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The Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 10: Divestment & Just Transition w/ Rachel SchlueterIn the tenth episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Rachel Schlueter, a senior organizer with the Better Future Project. We talk more about fossil fuels, divestment, and introduce the just transition framework. Enjoy!
Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
Better Future Project: https://www.betterfutureproject.org/
Just Transition Framework: https://climatejusticealliance.org/just-transition/
Climate False Solutions: https://climatefalsesolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/HOODWINKED_ThirdEdition_On-Screen_version.pdf
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“Divestment Co...2021-04-2937 minThe Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 9: Voting, Technology, & Science Communication w/ Dr. Heidi RoopIn the ninth episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Dr. Heidi Roop, a climate scientist at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. We talk about the importance of voting, technology, and science communication in the climate crisis. Enjoy!
Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
Heidi Roop’s Website: http://www.heidiroop.com/
Ologies by Alie Ward: https://www.alieward.com/ologies
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Boyd, Philip. “Geoengineering.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britan...2021-04-2939 minThe Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 8: Capitalism w/ Lili HoschkaIn the eighth episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Lili Hoschka, a youth activist in the Twin Cities. We talk about the evils of capitalism and why our economic system prevents environmental justice action. Enjoy!
Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
The Political Ecology of American Capitalism by Faber:
About REDD+: https://indianlaw.org/content/what-redd-and-why-it-important-native-peoples
About Rights of Nature: https://celdf.org/advancing-community-rights/rights-of-nature/
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De Cristano...2021-04-2929 minThe Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 7: Environmental Racism w/ Dr. Kate DericksonIn the seventh episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Dr. Kate Derickson, a professor and research at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. We talk about environmental racism and other key intersections of environmental justice. Enjoy!
Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
The Create Initiative: https://create.umn.edu/
The Yikes Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/TheYikesPodcast/
Layla F. Saad’s Website: http://laylafsaad.com/
Me and White Supremacy by La...2021-04-2938 minThe Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 6: Policing w/ Emma HjelleIn the sixth episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Emma Hjelle, a youth organizer in the Twin Cities. We talk about reimagining policing and the powers of revisioning. Enjoy!
Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar: TCC4J - CPAC
SDS: https://newsds.org/join/
DAPL: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/18/dakota-access-pipeline-protesters-police-used-excessive-force
Line 3: www.stopline3.org/news/enbridgebuyingpolice
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Bansal, Priyanka. “Th...2021-04-2929 minThe Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 5: Afrofuturism & How Local Communities are Envisioning w/ Hannah Jo KingIn the fifth episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Hannah Jo King, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. We talk about afrofuturism, indigeneity, and local community-based action. Enjoy!
Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
Tribal-led Manoomin Research: https://manoominpsin.umn.edu/
Recommended Afrofuturism Works: https://www.essence.com/entertainment/a-beginners-guide-afrofuturism/
East Phillips Neighborhood: https://www.eastphillipsneighborhoodinstitute.org/
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“Our Current Proposal.” East Phillips Neig...2021-04-2939 minThe Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 4: Labor w/ Dr. Michelle GarveyIn the fourth episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Dr. Michelle Garvey, a teacher of Environmental Justice and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies in the Twin Cities. We talk about the labor movement, Twin Cities environmental justice issues, and ways to get involved. Enjoy!
Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
EcoHarbor: https://northside-ecoharbor.org/
HECUA: https://hecua.org/study-usa/environmental-justice/
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Bove, Tristan. “Ecofeminism: Where Gender and Climate Change In...2021-04-2935 minThe Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 3: Energy Equity w/ Mercedes GohlIn the third episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Mercedes Gohl, an energy intern at the Metropolitan Council here in the Twin Cities. We talk about all things energy and equity, including Line 3. Enjoy!
Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
Stop Line 3 Resources: https://www.honorearth.org/; https://www.stopline3.org/; https://www.facebook.com/nfld.against.line.three/; https://www.facebook.com/giniwcollective/; https://www.facebook.com/MigiziWillFly; https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/
...2021-04-2931 minThe Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 2: Industrial Agriculture & Gender Equity w/ Jess JurcekIn the second episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Jess Jurcek, an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. We talk about the interconnections of climate change, industrial agriculture, and gender equity. Enjoy!
Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
Institute on the Environment at UMN: http://environment.umn.edu/
Food Inc. Documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/
A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism by Holt-Gimenez: https://www.goodreads.co...2021-04-2925 minThe Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 1: Water w/ Sasha Lewis-NorelleIn the first episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Sasha Lewis-Norelle, a youth change-maker in the Twin Cities. We talk about fossil fuels, divestment, and water. Enjoy!
Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
Clean Water Action Website: https://www.cleanwateraction.org/
The United States Water Crisis: thewatercrisis.us/
Water Inequality by Nat’l Geo: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/water-inequality/
Water Access + Gender Inequality: https://www.cfr.org/blog/water-access-gender-equality-issue
Wa...2021-04-2932 minThe Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice VoicesEpisode 0: TrailerIntroducing the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices! In the next ten episodes, we will explore various topics within environmental justice and discuss how we can transform the world to be a just place for everyone. We talk about disrupting systems of oppression, and making real, meaningful change. A great starting point to the environmental justice movement and further conversations. Welcome and Enjoy!
About environmental justice:
Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
Principles of Environmental Justice: https://www.ejnet.org/ej/principles.html
History of the Movement: https://www.youtube...2021-04-2902 min