Posts in Global South
ABDOUMALIQ SIMONE on Urban Entanglements /348
ABDOUMALIQ SIMONE on Urban Entanglements /348

Ayana and AbdouMaliq meditate on how the design of our environments shapes us. Considering how to make marginalized places and groups more visible but not more vulnerable, AbdouMaliq offers a nuanced perspective of the “global majority.”

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Global South, Political Ideology, Sacrifice Zones, Transition Transformation, Theory Scholarship, The Cost of CapitalismFor The WildFor The Wild, 348, AbdouMaliq Simone, AbdouMaliq Simone the Urban Institute, University of Sheffield, Beyond Inhabitation Lab, Polytechnic University of Turin, The Surrounds, AbdouMaliq Simone Geography, AbdouMaliq Simone Global Majority, Geography, Critical Geography, Urbanism, abdoumaliq, Abdoumaliq, Simone, simoneComment
ABENA OFFEH-GYIMAH on Sacred Seed and Soil /337
ABENA OFFEH-GYIMAH on Sacred Seed and Soil /337

Abena points out, farmers are the archivists of the land, and farmers and communities have continued to preserve local foodways—saving seeds for future generations. If we recognized the true value of local foods, what capitalistic practices might we be able to evade?

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Global South, Indigenous Sovereignty, Plant Intelligence, The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom KeepersFor The Wild338, For The Wild, Abena Offeh-Gyimah, Abena Offeh-Gyimah Interview, Abena Offeh-Gyimah ancestral food, Adda Blooms, Beela, Adda Blooms food, Living The Ancestral Way, Abena Offeh-Gyimah Living the Ancestral Way, African Ancestral Food, abenaComment
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on Diverse Expressions of a Living Earth /311
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on Diverse Expressions of a Living Earth /311

Vandana and Ayana piece apart the threads of our global culture that lead to exploitation and extraction - focusing on the policies of division and distraction that keep us from each other. The divisions that world-leaders focus so much time on are created in order to dominate and exploit the nature on which the earthly community depends.

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Climate Solutions, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Global South, Globalization, Multispecies Justice, The Cost of CapitalismFor The WildDr. Vandana Shiva, Vandana Shiva, My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements, The Seeds of Vandana Shiva, biodiversity, commons, GMOs, seeds, Navdanya, Earth School, food, earth, life, food sovereignty, Indigenous food sovereignty, diversity, Monsanto, health, peasant movements, farming, farmers movements, gardening, collapse, capitalism, health under capitalism, health under colonialism, climate change, colonialism, vandana, shiva, Vandana, ShivaComment
GIULIANA FURCI on the Divine Time of Fungal Evolution [ENCORE] /289
GIULIANA FURCI on the Divine Time of Fungal Evolution [ENCORE] /289

We slow down to acknowledge the beauty and power of fungal decomposition with guest Giuliana Furci who shares a lesson in divine time, the transformation of energy, and the necessity of decomposition.

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More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, For The Forests, Wisdom Keepers, Multispecies Justice, Deep Ecology, Climate Change, Conservation Restoration, Global SouthFor The WildGiuliana Furci, Giuliana Furci wikipedia, fungi foundation, fungi foundation chile, fungi perfecti, fungicide, fungi kingdom, fungi characteristics, fungal decomposition of wood, fungal decomposition, mushrooms climate change, climate change affecting mushrooms, biodiversity loss fungi, climate change and fungi, climate change affecting fungi, history of fungi in medicine, fungicides bad, paul stamets mushroom, paul stamets agarikon, amanita muscaria, agarikon, fungi conservation, mushroom cultivation, mushroom community, radical mycology, mycophilia, mycology society, mycology degree, mycology booksComment
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Promise of the Commons /280
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Promise of the Commons /280

Dr. Shiva warns that the ruling class operates from a place of fear of any being alive and free on their own terms. We end this conversation with a call to a paradigm shift away from capitalism, control and fear to one of partnership with the earth.

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Climate Solutions, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Global South, Multispecies Justice, The Cost of CapitalismFor The Wildbiodiversity, commons, GMOs, seeds, seed saving, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Vandana Shiva, Navdanya, Earth School, food, earth, life, food sovereignty, Indigenous food sovereignty, diversity, India, reclaiming, health, Monsanto, Gates, microbiome, toxins, glyphosate, GMO, globalization, late-stage capitalism, peasant movements, farming, farmers movements, gardening, collapse, capitalism, health under capitalism, health under colonialism, climate change, colonialism, Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Indigenous Wisdom, and the Rights of Mother Earth, Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy: A Global Citizens’ Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture, reclaiming the commons bookComment
VIJAY PRASHAD on Capitalism’s Erosion of Morality [ENCORE] /268
VIJAY PRASHAD on Capitalism’s Erosion of Morality [ENCORE] /268

Vijay shares how our morality has eroded under the weight of capitalism and why the disappearance of dignified discourse is connected to calculated divestments from our social and state institutions. This moving episode pushes us to think about how we can organize movements that will truly address quality of life.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Design+Strategy, Food Sovereignty, Activism Allyship, Global South, Racial Equity Justice, Globalization, Transition Transformation, Political IdeologyFor The Wildlithium battery, lithium mine, bolivia coup us, bolivia coup lithium, bolivia coup elon musk, green energy alternatives, green energy activists, pandemic covid 19, tricontinental magazine, tricontinental institute for social research, vijay prashad china, vijay prashad podcast, vijay prashad bolivia, agricultural revolution, socialism vs capitalism, socialism examples, socialism and communism, the mutual aid modelComment
ANTONIO LÓPEZ on the Colonization of Our Attention /261
ANTONIO LÓPEZ on the Colonization of Our Attention /261

Lopez begins with the material dimensions of our digital footprint, then moves into a deeper conversation around media and tech monopolies, desensitization in media, sensory stimulation, and the correlation between fake news, climate denial, white nationalism, and petro-masculinity.

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Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Multispecies Justice, Design+Strategy, Global South, Media Art, Theory ScholarshipFor The WildAntonio López, ecomedia, Mediacology: A Multicultural Approach to Media Literacy in the 21st Century, The Media Ecosystem: What Ecology Can Teach Us About Responsible Media Practice, Greening Media Education: Bridging Media Literacy with Green Cultural Citizenship, Ecomedia Literacy: Integrating Ecology into Media Education, Communications and Media Studies, mass media, Information and Communications Technology, digital information, environmental impacts of the cloud, ecological footprint of media, ecological footprint of technology, conflict minerals, the internet of things, e-waste, the global cloud, AI, data mining, platform capitalism, petro masculinity, fossil fuel industry and media, slow media, decomputerizationComment
THEA RIOFRANCOS on Planetary Perspectives of Green Energy /250
THEA RIOFRANCOS on Planetary Perspectives of Green Energy /250

Thea shares the connections between renewable energy development and state deployment of the military and police, the difference between extractivism versus extraction, and the ever-thorny question of whether or not it is possible to improve “wellbeing” under capitalism.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition Transformation, Sacrifice Zones, Climate Solutions, Climate Change, Design+Strategy, Global SouthFor The WildThea Riofrancos, Resource Radicals, Thea Riofrancos green new deal, a green new deal, green new deal pros and cons, green new deal problems, a green new deal for Europe, green energy solutions, green energy, clean energy problems, green energy problems, lithium mining environmental impact, lithium mining and the environment, why we need a green new deal, a planet to win, green capitalism, resource extraction, post-extractivism, extractivism, mining Chile, resource extraction economy, resource extraction and climate change, resource extraction and conflict in Latin America, pink tideComment
ANDREA BALLESTERO on a Future History of Water /247
ANDREA BALLESTERO on a Future History of Water /247

Andrea explores the tensions that exist between a human right and a commodity, water futures, pricing mechanisms, the fallacy of rationing and block pricing, and water scarcity. How do we distinguish the difference between commodity versus right?

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The Cost of Capitalism, Multispecies Justice, Sacrifice Zones, Transition Transformation, Global South, Design+Strategy, Climate ChangeFor The WildAndrea Ballestero, Andrea Ballestero A Future History of Water, water privatization, water privatization in Bolivia, water privatization pros and cons, water privatization in the United States, water privatization examples, water privatization in developing countries, water privatization in Chile, water commodity trading, water commodity futures, water as commodity, water as a commodity or human right, water wars documentary, water wars book, water wars Bolivia, water wars are coming, water wars are coming to the americas, water wars article, the human right to water, The Anthropology of WaterComment
GIULIANA FURCI on the Divine Time of Fungal Evolution /239
GIULIANA FURCI on the Divine Time of Fungal Evolution /239

We slow down to acknowledge the beauty and power of fungal decomposition with guest Giuliana Furci who shares a lesson in divine time, the transformation of energy, and the necessity of decomposition.

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More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, For The Forests, Wisdom Keepers, Multispecies Justice, Deep Ecology, Climate Change, Conservation Restoration, Global SouthFor The WildGiuliana Furci, Giuliana Furci wikipedia, fungi foundation, fungi foundation chile, fungi perfecti, fungicide, fungi kingdom, fungi characteristics, fungal decomposition of wood, fungal decomposition, mushrooms climate change, climate change affecting mushrooms, biodiversity loss fungi, climate change and fungi, climate change affecting fungi, history of fungi in medicine, fungicides bad, paul stamets mushroom, paul stamets agarikon, amanita muscaria, agarikon, fungi conservation, mushroom cultivation, mushroom community, radical mycology, mycophilia, mycology society, mycology degree, mycology booksComment
VIJAY PRASHAD on Capitalism’s Erosion of Morality /220
VIJAY PRASHAD on Capitalism’s Erosion of Morality /220

Vijay shares how our morality has eroded under the weight of capitalism and why the disappearance of dignified discourse is connected to calculated divestments from our social and state institutions. This moving episode pushes us to think about how we can organize movements that will truly address quality of life.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Design+Strategy, Food Sovereignty, Activism Allyship, Global South, Racial Equity Justice, Globalization, Transition Transformation, Political IdeologyFor The Wildlithium battery, lithium mine, bolivia coup us, bolivia coup lithium, bolivia coup elon musk, green energy alternatives, green energy activists, pandemic covid 19, tricontinental magazine, tricontinental institute for social research, vijay prashad china, vijay prashad podcast, vijay prashad bolivia, agricultural revolution, socialism vs capitalism, socialism examples, socialism and communism, the mutual aid modelComment
OLÚFÉMI O. TÁÍWÒ on Climate Colonialism and Reparations /216
OLÚFÉMI O. TÁÍWÒ on Climate Colonialism and Reparations /216

We explore climate colonialism, reparations, carbon removal, and a real “just transition” with guest Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. Our conversation reminds us that while climate colonialism is unfurling before us, there is a myriad of tangible ways countries and movements across the so-called global North could begin making reparations.

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Colonial Violence, Climate Solutions, Design+Strategy, Climate Change, Globalization, Radical Imagination, Global South, Racial Equity Justice, Transition Transformation, Theory ScholarshipFor The Wildcolonialism, colonialism and imperialism, colonialism in Africa, colonialism and capital, reparations, reparations as a public health priority, identity politics, climate colonialism, green new deal, green new deal pros and cons, green new deal problems, green new deal cons, carbon removal, carbon removal technology, carbon removal tool, carbon removal companies, Olufemi O Taiwo, philosophy, constructivism, Unions, labor, Green Climate Fund, green climate fund contributions by country, green climate fund projects, green climate fund paris agreementComment
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on Becoming Untameable /212
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on Becoming Untameable /212

Dr. Vandana Shiva joins us to discuss how we are being set up to become accessories to the digital world and how we can reclaim our intellectual freedom and sovereignty from the hands of digital dictatorship– a powerful reminder that we are meant to live beautiful lives as sovereign beings, not as digital appendages.

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Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Cultural Strategy, Wisdom Keepers, For The Forests, Direct Action, Multispecies Justice, Food Sovereignty, Design+Strategy, Global South, Transition TransformationFor The WildVandana Shiva, Soil Not Oil, Seed Freedom, Navdanya, Navdanya International, Bill Gates, Carlos Slim, Regenerative Agriculture, WIPO, Patent 060606, the 1%, Oneness vs the 1%, anti-globalization, Earth Democracy, Gandhi, Swaraj, Agroecology, Monsanto, GMO, Wisdom KeepersComment
SHANNON SERVICE on Slavery at Sea /201
SHANNON SERVICE on Slavery at Sea /201

Shannon discusses the cycle of abuse within the Thai fishing trade alongside the larger systemic issues that drive such exploitation and reflects on the making of her film, Ghost Fleet, which exposes the dark side of illegal and unregulated fishing through the harrowing testimony of survivors.

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Global South, Shore Ocean Communities, Media ArtFor The WildGhost Fleet, Vulcan Productions, seafood industry, fish, overfishing, illegal fishing, slavery at sea, forced labor, Thai fishing industry, human trafficking, supply chain, exploitation, Gulf of Thailand, environmental justice, Patima Tungpuchayakul, Labour Protection Network, maritime law, human rights abuse, global fisheries, fish fraud, labor rightsComment
JAHAWI BERTOLLI on Remembering Kenya’s Coasts /194
JAHAWI BERTOLLI on Remembering Kenya’s Coasts /194

Focusing on stories of wild life, we extend our conversation with Jahawi into the realm of what our wild futures look like amidst ongoing development. We ask how development is changing life and landscape in Kenya, as sizeable and extensive infrastructure projects are created across the country, as well as the colonial origins and echoes of conservation.

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Multispecies Justice, Global South, Shore Ocean Communities, Media Art, Conservation RestorationFor The WildJahawi Bertolli, Kenya, Kenya Coastline, Wildlife Conservation, National Geographic Explorer, Underwater Photography, Development, East African Ocean Explorers, Indian Ocean, Bahari Yetu, Swahili fisherman, seafaring culture, overfishing, Twin Migrations, The First Rock Project, Rock Gongs, Kidero Mountains, Lamu Conservation Trust, Lamu, Manda Islands.Comment
LAYLA K. FEGHALI on Borderless Remembrance /163
LAYLA K. FEGHALI on Borderless Remembrance /163

Layla and Ayana explore borderless ecologies, stories from the SWANA* region, what it looks like to embody relationship- rather than performance- culture, native plant revival, and the wealth of diasporic memory.

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Plant Intelligence, Global SouthFor The WildSWANA, MENA, storytelling, plantcestry, remembrance, River Rose Remembrance, ecological justice, liberation, ancestry, ancestral knowledge, ancestral medicine, migration, cultural exchange, home, reciprocity, relationship, pilgrimage, diaspora, revivalComment
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Emancipation of Seed, Water and Women ⌠ENCORE⌡ /118
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Emancipation of Seed, Water and Women ⌠ENCORE⌡ /118

Dr. Shiva explores how systems of domination have been artificially constructed, the pervasiveness of GMOs in our food, the roots of violent agriculture, the importance of seed saving, cultures of violence, economies of care, and the role of women in changing paradigms.

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Colonial Violence, Food Sovereignty, Global SouthFor The Wildglobal agirculture, fossil fuel culture, monoculture farming, GMO seed, monsanto, monoculture of the mind, biodiversity, feed the world, seed saving, India, creative nature, women farmers, Stolen Harvest, Biopiracy, physicist, economies of care, violence in agriculture, Wisdom KeepersComment
ANDREA CROSTA on the World of Wildlife Crime /113
ANDREA CROSTA on the World of Wildlife Crime /113

Ayana and Andrea discuss a myriad of topics ranging from the importance of an intelligence-led approach to combating wildlife crime, how wildlife crime impacts local and global economies, the geography of trafficking, the socio-political realities that necessitate poaching and trafficking, and the grave danger posed by an increased militarization of conservation.

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More Than Human Kin, The Cost of Capitalism, Multispecies Justice, Global South, GlobalizationFor The Wildwildlife poaching, illegal trafficking, endangered wildlife, endangered tigers, animal commodification, local economies, global economies, militarization of conservation, socio-political issues, anti-piracy, risk management, Elephant Action League, WildLeaksComment
ADA RECINOS on Corporate Destabilization and Local Resiliency in El Salvador /109
ADA RECINOS on Corporate Destabilization and Local Resiliency in El Salvador /109

Ayana and Ada Recinos of EcoViva discuss the connections between ecosystem restoration, political and climate resilience, and food sovereignty in times of extreme instability.

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The Cost of Capitalism, Colonial Violence, Sacrifice Zones, Globalization, Global SouthFor The Wildgenerational trauma, Dry Corridor, U.S.colonization, Central America, South America, Spanish colonization, crop failure, mangrove forest restoration, small-scale agriculture, agricultural diversity, Monsanto, GMO seed, human rights commissioner, immigrantion organizer, liberated communities, artificial borders, water rightsComment
Dr. CARLOS NOBRE on the Shifting Future of the Amazon /106
Dr. CARLOS NOBRE on the Shifting Future of the Amazon /106

Dr. Nobre clarifies the complexities surrounding the driving factors of deforestation and savannization and discusses the margins of safety that must be implemented, the simultaneous rise of nationalism, and the possibility of a third way outside the realms of the preservation/consumption binary when it comes to Amazonia.

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For The Forests, Climate Change, Global South, DecolonizationFor The WildAmazon Rainforest, forest body, climate change, deforestation, drought, fire disaster, climate tipping point, Brazilian Panel on Climate Change, natural disasters, IIPC, climate scientist, earth systems scientist, rise of nationalism, savannization, Global Forests, treeoflifeplaylistComment