Green Root Podcast

On episode 106 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg wades into an old but ongoing debate within the environmental movement about whether it’s ethical for ecosystem advocates to focus exclusively on public lands protection at the expense of “private” land extraction. Josh talks about: -The arbitrary yet currently legal definitions of publ...

On episode 105 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Rachael Himsel, executive producer and co-director of the forthcoming film, SAVING THE HOOSIER: THE FIGHT FOR AMERICA’S FORESTS , talks about winning the decades-long battle for Indiana’s precious public lands. Host Josh Schlossberg chats with Rachael about: -Why Indiana forest defenders are so good at prote...

On episode 104 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg brainstorms about ways that grassroots advocacy might fix our broken chain of participatory democracy between corporations, government, media, and the public. Josh talks about: -Why media—the biggest broken link in the chain—should be held accountable or bypassed -How grassroots advocac...

On episode 103 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Hudson Kingston, legal director for CURE , battles government plans in Minnesota to greenwash dirty, forest-killing “biomass” energy by ignoring carbon emissions from incinerating trees and trash for industrial-scale electricity. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Hudson about: -How the Minnesota Public Utilit...

On episode 102 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), we strategize with Rocky Smith, forest management consultant with over forty years’ experience, about the worst threat we’ve ever seen on public lands in the West—including the now biggest logging project in Colorado history announced last week—and one quick action you can take to start turning things around...

Green Root Podcast #101: ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA: INEPT OR CORRUPT? On episode 101 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host and former investigative journalist Josh Schlossberg tries to make sense of whether most media outlets are unable or unwilling to accurately and honestly cover environmental topics. Josh talks about: -The ideological and partisan bias he...

On episode 100 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we explore the ecological wonderland and wildlife haven that is a severely-burned forest, with Richard Hutto, emeritus professor in wildlife biology and author of the new book, A BEAUTIFULLY BURNED FOREST: LEARNING TO CELEBRATE SEVERE FOREST FIRE . Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Richard about: -The science in...

On episode 99 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we talk about a positive alternative vision for public lands that would establish 100 new National Parks in the U.S.—at least one in every state—with Michael Kellett, executive director of RESTORE: The North Woods. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Michael about: -How the U.S. Forest Service under the Department...

On episode 98 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we talk about past, present, and future threats to public forestlands with Jillian Bar-Av, member of Heartwood (est. 1991) and host of the new Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Jillian about: -How Heartwood has united forest protection advocates across the U.S. since 1991 -How...

On episode 97 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we celebrate a major victory over the Trump administration’s U.S. Forest Service in the Hoosier National Forest in Indiana, with Jeff Stant, National Forest Program Advisor for Indiana Forest Alliance . Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Jeff about: -The “stop work” order enforced on the largest logging, burning,...

On episode 96 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we question whether or not decades of well-funded, influential “Big Green” environmental NGOs  compromising with industry and government has been effective, and explore how a strong and united grassroots movement might offer a better alternative, with Adam Bronstein, host of Our Public Lands podcast. Host Josh S...

Green Root Podcast #95: ANDY MAHLER: A LEGEND OF FOREST PROTECTION (1951-2025) On a very sad but very special episode 95 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we share one of the last interviews with legendary forest advocate, Andy Mahler, who passed away in August at the age of 74. We hope you enjoy and savor this conversation with—and tribute to—the man who has...

On episode 94 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we report breaking news on the destructive logging threatening the Bell Smith Springs National Natural Landmark in Illinois and the legal battle on which the future of the Shawnee National Forest depends, with Sam Stearns, founder of Friends of Bell Smith Springs & John Wallace, vice president of Shawnee Par...

On episode 93 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get political on the topic of whether elected officials in the Democratic party are walking their talk when it comes to protecting the natural world, with Karen Breslin, democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate from Colorado. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Karen about how: -Most Republican politicia...

On episode 92 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get scorched by FOREST FIRE MALFEASANCE ( ForestFireMalfeasance.org) , a new report exposing a government coverup of peer-reviewed science to promote logging on public lands, with Dr. Chad Hanson, research ecologist and director of John Muir Project. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Chad about: -Eco-Integrity...

On episode 91 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get off the beaten path to discuss current threats to roll back the “Roadless Rule” and whether the decades-old conservation strategy of defending the status quo of weak public lands protections is working, with Gary Macfarlane, board member of Friends of the Clearwater .   Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Ga...

On episode 90 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we peek behind the green curtain to uncover the REAL reasons why we keep losing our public lands to more logging, mining, drilling, and grazing, with Denise Boggs, director of Conservation Congress (conservationcongress-ca.org). Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Denise about how: -Large, corporate-funded foundati...

On episode 89 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we shine a bright light through the media blackout of what may be the single most destructive public lands scheme of the century with Andrew Rothman, Wildlife Habitat Conservationist and founder of the Rainforest Biodiversity Group. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Andrew about: -The fake “emergency” authorizati...

On episode 88 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we unearth an alarming level of public forest destruction, science denial, and sidestepping of participatory democracy in Jefferson County, Colorado with citizen advocate Mike Rawluk. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Mike about: -How he went from being an unwitting supporter of “wildfire fuel reduction” to speak...

On episode 87 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we celebrate the campaign to protect public forests as climate refuges with Rick Bass, Executive Director of the Yaak Valley Forest Council. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Rick Bass about his organization’s work defending the uniquely biodiverse Yaak Valley in northwestern Montana; their success in stopping (f...

On episode 86 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we delve deep into the ecological, physical, cultural, and spiritual harm caused by mining public lands with Dov Korff-Korn, legal director of the Sacred Defense Fund. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Dov Korff-Korn about his work as an attorney with the Lakota People’s Law Project to defend Indigenous lands and...

On episode 85 of the Green Root Podcast, we question whether anger is always the best fuel for activism, while pondering some ways we might make our campaigns more enjoyable, welcoming, and effective.

On episode 84 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we take another trip to Capitol Hill with Jennifer Mamola, Policy and Advocacy Director for John Muir Project, who fills us in on the nasty details of the havoc President Trump has wreaked on public lands in the first 100 days of his second term.

On episode 83 of the Green Root Podcast, we somewhat seriously ponder whether a return of the ancient Celtic nature priests known as the Druids might be the answer to solving the ecological crisis. In this short video essay, we point out the ongoing challenges of harnessing science and grassroots organizing for ecosystem protection as industry, elected officials, and government agencies team up wi...

On episode 82 of the Green Root Podcast, Rocky Smith, forest management analyst, filibusters with host Josh Schlossberg to tear apart the Orwellian “Fix Our Forests” Act—one of the most destructive anti-environmental bills in modern history—and show you how to fight it. Contact your Senators today and ask them to oppose “Fix Our Forests” and instead advance legislation to preserve our biodiverse,...