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• EcoJustice Radio – Nuclear Waste: The Los Angeles Meltdown & Cover-Up – Ep. 26
  Posted on December 17, 2018 | No Comments

  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 […]

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• EcoJustice Radio – Ku Kia’i Mauna: The Mauna Kea Movement to Protect Sacred Sites – Ep 25 Part II
  Posted on December 13, 2018 | No Comments

  Kumu Mikilani provides an update on the status of Mauna Kea and the inspired movement to stop the construction of the 30-meter TMT telescope, anticipated to be the Northern Hemisphere's singular largest telescope sponsored by CalTech, University of California and the countries of India, Japan, and Canada. Twelve telescopes have already blighted what native Hawaiians consider their most sacred mountain and pinnacle of their origination cosmologically.

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• EcoJustice Radio – Ku Kia’i Mauna: The Mauna Kea Movement to Protect Sacred Sites – Ep 25 Part I
  Posted on December 12, 2018 | No Comments

  Kumu Mikilani Young discusses with Carry Kim from EcoJustice Radio about the proposed, highly controversial 30-meter TMT telescope which would be built atop "ceded" conservation lands on Mauna Kea, considered the most sacred mountain for native Hawaiians or Kanaka Ma'oli. The TMT telescope would be the largest telescope in the Northern Hemisphere and is being spearheaded by the University of California, the California Institute of Technology as well as: Japan, China, India and Canada.

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• EcoJustice Radio – Centennial Project: Suburbs Sprawl, Health & Environment Suffers – Ep. 24
  Posted on November 26, 2018 | No Comments

  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. […]

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• Defensible Space: My Wildfire-Appropriate Retrofit Journey – Part I
  Posted on November 16, 2018 | 1 Comment

  As the Western U.S. continues with massive wind-driven, high-intensity wildfires that often turn deadly, Naomi Pitcairn recommends retrofitting homes on the Wildland Urban Interface for fire-resistant resiliency. This is Part I of a three-part series.

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• KXL Blocked – How Indigenous People Will End Tar Sands Pipelines
  Posted on November 12, 2018 | 1 Comment

  A federal judge blocked the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline in November 2018, saying the Trump administration’s justification for approving it last year was "incomplete," meaning it vacated for political effect the requirements of environmental law in the US. Idle No More and AIM leader Lydia Ponce reflects on her visits to the camps challenging tar sands pipelines to protect Mother Earth and Indigenous sovereignty.

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• EcoJustice Radio – How Indigenous People Will End Tar Sands Pipelines – Episode 23
  Posted on November 12, 2018 | No Comments

  Carry Kim from EcoJustice Radio talks with Lydia Ponce, a Mayo-Quechua Indigenous activist, member of AIM (American Indian Movement), and Co-Director of Idle No More SoCal. She also works as SoCal 350 Engagement Director

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• EcoJustice Radio – The State of Recycling – Episode 22
  Posted on October 24, 2018 | No Comments

  Our guest today, Nick Lapis Director of Advocacy of for Californians Against Waste (CAW) is advocating at the state and local levels to create, promote, and implement the standards and policies necessary for waste reduction and recycling.

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• EcoJustice Radio – This is Zero Hour – Episode 21
  Posted on October 17, 2018 | No Comments

  Young people are mobilizing on climate change as the generation that will inherit its various outcomes and crises. They organized a national day of action called “This is Zero Hour” which seeks to amplify young voices who are working on environmental issues in their communities. Episode Hosted by Mark Morris with guests Arielle Cohen, Gavin Pierce, and Ryanne Mena.

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• Mythological Journey to the Aztec Underworld
  Posted on October 10, 2018 | 1 Comment

  In Aztec cosmology, the soul's journey to the Underworld after death leaves them with four destinations: the Sacred Orchard of the Gods, the Place of Darkness, the Kingdom of the Sun, and a paradise called the Mansion of the Moon. The most common deaths end up on their way to Mictlán with its nine levels, crashing mountains and rushing rivers, and four years of struggle. This pantheon of gods and goddesses and the expanse of the 13 Heavens provides the cultural basis for the Day of the Dead customs and celebrations.

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