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• Ecological Succession: Moving Toward Regeneration with Linda Gibbs
  Posted on February 12, 2021 | 2 Comments

  Permaculture Educator Linda Gibbs from Woodshed Gardens speaks with EcoJustice Radio on Ecological Succession, Fire Resiliency, and Soil Regeneration Principles.

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• Recipe for Abuse: Palm Oil, Child Labor, and Girl Scout Cookies
  Posted on February 5, 2021 | 1 Comment

  EcoJustice Radio discusses the dangers palm oil plantations present to tropical rainforest biodiversity and Indigenous communities in Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and Africa. We talk with Olivia Chaffin, […]

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• Ch´ol Creation Story: The Origin of Life on Earth
  Posted on February 4, 2021 | 2 Comments

  Here we re-tell the creation myth of Ch'ujtiat from the Ch'ol People. Stories director Gabriela Badillo’s 68 Voices, 68 Hearts, a series of one-minute animations that preserve indigenous Mexican stories with narration provided by native speakers.

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• Dam-Free: Indigenous Peoples Reclaim the Klamath River
  Posted on January 28, 2021 | 2 Comments

  An agreement announced in November 2020 paves the way for demolition of four hydroelectric dams on the Lower Klamath River, the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This would reopen […]

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• Corridor of the Surreal: Silver Webb and Jack Eidt Talk ‘City of Illumination’
  Posted on January 27, 2021 | No Comments

  Jack Eidt talks with Silver Webb on his surreal trip to the Underworld story "City of Illumination," published by Borda Books in Delirium Corridor, A Dark Anthology, curated by Max Talley. It includes fifteen tales of psychological suspense, altered states, noir crime, and the surreal. 

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• Courting Delirium: Max Talley and his Dark Zeitgeist
  Posted on January 9, 2021 | 2 Comments

  Jack Eidt from WilderUtopia.com had a chat with novelist Max Talley about the recent book he curated and contributed two stories to, called Delirium Corridor, A Dark Anthology, from Borda Books/Santa Barbara Literary Journal.

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• Seventh Generation: The Voice and Leadership of Indigenous Youth
  Posted on January 7, 2021 | 1 Comment

  EcoJustice Radio spoke with emboldened and empowered youth activists, Alexis (Lex) Saenz and Yulu Wek of the International Indigenous Youth Council. Listen to their stories of reclaiming and living into […]

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• Amazon Defenders Part Three: Fires, Corruption, and Resistance in Brazil
  Posted on December 17, 2020 | 2 Comments

  EcoJustice Radio celebrates the land and water protectors of the Amazon Rainforest in a Four-Part series called Amazon Defenders. In Part Three we discuss the Indigenous rights movement for community and ecosystem health in Brazil and the six US-based financial institutions complicit in deforestation, fires, and rainforest destruction.

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• A Farm Grows in LA: Urban Farming with Avenue 33
  Posted on December 11, 2020 | 1 Comment

  Avenue 33 Farm is reestablishing Indigenous farming methods to an urban Los Angeles hillside using permaculture and regenerative principles. Listen to the interview on EcoJustice Radio.

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• Amazon Defenders Part Two: Criminalizing Activism – The Steven Donziger Case
  Posted on December 3, 2020 | 3 Comments

  EcoJustice Radio investigates the story of New York based attorney Steven Donziger who represented Ecuadorian communities demanding justice in a $9.5 billion decision against Chevron-Texaco for one of the largest-ever oil disasters. Through brazen judicial activism against him, Chevron has turned Mr. Donziger into a Corporate Political Prisoner

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