Culture Road

For Season 1 finale, George and Phil welcome back Lucia Green-Weiskel to the show. The three discuss the COP26 conference that took place in Glasgow, a general look back at the climate change history and its effects, and possible solutions in the future.

George and Phil welcome David Bogoslaw, a New York writer to discuss the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and the recent elections in the US.

We are also currently running a fundraiser, check it out here.  the project Culture Road/Initiative for Collaborative Action to Rescue Our Environment is nonprofit group that is engaged environmental justice through public education using visual art, digital, and podcasting.

Not engaged in news reporting, Culture Road instead operates as a collective of audio, video, visual arts, and literary platform for discussions, commentary, and criticisms of culture and ecology. For its part, ICARE-A collaborates with partners on the ground to improve sustainable living and ecological justice in economically poor, minority communities in New York City.

Our first project is to mitigate climate change risks and build up resiliency in the often-neglected neighborhoods in South Bronx, Upper Manhattan, and Central Brooklyn. These are places where the elderly, children, homeless, and immigrants are left vulnerable to potential health risks linked to climate change. the steps As part of this project, we are raising money for a research study for community social capital, which would generate extra data to fill in the gaps left by inadequate government data gathering programs. These gaps are the result of city, state and federal agencies using outdated census data that lag by 10 years to design policies that affect urban communities. why we're doing it We want to show the missing social indicators in government modeling is why they fail in their policy goals. Our overall agenda is to improve or come up with better strategies for mitigating urgent environmental risks by supporting community-led development.

George and Phil discuss the latest Facebook outage and how social media in general affect our mental health. They also touch up on the new Texas abortion law and what that can mean for our future.

George, Phil, and Angela meet up and discuss the current climate crisis that is more often resulting in hurricanes across the country, tornados in DC, etc. They also touch on the German election, the US politics, and the Covid-19 crisis. 

We are also currently running a fundraiser, which you can visit at: https://ioby.org/project/cultured-road-help-us-reach-5000 

the project Culture Road/Initiative for Collaborative Action to Rescue Our Environment is nonprofit group that is engaged environmental justice through public education using visual art, digital, and podcasting.

Not engaged in news reporting, Culture Road instead operates as a collective of audio, video, visual arts, and literary platform for discussions, commentary, and criticisms of culture and ecology. For its part, ICARE-A collaborates with partners on the ground to improve sustainable living and ecological justice in economically poor, minority communities in New York City.

Our first project is to mitigate climate change risks and build up resiliency in the often-neglected neighborhoods in South Bronx, Upper Manhattan, and Central Brooklyn. These are places where the elderly, children, homeless, and immigrants are left vulnerable to potential health risks linked to climate change.

the steps As part of this project, we are raising money for a research study for community social capital, which would generate extra data to fill in the gaps left by inadequate government data gathering programs. These gaps are the result of city, state and federal agencies using outdated census data that lag by 10 years to design policies that affect urban communities.

why we're doing it We want to show the missing social indicators in government modeling is why they fail in their policy goals. Our overall agenda is to improve or come up with better strategies for mitigating urgent environmental risks by supporting community-led development.

George and Phil meet up to discuss the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, decisions that led to this, and the consequences this move is creating. The general culture of war and the history of this particular one is discussed, as it is how it parallels other ones in the past. 

The team discusses the Olympics, the culture around it, and how there is an incredible amount of disrespect towards the athletes from various sides. The conversation continues into the general treatment of Black American athletes and other non-white athletes throughout the decades during the Olympics and other international sporting events.

Phil and George join up to discuss the current state of the covid-19 pandemic in the world, and the cultural divide that is partially responsible for that state. Angela doesn't miss a chance to join in on the conversation, and the convo about covid, vaccines, and the culture around them takes all sorts of twists and turns. Enjoy!

The team welcomes Lucia Green-Weiskel, and together they discuss the new US approach to Russia, climate change (Paris Accord) and the US-China relations. 

Lucia Green-Weiskel teaches Political Science at Northern Vermont University in Johnson, Vermont. Since 2007, she has worked as a Program Manager and later Special Advisor for the Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation, a climate policy center in Beijing. She has attended many UN climate conferences and written about US-China relations for The Nation, Vice News, and Grist.

We are sorry we missed the last week's episode, we will be back next week with a brand new episode. Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

The team discusses the current nature and culture of work in the United States. Companies are now more than ever used to worker exploitation and paying below living wages, and even companies that claim to pay a living wage take extra steps to exploit the workers. The culture of work has changed with individualism and people being told the only way to win is for other people to lose. Unions have been given a bad name by the conservatives in the country, and company loyalty was prized above all. This year of Covid is changing that culture, hopefully for the better. The younger generation is seeing through the corporate lies, and changing the culture of work.