The Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices Gracelyn McClure

In 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


Sources:

“Divestment Commitments.” Fossil Free: Divestment, gofossilfree.org/divestment/commitments/.

Remedios, Jesse. “With New Complaint, Fossil Fuel Divestment Proponents Shift From Moral To Legal Ground.” Earthwhile, WBUR, 15 Mar. 2021, www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2021/03/15/with-new-complaint-fossil-fuel-divestment-proponents-shift-from-moral-to-legal-ground.

“Why Divestment?” Divest Ed, Better Future Project, divested.betterfutureproject.org/why-divestment.

Music: “Awakening Instrumental” by Wataboi from pixbay.

In 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


Sources:

Boyd, Philip. “Geoengineering.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 17 Sept. 2009, www.britannica.com/science/geoengineering.

“Fossil Fueled Foolery, An Illustrated Primer on the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Deceptive Tactics.” NAACP, NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, Apr. 2021, naacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Fossil-Fueled-Foolery-2.0-abridged-4_1_2021.pdf.

Kanefield, Teri. “Georgia's 'Jim Crow' Voter Suppression Bill Is Now Law. Here's How Democrats Can Fight Back.” NBCNews.com, NBC Universal News Group, 28 Mar. 2021, www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/georgia-s-jim-crow-voter-suppression-bill-now-law-here-ncna1262254.

Novotny, Patrick. “Popular Epidemiology and the Struggle for Community Health in the Environmental Justice Movement.” The Struggle for Ecological Democracy, edited by Daniel Faber, The Guilford Press, 1998, pp. 137–158.

Rau, Alex, et al. “Can Technology Really Save Us from Climate Change?” Harvard Business Review, Jan. 2010, hbr.org/2010/01/can-technology-really-save-us-from-climate-change.

Spitzer, Suzi. “Five Principles of Science Communication.” Social Science Space, 24 Jan. 2019, www.socialsciencespace.com/2018/04/five-principles-of-science-communication/.

Ward, Alie. “Ursinology (BEARS) with Chris Morgan” Audio blog post. Ologies with Alie Ward. 7 Apr. 2021. Web. 8 Apr. 2021.

Music: “Awakening Instrumental” by Wataboi from pixbay.

In 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/


Sources:

De Cristano, Riccardo. “The Financialization of Environment Protection.” Climateandcapitalism.com, Climate & Capitalism, 11 Mar. 2021, climateandcapitalism.com/2021/03/11/the-financialization-of-environment-protection/.

Guerrero, Dorothy Grace. “The Limits of Capitalist Solutions to the Climate Crisis.” The Climate Crisis: South African and Global Democratic Eco-Socialist Alternatives, edited by Vishwas Satgar, Wits University Press, 2018, pp. 30–46, doi.org/10.18772/22018020541.1.

Hoffman, Jane, and Michael Hoffman. “What Is Greenwashing?” Scientific American, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2009, www.scientificamerican.com/article/greenwashing-green-energy-hoffman/.

McDuff, Phil. “Ending Climate Change Requires the End of Capitalism. Have We Got the Stomach for It?” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 18 Mar. 2019, www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/18/ending-climate-change-end-capitalism.

Willis, Matthew. “Madeira, The Island That Helped Invent Capitalism.” Daily.jstor.org, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2017, daily.jstor.org/madeira-the-island-that-helped-invent-capitalism/.

“What Is the CDM.” Unfccc.int, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, cdm.unfccc.int/about/index.html.

Music: “Awakening Instrumental” by Wataboi from pixbay.

In 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 Layla Saad: https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/

Dumping in Dixie by Dr. Robert Bullard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/645961.Dumping_in_Dixie

Climate False Solutions: https://climatefalsesolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/HOODWINKED_ThirdEdition_On-Screen_version.pdf


Sources:

Becker, Jo and Mikaela Loach. “EPISODE 27: Layla Saad: White Supremacy, Healing & Futures” Audio blog post. The YIKES Podcast. 23 Mar. 2021. Web. 6 Apr. 2021.

“Fossil Fueled Foolery, An Illustrated Primer on the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Deceptive Tactics.” NAACP, NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, Apr. 2021, naacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Fossil-Fueled-Foolery-2.0-abridged-4_1_2021.pdf.

Lipsitz, George. “The Racialization of Space and the Spatialization of Race.” Landscape Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, 1 Jan. 2007, pp. 10–23., doi.org/10.3368/lj.26.1.10.

Music: “Awakening Instrumental” by Wataboi from pixbay.

In 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


Sources:

Bansal, Priyanka. “The Climate Case for Prison Abolition.” The New Twenties, The New Twenties, 11 June 2020, thenewtwenties.ca/articles/prisonabolition.

Bediako, Jacqueline. “The Link between Climate Justice and Police Brutality.” San Francisco Bay View, San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper, 19 Nov. 2018, sfbayview.com/2018/11/the-link-between-climate-justice-and-police-brutality/.

“Community Control of Police.” National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, 15 June 2020, naarpr.org/updates/campaign-for-community-control-of-police/.

Hewett, Frederick. “'Racial Justice Is Climate Justice': Why The Climate Movement Needs To Be Anti-Racist.” Wbur.org/Cognoscenti, WBUR, 9 June 2020, www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2020/06/09/the-links-between-racism-and-the-environment-frederick-hewett.

“Students for a Democratic Society.” Britannica, 20 July 1998, www.britannica.com/topic/Students-for-a-Democratic-Society/additional-info#history.

Zhao, John. “The Link between Prisons and Environmental Justice.” Students for a Sustainable Stanford, 24 Oct. 2017, studentsforasustainablestanford.weebly.com/blog/the-link-between-prisons-and-environmental-justice.

Music: “Awakening Instrumental” by Wataboi from pixbay.

In 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/


Sources:

“Our Current Proposal.” East Phillips Neighborhood Institute, 2019, www.eastphillipsneighborhoodinstitute.org/our-current-proposal/.

Ballin, Sofiya. “USING AFROFUTURISM TO BUILD THE KIND OF WORLD YOU WANT.” EcoWURD, 1 June 2020, ecowurd.com/2018/11/19/using-afrofuturism-to-build-the-kind-of-world-you-want/.

Bruce, Delan. “Afrofuturism: From the Past to the Living Present.” UCLA, UCLA, 15 Oct. 2020, newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/afrofuturism.

Jones, Justine. “What an Urban Farm Could Mean for East Phillips.” Mspmag.com, Mpls St Paul Magazine, 5 Apr. 2021, mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/east-phillips-urban-farm/.

Maloba, Donald. “What Is Afrofuturism? A Beginner's Guide.” AfriTechNews, 4 Dec. 2020, afritechnews.com/afrofuturism/.

Music: “Awakening Instrumental” by Wataboi from pixbay.