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• An Environmental Advocate’s Response to ‘Planet of the Humans’
  Posted on May 14, 2020 | No Comments

  The Michael Moore-produced, Jeff Gibbs video, Planet of the Humans, uses the capitalism onslaught that has caused disaster across the planet as an Earth Day opportunity to lob spitballs at environmental movements and prominent advocates. While it can't even manage any more cogent solutions than vague assertions about curbing population and over-consumption, it also fails to see the monster who stands before it: the system, which needs to be overcome, immediately.

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• Green Banking: Toward A Regenerative Economy
  Posted on May 8, 2020 | No Comments

  Now is the time to invest in a regenerative economy that supports climate finance at scale. Our banking and investment practices can proactively regenerate the planet and foster a clean, green economy that is both socially conscious and sustainable. EcoJustice Radio speaks with Tom Duncan of Earthbanc.

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• THE BOTTLE SCAM: Land, Water, and Indigenous Rights – Plastic Plague Pt. 5
  Posted on May 1, 2020 | 2 Comments

  THE BOTTLE SCAM - EcoJustice Radio connects the dots between the Water Bottle Scam and the fight for Land, Water, and Indigenous Rights. This is PART FIVE of a special seven-part series, called, “The Plastic Plague: Connecting the Dots between Extraction, Inequity, and Pollution.”

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• THROWAWAY SOCIETY: Economics & Inequity of (Plastic) Consumption – Plastic Plague Pt 4
  Posted on April 16, 2020 | 3 Comments

  THROWAWAY SOCIETY – EcoJustice Radio investigate the economics & inequity of plastic consumption once thrown away. Does plastic truly get recycled and what is the burden of other countries?

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• The BirdHouse: Reconnecting People & Place through Arts & Ecology
  Posted on April 8, 2020 | No Comments

  On this episode of EcoJustice Radio, we visit with the members of an inspiring community garden and culture-space called The BirdHouse, in Hollywood, CA.

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• HUMAN HEALTH: The Threats of Plastic – Plastic Plague Pt 3
  Posted on April 2, 2020 | 3 Comments

  EcoJustice Radio investigates the impacts plastics have on our personal health and quality of life. From food packaging to building materials, we cover the toxins types, corporate responsibility, and how can we avoid exposure. We dive into what it means to support the efforts of frontline communities to minimize exposure by reducing these toxic chemicals.

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• Social Equity in a Zero Waste Baltimore – National Zero Waste Conference
  Posted on March 26, 2020 | 1 Comment

  EcoJustice Radio visits Baltimore, Maryland, setting the standard for #ZeroWasteCities by ensuring social equity. Their racially and economically just Zero Waste Plan goes beyond the successful management of resources and waste by lifting up human rights values and ensuring that those communities who are historically burdened by the ill effects of our waste system are made a priority. Jessica Aldridge from Adventures in Waste interviews advocates from United Workers.

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• REFINEMENT: Cracking the Plastic Production Boom – Plastic Plague Pt 2
  Posted on March 19, 2020 | 4 Comments

  REFINEMENT - Once extracted, how does oil and gas become the resin that will eventually be the plastic we use in our daily lives? Then we buy these products, the social and environmental justice issues are covered up by cool marketing campaigns.

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• Is Nuclear Waste at San Onofre Safe?
  Posted on March 12, 2020 | No Comments

  On today’s show Carry Kim speaks with special guest Torgen Johnson, an urban planner and community activist from coastal San Diego County here to discuss the stranded nuclear waste situation at the now closed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station located just a short drive south of Los Angeles. Nuclear waste has been described by Greenpeace’s Michael Stothard as “the most destructive and indestructible waste in history.” Torgen will shed some light on how we can remain safe nevertheless.

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• Reducing Single-Use Culture Through Legislation – National Zero Waste Conference
  Posted on March 10, 2020 | 2 Comments

  EcoJustice Radio and Adventures In Waste look at Single Use Consumption Culture and how proposed #AB1080 and #SB54 legislation in California attempts to reduce plastic pollution and support recycling and Circular Economy efforts.

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