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Bonus episode: Are the Plants Invasive? or the Land Ethics?
A cross-posted interview from another podcast
In this cross-posted guest episode, host Kollibri terre Sonnenblume takes the guest seat and is interviewed by Amy Walsh of The Nettle Witch, MD. Amy describes herself as someone who is "not so gracefully walking the line between medical doctor and wild woman" and who
Ep.3 – Bringing Land Use into the Climate Conversation
Carbon-focused discourse is too narrow
Nikos Giannakis is a biologist with the University of Leeds, currently working in Greece. His graduate work was in environmental pollution control and agricultural chemistry, and his PhD was on soil microbiology.
Ep.2 – Eugenics & Conservation: Too Close for Comfort
Interview with Calyx Liddick
In this episode, Kollibri is joined by co-host Nikki Hill for a conversation with Calyx Liddick, founder of the Northern Appalachia School. Calyx has taken a deep dive into the common origins of the eugenics and conservation movements in the US in the early 20th
Ep.1 – Plant Advocacy
Discussing an Emerging Movement
An interview with with Paul Moss, Executive Director of the Plant Initiative, a plant advocacy organization. In this far-ranging and intriguing conversation,we talk about plant intelligence, agriculture, "invasive" plants, anthropocentrism, and more.
Reboot!
For lovers of plants & the planet
The "Voices for Nature & Peace" is still retired. But episodes of the new podcast will be uploaded to this feed. "Speaking for the Trees, No Matter Where They're From" will feature interviews with nature lovers on plants & ecology, with a special focus on “invasive
Announcement of new podcast "Speaking for the Trees, No Matter Where They're From"
Voices for Nature & Peace is officially retired
Special announcement! This podcast, "Voices for Nature and Peace," is officially retired.
However, I have a new podcast called, "Speaking For the Trees, No Matter Where They're From," featuring interviews with nature lovers about plants & ecology, with a special focus
Ep.71 – "No Such a Thing as an 'Invasive Species'?" feat. Prof. Matt Chew
Scientific shortcomings and cultural biases
Dubbed a ‘gadfly of invasion biology’ by Scientific American, Matt Chew is known for critiquing ecology’s overreliance on societal metaphors and conservationists’ misapplication of notions like ‘nativeness’. Dr. Chew has a B.S.
Ep.70 – "Trans 101" feat. Terra
Emerging understandings of human sexuality & identity
Terra is a freelance artist, writer, and podcaster residing in Portland, OR. I have known them since 2007, when I was an urban farmer living in their backyard. They are on Twitter as @cybersatyr: https://twitter.com/CyberSatyr
Ep.69 – "Animal Liberation / Human Liberation" feat. Robert Porzel
"Where there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields." -Tolstoy
Prof. Robert Porzel is a national representative for “Physicians against Animal Testing” and founder of the animal rights group “T-Zelle,” which aims to establish intersectional collaboration between social movements.
Ep.68 – "People & Plants on the Move, Together" feat. Zach Elfers
Lifetimes of reciprocity
Zach Elfers was raised in the piedmont of the mid-Atlantic but has travelled widely around the lower 48. He is a student of the plants who has learned from mentors, elders, and most importantly, from living outside spending as much time as possible with the more-than