Young people are a crucial part of transforming the climate crisis, but their voices are seldom included in the discussion.
Beth Osnes, a theater artist, wants to change this and get young people more involved in these crucial climate conversations. Her performances allow young people to enact both the tragedies and utopic possibilities of the ecological crisis moment we all inhabit.
Check out the conversation here: https://www.johnfiege.earth/28-beth-osnes-shine-a-climate-musical/
Imagine going up against a coal company to protect the health of your children and your community.
Alina Simone is a documentary filmmaker whose recent film, Black Snow, tells the story of a brave woman in Russia, named Natalia Zubkova, who went up against a Putin-backed coal company in her small town in Siberia.
Check out the conversation: https://www.johnfiege.earth/27-alina-simone-siberias-black-snow-and-the-environmental-threat-of-authoritarianism/
#environment #podcast #Russia #documentary #blacksnow #environmentaljustice #ej #Putin #censorship #blacksnowfilm #film
In my conversation with award-winning documentary filmmaker, Christi Cooper, we discuss her documentary Youth v. Gov, filmed following the lawsuit Juliana v. United States. This was one of the first significant lawsuits to hold oil companies and governments accountable for climate impacts of their activities.
Check out the conversation on johnfiege.earth: https://www.johnfiege.earth/26-christi-cooper-the-biggest-crime-against-humanity-ever/
#environment #climate #climatechange #flimmaking #documentary #JulianavUS #podcast #bigoil #justice #YouthvGov
Would you like some buy some polar bear body parts? A claw? A head? A beautiful white rug?
Check out my conversation with filmmaker Abraham Joffe about his amazing new film on the secret world of the polar bear trade.
https://www.johnfiege.earth/25-abraham-joffe-the-polar-bear-trade/
Waste is often invisible—or at least many people work hard to make it disappear. Through landfills, incineration, and cargo ships traveling across oceans, we have become adept at pretending that waste is not a problem and that it can disappear.
Check out my conversation with Christy Rupp—A New York-based artist exploring the hidden ecological impacts of waste:
https://www.johnfiege.earth/23-christy-rupp-from-rubble-rats-to-plastic-pangolins/
Next Thursday, April 16th, I will be recording a live podcast conversation on stage with Luella, along with Keith O'Brien, author of the book Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe. Register at the link to attend in person or watch online.
Along with other residents and activists, like Lois Gibbs, Luella helped transform the disaster she was living into positive change. You can listen to my related conversation with Lois Gibbs here:
https://www.johnfiege.earth/18-lois-gibbs-the-legacy-of-love-canal/
Luella Kenny's 7-year-old son died mysteriously in 1978. She lived in the Love Canal neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. Last month, I got to revisit her old neighborhood with her:
and another related conversation with Jim Morris, who wrote a book at the largest cancer cluster in US history at a single worksite, also in Niagara Falls:
https://www.johnfiege.earth/19-jim-morris-dont-worry-nothing-here-will-hurt-you/
#LoveCanal #Environment #Environmentaljustice #Podcast #niagarafalls #ChrysalisPodcast #photography
The Rooted in Resilience art exhibition at the University at Buffalo is showing a couple of works related to my film Raising Aniya: a photographic print and the film trailer.
Check out more about the show here:
Check out my conversation with legendary Love Canal activist Lois Gibbs:
https://www.johnfiege.earth/18-lois-gibbs-the-legacy-of-love-canal/
When Lois Gibbs moved into the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls in 1972, she had no idea how radically her life was about to change. Watch the Video on YouTubeListen on Apple Podcasts She was newly married, with a baby son. Her husband had a well-paid job at the
I am excited to announce that today I am launching a new website that includes a re-design of my podcast.
It would help me tremendously if you would visit the site, subscribe, and rate the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
The website is also the new home for all of my films, including my most recent film, Raising Aniya, which is now available for streaming on the site.
