Guest-host Peterson Toscano of Citizens Climate Radio explores climate apocalypse, fear, & how to deliver the message effectively, in the first part of today's program, and in part two he'll talk about pets & climate change. Peterson speaks with Halldor Björnsson, the Head of the Atmospheric Research Group at Veðurstofa Iceland also known as the Icelandic Met Office, Dr. Kristian Bjørkdahl who has earned a PhD in rhetoric and continues his studies at the Centre for Development and the Environment, at the University of Oslo, and Dr. Steva Stowell-Hardcastle.
Climate Apocalyse, Messaging, & Pets
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Evolutionary Cultural Design
Pamela Boyce Simms refers to herself as a Buddhist-Quaker Evolutionary Culture designer. She has worked as convenor of the Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub (MATH), and currently represents Quaker Earthcare Witness at the United Nations. New Jersey born-and-raised, Pamela's journey has included decades living in West Africa and living in a Buddhist monastery.
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Rape Hurts Uganda
Hellen Lunkuse Waiswa Tanyinga is a women's (and human) rights pioneer in Uganda and the founder of the Rape Hurts Foundation. At the age of 11 she was raped while doing the tradtionally female job of hauling water, and she transformed that pain into healing & power for herself, women, and all abused people. As the 1st female graduate of the prestigious East African Makerere University in Kampala, she's on the cutting edge and a hero to women and to many men in Uganda.
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Alt-Med & LIIFT Healing
Brian Eastman is a hub for Alt-Med info - resources of non-mainstream US healing modalities, which he researches and shares in the Cincinnatti area, but he also has evolved his own technique to help folks produce amazing changes in themselves in a very short time. He calls it LIIFT (Life Improving Internal Focus Technique), and he demonstrates it today with an audience. You can call him at 513-724-4325.
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Quaker
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Viking Economics
George Lakey really packs a punch with his book, Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right - And How We Can Too. Exploring the history and power of the "Nordic Model" for economic development and truly democratic government, George lights a way forward to a much better USA, in schools, health, foreign policy, and more. George was co-founder and director of Training for Change for 15 years and has received numerous awards for his peace, non-violence, and social justice work.
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Toward Right Relationship with America's Native Peoples
Paula Palmer is leading an effort to tackle one part of America's dismal past with respect to Native Americans. Through a project called Toward Right Relationship with America's Native Peoples, she is engaging Quakers and the wider world in a kind of Truth & Reconciliation work. One step is an eyes-wide-open look at the well-meaning attrocities done by the Indian Boarding Schools and the groups, like Quakers, who led the effort. Paula works with the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition and served previously as director of Global Response.
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Born on Third Base: Tackling Inequality
Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good, by Chuck Collins, is an excellent and persuasive look at wealth inequality by a man who gave away his inherited wealth when he was 26, and finds common ground and allies across the income spectrum. Chuck is a senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies.
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Funny Medicine
Stressful, challenging, daunting times call for special medicine. Al Gini, author of The Importance of Being Funny: Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives, believes that humor is a vital ingredient in good emotional/mental health. Al is Professor of Business Ethics at the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University, and for decades was the "resident philosopher" on NPR's affiliate WBEZ in Chicago. He's written oodles of books, humor-tinted and very serious, including God Can Quote Me on That: Quotations on the Meaning of Life, The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler: An Anthology, among others.
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Catholic
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Worldchanging Freelance Citizen & Musician
David LaMotte is author of Worldchanging 101: Challenging the Myth of Powerlessness and White Flour, co-founder of PEG Partners, Abraham Jam, and Let's Be Neighbors, and recently led the Quaker Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Task Group. And he makes great music.
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Presbyterian, Quaker
Featured Music:
You Can Do That - by David LaMotte
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Nuclear Weapons & The Nobel Peace Prize
Timmon B. Wallis has spent his life building the tools of peace & getting rid of the weapons of war. In Disarming the Nuclear Argument: The Truth about Nuclear Weapons, Tim dispells the myths, clears the fog, & inspires for a better, safer, world. Opportunely timed with the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to ICAN - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, with whom Tim partnered, the book provides background to understanding the momentous step forward of the Treaty on the Ban of Nuclear Weapons. Tim's Ph.D. is in Peace Studies, and he's worked with Peace Brigades Intl, Peaceworkers UK, Nonviolent Peaceforce, and, most recently, with Peace & Disarmament for Quaker Peace & Social Witness in the UK.
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Seeking Peace, Vietnam to Tanzania
Geoffrey Gates, MD, in addition to a life of professional healing work, book-ended his career with some off-the-beaten path world service. Though registered as a CO during the Vietnam War, he served as a member of IVS (International Voluntary Services) in a Vietnam war zone, 1970-71, and after his retirement served with the Peace Corps, Tanzania.
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Methodist, Quaker
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Justice Work Among Friends
Lucy Duncan does work that touches on all of the important issues of the day, like Palestine, Racism, and Immigration, in her role as Friends Relations Director for the AFSC. Check out the AFSC's program, Sanctuary Everywhere, and Lucy's Friends Journal articles, Stumbling Forward Toward Racial Justice and The Courageous Many: Quakers and AFSC Work Together for Peace and Justice.
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Quaker
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Racial Wealth Gap & The Middle Class
The Road to Zero Wealth: How the Racial Wealth Divide is Hollowing Out America’s Middle Class, a report co-authored by ProsperityNow.org and The Institute for Policy Studies(see also Inequality.org). Dedrick Asante-Muhammad is Senior Fellow, Racial Wealth Divide at ProsperityNow.org, formerly with the NAACP & Al Sharpton's National Action Team. Related resources include Bridging the Racial Wealth Divide on FB and The Race & Wealth Podcast.
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Methodist, Muslim
Featured Music:
Plunder - by Polar Levine
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Climate, Race, Justice, Books, & Music
Peterson Toscano of Citizens' Climate Radio hosts today with perspectives from people of color on climate change, from organizations and individuals about environomental & climate justice, speaking with Peggy Sheppard of WE ACT For Environmental Justice and Dr. Beverly G Ward, Field Director for Earthcare for SE Yearly Meeting. Plus a look at 3 books, and visit with Singer/Songwriter Anna Fritz.
What do people of color concerned about climate change and environmental impacts to their communities want white climate advocates to know? What roles do climate organizations with mostly white members play in environmental justice work? How do you define "the environment," and what is climate justice? Today we take on a big story. Bigger than any single extreme weather event, we explore the topics of environmental justice and climate justice. We look at how injustice in society, particularly in the USA, deepens suffering during a time of climate change
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Evangelical Christian, Quaker
First Half
Peggy Sheppard, the co-founder and executive director of WE ACT For Environmental Justice
Puzzler Question: You are chatting with someone who likes the idea of windmills but thinks they are ugly. Jonathan Abbatt answers
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Dr. Beverly G Ward, Field Director for Earthcare for the Southeastern Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, talks about her work pursuing environmental and climate justice.
Peterson shares three books that look back at Hurricane Katrina. Learn about a graphic novel, a work of non-fiction, and a book of poetry
- A.D New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld
- Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
- Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith
Singer Songwriter Anna Fritz is a classically trained cellist. She fuses her artistry with her passions for justice and the environment. The result is a moving duet between this Portland, OR-based musician and her cello. Anna creates a whole new style of folk music. She talks about the inspiration for her songs and her role in encouraging climate advocates. Hear two songs from her new album, On a High Hill. Follow her on Twitter: @annaplayscello
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Real Organics
Linley Dixon is senior scientist of the staff of The Cornucopia Institute, our leading organic standards watchdog & advocate. With a masters degree in Plant & Soil Science, a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, 2 years work with the USDA, and hands-on experience with her organic farm (Adobe House Farm) in Durango, Colorado, Linley combines the knowledge and work to advocate for honest & accurate organic standards.
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Earth-Based Spirituality, Non-affiliated, Quaker
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Inclusion, Justice, Politics, Home, & A Guitar
Peter Leidy does his work of building inclusion predominantly in the area of disabilities, and with considerable creativity, often writing new songs or crafting new lyrics for existing tunes to tell a story or convey a lesson. Whether the topic is disabilities or social justice, or politics or a sense of home, Peter brings tremendous wit and deep passion to the teachable moment.
Featured Music:
Wisconsin Was Made for You and Me - from Love & Money
A Nation in Blue Jeans - unreleased (see the video)
Everybody Has a Gift - from Peter Leidy Sampler
Wreck of the Brothers Fitzgerald - unreleased
Scars & Gripes Forever - from Leaving On a State Plane
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Keeping It Halal
In Keeping It Halal: The Everyday Lives of Muslim American Teenage Boys, John O'Brien looks at the lives of the Legendz, a small group of members of the Muslim Youth Program of a mosque John worked with. The tensions of be a member of a too-often-feared religion and to be accepted as a teenager in the USA can be a real challenge, and John explores the way it works. John is Assistant Professor of Sociology at NY University - Abu Dhabi.
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Catholic, Muslim
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Widening Circle of Care
When we find that even well-loved and previously-respected icons are dropping left & right, we need to be asking what we can do to encourage healthy, thoughtful, & non-predatory male sexuality. Fortunately, Peter Alsop has been exploring & walking just such a path with his music for decades, taking on all the related, thorny issues with wit, insight, & song. After all, Peter is an educational psychologist, as well as a wonderful musician. Also find him on Facebook.
All Featured Music is by Peter Alsop:
A Good TIme - on Asleep At The Helm and on Songs On Sex & Sexuality
Give Yourself A Hand - on Fan Club Favorites
Hollaback - on River of Life, and check out iHollaback.org - Global, People-powered Movement to End Harassment
Let's Not Do This Anymore - on River of Life
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Sleuthing Sexual Abuse With Spirit
Occasionally big issues, like sexual abuse, are tackled through fiction - all the better when enhanced through an alternative detective approach. In St. Mary's Private Dancer, Blair Hull explores the underworld of sex work in a murder mystery, and in Quaker Witness the issues are sexual harassment, rape, & murder, written by E. Kirsten Peters under the pen-name Irene Allen. Kirsten's Ph.D. is in Geology and her books include The Whole Story of Climate: What Science Reveals About The Nature of Endless Change, while Blair is a writer, singer of folk music and jazz standards, pastor at the Congregational UCC in Whitewater, WI, and participates in the UW-Madison Write-by-the-Lake Writer's Workshop & Retreat.
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Non-affiliated, Quaker, UCC - United Church of Christ
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Ebenezer's Make Over - Changing Men, Part 1
A different type of Spirit In Action show, where we do our learning about dead-end and promising directions for men's growth in a kind of musical called Ebenezer's Make Over. Peter Alsop master-minded the project and contributed a lot of the songs, along with many of his friends in the feminist men's and women's movements. Whole lot of eye-opening in a reconceptualization of Ebenezer Scrooge facing dysfunctional manhood presented by the 3 ghosts.
Featured Music:
Jacob Marley - written & performed by Peter Alsop
It's Only a Wee-Wee - written & performed by Peter Alsop
Men Are Good - written & performed by Joe Jencks
You Are My Spoon - written & performed by Amy Fix
Let The Woman in You Come Through - written & performed by Peter Alsop
Shoulder to the Wheel - written & performed by Geof Morgan
Chromosoma Phobia - written by Bob Blue, performed by Allan Arnaboldi
You Ain't Been Doing Nothin' - written & performed by Peter Alsop
Burning Times - written & performed by Charlie Murphy
I Ain't Afraid - written & performed by Holly Near
What Kind of Brother Are You? - written & performed by Joe Jencks
Womb Envy - written & performed by Romanovsky & Phillips
The Hug - written & performed by Fred Small
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