Let's Talk About The Weather

Lara Segura has extensive experience as a professional dancer, teacher, producer and choreographer. In 2005 Lara graduated with a BFA Degree from San Diego State University and was later named the 2012 Dance Alumni of the Year for SDSU.

She has had the pleasure of performing with Malashock Dance, Mojalet Dance Collective, Jacksonville Dance Theater, Sound Dance Company, Wallpaper Performance Company and San Diego Dance Theater’s Trolley Dances. She has served as a faculty member at Douglas Anderson School for the Performing Arts and Jacksonville University.

In 2014 Lara received her MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University with an emphasis in engaging audiences via site-specific dance. She is a founding steering committee member for San Diego Dance Connect and serves on the advisory board for National Water Dance. Her Bee Conscious Summer Series is a lighthearted look at the buzzing world of pollinators.

Show Note Links

• Dale Aundra Founder National Water Dance
• National Water Dance Liquid Flux
• Rebecca Brown H2O Dance Company
• San Diego’s Museum of Man
• LIVE Stream @ National Water Dance via YouTube or on Lara’s FB page
• Xeriscaping
• Ep. 4 Rob Greenfield: Food Waste Fiasco, Trash Me, and Creative Eco Adventures
• Bees and the “waggle” dance
• Ep. 7 Alicia Previn: Earthworms, Tortoises, and Bees in Song and Story
• James McDonald Beekeeper

Guest Contact Info

Lara Segura on Facebook
Lara Segura on Instagram

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Ruth Wallen is a multimedia artist and writer whose work is dedicated to encouraging dialogue about ecology and social justice. She creates web sites and outdoor installations and has participated in innumerable exhibitions. Solo exhibitions range from Franklin Furnace, CEPA, New Langton Arts, to many San Diego venues.

Web site hosts include the California Museum of Photography and the Exploratorium, where her work is currently on view. She was part of Weather Report: Art and Climate Change at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Lucy Lippard, and recently has been addressing climate change in collaboration with scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Ruth writes critically about ecological art and race, gender and visual culture.  She is on the faculty of the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Program at Goddard College, a lecturer at UCSD, and was a Fulbright Lecturer at the Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana.

Links to the Artwork of Ruth Wallen

• Listen to the Trees
• Las Comadres
• Light Up the Border Again
• View Points: Estuary
• Intimate Details
• Remember The Trees

Articles

• Preserving Paradise
• A Day Without Mexicans
• Barrier or Bridge: Photojournalism of the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region
• LEONaRDo vol 45 calls for “Visionary intervention in a time of crisis”

Other mentions

• Naomi Klein: This Changes Everything
• Ep. 24 Regan Rosburg: Breaching Grief, Melancholia and Mania with Biophilia
• Helen Newton . . . @ about 46:30
• Public Address (public artists)

Guest Contact information

RuthWallen.net
Ruth Wallen on Facebook

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Regan Rosburg is an artist and naturalist. Recently, her work has been an investigation into society's collective grief, melancholia and mania which manifests as consumption and distraction. She has conducted biology-based research trips to the Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Thailand, The Pacific Northwest Coast, and the Smokey Mountains of Northeast Tennessee.

Rosburg works in a variety of materials. Her resin work contains precious artifacts: plant and animal relics, bones, insects, lace and painted imagery. These objects are suspended in incredibly laborious, three dimensional resin "paintings." The use of resin poignantly addresses her growing concern over plastic pollution in the environment, while presenting the beauty of plant and animal species.

Regan curated Axis Mundi - an exhibition of 21 artists from all over the USA and Canada that responded to the topics of Environmental Melancholia, Collective Social Mania and Biophilia.

Links mentioned

• Ecopsychology
• The three terms expressed on Axis Mundi: Artists on Ecopsychology
• • Freud's “Mourning, Melancholia, and Mania” PDF
  • Renee Lurtzman on Environmental Melancholia
  • E. O. Wilson and Biophilia / Forest Bathing in Japan  
• The 2017 Biennial of Americas in Denver, CO
• Chris Jordan's film "Albatross"
• The 21 artists and their work can be found at AXIS MUNDI Artists on EcoPsychology: Environmental Melancholia, Collective Social Mania, and Biophilia
• Regan's "The Relentless Memorial"
• Axis Mundi Brings The Work of Twenty-one Artists from the USA and Canada
• Jennifer Jeannelle showing of Albatros
• Summer 2018 showings at the William Havu Gallery in Denver

Guest Contact information

• ReganRosburg.com
• Regan Rosburg on InstaGram #reganrosburg
• Regan Rosburg on Tumblr
• Regan Rosburg on Vimeo

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Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is Senior Writer at Project Drawdown, where she collaborated with Paul Hawken on the New York Times best-seller Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming.

Katharine’s interdisciplinary background cuts across research, strategy, and thought leadership, with a focus on exploring, amplifying, and invigorating action to address climate change. She is a Guest Lecturer in environmental leadership at Agnes Scott College. Previously, she was Director of Strategy at the purpose consultancy BrightHouse and worked for the Boston Consulting Group and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Based on her doctoral research at the University of Oxford, Katharine published Between God & Green: How Evangelicals Are Cultivating a Middle Ground on Climate Change, called “a vitally important, even subversive, story” by The Boston Globe. Her recent fellowships include Aspen Ideas and Summit LA, and her voice has been featured by The Weather Channel, Talks @ Google, and on campuses including Columbia, Princeton, and Yale. Katharine holds a doctorate in Geography & Environment from Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and a B.A. in Religion from Sewanee - The University of the South. She is happiest on a mountain or a horse.

Links mentioned

• Project: Drawdown - 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming
• Book: Drawdown - The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
• Katharine: Speaking
• Drawdown: Solutions
• Katharine's book: Between God & Green: How Evangelicals Are Cultivating a Middle Ground on Climate Change
• Let's create a climate fit for life: Interface carpet manufacture
• Paul Hawken’s Book: The Ecology of Commerce
• Kick-off of the Eco Challenge

Contact ​Katharine Wilkinson

A Path Forward on Climate Change. Writing. Speaking. Strategy. Facilitation.

KKWilkinson.com
Email Katharine
On Facebook

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Marina Zurkow is a media artist focused on near-impossible nature and culture intersections, researching “wicked problems” like invasive species, superfund sites, and petroleum interdependence. She has used life science, bio materials, animation, dinners and software technologies to foster intimate connections between people and non-human agents. Her work spans gallery installations and unconventional public participatory projects. Currently, she is working on connecting toxic urban waterways to oceans, and researching the tensions between maritime ecology and the ocean’s primary human use as a capitalist Pangea.

Una Chaudhuri teaches English, Drama, and Environmental Studies at New York University.  Her recent books include Animal Acts: Performing Species Today, co-edited with Holly Hughes, and Ecocide: Research Theatre and Climate Change, co-authored with Shonni Enelow. She collaborates with Fritz Ertl in a long-term project called Research Theatre. Her current projects include a book tentatively entitled The Stage Lives of Animals, another on oceans and performance, and a Research Theater exploration of Alexander Von Humboldt.

Links and Resources Mentioned

• Website: Dear Climate
• At NYU Campus Abu Dhabi
• Book: Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway's The Collapse of Western Civilization
• Book: Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement
• Ecological artist, educator, activist, and writer Oliver Kellhammer
• Meet climate, befriend climate, be climate: The Climoji Project Team
• The Climoji App
• Una’s interest in Pedagogy
• Dear Climate Posters available for download
• Dear Climate Podcast

Guest Contact information

Una Chaudhuri & Marina Zurkow
Dear Climate

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CALL TO ACTION by March 9th, 2018 Text OCEAN to 52886 to leave a comment with the Federal Government regarding offshore drilling and/or visit Regulations.gov.

Andy Myers is the Senior Campaign Coordinator for Working Films, he holds a B.A in film studies and a B.A in environmental studies from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. A longtime proponent of connecting film with activism, he has coordinated various national campaigns which leverage the narrative in social issue documentaries to advance the efforts of organizations with shared goals.

Topics and Links Mentioned

• Asheville, NC
• Film: Shore Stories
• Seismic testing
• Seismic testing effects on marine life
• Film: Sonic Sea
• Want to host a short story screening? Contact Andy via email
• Oceania.org Protecting the World’s Oceans
• Surfrider Foundation.org
• Book: This Changes Everything ~ Naomi Klein
• Tips for the Eco Artist? Think about the art, not the impact.
• “Just Transition” ~ Andy Myers, climate change to renewable energy . . .

CALL TO ACTION by March 9th, 2018 - Post-screening update & action: text OCEAN to 52886 to leave a comment with the Federal Government regarding offshore drilling and/or visit Regulations.gov.

Guest Contact information

​Andy Myers
Working Films
624 1/2 South 7th Street
Wilmington NC 28401
www.WorkingFilms.org
@workingfilms
[email protected]
Want to host a short story screening? Contact Andy via email
Working Films on Facebook
Working Films on Instagram

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Mario Escobar is the Digital Media Producer for the Story of Stuff Project, a non-profit which utilizes the power of animated video and picture to raise awareness of the impact our take-make-waste economy has on the environment. As he manages the creation of short, educational videos - his position entails him to identify, create and share impactful stories that highlight problems and solutions relating to various environmental issues. Mario has spent more than 15 years producing, editing and directing projects in the field of social justice.

Links and Mentions

• The Story of Stuff
• The Free Range Studio
• Privatized Water Awareness
• We Tap
• The Story of Stuff: Tell Nestle to Unbottle California!
• Episode 16: Kirsi Jansa: Pioneering Sustainability with Documentary Film
• The Story of Stuff Microban
• Monica Rosquillas on Instagram: Girl For A Clean World
• SumOfUs palm oil commercial
• SanDiego350
• The Story of Stuff: The Growing Solutions Campaign
• Eco Artists Tips

Guest Contact information

Mario Escobar
The Story of Stuff
Mario on Facebook
The Story of Stuff on Twitter
The Story of Stuff on Facebook
The Story of Stuff on Instagram
The Story of Stuff on YouTube

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Kyle Calian is the founder the Regeneration Magazine, a biannual print and digital publication, that seeks to address the lack of informative and inspiring content on the environment by highlighting the people who have chosen to make addressing these problems their life’s work.

By showcasing the personal stories of these creatives, artists, writers, and entrepreneurs, the hope is that by changing the conversation on climate change, their social enterprises will not only give the movement a voice, but also inspire its readers to join as well.  Kyle is also a graphic designer, photographer, and social innovator focused finding solutions using human-centered design, cradle to cradle, regenerative design and zero waste principles. From permaculture to graphic design, Kyle is passionate about all things environment and social innovation, hunting down solutions that make better communities and regenerate our soil.

He also has two earth tattoos and a recycling tattoo and hopes to one day go skiing with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Links or mentions

• Paul Hawken’s Drawdown
• Daniel Pinchback’s How Soon Is Now?
• The Film RiverBlue
• Zero Waste Lifestyle
• Kyle’s #1 Eco Hot Button: Food
• Solare Creative
• Ecological Design

Guest Contact information

Kyle Calian
[email protected]
www.TheRegenerationMag.com
Instagram: @theregenerationmag
Twitter: @theregenmag

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You probably know Justin Hofman as the mastermind behind the viral photo of an innocent seahorse carrying a Q-tip through the ocean. This captivating photo alerted millions of viewers to the toxic impact we have on other creatures and environments. As a distinguished photographer, videographer and scientific illustrator, Justin is a member of the SeaLegacy Collective, a group of prominent photographers and videographers who use the power of media and art to inspire people to take action to save our oceans.  Additionally, Justin is an expedition leader with EYOS Expeditions, a certified UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) pilot and a rebreather diver.

Mentions

• UC Santa Cruz
• Diane Burko: Polar Expeditions in Photo and Paint
• The Centre for Bhutan Studies & GNH (Gross National Happiness)
• A Short Guide to Gross National Happiness Index
• Wildlife Conservation Society (Chile)
• The garbage patches of the Atlantic
• Starving Polar Bear VIDEO @NatGeo
• SeaLegacy
• David Doubilet @NatGeo Photographer and speaker
• Cynthia Matzke: Filming a way to Ocean Health
• SpiralPacific.org
• The Great White Shark @NatGeo
• SeafoodWatch.org
• The Seafood Watch APP

Contact Justin Hofman

Justin on Instagram
Justin’s website
SeaLegacy Collective
EYOS Expeditions

Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

www.LetsTalkAboutTheWeather.org

Marina Qutab, better known as the Eco Goddess, is a zero waste vegan influencer. As an activist since the age of 10, she latched on to art and music in particular to spread her message.

Apart from being an eco-musician herself, she founded Ecostrings, an organization which uses music to educate people worldwide about pressing social issues and encourages them to take action. Among her many talents, Marina is about to release her first ever E-book called "Zero Waste Vegan Travel." Marina uses the power of film, photo, recipes, music, and compassion to enrich the environmental movement.

Links mentioned

• ProjectGreenChallenge.com
• CoralTreeFarm.com
• How I traveled across the country . . .
• Zero Waste Vegan Travel eBook
• Prince Ea’s YouTube Dear Future Generations: Sorry
• Recycling: What Goes Where

Guest Contact information

Marina Qutab

• EcoGoddess.com
• EcoStringsMusic.org
• Marina Qutab on Instagram
• Marina on Facebook
• EcoGoddess on Facebook
• Ecostrings on Facebook
• EcoGoddess on YouTube

Mona Thomas

• SunHorseEnergy.com
• [email protected]

Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.