Indigenous Earth Community Podcast

Shaandiin Cedar - On Using Storytelling To Combat Climate Change

Supper happy of the conversation I had with Sháán díín Cedar , who is an avid outdoors woman, in fact, Sháán díín is one of the ambassadors for Native Outdoors! 
In the season finale of our podcast,  we talk about her advocacy for people of colors to enjoy the outdoors.
Sháán díín also shares how we can help the Navajo Nation during the pandemic, and the ways indigenous people knowledge and storytelling need to be heard to protect our planet. 
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I do have a ask for you.
The Covid epidemic has underlined the fact that low income communities get the brunt of all crisis impacts.
American Indian tribes, and specifically the Navajo Nation, have been some of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis.
On a per capita basis, the Navajo Nation is #3 right behind NY & NJ in terms cases and deaths. 
We are asking for your support to help raise funds and to help provide masks and hand sanitizer for these communities through a fundraiser being organized by Natives Outdoors, an organization elevating native and indigenous people in the outdoors.
Option 1: Purchase a Bears Ears Petroglyph / Covid-19 relief print on our site. All proceeds go towards purchasing masks and hand sanitizer to be shipped to those in need. https://tinyurl.com/yb476lye
Option 2: Donate directly to vetted relief organizations. https://tinyurl.com/y9xo3sn9
Information on both options are outlined on the natives-outdoors.org website.
Ahe’hee’ Thank you
 
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Animal Protectors: The Story of My Family's Fight Against Animal Cruelty & How I Am Now Saving Stray Animals

“To all our stray, homeless, an abandoned animals, I want to let you know you are loved, you are not forgotten, there are humans that will fight for you!”
Zunneh-bah Martin shares the story of her family's generations fight against animal cruelty, and how now she is rescuing stray animals in her community, and is asking for our support , and more importantly, for us to become Animal Protectors as well. 
Learn more at: ANIMAL PROTECTORS
Donations can be made to:
-Venmo (@Animal-Protectors)
-PayPal
-PO Box 3360 Gallup, NM 87305
Ahéhee' and thank you so much!
 
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Strange Things We Found On Litter Clean Ups with Eco Captain Ariel Takuma 詫摩慧龍

"What is the craziest thing you ever found?!" Is the number one question I got asked when I tell people I do kayak clean ups. I will tell you that on this episode , and will have a very special guest who will also share the craziest thing he ever found. Our special guest is my good and long friend Ariel Takuma. Ariel has been doing clean ups as long as I have. We discuss our decades long mission of getting rid of dangerous debris out of the waterways of Central Florida, and a good tip on how we go zero waste at home.  
To join our clean ups check out our schedule posted below:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/reconcentralflorida/
https://www.meetup.com/CFL-RECON/
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A Journey with Sage Lacapa - Earth Ambassador and Folk Singer

Today we talk to Sage Lacapa, Earth Ambassador and folk singer. 
Sage shares an emotional acoustic guitar song he wrote for a friend that could not talks about their feelings since there is a lack of coping mechanism living on a reservation. 
Sage then tell us how he was able to about earn the knowledge of traditional plants by getting involved with the elders, and how now, he passes that knowledge of plants to his friends and family. 
Sage tells us how culture is affected by the Corona Virus Pandemic, and his wish for native youth to learn the languages, as language is much more than a way to communicate but a way of life.  
Connect with Sage here:
https://soundcloud.com/sage-lacapa
https://www.instagram.com/sagelacapa/
 
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Hear About The Fight To Save The Monarchs Butterfly with Jose Luis Alvarez Alcala - Michoacán, Mexico

"We can't talk about deforestation in Mexico without talking about herbicides and the mowing of Milkweed in the US. Both are harming the Monarchs, and solving these problems will help bring their populations back up. We have to cooperate."⁣
In this episode I talk to Jose Luis Alvarez Alcala, a Mexican tree nurseryman, who has for decades been growing trees for reforestation projects.
He tells me about what the arrival of the monarch of the butterflies in the Michoacán mountains signifies to the indigenous people of Mexico,  his decades long work of reforestation where the butterflies winter and the areas surrounding to help the local communities. The struggles that monarch creatures are facing and how  the fight to conserve the monarch butterflies needs to be fought in the two countries, reformatting in Mexico and planting milked in the us. Stay tuned as we learn about this magical creatures. 
Since 2017, Forests for Monarchs has partnered with the Mexican Hass Avocado Importers Association (MHAIA) to promote reforestation and forest and watershed restoration. Together, to-date they have planted 800,000 trees to to restore forests, convert farming land back to forest, and to help conserve monarch butterfly winter habitat as well as to improve water and soil conditions.
Please support Jose and in his project to help the Long-Term Survival of the Monarch Butterfly
https://www.forestsformonarchs.org
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This is what happened when we picked up trash on the Navajo Reservation: Honoring Mother Earth

Looking for inspiration to honor Mother Earth? In this episode, we hear from Indigenous youth, from grade school to college age, and their #EarthDayEveryDay efforts. Nathaniel Sayas, Zunneh-bah Martin, Shundeen-bah Martin, Nizhoni-bah Martin, and Atsa-bah Martin share their thoughts and efforts to participate in Earth Day and what it takes to create a strong and healthy community.
 Learn about how they picked up litter/trash in Diné Bikéyah (the Navajo Reservation) and how they challenged everyone to do something positive for our planet not just one day of the year but every day of every year.
#EarthDayEveryDay
Hosted by Zunneh-bah Martin and family. 
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Meet Uganda’s Eco Warrior: Nkusi Gerald

My next guest is Nkusi Gerald, an eco warrior,  adventurer,  promoter of diversity, a youth ambassador for climate change, and a passionate travel guide in Africa.
We talk about the challenge that people don’t necessary see the benefit of conservation, and the ways they we can adapt to the changing climate, turning  challenges into an opportunity, such as Nkusi is doing working on food security.
He talked about walking across Uganda, and learning about conservation methods, and his dream to have 100,000 people in Uganda plant 5 million trees by 2030. 
Nkusi then leaves with an inspiring message of teaching the young about literally by taking care of our Earth by taking care of our soil.  Terra. Tierra. 
Connect and support: Nkusi:
https://donorbox.org/support-gerald-to-reach-his-goal
https://www.adventure-afrika.com/our-vision
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Sky Wildcat: The Indigenous Environmentalist Fighting for a More Sustainable Future

Today is a very special episode with Sky Wildcat from The Cherokee Nation, I meet Sky last year on UNITY's conference in Orlando, as Sky joined myself and other Earth Ambassadors to do some Eco Action cleaning a local spot of litter, and we organized, and did a presentation on learning to culturally care for the environment and water conservation. 
 
In this episode, we talk about her experience riding her bicycle on the "Remember the Removal Bike Ride" a 950 miles journey of self-discovery that goes along the same path that around 180 years was used for the forced removal of her ancestors. 
We discuss her most professional accomplishments so far being an advocate for native students, and how she believes deeply in the power of education for indigenous youth. Stay tuned as Sky also shares how remembering traditions can help us pull that through these difficult times. 
 
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