Green Root Podcast

MYTH-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.

SAVING 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.

Mixed 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.

Is 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.

Closing 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.

Science 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.

Forest 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.

Environmental Strategy Under Trump

On 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.

Public 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.

The “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.