Raíces Verdes

Raíces Verdes

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Raíces Verdes episodes

  • What our Ancestors Saw in the Stars

    NEW EPISODE: Feel like astrology is apolitical? Well think again! In Episode 3 of Season 3, I had the pleasure of interviewing Giselle Castaño, a queer mixed race Mexican Jewish astrologer, currently residing in Duwamish territory. In this episode we discuss the erasure of Black and Indigenous knowledge in astrology, how we all embody all four elements of astrology, and what astrology can teach us about environmental justice! You can learn more about Giselle and the services they offer through www.gisellecastano.com!

    Other references made by Giselle:

    Portland School of Astrology

    Project Hindsight 

    38 min
  • Indigenizing Environmental Science & Mutual Aid

    Season 3 Episode 2: In this episode we have Dr. Jessica Hernandez, an Indigenous scholar, scientist, and community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest. She discusses with us the importance of indigenizing environmental science to center Indigenous voices and knowledge. We also discuss the importance of mutual aid for Indigenous communities, and the harm that "helicopter research" in communities of color can cause. Listen to learn more about Dr. Jessica's work and the two collectives she co-runs, Earth Daughters and Pina Soul, SPC. To learn more about Dr. Jessica, visit www.jessicabhernandez.com | Artwork by Art is Jupiter (@artisjupiter)

    41 min
  • Archiving P'urhépecha Knowledge Through Art

    Welcome to Season 3 of Raíces Verdes! In this first episode, we have P'urhépecha artist Diana Morales as a guest on the show. Diana is an artist born in Santa Cruz Tanaco, Michoacan, Mexico raised in Santa Ana, California unceded Tongva and Acjachemen territory. She is the creator  of Arte Es Medicina, an Instagram platform dedicated to sharing P'urhépecha oral stories and collective efforts through art.

    In this episode we discuss her artwork in connection to her experience as part of the P'urhépecha diaspora, and her hopes for bringing community together through her art. To find Diana's art visit www.instagram.com/arte.es.medicina or to purchase her artwork visit www.etsy.com/shop/ArteEsMedicina 

    31 min
  • In the Fire: The Medicine For Tragedy is Community
    Erica & Niria are two Chicanas from the Northwest organizing mutual aid efforts for members of the Talent, Phoenix and Medford community who lost everything due to the recent #Almedafires. Specifically, they are raising funds to support Latinx & immigrant community members who were previously residing in mobile homes and were severely affected by the fires. In this episode we discussed the environmental implications & injustices on BIPOC when disasters occur, and how mutual aid rooted in community care is the most effective way for our communities to stay resilient. To support their organizing efforts visit: bit.ly/latinxrelief
    59 min
  • Latinidad: Representation for Who?
    Latinidad, or the Latinx identity is messy. But we need to talk about the messiness of it so we can be critical of what we mean when say we want diversity in the "environmental movement", in people leading the work of sustainability. Within the Latinx community, who is most impacted by environmental injustices? Is it our Black-Latinx community members, Indigenous people? What is a White-Latinx and where is all this nuance coming from? I hope this episode sparks conversation and something comes out of these messy thoughts on a messy subject
    51 min
  • Protectors Of The Salish Sea
    Chiyokten of the Saanich tribe shares medicine through the form of storytelling and reminds us that we have a choice in how we are in relationship with land, water and everything else on this earth.
    To support their work visit https://protectorsofthesalishsea.org/
    https://www.facebook.com/ProtectorsOfTheSalishSea/
    1 hr 7 min
  • Radical Black Ecology
    Gabrielle Felder is a freelance graphic designer, social media artist, and culture critic. Originally from Orange County, California, Gabrielle currently lives in Portland with her fiance. After beginning her master’s degree in Environmental Health at University of Washington, Gabrielle realized that her true passions lie in art & design, writing, marketing, and activism. She is the creator of the social media platform on Instagram @gfx_prints, which sparked the topic of this episode, focusing on "Radical Black Ecology".
    38 min
  • Abolition & the Outdoors
    Ki’Amber Thompson is a queer Blaxicana educator, organizer, artist, and entrepreneur from the West Side of San Antonio. Since graduating from Pomona College in 2018 she’s done environmental justice work in Flint, Michigan through the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Michigan and spent a year in Washington, D.C. doing policy, research, and storytelling work with the Ocean Conservancy. Ki’Amber is the Founder and Director of the Charles Roundtree Bloom Project, an outdoor healing justice program for youth of incarcerated parents in San Antonio.
    29 min
  • Slowing Down to the Beat of the Earth
    A soundtrack featuring the Earth stories of 6 BIPOC and their healing journey with land and water. Slow down, take a moment to rest and reflect on your own Earth story as you listen to the soundtrack. Thank you to Paul, Carol, Hannah, John Wesley and Jasmmine for allowing me to record their stories and be part of this work. Special thank you to @_carina.carina for the cover art, and @paliboyoriginal for the music featured in the podcast. Below you can find more information about the participants:
    https://protectorsofthesalishsea.org/
    https://www.facebook.com/yesfarmofficial/
    https://www.gofundme.com/f/seattle-bipoc-organic-food-bank-fund
    https://www.rashawnna-at-klove4art.com/
    https://msha.ke/jase.the.crone/
    1 hr 1 min
  • Black Environmentalism & Settler-Colonial Education
    Ashley Abena* Arhin (she/her)| *(Uh-bin-uh)
    Born and raised in unceded Duwamish Territory also known as Seattle Washington, Abena is a Black woman of Ghanaian decent with kinship in the In-land Ashanti and Coastal Fante tribes. She received her Bachelors Degree from Western Washington University in Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in Education and Social Justice in 2018. Entitled “Understanding Black Connections to Land and Place through Anti-Blackness in the United States” she spent her 4 years in undergrad creating her own major of study; unpacking how environmental injustice came to be within differing Black communities, learning Black environmental ways of knowing and being, and the importance of self actualized education that is culturally responsive in the wake of enslavement.
    54 min

About Raíces Verdes

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Raíces Verdes is a platform dedicated archiving and sharing the experiences of Black, Indigenous, People of Color across diasporic experiences reconnecting with their “green roots”. Green roots are defined as our ancestral connection to the earth that embodies our relationships with all living and spiritual beings. Through multimedia storytelling rooted in self-determination, Raíces Verdes envisions marginalized people finding healing by reconnecting with the environment through our unique ancestral frameworks to create a