Podcasts about forests

Dr. Patricia Kaishian encourages us to think of mycology as a revolutionary and political practice. Diving into queer mycology, we see the ways that fungi challenge binaries of gender, family structure, and even traditional biological classification.

Zach and David revisit how to head into Oregon's national forest and find a Christmas tree for just $5.  They break down a program from the U.S. Forest Service that allows bringing home a tree less than 12 feet tall from the mountains.

Healthy forests provide immeasurable benefits to humans, animals and ecosystems from capturing carbon to preventing erosion and preserving water tables, just to name a few. So it is important to understand the complex and interconnected layers of threats trees face today. Forest health specialist, Aly McAlexander from Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management describes the deleterious effects stemming from years of mega drought, bark beetle infestation, and 100 years of fire suppression policy on the desert southwest's forests. That Sounds Wild:  African Wild Dogs feeding. Animal Care Software Zoo Logic KONG Zoo ZOOmility

Most of us are familiar with the environmental impacts of our physical technology, like the e-waste generated from cell phones or the minerals required to run our laptops, but have you ever wondered about the connections between digital media and resource extraction? This week we are joined by guest Antonio López to explore how ICT (Information and Communications Technology), and digital media and information, have not only transformed Earth but are also contributing to our collective carbon footprint. Dr. Antonio López is a leading international expert bridging ecojustice with media literacy. He is a founding theorist and architect of ecomedia literacy. He received professional training at the Center for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco, earned his BA in Peace and Conflict Studies at UC Berkeley and MA in Media Studies at the New School for Social Research. He earned a Ph.D. in Sustainability Education from Prescott College. He has written numerous academic articles, essays and four books: Mediacology: A Multicultural Approach to Media Literacy in the 21st Century, The Media Ecosystem: What Ecology Can Teach Us About Responsible Media Practice, Greening Media Education: Bridging Media Literacy with Green Cultural Citizenship, and Ecomedia Literacy: Integrating Ecology into Media Education. He is currently Chair and Associate Professor of Communications and Media Studies at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. Music by Justin Crawmer, Sam Sycamore, and Marty O'Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.

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This is the 11th and final installment of our coverage of Paul Hawken's bestselling new book, Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation.  Corinna asks the audience to submit any questions to Paul to her through CareMoreBeBetter.com so she can have a final blog or second interview with Paul to answer your questions. She shares her personal Action List or "Punch List" of items she's committing to champion in her own home as a frame of reference for all listeners. She even shares her decision to shift banks from one that is a top funder of the fossil fuel industry, and why she chose the bank she did.  NOTE: If you have just discovered this series, you may wish to go back to the beginning and start fresh. You can go to the links in References below, or visit www.CareMoreBeBetter.com for access to the complete series simply by clicking on the Regeneration Category of podcasts.   Time Stamps:  0:00 Introduction 02:10 Invitation to Connect + Ask Questions of Paul Hawken 04:00 Corinna's Action List or "Punch List" 10:30 Choosing a Better Bank 15:40 Welcome To Regeneration + Closing Thoughts   References:  Introduction to Regeneration: One Billion Climate Activists Strong: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/one-billion-climate-activists-strong/ Regeneration Interview with Paul Hawken: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-ending-the-climate-crisis-in-one-generation/  Regeneration Part 1 Oceans: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-1-oceans/  Regeneration Part 2 Forests: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-2-forests/  Regeneration Part 3 Wilding: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-3-wilding/  Regeneration Part 4 Nexus: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-4-nexus-climate-activism-tool/  Regeneration Part 5 Regenerative Agriculture: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-5-land-regenerative-agriculture-and-soil-restoration-to-reverse-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 6 People: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-6-people-indigeneity-and-our-role-in-reversing-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 7 Cities: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part7-cities-green-architecture-living-building-challenge/  Regeneration Part 8 Food: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part8-food-localization-and-decommodification-to-end-the-climate-crisis/  Regeneration Part 9 Energy: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part9-food-energy-renewal-use-and-storage-as-we-say-goodbye-to-fossil-fuels/  Regeneration Part 10 Industry: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-10-solving-the-climate-crisis-by-regenerating-industries/  Climate Activism By Design with David Johnson: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/climate-activism-by-design/  Be A Green Change Leader with Anca Novacovici: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/be-a-green-change-leader/  Regenerative Agriculture with Tom Newmark: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regenerative-agriculture-the-answer-to-the-climate-crisis/  Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation was published on September 21, 2021 and is available at all your favorite booksellers. Visit the Regeneration website for details, resources, and valuable tools for anyone interested in becoming a climate activist.  Regeneration + Nexus: https://www.regeneration.org  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerationorg Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveJg5mSfeTf0l4otrxgUfg Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better   Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr   Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/CareMoreBeBetter  Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better   Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability Podcast Care More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show (https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate). Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started  

How many times have you questioned whether or not your life was in alignment with your purpose for being here? With the ever common phenomenon of burnout, fatigue, and drain, it's becoming increasingly common for us to have these never-ending thoughts. This week on the podcast, we take a moment for some deep heart salve with Niria Alicia who guides us to think about ancestral instruction, precious purpose, rituals for liberation, and what it means to be human in this time. This warm and rich conversation looks at spiritual crisis in tandem with climate crisis, the allure of self-sabotage, and the problem with the many “solutions” we are offered to the problems our world faces in this epoch. Niria Alicia is a Xicana Indigena community organizer, human rights advocate, educator and storyteller dedicated to protecting the sacredness of Mother Earth and the dignity of historically oppressed peoples and the more-than-human world. Born 500 years after Columbus' invasion in a migrant farmworker community, her struggle for love and liberation exists at the intersections of migrant justice, climate justice and indigenous rights. In 2020 she was given the highest honor the UN awards young people by being named the Young Champion of the Earth for North America. Niria's proudest accomplishments and honors have been learning how to make tortillas in the traditional way for her abuelita, growing her first milpa from her family's heirloom corn seeds and inheriting her great-great grandmother's metate, a culturally significant ancestral tool made from lava rock that has the hand imprints of the strong women she is proud to descend from. Music by Santiago Cordoba, Palo-Mah, and The Range of Light Wilderness. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.

What's up Park Rats?!The ecology of National Parks and Forests face many threats from all sorts of outside interactions. In todays episode we talk about harmful invasive species in these places we know and love.The Florida everglades are known for a large number of invasive species. We talk about a few that are particularly terrifying. The Burmese python is a large snake that was introduced into the wild through the pet trade. These massive snakes snatch up anything from small creatures to alligators. Along with large snakes, wild boars are also a huge issue in Florida. These feral pigs have found homes all over the south east US after being introduced as livestock from early European settlers.We also talk about the Coqui frog which has taken over the forests of Hawaii. For its small size the frog can let out a loud croak which is an issue among locals. Gypsy Moths are another invasive species that are taking over the Midwest and northern US states. If you see one of these guys do us a favor and give it a good smash.Invasive species are a huge issue globally and recently Pablo Escobar's hippos have come into the news due to their new protection status. We talk about how one of his hippos would match up against the Kentucky coke bear so place your bets on Instagram!If you are interested in the wild world of National Parks follow us for more content! Check out our website or follow us on Instagram @parkratspodcastStay wild Park Rats!PEEEAAACCCEEEEEEE!!!11!!!!!!11!1 

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This is the 10th installment in our coverage of Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation by Paul Hawken – and today we discuss the topic of Industry. From Big Food to Healthcare, Banking to Poverty, Plastics to Fashion – solutions are ready and ripe for implementation and it will take all of us pushing in concert to spirit forward significant change quickly. This episode will get you thinking about how you can be part of that positive movement for regenerative industries around the globe.  If you are new to the series, consider starting at the beginning with my pre-interview introduction to Paul Hawken. To make your discovery process easy, links to each Regeneration episode are included in chronological order below time stamps. NOTE: You can also visit www.CareMoreBeBetter.com for access to the complete series simply by clicking on the Regeneration Category of podcasts. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Summary of Our Regeneration Journey So far 02:45 Industry = Degenerative and Extractive (but it doesn't have to be) 04:50 Big Food – Edible Products or “Foodlike Substances” (Michael Pollan's preferred term) 07:20 Healthcare Industry and The Big Pharma / Big Food / Obesity Connection 11:05 Banking Industry 13:40 Payday Lending vs. Floats - https://www.caremorebebetter.com/from-shady-payday-loans-to-floats/ 14:44 War Industry – And The Big Question Who Benefits? And Can These Resources Be Re-Allocated Towards Regeneration 17:20 Politics Industry 20:27 Clothing Industry – Ending Fast Fashion and Our Reliance On Petroleum Based Clothing plus notes on Caroline Priebe's work at the Center for the Advancement of Garment Making: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/fast-fashion-and-how-to-style-sustainably/   23:26 Plastics Industry and the LAUGHABLE Facts Around Our Overconsumption Practices 26:04 On Plastics: Upcycling Plastic – From Research To Industry 26:36 On Plastics: Promising Progress From Paris, France, Germany & Norway 27:54 Poverty Industry, Extreme Poverty + The Private Prison Problem 31:08 From Carbon Offsets To Carbon Onsets   References:  Introduction to Regeneration: One Billion Climate Activists Strong: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/one-billion-climate-activists-strong/ Regeneration Interview with Paul Hawken: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-ending-the-climate-crisis-in-one-generation/  Regeneration Part 1 Oceans: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-1-oceans/  Regeneration Part 2 Forests: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-2-forests/  Regeneration Part 3 Wilding: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-3-wilding/  Regeneration Part 4 Nexus: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-4-nexus-climate-activism-tool/  Regeneration Part 5 Regenerative Agriculture: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-5-land-regenerative-agriculture-and-soil-restoration-to-reverse-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 6 People: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-6-people-indigeneity-and-our-role-in-reversing-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 7 Cities: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part7-cities-green-architecture-living-building-challenge/  Regeneration Part 8 Food: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part8-food-localization-and-decommodification-to-end-the-climate-crisis/  Regeneration Part 9 Energy: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part9-food-energy-renewal-use-and-storage-as-we-say-goodbye-to-fossil-fuels/  Climate Activism By Design with David Johnson: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/climate-activism-by-design/  Be A Green Change Leader with Anca Novacovici: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/be-a-green-change-leader/  Regenerative Agriculture with Tom Newmark: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regenerative-agriculture-the-answer-to-the-climate-crisis/  Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation was published on September 21, 2021 and is available at all your favorite booksellers. Visit the Regeneration website for details, resources, and valuable tools for anyone interested in becoming a climate activist.  Regeneration + Nexus: https://www.regeneration.org  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerationorg   Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveJg5mSfeTf0l4otrxgUfg Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better   Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr   Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/CareMoreBeBetter  Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better   Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability Podcast Care More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show (https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate). Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started

The UN Climate Summit in Glasgow (COP26) is in its second week. It's been marked by large street protests, a "greenwash trade show" inside the meetings and empty promises by world leaders in the face of climate disaster. Green and Red focuses on movements and what's happening in the streets, so we'll be talking more with organizers and "outside voices" in Glasgow than you'll hear from mainstream media channels. Bob's off on assignment, so Scott's been on top of our Glasgow coverage. He starts with an update with Matt Leonard (@MattOakland) from the Oil and Gas Action Network (@oil_action). Matt's been there for a couple of weeks supporting street actions targeting world leaders like Joe Biden and Boris Johnson, as well as fossil fuel execs and Wall Street bankers wining and dining their way through the climate talks. He talked about reactions and moods of people there, people powered street actions, global climate politics, the role of corporations at COP26 and greenwashing. Scott then gets an update from Emma Rae Lierley (@EmmaRaeLierley) with Rainforest Action Network (@RAN). They discussed Saturday's march and the invisibilization of Indigenous leadership and delegations by the media. They also discussed the (empty) pledge by world leaders to stop deforestation by 2030, the role of reactionary countries such as Brazil and Indonesia and the importance of Indigenous land and forest defenders in stopping deforestation and climate crises. Finally, they also talked about corporations at COP26, public relations strategies, greenwashing and "Net Zero by 2050." We'll be having more voices from Glasgow joining us this week. Please continue to check us out here and on our YouTube channel for more updates. Follow Green and Red// https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Donate to Green and Red Podcast// Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Scott.

Today on Sojourner Truth: On Sunday, October 31, the United Nations Climate Change Conference kicked off the COP26 (Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow, Scotland. Twenty-five thousand delegates from 200 countries are attending, and around 120 heads of state. The conference, which was delayed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will run until Friday, November 12. Wednesday, November 10, marked one of the most critical days in the ongoing COP26 Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, Scotland. The conference has the stated purpose of taking global action on climate change, which is accelerating the environmental devastation of our planet. On Wednesday, the governments of China and the United States agreed to increase climate cooperation over the next decade. The world's two largest CO2 emitters pledged to act in a joint declaration. The declaration claims that both parties will work together to achieve the 1.5C temperature goal set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. It also calls for stepped-up efforts to close the significant gap that remains to achieve that target. However, the joint statement was very short on details. And without details, no one knows what, if anything, will come out of the U.S. China agreement. U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are even expected to hold a virtual meeting as early as next week, according to the BBC. Also on Wednesday, a draft agreement being circulated at the UN climate summit calls on countries to phase-out coal power. However, the draft agreement has been roundly criticized for failing to address the crisis. The UN Secretary General said that as of now, COP26 is on life support. By all accounts, unless something dramatic happens, it seems governments will have once again failed to address the climate catastrophe. Our guest is Souparna Lahiri, based in New Delhi, India. Souparna is the Global Forest Coalition's Climate Campaigner and Advisor. The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies. We also hear from Vijay Kumar Thallam, the Advisor to Government of Andhra Pradesh for Agriculture & Cooperation, and in charge of implementation of natural farming in Andhra Pradesh. Lastly, Patrick Ioakimedes joins us to discuss an upcoming California Poor People's Campaign event focused on environmental devastation.

Today on Sojourner Truth: On Sunday, October 31, the United Nations Climate Change Conference kicked off the COP26 (Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow, Scotland. Twenty-five thousand delegates from 200 countries are attending, and around 120 heads of state. The conference, which was delayed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will run until Friday, November 12. Wednesday, November 10, marked one of the most critical days in the ongoing COP26 Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, Scotland. The conference has the stated purpose of taking global action on climate change, which is accelerating the environmental devastation of our planet. On Wednesday, the governments of China and the United States agreed to increase climate cooperation over the next decade. The world's two largest CO2 emitters pledged to act in a joint declaration. The declaration claims that both parties will work together to achieve the 1.5C temperature goal set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. It also calls for stepped-up efforts to close the significant gap that remains to achieve that target. However, the joint statement was very short on details. And without details, no one knows what, if anything, will come out of the U.S. China agreement. U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are even expected to hold a virtual meeting as early as next week, according to the BBC. Also on Wednesday, a draft agreement being circulated at the UN climate summit calls on countries to phase-out coal power. However, the draft agreement has been roundly criticized for failing to address the crisis. The UN Secretary General said that as of now, COP26 is on life support. By all accounts, unless something dramatic happens, it seems governments will have once again failed to address the climate catastrophe. Our guest is Souparna Lahiri, based in New Delhi, India. Souparna is the Global Forest Coalition's Climate Campaigner and Advisor. The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies. We also hear from Vijay Kumar Thallam, the Advisor to Government of Andhra Pradesh for Agriculture & Cooperation, and in charge of implementation of natural farming in Andhra Pradesh. Lastly, Patrick Ioakimedes joins us to discuss an upcoming California Poor People's Campaign event focused on environmental devastation.

In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by shortzelda22 from Hourglass SMP to discuss snapshot 21w44a for Minecraft 1.18, Caves & Cliffs, which includes new world generation when updating a current world, a new online options screen, and sleeping now only resets the weather cycle if it was raining. Plus, we have a listener comment from Blackhole Nerd about ideas for an exclusive item in the Deep Dark, and one from KitKittyCat2 about a good use for the Fletching Table. Also, shortzelda22 gives her thoughts on Minecraft 1.18 and 1.19 and tells us all about Hourglass SMP, where they are transforming five Mushroom Islands into the Mana Cycle from Magic: The Gathering, including builds for Plains, Islands, Swamps, Mountains and Forests. Minecraft Snapshot 21w44a: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-21w44a Thank you to our Milk level Patrons: aubni, ChiefBigBear, Crock, FragileRock, ohbeep, StoneFigure and viperoustuna. Discord: https://discord.gg/gqnKyeZ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thewitheringeffect Website: http://thewitheringeffect.com/ E-Mail: podcast@thewitheringeffect.com Voice Message: https://anchor.fm/thewitheringeffect/message Twitter: https://twitter.com/WitheringEffect YouTube: https://youtube.com/thewitheringeffect Instagram: https://instagram.com/witheringeffect Show Hosts DuDs YouTube: https://youtube.com/DuDs_vs DuDs Twitter: https://twitter.com/DuDs_vs DuDs Twitch: https://twitch.tv/DuDs_vs Jimbo YouTube: https://youtube.com/JimboSlice23Gaming Jimbo Twitter: https://twitter.com/JimboSlice23_ Jimbo Twitch: https://twitch.tv/JimboSlice23_ Guest Zelda YouTube: https://youtube.com/shortzelda22 Zelda Twitter: https://twitter.com/shortzelda22 Zelda Twitch: https://twitch.tv/shortzelda22 Digital Producer CarlRyds YouTube: https://youtube.com/CarlRydsGaming CarlRyds Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarlRyds CarlRyds Twitch: https://twitch.tv/CarlRydsGaming Music Master DiiKoj YouTube: https://youtube.com/DiiKoj DiiKoj Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiiKoj

Chronic inflammatory diseases are on the rise, especially in so-called industrialized countries that have been structured by the hands of colonialism. Could this collective inflammation we are experiencing be a sign from our bodies that we are indeed mired in systemically unhealthy living conditions? What we might have once understood as an individual ailment, must now be understood as a side effect of daily exposures of air pollution, economic precarity, contaminated water, police brutality, mounting debt, and an overall increasingly difficult social structure to stay afloat in. In this week's episode, Dr. Rupa Marya and Raj Patel discuss the biological impacts of oppressive social structures. We are left with the resounding reminder that inflammation is an indicator that we must change our collective ways in order to heal, and in today's world that requires us to dismantle oppressive systems and expand our understanding of health beyond inadequate colonial definitions. Dr. Rupa Marya is a physician, an activist, a mother, and a composer. She is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where she practices and teaches internal medicine. She is a cofounder of the Do No Harm Coalition, a collective of health workers committed to addressing disease through structural change. Raj Patel is a research professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, a professor in the University's Department of Nutrition, and a research associate at Rhodes University, South Africa. He is the author of Stuffed and Starved and The Value of Nothing. He serves on the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems and has advised governments worldwide on the causes of and solutions to crises of sustainability. Music by Roma Ransom and Lindsey Mills. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.

Sound Artist and Electronic producer Luke Younger aka Helm on Axis (released tomorrow) synths, music technology, atmosphere anti-narrative and ideology, having no agenda, having no politics, and capturing the moment with artistic explorations into nullified darkness and industrial calcification. Forests, ice chandeliers, and the need to create in the midst of bare life You can buy Axis now from Dais Records.

Initiatives to plant billions and even trillions of trees have been popping up like seedlings after a rainstorm. These are important in tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, but what about using natural regeneration, where one allows a forest to regrow using its native seedstock, in such efforts?   On this episode we discuss the amazing power of letting forests regrow, and when tree-planting is necessary, plus what we know about the differences between planted and naturally regenerated forests with two guests: University of California professor Karen Holl describes the conditions that are conducive to natural regeneration of forests and shares inspiring examples ranging from current experiments to historical events like in Costa Rica and the Northeast United States. And researcher/restoration consultant Robin Chazdon discusses the decision-making process that goes into successful reforestation projects, and whether today's tree-planting campaigns are likely to be beneficial in the long run. Related resources: ”Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?” ”Beyond tree planting: When to let forests restore themselves” Please invite your friends to subscribe to the Mongabay Newscast wherever they get podcasts, 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 us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by searching for @mongabay. Please share your thoughts and ideas! submissions@mongabay.com.

Forests have long been celebrated in literature as a repository or life and solitude.  But Dr. Suzanne Simard says they are also an important repository of wisdom—a wisdom passed from tree to tree as they communicate with one another. Dr. Simard is a Professor of Forest Ecology in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada.  She is particularly known for her work on belowground networks that connect the creatures of the forest, and how these are fundamental to the complex adaptive nature of ecosystems. At UBC, she facilitates a vibrant research program, a teaching program focused on forest ecology and complexity science.  A strong contributor to the forestry profession in Canada, her research is motivated by her desire for protecting our fundamental right to a clean and healthy environment.  She contributes to this goal by conducting scientific research on the synergies and complexities of our natural world and the development of sustainable land stewardship practices that both conserve and protect the environment.  Her research is centered on understanding the vital relationships between plants, microbes, soils, carbon, nutrients and water that underlie the adaptability, resilience and recovery of ecosystems.  She works primarily in forests, but also grasslands, wetlands, tundra and alpine ecosystems.  She strives to communicate this research so that it is understandable and usable to all people and is dedicated to empowering people with science-based knowledge and tools to manage and heal the land from human impacts including climate change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A conversation with WRI Senior Fellow Frances Seymour, who says there's plenty of reason to believe the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use could deliver on its high ambition of ending and reversing deforestation -- not so much because of the declaration itself, but because of the constellation of world events that birthed it. Frances is also co-author of the book "Why Forests? Why Now? The Science, Economics, and Politics of Tropical Forests and Climate Change."

CLICK HERE to listen to episode audio (5:26).Sections below are the following: Transcript of Audio Audio Notes and Acknowledgments Images Sources Related Water Radio Episodes For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.). Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 11-5-21. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of November 8, 2021. MUSIC – ~12 sec – instrumental. That's part of “Racing the Sun,” by The Faux Paws, on that group's 2021 self-titled album, from Great Bear Records.  It opens a revised episode from November 2013, where we explore a sun-driven process that's fundamental to life on earth: photosynthesis, the process where green plants and algae make food, using the energy in sunlight to store chemical energy in the form of glucose.  Photosynthesis is also… VOICES IN SKIT - ~1 min./57 sec. REPORTER: We break into this show to bring you exclusive audio from the Virginia Tech campus, where a shadowy team of scientists are tinkering with the process underlying all life on earth.  They haven't yet revealed their possibly nefarious plans, so let's listen in... SCIENTIST 1: With this terrarium, we have a model system to test our carbon dioxide-manipulation scheme, and soon we'll be ready to control earth's fundamental food-producing process... SCIENTISTS 1 and 2: Photosynthesis! SCIENTIST 2: Are all the components of the system ready?  Green plants with chlorophyll? SCIENTIST 1: Check! SCIENTIST 2: Soil with proper nutrients? SCIENTIST 1.  Check! SCIENTIST 2. Light? SCIENTIST 1.  Check! SCIENTIST 2.  Water? SCIENTIST 1.  Check! SCIENTIST 2.  Air with CO2? SCIENTIST 1.  CO2? SCIENTIST 2.  That's carbon dioxide! SCIENTIST 1.  Oh...right...I mean, check! SCIENTIST 2.  Let the photosynthesis start!  Engage monitoring device! SCIENTIST 1.  CO2 taken in from the air...water and nutrients being absorbed through roots...light falling on leaves.  All systems go!  Light energy is driving CO2 and water to combine and form glucose, the chemical-energy form, while releasing oxygen. SCIENTIST 2.  Apply the CO2 inhibitor! SCIENTIST 1.  Lid applied!  CO2 source blocked...system CO2 levels dropping rapidly...plants responding as expected, using up available CO2. SCIENTIST 2.  Reverse manipulation!  Apply the CO2 increaser! SCIENTIST 1. Lid removed!  CO2 added...plants responding.  Wait, they're responding too fast!  They're growing beyond the walls!  One has me...aieeeeeeee! SCIENTIST 2.  Now it's got me, too!  Noooooooo..... REPORTER: Well, this might be a good time for us to return to our regular show.  Back to you.... END VOICES IN SKIT Unlike this skit, with its far-fetched human-eating plants, there's nothing make-believe about Earth life's reliance on photosynthesis using sunlight, chlorophyll, nutrients, water, and carbon dioxide to make food.  Moreover, photosynthesis is a fundamental aspect of understanding and responding to climate change.  Photosynthesis millions of years ago created the hydrocarbon compounds that constitute today's fossil fuels, and photosynthesis now—absorbing and storing some of the carbon dioxide released in fossil fuel burning—has an important role in reducing Earth's carbon dioxide levels, warming, and other climate-change impacts.  For example, the capacity for photosynthesizing trees to take up atmospheric carbon dioxide was one aspect of the “Declaration on Forests and Land Use” at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, or COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, from October 31 to November 12, 2021. Thanks to Eli Heilker and John Kidd for participating in this episode.  Thanks also to Andrew VanNorstrand for permission to use part of “Racing the Sun.”  We close with another musical selection appropriate for the climate challenges facing the COP26 meeting and all of us.  Here's about 25 seconds of “On a Ship,” by Blacksburg, Va., musician Kat Mills. MUSIC - ~ 24 sec – Lyrics: “We are riding on a ship,” then instrumental. SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Stewart Scales for his banjo version of Cripple Creek to open and close this show.  In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Virginia Water Radio episode revises and replaces Episode 186, 11-4-13. “Racing the Sun,” from the 2021 album “The Faux Paws,” is copyright by Great Bear Records, used with permission of Andrew VanNorstrand.  More information about The Faux Paws is available online at https://thefauxpawsmusic.com/.  More information about Great Bear Records is available online at https://www.greatbearmusic.com/. “On a Ship,” from the 2015 album “Silver,” is copyright by Kat Mills, used with permission.  Accompanists on the song are Ida Polys, vocals; Rachel Handman, violin; and Nicholas Polys, banjo.   More information about Kat Mills is available online at http://www.katmills.com/.  This music was used previously by Virginia Water Radio most recently in Episode 517, 3-23-20. Virginia Water Radio thanks John Kidd, formerly of the Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, and Eli Heilker, a graduate of Virginia Tech in English who served an internship in Fall 2013 with the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, for their participation in this episode.Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (1 min./11 sec.) of the “Cripple Creek” arrangement/performance by Stewart Scales that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Scales and the group New Standard, with which Mr. Scales plays, is available online at http://newstandardbluegrass.com. IMAGES Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation demonstration of plant uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) during photosynthesis.  A terrarium (left) is attached via gas-transporting tubing to a CO2 monitor at right.  Photo taken in Blacksburg, Va., October 2013.  Diagram explaining carbon dioxide (CO2) uptake by trees and other woody plants during photosynthesis, resulting in carbon storage, or “carbon sequestration,” a key concept in the issue of climate change.  Diagram courtesy of John Seiler, Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation.Red Maple leaves in Blacksburg, Va., on October 30, 2013, in which green chlorophyll pigment was breaking down as photosynthesis and chlorophyll production in the leaves were stopping with the approach of winter.  The breakdown of chlorophyll in the fall allows pigments of other colors in the leaves to be revealed.  More information on fall leaf-color change is available in “The Miracle of Fall,” University of Illinois Extension, online at https://web.extension.illinois.edu/fallcolor/default.cfm. SOURCES USED FOR AUDIO AND OFFERING MORE INFORMATION Rick Groleau, “Illuminating Photosynthesis,” Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and WGBH-Boston, “NOVA” program, November 1, 2001, online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/photosynthesis.html. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, “Global Climate Change” Website, online at https://climate.nasa.gov/.  Specific pages used were the following:“A breathing planet, off balance,” by Kate Ramsayer and Carol Rasmussen, November 11, 2015, online at https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2364/a-breathing-planet-off-balance/; and“Frequently Asked Questions,” online at https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/. John Seiler, John Groninger, and John Peterson, Forest Biology and Dendrology, Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Conservation, Blacksburg, Va., 2009.Smithsonian Institution, “Ocean—Find Your Blue/What Are Fossil Fuels?”; online at https://ocean.si.edu/conservation/gulf-oil-spill/what-are-fossil-fuels. 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), October 31—November 12, 2021, online at https://ukcop26.org/.  [October 31-November 12, 2021]; for information on photosynthesizing forests serving as “sinks” for carbon dioxide and other “greenhouse gases,” see particularly “Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use,” November 2, 2021, online at https://ukcop26.org/glasgow-leaders-declaration-on-forests-and-land-use/. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html).  See particularly the “Plants,” “Science,” and “Weather/Climate/Natural Disasters” subject categories. Following are links to some other episodes related to climate change. Episode 231, 9-15-14 – Exploring Climate Change Basics, with Examples from Assateague Island National Seashore and Shenandoah National Park.Episode 312, 4-18-16 – Student's Research Digs into Streamside Soils, Rainfall Rates, and Greenhouse Gases. FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grades K-4: Living Systems and ProcessesK.7 – Plants and animals have basic needs and life processes.1.4 – Plants have basic life needs (including water) and functional parts that allow them to survive.2.5 – Living things are part of a system.4.3 – Organisms, including humans, interact with one another and with the nonliving components in the ecosystem. Grades K-5: Earth and Space Systems3.6 – Soil is important in ecosystems.3.7 – There is a water cycle and water is important to life on Earth. Grades K-5: Earth Resources2.8 – Plants are important natural resources.3.8 – Natural events and humans influence ecosystems.4.8 – Virginia has important natural resources.5.9 – Conservation of energy resources is important. Grade 66.4 – There are basic sources of energy and that energy can be transformed.6.6 – Water has unique physical properties and has a role in the natural and human-made environment.6.7 – Air has properties and the Earth's atmosphere has structure and is dynamic.6.9 – Humans impact the environment and individuals can influence public policy decisions related to energy and the environment. Life ScienceLS.4 – There are chemical processes of energy transfer which are important for life.LS.5 – Biotic and abiotic factors affect an ecosystem.LS.6     – Populations in a biological community interact and are interdependent.LS.8 – Change occurs in ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms over time.LS.9 – Relationships exist between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Earth ScienceES.6 – Resource use is complex.ES.8 – Freshwater resources influence and are influenced by geologic processes and human activity.ES.10 – Oceans are complex, dynamic systems subject to long- and short-term variations.ES.11 – The atmosphere is a complex, dynamic system subject to long-and short-term variations.ES.12 – The Earth's weather and climate result from the interaction of the sun's energy with the atmosphere, oceans, and the land. BiologyBIO.2 – Chemical and biochemical processes are essential for life. BIO.8 – Dynamic equilibria exist within populations, communities, and ecosystems.  2015 Social Studies SOLs Grades K-3 Civics Theme3.12 – Importance of government in community, Virginia, and the United States, including government protecting rights and property of individuals. Virginia Studies CourseVS.10 – Knowledge of government, geography, and economics in present-day Virginia. United States History: 1865-to-Present CourseUSII.9 – Domestic and international issues during the second half of the 20th Century and the early 21st Century. Civics and Economics CourseCE.6 – Government at the national level.CE.7 – Government at th

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This is the 9th installment in our coverage of Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation by Paul Hawken – and today we're going to feel the buzz of ENERGY as we discuss renewable energy – green energy. We'll talk about electric cars and transportation methods, heat pumps to warm and cool buildings, and energy storage on large and small scales. If you're new to this series, I encourage you to go back to the introduction, and listen to the episode where I interview Paul, just before this book series began. That will provide all the context you need and get you thinking about what regeneration means to you. To make your discovery process easy, links to each episode are included in chronological order below time stamps. You can also visit CareMoreBeBetter.com for access to the complete series simply by clicking on the Regeneration Category of podcasts. Timestamps:  00:00 Introduction 02:30 Defining Regeneration As It Relates to Energy 04:51 Solar Power 06:20 JP Morgan Chase: A Culprit In Sustaining Fossil Fuel Use 07:45 Electric Vehicles + The Problem of Elon Musk 10:10 Geothermal Energy and Heat Pumps 12:44 Electrify Everything 13:48 Energy Storage, Battery Improvements + More 17:00 Microgrids 19:33 Summary + Takeaways 20:48 Next Week's Deep Dive Into Regeneration: Industry including Big Food, War, Fashion, Plastics and Poverty (wow -- big topics -- and a lot to cover!)   References:  Introduction to Regeneration: One Billion Climate Activists Strong: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/one-billion-climate-activists-strong/ Regeneration Interview with Paul Hawken: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-ending-the-climate-crisis-in-one-generation/  Regeneration Part 1 Oceans: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-1-oceans/  Regeneration Part 2 Forests: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-2-forests/  Regeneration Part 3 Wilding: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-3-wilding/  Regeneration Part 4 Nexus: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-4-nexus-climate-activism-tool/  Regeneration Part 5 Regenerative Agriculture: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-5-land-regenerative-agriculture-and-soil-restoration-to-reverse-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 6 People: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-6-people-indigeneity-and-our-role-in-reversing-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 7 Cities: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part7-cities-green-architecture-living-building-challenge/  Regeneration Part 8 Food: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part8-food-localization-and-decommodification-to-end-the-climate-crisis/  Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation was published on September 21, 2021 and is available at all your favorite booksellers. Visit the Regeneration website for details, resources, and valuable tools for anyone interested in becoming a climate activist.  Regeneration + Nexus: https://www.regeneration.org  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerationorg   Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveJg5mSfeTf0l4otrxgUfg Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better   Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr   Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/CareMoreBeBetter  Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better   Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability Podcast Care More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show (https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate). Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started

we begin a new series on climate change with a focus on forestry and carbon. Mark Jacobs is our producer.

This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Kerry Knudsen, originally aired in April of 2019. Lichens make up around eight percent of our planet's biomass, yet rarely do we pay much attention to these symbiotic, part algae, part fungi organisms. In this episode, For The Wild speaks to one of the world's leading lichenologists, Kerry Kent Knudsen. Ayana's conversation with Kerry spans the dreamiest of worlds, from the surreal and psychedelic presence of lichens to the magic of creating life post-capitalism. In addition to Kerry's field-based understanding of lichen, Kerry also speaks to the times we are living in, “just like the butterfly that beats its wings and causes a rainstorm around the other side of the world, we have to embrace the chaos of our lives.” In embracing this chaos, Kerry reminds us that we may very well find creation, bring our magic to fruition, and embody complete unity with reality wherever we may be. Kerry Kent Knudsen is a mycological taxonomist and lichenologist at the University of Life Sciences in Prague. Kerry founded a lichen herbarium at the University of California at Riverside and has published 215 papers and articles on lichens. He is a specialist in the lichen biodiversity of southern California and in the order of Acarosporales, which occur around the world. With his wife Jana Kocourkova, who is also a lichenologist, they have begun a four-year project working on lichen biodiversity in the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico. Music by The Savage Young Taterbug. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.

Simply planting or farming more will not save our planet, and at worst, it might even speed up its destruction. That's where regenerative agriculture comes in. Tom Newmark is the Co-Founder of The Carbon Underground, a 501(c)3 organization focused on solutions to drawdown carbon into our soil through regenerative agriculture, and the owner of Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, a wholly organic and regenerative farm in Costa Rica. In this episode, he joins Corinna Bellizzi to explain why regenerative farming is the solution that will save our planet. Keep your ears glued to this insightful discussion and learn more about how farming impacts our future and the role you can play in saving it. About Our Guest:  Tom Newmark is a fellow natural products industry veteran who moved on from his role as the CEO of New Chapter back in 2012 to focus his passion on a new purpose, creating regenerative farming ecosystems that could draw down atmospheric carbon and reverse global warming. He owns a regenerative farm and sustainable rainforest ecolodge, Finca Luna Nueva in Costa Rica and is the co-founder and chair of a not-for-profit: The Carbon Underground.  The Carbon Underground: https://thecarbonunderground.org/ Finca Luna Nueva Lodge + Regenerative Farm: https://fincalunanuevalodge.com/  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://www.caremorebebetter.com/ Time Stamps:  00:00 Introduction 03:30 Happy Coincidences and The Birth of Finca Luna Nueva Lodge; Exploring the Roots of New Chapter 09:07 The Rodale Institute: Beginning a Regenerative Farming Journey with Dr. Tim LaSalle 11:30 Mind Blowing Moment: We Can Draw Down Legacy CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) 13:30 Discovering That Biodynamic Farming and Crop Rotation Was Not Enough 17:50 Finding A Better Way To Farm - Regeneratively  (no bare earth, mimicking mother nature, planting fields of 20-30 crops growing tightly together, not disturbing soil / no plough is used) 20:00 Soil Testing To Confirm Carbon Sequestration 23:10 Basic Principles of Regenerative Agriculture: Not Bound By An "Orthodoxy of Practice" 24:10 Technology And The Problem of Inventions, Joseph Campbell and The Plough  25:30 Jarrod Diamond, Author of Guns, Germs & Steel, Believes Our Greatest Mistake Is The Invention of The Plough 27:30 The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Paradigm of Destruction  32:40 We Have An Existential Crisis - And A Solution "Photosynthesis and Regenerative Agriculture" 33:30 The Runway To Reverse Global Warming and the Problem of Climate Lag 37:45 Why Net Zero Is "Laughable" 40:20 David Johnson & Hui Chun Su Johnson - Sequestering 9-10 tons of carbon per hectare per year 44:20 Gamifying Climate Solutions and Creating The Soil Carbon Initiative (Soil Carbon Index) 49:42 How Far Are We From A 3rd Party Ratified Regenerative Farming Standard? 53:00 Corporations Called To Manage Carbon Outputs / Carbon Balance Sheets and "Carbon Markets" 56:00 Closing Thoughts - "There Is No Drop Of Love That Is Ever Wasted"   Additional References:The Rodale Institute: https://rodaleinstitute.org/  Joseph Campbell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell  Jarrod Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel: http://www.jareddiamond.org/Jared_Diamond/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel.html  The Epic of Gilgamesh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh  David Johnson & Hui Chun Su Johnson https://www.nmhealthysoil.org/2021/04/18/johnson-su-bioreactor-2/  The Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems: https://www.csuchico.edu/regenerativeagriculture/about-us/about.shtml Green America: https://www.greenamerica.org/restore-it Soil Carbon Initiative: https://www.soilcarboninitiative.org/  Other Episodes on Regeneration: Introduction to Regeneration: One Billion Climate Activists Strong: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/one-billion-climate-activists-strong/ Regeneration Interview with Paul Hawken: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-ending-the-climate-crisis-in-one-generation/  Regeneration Part 1 Oceans: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-1-oceans/  Regeneration Part 2 Forests: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-2-forests/  Regeneration Part 3 Wilding: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-3-wilding/  Regeneration Part 4 Nexus: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-4-nexus-climate-activism-tool/  Regeneration Part 5 Regenerative Agriculture: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-5-land-regenerative-agriculture-and-soil-restoration-to-reverse-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 6 People: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-6-people-indigeneity-and-our-role-in-reversing-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 7 Cities: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part7-cities-green-architecture-living-building-challenge/  Regeneration Part 8 Food: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part8-food-localization-and-decommodification-to-end-the-climate-crisis/  Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation was published on September 21, 2021 and is available at all your favorite booksellers. Visit the Regeneration website for details, resources, and valuable tools for anyone interested in becoming a climate activist.  Regeneration + Nexus: https://www.regeneration.org  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerationorg   Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below)YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveJg5mSfeTf0l4otrxgUfg Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better   Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr   Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/CareMoreBeBetter  Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better   Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show (https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate). Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started

The Science Weekly podcast is in Glasgow where we will be bringing listeners daily episodes from Cop26. Each morning you will hear from one of the Guardian's award-winning environment team. Today, host Madeleine Finlay, talks to Jon Watts about a significant announcement made by global leaders on forest and land use, and we hear from an indigenous leader in Guyana about why it might not be enough.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

Squiz Kids is a free daily news podcast just for kids. Give us ten minutes, and we'll give you the world. A short weekday podcast, created here in Australia, that gives kids the lowdown on the big news stories of the day, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour. ‘Kid-friendly news that keeps them up to date without all the nasties' (A Squiz Parent) This Australian podcast for kids easily fits into the daily routine - helping curious kids stay informed about the world around them. LINKS Dubai​​https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/mobility-pavilion-alif-expo-2020-dubai-weta-workshop-spc-intl/index.htmlSquiz Kids Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/squizkids/?hl=enGot a birthday coming up and you want a shout-out? Send us an email at squizkids@thesquiz.com.au See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Professor Deborah Lawrence is a pioneer in tropical forest ecology, but also in integrating a broad variety of academics and real world experiences to better understand environmental problems and solutions. In this episode we talk from the theme of "de-fragmentation" as a fundamental solution for people today, socially and environmentally. We divide the interview into three sections. In part 1 Dr. Lawrence shares an overview of her scientific work distinguishing tropical forests as having greater influence over global climate and weather than other ecosystems. In part 2 she talks about her “awakening” to animals and rainforests and the Indigenous people in them, during college, which led to roughly six years of research in remote Borneo. That experience had a tragic end, but 15 years later had a beautiful resolution. She shares about that journey and its value today. And in the third segment, Dr. Lawrence talks about her vision for an optimal future for everyone. About Deborah LawrenceDeborah Lawrence, Ph.D., is Director of the Environmental Thought & Practice program and a Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Her extensive research focuses on nutrient cycling, Indigenous peoples, the links between tropical deforestation and climate change, and  the impacts of forest conversion on our climate around the globe. She is an adviser to the US Forest Service and US AID. She has spent more than twenty-five years doing field-based research in Indonesia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Cameroon. She and her students work with partners in hydrology, atmospheric science, economics, anthropology, ethics, engineering, law, and more to understand the drivers and consequences of the issues around ecosystem destruction. She has earned numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a fellowship from the National Academy of Sciences, and a Fulbright Scholarship. She earned her undergrad at Harvard University, her Ph.D. at Duke, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard. Learn more about Dr. Lawrence's work here and here. Notes -- This episode explores its topics under the theme of De-Fragmentation. Section 1: Tropical Forest “Teleconnections”. We begin by discussing Dr. Lawrence's breakthrough 2014 study on Tropical Forest teleconnections: AKA, tropical forests' influence on global moisture cycles. Tropical rainforests are better at stabilizing global climate than any other land-based ecosystem. Dr. Lawrence shares:  Definition of tropical forest teleconnections Her biggest takeaways from that study, today  How trees' leaves serve the whole planet. “Leaves are tiny pumps.” (Chris) Whether or not tropical re-forestation can reduce heat and drought around the world The power of thoughtful reforestation and deforestation Two recommendations for how to protect tropical rainforests.  Section 2: Lessons learned in Borneo. Dr. Lawrence tells us how she ended up living and working in a remote village in Borneo for roughly six years until “getting kicked out.” She shares general as well as very profound, personal lessons learned from that time. Check "Quotes" below for some takeaways.  Section 3: Envisioning an Optimal Future. Professor Lawrence expands on her earlier statements from this interview: that we need to work to be connected to each other and the planet, know all we can about how to protect the rainforests, change our economy, recognize the environment as our life-support system, feel the miraculousness of photosynthesis, conserve more, and help more because we care more. See Quotes for takeaways.  Quotes“Tree cover stabilizes climate.""There are certain scale effects of deforestation. Scale matters. If you can think through the local climate and the local atmospheric dynamics you can figure out how to manage rainfall through deforestation.""The atmosphere is all connected. Forests move a lot of moisture through their leaves... That sets up a bunch of dynamics in the atmosphere that come out of the Tropics and ultimately have ripple effects across the globe... We need to protect large, large patches of forest.""Know all you can about the products you consume. Address climate through the political system. We need to act.""Work together. Try to be connected.""The first thing that struck me from almost the get go, is that people are the same everywhere. They wanted to eat, a decent house, schooling for their kids, care for their family when they were sick, and enough money to throw a great wedding for their kids. That was it! I'm pretty sure that's what I want, as a parent, I mean, it's pretty much the same thing. So, stunning to me. I mean, maybe not stunning — of course, we're all the same. Maybe you just don't get that if you don't actually go somewhere else and discover they just want the same things.”“Water keepers are everywhere. The water is a big thing everywhere.”“Working together is how you do it when things are hard. You pull together for planting, for healing, for parties… We can work together and we can find a path.” “When making big decisions, it's important to be thoughtful and move a bit slowly, especially when those decisions have to do with the land. . . You cannot walk back decisions to deforest the planet. The better thing to do is just to not do it in the first place. . . Our planet depends on leaving these forests alone. . . It is simple, hard and utterly important.”“And I thought, “Oh my goodness, it wasn't all me…” I had spent 15 years blaming myself, and I knew in fact I was to blame, I had plenty of blame, but to know that I was forgiven, and that these people were sorry, and that it wasn't all lost… Aside from my kids — the other best thing that's ever happened to me was to get this back, to feel like it wasn't lost; I wasn't lost to them and they weren't lost to me.”“I hope we ALL have a chance in less than 15 years to go back to whoever we hurt or whoever we failed and to get some clarity or some forgiveness. I think a really important message is that you shouldn't give up on people, and that people make mistakes, big ones. We're all human. These sound like cliches, but it's the truth. We do make mistakes. It's important to try hard to stay connected. Try hard to stay connected and if you get disconnected try even harder to get reconnected. When I think about my deepest failure, it was a failure to listen and a failure to maybe ask for more… I think the best thing you can do is actually discuss your feelings, and for me now, the message now, is that this extends to the way i feel about our planet and our future… and the fact that we have to work together, and if we don't we stand to lose a lot. We stand to lose not only our connection to the planet, which sustains us, but our connection to each other… So I think trying to be connected is the way we get through this.”“We should be skeptical of our own stories because we don't actually know it all.”“This fragmented world that we live in is something we have got to come to grips with... Our country was built on slavery... Our country was inhabited before we got here, and we took that land... The other acknowledgment that we need is that we are living in this lifeboat called, “the planet Earth,” and it is our life-support system, it's the only one we have, and we depend on it utterly... I hope it becomes another one of those acknowledgements, that the Earth is sustaining us, and we need to remember that everyday.”"My vision for the future is that we are fundamentally not so divided from each other.""I want us to be a people who are together with each other and together with the planet.""My ideal future: we nailed it and we addressed climate change and when climate catastrophes hit we help because we want to help each other out... A cleaner world, full of energy, from people and for people." Thanks for listening! Check out more episodes of The Bridge here.MusicThanks so much to Alice Spencer for her song, "I Wanna Be a Buddhist," our theme. Enjoy Alice's full performance of the song here. 

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In the race to reach carbon neutrality, the British government and other private stakeholders have set out on a daunting task: reforesting Great Britain by planting 5,000 acres of woodland over the next five years. The goal is to off-set Britain's carbon emissions by using newly grown forests to capture carbon. Special Correspondent Willem Marx reports as part of 'Peril & Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change.' PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In the race to reach carbon neutrality, the British government and other private stakeholders have set out on a daunting task: reforesting Great Britain by planting 5,000 acres of woodland over the next five years. The goal is to off-set Britain's carbon emissions by using newly grown forests to capture carbon. Special Correspondent Willem Marx reports as part of 'Peril & Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change.' PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In the race to reach carbon neutrality, the British government and other private stakeholders have set out on a daunting task: reforesting Great Britain by planting 5,000 acres of woodland over the next five years. The goal is to off-set Britain's carbon emissions by using newly grown forests to capture carbon. Special Correspondent Willem Marx reports as part of 'Peril & Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change.' PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

As COP26 gets underway we for this week's Country Focus we're at Blas Cymru or Taste Wales event, to discover the appetite for sustainability in the Welsh food and drinks industry . We explore the concept of "Tiny Forests" grown to help combat climate change and biodiversity loss. We visit a church in the Black Mountains, to explore thin places - a veil between this world and the eternal world. Amateur astronomer, Katrin Raynor-Evans guides us through the joys of the night sky and finally root zero, the carbon free potato, grown in Pembrokeshire

1st featured podcast for this 7 month showcasing! Skeletales Podcast As if forests aren't already spooky as heck, this weeks episodes will confirm that all your fears you have when wandering through your local woodland are 100% valid. Alissa shares the tales of Hoia Baciu Forest in Romania and the Island of the Dolls in Mexico and also somehow tells a tale about a forest without trees. Britt keeps it super creepy with a tale of what is almost definitely a near murder on an evening stroll and a cryptid gone camping. Murder, mystery, time travel, cryptids, this ones got it all folks.We want to hear your stories!Please e-mail them to us at Skeletalespodcast@gmail.comAs always thanks for listening and Haunt Y'all Later!Support the show (https://www.etsy.com/shop/skeletalespodcast)

Ms.Ajanta Dey has been working on ecological and environmental issues with an ecosystem approach over the last few decades. She is a member of the Commission on Ecosystems Management (CEM) – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Additional information - https://naturewildlife.org/ (https://naturewildlife.org/) Disclaimer : The views and opinions expressed by Interviewees in interivews conducted by Harshaneeyam website / Podcast are those of the Speakers, Interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Harshaneeyam Website / Podcast. Any content provided by Interviewees / speakers are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual or anyone or anything. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In this 8th installment of our deep dive into Paul Hawken's New York Times Bestseller - Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis in One Generation, we dive into the subject of Food, the problems of big agriculture and big food, and how we can correct this global issue through wasting nothing, eating everything, localizing our food choices, the decommodification of foods, protection of pollinators, and eating mindfully from responsible, regenerative sources.    Timestamps:  00:00 Introduction 02:27 Where Our Food Comes From 04:00 Smart Tips For Healthy Eating And Reducing Waste 06:15 Eat Everything (or more different things) 08:22 The Importance of Access to Healthy Foods - The Vitamin Angels + Vitamin A Example  - see episode 20: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/ending-infant-mortality-worldwide-with-howard-schiffer/  09:40 Localization and The Benefit of Eating Whole Real Foods 13:44 Decommodification of Foods 15:15 Insect Extinction & The Importance of Pollinators 17:20 Eating Trees + Regenerative Farming 18:37 Reactions & Thoughts on Jonathan Safran Foer's Closing Essay to This Chapter (and a confession from Corinna) 19:52 We Are The Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer 23:00 The Changes I'm Committing To  25:00 Focusing On Mindful Consumption - An Optimistic Perspective On The Change We Can All Affect   References:  Introduction to Regeneration: One Billion Climate Activists Strong: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/one-billion-climate-activists-strong/ Regeneration Interview with Paul Hawken: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-ending-the-climate-crisis-in-one-generation/  Regeneration Part 1 Oceans: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-1-oceans/  Regeneration Part 2 Forests: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-2-forests/  Regeneration Part 3 Wilding: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-3-wilding/  Regeneration Part 4 Nexus: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-4-nexus-climate-activism-tool/  Regeneration Part 5 Regenerative Agriculture: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-5-land-regenerative-agriculture-and-soil-restoration-to-reverse-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 6 People: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-6-people-indigeneity-and-our-role-in-reversing-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 7 Cities: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part7-cities-green-architecture-living-building-challenge/  Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation was published on September 21, 2021 and is available at all your favorite booksellers. Visit the Regeneration website for details, resources, and valuable tools for anyone interested in becoming a climate activist.  Regeneration + Nexus: https://www.regeneration.org  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerationorg   Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveJg5mSfeTf0l4otrxgUfg Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better   Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr   Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better   ~Join us live each week for open conversations on Clubhouse!~ Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability Podcast Care More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show (https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate). Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started

In part three of our series, we travel to Romania to the forest with the most paranormal activity: Hoia- Baciu Forest. We tell the tales of the strange environment throughout the forest, the sightings of the UFOs, and the time that is lost when a person enters into the forest. Welcome to the Bermuda Triangle of Forests! Check us out at these places: Facebook: The Free Rotation Podcast Twitter: @thefreerotation Instagram: @thefreerotationpodcast YouTube: The Free Rotation Twitch: TheFreeRotation We also have a new Discord! Check it out over at our Twitch channel. The Free Rotation Podcast is an affiliate of the We Be Geeks Podcast Network. Check out other great podcasts over at webegeekspc.com. Have Amazon Prime and use Twitch? Make sure to link your Amazon Prime account to get one free Twitch subscription a month and feel free to use it on us! #sellout. ©2021 Running Joke Media  

New research shows that several UN-protected forests are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they can absorb, mostly because of wildfires. Ten forest sites that enjoy World Heritage status from the UN's scientific and cultural arm, Unesco are now said to be affected. It's a change that has recently been observed in the world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon. Also in the programme, Russia records its worst day for Covid infections and deaths - tighter restrictions have just come into force in Moscow but some are sceptical. We hear from Nigeria about the return of the first Benin Bronzes, which were looted in colonial times, and how not finding something reveals more about the origins of the universe. (Photo: A UN-supported forest in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Credit: Gustavo Amador/EPA)

This week: Local managers and community leaders explain how a REDD+ project in Kenya is preserving 200,000 hectares of forest and benefitting 120,000 local people. Plus, insight from Apparel Insider's Brett Mathews about how the new EU product environmental footprint label will impact the apparel sector, and why some brands need to take care about their marketing using sustainability messaging. And, Innovation Forum's Narni Brooke-Adil gives an update on the upcoming sustainable landscapes and commodities conference at the end of November. In the news digest: in the run up to COP26, explanation how we get to $100bn+ climate finance for the developing world; Australia and Saudi Arabia lay out their net zero plans; and, the climate impacts of plastic production.   Host: Ian Welsh For the complete audio of the REDD+ project webinar, click here.

As the ocean warms and grows more hostile, the icy waters of the Taku river have served as refuge for salmon and an abundance of more-than-human kin. However, threats from mining and resource extraction are posed to forever change the habitat of the watershed. The 1957 abandonment of the Tulsequah Chief Mine in British Columbia left a disastrous environmental impact. This mine still requires billions of dollars worth of clean up action and constant monitoring to ensure the protection of this river system. The Tulsequah Chief serves as just one example of threats to the vital river systems of so-called Canada and The United States. The Taku, the Unuk, and the Stikine are all transboundary rivers beginning in British Columbia, Canada, and flowing through to Alaska. They are unique both in their beauty and abundance, and in the inter-governmental action required to regulate them. The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 dictates relations across international borders, but the treaty alone will not protect these rivers from acid mine drainage and continued extraction. Chris Zimmer invites us to imagine what clean, healthy rivers can bring us, and to propel love for these rivers towards ethical action. Chris Zimmer is the Alaska Campaign Director of Rivers Without Borders. Based in Juneau, Chris has been with Rivers Without Borders since 2001. Chris enjoys fishing and hunting in the watersheds he helps to protect.Music by Jon Yonts, GoldenOak, and Larkhall.Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.

The threat to Pennsylvania's forests might not be what you think. Uncontrolled development is often cited as the greatest threat to the state's wilderness and forested areas. But the threat is also coming from within. Researchers say that invasive plants and bugs are what is really threatening urban forests and are a “catastrophe in the … Continue reading "Invasive plants and an overpopulation of deer are decimating Pennsylvania's forests"

In this 7th installment of our deep dive into Paul Hawken's New York Times Bestseller - Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis in One Generation, we  invite you to walk earth's biggest cities with us as we explore the real impact of cities - one which contributes 70% of greenhouse gasses the world over, while housing over 4.3 Billion people.    Timestamps:  00:00 Introduction 01:49 Walk The Streets of Cities 04:30 Living Building Challenge 06:00 New York City, Leading The Way With BlocPower 08:00 Urban Farms, Rooftop Farms, Vertical Farms 10:00 The Beauty Of Historic Cities And Creating A New Normal with Less Hardscaping and More Green Life 11:50 Bosco Verticale - Vertical Forests As City Homes 14:40 Fifteen Minute Cities, Walking Cities 16:00 Carbon Architecture and Green Building 16:44 Podcast Feature: Katharine MacPhail, Talking House Renovations with the House Maven https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-home-renovations-with-the-house-maven/id1481716218    References:  Introduction to Regeneration: One Billion Climate Activists Strong: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/one-billion-climate-activists-strong/ Regeneration Interview with Paul Hawken: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-ending-the-climate-crisis-in-one-generation/  Regeneration Part 1 Oceans: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-1-oceans/  Regeneration Part 2 Forests: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-2-forests/  Regeneration Part 3 Wilding: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-3-wilding/  Regeneration Part 4 Nexus: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-4-nexus-climate-activism-tool/  Regeneration Part 5 Regenerative Agriculture: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-5-land-regenerative-agriculture-and-soil-restoration-to-reverse-global-warming/  Regeneration Part 6 People: https://www.caremorebebetter.com/regeneration-part-6-people-indigeneity-and-our-role-in-reversing-global-warming/  Regeneration: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation was published on September 21, 2021 and is available at all your favorite booksellers. Visit the Regeneration website for details, resources, and valuable tools for anyone interested in becoming a climate activist.  Regeneration + Nexus: https://www.regeneration.org  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerationorg   Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveJg5mSfeTf0l4otrxgUfg Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better   Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr   Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better   ~Join us live each week for open conversations on Clubhouse!~ Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability Podcast Care More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show (https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate). Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started

Forests naturally migrate about 1,600 feet each year, but to outrun climate change, they'd need to pick up the pace to 9,000 feet annually. Journalist Lauren Markham joins host Krys Boyd to discuss “assisted species migration,” or moving tree populations to save them from extinction. Her article in Mother Jones is called “Can We Move Our Forests in Time to Save Them?”

The abundance of the Klamath River has been severely restricted since the late 1700s by way of mining, logging, and damming. Once home to the third-largest salmon run in the lower 48, now Northern California is risking the collapse of its entire salmon population. After two decades of activism, the Klamath River dams will finally be removed by 2023, restoring salmon access to more than 400 miles of habitat. However, this is merely one example of the ways in which land has been chronically mismanaged across the so-called United States. This week we speak to Yurok fisherman and activist, Samuel Gensaw III, on the ways in which Northern California has served as a continuous extraction site for colonial development. This expansive conversation begins by looking at resource extraction, but moves into a larger dialogue on our collective responsibility to world renewal, bringing back balance to our relationships, how to instill new values without appropriating cultural traditions, and the Ancestral Guard's Victorious Gardens program featured in the film Gather. Samuel Gensaw III is the founding director of the Award-winning Ancestral Guard program. Currently, he is the youngest person to serve as the vice-chairman of the Yurok tribe's natural resources committee. He and fellow Ancestral Guard members are featured in the documentary, Gather, which focuses on the growing movement among Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities through food sovereignty. Music by Lake Mary, All The Queen's Ravens, Jess Williamson. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.

How's the week going, you mob? Today, we're talking about fascinating animals and trees in Australia! One story is about bandicoots -- these are marsupials; like kangaroos and wallabies; they just don't walk with their rear legs. Each time they dig, these little rat-looking animals contribute to the health of the ecosystem because this way, the soil catches more water and nutrients. Another story is about the adorable squirrels! A recent study by the University of California claims that squirrels have personality types, like humans. We also have another story about the Hollowhog. Designed by Matt Stephens from NSW, it's a wood carving tool designed to make holes in trees so that animals can live inside it. And lastly, we talk about eucalyptus trees. A very unusual feature of eucalyptus trees is that they need fire to release their seeds, so you can actually help them by setting them on fire!

During the early Nazi occupation of Europe, they forced more than a million Jews to live and work in ghettos. Most were killed in a brutal process called liquidation, or sent to concentration camps. Some 25,000 Jews escaped the ghettos and hid in Eastern European forests. The members of one family that survived years in the woods tell their story in Rebecca Frankel's new book, "Into the Forest." PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

During the early Nazi occupation of Europe, they forced more than a million Jews to live and work in ghettos. Most were killed in a brutal process called liquidation, or sent to concentration camps. Some 25,000 Jews escaped the ghettos and hid in Eastern European forests. The members of one family that survived years in the woods tell their story in Rebecca Frankel's new book, "Into the Forest." PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Hello again! We learn about the story of Giovanna, or Gia, Fuda this week and how she went missing recently in July of 2020 in Washington state, in the Cascade Widlerness! Gia, only 18 years old, was lost after her car ran out of gas and she ventured off to find help. She managed to survive for 9 days lost in the forest until she was found and rescued, staying put and safe while she waited. Remember your car preps, stay where you are, and maybe pick up some navigational skills! (PS Send your spooky campfire stories if you want!) Links mentioned in this episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/us/giovanna-gia-fuda-found.html https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/gia-fuda?rq=survival Music courtesy of Alexander Nakarada This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Dallas Goldtooth, originally aired in December of 2018. Dallas Goldtooth joins Ayana in a conversation around toxic masculinity, accountability, and dismantling patriarchy. So often, conversations around gender wounds quickly deteriorate into oversimplifications of, and accusations towards, one gender or another – failing to realize how we are all hurting under patriarchy. Toxic masculinity, settler colonialism, and white supremacy are impelling us to a point of no return. If you are coming to this conversation as an environmental advocate, understand that in order to shift our relationship from that of domination over “nature” to one of reciprocity and understanding of the ecosystem we are a part of, we must examine our values with one another. “Dallas Goldtooth is the Keep it in the Ground Campaign Organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network. He is also the co-founder of the Indigenous comedy group The 1491s. Dallas is Dakota and Diné, a loving husband, dedicated father, comedian, public speaker, recovering exotic dancer, plastic shaman extraordinaire, and body double for that guy who plays Thor in them Thor Movies.” Music by Lyla June Johnston. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.

Photo: Paul Smith's College, a premier school of forestry; in New York State just south of the Canadian border.   Holly Fretwell #Unbound. Forests. The complete, forty-minute interview. April 12, 2021. Photo: CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Holly Fretwell  #Unbound. The complete, forty-minute interview.  April 12, 2021. Fix America's Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell , Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021   https://www.perc.org/2021/04/12/fix-americas-forests-reforms-to-restore-national-forests-and-tackle-the-wildfire-crisis/ In 2020, the largest wildfire in California history scorched six counties in the northern part of the state. The August Complex Fire burned more than one million acres across three national forests and destroyed hundreds of structures. But devastating fires are not limited to California. Across the West, more than 10 million acres burned in 2020—a record in modern history. These fires consumed more than 17,500 structures and more than $3.5 billion in firefighting costs. Tragically, dozens of lives were lost, and many more people were displaced by evacuation orders. Fires released smoke that degraded air quality nearby and hundreds of miles away. They also destroyed wildlife habitat, including for imperiled species, and the fires' aftereffects will soon lead to erosion that harms water quality in local watersheds. .