Dr. Chandler Puritty is an intersectional climate scientist and mystic. She received her doctorate from UC San Diego in Biology. She now teaches classes on how climate science, environmental science, capitalism, white supremacy, and race issues intersect and all contribute to our climate crisis. Dr. Chandler creates content and teaches on Tik Tok. In This Episode:

• Dr. Chandler shares her origins story on how she became a scientist and then eventually, a doctor in biology with a concentration in plant community ecology.
• Dr. Chandler shares how through colonization, the invasive plant species introduced by the settlers were the contributing factor to the ongoing climate crisis in Southern California.
• How humans are a part of nature's ecosystems but are often taught not to interfere with it and that ideology further harms our planet.
• Dr. Chandler talks about speciesism and hierarchies that distort our relationship with each other and the planet.
• Dr. Chandler compares the climate crisis and its potential cure to the three-headed dog from Harry Potter.
• Dr. Chandler explains why capitalism is the root of all evil.
• The antidote to capitalism is a community and Dr. Chandler explains the necessity of community to combat the effects of capitalism.
• The narrative around the urgency of the climate crisis.

Full Show Notes:

• Dr Chandler's Tik Tok
• Laura Chung Instagram
• Brittany Simone Anderson's Instagram
• The Werk Podcast Instagram
• The Werk Podcast Website
• YouTube Channel

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