An excellent discussion today.. but way too short. I think Carolyn Finney and I could have talked for another hour or more! But we did hit some important topics... and some more important solutions.
The most outstanding comment about the lack of diversity in the eco movement are the exclusionary practices, conscious or unconscious with in the media and our own event/organization formation. Ways to combat these practices are to make sure we look at who all the share holders of the issues are and get them to the table, or better yet, go to their tables and ask if we can participate in their debates. This opens our minds to see problems in new ways and certainly to find solutions in ways we hadn't imagined.
A good movie to check out is "Refugees of the Blue Planet", and some websites to check are
http://www.wholecommunities.org/
http://www.ecoschools.com/Edible/Edible_wSidebar.html
www.environmentaldiversity.org
http://www.lta.org/training/lclp/dc_07.htm (This is a course in Diversity and Conservation)
And we didn't mention him on the air, but Carolyn suggested checking out John Francis, Planet Walker ...http://www.planetwalk.org/
Let's get him on the show!!
Have a great day,
d
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