Green Root Podcast

From Environmental Racism to Climate Justice (with Ananda Lee Tan)

On episode #22 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with climate justice organizer, Ananda Lee Tan, about environmental racism, the health & environmental impacts of waste incineration in the U.S. and overseas, and Zero Waste alternatives.

Is Outdoor Recreation a Threat to Wildlife and Wildlands? (with Gary Mcfarlane of Friends of the Clearwater)

On episode #21 of the Green Root Podcast, host & hiking addict Josh Schlossberg chats with Gary Mcfarlane, Ecosystem Defense Director for Friends of the Clearwater, about the impacts of outdoor recreation on wildlife, the ecological benefits of removing old logging roads from public lands, and the pros and cons of the Great American Outdoors Act.

Has the Climate Crisis Passed the Point of No Return? (with Kevin Hester)

On episode #20 of the Green Root Podcast, host & future climate refugee Josh Schlossberg interviews abrupt climate change researcher & Nature Bats Last co-host, Kevin Hester, about tipping points and extinction cascades, media and entertainment as a distraction from climate breakdown, managing grief, and why it’s never too late to start telling the truth.

The Philosophy of Eco-Forestry (with Craig Patterson)

On episode #19 of the Green Root Podcast, host and anti-logging zealot Josh Schlossberg chews the fat with eco-forestry philosopher, Craig Patterson, about industrial logging’s decimation of U.S. forests, the difference between genuine and phony restoration, and reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps for a new paradigm of “jobs in the woods.”

Protecting Half of the Planet to Save the Planet? (with Amy Lewis of WILD Foundation)

On episode #18 of the Green Root Podcast, host and pro-wilderness extremist Josh Schlossberg confers with Amy Lewis, chief policy and communications officer with WILD Foundation, about the Nature Needs Half campaign, wilderness vs. “working landscapes,” and distinguishing between sustainability and survival.

State of the Forest Address (with Tim Hermach of Native Forest Council)

On episode #16 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg speaks with Tim Hermach, executive director of Native Forest Council, about the history of the sellout of the environmental movement to corporate interests, how both Republicans and Democrats have greased the wheels of ecosystem destruction, and the need to swallow such bitter pills if we’re going to save what’s left of the natural world.

 

Rocky Flats: The Most Contaminated Place You’ve Never Heard Of (with Tiffany Hansen of Rocky Flats Downwinders)

On episode #15 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg interviews Tiffany Hansen, co-founder and director of Rocky Flats Downwinders, about the ongoing plutonium (and other) contamination from Rocky Flats, the former nuclear weapons facility outside Denver, Colorado; concerns about the health of nearby communities; using hemp to remediate the toxic soil; and creating a Rocky Flats cannabis strain.

Biomass or Bio-Mess? (with Mike Ewall of Energy Justice Network)

On episode #14 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes deep with Mike Ewall, founder and director of the Energy Justice Network, on the various forms of biomass energy, its environmental, climate, and human health impacts, and how not all “clean energy” is created equal.

Endangered Dialogue (with Hailey Hawkins of Endangered Species Coalition)

On episode #13 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg interviews Hailey Hawkins, Southern Rockies Field Representative for the Endangered Species Coalition, about the return of wolves to the western landscape, the importance of habitat connectivity for sustaining wildlife populations, and recent efforts by the powers that be to gut the Endangered Species Act.

Ecological and Human Rights Consequences of Hydroelectric Dams (with Gary Wockner of Save the Colorado)

On episode #12 of the Green Root Podcast, Josh Schlossberg talks with Gary Wockner, director of Save the Colorado and founder of the the Free Flowing Rivers Initiative of the Waterkeeper Alliance, about the intrinsic value of rivers, the ecological and human rights consequences of hydroelectric power, the economic benefits of dam removal, and lots more.