Envirosations

Envirosations co-host, Hannah Dayton, is joined by Yvonne Cuaresma, the founder of the Climate Journal Project, a space, practice, and community to help alleviate eco-anxiety. Through guided reflections and challenges, you can empower yourself and others to transition away from planetary grief and climate change paralysis. The Climate Journal Project offers journal circles through Zoom every Wednesday. They also have a beautiful climate journal for purchase and lots of free journal resources on their website theclimatejournalproject.com.

On today's episode, Lizzy talks to David Pellow (he/they), the Dehlsen and Department Chair of Environmental Studies and Director of the Global Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They discuss being in academia, defining environmental justice, and understanding what that means in the context of prisons and detention centers.

Envirosations co-host, Hannah Dayton, is joined by wildlife filmmaker and underwater camera operator, Inka Cresswell, to chat about her passion for protecting our ocean that stemmed from childhood curiosity, her recent short film, 'MY 25: The Ocean Between Us', and the need for an intersectional approach to ocean conservation.

Melina Cruz Bautista, LA chapter organizer for Veggie Mijas, talks with co-host, Lizzy Mau, about being plant-based, community organizing, and envisioning food justice and liberation for all. Veggie Mijas is a "women of color/trans folks of color/gender non-confirming collective for folks that are plant-based or are interested in a plant-based lifestyle that have marginalized identities and/or experiences with food insecurity/food apartheids."

Envirosations co-host, Hannah Dayton, is joined by Niel Leadon. Niel is a Bahamian writer, conservationist, and photographer. Niel is also a core member of Bad Activist Collective, a space that dismantles perfection and fights for liberation for people and the planet. Niel recounts his experience on the Sail for Climate Action, the pandemic's influence on his path to becoming an activist, how his identity as a black Caribbean man has shaped his environmental work, and much more.

Hannah Dayton and Lizzy Mau engage in conversations with environmental activists to explore environmentalism through their eyes. In today's episode, we introduce ourselves, how we got into environmentalism, and why we created this podcast.