"We can't talk about deforestation in Mexico without talking about herbicides and the mowing of Milkweed in the US. Both are harming the Monarchs, and solving these problems will help bring their populations back up. We have to cooperate."⁣

In this episode I talk to Jose Luis Alvarez Alcala, a Mexican tree nurseryman, who has for decades been growing trees for reforestation projects.

He tells me about what the arrival of the monarch of the butterflies in the Michoacán mountains signifies to the indigenous people of Mexico,  his decades long work of reforestation where the butterflies winter and the areas surrounding to help the local communities. The struggles that monarch creatures are facing and how  the fight to conserve the monarch butterflies needs to be fought in the two countries, reformatting in Mexico and planting milked in the us. Stay tuned as we learn about this magical creatures. 

Since 2017, Forests for Monarchs has partnered with the Mexican Hass Avocado Importers Association (MHAIA) to promote reforestation and forest and watershed restoration. Together, to-date they have planted 800,000 trees to to restore forests, convert farming land back to forest, and to help conserve monarch butterfly winter habitat as well as to improve water and soil conditions.

Please support Jose and in his project to help the Long-Term Survival of the Monarch Butterfly

https://www.forestsformonarchs.org

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Looking for inspiration to honor Mother Earth? In this episode, we hear from Indigenous youth, from grade school to college age, and their #EarthDayEveryDay efforts. Nathaniel Sayas, Zunneh-bah Martin, Shundeen-bah Martin, Nizhoni-bah Martin, and Atsa-bah Martin share their thoughts and efforts to participate in Earth Day and what it takes to create a strong and healthy community.

 Learn about how they picked up litter/trash in Diné Bikéyah (the Navajo Reservation) and how they challenged everyone to do something positive for our planet not just one day of the year but every day of every year.

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Hosted by Zunneh-bah Martin and family. 

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My next guest is Nkusi Gerald, an eco warrior,  adventurer,  promoter of diversity, a youth ambassador for climate change, and a passionate travel guide in Africa.

We talk about the challenge that people don’t necessary see the benefit of conservation, and the ways they we can adapt to the changing climate, turning  challenges into an opportunity, such as Nkusi is doing working on food security.

He talked about walking across Uganda, and learning about conservation methods, and his dream to have 100,000 people in Uganda plant 5 million trees by 2030. 

Nkusi then leaves with an inspiring message of teaching the young about literally by taking care of our Earth by taking care of our soil.  Terra. Tierra. 

Connect and support: Nkusi:

https://donorbox.org/support-gerald-to-reach-his-goal

https://www.adventure-afrika.com/our-vision

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In today's episode, we will go all the way to the Northern part of Sumatra in Indonesia to speak to Ridanto Sembirign, part of the Karo people, and founder of the Indonesian Species Conservation Program.