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Green Root PodcastWORST Public Lands Scheme of the CENTURY?On episode 89 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we shine a bright light through the media blackout of what may be the single most destructive public lands scheme of the century with Andrew Rothman, Wildlife Habitat Conservationist and founder of the Rainforest Biodiversity Group.
Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Andrew about:
-The fake “emergency” authorization that the Trump administration has made literally 100 times worse by sacrificing 112 million acres of public lands—59% of National Forests—to the chopping block
-The endangered species and Roadless Areas at risk in what may be the l...2025-06-2441 minGreen Root PodcastLocal Government AXES Forests and DemocracyOn episode 88 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we unearth an alarming level of public forest destruction, science denial, and sidestepping of participatory democracy in Jefferson County, Colorado with citizen advocate Mike Rawluk.
Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Mike about:
-How he went from being an unwitting supporter of “wildfire fuel reduction” to speaking out about the unprecedented level of aggressive and scientifically-contested logging in Jefferson County Open Space (including clearcutting and removal of mature and old-growth trees up to 211 years old)
-His concerns with opening forests to wind tha...2025-06-0947 minGreen Root PodcastPublic Forests as Climate Refuges (with Rick Bass, Yaak Valley Forest Council)On episode 87 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we celebrate the campaign to protect public forests as climate refuges with Rick Bass, Executive Director of the Yaak Valley Forest Council.
Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Rick Bass about his organization’s work defending the uniquely biodiverse Yaak Valley in northwestern Montana; their success in stopping (for now) the U.S. Forest Service’s “Black Ram” old-growth logging project; their strategy to turn the eco-region into a Climate Refuge connected to a globe-spanning “Curtain of Green”; the creation of an acoustic guitar from an ancient spruc...2025-06-0229 minGreen Root PodcastMining Sacred Lands (with Dov Korff-Korn, Sacred Defense Fund)On episode 86 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we delve deep into the ecological, physical, cultural, and spiritual harm caused by mining public lands with Dov Korff-Korn, legal director of the Sacred Defense Fund.
Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Dov Korff-Korn about his work as an attorney with the Lakota People’s Law Project to defend Indigenous lands and sacred sites from extractive industry; the impacts of a graphite mine proposed for the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota, a sacred site known as Pe'Sla to the Lakota People; and how our mo...2025-05-2657 minGreen Root PodcastWhy Can't Activism Be More Fun?On episode 85 of the Green Root Podcast, we question whether anger is always the best fuel for activism, while pondering some ways we might make our campaigns more enjoyable, welcoming, and effective.
2025-05-1904 minGreen Root PodcastTrump's First 100 Days on Public LandsOn episode 84 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we take another trip to Capitol Hill with Jennifer Mamola, Policy and Advocacy Director for John Muir Project, who fills us in on the nasty details of the havoc President Trump has wreaked on public lands in the first 100 days of his second term.
2025-05-1934 minGreen Root PodcastWhere Are The DRUIDS?On episode 83 of the Green Root Podcast, we somewhat seriously ponder whether a return of the ancient Celtic nature priests known as the Druids might be the answer to solving the ecological crisis.
In this short video essay, we point out the ongoing challenges of harnessing science and grassroots organizing for ecosystem protection as industry, elected officials, and government agencies team up with biased media to promote anti-environmental propaganda while demonizing—or at best, ignoring—ecosystem advocates.
We suggest that combining science-based advocacy with a rekindling of our spiritual connection to the Earth—a deep revere...2025-05-0607 minGreen Root PodcastF*** Our Forests Act (w/ Rocky Smith, Forest Management Analyst)On episode 82 of the Green Root Podcast, Rocky Smith, forest management analyst, filibusters with host Josh Schlossberg to tear apart the Orwellian “Fix Our Forests” Act—one of the most destructive anti-environmental bills in modern history—and show you how to fight it.
Contact your Senators today and ask them to oppose “Fix Our Forests” and instead advance legislation to preserve our biodiverse, carbon-storing forests: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
2025-04-2148 minGreen Root PodcastThe Clearcut CultOn episode 81 of the Green Root Podcast, we call out the well-monied and influential backers of what’s turning out to be one of the most destructive anti-environmental schemes in modern U.S. history.
2025-04-1406 minGreen Root PodcastWhy the Environmental Movement Keeps LOSINGOn episode 80 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg offers a heartfelt take on what he believes much of the grassroots “environmental” movement might be missing that’s keeping us from genuinely protecting the natural ecosystems that sustain all life of Earth.
2025-03-3109 minGreen Root PodcastMYTH-BUSTING “BIOMASS” ENERGY (with Adam Colette, Dogwood Alliance and Alex Budd, PNW Forest Climate Alliance)On episode 79 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—Adam Colette of Dogwood Alliance and Alex Budd of Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance join host Josh Schlossberg to myth-bust the greenwashing of forest “biomass” energy as “clean, green, and renewable” and invite you to the Break Big Biomass National Call to Action on April 7.
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the U.S. grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
2025-03-2444 minGreen Root PodcastSAVING ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA (with Nathan Gilles, Journalist and Science Writer)On episode 78 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg stops the presses with Nathan Gilles, Journalist and Science Writer, as they investigate the crucial role of environmental journalism in the media landscape, its triumphs and shortcomings, and the most effective ways for advocates to get coverage.
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the U.S. grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
2025-03-1029 minGreen Root PodcastMixed Severity Fires: Nature’s Phoenix (with Dominick DellaSala, Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage)On episode 77 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg gets empirical with Dominick DellaSala, Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage and co-editor of Mixed Severity Fires: Nature’s Phoenix, as they discuss the vast and growing body of peer-reviewed studies showing the ecological necessity of “severe” wildfires and the harmful, ineffective, and often counterproductive nature of “fuel reduction” logging.
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
2025-02-2537 minGreen Root PodcastIs The Nature Conservancy an Environmental Group? (w/ Jonathan Ratner, Sage Steppe Wild)On episode 76 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg gets litigious with Jonathan Ratner, Director of Sage Steppe Wild, as they challenge The Nature Conservancy’s schemes to log and graze public lands and whether the billion-dollar entity should still be considered an environmental group.
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
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Forward Radio podcastsSustainability Now! | Andy Mahler & Kari Nolan | Protect Our Woods | Hoosier NF | 2-10-25On this week’s Sustainability Now!, we bring you to he heart of the woods to join the struggle to protect southern Indiana’s Hoosier National Forest from the extractive economy. Your host, Justin Mog, welcomes back to the program Kari Nolan, an herbalist, educator, and therapist and spokesperson for Save The Hoosier National Forest, and Heartwood (https://heartwood.org); and we also have Heartwood's founder, Andy Mahler, who also co-founded the 40-year old organization Protect Our Woods.
In 2025, Kari will be moving back into the forest permanently, after 40 years of living there periodically between travels; and the efforts of this...2025-02-1058 minGreen Root PodcastClosing Logging Roads for Fire Danger (w/ Deanna Lynn Wulff, Unite the Parks)On episode 75 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg goes on a road trip with Deanna Lynn Wulff, Director of Unite the Parks, to talk about how closing old logging roads could help prevent human-caused wildfires along with her organization’s mission to link up Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks through the Range of Light National Monument.
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
2025-01-2735 minGreen Root PodcastScience and the California Wildfires (w/ George Wuerthner, ecologist and author)On episode 74 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg gets scientific with George Wuerthner, ecologist and author of Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy, who explains the science behind the wind, weather, and climate-driven California wildfires.
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
2025-01-131h 00Green Root PodcastForest Politics in Washington, D.C. (with Jennifer Mamola, John Muir Project)On episode 73 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg goes to Capitol Hill with Jennifer Mamola, Policy and Advocacy Director for John Muir Project, who forecasts some environmental legislation to expect from Congress.
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
2024-12-201h 00Green Root PodcastEnvironmental Strategy Under TrumpOn episode 72 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg proposes a tried-and-true strategy for an environmental movement that has literally been losing ground for decades in what is perhaps its darkest hour.
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
2024-12-0222 minGreen Root PodcastPublic Parks On the Chopping Block (with Darrell Luebbe, former Park Patroller)On episode 71 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg talks with Darrell Luebbe, former Park Patroller for Jefferson County Open Space in Colorado, about the logging decimating his beloved parks under the guise of so-called “wildfire mitigation.”
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
2024-09-2732 minGreen Root PodcastPublic Parks On the Chopping Block (with Darrell Luebbe, former Park Patroller)On episode 71 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg talks with Darrell Luebbe, former Park Patroller for Jefferson County Open Space in Colorado, about the logging decimating his beloved parks under the guise of so-called “wildfire mitigation.”
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
2024-09-2432 minGreen Root PodcastThe “Enchanted” Forests of New Mexico (with Sam Hitt of Santa Fe Forest Coalition)On episode 70 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg talks with Sam Hitt, President of Santa Fe Forest Coalition, about the many perils facing forests in New Mexico’s “Land of Enchantment” and what needs to be done to protect them.
The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite the grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
2024-08-0458 minGreen Root PodcastThe State of Environmental JournalismOn episode 69 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org)—host Josh Schlossberg talks about the state of environmental media and shares a big announcement.
2024-06-1733 minGreen Root PodcastNational Day of Forest-Climate Action (Tuesday, May 28)On episode 68 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg invites you to take part in the National Day of Forest-Climate Action on May 28 (eco-integrityalliance.org/forest-climate) while offering his theory about why more environmental groups aren’t making the connection.
2024-04-2712 minGreen Root PodcastEastern U.S. Forests & Heartwood Forest Council (with Matt Peters of Heartwood)On episode 67 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with Matt Peters, member of the Heartwood coordinating council, who covers the state of eastern U.S. forests and invites you to the 32nd annual Heartwood Forest Council on May 24-27 in Ohio.
2024-03-1637 minGreen Root PodcastClearcutting California? (w/ Melissa Soderston of Tahoe Forests Matter)On episode 66 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg chats with Melissa Soderston, director of Tahoe Forests Matter, where she reveals a massive logging scheme planned for California’s carbon-storing public forests and how you can help locals planning to stop it.
2024-01-1543 minGreen Root PodcastEco Horror (with Josh Schlossberg, author of CHARWOOD)On episode 65 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks to himself about the subgenre of eco horror fiction and his new novel CHARWOOD about forest destruction (and other dark forces).
2023-08-0527 minGreen Root PodcastArt as Environmental Advocacy (w/ Maya Khosla, biologist and poet)On episode 64 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg walks the post-fire landscape with Maya Khosla, biologist and author of ALL THE FIRES OF WIND AND LIGHT, to find the overlap between art and environmental advocacy.
2023-04-3050 minGreen Root PodcastPolitician Caught LYING About Logging Old-Growth TreesOn episode 62 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg exposes how elected officials are so eager to promote phony “wildfire risk reduction” logging on public lands that they’ll lie on the record to hide what’s really going on in the forest.
2023-04-0231 minGreen Root PodcastDebunking Media Pro-Logging Propaganda (with Chad Hanson, forest ecologist)On episode 63 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with Chad Hanson, PhD, forest ecologist with John Muir Project and author of Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate, where he rebuts High Country News’ latest pro-logging propaganda.
2023-03-1444 minGreen Root PodcastFirst Police Killing of Environmental Protester in U.S. HistoryOn episode 61 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with Shannon Wilson of Eco Advocates Northwest about the police killing of forest defender Manuel “Tortuguita” Terón in Atlanta, tracing the history of violence against environmental activists in the U.S. over recent decades, and discussing where to go from here.
2023-01-221h 05Green Root PodcastExposing the Buffalo Springs ”Restoration” Project (with Andy Mahler of Protect Our Woods)On episode 60 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg talks with Andy Mahler of Protect Our Woods about how we can stop the ecological/climate disaster that is the Buffalo Springs “Restoration” Project in Indiana’s Hoosier National Forest, and why it matters to the future of the planet.
2022-12-1255 minGreen Root PodcastEco-Integrity Alliance’s ”Firewise Not Logging Lies” Campaign in the News (Part 2 of 2)On episode 59 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg reads a recent article from the Colorado Sun about logging on public lands under the guise of “wildfire risk reduction” while giving his commentary, in Part 2 of a 2 part series.
2022-10-0948 minGreen Root PodcastEco-Integrity Alliance’s ”Firewise Not Logging Lies” Campaign in the News (Part 1 of 2)On episode 58 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg reads a recent article from the Denver Post about logging on public lands under the guise of “wildfire risk reduction” while giving his commentary, in Part 1 of a 2 part series.
2022-09-2634 minGreen Root PodcastClearcutting Colorado?On episode 57 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg warns about the biggest threat we've seen in decades to the carbon-storing forests of Colorado--and the entire western U.S.--from phony "wildfire fuel reduction" logging, recaps Eco-Integrity Alliance's ongoing campaign to stop it and route the money instead to making homes "Firewise," and lets you know how you can help today!
2022-08-1416 minGreen Root PodcastClimate-Driven Wildfire (with Dominick DellaSala of Wild Heritage)On episode 56 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with Dominick DellaSala, Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage, about the crucial role climate change plays in driving large wildfires, the folly of logging our carbon-storing forests under the guise of “fuel reduction,” and the importance of making homes Firewise.
2022-07-0233 minGreen Root PodcastWe Want YOU as an Eco-Integrity Alliance Member!On episode 55 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg invites you to join Eco-Integrity Alliance as a voting member (and what that means), shares some dirt on the current unraveling of the mainstream Greens, and explains why NOW is the time to finally come together and fill that void.
2022-06-2021 minGreen Root PodcastNorthern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (with Michael Garrity of Alliance for the Wild Rockies)On episode 54 of the of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with Michael Garrity, executive director of Alliance for the Wild Rockies, about the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), a bill that would create biological zones connecting new and existing wilderness and roadless areas over 20 million acres across Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming.
2022-03-0831 minGreen Root PodcastLaunching the Eco-Integrity AllianceOn episode 53 of the return (?) of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg announces the launch of the Eco-Integrity Alliance, an effort to unite the “alternative” environmental movement under a big tent of ecological integrity through common campaigns of mutual support.
Check out the website at eco-integrityalliance.org to learn more and find out how to join.
2022-02-1826 minGreen Root PodcastUprooting the Green Root PodcastIn the 52nd—and final—episode of the Green Root Podcast, host and quitter Josh Schlossberg explains why he’s choosing to end the podcast, shares some of the environmental lessons he’s learned over the past year, and thanks his guests, listeners, and everyone else working to protect and preserve the natural world.
2021-04-1941 minGreen Root PodcastThe Fate of the Great North Woods (with Chris Matera of Massachusetts Forest Watch)On episode #51 of the Green Root Podcast, host and former Northeasterner, Josh Schlossberg, returns to the forest with Chris Matera, director of Massachusetts Forest Watch, to discuss the state of the Great North Woods and how to maintain one's mental health as an environmental advocate.
2021-04-091h 07Green Root PodcastEnvironmental Veganism (with Mike Ewall of Energy Justice Network)On episode #50 of the Green Root Podcast, host and chick pea-lover, Josh Schlossberg, chews the fat with Mike Ewall, director of Energy Justice Network, about the environmental, public health, and ethical implications of eating animal products and how both individual AND systemic changes are needed to transform the food system.
2021-04-0557 minGreen Root PodcastPreventing Pandemics at the Source (with Bhavana Chilukuri of Dalberg Catalyst & Chip Barber of World Resources Institute)On episode #49 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg, goes viral with Bhavana Chilukuri, Director of Programs at Dalberg Catalyst & Chip Barber, Senior Biodiversity Advisor from World Resources Institute, to talk about Preventing Pandemics at the Source, a new coalition of major health and environmental groups working to prevent the spillover of zoonotic viruses from animals to humans.
2021-04-0158 minGreen Root PodcastA Waste of Energy (with Craig Patterson)On episode #48 of the Green Root Podcast, host and failed public utility petitioner, Josh Schlossberg, gets energized with eco-philosopher Craig Patterson, shedding light on how utilities encourage excessive energy consumption, the need for a “conservation ethic,” and ways to incentivize efficiency.
2021-03-211h 00Green Root PodcastAn Indigenous Perspective on Land Use (with Nohham R. Cachat-Schilling, Kanien’keha:ka-Nashawe Nipmuk medicine person)On episode #47 of the Green Root Podcast, host and born-and-bred northeaster, Josh Schlossberg, talks with Nohham R. Cachat-Schilling, a Kanien’keha:ka-Nashawe Nipmuk medicine person, researcher, and author, about the differences in land use, stewardship practices, and cultural outlook between Native and European peoples in New England.
2021-03-1559 minGreen Root PodcastDo Cows Belong on Public Lands? (with Felice Pace of the Grazing Reform Project)On episode #46 of the Green Root Podcast, host and beef-boycotter Josh Schlossberg, roams the range with Felice Pace, coordinator for the Grazing Reform Project, chewing the cud about water quality and supply impacts of cows on public lands, the ranching industry’s war against wolves and wild horses, and the importance of enforcing existing laws while offering grazing allotment buyouts.
2021-03-0850 minGreen Root PodcastThe Shadow of the Environmental MovementOn episode #45 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks out loud to himself about the "shadow" of the establishment and alternative environmental movements, homing in on the harsh realities its members are unable--or unwilling--to see.
He finishes up with a plea for a U.S. nonprofit to step up and provide fiscal sponsorship for Rural Watch Africa Initiative, an outstanding Nigerian organization tackling the root issues of environmental degradation and poverty in the world's poorest nation.
2021-03-0136 min
Green Root PodcastBright Green Lies (with filmmaker Julia Barnes)On episode #44 of the Green Root Podcast, host and censored movie star Josh Schlossberg, gets behind the camera with Julia Barnes, director of the upcoming film Bright Green Lies, to document the sixth mass extinction, deep sea mining for “green” tech, and the ecocidal folly of trying to fuel industrial civilization with "renewable" energy.
2021-02-2254 min
Voices for Nature & PeaceI'm Interviewed on the Green Root PodcastEp. 58: I'm Interviewed on the Green Root Podcast
In January I was interviewed by Josh Schlossberg for his Green Root podcast. Josh is an investigative journalist and recovering activist and with his podcast he is pursuing a quest to uncover the roots of the modern ecological crisis. I interviewed Josh in 2018 about how biomass energy isn't green, and you can read an abridged version online at my blog or the complete conversation in my book, "Roadtripping at the End of the World."
In this interview we discussed some of the problems with agriculture including habitat...2021-02-201h 14Green Root PodcastClimate & Oregon's Industrial Forests (with Chuck Willer of Coast Range Association)On episode #43 of the Green Root Podcast, host & former Oregonian, Josh Schlossberg, hops the fence onto “private” timberlands with Chuck Willer, director of Coast Range Association, to reveal how the logging industry trades short-term profits for long-term forest productivity, when the environmental movement abandoned land reform, and the role western Oregon’s carbon-storing “industrial” forestlands can play in addressing the climate emergency, as detailed in Climate & Oregon's Industrial Forests: A Green New Deal Proposal.
2021-02-151h 06Green Root PodcastUnearthing the Roots of Industrial Agriculture (with Kollibri terre Sonnenblume)On episode #42 of the Green Root Podcast, host and ex-farmhand, Josh Schlossberg, gets his hands dirty with writer, podcaster, and organic farmer, Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, to unearth the roots of the agricultural revolution, the ecological and societal impacts of industrial ag, and how humanity might find a balance between growing food and preserving nature.
2021-02-081h 14Green Root PodcastNot Out of the Woods Yet (with Ashley Lipscomb of Kentucky Heartwood)On episode #41 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets lost in the woods with Ashley Lipscomb, Director of Kentucky Heartwood, to uncover threats to the Daniel Boone National Forest, the influence of “bullet groups” on public lands management, and proposals that would destroy roosting habitat for federally-endangered Indiana bats.
2021-02-011h 02Green Root PodcastRadical Environmentalism (with Susan Breen of Deep Green Resistance)On episode #40 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg takes a trip to the Emerald Isle with Susan Breen, organizer with Deep Green Resistance and Shale Must Fall, to delve into fracking in Europe, “eco-sabotage,” and the role of the radical environmental movement.
2021-01-2554 minGreen Root PodcastAnd Your Little Prairie Dog, Too! (with Deanna Meyer of Prairie Protection Colorado)On episode #39 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg digs below the surface with Deanna Meyer, executive director of Prairie Protection Colorado, to learn about endangered grasslands, the role prairie dogs play as keystone species, and how to save them from eradication.
2021-01-1857 minGreen Root PodcastProtecting Nature, Empowering Women (with Florence Blondel, global justice campaigner)On episode #38 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg leaves the continent with environmental and global justice campaigner, Florence Blondel, to explore biodiversity loss in her native country of Uganda, how empowering women’s birth control choices can reduce poverty while also protecting forests and climate, and whether the developing world may someday become a model of sustainability.
2021-01-1155 minGreen Root PodcastBear With Us (with Barrie Gilbert, author of One of Us: A Biologist’s Walk Among Bears)On episode #37 of the Green Root Podcast, host and accidental bear tracker, Josh Schlossberg, goes off the beaten path with Barrie Gilbert, Ph.D., retired wildlife biologist & professor, and author of One of Us: A Biologist’s Walk Among Bears, to discuss the ecological necessity of bears in North America, current threats to Grizzlies, and what we need to do to protect them.
2021-01-0357 minGreen Root PodcastBuddhism for Environmental Activists (with David R. Loy, author of Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis)On episode #36 of the Green Root Podcast, host and fake Buddhist, Josh Schlossberg, gets nondual with David R. Loy, professor, writer, Zen teacher, and author of Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis, to meditate on how Buddhist philosophy might enlighten environmental activism.
2020-12-211h 00Green Root PodcastIntegral Ecology (with Michael Zimmerman, co-author of Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World)On episode #35 of the Green Root Podcast, host and Ken Wilber stunt double, Josh Schlossberg, goes deep inside human consciousness with Michael E. Zimmerman, Ph.D., co-author (with Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Ph.D.) of Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World, to explore Integral theory, biocentric lines of adult human development, and “The 8 Eco-Selves.”
2020-12-141h 19Green Root PodcastOwning Your Carbon Footprint (with Beth Verdekal, founder of Own It Economics)On episode #34 of the Green Root Podcast, host and former Critical Mass arrestee Josh Schlossberg chats with Beth Verdekal, founder of Own It Economics, about the history of Critical Mass bike rides, the joys of giving, and the role of personal responsibility in addressing the climate crisis.
2020-12-081h 14Green Root PodcastThe Overlap Between COVID & Climate DenialOn episode #33 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg rants about the warped mindset common to those who refuse—or are unable—to accept the harsh realities of the COVID-19 pandemic and those claiming climate change is a hoax.
2020-12-0159 minGreen Root PodcastPsychoanalyzing the Modern Environmental Movement (with Joseph Scalia III, Psya.D.)On episode #32 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes deep with psychoanalyst Joseph Scalia III, Psya.D. about how we might use psychology to better understand the successes and failures of the modern environmental movement.
2020-11-231h 08Green Root PodcastThe Other Epidemic: Chronic Wasting Disease (with Michael Miller, wildlife veterinarian with Colorado Parks and Wildlife)On episode #31 of the Green Root Podcast, host and science writer Josh Schlossberg interviews Dr. Michael Miller, wildlife veterinarian with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, about the alarming epidemic of Chronic Wasting Disease—aka “zombie deer disease”—in North America’s cervid (deer, elk, moose, and caribou) populations, the role mountain lions may play in slowing the spread, and whether humans are at risk from the fatal infection.
2020-11-161h 07Green Root PodcastHas Identity Politics Helped or Harmed the Environmental Movement? (with Lorna Salzman)On episode #30 of the Green Root Podcast, host & social justice warrior Josh Schlossberg speaks with Lorna Salzman, author of Politics as if Evolution Mattered: Darwin, Ecology and Social Justice, about the injection of critical race and gender theory into the modern environmental movement.
2020-11-091h 23Green Root PodcastPost-Election Strategy to Save the Environmental MovementOn episode #29 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg proposes that 2021 is our last—and best—chance to reinvigorate the failing environmental movement and genuinely address the eco-crisis.
2020-11-0143 minGreen Root PodcastForest Poisoning in the Pacific Northwest (with forester Roy Keene)On episode #28 of the Green Root Podcast, host & former Oregonian Josh Schlossberg speaks with forest consultant & timber cruiser Roy Keene about Big Timber’s aerial spraying of toxic herbicides in Oregon’s temperate rainforests, community efforts to ban the practice, and mainstream environmental groups cutting a deal with industry.
2020-10-291h 07Green Root PodcastThe Legend & Legacy of Edward Abbey (with Sean Prentiss, author of Finding Abbey)On episode #27 of the Green Root Podcast, host & desert rat Josh Schlossberg talks with Sean Prentiss, author of Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave, about Ed Abbey’s influence on environmental activism & literature, the man’s most controversial views, and the beauty and mystery of the American Southwest.
2020-10-191h 13Green Root PodcastA Scientific Analysis of the Modern Environmental Movement (with Kristine Mattis, Ph.D.)On episode #26 of the Green Root Podcast, science writer Kristine Mattis, Ph.D. offers her insights on some of the contradictions of the Green New Deal, “gatekeeping” in the mainstream environmental movement, the lack of genuine solutions for the ecological and climate crises, and what a truly sustainable way of life could look like.
2020-10-121h 03Green Root PodcastQuenching the Flames of Wildfire Hysteria (with Rachel Fazio of John Muir Project)On episode #25 of the Green Root Podcast, Rachel Fazio, associate director and staff attorney for John Muir Project, clears the air on wildfire's crucial role in western forests, exposes legislation seeking to log in the backcountry under the guise of “fuel reduction,” and reminds us how making our homes Firewise is the single most effective measure we can take to protect people and property.
2020-10-051h 06Green Root PodcastOn The Front Lines of Climate Change (with Uche Isieke of Rural Watch Africa Initiative)On episode #24 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with Uche Isieke, Executive Director of Rural Watch Africa Initiative, about Nigerians suffering from the ravages of climate change, the deforestation that results from rural people simply trying to feed their families, and his work to create alternative sustainable income sources for this struggling population.
2020-09-2552 minGreen Root PodcastFlatten the Curve for the Limits to Growth (with Mark Robinowitz of PeakChoice.org)On episode #23 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg touches base with Mark Robinowitz of PeakChoice.org about the ecological lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, how the Planet of the Humans film doesn’t go far enough, why fracking postponed energy rationing, the limits to growth on a finite planet, and the need to relocalize the American Way of Life (AWOL).
2020-09-211h 10Green Root PodcastFrom Environmental Racism to Climate Justice (with Ananda Lee Tan)On episode #22 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with climate justice organizer, Ananda Lee Tan, about environmental racism, the health & environmental impacts of waste incineration in the U.S. and overseas, and Zero Waste alternatives.
2020-09-081h 09Green Root PodcastIs Outdoor Recreation a Threat to Wildlife and Wildlands? (with Gary Mcfarlane of Friends of the Clearwater)On episode #21 of the Green Root Podcast, host & hiking addict Josh Schlossberg chats with Gary Mcfarlane, Ecosystem Defense Director for Friends of the Clearwater, about the impacts of outdoor recreation on wildlife, the ecological benefits of removing old logging roads from public lands, and the pros and cons of the Great American Outdoors Act.
2020-09-031h 02Green Root PodcastHas the Climate Crisis Passed the Point of No Return? (with Kevin Hester)On episode #20 of the Green Root Podcast, host & future climate refugee Josh Schlossberg interviews abrupt climate change researcher & Nature Bats Last co-host, Kevin Hester, about tipping points and extinction cascades, media and entertainment as a distraction from climate breakdown, managing grief, and why it’s never too late to start telling the truth.
2020-08-241h 17Green Root PodcastThe Philosophy of Eco-Forestry (with Craig Patterson)On episode #19 of the Green Root Podcast, host and anti-logging zealot Josh Schlossberg chews the fat with eco-forestry philosopher, Craig Patterson, about industrial logging’s decimation of U.S. forests, the difference between genuine and phony restoration, and reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps for a new paradigm of “jobs in the woods.”
2020-08-171h 13Green Root PodcastProtecting Half of the Planet to Save the Planet? (with Amy Lewis of WILD Foundation)On episode #18 of the Green Root Podcast, host and pro-wilderness extremist Josh Schlossberg confers with Amy Lewis, chief policy and communications officer with WILD Foundation, about the Nature Needs Half campaign, wilderness vs. “working landscapes,” and distinguishing between sustainability and survival.
2020-08-101h 16
Green Root PodcastOverpopulation? The Third Rail of Environmental Politics (with Karen Shragg, author of Moving Upstream)On episode #17 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg interviews Karen Shragg, author of Move Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation, about the ecological impacts of our growing human population, concerns about racism, and the real reason so few environmental groups address the issue.
2020-08-0359 minGreen Root PodcastState of the Forest Address (with Tim Hermach of Native Forest Council)On episode #16 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg speaks with Tim Hermach, executive director of Native Forest Council, about the history of the sellout of the environmental movement to corporate interests, how both Republicans and Democrats have greased the wheels of ecosystem destruction, and the need to swallow such bitter pills if we’re going to save what’s left of the natural world.
2020-07-271h 23Green Root PodcastRocky Flats: The Most Contaminated Place You’ve Never Heard Of (with Tiffany Hansen of Rocky Flats Downwinders)On episode #15 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg interviews Tiffany Hansen, co-founder and director of Rocky Flats Downwinders, about the ongoing plutonium (and other) contamination from Rocky Flats, the former nuclear weapons facility outside Denver, Colorado; concerns about the health of nearby communities; using hemp to remediate the toxic soil; and creating a Rocky Flats cannabis strain.
2020-07-2055 minGreen Root PodcastBiomass or Bio-Mess? (with Mike Ewall of Energy Justice Network)On episode #14 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes deep with Mike Ewall, founder and director of the Energy Justice Network, on the various forms of biomass energy, its environmental, climate, and human health impacts, and how not all “clean energy” is created equal.
2020-07-1356 min
Green Root PodcastEndangered Dialogue (with Hailey Hawkins of Endangered Species Coalition)On episode #13 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg interviews Hailey Hawkins, Southern Rockies Field Representative for the Endangered Species Coalition, about the return of wolves to the western landscape, the importance of habitat connectivity for sustaining wildlife populations, and recent efforts by the powers that be to gut the Endangered Species Act.
2020-07-061h 10Green Root PodcastEcological and Human Rights Consequences of Hydroelectric Dams (with Gary Wockner of Save the Colorado)On episode #12 of the Green Root Podcast, Josh Schlossberg talks with Gary Wockner, director of Save the Colorado and founder of the the Free Flowing Rivers Initiative of the Waterkeeper Alliance, about the intrinsic value of rivers, the ecological and human rights consequences of hydroelectric power, the economic benefits of dam removal, and lots more.
2020-06-3050 minGreen Root PodcastAre You an Ecosystem Patriot?On episode #11 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg ponders what it means to be an ecosystem patriot, points out how disagreements between enviros often come down to different views on the concept of “wild nature,” and suggests how we can re-unite our fragmented movement by coming together to permanently preserve public lands.
2020-06-2220 minGreen Root PodcastThe Heart of Environmental Activism (with Dayna Yildirim of Extinction Rebellion)On episode #10 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg chats with Dayna Yildirim of Extinction Rebellion about how environmental activists can become more effective—and personally fulfilled—by practicing radical self-honesty, “leading with the heart,” and processing their grief over the eco-crisis.
2020-06-1850 minGreen Root PodcastA Conversation with Jeff Gibbs, Writer and Director of Planet of the HumansOn episode #9 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg speaks with Jeff Gibbs, writer and director of the environmental documentary film, Planet of the Humans.
We discuss the overwhelmingly positive public response to the film, the attacks and organized campaign to temporarily remove the film from YouTube, and censorship across legacy and left media.
We also talk about Bill McKibben, the environmental movement’s long-time (and in many cases, ongoing) support of biomass energy, and whether it’s time for a new environmental movement.
2020-06-151h 08Green Root PodcastEconomic Roots of the Eco-CrisisOn episode #8 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg speaks with Robert Cobbold--program manager of the Green Schools Project and founder and editor of ConsciousEvolution.co.uk--about the economic roots of the eco-crisis, the push to develop alternative monetary systems, and the worldview shifts that can get us there.
2020-06-1157 minGreen Root PodcastMedia Censorship of EnvironmentalistsOn episode #7 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg interviews retired journalist Albert Lanier about censorship of environmental voices in the media. A freelance journalist for 22 years, Albert discusses the ongoing media blackout of balanced commentary on the documentary film Planet of the Humans, internal vs. external censorship at media outlets, and what we can do to save journalism.
(Audio quality isn't amazing as we needed to conduct the interview via cell phone)
2020-06-0850 minGreen Root PodcastRotten Branches and Poison Roots of Police BrutalityOn episode #6 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg discusses the overlap between environmental activism and police brutality, the disproportionate killing of black men by law enforcement, and how existing policies set the stage for the deaths of George Floyd and so many others before him.
2020-06-0439 minGreen Root PodcastBrainstorming with Indigenous Rights Activist & Environmentalist Yuri HarrisOn episode #5 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with indigenous rights activist & environmentalist Yuri Harris about her discovery of the “de-growth” movement, her alienation from mainstream environmentalism, and how we can’t address the eco-crisis without better understanding the human brain.
2020-06-011h 16Green Root PodcastIs Media Complicit in the Eco-Crisis?On episode #4 of the Green Root Podcast, host and award-winning environmental journalist Josh Schlossberg reveals his most recent bout with censorship, and tells the truth about how the media sausage is really made.
2020-05-2746 minGreen Root PodcastAn Environmental Whistleblower Speaks OutOn episode #3 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with agency whistleblower and lifelong forest defender, Shannon Wilson, about the corruption he's exposed while working for the U.S. Forest Service, and "malpractice" by environmental nonprofits that claim to protect the natural world.
2020-05-251h 22Green Root PodcastBig Green Meltdown Over Planet of the HumansOn episode #2 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg gives his take on the film Planet of the Humans (written and directed by Jeff Gibbs, executively produced by Michael Moore), his appearance in the biomass energy segment of the film, and the mainstream environmental movement's response.
Read the article, "Big Green Meltdown Over Planet of the Humans" in Counterpunch.
2020-05-1855 minGreen Root PodcastIntro to the Green Root PodcastAn eight minute excerpt from episode #1 of the Green Root Podcast, where host Josh Schlossberg talks about what makes this environmental podcast different from all the rest.
2020-05-1408 minGreen Root PodcastDoes the World Really Need Another Environmental Podcast?On episode #1 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg explains what's different about this environmental podcast, the inspiration behind launching it, and his background as a "recovering" activist.
2020-05-1152 min