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EcoJustice Radio
EcoJustice Radio presents environmental and climate stories from a social justice frame, featuring voices not necessarily heard on mainstream media. Our purpose is to amplify community voices, broaden the reach of grassroots-based movements, and inspire action. We investigate solutions for social, environmental, and climate issues with an eye to advance human health, steward wild landscapes, and solve the climate crisis across the USA and the world. Featured weekly on KPFK Los Angeles and KPFT…
Episodes
EcoJustice RadioCalifornia Against the Sea, Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline with Rosanna Xia
We talked with Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times environmental reporter in 2023, as she delves into the realities and solutions to sea level rise in her book…
EcoJustice RadioThe Story is in Our Bones: Indigenous Worldviews, Earth-Centered Communities & Climate Justice
We welcome Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) [https://www.wecaninternational.org/] to…
EcoJustice RadioCarl Welty: Designing Architecture and Landscapes with Nature’s Ecological Wisdom
On this show, we discuss how we can revolutionize architecture and landscape design by emulating Nature’s genius. From an interview we did in 2023, our guest…
EcoJustice RadioMargaret Elysia Garcia Dealt With Her Town Burning Down Through Poetry
In this interview from 2023, we delve into the harrowing experience of wildfires and their aftermath with author and poet Margaret Elysia Garcia. Join us as we…
EcoJustice RadioThe Future of Sicangu Lakota Culture and Indigenous Placemaking
The Keya Wakpala Woicageyapi Housing Community is a "master-planned development" consisting of single family housing types designed to reflect and celebrate…
EcoJustice RadioPlant Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom for a Troubled World
In the words of Terence McKenna, since the rise of western monotheism the human experience has been marginalized. We have been told that we were unimportant in…
EcoJustice RadioThe Expensive Folly of Carbon Capture and Storage
In this episode, we explore the controversial topic of carbon capture and storage (CCS) with insights from various experts and activists. We begin with…
EcoJustice RadioClaimed by the Earth: Native Navajo Wisdom & Biocosmology with James Skeet
We sat down with James Skeet, Executive Director of Covenant Pathways on his Spirit Farm in New Mexico. Along with our host Carry Kim and a group of fifteen…
EcoJustice RadioForest Campaigning: Crafting Sustainable Sounds with Taylor Guitars
On this show we take a journey through the challenges facing our world's forests. What does it take to protect tropical rainforests in places like the Amazon…
EcoJustice RadioSystems Change: The Emergence of Regenerative Economics w/ Della Duncan
In this episode, we're joined by Della Duncan [http://www.dellazduncan.com], Renegade Economist, Post-Capitalist Consultant, and Right Livelihood Coach, who…
EcoJustice RadioRestoring Ecosystems: The Wild Hope of Conservation
In this episode, we explored the transformative power of conservation storytelling with Jared Lipworth, the executive producer of the documentary series 'Wild…
EcoJustice RadioThe Syntropic Way: Engkanto Garden Farm's Communal Land Tending
We visit the world of soil and soul healing on a local level with Ilana Brown Dourado and Renato Dourado of Engkanto Garden Farm…
EcoJustice RadioJoanna Macy: Embracing the Great Turning Together
Join us as we celebrate the wisdom of eco philosopher, author, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy on her 95th birthday in this profound episode of Eco Justice…
EcoJustice RadioOren Lyons on Changing Our Values to Survive
This week, we focus on the enduring legacy of 94-year old elder Oren Lyons, Onondaga Chief and a beacon of Indigenous culture and environmental activism. We…
EcoJustice RadioNonlinear Landscapes & Generative Landscape Design with Rod Barnett
In this episode, Landscape Architecture Professor Rod Barnett based in Aotearoa New Zealand shares his provocative insights on the role of landscape design in…
EcoJustice RadioGlyphosate/Roundup on Trial: Unearthing Monsanto/Bayer's Secrets
"Toxic Exposure: The Monsanto Roundup Trials, and the Search for Justice," reveals the dark side of the world's most widely used herbicide. Jessica Aldridge…
EcoJustice RadioBiomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
Join host Carry Kim as she welcomes biomimicry expert Anne LaForti to discuss the transformative power of looking to nature for answers. Learn how biomimicry…
EcoJustice RadioNative Wisdom: The Kumeyaay Way of Life
Step into the world of the Kumeyaay Nation as we delve into their ancient wisdom, survival skills, and cultural practices that have weathered the test of time…
EcoJustice RadioThe Intelligence of Nature: Science and a Resilient Humanity for Planetary Healing w/ Dr. Zach Bush
In this transformative episode, Dr. Zach Bush [http://zachbushmd.com/] shares his insights on the intricate links between the health of our planet and the…
EcoJustice RadioUrban Utopia or Dystopia? The 15-Minute City Debate
In this episode, we wander into the global 15-Minute City conversation that started with an urban planning vision of a world where schools, jobs, parks, and…
EcoJustice RadioDream of a New World: Art's Role in Societal Change with Shana Nys Dambrot
Can we trace where Western Civilization went wrong to the 1400s when Filippo Brunelleschi, known for his brazen duomo designs in Florence, Italy, invented the…
EcoJustice RadioEquipping Our Kids with Emotional Intelligence with Jay Levin
We sat down this week with Jay Levin, President of EQuip Our Kids, to explore the transformative power of emotional intelligence training. As society grapples…
EcoJustice RadioFarming for the Future: The Regenerative Way with Gabe Brown
According to Dr Kristine Nichols, a soil microbiologist and regenerative agriculture expert, of the 900 million arable acres in the U.S., only about 1.5% is…
EcoJustice RadioFrom Degradation to Regeneration: John Roulac's Eco Vision
Two hundred years ago, before the Industrial Revolution, the rivers across North America ran clear and blue. Beginning in the 1800s, the growth of…
EcoJustice RadioGrazing the Land: Wildfire Prevention & The Return of Pastoralism
Pastoralism. New (and Old Agrarians). Prescribed grazing. Adapting to our changing climate. Returning to ancient traditions for modern times. Throughout…
EcoJustice RadioBiodiversity and Civil Rights: Alabama's Untold Stories
What is now known as Alabama and the environs of the Deep South, boast exceptional biodiversity and capture the imagination with its rich cultural and…
EcoJustice RadioMoms Across America: Reclaiming Children's Health and Feeding the World Well with Zen Honeycutt
We have an epidemic of chronic illness and degenerative disease on this continent. According to the NonGMO Project, the U.S. is by far the largest producer in…
EcoJustice RadioIndigenized Futures & the Land Back Movement with Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy
First we share a report from Yurok country, in the Pacific Northwest. The largest dam removal in U.S. history has entered a critical phase, with the lowering…
EcoJustice RadioOn Mountain Lions: How to Embrace our Wild Predatory Relatives
In this industrialized country, we have had a war on wild what we call "predators," helicopter gunners shooting wolves to “protect” caribou herds in Alaska…
EcoJustice RadioIndigenous Stewardship & the Future of Wildlife with Whisper Camel-Means
Whisper Camel-Means shares her expertise on the pressing need to protect US wildlife ecosystems, now imperiled at an alarming rate. She offers an Indigenous…
EcoJustice RadioDefending the Amazon: The Fight for Justice with Steven Donziger
Check out our special encore presentation of our interview with Human Rights Attorney Steven Donziger recorded in December 2020. We investigate the story of…
EcoJustice RadioMaasai Voices: Climate Action and Women's Empowerment in Kenya
The Maasai are Indigenous people from southern Kenya, renowned and revered for their pastoral, nomadic heritage. They inhabit and range across the African…
EcoJustice RadioSolstice Story: Nutcracker and the Shape Shifter
On this show, Solstice Celebration Story: Nutcracker and the Shape Shifter. Co-host and Producer Jack Eidt, in his role as a Literary Fiction writer, reads an…
EcoJustice RadioRising Tides, Retreating Homes: California Against the Sea with Rosanna Xia
Wherever land meets sea, global warming is wreaking havoc. As the ocean absorbs heat generated by the burning of fossil fuels and its attendant climate…
EcoJustice RadioRestoring Grasslands & Rainfall in the Desert with Alejandro Carrillo
Nature is not fixed, but ever changing. Some of the world’s best known deserts were once fertile grasslands and forests, including the Sahara, the Mojave, the…
EcoJustice RadioTalking Trash: The Truth About Zero Waste with Auri Jackson and Jessica Aldridge
Well, we all know we have a problem with waste, trash, single-use plastics, wrappers, plastic bags. Plastic has become ubiquitous in our daily lives thanks to…
EcoJustice RadioIndigenous Voices from the Northeast: Past, Present and Future with Jennifer Lee
Native people inhabited the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts for more than 10,000 years. It is the homeland of many First People, all related…
EcoJustice RadioThe Māori Way of Water with Heni Unwin
Humanity has a primordial connection to water. For Indigenous peoples, such as the Māori, Water is an Ancestor, a living entity to be communed with, revered…
EcoJustice RadioFreedom to Repair: Taking on Manufacturers & Winning with iFixit and CA Against Waste
The Right to Repair our electronics and other materials sounds like a no brainer. But historically manufacturers have said otherwise and fought, with millions…
EcoJustice RadioPreserving the Language and Legacy of the Lakota with Sage Fast Dog
Many of us who are settlers now living on Turtle Island or anywhere in the world where colonization has taken place, recognize that ours is a time of truth and…
EcoJustice RadioFuture of Environmental Protection and Social Justice from Mustafa Santiago Ali
Breathing clean air and drinking clean water are fundamental rights. However, these have been denied to many low-income communities and communities of color…
EcoJustice RadioThe Open Source Seed Initiative: Freeing The Seed from Corporate Control with Jack Kloppenburg
Most would agree it is a farmer’s right to save, replant, share, breed, and sell seed. This fundamental right is rapidly eroding globally as multinational seed…
EcoJustice RadioBurn Scars: A Poetic Reckoning with Wildfires with Margaret Elysia Garcia
Margaret Elysia Garcia, author and poet published by El Martillo Press, has spent a couple of decades living in Greenville, a Gold Rush-era Northern California…
EcoJustice RadioMove the World: Uplifting Youth Through Art, Community, and Composting
In the bestselling book, Drawdown, edited by Paul Hawken, enumerates solutions to our climate crisis in great detail. Of these, composting remains a top…
EcoJustice RadioDesigning Architecture and Landscapes with Nature’s Ecological Wisdom with Carl Welty
On this show, we discuss how we can revolutionize architecture and landscape design by emulating Nature’s genius. Our guest, Ecological Architect Carl Welty…
EcoJustice RadioWe Are Still Here: Connecting Community with Indigenous Cuisine with Elena Terry
On this show, we discuss ancestral foodways and the continuance as well as the reclaiming of authentic, Indigenous cuisine. Indigenous peoples often remind us…
EcoJustice RadioReclaiming the Outdoors: Healing Communities of Color Through Stories and Adventures with Chad Brown
Freedom to Roam in Nature is an essential human right. For guest Chad Brown [http://www.Chadocreative.com], mother nature played a significant role in his…
EcoJustice RadioWild Hope: A Documentary Vision for Conservation Storytelling
How should we respond to – or better yet, cope with the extreme climate weirding and environmental collapse we keep seeing and reading about everywhere? In…
EcoJustice RadioIs Hydrogen the Clean Fuel of the Future? With Ashley Kosak from FracTracker Alliance
The fossil fuel industry has been promoting hydrogen as a reliable, low carbon, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes, and generate electricity…
EcoJustice RadioIndigenous Regenerative Intelligence: A Navajo Perspective with James Skeet
Regeneration is a common theme these days. But does it go far enough? What of the Spirit, bio-cosmology, connection to the land, to our good hearts, and our…
EcoJustice RadioThe Ahupua’a System of Hawai’i: Serving the Lands and Waters with Kumu Mikilani Young
Ahupua’a. The ancient Hawaiian system that honors the interconnectedness of the land, waters, clouds and all living things. The system is inherently based in…
EcoJustice RadioA Renewable Energy Transition: Clean Air, Low Carbon with Wind, Water, Solar with Mark Z. Jacobson
Is a 100% clean, renewable energy future by the year 2050 possible? Our guest, Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson proposes that the most efficient and…
EcoJustice RadioOffshore Fish Farming: Profiting Off Environment, Public Health, & Local Economies
Humans are eating more seafood than can ever be replenished, a vital source of protein for 3.3 billion people. There are many different ways to feed people…
EcoJustice RadioWheat Belly, Restoring Gut Microbiomes, and Planetary Health with Dr. William Davis
According to the USDA, wheat ranks third after corn and soybeans with regard to its acreage, production, and farm receipts and is grown on roughly 37 million…
EcoJustice RadioFeeding Tomorrow: Transforming the Future of Food with Oliver English
The upcoming documentary ‘Feeding Tomorrow’ explores the intersection between the food we eat, our personal and community health, and protection and…
EcoJustice RadioEthnobotany, Cultural Fire, and Indigenous Stewardship with Payoomkawish Elder Richard Bugbee
As momentum continues to grow around the Land Back movement and Indigenous stewardship worldwide, the value of hearing from Elders who have long studied…
EcoJustice RadioDo We Need Environmental Permitting Reform for Climate and Housing Projects?
There is a movement among the business community and their political representatives to remove the regulatory barriers that they argue impede infrastructure…
EcoJustice RadioMicroplastics: From Oceans to Human Bodies with Dr. Scott Coffin, Environmental Toxicologist
Dr. Scott Coffin joined us in this encore presentation from 2022. As a toxicologist and Research Scientist at California State Water Resources Control Board…
EcoJustice RadioUsing Biology As Technology: Stimulating Human Response Through Architecture with Eric Corey Freed
Green Building. Organic Architecture. Regenerative Design. These concepts have come to prominence recognizing the built environment as one of the largest…
EcoJustice RadioHoneyLove: The Last Refuge for Honeybees & Urban Beekeeping
We have long been hearing about various threats to bees and other pollinators, including Colony Collapse Disorder, new pathogens and bee pests, environmental…