Dr. Robert Michael Pyle is a pioneer and legend in invertebrate conservation research and advocacy, as well as an accomplished author and poet. In 1971, he founded the Xerces Society, which has grown into the most influential invertebrate conservation organization in the world.

He is also the author of many books of prose and poetry, and a great storyteller. This is part one of our conversation, part two will be out next week.

This episode was researched and co-hosted by Coast Range Radio volunteer, Griffin Reim!

Show Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Michael_Pyle

https://www.xerces.org/

Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide: https://www.counterpointpress.com/dd-product/where-bigfoot-walks/

The Dark Divide: darkdividefilm.com

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The word fascism gets tossed around a lot these days, but what does that term even mean, and what does it mean to call, for instance, the Trump regime fascist as opposed to, or in addition to, authoritarian, or autocratic? And what about terms like eco-fascism or petro-fascism?

Last fall I interviewed University of Oregon Professor Sarah Wald and we touched on the term ‘eco-fascism’. That sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole on that term and the dangerous myths that many environmentalists may be unwittingly buying into.

Sarah was kind enough to connect me with the Anti-Creep Climate Initiative, a collective working to expose eco-fascism ideas and myths that permeate our culture and media.

Maybe this sounds like an esoteric subject, but I think it has real world importance, because our beliefs and actions are often shaped by stories and myths that are so subconsciously ingrained in us, they become like the air we breathe.

My guests are two of the co-founders of the Anti-Creep Initiative, co-presidents of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, and professors at the University of Connecticut, April Anson and Alex Menrisky.

Send me an electronic mail sometime at coastrangeradio@gmail.com and let me know what you think of the show!

Show notes:

• https://english.uconn.edu/person/alex-menrisky/
• https://april-anson.com/
• https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517918682/everyday-ecofascism/
• https://www.asle.org/wp-content/uploads/Against-the-Ecofascist-Creep.pdf
• https://spencersunshine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/40ways.print_.pdf

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Today I’m featuring the second half of my conversation with author, speaker, entrepreneur, and wearer of many more hats, Jamie Workman.

Jamie is most recently the co-author, along with Environmental Defense Fund executive director, Amanda Leland, of the new book, “Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions”, which highlights the under reported success of collaborative, rights-based management in restoring decimated oceanic ecosystems, and the human communities who rely on them, around the world.

It’s an inspiring story. and you can learn all about it in part one of our conversation.

Today in part two, we get into other aspects of his work, including so-called water credit trading systems, his experience as a wildland firefighter and how that shapes his work on bringing more fire (and chainsaws) back to forests, and whether we should, in his words, “Own The Wild”.

Show Notes:

https://www.jamesworkman.com/

https://www.edf.org/sea-change

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