Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast

On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, Today, host Justine Norton-Kertson continues our series on Disaster Prep as Community Care with part 7, an entire episode accessibility in disaster planning.

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On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson continues talking about fire season with a consideration of Indigenous land stewardship. How we can build a better relationship with fire and the land through Indigenous land stewardship practices while respecting sovereignty rather than continuing our settler-colonial history of Indigenous cultural appropriation and exploitation.

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News Articles and Other Sources

Climate-focused regeneration breathes hope into a long-neglected Rome suburb

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/climate-focused-regeneration-breathes-hope-into-long-neglected-rome-suburb-2026-07-20

Letter: Heatwaves highlight need for resilient infrastructure

https://www.ft.com/content/7f8e1c6c-89ea-4bb0-a9a1-d5c9732def46

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On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson continues our series on Disaster Prep as Community Care with part 6, on building a shared, community food pantry.

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On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson continues our series on Disaster Prep as Community Care with part 5, on building layered communications networks to make your neighborhood more resilient during disasters.

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On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson continues talking about fire season with a consideration of Indigenous land stewardship. How we can build a better relationship with fire and the land through Indigenous land stewardship practices while respecting sovereignty rather than continuing our settler-colonial history of Indigenous cultural appropriation and exploitation.

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News Articles and Other Sources

These young firefighters are learning ancient Indigenous practices to save Oregon’s forests from wildfire

https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2026/06/these-young-firefighters-are-learning-ancient-indigenous-practices-to-save-oregons-forests-from-wildfire.html

(Note: The Oregonian article is behind a paywall. It was republished by The Chronicle. You can read the full article for free at https://www.chronline.com/stories/these-young-firefighters-are-learning-ancient-indigenous-practices-to-save-oregons-forests-from,404042)

Tribal Youth Ecological Forestry Training Program

https://lomakatsi.org/project/tribal-youth/

Inter-Tribal Oregon Conservation Corps Crew earns Firefighter Type 2 certification, expanding prescribed fire capacity

https://lomakatsi.org/inter-tribal-oregon-conservation-corps-crew-earns-firefighter-type-2-certification-expanding-prescribed-fire-capacity/

Indian Youth Service Corp making a difference in Oregon

https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/features/indian-youth-service-corp-making-difference-oregon

Oregon State University Extention Services Fire Program

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/fire-program

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On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson gets into the fourth part in our series on Disaster Prep as Community Care, resilience hubs: what they are, where they are, what they do, and how to identify and develop one in your community.

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More Info on Resilience Hubs

https://www.resiliencehubcollaborative.org

https://www.usdn.org/resilience-hubs.html

https://greenlining.org/2024/whats-all-the-hub-about-how-community-resilience-hubs-can-bridge-gaps-in-social-connection-wellness-and-transportation

https://gisweb.miamidade.gov/agolpdf/Resilience_Hubs_Examples.pdf

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On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson takes a look at a climate human rights case out of Australia, and its implications for the ability to hold corporations accountable for their role in damaging the climate. Then, we explore what a solarpunk system of climate accountability would look like.

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Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the climate crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/22/trapped-by-floods-and-fearing-death-in-the-heat-the-australians-taking-legal-action-over-the-climate-crisis

Meet the 10 Australians and Read their Complaint

https://earthjustice.org/hardtruthscase/legal

Fossil Fuel Exports at Center of UN Human Rights Case Against Australian Government

https://earthjustice.org/press/2026/fossil-fuel-exports-at-center-of-un-human-rights-case-against-australian-government

U.N. court rules countries have duty to limit greenhouse emissions

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/23/world-court-climate-ruling

Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

https://www.icj-cij.org/case/187

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On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson looks how extreme heat is changing the way World Cup matches are played, and asked why those same protections aren't afforded to all working people.

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News Articles and Other Sources

Study warns of dangerous heat at 2026 World Cup as climate risks grow

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/study-warns-dangerous-heat-2026-world-cup-climate-risks-grow-2026-05-14

World Cup puts urban heat risk in the spotlight

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/world-cup-puts-urban-heat-risk-spotlight--ecmii-2026-06-16

Mexico, Italy and others see up to two more months of heat stress than in the 1970s, study says

https://apnews.com/article/climate-heat-stress-feelslike-temperatures-50-days-daae5fb348e8cb587bccdf770e842611

Two World Cup matches were played in ‘severe heat’, analysis finds

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/19/world-cup-matches-severe-heat-level-analysis

Hydration breaks affect game more than I initially thought, says England's Tuchel

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/hydration-breaks-affect-game-more-than-i-initially-thought-says-englands-tuchel-2026-06-22/

Heat at work: Implications for safety and health

https://www.ilo.org/publications/heat-work-implications-safety-and-health

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On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, we have part 3 of our series on Disaster Prep as Community Care. We’re talking about hurricanes, flooding, storm surge, power outages, the myth of the evacuation order, and we continue our conversation about what solarpunk disaster prep and response look like.

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On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson dives into the data center revolt with three examples of communities fighting back and saying no, including Illinois, La Pine, Oregon, and Monterey Park, California. Then, Justine outlines a solarpunk standard for data center approval.

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News Articles and Other Sources

Americans wary of AI-driven data center boom, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-wary-ai-driven-data-center-boom-reutersipsos-poll-shows-2026-06-11

US power use to beat record highs in 2026 and 2027 as AI use surges, EIA says

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-power-use-beat-record-highs-2026-2027-ai-use-surges-eia-says-2026-06-09

Gov. Pritzker slows down data center development

https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/06/09/gov-pritzker-slows-down-data-center-development

A small Central Oregon town shoots down data center development

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/05/28/la-pine-rejects-data-center-central-oregon

In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/california-monterey-park-datacenters-ban

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