Young people are mobilizing on climate change as the generation that will inherit its various outcomes and crises. They organized a national day of action called “This is Zero Hour” which seeks to amplify young voices who are working on environmental issues in their communities. Episode Hosted by Mark Morris with guests Arielle Cohen, Gavin Pierce, and Ryanne Mena. The idea for a youth climate march arose after many of the local March For Our Lives organizers in Los Angeles were discussing ways ...
Oct 17, 2018•28 min
Since it closed for safety violations in 2012, the dangers of San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (SONGS) between Orange County and San Diego have only continued to loom. Carry Kim from EcoJustice Radio interviews Charles Langley, Executive Director of Public Watchdogs & esteemed Board Member, Nina Babiarz. Public Watchdogs independently monitors energy and infrastructure regulatory agencies in California. It protects the public’s access to clean water and affordable, sustainable energy in...
Sep 03, 2018•28 min
How do we confront the swirling gyres of plastic pollution dumped into our oceans? In this show, we examine the social and environmental implications of wasted resources, and follow two interrelated approaches to solving the problem from an indigenous woman doing exemplary work in New Zealand and an LA-based plastics pollution fighter. Our guests include Tina Ngata, a Ngati Porou wāhine and mother of two from The Non-Plastic Māori, and Marcus Eriksen, co-founder of the 5 Gyres Institute and auth...
Aug 27, 2018•27 min
Why is incineration in direct opposition with Zero Waste and social and environmental justice? Hear from local and international groups working together to fight this beastly issue. Per the internationally recognized definition of Zero Waste, products should be managed in a way that avoids and eliminates toxicity, conserves resources and does not burn nor bury them. It also states that any and all elements there in should work to eliminate toxic discharges to land, water and air. Burning our was...
Jul 25, 2018•28 min
One billion people do not have access to clean water or the privilege to purchase a filtration system to feed their reusable water bottles -- this is water equity. Our guests today are fighting for water equity in the Los Angeles County areas of Compton and Willowbrook, where the taps are running brown and bottled water has become a way of life. Host: Jessica Aldridge from SoCal 350 and Adventures in Waste. www.socal350.org | www.adventuresinwaste.org Guests: Angel Jennings, LA Times Reporter Da...
Jul 19, 2018•29 min
In this episode of EcoJustice Radio, host Jack Eidt speaks with Ryan Killackey, filmmaker of the award-winning documentary film set in the Ecuadorian Amazon, "Yasuni Man." Plus, Zoe Cina-Sklar, campaigner for the #EndAmazonCrude effort by Amazon Watch, shares how California communities can play a powerful role in the fight for a just transition off fossil fuels. More Info: http://www.yasuniman.com/ YASUNI MAN is the award winning documentary feature about a conflict raging deep within the Ecuado...
Jul 12, 2018•27 min
Learn how our "wasted resources" have direct social, economic and environmental impacts and how local groups are creating local solutions. This episode's guests are tackling the environmental issues of soil health and wasted organics, all the while building community roots and social equity through local composting and thriving urban farms. Guests: - Derek Steele, Health and Equity Programs Director for Social Justice Learning Institute - www.sjli.org - Michael Martinez Executive Director, LA Co...
Jun 27, 2018•27 min
Hear from Woodrow Curry, lifelong resident and lead organizer for the grassroots coalition Uplift Inglewood, talking with host and executive producer of EcoJustice Radio Mark Morris about the ongoing community pushback against overdevelopment in the area. They discuss California's Assembly Bill 987, aiming to fast track development of a Clippers stadium on public land in Inglewood and ignoring the need for housing, green spaces and the public good. Photo by: Unsplash//Kimson Doan Uplift Inglewoo...
Jun 21, 2018•24 min
Each year, up to 40% food in the United States is not eaten from production to plate contributing to the largest source of waste in our landfill (organics) and the second largest source of anthropogenic methane gas in California. All the while, there are 1.5 million Angelenos who are food insecure. Our guests are working to build healthier food environments and resilient communities by improving our regional food economy and making good food accessible to all. Host: Jessica Aldridge, Adventures ...
Jun 17, 2018•28 min
Marcus Lopez Senior, member of the Barbareno Chumash Nation in California, speaks with Jack Eidt from SoCal 350 on climate chaos and the impacts on the Chumash people from fires, mudslides, colonization, land theft, gentrification, and offshore drilling. Marcus is also co-host and Executive Producer of American Indian Airwaves on KPFK, one of the oldest running Native American radio shows in the US. The Lopez family were directly impacted by the deadly January mudslides in Montecito, near Santa ...
Feb 09, 2018•27 min
Is driving your car in LA destroying the Amazon rainforest? Hear Zoe Cina-Sklar, Campaigner for Amazon Watch, discuss the "End Amazon Crude" campaign and discover the numerous connections between LA's oil addiction and preservation of the rainforest. Amazon Watch protects the rainforest and partners with indigenous and environmental organizations to promote human rights, corporate accountability and preserve the Amazon's ecological systems. The Amazon rainforest is part of the world's cultural a...
Feb 02, 2018•27 min
Join us for an inspiring interview with Joanna Macy, Eco-philosopher and Buddhist scholar. Listen to her share precious insights from her five decades as an activist, author and visionary teacher of Buddhism, general systems theory and deep ecology. A profound leader, grassroots organizer and compassionate voice, Joanna Macy has devoted much of her life to the movements for peace, justice, and ecology. Founder of the Work That Reconnects, a groundbreaking framework and methodology for personal a...
Jan 15, 2018•28 min
Learn about the visionary Half-Earth Project! Conceived by world-renowned biologist and Pulitzer prize winning author, E.O. Wilson, the Half-Earth Project is headed up by Dr. Paula Ehrlich, President & CEO of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. This remarkable project proposes the goal of conserving half the Earth in order to protect 85% or more of species, including human beings. E.O. Wilson has been called the "father of biodiversity" for his lifetime commitment to this field. The E.O...
Jan 05, 2018•29 min
Southern California Gas Company was responsible for a recent chemical spill in the Rancho Park area of West Los Angeles that caused a strong gas-like odor to blanket surrounding neighborhoods. The Los Angeles City Council directed various agencies to investigate, with area residents and two councilmen voicing heavy criticism of SoCal Gas's handling of post-spill communications. Jack Eidt spoke with three major environmental justice advocates with experience working to protect communities from th...
Dec 29, 2017•30 min
Carry Kim from EcoJustice Radio speaks with Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, the voice of a generation, author of 'We Rise' and an inspiration to youth and activists worldwide. Envision and create the world as it "might be" with this indigenous eco hip-hop artist, activist and Youth Director of Earth Guardians, a global non-profit which empowers young people to protect the Earth for a healthy, just and sustainable planet. A front-line activist and grassroots organizer since he was 6 yrs old, he’s addressed...
Dec 05, 2017•30 min
Honor and protect our national monuments! Listen to Ryan Henson, Senior Policy Director for The California Wilderness Coalition (aka. CalWild) as he shares how we can best steward and protect the designation of our national parks and monuments. A review was recently completed by Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, which could gravely impact the usage and designations of numerous pristine and sacrosanct monuments. Prevent our monuments (and parks) from becoming the province of corporate greed. Help t...
Nov 27, 2017•29 min
David Lamfrom, Director of the California Desert and Wildlife Programs from the National Parks Conservation Association, speaks on preserving the Mojave Desert and opposing the Cadiz Water Project aiming to mine and ship water through a pipeline and sell it to Southern California communities for more development. Jack Eidt from SoCal 350 appears on Update from the Frontlines, talking about Labor Day and the movement to toward a just transition from fossil fuels toward efficient and clean energy ...
Nov 27, 2017•29 min
Carletta Davis from We Matter Eight Mile in Alabama, and Richard Mathews from Save Porter Ranch, talk with Leah Garland from SoCal 350 on parallel natural gas leak disasters in both Alabama and Southern California. Jane Fowler from Save Porter Ranch gives the Update from the Frontlines on the Aliso Canyon SoCalGas Leak Interview by Leah Garland from EcoJustice Radio. Host and Engineer: JP Morris Executive Producer: Mark Morris This originally aired August 3, 2017 on KPFK 90.7 FM, Pacifica Radio ...
Nov 27, 2017•25 min
Ashley Hernandez from Communities for a Better Environment (Wilmington), Jan Victor Andasan from East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (West Long Beach/Carson), join JP Morris of EcoJustice Radio to discuss youth organizing in under-resource communities, reflecting on the Los Angeles People's Climate March that happened in April 2017. Their communities face two major ports, five oil refineries and massive drilling sacrifice zones, major freeways, railyards, and all the contamination, n...
Nov 27, 2017•23 min
Ku Kia'i Mauna with SoCal 350 Climate Action stand for the love of a sacred mountain, Mauna Kea, on the Big Island of Hawai'i. Mahalo to Mikilani Young of Defenders of Mauna Kea and LA's Mauna Kea movement to stop the desecration of the mountain most sacred to native Hawaiians and their culture. The movement aims to protect sacred, conservation lands, wildlife and plant habitat, and the water table beneath Mauna Kea, all of which will be gravely impacted if the TMT (Thirty-Meter Telescope) proje...
Aug 10, 2017•24 min
Leah Garland with SoCal 350 Climate Action and #EcoJusticeRadio interviewed Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director and co-founder of Restore the Delta [ http://www.restorethedelta.org/ ], a grassroots campaign to save the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary for future generations. She talked about the ecosystem of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta, why it should be saved, and the Delta tunnels boondoggle through a climate change framework. The show begins with a commentary by SoCal 350 C...
Jul 29, 2017•27 min
SoCal 350's EcoJustice Radio debuted on KPFK 90.7 FM in LA on Earth Day, April 22nd, with guests Bill McKibben, Marta Segura, Andy Shrader, Dr. Alex Hall, and hosted by Leah Garland. Bill McKibben, co-founder and Senior Advisor of 350.org Marta Segura - Climate Law Institute Southern California Engagement Director of the Center for Biological Diversity Andy Shrader - Director of Environmental Affairs, Water Policy & Sustainability for LA CD5 Councilmember Paul Koretz Dr. Alex Hall - Professo...
May 08, 2017•55 min
