Motif's Earth, Wind, & Water: We Will Be Ancestors

This week your host Sam Zimmer sits down with Shelby Mack, co-founder and worker member at The Providence Bike Collective, a community bicycle workshop committed to economic justice, anti-racism, & anti-oppression.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors Trinity Brewhouse, R1 Indoor Karting, Providence Brewing Company, Providence Ballet Theatre, Festival Ballet, Rhode Island Blood Center, Grey Sail Brewing. East Bay Comics and New Bedford Festival Theatre.

Discover more about the work that Shelby is doing using the links below:

PVD Bike Collective Website

PVD Bike Collective on Facebook

This week your host Sam Zimmer sits down with Monica Huertas, Executive Director of The People's Port Authority to discuss environmental activism.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors Trinity Brewhouse, R1 Indoor Karting, Providence Brewing Company, Providence Ballet Theatre, Festival Ballet, Rhode Island Blood Center, Grey Sail Brewing. East Bay Comics and New Bedford Festival Theatre.

Discover more about the work that Monica is doing using the links below:

The People's Port Authority Facebook Page

The Racial and Environmental Justice Committee (Providence REJC)

The City of Providence's Climate Justice Plan

The Fang Collective

Direct Action for Rights and Equality (D.A.R.E. Providence)

Hello and welcome to Earth, Wind, & Water, Motif's leanest and greenest audio production. This week your host Sam Zimmer sits down with Leandro (Kufo) Castro, a musician and spoken word artist who has used his creative platforms to raise awareness of environmental issues in urban communities. Their conversation includes how he got involved with environmental justice, his focus in raising awareness and the PVD Tree Plan.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors The Parlour, R1 Indoor Karting, Trinity Beer Garden and Grey Sail Brewing.

Discover more about the work that Kufa is doing using the links below:

http://www.rilatinoarts.org/

https://pvdtreeplan.org/

Hello and welcome to Earth, Wind, & Water, Motif's leanest and greenest audio production. This week your host Sam Zimmer sits down with Mel Thibeault, the founder of Rhode Island Queer Hikes. Their discussion covers how the organization came to be, her experiences with the hikes so far and some helpful tips if you are looking to join or just take up hiking on your own.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors The Parlour, R1 Indoor Karting, Trinity Beer Garden, and Grey Sail Brewing.

Hello and welcome to Earth, Wind, & Water, Motif Magazine’s leanest and greenest audio production. This week your host Sam Zimmer sits down with Eugenie Rose Belony, a student a PCTA in the Pre Engineering program.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors, The Parlour, R1 Indoor Karting, The Trinity Brewhouse Beer Garden, and GreySail Brewing of Rhode Island. 

Hello and welcome to Earth, Wind, & Water, Motif Magazine’s leanest and greenest audio production. In each episode, Motif reporter Sam Zimmer explores environmental issues as they relate to the lives of Rhode Islanders.

This week, she sits down with Eli Nixon, to discuss their book Bloodtide: a new holiday in homage to horseshoe crabs. 

Thanks to our sponsors, The Parlour, R1 Indoor Karting, The Trinity Beer Garden, and Grey Sail Brewing. 

To find out more about Eli's work visit:

https://www.elinixon.com/

To Pick up your copy of Bloodtide: a new holiday in homage to horseshoe crabs visit:

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https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781737925811/bloodtide-a-new-holiday-in-homage-to-horseshoe-crabs.aspx

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