Joey Iyolopixtli Torres describes the origins and journey of his tribe, the Indigenous people of what is now called the San Francisco Bay Area (United States), from their creation story centered on Coyote to persevering through waves of European invasion.
Oscar-nominated filmmakers, Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emilly Kassie, talk about the substantive issues explored in their latest documentary, Sugarcane, including the genocide of Indigenous peoples in North America, Canadian residential schools, European colonialism, and their hopes for their film’s impact.
Gayle “Asali” Dickson talks about being the only female artist for the Black Panther Party newspaper when she was a member in Oakland, California, and how art was a pivotal means of educating, informing, and reaching the community.
Billy X explains the historical reality of Afro-Americans leading up to the formation of the Black Panther Party, in 1966, in West Oakland (United States), including the opening up of employment opportunities in the west amid ongoing violence against Afro-Americans.
A long-time member of the Black Panther Party (BPP), Billy X provides a tour of the archive he founded on the works and legacy of the BPP, showing carefully preserved specimens of issues of the Black Panther Party Newspaper.
Amena Bal talks about the importance of inner and outer regeneration, understanding the deep ecology of things, building in earth-care and people-care into ecovillages, and the importance of connecting with self and others through language and silence.
Kim Shuck talks about being a political poet and how she uses her poetry to educate about and expose important issues, including the disproportionate disappearings of Native American women. She reads powerful poems from her book, Murdered Missing.
Fredrick Onyango describes Kenya’s widespread food insecurity, aggravated by the climate crisis, and how he has been helping his village combat hunger through training in organic farming, how to make fertilizers from compost or animal manure, and permaculture systems.
Fredy Nashon talks about food insecurity in Tanzania being aggravated by rapid population growth and his plan to help his community by transforming the system of food production to one based on permaculture and agroecology.
Loove Moore, a native of Oakland, California, talks about why he feels it is his purpose to help people in his community survive and thrive; he does this through collaborative creativity, connecting people to nature, and spreading love and support.
Mary Curtis Ratcliff talks about her art rooted in nature and natural phenomena, her views about her own ‘success’ as an artist, and the role of gratitude in the way she approaches her art and her life.
Born in East Oakland, California, Kelvin Curry talks about his journey as an artist from his childhood in the 1970s to now, especially how his art is influenced by his upbringing and experience as a black man in the US.
Morag Gamble shares her perspectives on permaculture, what inspired her to become a teacher of sustainable living, and what drew her to move to the Australian ecovillage of Crystal Waters and raise her family there for the past several decades.
An African-American worker-owner of the Mandela Grocery cooperative in West Oakland, California, James Bell shares his passion for bringing fresh, nutritious produce to his community that has been living in a food desert for many years.
James Bell, a native of West Oakland, California, US (also known as the Lower Bottoms), talks about what inspires his special brand of music: eating healthy, cooperative ethics, and life. He shares two tracks about black identity and eating nutritiously.
In this six-part interview, Paolo Ciarimboli shares his thoughts on the importance of centering farming in the modern social consciousness and transitioning from conventional (chemical) farming to organic and regenerative farming to counter the climate crisis, ill-health, and toxic lifestyles.
