On today’s show, It’s all about getting inspired. I’ll speak to movement artists David Solnit a climate justice, global justice, anti-war, arts, and direct action organizer, an author, a puppeteer, trainer and artist with a poet journalist, emcee, vocalist and organizer Lu Aya on how they became inspired to use their gifts to motivate and move the masses.

Then I’ll switch gears and speak to Dr. Elizabeth Dougherty about her organization Wholly H2O

Further exploration

David Solnit articles via Common Dreams www.commondreams.org/author/david-solnit

Lu Aya is the co-founder of The Peace Poets 

Dr. Elizabeth Dougherty’s organization whollyh2o.org

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Today, I’ll speak with Aman Azhar on North Carolina’s new farm bill speeding the way for Smithfield’s massive Biogas plan for hog farms

READ more at insideclimatenews.org

Photo: A damaged hog farm stands in this aerial photograph taken above Cypress Creek, North Carolina, U.S. by Alex Wroblewski

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On Friday’s show, I’ll speak to Palestinian climate activist Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh on the discussing the perseverance of his organization, Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability.  And, I’ll have a conversation with Mathias Rittgerott, Campaigner for the German-based NGO Rettet den Regenwald/Rainforest Rescue on their latest effort to get the United Nations to stop contracting with French-based Bolloré Group in Africa.

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On Friday, I’ll speak to the communications director for climate policy think tank The Climate Center’s Ryan Schleeter on Governor Gavin Newsom’s $22.5 billion climate budget and what that means for California.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Global Forest Coalition’s Simone Lovera on their latest collaborative report entitled: “Gender Justice and Climate Action: A Feminist Analysis of Forest and Climate Policy.”

photo: Pixabay

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On today’s show, we’ll get an update from Oakland Institute executive director Anuradha Mittal on their recent reports regarding the conservancies in Northern Kenya, the ongoing forced eviction of the Maasai in Ngorongoro region (please sign the petition) and the victory against the World Bank’s DBR (doing business rating).  We’ll end the show with some intriguing and inspiring audio from a montage put together by the Oakland chapter of Youth vs Apocalypse.

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