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Angels and Saints in Mosaic at Sicily’s Monreale Cathedral
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![The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL or Rocketdyne), north of Los Angeles, burned in the November 2018 Woolsey Fire, threatening toxic exposures from contaminated dust, smoke, ash, and soil. In […]](https://www.wilderutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/woolsey-fire_sandy-huffaker-36x36.jpg "EcoJustice Radio – Nuclear Waste: The Los Angeles Meltdown & Cover-Up – Ep. 26")
EcoJustice Radio – Nuclear Waste: The Los Angeles Meltdown & Cover-Up – Ep. 26
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EcoJustice Radio – Ku Kia’i Mauna: The Mauna Kea Movement to Protect Sacred Sites – Ep 25 Part II
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EcoJustice Radio – Ku Kia’i Mauna: The Mauna Kea Movement to Protect Sacred Sites – Ep 25 Part I
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![Tejon Ranch Centennial Specific Plan (or Centennial) is a massive planned city in a unique, rare, fire-prone wilderness of grasslands and mountains, a residential and commercial development in LA County. […]](https://www.wilderutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Centennial-1-Nick-Jensen-36x36.jpg "EcoJustice Radio – Centennial Project: Suburbs Sprawl, Health & Environment Suffers – Ep. 24")
EcoJustice Radio – Centennial Project: Suburbs Sprawl, Health & Environment Suffers – Ep. 24
Posted on November 26, 2018 | No Comments
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Archive for November, 2017
EcoJustice Radio – Episode 6 – Threats to National Parks and Monuments in the Trump/Zinke Era
Posted on November 27, 2017 | No CommentsHonor and protect our national monuments! Listen to Ryan Henson, Senior Policy Director for The California Wilderness Coalition (aka. CalWild) as he shares how we can best steward and protect the designation of our national parks and monuments.EcoJustice Radio – Episode 5 – Preserving the Mojave Desert from Cadiz Water Project
Posted on November 26, 2017 | No CommentsDavid Lamfrom, Director of the California Desert and Wildlife Programs from the National Parks Conservation Association, speaks on preserving the Mojave Desert and opposing the Cadiz Water Project aiming to mine and ship water through a pipeline and sell it to Southern California communities for more development.EcoJustice Radio – Episode 4 – Gas Leaks and Environmental Justice – Aliso Canyon and Eight Mile, AL
Posted on November 26, 2017 | No CommentsCarletta Davis from We Matter Eight Mile in Alabama, and Richard Mathews from Save Porter Ranch, talk with Leah Garland from SoCal 350 on parallel natural gas leak disasters in both Alabama and Southern California.EcoJustice Radio – Episode 3 – Youth Organizers Ashley Hernandez and Jan Andasan
Posted on November 26, 2017 | No CommentsAshley Hernandez from Communities for a Better Environment (Wilmington), Jan Victor Andasan from East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (West Long Beach/Carson), join JP Morris of EcoJustice Radio to discuss youth organizing in under-resource communities, reflecting on the Los Angeles People's Climate March that happened in April 2017.
Hopi Survival and the Supernaturals: Revenge of the Kachinas
Posted on November 26, 2017 | 2 CommentsHere is a retelling of the Hopi story, The Revenge of the Katcinas (Kachinas or Katsinam). To grow crops and survive in their mountainous desert, the Hopis understand the necessity for proper devotion to the supernatural powers, known as the Kachinas, who embody the spirits of living things and also of ancestors who have died and become a part of nature. When the people fall out of favor with the supernaturals, disaster results.
Stranger in Tangier: Paul Bowles Under The Sheltering Sky
Posted on November 14, 2017 | 1 CommentPaul Bowles during his life (1910-1999) remained aloof from all the hipsters and hypesters of U.S. letters. Living in self-imposed exile in Tangier, he had cast a spell over such talents as Tennessee Williams, Libby Holman, Truman Capote, and Allen Ginsberg. We revisit an essay penned by Jay McInerny in 1985, on how the inimitable expatriate writer-composer's dark arts retain their power, even more so 32 years later.
Dancing Devils of Venezuela Challenge US Consumer Culture
Posted on November 8, 2017 | No CommentsAn exhibition by artist Cristóbal Valecillos in Los Angeles invoked the Dancing Devils of Yare, a 400-year old Venezuelan tradition celebrating life, the triumph of good over evil, and renewal. His provocative interpretation of the diablo masks, hand-sculpted from repurposed waste materials, takes aim at culture and consumption in the US, a plea for overcoming.
La Belle et La Bête – Natural Surrealism of a Misunderstood Beast
Posted on November 6, 2017 | No CommentsWe feature the popularized story version of the French fairy tale 'La Belle et La Bête' (Beauty and the Beast), which became a classic 1946 Jean Cocteau film accompanied by composer Philip Glass's mesmerizing 1994 score.
