young ones are actively involved in their community, how we can make movements sustainable, the profound impact of finding our voice, the importance of community sisterhood and the power of non-conformity.

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.

ROWEN M WHITE on Seed Rematriation and Fertile Resistance /193

An ode to this “talisman of adaptation and creativity,” our interview with Rowen circles Native seeds, the myth of individual self sufficiency, the cultural dimensions of biodiversity, biocolonialism and safeguarding agricultural heritage against patenting, seed work as slow work, and reweaving cultures of belonging.

Decolonization, Plant Intelligence, Food SovereigntyFor The WildJuly 22, 2020 Comments

BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE on Creative Decolonization in a Global Village ⌠ENCORE⌡/192

Buffy shares with us her story and how we can authentically grow our creativity in contemporary times. Beginning our conversation with the origins of creativity, we explore global awareness and artistic contributions, the business behind the Doctrine of Discovery, the ramifications of identity, demythologizing the power elites and more.

Cultural Strategy, Wisdom Keepers, Media Art, Activism AllyshipFor The WildJuly 16, 2020Buffy Sainte-MarieComment

Lama ROD OWENS on Liberatory Rage /191

Together with Owens, we explore anger’s purpose in liberation. Rather than denying and feeling guilty over our anger, or policing and demonizing the anger of another, how can we allow it to alert us to imbalance and injustice?

ANJALI NATH UPADHYAY, M.A.² on Radical Unlearning /190

Anjali shares how in order to truly support liberatory work and movements, we must unlearn, otherwise, we will continue to create harm. In recognizing our illusions and perceptions, we are able to ensure that our impact and intentions are in alignment.

JACKIE WANG on Carceral Capitalism /189

Explore the pervasiveness of debt, our temporal and spatial understandings of prisons, and the technological dimensions of surveillance and incarceration. We ask how we can resist the accession of predictive policing and what can digital carceral infrastructure reveal about the state’s growing surveillance apparatus?

DeeplyRooted: Honoring our Ancestors and the Earth with LEAH PENNIMAN /188

Penniman guides us through an adaptation of a Haitian prayer from her maternal lineage that honors the forces of nature and our ancestors. Leah’s gracious offering invites us to open ourselves to the elements of the Earth that shape our lives.

Deeply Rooted, Radical Imagination, Transition Transformation, Spirituality Theology, Media ArtFor The WildJune 23, 2020Comment

MARIAME KABA on Moving Past Punishment [ENCORE] /187

Mariame joins us for an expansive conversation on Transformative Justice, community accountability, criminalization of survivors, and freedom on the horizon.

"The Well" by brontë velez /186

brontë reminds us that “Black wellness is the antithesis to state violence” (Mark Anthony Johnson) and during these times of great transformation and tension, we must prioritize Black wellness and communal care.

For The WildJune 15, 2020bronte velez, Lead to LifeComment

TRICIA HERSEY on Rest as Resistance /185

With a historical analysis of slavery and plantation labor, Tricia’s work prompts us to consider what is stolen from those among us who cannot rest under capitalism, laying the groundwork for deep inquiry into the emergent possibilities of “DreamSpace.”

Homebound: Embodying the Revolution with brontë velez /184

Many of us are feeling pulled in this time, towards grief, towards urgency...towards feelings of helplessness. This week we invite you to shatter these repetitions and take a moment of intentional slowness to ask: How can I decompose violence in this life? Are urgency and intentionality compatible? What are the vessels that will carry us through these troubled times?

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.

Homebound: The Roots and Shoots of Earth-based Community with STARHAWK /182

Starhawk’s call to bring together tools of spiritual empowerment with activism, asks us to critically examine systems of control and domination and our responses to them – including areas where we may be giving our power away unknowingly to so-called authority figures and/or systems and where sources of spiritual power may have been forcibly removed.

Homebound, Transition TransformationFor The WildMay 15, 2020 Comments

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