As we head into times where rising temperatures, superstorms, and mega-fires dominate the headlines, what has happened to our disaster-averting solutions? In this episode, we explore 'The Carbon Conundrum' and rethink our relationship with nature. 

Join host Jack Eidt as he features a discussion with post-humanist philosopher Báyò Akómoláfé and environmental leader and author Paul Hawken, moderated by Alex Forrester, Board Member of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and Co-Founder of Rising Tide capital. They delve into the failures of current climate strategies, the pitfalls of solutionism, and the importance of reconnecting with Traditional Ecological Knowledge. This enlightening conversation challenges listeners to reconsider their approaches to environmentalism and climate action.
 
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Paul Hawken [https://paulhawken.com/] starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce. He has written nine books, including six national and NYT bestsellers: ‘Growing a Business’, ‘The Next Economy’, ‘The Ecology of Commerce’, ‘Blessed Unrest’, ‘Drawdown’, and ‘Regeneration’. His latest book, ‘Carbon, The Book of Life’, is available from Penguin RandomHouse in February 2025.

Paul is the founder of Project Drawdown and Project Regeneration (https://regeneration.org/), which is the world’s largest, most complete listing and network of solutions to the climate crisis. 

Báyò Akómoláfé  Ph.D., [https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/] rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world, is a posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home (North Atlantic Books) and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak. Bayo Akomolafe is the visionary founder of The Emergence Network, a planet-wide networking project and inquiry at the edges of the Anthropocene that seeks to convene new kinds of responsivities, sensuous solidarities, and experimental practices for a posthumanist parapolitics. He currently lectures at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California. He sits on the Board of many organizations.

A frequent keynote speaker and guest lecturer, Dr. Akomolafe’s critically popular expression, “the times are urgent, let us slow down,” with which he attempts to frame new concepts (such as ontofugitivity, the Afrocene, iatropolitics, curapoiesis, white syncopation, ecocognitive assemblage theory, postactivism and parapolitics) that reframe and renaturalize human action, agency, and responsibility in an immanent, agonistic worlding of possibilities for life-death. 

Dr. Akomolafe is a Member of the Club of Rome and an Ambassador for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. He is currently writing his third book, ‘An Ocean of Milk: Morality, Desire, and the Monster at the Edge of the World’.



Jack Eidt is an urban planner, environmental journalist, and climate organizer, as well as award-winning fiction writer. He is Co-Founder of SoCal 350 Climate Action and Executive Producer of EcoJustice Radio. He writes a column on PBS SoCal called High & Dry [https://www.pbssocal.org/people/high-dry]. He is also Founder and Publisher of WilderUtopia [https://wilderutopia.com], a website dedicated to the question of Earth sustainability, finding society-level solutions to environmental, community, economic, transportation and energy needs.


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Episode 249
Photo credit: Carbon book cover

The Carbon Conundrum: Rethinking Our Relationship with Nature

In this episode, we welcome back architect Carl Welty to discuss fire-resistant construction and alternative materials. With the increasing threat of wildfires, Carl shares his insights on regenerative design and the importance of working with nature to create resilient communities. Join us for an enlightening conversation on how we can rethink architecture to better protect our homes and environment.
 
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Carl discusses the principles of passive solar design, which prioritize energy efficiency and thermal comfort without relying on mechanical systems. The conversation also addresses the current building codes and their evolution in response to recent wildfires. Carl highlights the significance of fire-resistant construction and the materials that can be utilized to enhance safety. He encourages listeners to consider alternative materials, such as steel framing, which offers advantages over traditional wood in terms of durability and fire resistance.
 
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Check out our interview with Carl Welty from 2023: https://wilderutopia.com/ecojustice-radio/designing-architecture-and-landscapes-with-natures-ecological-wisdom/

Resources:
Modern homes generate 200x more smoke and burn 8x faster than 50 years ago:
https://www.ctif.org/news/200-times-more-smoke-and-8-times-faster-burning-rate-50-years-ago#:~:text=Kissner%20said%20today's%20house%20fires,has%20less%20than%20two%20minutes.
  
See an additional article that explains why modern homes burn down faster:
https://fsri.org/research/new-comparison-natural-and-synthetic-home-furnishings
  
“Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be”
https://www.wri.org/insights/mass-timber-wood-construction-climate-change#:~:text=2)%20Harvesting%20wood%20is%20not,of%20using%20wood%20for%20construction.
  
Old Growth Wood: Old vs. New Growth Trees 
https://brenthull.com/article/old-growth-wood
  
Logging study reveals huge hidden emissions of the forestry industry
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215913-logging-study-reveals-huge-hidden-emissions-of-the-forestry-industry/
  

Trees make Rain – there is Science now to Prove It!
https://www.learningfromnature.com.au/drought-proof-increasing-rainfall/

Carl Welty. Ecological Architect and Principal of Carl Welty Architects [https://carlweltyarchitects.com/]. has over 35 years of experience in the field of architecture and is based in Southern California. Carl's experience includes projects with difficult sites and complex structural requirements; a passive solar house that is Certified LEED Platinum; a Water Education campus that embodies important and timely water issues. He designs buildings that are twice as energy-efficient as typical green buildings by incorporating simple, time-tested, climate-appropriate design principles.

  
Jack Eidt is an urban planner, environmental journalist, and climate organizer, as well as award-winning fiction writer. He is Co-Founder of SoCal 350 Climate Action and Executive Producer of EcoJustice Radio. He writes a column on PBS SoCal called High & Dry [https://www.pbssocal.org/people/high-dry]. He is also Founder and Publisher of WilderUtopia [https://wilderutopia.com], a website dedicated to the question of Earth sustainability, finding society-level solutions to environmental, community, economic, transportation and energy needs.
  

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Episode 250
Photo credit: Carl Welty Architects-Wild Heritage Partners

Building Resilience: Fire-Resistant Design for a Safer Future

🌍 The climate crisis is here. How do we cope—and act?

As young people grapple with eco-anxiety, fear, and frustration, we explore how to respond constructively. In this episode, Dr. Elly Hanson speaks with climate activist and Force of Nature founder Clover Hogan about the emotional and societal barriers to effective action.

We discuss how to move beyond doom, reclaim agency, and cultivate resilience in the face of environmental uncertainty. This conversation is essential listening for those supporting young people through the climate crisis.

🌱 What if we could turn anxiety into action? Tune in to find out.

#climatecrisis #ecoanxiety #youthactivism #sustainability #resilience #mentalhealth #environmentaljustice #postdoom #fullyhumanpodcast

Facing the storm: a post doom response to the climate crisis

In this episode, host Carry Kim engages with Maya Khosla, a wildlife biologist, writer, poet, and filmmaker, to discuss the intricate relationship between fire and forest ecosystems. Together, they explore the regeneration of giant sequoias after wildfires and the importance of embracing fire as a catalyst for biodiversity rather than a destructive force. Maya shares her experiences documenting post-fire environments and the vital role they play in supporting wildlife. This episode invites listeners to rethink their perceptions of fire and its impact on nature, emphasizing the need for a deeper understanding of our interdependence with the environment.


What are the potentials for responding to and relating with fire in a balanced and beneficial versus fearful and apprehensive way? Because fire is feared by many and much misunderstood, post-fire or snag forests are often clear-cut or heavily logged, and then turned into biomass or wood pellets burned for electricity. Living trees that are recovering post-fire can also be cut; trees are sometimes wrongly cut in anticipation of fire. Snag forests are a precious habitat, supporting the intricacies of restoration and biodiversity in the wake of fire; assisting in the thriving of many species, from fungi to black-backed woodpeckers, owls, weasels, bobcats, bears and countless more.

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RESOURCES
Three "Minute notes" about Chad Hanson's work:
Taxpayer dollars: https://vimeo.com/806625688 - taxpayer dollars
Woodpeckers, homemakers: https://vimeo.com/806627213 - woodpeckers, homemakers
Regeneration: https://vimeo.com/806623485 


Maya Khosla [https://www.mayakhosla.com/], a biologist and writer with training as a toxicologist, has spent thousands of hours hiking, backpacking, and documenting forests. Working in collaboration with other scientists, she recently investigated the astonishing post-fire regeneration of giant sequoias in Nelder Grove and Redwood Mountain Grove. As Sonoma County Poet Laureate (2018-2020), she brought Sonoma’s communities together to heal through gatherings, field walks, and shared writing after the wildfires. Her awards include the 2023 Fund for Wild Nature Grassroots Activist Award, the 2020 Environmentalist of the Year Award (Sonoma County Conservation Council, SCCC), and the 2020 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. After surveying forests of the Sierra Nevada, she created a short documentary film, Searching for the Gold Spot [https://www.mayakhosla.com/searching-for-the-gold-spot], about wild places that experience rejuvenation and supporting high biodiversity after wildfire – where they are not logged. Her work has been featured in For the Wild, and in the film Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire.


Carry Kim, Co-Host of EcoJustice Radio. An advocate for ecosystem restoration, Indigenous lifeways, and a new humanity born of connection and compassion, she is a long-time volunteer for SoCal350, member of Ecosystem Restoration Camps, and a co-founder of the Soil Sponge Collective, a grassroots community organization dedicated to big and small scale regeneration of Mother Earth.


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Episode 251
Photo credit: Maya Khosla

The Wild After Wildfire: Evolving our Response to Fire with Maya Khosla

Τα παιδιά του προνηπίου Βερόνικα και του νηπιαγωγείου Κρικ της Dorothy Snot στη Νέα Σμύρνη αφού εξερεύνησαν τη γειτονιά τους αναζητώντας  τους κάδους ανακύκλωσης μίλησαν μεταξύ τους στο μικρόφωνο του σχολείου μας και την επόμενη μέρα τα επισκέφθηκαν η Αντιδήμαρχος Περιβάλλοντος του Δήμου Νέας Σμύρνης κ. Ελεονόρα Γαλανοπούλου και ο Αντιδήμαρχος Πρασίνου & Νεολαίας, κ. Κωστής Αναγνωστόπουλος. Τα παιδιά άνοιξαν έναν ουσιαστικό διάλογο για την καθημερινότητά τους στη γειτονιά, τις προκλήσεις του περιβάλλοντος αλλά και για τις λύσεις που μπορούμε να εφαρμόσουμε. Οι εκπρόσωποι του Δήμου Νέας Σμύρνης αφού απάντησαν στις ερωτήσεις των παιδιών άφησαν οικιακούς καφέ κάδους στα παιδιά ώστε βιωματικά να μάθουν να διαχειρίζονται τα βιοδιασπώμενα απορρίμματα!

Να κάνουμε τα Κουκούτσια, Λουλούδια

This is the audio version of the blog post 'Silence (Part Five)' - Musings and Meditations. You can read this post on the website of A Biosphere Project:
https://en.abiosphereproject.org/post/silence-part-five-musings-and-meditations

Audio version 'Silence (Part Five)'

Rainforest Reign

A season-long special of the podcast interviewing #ClimateAmbassadors up and down the country! Why did they become Ambassadors? How can they help communities and education settings to take climate action?

A special 'side-step' episode as Kit Marie welcomes back previous #CoffeeGeogPod guest and Espresso co-host Alistair Hamill, discussing his innovative and inspiring approach to teaching climate change through a citizen science GIS project, linked to Northern Ireland's Shared Education programme.

WATCH this discussion over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z9RuM_AVmhU

Alistair and Kit Marie talk about the importance of teaching climate change as a safeguarding issue and how Alistair devised a GIS project for pupils in the Craigavon area to collect and display data on the quality of trees. This project connects students with the local council, giving them a voice in local decisions and fostering a sense of agency and hope. This is not a discussion to be missed!

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Climate Ambassadors (https://climateambassadors.org.uk)
- Alistair's CoffeeGeogPod episode which includes discussion on the importance of Northern Ireland's Shared Education (https://soundcloud.com/geogramblings/coffee-geography-s02e11-alistair-hamill-northern-ireland)
- How schools can treat climate change as a safeguarding issue (https://geogramblings.com/2024/12/14/empowering-schools-linking-climate-action-to-safeguarding/)
- ‘What counts’ as climate change education? Perspectives from policy influencers by Greer & Glackin (https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10165333/1/Greer%20and%20Glackin_2021_%27What%20counts%27%20as%20Climate%20Change%20Education_Greer%20and%20Glackin_2021.pdf)
- Shared Education in Northern Ireland (https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/shared-education)
- Introductory video to the urban tree survey citizen science project (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Z98f8r75Y)
- Full video of young people from Lurgan College and St Ronan's College, Lurgan sharing their thoughts on the citizen science project (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alistair-hamill-4aa60b99_in-january-i-had-the-privilege-of-taking-activity-7301555512192446464-1m7w/)

Connect with Alistair via Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-hamill-4aa60b99/).

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Coffee & Geography 5x10 SharedEd Sustainable Futures & Climate Citizen Science with Alistair Hamill

Afternoon,

This chat, I accidentally made it go walk about when I's cleaning up some of my online chats recently so I'm re-uploading it. Life, I'll get over it. Our earth problems, a "mass extinction level event" scenario playing out on earth is a very serious scenario in any century!

Regards Dion,

Peace to you and all "including all future loved ones as yet to come 👉🌍✌️👈

A I's Just By Passing Through What's On My Mind Sort Of Chat

Evening my fellow consumers,

We getting anywhere re the divvy up earth for little more than short-term profit margins based outcomes approach? Our "bigger pictures" as a "global community" or should I say species (subspecies mammal), to ask me we need to step back and reassess the lot! This finite in nature planet that we reside on, to ask me its worth more than the sum total worth of our as in wee made it up growth based capitalism economic system!

Regards Dion,

Peace to you and all "including all future loved ones as yet to come 👉🌍✌️👈

A Dip My Toes In The Democratic Waters Re Why I'm Online Sort Of Chat

Οι εκπομπές των παιδιών της Dororthy Snot. To σχολείο μας διατηρεί κανάλι και στο Spotify ► https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dorothy-snot-preschool/  
Ενώ κάθε βδομάδα δημοσιεύεται κι ένα μουσικό playlist ► https://open.spotify.com/user/31lzjp5gjjdlt6gyqwwmfi7krvyi

Tomorrow is the Question is the podcast from Fully Human — bringing fresh perspectives on technology, childhood and the future of education.

EcoJustice Radio presents environmental and climate stories from a social justice frame, featuring voices not necessarily heard on mainstream media.

Our purpose is to amplify community voices, broaden the reach of grassroots-based movements, and inspire action. We investigate solutions for social, environmental, and climate issues with an eye to advance human health, steward wild landscapes, and solve the climate crisis across the USA and the world.

Featured weekly on KPFK Los Angeles and KPFT Houston, and found on all major podcast apps. We are nationally syndicated through the Pacifica Network and PRX and heard on public radio stations across the US and downloaded in over 25 countries.

Co-hosts Jack Eidt, Carry Kim, and Jessica Aldridge present a broad range of perspectives: land defenders and water protectors; Indigenous leaders, front/fenceline community spokespeople; youth organizers; ecosystem and land stewards; regenerative farmers and permaculture specialists; spiritual and faith leaders; environmental health advocates and practitioners; documentary filmmakers; climate scientists; and political decision makers.

EcoJustice Radio [http://EcoJusticeRadio.org] is produced by SoCal350.org since 2017. 

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== About the 'Coffee & Geography' podcast ==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

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The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

== About Geogramblings ==

Kit Rackley (Geogramblings) spent 13 years as a Geography high-school teacher, and is now freelancing as an educational blogger, author, speaker & trainer. They are a consultant to the Geographical Association (UK) and work through the University of East Anglia to raise aspirations of young people to Higher Education. 

Kit's projects include the Geogramblings.com educational blog, communicating issues through performing arts, the Coffee & Geography podcast and many community-based initiatives.

New tracks tagged #ClimateCrisis