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Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon (2024) is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon. Situated in the state of Acre, which continuously had to grapple with a complex positionality between frontier and periphery, Maron E. Greenleaf explores forest carbon offset to understand green capitalism. Commodifying forest carbon offset requires keeping carbon in place through forest protection and valuation, unlike other forest commodities – for example Açaí berries, which also feature in the ethnography – that involve extraction. Initially set out to do a supply chain analysis, Greenleaf instead wrote a well-thought-out account disentangling the relationships at play in a place which at the time was celebrated for being ‘a leader in forest- focused development', through tracing the complexity of the uneven, contingent and contesting cultural, material and multispecies relations involved in making forest carbon valuable. At the same time, she illustrates how forest carbon's commodification turned it into a source of redistributable public environmental wealth and how green capitalism can also reinforce just the marginalization it seeks to combat. By outlining these complex relations and tensions, Greenleaf elucidates broader efforts to create a capitalism suited to the Anthropocene and those efforts' alluring promises and vexing failures. Mentioned in this episode: Anand, Nikhil. Hydraulic City : Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai. Duke University Press, 2017. Appadurai, Arjun, et al. The Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Edited by Arjun Appadurai, Cambridge University Press, 1986. Holston, James. Insurgent Citizenship : Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil. Princeton University Press, 2008. Maron E. Greenleaf is a cultural anthropologist, political ecologist and legal scholar and currently Assistant Professor at the Anthropology Department at Dartmouth. She is interested in how human and more-than-human relationships are shaped through efforts linked to environmental crisis. Her topics of interest include landscapes, green economies, environmental justice and land rights. Olivia Bianchi is a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford, currently finishing the MSc program in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology. Her interests include anthropological inquiries into materials, especially textiles, as well as the topics of sustainability and waste more generally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon (2024) is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon. Situated in the state of Acre, which continuously had to grapple with a complex positionality between frontier and periphery, Maron E. Greenleaf explores forest carbon offset to understand green capitalism. Commodifying forest carbon offset requires keeping carbon in place through forest protection and valuation, unlike other forest commodities – for example Açaí berries, which also feature in the ethnography – that involve extraction. Initially set out to do a supply chain analysis, Greenleaf instead wrote a well-thought-out account disentangling the relationships at play in a place which at the time was celebrated for being ‘a leader in forest- focused development', through tracing the complexity of the uneven, contingent and contesting cultural, material and multispecies relations involved in making forest carbon valuable. At the same time, she illustrates how forest carbon's commodification turned it into a source of redistributable public environmental wealth and how green capitalism can also reinforce just the marginalization it seeks to combat. By outlining these complex relations and tensions, Greenleaf elucidates broader efforts to create a capitalism suited to the Anthropocene and those efforts' alluring promises and vexing failures. Mentioned in this episode: Anand, Nikhil. Hydraulic City : Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai. Duke University Press, 2017. Appadurai, Arjun, et al. The Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Edited by Arjun Appadurai, Cambridge University Press, 1986. Holston, James. Insurgent Citizenship : Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil. Princeton University Press, 2008. Maron E. Greenleaf is a cultural anthropologist, political ecologist and legal scholar and currently Assistant Professor at the Anthropology Department at Dartmouth. She is interested in how human and more-than-human relationships are shaped through efforts linked to environmental crisis. Her topics of interest include landscapes, green economies, environmental justice and land rights. Olivia Bianchi is a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford, currently finishing the MSc program in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology. Her interests include anthropological inquiries into materials, especially textiles, as well as the topics of sustainability and waste more generally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon (2024) is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon. Situated in the state of Acre, which continuously had to grapple with a complex positionality between frontier and periphery, Maron E. Greenleaf explores forest carbon offset to understand green capitalism. Commodifying forest carbon offset requires keeping carbon in place through forest protection and valuation, unlike other forest commodities – for example Açaí berries, which also feature in the ethnography – that involve extraction. Initially set out to do a supply chain analysis, Greenleaf instead wrote a well-thought-out account disentangling the relationships at play in a place which at the time was celebrated for being ‘a leader in forest- focused development', through tracing the complexity of the uneven, contingent and contesting cultural, material and multispecies relations involved in making forest carbon valuable. At the same time, she illustrates how forest carbon's commodification turned it into a source of redistributable public environmental wealth and how green capitalism can also reinforce just the marginalization it seeks to combat. By outlining these complex relations and tensions, Greenleaf elucidates broader efforts to create a capitalism suited to the Anthropocene and those efforts' alluring promises and vexing failures. Mentioned in this episode: Anand, Nikhil. Hydraulic City : Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai. Duke University Press, 2017. Appadurai, Arjun, et al. The Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Edited by Arjun Appadurai, Cambridge University Press, 1986. Holston, James. Insurgent Citizenship : Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil. Princeton University Press, 2008. Maron E. Greenleaf is a cultural anthropologist, political ecologist and legal scholar and currently Assistant Professor at the Anthropology Department at Dartmouth. She is interested in how human and more-than-human relationships are shaped through efforts linked to environmental crisis. Her topics of interest include landscapes, green economies, environmental justice and land rights. Olivia Bianchi is a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford, currently finishing the MSc program in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology. Her interests include anthropological inquiries into materials, especially textiles, as well as the topics of sustainability and waste more generally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon (2024) is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon. Situated in the state of Acre, which continuously had to grapple with a complex positionality between frontier and periphery, Maron E. Greenleaf explores forest carbon offset to understand green capitalism. Commodifying forest carbon offset requires keeping carbon in place through forest protection and valuation, unlike other forest commodities – for example Açaí berries, which also feature in the ethnography – that involve extraction. Initially set out to do a supply chain analysis, Greenleaf instead wrote a well-thought-out account disentangling the relationships at play in a place which at the time was celebrated for being ‘a leader in forest- focused development', through tracing the complexity of the uneven, contingent and contesting cultural, material and multispecies relations involved in making forest carbon valuable. At the same time, she illustrates how forest carbon's commodification turned it into a source of redistributable public environmental wealth and how green capitalism can also reinforce just the marginalization it seeks to combat. By outlining these complex relations and tensions, Greenleaf elucidates broader efforts to create a capitalism suited to the Anthropocene and those efforts' alluring promises and vexing failures. Mentioned in this episode: Anand, Nikhil. Hydraulic City : Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai. Duke University Press, 2017. Appadurai, Arjun, et al. The Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Edited by Arjun Appadurai, Cambridge University Press, 1986. Holston, James. Insurgent Citizenship : Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil. Princeton University Press, 2008. Maron E. Greenleaf is a cultural anthropologist, political ecologist and legal scholar and currently Assistant Professor at the Anthropology Department at Dartmouth. She is interested in how human and more-than-human relationships are shaped through efforts linked to environmental crisis. Her topics of interest include landscapes, green economies, environmental justice and land rights. Olivia Bianchi is a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford, currently finishing the MSc program in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology. Her interests include anthropological inquiries into materials, especially textiles, as well as the topics of sustainability and waste more generally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latin-american-studies

Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon (2024) is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon. Situated in the state of Acre, which continuously had to grapple with a complex positionality between frontier and periphery, Maron E. Greenleaf explores forest carbon offset to understand green capitalism. Commodifying forest carbon offset requires keeping carbon in place through forest protection and valuation, unlike other forest commodities – for example Açaí berries, which also feature in the ethnography – that involve extraction. Initially set out to do a supply chain analysis, Greenleaf instead wrote a well-thought-out account disentangling the relationships at play in a place which at the time was celebrated for being ‘a leader in forest- focused development', through tracing the complexity of the uneven, contingent and contesting cultural, material and multispecies relations involved in making forest carbon valuable. At the same time, she illustrates how forest carbon's commodification turned it into a source of redistributable public environmental wealth and how green capitalism can also reinforce just the marginalization it seeks to combat. By outlining these complex relations and tensions, Greenleaf elucidates broader efforts to create a capitalism suited to the Anthropocene and those efforts' alluring promises and vexing failures. Mentioned in this episode: Anand, Nikhil. Hydraulic City : Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai. Duke University Press, 2017. Appadurai, Arjun, et al. The Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Edited by Arjun Appadurai, Cambridge University Press, 1986. Holston, James. Insurgent Citizenship : Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil. Princeton University Press, 2008. Maron E. Greenleaf is a cultural anthropologist, political ecologist and legal scholar and currently Assistant Professor at the Anthropology Department at Dartmouth. She is interested in how human and more-than-human relationships are shaped through efforts linked to environmental crisis. Her topics of interest include landscapes, green economies, environmental justice and land rights. Olivia Bianchi is a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford, currently finishing the MSc program in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology. Her interests include anthropological inquiries into materials, especially textiles, as well as the topics of sustainability and waste more generally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon (2024) is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon. Situated in the state of Acre, which continuously had to grapple with a complex positionality between frontier and periphery, Maron E. Greenleaf explores forest carbon offset to understand green capitalism. Commodifying forest carbon offset requires keeping carbon in place through forest protection and valuation, unlike other forest commodities – for example Açaí berries, which also feature in the ethnography – that involve extraction. Initially set out to do a supply chain analysis, Greenleaf instead wrote a well-thought-out account disentangling the relationships at play in a place which at the time was celebrated for being ‘a leader in forest- focused development', through tracing the complexity of the uneven, contingent and contesting cultural, material and multispecies relations involved in making forest carbon valuable. At the same time, she illustrates how forest carbon's commodification turned it into a source of redistributable public environmental wealth and how green capitalism can also reinforce just the marginalization it seeks to combat. By outlining these complex relations and tensions, Greenleaf elucidates broader efforts to create a capitalism suited to the Anthropocene and those efforts' alluring promises and vexing failures. Mentioned in this episode: Anand, Nikhil. Hydraulic City : Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai. Duke University Press, 2017. Appadurai, Arjun, et al. The Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Edited by Arjun Appadurai, Cambridge University Press, 1986. Holston, James. Insurgent Citizenship : Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil. Princeton University Press, 2008. Maron E. Greenleaf is a cultural anthropologist, political ecologist and legal scholar and currently Assistant Professor at the Anthropology Department at Dartmouth. She is interested in how human and more-than-human relationships are shaped through efforts linked to environmental crisis. Her topics of interest include landscapes, green economies, environmental justice and land rights. Olivia Bianchi is a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford, currently finishing the MSc program in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology. Her interests include anthropological inquiries into materials, especially textiles, as well as the topics of sustainability and waste more generally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon (2024) is an ethnography of forest carbon offsets and the wider effort to make the living rainforest valuable in the Brazilian Amazon. Situated in the state of Acre, which continuously had to grapple with a complex positionality between frontier and periphery, Maron E. Greenleaf explores forest carbon offset to understand green capitalism. Commodifying forest carbon offset requires keeping carbon in place through forest protection and valuation, unlike other forest commodities – for example Açaí berries, which also feature in the ethnography – that involve extraction. Initially set out to do a supply chain analysis, Greenleaf instead wrote a well-thought-out account disentangling the relationships at play in a place which at the time was celebrated for being ‘a leader in forest- focused development', through tracing the complexity of the uneven, contingent and contesting cultural, material and multispecies relations involved in making forest carbon valuable. At the same time, she illustrates how forest carbon's commodification turned it into a source of redistributable public environmental wealth and how green capitalism can also reinforce just the marginalization it seeks to combat. By outlining these complex relations and tensions, Greenleaf elucidates broader efforts to create a capitalism suited to the Anthropocene and those efforts' alluring promises and vexing failures. Mentioned in this episode: Anand, Nikhil. Hydraulic City : Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai. Duke University Press, 2017. Appadurai, Arjun, et al. The Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Edited by Arjun Appadurai, Cambridge University Press, 1986. Holston, James. Insurgent Citizenship : Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil. Princeton University Press, 2008. Maron E. Greenleaf is a cultural anthropologist, political ecologist and legal scholar and currently Assistant Professor at the Anthropology Department at Dartmouth. She is interested in how human and more-than-human relationships are shaped through efforts linked to environmental crisis. Her topics of interest include landscapes, green economies, environmental justice and land rights. Olivia Bianchi is a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford, currently finishing the MSc program in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology. Her interests include anthropological inquiries into materials, especially textiles, as well as the topics of sustainability and waste more generally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

In this episode, we welcome Maria Souza - Comparative Mythologist, poet, educator, and host of the Women and Mythology podcast on the Joseph Campbell Foundation's MythMaker Podcast Network.Maria's work bridges myth, ecology, and the sacred. With advanced degrees in Comparative Mythology and Ecology & Spirituality—and years working in the Brazilian Amazon with Indigenous communities—she brings a unique and powerful perspective to the relevance of myth in our lives today.Her book Wild Daughters explores feminine initiation through myth and poetry, and her workshops and mentorships help women reclaim archetypal wisdom and sovereignty through mythic storytelling.In this rich conversation with JCF's Joanna Gardner, Maria reflects on her journey, the deep initiatory stories of the feminine, and how myth can be a living, healing force for our time.Find our more about Maria at https://www.womenandmythology.com/ For more information on the MythMaker Podcast Network and Joseph Campbell, visit JCF.org. To subscribe to our weekly MythBlasts go to jcf.org/subscribeThe Podcast With A Thousand Faces is hosted by Tyler Lapkin and is a production of the Joseph Campbell Foundation. It is produced by Tyler Lapkin. Executive producer, John Bucher. Audio mixing and editing by Charles Mallett.All music exclusively provided by APM Music (apmmusic.com)

Brazil's Arariboia Indigenous Territory is a green island that spans more than 413,000 hectares (1.02 million acres) in a sea of deforestation. Though the territory is protected by law, it's become the site of incursions by loggers and cattle ranchers.In a five-year investigative series for the environmental news outlet Mongabay, reporter Karla Mendes exposed environmental crimes in Arariboia and other protected areas of the Amazon, including palm oil production, logging, and cattle ranching. She also investigated the murder of Paulo Paulino Guajajara, an indigenous Forest Guardian who was ambushed by loggers. He was one of more than 50 indigenous Guajajara individuals killed in the last 20 years. Mendes' reporting is helping to bring justice to these remote areas where impunity has been the norm.Her investigation was part of a Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations fellowship. She says as the climate changes, Brazilians are showing increased interest in journalism like hers that highlights the importance of protecting the rainforest. LEARN MORERead Karla Mendes' report: Revealed: Illegal cattle ranching booms in Arariboia territory during deadly year for Indigenous Guajajara.Learn more about the impact of the investigation.Watch a short documentary film about the Guardians of the Forest and the search for justice for Paulo Paulino Guajajara. ABOUT THE SHOW The Making Peace Visible podcast is hosted by Jamil Simon and produced by Andrea Muraskin. Our associate producer is Faith McClure. Learn more at makingpeacevisible.orgSupport our work Connect on social:Instagram @makingpeacevisibleLinkedIn @makingpeacevisibleBluesky @makingpeacevisible.bsky.social We want to learn more about our listeners. Take this 3-minute survey to help us improve the show!

Rick Welch sits down with Christopher Beth and Eric Ogea to discuss effective ways to minister to others in the world. Christopher Beth is the Founder, Chief Storyteller, and Director of The Bucket Ministry, a nonprofit sharing God's love through the gift of safe, clean drinking water. A former business consultant, Christopher felt called to ministry after a 2012 mission trip to the Brazilian Amazon, where he witnessed the devastating effects of unclean water. Hearing God's call to “help them,” he founded The Bucket Ministry in 2015, which has since expanded to over 20 countries, providing water filters and the Gospel to those in need. Christopher lives near Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Sheri. They have two grown children, Savannah and Griffin, and several grandchildren.To learn more or assist The Bucket Ministry, please visit the below links:The Bucket Ministry Website: https://thebucketministry.org/Give One, Get One Program: https://thebucketministry.org/give-one-get-one/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebucketministry/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bucketministryVimeo: https://vimeo.com/user46098807If you'd like to become a patron of the Burros Patreon page to get exclusive content, please visit: www.patreon.com/theburrosofbereaIf you'd like to learn more about us, please visit our website at: www.burrosofberea.com Thanks for listening!

Today on Karl and Crew, we are airing the “Best of” from our week at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) conference in Dallas, Texas. We have compiled a few of the interviews from our guests this week. You can hear the highlights of today’s program on Karl and Crew Showcast. The following guests joined us this week: Dr. Erwin Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of the Moody Church in Chicago and an author. Dr. Lutzer has authored several books including, “Eclipse of God: Our Nation’s Disastrous Search for a More Inclusive Deity (and What We Must Do About It.)” Lana Silk is the Chief Executive Officer for Transform Iran, a Christian organization that shares the gospel in Iran. Lana passionately works to help bring freedom to the people of Iran through ministry and humanitarian aid. Jonathan Griffiths is a lead pastor of the Metropolitan Bible Church in Canada. Jonathan also leads Encounter the Truth, a media ministry that shares the gospel through radio and podcasts in the United States and Canada. He is also an author and has written several books including, “Gathered for Good: God’s Good Design for the Local Church.” Christopher Beth is the founder, Chief Storyteller and Director of the Bucket Ministry, a nonprofit organization that shares the good news of Jesus along with clean water for in-need communities around the world. Christopher used to be a business consultant until he felt the call to ministry after going on a mission trip to the Brazilian Amazon with his then-high school daughter in 2012. Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Karl and Crew, we were broadcasting LIVE from Texas at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) conference. We had some special guests on the show today as they shared their ministry origin stories, how God is moving through the ministry now and some helpful resources. You can hear the highlights of today’s program on Karl and Crew Showcast. The following guests joined us this morning: Jonathan Griffiths is a lead pastor of the Metropolitan Bible Church in Canada. Jonathan also leads Encounter the Truth, a media ministry that shares the gospel through radio and podcasts in the United States and Canada. He is also an author and has written several books including, “Gathered for Good: God’s Good Design for the Local Church.” Christopher Beth is the founder, Chief Storyteller and Director of the Bucket Ministry, a nonprofit organization that shares the good news of Jesus along with clean water for in-need communities around the world. Christopher used to be a business consultant until he felt the call to ministry after going on a mission trip to the Brazilian Amazon with his then-high school daughter in 2012. Marc Harper is the Director of Special Projects at Revelation Media Inc., a Christian media ministry that secures partners to create, produce and translate biblical films like The Pilgrim’s Progress. Prior to his current position, Marc was the Vice President of Development, helping to lead the launch of The Pilgrim’s Progress and iBible, a visual and interactive Bible app through Revelation Media. Dr. Drew Dickens is a leader, AI expert, and scholar who has contributed to the integration of technology, spirituality and faith-based engagement. He was able to combine those things when he founded Encountering Peace, an app that provides guided meditations in the Bible, and the Encounter Podcast. Dr. Dickens has also written a book called “Whispers of the Spirit: A 40-Day Guide to Intimate Prayer,” which will be available April 1, 2025. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a board-certified internal medicine physician, an international speaker, a podcast host, and the CEO of Restorasis, a health and wellness consulting agency. Dr. Dalton-Smith is also an award-winning author and just released her book, “Being Fully Known: The Joyful Satisfaction of Beholding, Becoming, and Belonging.” She also is the host of the podcast, “I Choose My Best Life.” Keisha Toni Russell is a constitutional lawyer with First Liberty Institute, a legal organization that defends religious liberty. Keisha is a sought-after speaker who delivers commentaries on several TV stations and she writes op-eds for various national news outlets. She has also written a new book called, “Uncommon Courage.” Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Johnny Mac shares five uplifting news stories. Explore a survey revealing dog owners' instant connections with their pets, often stronger than with their partners. Learn about scientists mapping the fly's brain to understand brain function better. Hear the touching story of a garbage truck driver becoming a positive role model for a three-year-old admirer. Celebrate the creation of a massive protected area in the Brazilian Amazon, safeguarding some of the tallest and oldest trees. And finally, rejoice as a kangaroo, escaped due to a bear, is safely recovered in Florida. 00:00 Introduction and Dog Lovers' Instant Connection01:29 The Fascinating Fly Brain02:39 Heartwarming Friendship: Garbage Truck Driver and a Toddler03:37 Amazon Rainforest's New Protected Area04:17 Escaped Kangaroo in FloridaUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which says UNITERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!  You also get 20+ other shows on the network ad-free!   

Delphine Farmer, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on understanding the air we breathe both indoors and out, and how the chemistry of air impacts human health, ecosystems, and even climate. Her recent work has focused on wildfire smoke, starting with aircraft projects flying in large wildfire plumes, and more recently looking at how smoke interacts with building surfaces. Dr. Farmer grew up in Canada, and received her BSc in Chemistry from McGill University in Montreal. She moved to warmer climates to earn her Master's in Environmental Science, Policy and Management and her PhD in Chemistry, both from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research focused on forest-atmosphere interactions. Delphine then held a NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Colorado Boulder, working with aerosol mass spectrometers in forests in the Brazilian Amazon and California's Sierra Nevada mountains. She started making indoor measurements with the HOMEChem project and has extended her indoor work to the NIST test house in Maryland and offices at Colorado State.

Co-Hosts Corinne and Garrison Doctor sit down just after returning from Untamed Angling's Rio Marie mothership program in the Brazilian Amazon.  The target species is the Temensis Peacock Bass which can grow north of 20 pounds, but they don't come easy.  They reflect on the week of fishing, the fantastic liveaboard lodge, the heat, jaguars, big eats and the amazing place that is Rio Marie.

What if courage wasn't just about bravery but a guiding force for personal and collective transformation? In this episode of the Harvest Series podcast, host Rose Claverie sits down with Manon Elise, the CEO of Harvest, to discuss why courage will take centre stage at Harvest 2025. From her journey to the Brazilian Amazon to the six types of courage shaping our lives, Manon shares powerful insights and plans for the upcoming gathering in Kaplankaya. Tune in to explore how unity, diversity, and bold action can redefine our future.If you want to know more about Harvest Series in May 2025 : HarvestChapters:00:00 - Introduction00:40 - Welcome and updates from Mexico03:00 - Brazilian Amazon experience: beauty and challenges08:00 - Courage as a central theme for Harvest 202512:30 - Types of courage and their impact18:00 - Unity in diversity at Harvest20:00 - Closing thoughts and call to actionYou can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel MoriasiMusic by: ChambordArtwork by: Davide d'AntonioHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersHarvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

It's been a hard year for the Amazon rainforest. The toughest drought on record has helped spread fires that have been the worst in two decades. That combination has hit the local people. “If these fires continue, we indigenous people will die,” says Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa who runs the voluntary fire service for the Caititu indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon. Her land is supposed to be protected but outsiders come in and set fires so that they can clear the land for agriculture.For Rare Earth, Tom Heap and Helen Czerski take a look at the state of the Amazon rainforest, analyse its role in the global climate and consider the political battle over its future. They're joined by BBC South America correspondent, Ione Wells and by Angela Maldonado who has worked for 25 years in the Amazon, protecting night monkeys that are stolen and traded for medical research. Based on the Colombia-Peru-Brazil border, Angela has a unique perspective on the long-running war between development and conservation in the region.Patricia Medici explains her work to conserve the extraordinary tapir, South America's largest land mammal and Niki Mardas reveals the latest results from Global Canopy's Forest 500 campaign which examines the involvement of 500 major companies in the supply chains which hasten the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.Producer: Alasdair CrossAssistant Producer: Ellie RicholdRare Earth is produced in association with the Open University

In this mouth watering episode, Ixta shares with Jayda some phenomenal food stories including learning about indigenous cooking in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, but also goes deep into her personal relationship with food, and how she learned to avoid the pressure to cook for social media and make viral recipes, but actually listening to her own body and developing food that truly nourishes her. Ixta also shares how she first learned to cook and how she draws on her unbelievable mix of cultural heritages of Mexico, Brazil and Italy, and the beauty of fusion. Ixta breaks down how to make cooking delicious food more easy, and why she wants people to feel more empowered to follow their own senses and tastes rather than recipes have to be dogmatic. Lastly Jayda and Ixta share the role food and eating plays in bringing people together. Follow Ixta BelfrageFollow Jayda GFollow Here's Hoping PodcastMore on our guest MEZCLA Book Fusion Chef Ixta Belfrage rose to prominence as the co-author of the recipe book FLAVOUR alongside the GOAT, Yotam Ottolenghi. Her own acclaimed solo cookbook Mezcla, features in ELLE UK and restaurant residencies, draw on her own multicultural heritage and culinary inspirations of Brazil, Italy, and Mexico, and has affirmed her as one of the most exciting food writers and cook's today. Ixta is currently working on her next cookbook all about Brazil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on Daybreak, we cover halal dining on campus, Princeton municipality's new green space preserve, possible prosecutions under Trump, and President Biden's historic visit to the Brazilian Amazon.https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/section/news

In this special episode of Restorative Works!, host Claire de Mezerville López welcomes Nirson Medeiros da Silva Neto, Ph.D., and is joined by co-host, Brunilda Pali, Chair of the board at the European Forum for Restorative Justice (EFRJ), to celebrate Restorative Justice Week. This episode is part of a special series, "Restorative Justice in Local Communities Around the World," created in partnership with the EFRJ. Join us as Dr. Neto shares a powerful story from the Quilombola community of Murumuru, where an innovative restorative justice approach helped resolve a conflict over the gathering of açaí berries. The conflict, which involved both Indigenous and Quilombola communities, was tied to unsustainable harvesting practices that threatened local ecosystems and livelihoods. Through dialogue and collaboration, the communities built an inter-ethnic agreement that preserved both the environment and the cultural and economic needs of those involved. Dr. Neto also discusses how these interventions are part of a broader "social environmental" approach to restorative justice, which considers the impact of environmental degradation on vulnerable communities. This is groundbreaking work in uniting multiple communities across various cultures to meet an agreement on environmental restorative justice. Dr. Neto is an associate professor at two federal universities in the Brazilian Amazon region. He is a faculty member of the College of Law, the Master's Program in Law and Development of the Amazon, and the Master's Program of Society Sciences. He was a research scholar at Governors State University in Chicago's Southland between 2021-2022. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Social and Labor Psychology at the University of São Paulo from 2016-2018. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences in Anthropology, and a master's degree in law, with an emphasis on human rights from the Federal University of Pará. He is a facilitator, instructor, and consultant in restorative justice. He has experience in the areas of law, anthropology, and social psychology, with emphasis on the following topics: restorative justice, conflict resolution, human rights, indigenous peoples, quilombolas and traditional communities, socio-environmental, ethnic-racial, and land conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon. Dr. Pali is assistant professor of Conflict Dynamics and Governance at the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and Chair of the EFRJ. She researches, teaches and publishes on gender and feminism, restorative, environmental and social justice, cultural and critical criminology, and arts and justice.  Tune in to explore how restorative practices are transforming lives in the Amazon, and how interventions born from community needs can drive lasting social change.

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From the BBC World Service: All roads lead to Paris as the City of Light hosts its major motor show, with French and ­Chinese car manufacturers dominating the event with new reveals. Then, South America has exceeded its record for wildfires this year. The Amazon rainforest is seeing its worst fires in two decades; an area bigger than Sri Lanka has burned in the Brazilian Amazon alone.

From the BBC World Service: All roads lead to Paris as the City of Light hosts its major motor show, with French and ­Chinese car manufacturers dominating the event with new reveals. Then, South America has exceeded its record for wildfires this year. The Amazon rainforest is seeing its worst fires in two decades; an area bigger than Sri Lanka has burned in the Brazilian Amazon alone.

Christopher Beth, founder of The Bucket Ministry, spent most of his life as a business consultant and thought he would retire from that line of work. But a radical encounter with God deep in the Amazon turned his life upside down and from that experience, The Bucket Ministry was born. The Bucket Ministry widely disperses water filters and the gospel all around the world using an advanced digital mapping platform to guide their work. The mission of The Bucket Ministry is to share God's love through the gift of safe, clean, drinking water. While The Bucket Ministry started out in the Brazilian Amazon, it is now actively evangelizing and providing water filters all over the globe. Christopher has an incredible story as well as lots of great advice on effective ministry and data tracking. You won't want to miss what he had to share! Major topics include: The impactful story of how The Bucket Ministry began Startling statistics about drinking water access throughout the world Water filtration as a vehicle to practically share the gospel Transitioning from business to ministry Navigating the tension between profession and calling Leveraging technology for ministry management and accountability Christopher's vision for scaling to reach more people faster in the next five years QUOTES TO REMEMBER “I had no idea that at the age of 56, I would think more about fishing for men than fishing for fish.” “The water in my toilet bowl is cleaner than 785 million people have access to around the world.” “Our focal points are Jesus, water, and discipleship. We don't do anything else.”   LINKS FROM THE SHOW The Bucket Ministry Joshua Project (see our interview with Director, Dan Scribner) Sawyer Jesus Film Project (see our interview with Executive Director Josh Newell) The Finish Line Community Facebook Group The Finish Line Community LinkedIn Group BIBLE REFERENCES FROM THE SHOW Acts 4:13 | God Uses Common Men Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you have a thought about something you heard, or a story to share, please reach out! You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also contact us directly from our contact page. If you want to engage with the Finish Line Community, check out our groups on Facebookand LinkedIn.

Earlier this year, the UN Special rapporteur for human rights defenders raised concerns about a Canadian company called Belo Sun Mining. She said people protesting the Belo Sun mine, who she refers to as land defenders, report being threatened, harassed and intimidated - some even say they were driven off their land. But Belo Sun denies these allegations, saying that they care about human rights, and that the project would bring much-needed economic development to an impoverished area - and the government of Brazil has seemingly supported their efforts. So who is Belo Sun - and how did they become the driving force behind the biggest proposed gold mine in Brazil? Are they guilty of the things that they're accused of? And if so, what can the Canadian government do to stop it? Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Cherise Seucharan (Reporter), Sam Konnert (Audio Editor), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), max collins (Production Manager), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer)Additional music by Audio NetworkFurther reading:Canada failing to protect human rights activists from mining companies operating overseas: UN watchdog - Globe and Mail, 2024Canadian miners get high-level lobbying boost for Brazilian Amazon projects - Mongabay, translated from original by Agência Pública BSX Responds to UN Special Rapporteur Allegations About Its Business Conduct - Belo SunSponsors: BetterHelp: Canadaland listeners head to https://betterhelp.com/canadaland to get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. Discount code “canadaland" will be automatically applied.Douglas is giving our listeners a FREE Sleep Bundle with each mattress purchase. Get the sheets, pillows, mattress and pillow protectors FREE with your Douglas purchase today. Visit Douglas.ca/Canadaland to claim this offer! CAMH is building better mental health care for everyone to ensure no one is left behind. This Mental Illness Awareness Week, your donation to CAMH will be matched. Visit camh.ca/canadaland to double your impact.If you value this podcast, support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch at our store, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody.You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vítor da Silva is an indigenous-rights researcher, ethnographer and storyteller. He has a background in anthropology, human rights, and is a trained criminal investigator. He has conducted fieldwork with different indigenous communities around the world including: the Maasai tribe in Kenya, the nomadic Changpa people in the Indian Himalayas, and the Noke Kuin people in the Brazilian Amazon. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Vítor recounts pivotal childhood events that led him to reject the status quo and instead seek meaningful experiences and pursuits into adulthood. Combining his military, investigative and anthropological experiences, Vítor outlines how these skills inform his holistic and dedicated approach in working to aid indigenous groups all over the world. [Originally published Feb 21, 2023. Ep 89] website: https://www.vitordasilva.org/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ethnopoet/ Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact

*) Palestinian groups reaffirm truce deal conditions The Palestinian resistance group Hamas and Islamic Jihad movement have reaffirmed their conditions for any agreement with Israel, including an end to the Gaza carnage, a full Israeli withdrawal and a serious prisoner exchange deal. This was outlined in a statement released by Hamas following a meeting of its Shura Council. According to the statement, the two groups emphasised the need to ensure the rapid delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza regardless of the results of negotiations about ending the war. *) Ilhan Omar blasts Blinken's failed Middle East trip Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar has blasted the "humiliation" US Secretary of State Antony Blinken endured during his recent trip to Israel, where he failed to secure a breakthrough for a Gaza ceasefire deal. Ilhan Omar questioned how the Secretary of State travelled 11 times begging for an end to a situation while continuing to provide the bombs and the weapons to Israel. *) Bangladesh plans to cancel diplomatic passports Bangladesh's transitional government has decided to cancel all diplomatic passports, including one provided to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The Ministry of Home Affairs has confirmed that diplomatic or red passports that are allocated to government officials, ministers and members of parliament will be revoked. The decision came as Hasina's stay in India has created uneasy relations between the two South Asian neighbours. *) Ukraine's Kursk incursion ended chances of peace: Russia Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region has annulled the possibility of any peace talks. Moscow has slammed Kiev's strike as a "terrorist raid," saying that after such "outrage, no one will negotiate with them at all." *) Amazon fires choke Brazil Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires has enveloped the city. The concentration of cancer-causing microparticles known as PM2.5 has reached 56.5 micrograms per cubic metre of air in Porto Velho — 11 times more than the limit recommended by the World Health Organization. Inhaling PM2.5 has been found to increase the risk of lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and a range of other health problems.

Ryan Black (@SAMBAZON) is the CEO and co-founder of SAMBAZON, the industry leader in Açai and the first brand to bring Açai from the Brazilian Amazon to the United States. Ryan is a pioneer in the natural foods industry, creating the company in 2000 with his brother Jeremy Black and friend Ed Nichols after a surf trip to Brazil. Black is also the co-founder of the tri.org, a non-profit organization working to empower and educate people into mobilizing and building a more conscious future, socially, in sustainability and economically.   We discuss Açai berries; the benefits, possibilities and creativity of this superfood; Ryan also shares the start of Sambazon and what it took for him to grow the brand and business while being at the forefront of the industry.   You can find out more at www.sambazon.com/ & www.seedingchangefilm.com.   Fill out the quick form here: https://forms.gle/AH1tusHRXkC3N5yM6 and be in with the chance of winning an Amazon Gift card   Get your 2-month free trial of my Inner Circle here https://bit.ly/InnerCircle2MTrial   Join the FREE Facebook group for The Michael Brian Show at https://www.facebook.com/groups/themichaelbrianshow   Follow Mike on Facebook Instagram & Twitter

I'm not a financial advisor; Superpowers for Good should not be considered investment advice. Seek counsel before making investment decisions.Watch the show on television by downloading the e360tv channel app to your Roku, AppleTV or AmazonFireTV. You can also see it on YouTube.When you purchase an item, launch a campaign or create an investment account after clicking a link here, we may earn a fee. Engage to support our work.Devin: What is your superpower?Nicole: I would say 90% of what NESsT did and has done has been just the hard work of myself and the team, the wonderful team that I have worked with closely. It's persevering. It's not giving up. In today's episode of Superpowers for Good, I had the privilege of speaking with Nicole Etchart, Founder and Senior Advisor of NESsT, an organization dedicated to impact-first investing in social enterprises within underserved communities. Throughout our conversation, Nicole shared valuable insights into what it takes to truly make a difference through impact investing.One of the key takeaways from our discussion was the importance of being clear about your intentions as an investor. Nicole emphasized that at NESsT, they approach their investments with an "impact first" mindset. This means prioritizing social impact over immediate financial returns. Nicole explained, “When you're working in remote areas with low-income communities, the changes do not happen overnight. So, having patient capital and accompanying companies through their journey is critical.”Patience isn't the only characteristic necessary for successful impact investing. Nicole also highlighted the need for risk tolerance, especially when working with diverse, low-income communities in challenging environments. She pointed out that this approach can lead to more resilient companies that are better equipped to navigate obstacles, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.Finally, Nicole stressed the importance of being deeply committed to the local realities of the communities where investments are made. “It's very important for those providing the resources at scale to be committed to the local realities and working with those local realities,” she said. This commitment ensures that investments are not only effective but also sustainable in the long term.Nicole's experience and wisdom serve as a powerful reminder that impact investing requires more than just financial resources—it demands patience, a willingness to embrace risk, and a deep connection to the communities being served.tl;dr:* Introduction of Nicole Etchart: Nicole Etchart is introduced as a leading figure in social entrepreneurship, having invested decades in supporting underserved communities through her organization, NESsT.* About NESsT: NESsT helps social enterprises grow and become self-sustainable, focusing on dignified employment for underserved communities. The organization has invested in around 250 companies, creating over 112,000 jobs and impacting 1.7 million people, primarily in emerging markets.* Investment in Impactful Enterprises: Nicole discusses NESsT's work with companies like Aswabe in the Brazilian Amazon, which produces Brazilian nuts sustainably. NESsT supports these enterprises through capacity building, business services, and providing capital, ensuring they can grow and have a greater impact.* Impact Investing Approach: Nicole emphasizes that NESsT is an impact-first investor, prioritizing social impact over quick financial returns. She highlights the importance of patience, tolerance for risk, and deep understanding of local realities in successful impact investing.* Personal Insights and Resilience: Nicole shares her personal background and attributes her success to resilience, hard work, and the support of mentors. She also discusses the challenges NESsT faced in starting its own impact fund and the importance of perseverance in achieving long-term goals.How to Develop Resilience and Perseverance As a SuperpowerNicole Etchart's superpower is her remarkable resilience and perseverance. Throughout her career, she has faced numerous challenges and setbacks but has consistently demonstrated the ability to push through obstacles, remain committed to her mission, and ultimately achieve success. This tenacity has been central to her work with NESsT, where she has led efforts to invest in and support social enterprises in underserved communities.One example of Nicole's resilience is when NESsT decided to start its own impact fund. Despite skepticism from the board and others who doubted their experience in impact investing, Nicole persisted. She and her team spent a year convincing stakeholders of their capabilities and then successfully raised the necessary funding. This effort culminated in the establishment of two functioning funds in Europe, now investing millions of dollars in social enterprises.Tips for Developing Resilience and Perseverance:* Find Supportive Mentors: Surround yourself with people who believe in you and your mission. These mentors can provide reassurance and encouragement when you face challenges.* Maintain a Long-Term Vision: Keep your eye on the ultimate goal, even when the journey is tough. This focus will help you navigate through obstacles.* Embrace Persistence: Don't give up, even when others doubt your abilities. Persistence in the face of adversity is key to achieving your goals.By following Nicole Etchart's example and advice, you can make resilience and perseverance a skill. With practice and effort, you could make it a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.Remember, however, that research into success suggests that building on your own superpowers is more important than creating new ones or overcoming weaknesses. You do you!Guest ProfileNicole Etchart  (she/her):Founder and Senior Advisor, NESsTAbout NESsT: NESsT invests in enterprises that create quality jobs for underserved communities while sustaining the planet. Locally based social enterprises are uniquely qualified to transform low-income, excluded and environmentally vulnerable communities. These enterprises are on the ground, have the trust of the communities, and have created businesses aligned with their best interests. NESsT supports social enterprises through two businesses: (1) loan funds that provide patient debt financing to purpose-driven small and growing businesses in emerging markets and (2) an accelerator program that catalyzes impact-focused enterprises towards growth and investment readiness.Since its founding in 1997, NESsT has invested over $36M and trained and supported over 35,000 entrepreneurs across 50 countries. It has accelerated and financed 248 enterprises, in total sustaining more than 112,000 formal jobs and improving the lives of 1.7 million people from the most marginalized communities around the world, including smallholder farmers, Black people, Indigenous Peoples, ethnic minorities, the LGBTQIA+ community, migrants and refugees, people with disabilities, women, and youth.Website: www.nesst.orgX/Twitter Handle: @nesstorgCompany Facebook Page: fb.com/nesstorgLinkedin: linkedin.com/company/nesst/Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/nesst_org/Biographical Information: Nicole Etchart, Co-Founder & Senior Advisor of NESsT, plays a pivotal role in driving global strategy, growth, and impact. NESsT invests in and provides strategic business support to social enterprises focused on generating quality jobs for underserved communities while sustaining the planet. During her 27 years as CEO, Nicole oversaw the organization's diverse portfolio of high-impact enterprises through its acceleration program and impact-first funds.  Linkedin Profile: linkedin.com/in/nicole-etchart-437a171Max-Impact MembersThe following Max-Impact Members provide valuable financial support to keep us operating:Carol Fineagan, Nicholas and Company | Lory Moore, Lory Moore Law | Marcia Brinton, High Desert Gear | Ralf Mandt, Next Pitch | Sheryle Gilihan, CauseLabs | Add Your Name HereUpcoming SuperCrowd Event CalendarIf a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.* Impact Cherub Club Meeting hosted by The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, on August 20, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, the Club meets to review new offerings for investment consideration and to conduct due diligence on previously screened deals. To join the Impact Cherub Club, become an Impact Member of the SuperCrowd.* SuperCrowdHour, August 21, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, we host a value-laden webinar for aspiring impact investors or social entrepreneurs. At this month's webinar, Devin Thorpe will provide a “Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Capital from the Crowd.”* Recently, we created an AI GPT to help you learn more about The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, and our upcoming events. Click here to try it.Community Event Calendar* Successful Funding with Karl Dakin, Tuesdays at 10:00 AM ET - Click on Events* Main Street Skowhegan and NC3 Entrepreneur Finance Workshop Series, September 17 - November 19, 2023.* Crowdfunding Professional Association, Summit in DC, October 22-23* Asheville Neighborhood Economics, November 12-13.If you would like to submit an event for us to share with the 8,000+ members of the SuperCrowd, click here.We use AI to help us write compelling recaps of each episode. Get full access to Superpowers for Good at www.superpowers4good.com/subscribe

Photo by Karol Stefański on Unsplash Support me at patreon.com/bionicplanet Related Links to Follow In episode 108 of Bionic Planet, I delve into a recent article published by the Washington Post that is riddled with inaccuracies, false premises, and misleading information. The episode serves as a critical analysis of the article, highlighting the importance of fact-checking and the credibility of mainstream media in reporting on complex issues such as climate change and carbon finance. The episode begins with a passionate rant about the Washington Post's story, titled "How Carbon Cowboys Are Cashing In on Protected Amazon Forest," which misrepresents the reality of carbon credits and their role in combating climate change. The host points out the flaws in the article's framing of the issue of nebulous land titles in the Brazilian Amazon and its failure to provide a nuanced understanding of the complexities involved. Throughout the episode, the host emphasizes the difference between uncertainty and inaccuracy, drawing on examples from the article to illustrate the importance of distinguishing between the two. The host also references the concept of Gell-Mann amnesia, highlighting the tendency for readers to overlook inaccuracies in one area while trusting the same source on other topics. The episode delves into the challenges of reporting on climate finance and the need for accurate and nuanced coverage in mainstream media. The host critiques the Washington Post's oversimplification of the issue of tangled land titles in Brazil and highlights the importance of understanding the nuances of carbon finance and climate solutions. In conclusion, the host calls for a more informed and critical approach to reporting on climate issues, emphasizing the need for accuracy, accountability, and progress in media coverage. The episode ends with a call to support the podcast through Patreon and sponsorship opportunities, highlighting the importance of amplifying legitimate debates and challenging misinformation in the climate realm. Overall, episode 108 of Bionic Planet offers a thought-provoking analysis of the Washington Post's misleading story, shedding light on the complexities of climate finance and the challenges of reporting on environmental issues in mainstream media. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Introduction to Rant about Washington Post Article 00:05:30 - Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect 00:11:30 - Critique of Washington Post's Misleading Claims 00:17:45 - Misrepresentation of Carbon Market 00:20:59 - Importance of Voluntary Carbon Market 00:23:10 - Criticism of The Guardian's Perspective 00:25:28 - Examination of World Rainforest Movement 00:29:12 - Issues with Independent Auditing Groups 00:30:14 - Conclusion and Call to Action Quotes "The only possible explanation for our behavior is amnesia." - 00:05:21-00:05:32 "We chase the immediate, the ephemeral, and ignore the seismic, the fundamental." - 00:18:37-00:18:48 "Let's not forget that we're here because we failed." - 00:20:59-00:21:10 "The fact is that many, and perhaps most, project developers were bleeding red ink for most of the past 15 years." - 00:17:45-00:17:55 "The Washington Post seriously overstates the prices that developers have received over the past 25 years." - 00:19:38-00:19:48 "The impetus for this Washington Post piece was a seriously flawed bit of blather called Neocolonialism in the Amazon, Red Projects in Portal, Brazil." - 00:24:46-00:24:57 "The problems with this Washington Post piece go on and on, but it also raises a few points that could be serious if they turn out to be true, and that's what's so frustrating." - 00:30:14-00:30:24 "Given the reporter's failure to get even basic premises right, and to insist on presenting an old, gray, intractable problem as a new, simple story complete with heroes and villains, I'm inclined to disbelieve those parts that seem to offer answers where I've only found questions." - 00:30:24-00:30:36 "I'm not here to balance negative stories with positive ones. I'm here to balance half-baked simplistic gibberish with contextualized complex truth." - 00:31:39-00:31:49

In this month's episode we are delighted to be joined by Brazilian agroecologist, Karen Nobre Krull, who has worked on projects in federal environmental and research institutions in Brazil, such as EMBRAPA and ICMBio, and in the last year with the NGO Imaflora. Her work focuses on developing strategies and implementing actions with rural communities for the agroecological transition of productive systems, regenerative agriculture, and rural development, incorporating environmental, social, and economic aspects. Over the past four years, her work has been concentrated in the Brazilian Amazon, particularly in the state of Pará.  In this conversation Karen gives us insight into how she first became interested in the topic of family farming and how it supports the spread of agroecological practices. Agroecological farming in Brazil stands as an alternative to the industrial agricultural practices associated with the dominant food system. Creating space for these small farmers is increasingly important in the face of the agroextractivist spread of monoculture agriculture like soybeans and corn.  If you are interested in these topics, Karen recommends the book, Ideas to Postpone the End of the World by Ailton Krenak Interested to hear more about Karen's research? https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-nobre-krull-24420118b/  Check out the presentation Karen gave in connection with the EXALT Initiative and the TreesForDev Project https://youtu.be/gKzH0xWFcCM?si=XyWzO4YVAn9db-ng  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exalt-initiative/message

Today's episode celebrates an important milestone: the 10th anniversary of the largest tropical forest conservation program on Earth. It's called the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program for Life, or ARPA for Life, for short. And since 2014 it has helped provide the resources required to protect 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon, an area larger than the state of California. The Amazon rainforest is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, containing about 1 in 10 of all known species. It also stores an abundance of carbon, and regulates regional weather as the moisture from the forest contributes to rainfall in one of the most important agricultural regions in the world. In short, we all have a stake in keeping the Amazon rainforest vibrant and intact. And ARPA for Life is the single biggest initiative attempting to do that. Joining the show today to reflect on 10 years of ARPA for Life is Dr. Mariana Ferreira, Director of Strategy for WWF-Brazil. Mariana shares some of the history behind the creation of ARPA for Life (2:35), how it has endured political challenges presented by changes in the Brazilian government (10:34), and how it has benefitted people, biodiversity, and the climate through its first 10 years (16:41). LINKS:Dr. Mariana Ferreira bio ARPA for Life web story Amazon Rain Forest fact page Enduring Earth website

Ayahuasca - a hoax or actually effective? Is it just another psychedelic? Despite drawing some controversy, Ayahuasca has been used by indigenous people for centuries to help treat depression, PTSD, anxiety, addiction… but what is it exactly and what to expect… if you've ever been curious, this episode will blow your mind!  We have the pleasure to sit down with Natacha Martin (@retro_motion), who recently participated in ayahuasca in the Brazilian Amazon and shared with us one of the most transformative experiences of her life, while also debunking a lot of the myths for us. Our jaws were on the floor!!

Maurício Ye'kuana (Ye'kuana Indigenous People, Brazil), delves into the struggle of the Yanomami Indigenous People to oppose illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon as well as the Brazilian government's failure to respond meaningfully to this ongoing crisis. In the second installment of Crossing The River, concepts at the heart of the so-called First World – like progress, consumption, and extraction – are called into question as Maurício discusses the steps Indigenous peoples in the Amazon have taken to defend their lives and territories.

When we think of the Amazon region, I think its fair to say that most of us think of the vast expanses of virgin rainforests, crossed by the largest river who gives the area its name. We don't usually think of cities. And yet, Amazonia is home to 40 million people, 80% of which live in cities. IN other words, from the perspective of the human population, Amazonia is urban. To discuss this, I talk to Adrián Lerner Patrón about two articles. The first, published in NACLA, is titled “The Amazon's Forgotten Cities', and the second titled “The Ruins of a Steel Mill: Planetary Urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon”, linked in the show notes. We talk about the history of urbanization in Amazonia, focusing on Iquitos in Peru and Manaos in Brazil, including the particularities of cities formed in extractive frontiers, the militarized logic to secure them, and the rise and fall of developmentalist hubris. We delve into the histoyr of the SIDERAMA (Companhia Siderúrgica da Amazônia Sociedade Anônima) steel mill - created in 1961 and liquidated in 1997 - through the lens of planetary urbanization. Overall, Adrián invites us to think about what is unique about Amazonia cities, but also to understand the global reach of urbanization during the 2nd half of the twentieth century and the need to rethink the role of Amazonia during the Anthropocene. Adrián Lerner Patrón is a Philomathia Fellow in the Consortium for the Global South at the University of Cambridge, with a focus on “Ecologies in Place,” and a lecturer and research associate in Global History at the Free University of Berlin.  I also want to add that this episode is our first in collaboration with NACLA - the North American Congress on Latin America. (NACLA) is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1966 to examine and critique U.S. imperialism and political, economic, and military intervention in the Western hemisphere. You can find the two articles here: "The Amazon's Forgotten Cities" in NACLA  "The Ruins of a Steel Mill: Planetary Urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon” in the Journal of Urban History

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has declined by 22% for the year ending July 31, 2023, according to data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE). On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, CEO and editor-in-chief Rhett Butler tells us what the data show and what Mongabay will be looking for in the future. Butler also details more exciting news, such as the 2023 Biophilia Award for Environmental Communication, given to Mongabay for its “outstanding track record” in communicating issues related to nature and biodiversity, and the launch of an all-new bilingual bureau in Africa. Related Reading: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon falls 22% in 2023 Mongabay wins prestigious 2023 Biophilia Award for Environmental Communication Mongabay launches Africa news bureau Meet the tech projects competing for a $10m prize to save rainforests Please invite your friends to subscribe to the Mongabay Newscast wherever they get podcasts, from Apple to Spotify, or download our free app in the Apple App Store or in the Google Store to get access to our latest episodes at your fingertips. If you enjoy the Newscast, please visit www.patreon.com/mongabay to pledge a dollar or more to keep the show growing, Mongabay is a nonprofit media outlet and all support helps! See all our latest news from nature's frontline at Mongabay's homepage: news.mongabay.com or find and follow Mongabay on all the social media platforms. Image Caption: Scarlet macaw in Brazil. Photo by Rhett Butler.

The UN says nowhere in Gaza is safe as a diplomatic cable seen by CNN shows diplomats warning that American support for Israel is costing the US support in the Arab world. President Joe Biden is set to meet with China's Xi Jinping next week for highly anticipated talks. The clock is ticking, again, on another government shutdown as funding is set to run out on November 17th. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down. Plus, a man survives an alligator attack with an unconventional method. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I want to tell you about the most beautiful, powerful, impactful classroom posters I've seen on the internet. And they're totally free.  This isn't the first time I've talked about Amplifier Art on the podcast, and it probably won't be the last. I've even had their executive director, Emily, on the podcast to talk about their incredible wellbeing series.  But since it was Indigenous Peoples Day this week, I think it's the perfect time to recommend their “Thriving People, Thriving Places” campaign. These posters help to rewrite old narratives and counter stereotypes by featuring modern Indigenous leaders showing strength and courage.  Here's how Amplifer describes the series: “The Thriving Peoples Thriving Places campaign was a collaboration between Nia Tero and Amplifier, and uplifts the stories of fifteen Indigenous women leaders from locales spanning from the Philippines and New Zealand to the Brazilian Amazon and the Arctic.” To find these posters, just visit Amplifier Art's Free Downloads section, then choose Indigenous Resistance and click down at the bottom to show all the posters. Here's the link.  While you're at Amplifier, I highly recommend looking around at their wellbeing series as well, and all their amazing free poster downloads, to see what else might be a helpful addition to your walls. It's really an amazing site, and you can easily sign up for their updates while you're there. They're hosting their first ever educator's conference in Los Angeles soon, if you happen to be in that area.  Go Further:  Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram.  Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend, snagging a screenshot to share on the ‘gram, or tapping those ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to help others discover the show. Thank you!   

The US is in discussions with Israel to help transport trapped civilians following days of bombardment of Gaza by air strikes. Also: Manaus -- the biggest city in the Brazilian Amazon -- is suffering an air quality emergency because of fires lit by farmers in the rainforest, and NASA releases the first images of the largest asteroid sample ever brought to Earth.

Every day, Célia Regina das Neves fishes among the mangroves in the Mãe Grande de Curuçá Extractive Reserve, a conservation area at the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. Neves relies on resources from the surrounding forests and mangroves for her livelihood, too. "I make baskets, and I make traps for shrimping," she said, referring to the plants in this lush landscape from which she weaves her gear, as well as the fishery that sustains her community.  But she worries about the future of the reserve and with it, her livelihood — as a result of plans to set aside land here for carbon offset efforts. Célia Regina das Neves is a fisher and local leader within the Mãe Grande de Curuçá Extractive Reserve, a conservation area at the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil.  Credit: Cícero Pedrosa Neto/The World Carbon offsetting is a way for companies and individuals to compensate for their own carbon emissions by funding an equivalent carbon-dioxide saving effort somewhere else. Companies and individuals can buy "carbon credits" generated by these projects.President Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva's administration has embraced carbon credits as a way to protect the Amazon and mitigate climate change. Lula mentioned carbon credits as part of Brazil's path toward a "bioeconomy” at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, and again on a state visit to China a few months ago. But many community activists in the Amazon, including Neves, say these types of projects can be problematic. Recently, the reserve's president, José Roberto Garcia de Moraes, signed an agreement giving Carbonext, a Brazilian carbon offset development company, the authority to monitor the area for the eventual sale of credits based on the carbon sequestered in biomass — mostly trees — on a piece of land here. The area is the size of Detroit. "[The project] will benefit all of us, both the mangrove forest and the fishermen," Moraes said, adding that carbon credits will generate income for people who really need it. Carbonext offered the reserve's association 50% of the carbon credits over a 20-year period. The credit value would vary with the price of carbon on the voluntary market."For us, fishermen and coastal dwellers, the project is important," he said.  Entrance to Mãe Grande Curuçá Extractive Reserve. Credit: Cícero Pedrosa Neto/The World Neves said the agreement was signed without any transparency. “This agreement was not communicated to the community. Community members didn't know it was signed," she claimed. And she sees it as ceding the community's land."It happened without any consideration about how all of this would take place: If families would be allowed to continue fishing, if the crab-catchers would be allowed to keep going down to catch their crabs. We don't know anything about any of this." Dock view of boats in Curuçá. Credit: Cícero Pedrosa Neto/The World In a written response to questions from The World, Carbonext stated: "Residents are always consulted about the demands that will be the focus of the initiatives implemented in the region,” adding that there would be no restrictions on fishing or other activities in the Curuça extractive reserve as a result of the terms of commitment.With no comprehensive official registry, it's hard to quantify the number of current offset projects in Brazil. This also makes it difficult to monitor and regulate new carbon credit projects that often occur in remote, rural communities. Claudia Horn is a research fellow at the London School of Economics who has studied carbon credits in the Brazilian Amazon for years.  As Brazilian lawmakers debate legislation for monitoring and enforcing carbon offset projects under so-called cap-and-trade, Horn said there are better ways to approach this that draw on mechanisms that promote human rights and act against deforestation."The demarcation of Indigenous lands, land reform, agrarian reform, all these are mechanisms that more directly have the effect, have a positive effect on Indigenous and traditional communities that are extremely poor," she said. But the pressure to embrace forest carbon offsets is significant, given the political power of agribusiness and other private-sector interests in Brazil. "Of course, there is a lot of pressure from corporations to have a carbon market because they will be the prime beneficiaries of it," she said.  Aerial view of the Mãe Grande Curuçá Extractive Reserve. Credit: Cícero Pedrosa Neto/The World Meanwhile, Curuçá is not an isolated case. Brazil's Pará state is full of carbon offset projects. In Indigenous Munduruku Territory along the Tapajós River, local leaders say that developers have been trying to make inroads as far back as 2007, shortly after the UN-backed “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” (REDD) program was rolled out in Brazil. Munduruku leader João de Deus Kaba said that more recently, companies like Carbonext have been in constant, unsolicited contact. His community has mostly rebuffed these attempts. "We don't want — we will not accept — these types of contracts, in the case of carbon credits," he said.Companies like Carbonext act as intermediaries between local communities, independent auditors, and the companies or other parties interested in offsetting their emissions in the first place. A carbon credit auditor verifies that offsetting projects like Carbonext's are actually reducing or removing greenhouse gas emissions and that the carbon credits generated by them are valid.But legal expert Pedro Martins said these companies sometimes strong-arm community members into signing contracts. Martins said these contracts can be “abusive.” "They directly interfere with the use of the territory and not just for a short period of time. It's not a question of one, two or three years. Generally, these contracts are proposed for 30 years," he said. Martins pointed to one Pará community where people were not allowed to farm traditional lands after signing an agreement with a carbon project developer. He asked not to name the community or the company out of fear of retaliation.  "Even small fields are often the object of persecution in these cases by such companies," he said.After facing international criticism, Verra, the largest carbon credit auditor, said it is currently revamping its methodology to ensure locals still have access to their lands. The CEO was sacked in May in at least tacit acknowledgement of the bad press offset projects have received. Back in Curuçá, the lack of trust in carbon credit companies is palpable. Lifelong community member Manoel Santana da Trinidade, 67, said the lack of free, informed and prior consultation with communities is not acceptable, given how much territory and how many livelihoods are at stake."It has to be discussed first with the community members, explained to the community the reason, the motive behind why they are coming here to offer these credits," he said.

Today, we delve into the inspiring story of Dr. Hannah Lock, 33, a British doctor and mountaineer living on the edge of Snowdonia National Park, Wales. With a deep passion for medicine and a love for the mountains, Dr. Lock has embarked on thrilling adventures, led expeditions, and shared her invaluable knowledge of mountain medicine. Join us as we explore her remarkable journey. Raised near the Peak District, Dr. Lock's childhood was filled with outdoor adventures. From hill walking to rock climbing and skiing, she developed a deep connection to the natural world. A pivotal moment in the French Alps introduced her to Alpine mountaineering, sparking a lifelong love for high-altitude environments. Her subsequent expeditions took her across the globe, from the Brazilian Amazon to the Bolivian Andes and the Swiss Alps. Dr. Lock found her true passion in Emergency Medicine. Today, she skilfully balances her work in the ER with mountain medicine teaching and expedition support. She provides medical support for ultra marathon trail events in the UK and has expanded her reach to cover mountain marathons in the Nepal Himalaya. Her true calling lies in supporting groups on remote, high-altitude expeditions, empowering them to push their limits while ensuring their safety. Dr. Hannah Lock's journey as a British doctor and mountaineer exemplifies the power of pursuing one's passions and bridging different worlds. Driven by her love for medicine and the outdoors, Dr. Lock continues to empower others through her invaluable knowledge of mountain medicine. Her story inspires us to merge our passions, conquer new heights, and make a positive impact in our chosen fields. *** Don't miss out on the latest episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast, released every Tuesday at 7am UK time! Be sure to hit the subscribe button to stay updated on the incredible journeys and stories of strong women.  By supporting the Tough Girl Podcast on Patreon, you can make a difference in increasing the representation of female role models in the media, particularly in the world of adventure and physical challenges. Your contribution helps empower and inspire others. Visit www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast to be a part of this important movement. Thank you for your invaluable support! *** Show notes Who is Hannah Working as a portfolio Doctor Being based in Bangor, North Wales Growing up in Macclesfield on the border of the Peak District Spending lots of time in the outdoors as a child Fitness and spending time in the outdoors while studying at university Doing Duke of Edinburgh as a teenager and how it inspired her love of the outdoors  Doing a World Challenge Expedition to Bolivia  Her first taste of big mountains and travelling in South America Going to Leeds University and joining the hiking club  Combining her passions together Learning more about becoming an Expedition Doctor  Doing a Chemistry Degree first  Going and finding opportunities  Going to medical school at University of Warwick  Gaining mountain skills via Mountain Leader Qualification  Wilderness Medicine Society Professor Chris Imray - (Vascular & Renal Transplant Surgeon based in Coventry, climbed the 7 Summits, & world expert in frostbite)  Dong a Diploma in Mountain Medicine  Starting off on UK Event Work - supporting runners on ultra marathons and multi day ultra marathons Supporting runners in Nepal and gaining more experience  Risk assessment planning Working within your competency level - but also being competent to deal with challenges Her first solo trip as a medic on Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) and the challenges of altitude  Heading to Northern India - Summiting Stok Kangri (6,154 m) - highest trekkable summit in India Starting to teach Mountain Medicine  Realities and Risks  ER (Emergency Room (USA)) -  ED (Emergency Department (UK)) Views on life and risk taking Why you should tell people you love them Working in intensive care Deciding to work part time and how her schedule looks Risks in the mountains and how it's changed over the years Being a climber who is scared of heights  Joining Ogwen Mountain Rescue team  Dream mountains & wanting to climb a 6,000m peak Introduction to “Humans at High Altitude”  CPD Credits  How to connect with Hannah on the socials Working on a 2nd course - which will be specific to women mountaineers Final words of advice and wisdom Trying to fit her work life around the mountains    Social Media Website: www.drhannahlock.co.uk Altitude Course: humans-at-high-altitude.teachable.com/p/course1  Instagram: @hannah_lock_exped_doc  

As a massive carbon sink, the Brazilian Amazon plays a crucial role in stabilizing the global climate. It's also valuable farmland. How do economists measure this tradeoff? Lars Peter Hansen, Nobel Laureate and UChicago economist, joins The Pie to discuss his recent research on how policymakers might make the most of this precious and dwindling resource.

Matt and Nick talk about Hurricane Idalia (Flamingo fallout: Iconic pink birds showing up all over the East Coast after Idalia), US geothermal energy capacity (Tools Born From Fracking Fuel Geothermal Rush),How much groundwater is being used in the US (America Is Draining Its Groundwater Like There's No Tomorrow)A heat wave in Europe is causing wildfires in France and Spain (Europe broils in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain),And another positive Brazilian Amazon deforestation update (Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 66% in August)!Make sure to check out our sponsor for today's episode at Vala Alta and use promo code “TPT” for 15% off.

Collagen supplements are marketed as a holy grail anti-aging product. Bovine collagen is made from cattle hides, and a new investigation from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism traced the supply chain of some collagen companies all the way to deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.Elisângela Mendonça is a London-based Brazilian journalist with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Her reporting pulls back the curtain on the dark side of the booming collagen industry.This episode originally aired on March 27, 2023.Questions? Comments? Ideas? E-mail us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

"Watch and see where God is working and join him in his work.. " - Christopher BethHow do you handle that unsettling feeling of needing to do more but not knowing how or what to do?In today's episode, our guest Christopher Beth, founder of The Bucket Ministry, shares his journey of leaving a successful career in business consulting to dedicate his life to serving others and providing clean water. After a life-changing trip to the Brazilian Amazon, Christopher witnessed the devastating effects of unclean water and felt called to make a difference. He discovered a water filter that could provide clean water and also serve as a tool to introduce people to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Christopher and his team have since served over a million people and are committed to expanding their impact.Christophers's BioChristopher Beth is the Founder, Chief Storyteller and Director of The Bucket Ministry, a nonprofit organization that works to provide the love of Jesus and clean water solutions to communities in need around the world.Prior to founding The Bucket Ministry, Christopher worked as a business consultant. He had no intentions to enter full-time ministry until he accompanied his then-high school daughter on a mission trip to the Brazilian Amazon in 2012.While on the first stop on the Amazon River, Christopher witnessed the devastating effects of a lack of access to clean water on communities there when a woman asked him if he was thirsty. He watched her grab glasses, walk to the edge of the river and collect two dirty cups of water. Realizing he couldn't drink this contaminated water, it was in this moment he heard the Lord say to him, “Help them.”He returned home from the mission trip with a conviction to somehow merge the two great scarcities of God and water into one ministry. Thus, The Bucket Ministry was born.Since founding The Bucket Ministry in 2015, Christopher has expanded the ministry's work beyond the Amazon to actively evangelize and provide water filters to over 20 countries. The Bucket Ministry's mission is to share God's love through the gift of safe, clean, drinking water; and Christopher has every intention to realize that mission in every place lacking its spiritual and physical blessings. He is a graduate of The University of Kansas and has been married to his wife Sheri for nearly 30 years. They live in a small town outside Dallas, Texas, and have two children, Savannah and Griffin, grandson Eli, granddaughter Hazel and a new one on the way. Stay Connected:Christopher BethThe Bucket Ministry | WebsiteInstagram | @thebucketministryFacebook | @thebucketministryRachel ScottWebsite| https://rachelgscott.com/Website| http://the5leaps.com/Instagram| https://www.instagram.com/iamrachelgscott/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamrachelgscottSponsored Resources Mentioned:5 Week Leap Mentoring: Sign Up HereRGS Group: Learn More HereThe 5 Leaps Quick Guide: Grab it Here

Chief Mapu is a page (shaman) and leader of his people.  He is currently working to protect a large swath of virgin Amazon forest to support visit: https://www.huwakaru.org/en/ and https://www.theboafoundation.org.  To connect with Chief Mapu on Instagram: @mapuhunikuin or @alessandrocarvalho for English & Vivian/Rudy at Boa FoundationFor additional questions you can also reach out michael@peakmind.org or @michaeltrainerFrom the Boa Foundation:This is a fundraiser to support Mapu's Huwa Karu Yuxibu Center.They are currently actively working to protect a large swath of the Amazon forest.  If you have donations or would like to invest please reach out!About The Huwã Karu Yuxibu Center:The Huwã Karu Yuxibu Center is a non-profit social project founded in August 2015 with the mission of strengthening the culture and spirituality of the Huni Kuin people. Coordinated by the spiritual leader and chief Mapu Huni Kuin, along with a technical team and the support of partners and volunteers, the center is located in a private area a few kilometers from the city of Rio Branco, capital of the state of Acre, in the Brazilian Amazon.With the help of donations and the spiritual work carried out by the Mapu leader, we carry out activities aimed at environmental preservation, promotion of food security and the cultivation of traditional foods. In addition, we promote the empowerment and autonomy of indigenous families and young students who have moved from their villages and now face marginalization and social vulnerability in the urban area. 

Chief Mapu is the founder of the Huwa Karu Yuxibu Center. He comes from the Huni Kuin people, of the state of Acre in the Brazilian Amazon. He is an activist representing his people."We work for the preservation of the forest, of nature, as well as lives and wellbeing for humans. Our project is to strengthen the cultural identity of the Huni Kuin people, bringing our true origin to our identity, our people, customs, and practices.We are a people that cannot really forget our traditional customs. We work with paintings, crafts, songs, therapeutic work with sacred medicines, which is the healing of spirit, thought, and matter and reconnecting with Mother Nature, a reconnection that happens with the heart awakening to universal love, loving all living beings on this planet Earth. Every day, we continue to study. We are studying in this school of the Earth, so sacred in this universe, so big, so wonderful and so colorful. I consider myself a messenger of peace, a messenger of love. I believe that the healing of humanity is in love, and we have to practice that true and pure love that comes from the heart, with its ability to really strengthen the heart.All of us human beings really need to let go of the hurt and remember the love. Love is the key, and I'm happy to share this message with a lot of gratitude,"  Mapu Huni Kuin.To contribute to his center: http://www.boafoundation.org (please put Chief Mapu in donation notes)For more:https://www.aniwa.co/courses/mapu-huni-kuin-fundraiserChief Mapu of the Huni Kuin people will be sharing his grandfather's teachings on the use of medicinal plants and healing prayers. Mapu talks about what he learned from his grandfather who was a powerful pajé (master shaman) on how to harvest, prepare, use and connect with sacred teacher plants. He explains the power of the songs that lead sacred plant ceremonies and will teach participants a sacred healing chant.#chiefmapu #huniquin #sacredchant

In this episode, I dive deep into Ryan's inspiring life journey, from his upbringing to his career path, discovering the pivotal moments that shaped his values and led him to co-found SAMBAZON. Learn about their mission to bring the Brazilian superfruit, Açai, to the United States and revolutionize the market with a commitment to sustainability and social impact. With SAMBAZON's Triple Bottom Line philosophy at its core, we explore how Ryan and his team measure economic, social, and environmental success, making a tangible difference in the world. Discover the innovative strategies they employ to create a thriving business while positively impacting the Brazilian Amazon and empowering local communities. Beyond SAMBAZON, Ryan is also the co-founder of thetri.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to sustainability and environmental education. Hear firsthand about their initiatives and how they bring together like-minded partners to build a community of conscious warriors and changemakers. Join us on this enlightening journey as we delve into the intersection of entrepreneurship, sustainability, and compassion. Subscribe to The Caring Economy on your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with each episode, filled with inspiring stories, practical insights, and thought-provoking discussions. Get ready to be inspired, empowered, and equipped with the knowledge to create positive change in your own life and in the world around you. #SambazonStories #Sustainability #ConsciousLiving #Podcast

What would it be like to live in the Brazilian Amazon for over 20 years, off grid, 18 hours away from any hospital, hardly speaking the language, while simultaneously running a cattle ranch? John Carter of Aliança Da Terra today describes the many lessons he and his wife gleaned from their time there. From the health and happiness he observed among his neighbors, the Kamayurá Indian, to the negative influence of the government and corporations that he saw unfold over the years. Visit his website: aliancadaterra.org for more information on his team's efforts to preserve the land, while also cultivating it. Check out our resources in Spanish: WAPF en Español See our sponsors: Second Spring Foods, Ra Optics, Optimal Carnivore

Dennis McKenna — An Ethnopharmacologist on Hallucinogens, Sex-Crazed Cicadas, The Mushrooms of Language, BioGnosis, and Illuminating Obscure Corners | Brought to you by Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, Eight Sleep's Pod Pro Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating, and Shopify global commerce platform providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business. More on all three below.Dennis McKenna (@DennisMcKenna4) has spent more than 40 years researching the interdisciplinary study of Amazonian ethnopharmacology and plant hallucinogens. He has conducted extensive ethnobotanical fieldwork in the Peruvian, Colombian, and Brazilian Amazon.His doctoral research at the University of British Columbia focused on the ethnopharmacology of ayahuasca and oo-koo-he, two tryptamine-based hallucinogens used by indigenous peoples in the Northwest Amazon.He is a founding board member of the Heffter Research Institute and was a key organizer and participant in the Hoasca Project, the first biomedical investigation of ayahuasca used by the UDV, a Brazilian religious group. He is the younger brother of Terence McKenna.From 2000 to 2017, he taught courses on ethnopharmacology as well as Plants in Human Affairs at the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota. In 2019, in collaboration with colleagues, he incorporated a nonprofit, the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy. Currently the Academy has several projects underway, with the most immediate being preparations for an upcoming conference in the UK May 23rd–26th, ESPD55, which will cover a wide range of topics related to psycho-ethnopharmacology. Dennis emigrated to Canada in the spring of 2019 with his wife Sheila and now resides in Abbotsford, British Columbia.Please enjoy!This episode is brought to you by Shopify! Shopify is one of my favorite platforms and one of my favorite companies. Shopify is a platform designed for anyone to sell anywhere, giving entrepreneurs the resources once reserved for big business. In no time flat, you can have a great looking online store that brings your ideas to life, and you can have the tools to manage your day-to-day and drive sales. No coding or design experience required.More than a store, Shopify grows with you, and they never stop innovating, providing more and more tools to make your business better and your life easier. 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