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Regeneration continues to gain momentum globally as more human beings awaken to the urgent state of the planet. A clear choice lies before us to either unite and reconnect to the lands, waters, relatives and Ancestors, or face greater peril physically, socially, economically and spiritually. Many people say we are all “indigenous” to somewhere. The times demand that we find out how to belong to the land once again.

Today we talk with Lacey Cannon, Founder and Executive Director of Indigenous Re-Generation [https://www.indigenousregeneration.org/], based out of San Diego County, California. Her organization works with Native communities to achieve re-indigenization and true Tribal sovereignty through a re-generative approach to food cultivation, medicinal farming, lifestyle and culture, and eco-village education programs.

Listen to Lacey Cannon share how Indigenous Regeneration is dreaming in the future by empowering the present.

Lacey Cannon is from The Cherokee Nation and is the founder and Executive Director for Indigenous Re-generation. Lacey was married into the Waipuk Clan on the San Pasqual Reservation of the Kumeyaay Nation for 17 years and has 2 Kumeyaay sons from the Clan. Lacey has overseen and designed 17 acres of educational land restoration projects on the San Pasqual Indian Reservation.

Her regenerative design work with Payomkowishum Elder Richard Bugbee in a featured exhibit at The Museum of Design in Atlanta Georgia through Summer 2022.

Listen to our related show on regenerative farming in San Diego County from last year: 1000 Tiny Farms: A Regenerative Network

https://wilderutopia.com/ecojustice-radio/1000-tiny-farms-a-regenerative-network/

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Episode 134

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Indigenous, social justice, and environmental groups have come together in a caravan to speak out against destructive mega-projects and mining across eight states in Central and Southern Mexico. Our guests are Victorino Torres Nava, Professor of the Náhuatl language [http://www.kalmekak.org] at the Anahuacalmecac Academy and Marcos Aguilar, Head of School of Anahuacalmecac Academy [http://www.dignidad.org] and Executive Director of Semillas del Pueblo. The Caravan has been traveling from town to town, making visible the local and regional struggles for clean water and the defense of territories. It began on International Water Day March 22nd in the state of Puebla and will arrive in the state of Morelos, south of Mexico City, at the end of April.

The Caravan has called for a time of Rebellious Dignity, to build a new nation by and for all, to strengthen the power of the people. The mega-projects include privatization of water wells and aquifers, construction of highways and rail lines, oil and gas pipelines, and massive rare-earth mineral mining projects that will have an irreversible impact on human health, Indigenous cultures and autonomy, and ecosystems across the region.

On this show we discuss how Indigenous Peoples of Mexico are participating in the Caravan for Water and Life to bring awareness to environmental and social rights struggles they are experiencing.

Victorino Torres Nava, Professor of the Náhuatl language at the Anahuacalmecac Academy, and a resident of the village of Cuantepec in Morelos, Mexico.

Marcos Aguilar, Masewalli Mexicano, co-founder and Executive Director of Semillas Sociedad Civil, Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America and of the American Indian Resurgence Initiative. Formerly Los Angeles collective coordinator for the National Commission for Democracy in Mexico, Marcos most recently became a community-nominated Commissioner to the National Forum of Mexico on Constitutional Reform for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Afromexicans held in Mexico City in August 2019-2021.

Support for the Nahua community of Cuentepec: https://www.mightycause.com/story/Cuentepec22

More Info

https://youtu.be/Q1ZoGaxItX8

https://earthfirstjournal.news/2022/04/04/caravan-for-water-and-life-in-mexico/

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Episode 133

Image: Witness

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This is an encore presentation of an interview we did in 2021 with Kerry Maeve Sheehan, US Policy Lead for iFixit [https://www.ifixit.com/] and Nathan Proctor, U.S. PIRG Senior Right to Repair Campaign Director [http://uspirg.org/repair].

If you own something, shouldn’t you be able to take it to a technician of your choice or fix it yourself and be given access to the parts, tools, and service information necessary? Seems like a reasonable ask, but this isn’t always the case. Large corporations, like Apple, have enacted a trillion dollar lobbying campaign against the consumers ability to repair their own devices, fueling the fastest growing waste sector in the world, Electronic Waste.

On this show, we discuss the Right to Repair movement, the social and environmental implications, the opposition’s efforts, and how and why we must move the needle.

Kerry Maeve Sheehan is the U.S. Policy Lead at Ifixit where she advocates for Right to Repair at the state, federal, and international levels. She has also worked for Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge, focusing on public interest issues in intellectual property law and technology policy.

Nathan Proctor is a 15-year veteran on public interest advocacy campaigns, and also is the associate director of US PIRG New Economy Program, seeking to craft an economy that works for people and the planet. He is a member of the 2020 Grist 50 Fixers, emerging leaders championing a sustainable future.

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Music: Javier Kadry

Episode 112

Image: iFixit

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This is an encore presentation of an interview we did in 2021 with Wizipan Little Elk, CEO of Rosebud Economic Development Corporation.

The Lakota people are reclaiming and regenerating Indigenous Ecosystems while exercising their sovereignty as the original stewards of the Black Hills region of South Dakota. The Wolakota Buffalo Range [http://www.rosebudbuffalo.org/], a project of the Rosebud Economic Development Corp. (REDCO) [http://www.sicangucorp.com/], is fulfilling the vision of reconnecting buffalo (bison) to their rightful place on the Great Plains, and people of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Nation).

Listen to our discussion with guest Wizipan Little Elk (CEO of REDCO) as we dive into how he and his team are converting 28,000 acres of Rosebud Sioux Tribal lands from cattle to bison. The return of the bison will protect and strengthen the prairie ecosystem and create cultural opportunities, and will benefit the next Seven Generations.

Wizi Little Elk is a citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe where he serves as CEO of REDCO and its ecosystem of organizations that promote socioeconomic prosperity for the Lakota people of the Rosebud Reservation. Wizi’s previous experience includes political and legal work for a leading firm in Washington, DC, and serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior. He received his B.A. from Yale and his law degree from the University of Arizona.

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Music: Javier Kadry

Episode 101

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This is an encore presentation of an interview we did in 2021 with Dr. Miguel De La Torre [http://drmigueldelatorre.com/], Professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at the Iliff School of Theology [https://www.iliff.edu/]. He speaks on how racism and climate change intersect with the migration crises affecting countries throughout the world,

Missing from most conversations on the current immigration crisis is the role that racism and climate change play on people rendered unable to subsist and prosper due to the degradation of their lands and waters.

We must also consider the history of military dominance and regime change in these hard hit countries as a means to facilitate trade and resource extraction for multinational corporations.

On this show we take a deeper look into the intersection of environmental racism and the crisis at the US Border. And explore the impact that the shifting climate has on global populations whose lands are being devastated by hurricanes, wildfires, drought, and rising seas.

Our guest today is Dr. Miguel De La Torre [http://drmigueldelatorre.com/], Professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at the Iliff School of Theology [https://www.iliff.edu/]. He has authored over a hundred articles and published forty-one books. He is also leading a conference by the Center for EcoJustice at Iliff, called “Shifting Climates, Shifting People,” on October 21-22 [https://www.iliff.edu/centerforecojustice/conference2021/].

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Music: Javier Kadry

Episode 115

Image: Miguel De La Torre

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We are in the midst of an accelerating sixth mass extinction of wildlife on Earth. This can be attributed to a number of causes: burgeoning human population, destruction of habitats, wildlife trade, pollution, and the ongoing climate crisis. Since 1971, following the blowout on a drilling rig off Santa Barbara, California, there have been numerous oil spills across the Pacific Coast and Gulf of Mexico. These disasters have impacted the survival and habitats of thousands of animals. Some species and their wetlands and beaches have already been irreversibly damaged. There are, however, important interventions necessary to protect wildlife and their habitats.

On this show, Caught in the Crossfire: Rehabilitating & Releasing Native Wildlife, Debbie McGuire and Dr. Elizabeth Wood of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center [http://wwccoc.org/] join us to discuss their shared commitment to protecting native wildlife and how we might respond to the urgent call of our animal relatives.

Listen to our show on the Orange County Oil Spill last year: Deadly Waters – Oil Spills & The Future of Offshore Drilling

https://wilderutopia.com/ecojustice-radio/deadly-waters-oil-spills-the-future-of-offshore-drilling/

Debbie McGuire's life was forever changed after encountering the tragedy of oil-soaked birds following the 1990 American Trader Oil Spill. At that time, no permanent facility existed to rehabilitate and assist impacted birds. After retiring from 25 years as Hospital Administrator at a veterinary hospital, Debbie, who has a Masters of Business Administration, became the Executive Director of Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center of Huntington Beach.

Dr. Elizabeth Wood is the Staff Veterinarian and Medical Director for Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center. She attended veterinary school at Western University of Health Sciences and obtained her undergraduate degrees from UC Santa Cruz. She has experience in local and international wildlife programs and has always had a passion for conservation and environmental activism. She and Debbie work together to rescue and rehabilitate native wildlife, particularly those animals which have been injured, orphaned or "oiled," and restore them to their native habitats.

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Episode 132

Photo credit: WWCC

Greenhouse gases from fossil fuels, such as carbon dioxide and methane, are warming the planet. This warming is then setting in motion ice and permafrost melting, release of more greenhouse gases, more heat and storms - these are feedback loops, which then feed upon themselves, as well as interact with each other and spiral further out of control.

In this show, we sit down with Susan Gray Director and Bonnie Waltch, Senior Producer and writer of the five-part documentary series, “Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops.” [https://FeedBackLoopsClimate.com] Narrated by Richard Gere, this series of five short films features twelve leading climate scientists, who explore how human-caused emissions are triggering nature’s own warming loops. We also learn why natural warming loops have scientists alarmed—and why they feel we have less time to correct climate disruption than previously thought.

The film series had its official launch as a webcast with the Dalai Lama, Greta Thunberg and world-renowned scientists. The series is subtitled in 23 languages and can be paired with an educational science curriculum for students in grades 6-12. The films can be viewed in full at https://FeedBackLoopsClimate.com

Susan Gray is the award-winning director and co-writer of Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops, & Earth Emergency. She began her career as an environmental political activist and now makes documentary films about the pressing social issues of our times. Her films have been aired on major television networks around the world.

Bonnie Waltch is a Boston-based freelance producer/director/writer for documentaries and museum exhibit media and the award-winning senior producer and writer of Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops, & Earth Emergency. Other recent work include a short film about super reefs for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and media for the Pikes Peak Visitor Center in Colorado.

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Resources/Articles:

https://www.woodwellclimate.org/ WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER;

https://www.oneearth.org/who-we-fund/media-advocacy-grants/project-drawdown-100-solutions-to-reverse-global-warming/ PROJECT DRAWDOWN: 100 Solutions for Global Warming

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Episode 131

Image: Climate Emergency Feedback Loops Documentary

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Earth Medicine, healing trauma and anger by literally going into the Earth, is called by our guest this week, Queen Hollins, as Earthlodging. Black Southern Indigenous communities have integrated this Earth medicine for generations, with a mix of ritual, ceremony, and herbal healing traditions.

These traditional nature-based spiritual practices have been the foundation of the Earthlodge Center for Transformation [https://www.earthlodgecenter.org/] in Long Beach, California. They provide space for people to connect and build together, and tend the earth and herbs. The work aims to heal trauma, both collective and personal, as a means toward restoration, re-connection, and rejuvenation.

Growing up in Mississippi during the tail end of Jim Crow, Queen Hollins discusses her life's work helping others heal trauma, advocate for the Earth, and forge the journey beyond racism and prejudice. Hear her share the broad vision and purpose behind Earthlodge.

Queen Hollins is Founder of Earthlodge Center for Transformation. Over the last 30 years, Queen and the Earthlodge community have provided spiritual sanctuary (both physically and virtually) to a community of over 10,000 people. She is author of the upcoming book titled "Earth Doula" which will be available at the end of March 2022. She has an online course, "Finding Your Soul's Journey Using Earth Medicine" and an instructional DVD "Afrikan Dance as Medicine."

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Episode 130

Photo credit: Queen Hollins

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Matt Sedillo [https://www.mattsedillo.com/] has been described in ROAR Magazine as “one of the most important working-class intellectuals of our time.” On this show, Matt will discuss his latest book, City on the Second Floor, published by Flowersong Press [https://www.flowersongpress.com/store/poetry]. He is a Poet and Writer in Residence at Re Arte and also author of 'Mowing Leaves of Grass'.

Author Paul Ortiz wrote "Matt Sedillo's poetic work is full of history, struggle, tragedy, anger, joy, despair, possibility and faith in the struggles of working class people to overcome the forces of capitalism and racism.”

Cambridge Professor, Thomas Jeffrey Miley called his poetry “electric, like a lightning bolt” and sees the work as a foray into Sociology, into Marxist Geography, as Sedillo roams the streets of Los Angeles, reporting what he sees and relaying what he knows. Famed journalist Greg Palast summed it up: “Sedillo is Vengeance — the one we’ve been waiting for."

Matt Sedillo also has been called the "best political poet in America" as well as "the poet laureate of the struggle" by academics, poets, and journalists alike. He has appeared on CSPAN and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. He is also a returning guest of EcoJustice Radio; check out episode 105 where he and fellow poet Awa Ndiaye discuss Spoken Word: Challenging Mainstream Discourse on Climate.

https://wilderutopia.com/ecojustice-radio/spoken-word-challenging-mainstream-discourse-on-climate/

To buy Matt Sedillo's latest book, 'City on the Second Floor': https://www.amazon.com/City-Second-Floor-Matt-Sedillo/dp/1953447899

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Episode 129

Image: Matt Sedillo

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Due to modern farming practices and human caused climate change, we have degraded a majority of the world’s soils. Numerous places around the world once fertile, are now desertified, including the Saharan Desert, the Fertile Crescent and in modern times, parts of the Great Plains, the Midwest and even the central valley of California.

In this week’s show, Allen Williams of Understanding Ag [https://understandingag.com/] and the Soil Health Academy [https://soilhealthacademy.org/] discusses the importance of abiding by healthy, regenerative soil principles in agriculture. He has worked for years to deepen our current ecological understanding and advance soil care practices in line with biological processes to ensure a plentiful food supply and healthy ecosystems amid a changing climate. These efforts support the transition of conventional, industrial farms to regenerative agriculture and ensure a sustainable legacy of farming for future generations.

Allen Williams is a sixth generation family farmer and founding partner of Grass Fed Insights, LLC, Understanding Ag, LLC and the Soil Health Academy. He has consulted with more than 4,000 farmers and ranchers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, and other countries, on operations ranging from a few acres to over 1 million acres.

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Episode 128

Photo credit: Allen Williams