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"No Such a Thing as an 'Invasive Species'?" feat. Prof. Matt Chew
Dubbed a ‘gadfly of invasion biology’ by Scientific American, Matt Chew is known for critiquing ecology’s overreliance on societal metaphors and conservationists’ misapplication of notions like ‘nativeness’. Dr. Chew has a B.S. Environmental Interpretation and an M.S. Range Science (Ecology) from Colorado State University, and a Ph.D. in Biology from Arizona State University. As statewide Natural Resources Planner for Arizona State Parks, he coordinated their Natural Areas Program, researched wildlife issues, and served on interagency committees—one of which also included his future wife, plant ecologist Julie Stromberg, who was a guest in an earlier episode of this podcast.
Currently employed at Arizona State University, Dr. Chew conducts a field course in ‘novel ecosystems,’ lectures in ‘history of biology’ and ‘biology and society’, and works with postgraduate students. He was awarded an Oxford research fellowship in 2014. His articles in "Nature," "Science" and other publications have been cited in over 200 different journals.
In this episode, I am joined by two co-hosts, Gabe Crawford of the Groundshots Podcast, and Nikki Hill. Nikki has a degree in environmental science and has worked in restoration and agriculture. Currently she invests her energy in wildtending efforts. We co-authored a zine together called, "The Troubles of 'Invasive' Plants," which you can download for free at my blog.
Gabe Crawford was raised on a small homestead outside of Durango, Colorado and started learning about plants from an early age. He got launched on his plant journey by studying with Katrina Blair at the Turtle Lake Refuge in Durango. He moved to Sandpoint, Idaho where he worked with Twin Eagles Wilderness School and Kaniksu Land Trust mentoring kids. Through this, he started naturalist training which opened him up to the world of wild tending, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the ancient and intricate relationships between humans and ecology. Gabe spent time with Finisia Medrano learning about the ancient wild gardens of the west that were and still are tended by indigenous peoples and was taught how to tend these first foods and plant back for future abundance. He collects the seeds of native foods plants, fruit trees, berries and other exotics to plant feral orchards and wild gardens.
In this conversation we take a deep dive into the history of "invasion biology" and reveal its scientific shortcomings and its cultural biases.
Prof. Chew's profile at Arizona State University: https://www.sols.asu.edu/matthew-chew
Papers by Prof. Chew at academia.edu: https://asu.academia.edu/MattChew
This is a crossover episode with the Groundshots Podcast, which was created by Kelly Moody. Groundshots is an audio project exploring our relationship to ecology through conversations and storytelling: How do we do our work in the modern age, when the urgency of ecological and social collapse feels looming? How do we creatively and whole-heartedly navigate our relationships with one another and the land? These and other questions are explored by Kelly & Gabe with a wide range of guests. Find out more at Of Sedge & Salt: https://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com/
Music in episode introduction is "Loop Mix" by Flavio Concinihttps://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_4397472/sounds/470763/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYgc5cG9tazDqsvEwqKpYQ
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"Trans 101" feat. Terra
Terra is a freelance artist, writer, and podcaster residing in Portland, OR. I have known them since 2007, when I was an urban farmer living in their backyard. They are on Twitter as @cybersatyr: https://twitter.com/CyberSatyr
We discussed how the new ideas fit in with the old ones; the phrase, "trans women are women;" the concept of misgendering; how quickly the discussion of gender has changed; trans people in the military; the term, "TERF;" the usage of "they/them;" the word, "transsexual;" trans athletes in sports; actors, acting and Hollywood; and the importance of accepting things even whennnnn you don't understand them.
This episode's introduction music is by Doctor Dreamchip, who you can follow here:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhlcItuC6pmhhemUjhPt1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctordreamchip/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/doctordreamchip
RADIO FREE SUNROOT:Podcasting by Kollibri terre Sonnenblumehttps://radiofreesunroot.com
KOLLIBRI'S BLOG & BOOKSHOP:https://macskamoksha.com/
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"Animal Liberation / Human Liberation" feat. Robert Porzel
Prof. Robert Porzel is a national representative for “Physicians against Animal Testing” and founder of the animal rights group “T-Zelle,” which aims to establish intersectional collaboration between social movements. The current network connects about 20 individual groups and organizations in the state of Bremen, Germany. In January of 2019 he was elected as national speaker of the German Greens party for animal policies. Apart from his activism, he is a lecturer and researcher in the field of artificial intelligence at the University of Bremen.
Robert & I have known each other since 1987, when we were assigned as roommates during our freshman year at college together. Back then, we often talked for hours and hours, and though many years have passed, we easily found a groove in our conversation here. We covered a lot of topics including the lack of scientific basis for animal testing; alternatives for testing medicines that don't involve animals; the ecological cost of agriculture generally and animal agriculture specifically; the connection between the oppression of animals by humans and the oppression of certain humans by other humans; the cognitive dissonance of loving some animals while eating others; veganic agriculture; health issues related to eating animal products; the many issues with dairy production and consumption; how wild animals are sacrificed for the ranching industry; the importance of stepping outside cultural perspectives; the significance of social media communication; the relationship of capitalism to animal agriculture; reformism vs. abolition in social change; the increasingly serious effects of climate chaos; and what positive things that people can do both for animals and for human survival.
Papers by Prof. Porzel: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Porzel
This episode's introduction music is by Doctor Dreamchip, who you can follow here:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhlcItuC6pmhhemUjhPt1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctordreamchip/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/doctordreamchip
RADIO FREE SUNROOT: Podcasting by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume https://radiofreesunroot.com
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"People & Plants on the Move, Together" feat. Zach Elfers
Zach Elfers was raised in the piedmont of the mid-Atlantic but has travelled widely around the lower 48. He is a student of the plants who has learned from mentors, elders, and most importantly, from living outside spending as much time as possible with the more-than-human world. His areas of interest include ancestral ways of subsisting, living, and knowing, and his work is focused on growing and promoting bioregional plants as food, medicine, and the foundations of our subsistence economies, rather than the imported and ecologically destructive colonial agriculture.
In this episode, I am joined by co-host, Nikki Hill. Nikki has a degree in environmental science and has worked in restoration and agriculture. Currently she invests her energy in wildtending efforts. We co-authored a zine together called, "The Troubles of 'Invasive' Plants," which you can download for free at my blog: https://macskamoksha.com/2019/01/invasive-zine
We discussed ecological concepts that are popular but flawed; the racist origins of anthropology; the forests of Laurasia and the Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora; prehistoric and pre-agricultural human relationships with edible plants; the Wilderness Act; anthropogenic fire; the question of whether fire is good or bad; disconnection from nature in mind and in reality; the conceit that science is absent of value judgments; and his nursery work.
Future Forest Plants: https://www.futureforestplants.com/
Nomad Seed Project: https://www.nomadseed.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heyzach
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woodlandrambler/
Episode introduction music is "Mastermind 07" by DaveJFhttps://freesound.org/people/DaveJf/sounds/542200/
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Rebel with a Cause: Remembering Finisia Medrano (part 3 of 3)
Disclaimer: This episode is full of obscenities and is probably not safe for work. Additionally, it contains words relating to sexual identity that may be offensive to some. All this vocabulary is not included gratuitously, but reflects the usage of the podcast’s subject, Finisia Medrano, a trans woman with a mouth like a sailor. You’ve been warned.
In this special edition of “Voices for Nature & Peace,” I speak with six people who knew Finisia Medrano, aka “Fin,” aka “Tranny Granny.”
Fin died on April 3rd, 2020, so this release marks that first year anniversary.
Fin was a well-known, or rather, notorious personality in rewilding, wildtending, and primitive skills circles. Her name was both praised and cursed, but even her critics had to acknowledge her experience and knowledge when it came to Native American first foods and how to cultivate them in the wild.
She spent about three decades in the western United States, much of it on horseback, getting to know these special plants and their ecosystems. Though of Irish background herself, she had been taught by Shoshone grandmothers in her youth.
She often spoke of “the Hoop,” which is an ancient migratory tradition of food gathering and cultivation that sustained Native Americans – and the land itself – in good health for thousands of years until it was violently disrupted by the European Invasion. The Hoop is not dead but is severely threatened, and Fin played an important role in not letting it die yet.
Unafraid of controversy and passionate to the core, she offended many. I myself was on her blacklist once but I didn't take it personally. What else can you expect from such a feral creature, so thoroughly discontented with civilization? After all, when we respect what we call “tact,” we usually end up being silent about our collective crimes: genocide, ecocide, etc. Some people were offended by her verbal crudity, but her fierce advocacy for wildtending was not only appropriate but vitally essential.
Please note that “Tranny Granny” is a term of affection, not a slur, having been bestowed upon her by some of the “Radical Faeries.” Fin underwent sex-reassignment surgery (as it was then known) to transition from male to female in her younger days, before being introduced to the Hoop. The Radical Faeries are a queer movement dating from the 70's who have been variously described as neo-Pagan, counter-cultural, anti-establishment, anarchist and radically environmentalist and their nickname for her carries no malice.
This presentation is not intended to be an exhaustive account of Finisia and her work. Nor did I attempt to interview a set of people who would provide a, quote, "balanced" view. That is, I did not talk to any of her haters. But none of these people were blind to her characteristics and the picture that emerges here can certainly not be described as “fawning.” And you know what? Fin – or Granny, as she always was to me – wouldn’t have respected a suck-up job either.
This episode is structured around a set of six questions that I asked each interviewee. They are:
part 1:
How did you meet Fin?How would you describe Fin to someone who never met her?part 2:
What did Fin do? / What was Fin's work about?Describe a time you experienced friction or tension with Finpart 3:
Can you sum up Fin's message to the world?Do you have a memory of the last time you saw her / communicated with her?The interviewees are: Gabe Crawford, Joanna Pocock, Joshua Dodds, Nikki Hill, Rainand Seda.
LINKS:
"Growing up in Occupied America" (autobiography by Fin):https://www.lulu.com/shop/finisia-medrano/shop/finisia-medrano/growing-up-in-occupied-america/paperback/product-1m44e98p.html?page=1&pageSize=4
Fin on YouTube (!)https://www.youtube.com/user/Finisiamedrano/videos
"Finisia Medrano and The Return" by Joanna Pocock:https://dark-mountain.net/finisia-medrano-and-the-return/
"Postcard From Eastern Oregon: When planting food is illegal" (in which I tell my story of meeting Granny)https://macskamoksha.com/2015/03/postcard-from-eastern-oregon
This episode's introduction music is by Doctor Dreamchip, who you can follow here:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhlcItuC6pmhhemUjhPt1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctordreamchip/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/doctordreamchip
Other samples used:Drum Loop (1) by Cafftal ~ https://freesound.org/people/Cafftal/sounds/531436/Loop33 by Zajo ~ https://freesound.org/people/Zajo/sounds/41586/Amen Break B by Kevcio ~ https://freesound.org/people/Kevcio/sounds/263869/Circuit 11 Drum 1 by Doctor Dreamchip ~ https://freesound.org/people/Doctor_Dreamchip/sounds/553708/106 BPM Drump Loop 1 by esares ~ https://freesound.org/people/esares/sounds/431874/Beep warning by SamsterBirdies ~ https://freesound.org/people/SamsterBirdies/sounds/467882/door creak by ollitunes ~ https://freesound.org/people/ollitunes/sounds/563136/
RADIO FREE SUNROOT:Podcasting by Kollibri terre Sonnenblumehttps://radiofreesunroot.com
KOLLIBRI'S BLOG & BOOKSHOP:https://macskamoksha.com/
ONE-TIME DONATION:http://paypal.me/kollibrihttps://venmo.com/Kollibri
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Rebel with a Cause: Remembering Finisia Medrano (part 2 of 3)
Disclaimer: This episode is full of obscenities and is probably not safe for work. Additionally, it contains words relating to sexual identity that may be offensive to some. All this vocabulary is not included gratuitously, but reflects the usage of the podcast’s subject, Finisia Medrano, a trans woman with a mouth like a sailor. You’ve been warned.
In this special edition of “Voices for Nature & Peace,” I speak with six people who knew Finisia Medrano, aka “Fin,” aka “Tranny Granny.”
Fin died on April 3rd, 2020, so this release marks that first year anniversary.
Fin was a well-known, or rather, notorious personality in rewilding, wildtending, and primitive skills circles. Her name was both praised and cursed, but even her critics had to acknowledge her experience and knowledge when it came to Native American first foods and how to cultivate them in the wild.
She spent about three decades in the western United States, much of it on horseback, getting to know these special plants and their ecosystems. Though of Irish background herself, she had been taught by Shoshone grandmothers in her youth.
She often spoke of “the Hoop,” which is an ancient migratory tradition of food gathering and cultivation that sustained Native Americans – and the land itself – in good health for thousands of years until it was violently disrupted by the European Invasion. The Hoop is not dead but is severely threatened, and Fin played an important role in not letting it die yet.
Unafraid of controversy and passionate to the core, she offended many. I myself was on her blacklist once but I didn't take it personally. What else can you expect from such a feral creature, so thoroughly discontented with civilization? After all, when we respect what we call “tact,” we usually end up being silent about our collective crimes: genocide, ecocide, etc. Some people were offended by her verbal crudity, but her fierce advocacy for wildtending was not only appropriate but vitally essential.
Please note that “Tranny Granny” is a term of affection, not a slur, having been bestowed upon her by some of the “Radical Faeries.” Fin underwent sex-reassignment surgery (as it was then known) to transition from male to female in her younger days, before being introduced to the Hoop. The Radical Faeries are a queer movement dating from the 70's who have been variously described as neo-Pagan, counter-cultural, anti-establishment, anarchist and radically environmentalist and their nickname for her carries no malice.
This presentation is not intended to be an exhaustive account of Finisia and her work. Nor did I attempt to interview a set of people who would provide a, quote, "balanced" view. That is, I did not talk to any of her haters. But none of these people were blind to her characteristics and the picture that emerges here can certainly not be described as “fawning.” And you know what? Fin – or Granny, as she always was to me – wouldn’t have respected a suck-up job either.
This episode is structured around a set of six questions that I asked each interviewee. They are:
part 1:
How did you meet Fin?How would you describe Fin to someone who never met her?part 2:
What did Fin do? / What was Fin's work about?Describe a time you experienced friction or tension with Finpart 3:
Can you sum up Fin's message to the world?Do you have a memory of the last time you saw her / communicated with her?The interviewees are: Gabe Crawford, Joanna Pocock, Joshua Dodds, Nikki Hill, Rainand Seda.
LINKS:
"Growing up in Occupied America" (autobiography by Fin):https://www.lulu.com/shop/finisia-medrano/shop/finisia-medrano/growing-up-in-occupied-america/paperback/product-1m44e98p.html?page=1&pageSize=4
Fin on YouTube (!)https://www.youtube.com/user/Finisiamedrano/videos
"Finisia Medrano and The Return" by Joanna Pocock:https://dark-mountain.net/finisia-medrano-and-the-return/
"Postcard From Eastern Oregon: When planting food is illegal" (in which I tell my story of meeting Granny)https://macskamoksha.com/2015/03/postcard-from-eastern-oregon
This episode's introduction music is by Doctor Dreamchip, who you can follow here:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhlcItuC6pmhhemUjhPt1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctordreamchip/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/doctordreamchip
Other samples used:Drum Loop (1) by Cafftal ~ https://freesound.org/people/Cafftal/sounds/531436/Loop33 by Zajo ~ https://freesound.org/people/Zajo/sounds/41586/Amen Break B by Kevcio ~ https://freesound.org/people/Kevcio/sounds/263869/Circuit 11 Drum 1 by Doctor Dreamchip ~ https://freesound.org/people/Doctor_Dreamchip/sounds/553708/106 BPM Drump Loop 1 by esares ~ https://freesound.org/people/esares/sounds/431874/Beep warning by SamsterBirdies ~ https://freesound.org/people/SamsterBirdies/sounds/467882/door creak by ollitunes ~ https://freesound.org/people/ollitunes/sounds/563136/
RADIO FREE SUNROOT:Podcasting by Kollibri terre Sonnenblumehttps://radiofreesunroot.com
KOLLIBRI'S BLOG & BOOKSHOP:https://macskamoksha.com/
ONE-TIME DONATION:http://paypal.me/kollibrihttps://venmo.com/Kollibri
KOLLIBRI'S PATREON:Get access to members-only contenthttps://www.patreon.com/kollibriSupport Voices for Nature & Peace by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/voices-for-nature-and-peace
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Rebel with a Cause: Remembering Finisia Medrano (part 1 of 3)
Disclaimer: This episode is full of obscenities and is probably not safe for work. Additionally, it contains words relating to sexual identity that may be offensive to some. All this vocabulary is not included gratuitously, but reflects the usage of the podcast’s subject, Finisia Medrano, a trans woman with a mouth like a sailor. You’ve been warned.
In this special edition of “Voices for Nature & Peace,” I speak with six people who knew Finisia Medrano, aka “Fin,” aka “Tranny Granny.”
Fin died on April 3rd, 2020, so this release marks that first year anniversary.
Fin was a well-known, or rather, notorious personality in rewilding, wildtending, and primitive skills circles. Her name was both praised and cursed, but even her critics had to acknowledge her experience and knowledge when it came to Native American first foods and how to cultivate them in the wild.
She spent about three decades in the western United States, much of it on horseback, getting to know these special plants and their ecosystems. Though of Irish background herself, she had been taught by Shoshone grandmothers in her youth.
She often spoke of “the Hoop,” which is an ancient migratory tradition of food gathering and cultivation that sustained Native Americans – and the land itself – in good health for thousands of years until it was violently disrupted by the European Invasion. The Hoop is not dead but is severely threatened, and Fin played an important role in not letting it die yet.
Unafraid of controversy and passionate to the core, she offended many. I myself was on her blacklist once but I didn't take it personally. What else can you expect from such a feral creature, so thoroughly discontented with civilization? After all, when we respect what we call “tact,” we usually end up being silent about our collective crimes: genocide, ecocide, etc. Some people were offended by her verbal crudity, but her fierce advocacy for wildtending was not only appropriate but vitally essential.
Please note that “Tranny Granny” is a term of affection, not a slur, having been bestowed upon her by some of the “Radical Faeries.” Fin underwent sex-reassignment surgery (as it was then known) to transition from male to female in her younger days, before being introduced to the Hoop. The Radical Faeries are a queer movement dating from the 70's who have been variously described as neo-Pagan, counter-cultural, anti-establishment, anarchist and radically environmentalist and their nickname for her carries no malice.
This presentation is not intended to be an exhaustive account of Finisia and her work. Nor did I attempt to interview a set of people who would provide a, quote, "balanced" view. That is, I did not talk to any of her haters. But none of these people were blind to her characteristics and the picture that emerges here can certainly not be described as “fawning.” And you know what? Fin – or Granny, as she always was to me – wouldn’t have respected a suck-up job either.
This episode is structured around a set of six questions that I asked each interviewee. They are:
part 1:
How did you meet Fin?How would you describe Fin to someone who never met her?part 2:
What did Fin do? / What was Fin's work about?Describe a time you experienced friction or tension with Finpart 3:
Can you sum up Fin's message to the world?Do you have a memory of the last time you saw her / communicated with her?The interviewees are: Gabe Crawford, Joanna Pocock, Joshua Dodds, Nikki Hill, Rainand Seda.
LINKS:
"Growing up in Occupied America" (autobiography by Fin):https://www.lulu.com/shop/finisia-medrano/shop/finisia-medrano/growing-up-in-occupied-america/paperback/product-1m44e98p.html?page=1&pageSize=4
Fin on YouTube (!)https://www.youtube.com/user/Finisiamedrano/videos
"Finisia Medrano and The Return" by Joanna Pocock:https://dark-mountain.net/finisia-medrano-and-the-return/
"Postcard From Eastern Oregon: When planting food is illegal" (in which I tell my story of meeting Granny)https://macskamoksha.com/2015/03/postcard-from-eastern-oregon
This episode's introduction music is by Doctor Dreamchip, who you can follow here:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhlcItuC6pmhhemUjhPt1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctordreamchip/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/doctordreamchip
Other samples used:Drum Loop (1) by Cafftal ~ https://freesound.org/people/Cafftal/sounds/531436/Loop33 by Zajo ~ https://freesound.org/people/Zajo/sounds/41586/Amen Break B by Kevcio ~ https://freesound.org/people/Kevcio/sounds/263869/Circuit 11 Drum 1 by Doctor Dreamchip ~ https://freesound.org/people/Doctor_Dreamchip/sounds/553708/106 BPM Drump Loop 1 by esares ~ https://freesound.org/people/esares/sounds/431874/Beep warning by SamsterBirdies ~ https://freesound.org/people/SamsterBirdies/sounds/467882/door creak by ollitunes ~ https://freesound.org/people/ollitunes/sounds/563136/
RADIO FREE SUNROOT:Podcasting by Kollibri terre Sonnenblumehttps://radiofreesunroot.com
KOLLIBRI'S BLOG & BOOKSHOP:https://macskamoksha.com/
ONE-TIME DONATION:http://paypal.me/kollibrihttps://venmo.com/Kollibri
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"A Lifetime Seeking Peace" feat. Kathy Kelly
Kathy Kelly is a lifelong pacifist and peace activist. In her efforts to stop the US military machine, she has traveled to war zones around the world, engaged in countless acts of non-violent civil disobedience, and been arrested dozens of times. With her own eyes, she has witnessed the brutal costs of US aggression. Her reality has focused on things that most US citizens don't even know are happening because the mainstream media and the political establishment studiously avoid them. She knows about the children who are killed or maimed and she speaks up for them.
Despite being witness to so much horror, she is not full of despair and does not believe that humans are intrinsically evil. She is clearly guided by love. I was so grateful for the chance to talk to her, as I have admired people like her my whole life. To me, such people are heroic -- not sports stars or politicians or soldiers -- but the rebels with causes: the justice seekers, truth-tellers, and rabble rousers.
In our conversation, we talked about International Women's Day (which happened to be the date of the interview); women's rights and the politics of peace; the brutality of war; how most US Americans are ignorant of the consequences of US militarism; the effects of using drones and special forces; her visits to Afghanistan; the 30th anniversary of Desert Storm, the original US military attack against Iraq; what she learned on a visit to the Russian Federation; how militarism has become "the main religion in the United States right now;" the connection between US imperialism abroad and the repression of Native Americans domestically; her experiences in prison; the subject of prison abolition; and what keeps her inspired as an activist.
Kathy Kelly's columns, as posted to Counterpunch:https://www.counterpunch.org/author/kathy-kelly/
Voices for Creative Nonviolence websitehttp://vcnv.org/
World Beyond War:https://worldbeyondwar.org/
A School for Social and Cultural Change (SSCC)https://sscc.teachable.com/
Maine Natural Guard link that Kathy refers to:https://sites.google.com/site/mainenaturalguard/resources
Music in episode introduction is "Glass bass" by Frankum & Frankumjayhttps://freesound.org/people/frankum/sounds/442285/
RADIO FREE SUNROOT:Podcasting by Kollibri terre Sonnenblumehttps://radiofreesunroot.com
KOLLIBRI'S BLOG & BOOKSHOP:https://macskamoksha.com/
ONE-TIME DONATION:http://paypal.me/kollibrihttps://venmo.com/Kollibri
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"Rethinking Food & Agriculture" feat. Laila Kassam
Laila Kassam has been involved in social change for most of her career. She has worked in the international development sector since 2003, conducting research on poverty and food security for rural development projects in the Global South. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and by international organisations including the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO). Laila has an MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics and a PhD in Development Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is a co-founder of the Veterinary Vegan Network, Ethical Globe and Animal Think Tank. She co-edited the anthology, "Rethinking Food & Agriculture: New Ways Forward," which features a number of well-known writers and activists including Rupert Sheldrake and Vandana Shiva. The volume contains three articles co-written by Laila, and discussing these was the bulk of our conversation.
We talked about the role of animal domestication in the neolithic revolution; the concept of "misothery;" the so-called "green revolution" in 20th Century agriculture; alternative paradigms including conservation agriculture, organic agriculture, agroecology, and regenerative agriculture; how the question of either chemicals or animal inputs is a false choice; and the myth of food scarcity. We spent the last third of the interview talking about solutions: how we can make agriculture sustainable and just, which involves not just farming methods but also systemic economic and social changes.
Excerpts from the book:inclusiveresponsibility.earth
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"The Bonobo Way" with Dr. Susan Block
Susan Marilyn Block, Ph.D. is founder and director of the Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences. A world-renowned sexologist and best-selling author, her book, "The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace through Pleasure," has garnered critical acclaim from a variety of media outlets and celebrities, from politicians to porn stars. A magna cum laude graduate of Yale University “with distinction” in Theater Studies, Dr. Block, aka “Dr. Suzy,” received her master’s and doctorate in psychology from California Miramar University and an honorary doctorate from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality.
In our conversation, we started with the basics of Bonobo life, and then moved on to the effects of geography on their evolution; how sex makes you smarter; the "Bonobo handshake;" how male Bonobos are "mama's boys;" releasing your inner-Bonobo; sexual puritanism on the left; scarcity issues with sex in contemporary society; how humans were more egalitarian and sexually adventurous as gatherer-hunters than we are today; the problem of increasing screen time in the our culture; and efforts to save Bonobos and their habitat in the wild.
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Organizations working to save Bonobos in the wild:
Lola Ya Bonobo, a sanctuary for orphaned Bonobos: https://www.bonobos.org/
Bonobo Conservation Initiative: http://www.bonobo.org/
The Bonobo Project: http://bonoboproject.org/
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"The Vital Need to Decolonize" feat. Ajamu Baraka
A human rights defender whose experience spans four decades of domestic and international education and activism, Ajamu Baraka is a veteran grassroots organizer whose roots are in the Black Liberation Movement and anti-apartheid and Central American solidarity struggles. He is an internationally recognized leader of the emerging human rights movement in the U.S. and has been at the forefront of efforts to apply the international human rights framework to social justice advocacy in the U.S. for more than 25 years. He is now a National Organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace, whose activities we discuss.
Baraka has taught political science at various universities and has been a guest lecturer at academic institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Baraka has appeared on a wide-range of media outlets including CNN, BBC, Telemundo, ABC, RT, the Black Commentator, the Washington Post and the New York Times. He is currently an editor and contributing columnist for the Black Agenda Report and a writer for Counterpunch.
We talked about the recent airstrikes by the US on Syria; how foreign policy was virtually ignored during the 2020 presidential campaign; the bloated US military budget; the global reach of US imperialism; neoliberalism as an expression of fascism; alternative media and social media; decolonization and the need to dismantle the United States; the structures of white supremacy; the dependency of technoindustrial culture on colonialism; following indigenous leadership; the necessity of revolutionary change; the weak organizational culture in the US; and the importance of acting in solidarity with social struggles around the world.
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Now here is my conversation with Ajamu Baraka.
Ajamu Baraka's website:https://www.ajamubaraka.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajamubaraka
Black Alliance for Peace:https://blackallianceforpeace.com/
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"We Shouldn't Be at War with Plants" feat. Prof. Juliet Stromberg
Julie Stromberg is a retired professor from Arizona State University, where she received her PhD in Plant Ecology in 1988. While at ASU, she specialized in riparian ecosystems. Much of her research focused on relationships between stream and ground water hydrology and riparian ecosystems, and on effects of ecosystem disturbance (floods and fire) on riparian plant populations, communities, and landscapes. Some of her studies were conducted at reference sites where human influence is minimal, while others were carried out at hydrologically altered sites or at sites undergoing restoration. By understanding pattern and process in riparian ecosystems, she provided resource managers with information that could inform conservation and restoration efforts. She contributed to over 80 scholarly articles during her career and now focuses on non-academic writing.
Nikki Hill joined me as the co-host of this episode. Nikki has a degree in environmental science and has worked in restoration and agriculture. Currently she invests her energy in wildtending efforts. We co-authored a zine together called, "The Troubles of 'Invasive' Plants," which you can download for free at my blog.
Much of our discussion focused on Tamarisks, aka Saltcedars, a tree of African origin that thrives in riparian areas across the western United States. Tamarisks have been called, "invasive," but the whole story of this plant--and the reasons for its abundance--is far more complex than that simplistic and unscientific label suggests. We talked about how popular knowledge and policy lags behind science and research; how human water use has changed the ecology of the Southwest; how the endangered bird species, the Willow Fly Catcher, has come to depend on Tamarisk; how it doesn't make sense that some biodiversity indexes ignore non-native plants in their tallies; the role of scientists in manufacturing myths around Tamarisks; how agriculture devastates biodiversity; the role of annuals--native or not--in early ecological succession; how non-native plants can have beneficial ecological effects; climate change and plant migration; plant agency and sentience; contemporary alienation from nature and the importance of re-engaging; the healing practice of wildtending; and how an adversarial approach to restoration won't solve the ecological problems we made by being adversarial.
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"We're All Preppers Now" feat. Margaret Killjoy
Margaret Killjoy is a transfeminine author and editor currently living in a self-built cabin in the Appalachian mountains. She is the author of the Danielle Cain series of novellas, published by Tor.com. She hosts the podcast, "Live Like the World is Dying," in which she interviews people who think about how to prepare for and survive crises. Politically, she is an anarchist: she believes that society would be better off without systems of hierarchy and oppression such as the state, capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy, and the like.
Margaret and I have known each other since the early 2000s in Portland, Oregon, where we were both involved in the Indymedia and forest defense scenes. We lived in the same activist house for awhile, and I always appreciated her analysis, creativity and hard work. We hadn't talked for over a decade at the time of this interview, but we fell right back into an easy, enjoyable dialogue. There's more laughter than usual in this episode, as both of us can approach serious topics with levity.
Our conversation was centered around an essay she wrote in early January called, "We're All Preppers Now." We discussed elite panic; the three essential components of successful prepping: skills, gear and relationships; the different scales of preparation including individual, community and grid-level; the difficulties of agriculture; the challenges of off-grid living, including our own personal experiences; "frontiersman" mythology; the importance of being in relation to the land where you live; how abstinence is not the most effective response to exploitation; anarchism as social organization; anarchists in history; the role of imagination in making positive change; electoral politics and activism; the possibility of famine; and climate change. We end the podcast with a recording of the song "Cast Fire," from her band, Alsarath, which also plays in the background of this episode's introduction.
"We're All Preppers Now" article: http://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/2021/01/11/were-all-preppers-now/
Where to follow Margaret Killjoy and her work:Blog: http://birdsbeforethestorm.net/Podcast: http://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/podcast-episodes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/magpiekilljoyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/margaretkilljoyPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoyMusical projects at bandcamp: Nomadic War Machine, Feminazgul, Alsarath, and Vulgarite
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Ep. 58: I'm Interviewed on the Green Root Podcast
In January I was interviewed by Josh Schlossberg for his Green Root podcast. Josh is an investigative journalist and recovering activist and with his podcast he is pursuing a quest to uncover the roots of the modern ecological crisis. I interviewed Josh in 2018 about how biomass energy isn't green, and you can read an abridged version online at my blog or the complete conversation in my book, "Roadtripping at the End of the World."
In this interview we discussed some of the problems with agriculture including habitat destruction, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, ocean dead zones, soil erosion & top soil loss; we also touched on small-scale farms vs. Big Ag and got into the issues with genetically-modified crops. We then switched gears to history and prehistory and examined how the agricultural revolution changed human culture and health for the worse. We ended by talking about the importance of taking our lead for the future from indigenous people.
"Green Root" is one of my favorite podcasts, and I recommend that you to check it out!https://greenrootpodcast.podbean.com/
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Lithium Mining Ain't Green" feat. Kevin Emmerich
The ugly truth behind the in-demand element
Lithium mining is back in the news these days, with activists occupying the site of a proposed mine in northern Nevada. (See episode 53 for my interview with Will Falk, one of the occupiers.) So I contacted Kevin Emmerich of Basin & Range Watch, to get more details about how lithium mining works, and what its ecological effects are. Basin & Range Watch is a desert defense group based in southern Nevada. They track industrial energy developments on public lands in the US southwest, and I consider them to be the premier online resource for learning about and keeping up-to-date with these projects, which include solar and wind.
Kevin & I spoke on January 30th, and we discussed the proposed lithium mine at Thacker Pass; other projects at Clayton Valley and Rhyolite Ridge; the massive use of water in mining operations; the unique ecology of these sites in the desert and the Great Basin; the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan and how it was assaulted by the Trump administration; the prospects for exploitation and conservation of the desert under the Biden administration; the false choice of fossil fuels vs. "green" energy; and the importance of efficiency in reducing overall energy use and pollution.
Basin & Range Watchwebsite: http://basinandrangewatch.org/on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BasinRangeWatch
Rare Wildflower Threatened by Lithium Mine (blog post by Kollibri)https://macskamoksha.com/2019/10/rare-wildflower-threatened-by-lithium-mine
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"Conservation in a Post-'Wilderness' World" feat. Leia Barnett
The idea of ecological "conservation" has always been in evolution, and today it is responding to the challenges of climate change, as well as being enriched by the addition of indigenous practices and knowledge. Legislation still lags behind, as it tends to, but the field is undeniably growing, which offers some encouragement for an uncertain future.
One of the people who is helping to broaden the work and the ethics of conservation is Leia Barnett. Leia is the Greater Gila Campaigner for WildEarth Guardians, an organization that seeks to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the US American West. Born and raised in the foothills and arroyos of the Sangre de Cristo mountains in New Mexico, Leia is thrilled to bring her love and deep reverence for the high desert country of the Southwest to the Greater Gila campaign. Leia graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Mexico’s cultural anthropology program, where she focused on the ways the more-than-human world can be reimagined through anthropological theory and practice.
Leia and I spoke on January 18th, and we discussed Piñon pines, their ecological role, and how climate change is affecting them; the question of how the conservation movement should respond; public lands and their levels of protection and exploitation; the concept of "wilderness;" the necessity of the involvement of indigenous people and knowledge in conservation work; linguistic anthropology; the power and limitations of science; the question of how to encourage nature awareness to urban dwellers; the remarkable adaptability of plants; grazing permit retirements as a way of reducing ranching on public lands; and her visions for the future.
Leia's story map trilogy about Piñon ecology:Part 1: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=dbf680efebb74d9ea3d950749eee57c1Part 2: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c1889147b0d543558d7b93afd3a66462Part 3: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a10668c081b4b1f86eef45fafc8f082
Wild Earth Guardianshttps://wildearthguardians.org/
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"No Going Back to Normal" feat. Kenn Orphan
Kenn Orphan is an artist, writer, radical nature lover, antiwar and anti-capitalist activist, sociologist, spiritualist and hospice social worker. He writes about art and culture, socio-economic injustice, geopolitical issues, philosophy, and the existential threats we collectively face from corporate capitalism, the war industry, climate change and an ever imperiled biosphere. His work focuses on the desperate need for a global paradigm shift that fosters compassion for and solidarity with the suffering of humanity and the countless other species with whom we share this precious planet.
I first discovered Kenn's writing through Counterpunch, and began following him on social media. We regularly end up thinking and writing about similar topics at the same time, and I often find myself adjusting my sails based on his voice and perspective.
In our conversation on Jan 25, 2021, we talked about whether things will "go back to normal" and, more importantly, should they; the environmental disaster of the Alberta tar sands and the resistance against them; the globalized indigenous resistance to industrial development; the importance of following indigenous leadership in protest movements; corporate media and media criticism; Julian Assange and the attack on whistleblowers; the suppression of speech on social media; sexual repression in US culture; Pete Buttigieg and "identity politics;" the end of the Trump era and the opening of Biden time; hope for young people; the dire ecological situation that threatens so much life on earth; the danger and privilege of nihilism; and everything that's worth fighting for.
Kenn's Blog: https://kennorphan.com/
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"Wolves Under Fire" feat. Samantha Bruegger
Wolves are one of those animals who inhabit not only the material world, but mythological and cultural ones as well. Metaphorically, settler-colonial society warns of "the big bad wolf," "the wolves at the door," "wolves in sheep's clothing" and "lone wolves." In popular art, Duran Duran scored it big with "Hungry Like the Wolf," Leonardo DiCaprio starred in, "The Wolf of Wall Street." A little further back, Jack London wrote, "White Fang," and Sergei Prokofiev composed, "Peter & the Wolf." which is played in the intro of this episode.
First Nations in North America had much different traditions about Wolves, but it is European biases that led to their near extinction in what is now called the United States, and it is the policies of federal and state governments that now largely control the Wolf's future, which is the theme of this podcast.
Our guest is Samantha Bruegger, the Wildlife Coexistence Campaigner for WildEarth Guardians, an organization that seeks to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the US American West. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Women’s Studies from the University of California Riverside and a Master of Public Policy from Pepperdine. Her past work experience includes local government & business relations, public affairs and environmental policy. Focusing much of her career highlighting the economic impact of conservation, she connects the need for wildlife management reform to research on ethics, efficacy and government expenditures.
Samantha and I talked on January 13th and we discussed the recent and tragic federal de-listing of Wolves; the devastating effects of the Trump administration on the environment; how livestock trade organizations are more extreme than many of their member ranchers in terms of Wolf recovery; the failure of the feds to hold bad actors accountable; how Wolves are killed by state and federal gov't agencies; the Animal Damage Control Act; compensation programs for livestock taken by Wolves; the successful Colorado referendum to reintroduce Wolves; Wolf policy at the state level; the danger of agricultural and residential rodenticides for wildlife; the Great Lakes Wolves; prairie ecosystems; the nomination of Native American Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary; non-lethal coexistence with Wolves in residential and agricultural contexts; and the work of WildEarth Guardians.
Wild Earth Guardians website:https://wildearthguardians.org/
Peter & The Wolf accessed from the Internet Archive:https://archive.org/details/PeterAndTheWolfOp.67/PeterAndTheWolfOp.67-16.PeterAndTheWolf.mp3
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ONE-TIME DONATION:Ep. 46: "How Big Pharma & Psychiatry Gaslight Us" feat. Bruce Levine
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Ep. 53: Breaking News: Activists Occupy Site of Proposed Mine in Nevada, feat. Will Falk
In this special breaking news episode, I talk to Will Falk, who is at an occupation of public land in Nevada in order to stop a proposed lithium mine. The encampment was just announced on Monday, Jan. 18th, and I spoke with him by phone that day. The long and the short of the story is that the Bureau of Land Management just gave the green light to a company called Lithium Americas to establish a massive operation in Thacker Pass. The company has already built roads, drilled boreholes, constructed a weather station, and dug a 2-acre test pit. They plan to build large tailing ponds for toxic minewaste, drill new wells, build a sulfuric acid processing plant, import more than 170 semi-loads of sulfur per day, pump 850 million gallons of water annually, and dig an open pit of more than 2 square miles into the mountainside. Additionally, the project will burn some 26,000 gallons of diesel fuel per day. At risk from this habitat-destroying industrial activity are a number of animal and plant species including the threatened Greater Sage Grouse, the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, a critically imperiled endemic snail species known as the Kings River Pyrg, old growth Big Sagebrush and Crosby’s Buckwheat, to name just a few. The stakes are high for all the creatures who live in and around Thacker Pass, and that's why the activists have set up there.
Will Falk is a biophilic essayist, poet, and lawyer. He believes the intensifying destruction of the natural world is the most pressing issue confronting us today and he aims his writing at stopping this destruction. His work has been published by Earth Island Journal, the Dark Mountain Project, CounterPunch, Whole Terrain, and the San Diego Free Press, among others. He is also the author of the book, “How Dams Fall.” His most recent endeavor was a multimedia project called, "The Ohio River Speaks."
Will and I talked about the geology of the area and its ancient natural history; the current landscape, including the observable effects of ranching; the details of what Lithium Americas plans to do in the area; the effects of human over-consumption on wildlife habitat; the sixth great extinction; how government policy instituted car culture; how dwindling resources will lead to social crisis; the fast-tracking of this project by the Trump administration; the bipartisan consensus on using public lands for industrial energy development; the endangerment of First Foods, a vital cultural resource; and what the campaign needs and how to follow and support them. Visit protectthackerpass.org for more information.
Protect Thacker Pass, Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ProtectThackerPass
Protect Thacker Pass website: https://www.protectthackerpass.org/
Will Falk's writing: http://willfalk.org/
Previous podcast episode with Will Falk: "The Unsustainability of Civilization Itself": https://radiofreesunroot.com/2020/06/14/episode-18-the-unsustainability-of-civilization-itself/
This episode's introduction music is "The Warm Green Mist of the Afternoon" by Dan Hanrahan. Find more of his music here:https://danhanrahan.bandcamp.com
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Ep. 52: "Everything Has to Change" feat. brenna bell
BARK and bite in defense of trees
brenna bell is the policy Coordinator & Staff Attorney at BARK, a grassroots environmental organization based in Portland, Oregon. BARK's mission is to transform Mt. Hood National Forest into a place where natural processes prevail, where wildlife thrives and where local communities have a social, cultural, and economic investment in its restoration and preservation.
brenna brings to her work a lifetime of passion for the Pacific Northwest, twenty years of organizing experience, and an extensive background in environmental law and education. Her involvement with Cascadia Forest Alliance and the campaign to save Eagle Creek led her to Lewis & Clark Law School, where she graduated cum laude. brenna has worked with numerous non-profits and is a co-founder of Tryon Life Community Farm - a community sustainability education center. She also lives, and is raising her two children and many goats, in Cedar Moon - the intentional community at TLC Farm.
brenna and I have known each other since the early 2000s when we met in Portland's forest defense community. I've been an admirer of her work and of BARK's efforts the whole time, so it was a real pleasure to talk to her on January 14th. We discussed her calling to legal work; her early years of forest activism; BARK's mission; the history of public land, starting with its theft from Native Americans; how public land is managed for resources extraction rather than preserved or restored for ecology; how national forests are required to meet annual timber targets; state co-management of federal lands; the damage to environmental protections during the Trump years, including from the "sue and settle" method; fire ecology; how climate change extends the fires season; how fire science is ignored by the timber industry and the Forest Service; how the media covers fire; viewing big wildfires as unstoppable weather events; climate change and the role of forests in sequestering carbon; the incoming Biden administration; climate justice; the mythology around the concept of "unpeopled wilderness"; the importance of looking to indigenous leadership for conservation and restoration; being inspired by today's youth; and the need for generational work.
BARK: https://www.bark-out.org/
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