So it all culminated in me going to Vancouver in 2001 to start work as their forestry lawyer.Q. She recounts with host Carry Kim her Walk for the Ancestors [walkfortheancestors.org/] in 2015, a pilgrimage she embarked upon with her son, Kagen Holland, to honor the Ancestors at all 21 missions in California. Terms of use | More on Saving Hahamongna: http://www.savehahamongna.org. This how we can ensure a safer, healthier future on the other side of the pandemic. We need solutions to this problem to spark a climate revolution. When this crisis is over, governments will no doubt be speaking of kick-starting the economy — and rightfully so. Is driving your car in LA destroying the Amazon rainforest?

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. What are the strategies of the organization to do that?A. According to SonRise Ranch, Management Intensive Grazing, regenerative agriculture, and the highest standards of animal husbandry are the best way to heal the planet. He’s been with Canada''s largest public-interest environmental law organization, previously known as Sierra Legal Defence Fund, since 2001. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. Q. One thing I’ve reflected on during the past few weeks is how tremendously grateful I am to Ecojustice’s powerful community of supporters. Can palm oil can be produced in a responsible, sustainable, and regenerative manner that protects the environment, bio-diverse species, and communities where it is cultivated?

One of the ways that manifests itself is trying to address sustainable extraction of resources. In Los Angeles, there are 759 active oil wells less than 1,500 feet from homes, schools, churches, and hospitals; these being predominantly in low-income and communities of color who face disproportionate health and safety impacts from their frontline exposure.

Our guests include Shibu Nair, India Coordinator for GAIA – Asia Pacific and Michael Doshi, Director of Partnerships for Algalita Marine Research & Education. We’ve been led by lawyers and non-lawyers. We just fight for a dollar at the end of the day to try and do what we do. Resolution Copper proposes building an environmentally destructive “block cave” copper mine on Oak Flat, Arizona, which would gravely threaten land, water, air quality, cultural and sacred sites, including areas with petroglyphs and burial grounds of the Apache. Jessica Aldridge interviews Andrea Plell, co-founder of The Sustainable Fashion Alliance and West Coast Regional Coordinator for Fashion Revolution, and Jennifer Gilbert, Chief Marketing Officer of I:CO (short for I:Collect).

Hear Permaculture Designer/Educator & consultant Matthew Trumm of Treetop Permaculture [www.facebook.com/ttpermaculture] discuss lessons learned during the Camp Fire which burned through the town of Paradise, California, in November 2018. They’ve gone from historic populations of about 1,000 birds in British Columbia, the only province in which they are found, to 16 owls today. Carry Kim from EcoJustice Radio speaks with Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, indigenous climate and environmental activist and hip-hop artist, the voice of a generation, author of ‘We Rise‘ and an inspiration to youth worldwide. As you’ll see from the FAQ below, while Ecojustice is monitoring this rapidly-evolving situation and adjusting course where needed, in many ways it’s steady as we go. Los Angeles Mercaptan Leak – EcoJustice Radio – Ep. . What role does Ecojustice have to play with environmental issues at the fore with the public?A. Why is incineration in direct opposition with Zero Waste and social and environmental justice? Let's find out how the system works, and its various aspects. Thanks to the support of people like you, Ecojustice goes to court to protect what we value most — the air, land and water that sustains all life. Savia Lobo - July 30, 2018 - 3:00 pm. . A Pasadena native with a background in fine arts, he has an aesthetic obsession with California native plants. Clean, safe, reliable, affordable, and the future security of water is nonnegotiable. ", The website says the next stage of the inquiry will "afford parties an opportunity to consider and respond to relevant material collected through the research and investigative work to date. Do you have lawyers who do pro bono work for you?A. (We Advocate Thorough Environmental Review), Reproductive Health and the Environment, UCSF Medical Center, https://www.change.org/p/san-onofre-nuclear-waste-recall-defective-storage-system, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Huichol Center for Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts, The Intersection Between Faith and Environmental Activism, Regenerative Responses: Growing The Soil Carbon Sponge, Urban Forestry’s Connection to Climate Change and Social Equity, Youth Climate Strike Takes Over Downtown Los Angeles, Bottles And Cans Recycling: A Social Contract In Peril, Shaping our Water Future: Through Water Quality, Equity & Nature Based Solutions, Sustaining the Legacy of the Tongva: Before and After “Los Angeles”, Preserving the Wild in the Anthropocene Era, Pakistan: Connecting Climate Change, Women Empowerment, and Art, Earth-Honoring Traditions of the Acjachemen with Spiritual Leader Adelia Sandoval, Pasture Based Carbon Farming with SonRise Ranch, Public Banking and the Transition to a Sustainable Economy, californiapublicbankingalliance.org/wp-cont…GND.pdf, Sweatshops: LA’s Dirty Secret and the Fight for Garment Workers, Apache Stronghold: The Spiritual Movement to Save Oak Flat (Chi’chil Bildagoteel), Creating Resilient Ecosystems & Regenerating the Planet with Erik Ohlsen, Nuclear Waste: The Los Angeles Meltdown & Cover-Up, Ku Kia’i Mauna: The Mauna Kea Movement to Protect Sacred Sites, Waters and Indigenous Legacies Worldwide, Ku Kia’i Mauna: The Mauna Kea Movement to Protect Sacred Sites, Centennial Project: Suburbs Sprawl, Health & Environment Suffers, This is Zero Hour – Youth Advocacy on Climate Change, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, When the Tap Runs Brown: One LA Community’s Fight for Water Equity, Agency that delivered brown, smelly water to customers should be dissolved, board rules, Amazon Oil, Biodiversity and Human Rights in “Yasuni Man”, Empowering Community Through Urban Farming, Overdevelopment and Community Push Back in Inglewood, Food Equity, Food Recovery and the Climate Connection, Montecito Mudslides, Climate Chaos and Offshore Drilling Impact Chumash People, family compound in the Old Spanish Town section of Montecito suffered major damage, Amazon Oil Drilling and the LA Connection, Threats to National Parks and Monuments in the Trump/Zinke Era, Preserving the Mojave Desert from Cadiz Water Project, Gas Leaks and Environmental Justice: Aliso Canyon and Eight Mile, AL, Youth Organizers Ashley Hernandez and Jan Andasan. and Guest Jose Ramirez, Executive Director, Saint Francis Center Los Angeles. More Info: www.smarterwaterla.org/. Thank you for all you do to support Ecojustice.

The events of 2020, from the pandemic to the uprising, have made the upcoming election a pivotal moment in time. I think the fact of the declining numbers indicates that the litigation hasn’t necessarily been that successful. Comments are welcome while open. Here are three simple things you can do right now to contribute to Ecojustice’s mission while we all navigate these uncertain times: At the same time, we know other long-running efforts to protect the environment – efforts that have gained critical momentum in the last 12 months – must continue. With Ecojustice, getting the message out must be a big part of the battle. Q. The planning of Centennial began 20 years ago, but its approval is due for vote by the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors on Dec 11th. Sign This Petition: https://www.change.org/p/san-onofre-nuclear-waste-recall-defective-storage-system. Learn how does a switch work to securely connect your small business to the rest of the world and connect your devices. The movement is committed to preventing Resolution Copper, a foreign mining corporation & subsidiary of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, from desecrating the San Carlos Apache Nation’s ancestral lands. Wilson, the Half-Earth Project is headed up by Dr. Paula Ehrlich, President & CEO of the E.O. Our guest today, Nick Lapis Director of Advocacy of for Californians Against Waste (CAW) is advocating at the state and local levels to create, promote, and implement the standards and policies necessary for waste reduction and recycling. Is it consumers, business, or manufacturers? Self-isolating at home? 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 author of ‘Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution.’ Jessica Aldridge, from Adventures in Waste and SoCal 350 co-founder, did the interview. The Acjachemen people are the indigenous people of Orange County in Southern California and have stewarded and inhabited this region for roughly 12,000 years. Will you go back to practising?A. Our strategic, innovative public interest lawsuits lead to legal precedents that deliver lasting solutions to … On this episode, we speak with Manape LaMere and SunRose IronShell, two people working toward a model of self-determination and a brighter future for the planet through Indigenous prosperity. Hopefully that’ll change. So who is responsible for shifting the norm? Serendipity — or whatever, I had an automated search set up on my computer — resulted in my returning from holidays one time in 2000 and finding my internet search had captured a job in the Vancouver office of the then-Sierra Legal Defence fund for a forestry lawyer. In her ruling, ethics commissioner Marguerite Trussler said she had no jurisdiction to investigate Allan's awarding of a $905,000 sole-source contract to Dentons, where his son was a partner and his good friend, Quincy Smith, also works. 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. It also alleged Allan's donations to the UCP and Schweitzer — who appointed Allan — contributed further to a "reasonable apprehension of bias. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. Regulatory processes have, to date, been mostly unaffected by the COVID pandemic (see: the recently released report on the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project in British Columbia). Again Kenney is working from a double standard compounded by a false narrative. China was the recycling destination for over 40% of the USA’s waste commodities. Our guests are Andrea Perez, Indigenous Environmental Justice Advocate, and Susana Valadez Director of the Huichol Center for Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. Does plastic truly get recycled and what is the burden of other countries? . Use your voice and take an advocacy action.

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