Tag: Amazon River Basin

Steven Donziger, Ecuador, Chevron
EcoJustice Radio, International Issues

Chevron Loses Civil Case in Ecuador – Attorney Steven Donziger Goes to Jail

Human Rights Attorney Steven Donziger, fighting to make Chevron pay $9.5 billion to clean up their mess left behind after decades of oil drilling, dumping, and spilling in Ecuador, is sentenced and serving six months in jail for “Criminal Contempt.” EcoJustice Radio interviewed him on the original case and the efforts by Chevron-friendly judges to stop him from advocating for the Ecuadorian people.

Yasuni Man, Ryan Killackey, Waorani People, Ecuador
EcoJustice Radio, Film, Humanity

Amazon Oil, Biodiversity and Human Rights in “Yasuni Man”

In this episode of EcoJustice Radio, host Jack Eidt speaks with Ryan Killackey, filmmaker of the award-winning documentary film set in the Ecuadorian Amazon, “Yasuni Man.” Plus, Zoe Cina-Sklar, campaigner for the #EndAmazonCrude effort by Amazon Watch, shares how California communities can play a powerful role in the fight for a just transition off fossil fuels.

Embrace of the Serpent, Ciro Guerra, Nilbio Torres
Film, Mysteries, Rituals and Traditions

“Embrace of the Serpent” Film: Journey of Healing and Ethnobotany

Ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes, one of the most important plant explorers of the 20th century, served as a key inspiration in a recent film called “Embrace of the Serpent.” In December 1941, Schultes entered the Amazon to study how indigenous peoples used plants for medicinal, ritual, and practical purposes. After nearly a decade of fieldwork, he made significant discoveries about the sacred hallucinogen ayahuasca. In total, Schultes would collect more than 24,000 species of plants including some 300 species new to Western science.