Green Root Podcast #104: CAN GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY SAVE PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY?

On episode 104 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg brainstorms about ways that grassroots advocacy might fix our broken chain of participatory democracy between corporations, government, media, and the public. Josh talks about: -Why media—the biggest broken link in the chain—should be held accountable or bypassed -HowContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #104: CAN GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY SAVE PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY?”

Green Root Podcast #102: THE WORST WE’VE EVER SEEN ON PUBLIC LANDS

On episode 102 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), we strategize with Rocky Smith, forest management consultant with over forty years’ experience, about the worst threat we’ve ever seen on public lands in the West—including the now biggest logging project in Colorado history announced last week—and one quick action youContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #102: THE WORST WE’VE EVER SEEN ON PUBLIC LANDS”

Green Root Podcast #96: DOES ENVIRONMENTAL COMPROMISE WORK? (with Adam Bronstein, Our Public Lands)

Video: Audio only: https://open.substack.com/pub/ecointegrityalliance/p/green-root-podcast-96-does-environmental?r=4yod0k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true On episode 96 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we question whether or not decades of well-funded, influential “Big Green” environmental NGOs  compromising with industry and government has been effective, and explore how a strong and united grassroots movement might offer a better alternative, with Adam Bronstein, hostContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #96: DOES ENVIRONMENTAL COMPROMISE WORK? (with Adam Bronstein, Our Public Lands)”

Green Root Podcast #93: DO DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT?

On episode 93 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get political on the topic of whether elected officials in the Democratic party are walking their talk when it comes to protecting the natural world, with Karen Breslin, democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate from Colorado. Host Josh Schlossberg talks withContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #93: DO DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT?”

Green Root Podcast #92: FOREST FIRE MALFEASANCE (with Dr. Chad Hanson, Fire Ecologist)

On episode 92 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get scorched by FOREST FIRE MALFEASANCE (ForestFireMalfeasance.org), a new report exposing a government coverup of peer-reviewed science to promote logging on public lands, with Dr. Chad Hanson, research ecologist and director of John Muir Project. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Chad about:Continue reading “Green Root Podcast #92: FOREST FIRE MALFEASANCE (with Dr. Chad Hanson, Fire Ecologist)”

Green Root Podcast #91: IS DEFENDING THE ROADLESS RULE ENOUGH? (w/ Gary Macfarlane, Friends of the Clearwater)

On episode 91 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get off the beaten path to discuss current threats to roll back the “Roadless Rule” and whether the decades-old conservation strategy of defending the status quo of weak public lands protections is working, with Gary Macfarlane, board member of Friends of theContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #91: IS DEFENDING THE ROADLESS RULE ENOUGH? (w/ Gary Macfarlane, Friends of the Clearwater)”

Green Root Podcast #90: HOW THE PUBLIC LANDS MOVEMENT FAILED (w/ Denise Boggs, Conservation Congress)

On episode 90 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we peek behind the green curtain to uncover the REAL reasons why we keep losing our public lands to more logging, mining, drilling, and grazing, with Denise Boggs, director of Conservation Congress (conservationcongress-ca.org).

Green Root Podcast #89: WORST PUBLIC LANDS SCHEME OF THE CENTURY?

On episode 89 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we shine a bright light through the media blackout of what may be the single most destructive public lands scheme of the century with Andrew Rothman, Wildlife Habitat Conservationist and founder of the Rainforest Biodiversity Group. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Andrew about:Continue reading “Green Root Podcast #89: WORST PUBLIC LANDS SCHEME OF THE CENTURY?”

Green Root Podcast #88: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AXES FORESTS & DEMOCRACY

On episode 88 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we unearth an alarming level of public forest destruction, science denial, and sidestepping of participatory democracy in Jefferson County, Colorado with citizen advocate Mike Rawluk. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Mike about how he went from being an unwitting supporter of “wildfire fuelContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #88: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AXES FORESTS & DEMOCRACY”

Green Root Podcast #87: PUBLIC FORESTS AS CLIMATE REFUGES

On episode 87 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we celebrate the campaign to protect public forests as climate refuges with Rick Bass, Executive Director of the Yaak Valley Forest Council. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Rick Bass about his organization’s work defending the uniquely biodiverse Yaak Valley in northwestern Montana; theirContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #87: PUBLIC FORESTS AS CLIMATE REFUGES”