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As She Rises

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As She Rises brings together local poets and activists from throughout North America to depict the effects of climate change on their home and their people. Each episode carries the listener to a new place through a collection of voices, local recordings and soundscapes. Stories span from the Louisiana Bayou, to the tundras of Alaska to the drying bed of the Colorado River. Centering the voices of native women and women of color, As She Rises personalizes the elusive magnitude of climate change. Season 4, hosted by Leah Thomas, eco-communicator, author, and founder of the non-profit Intersecti...

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The Tundra 27.09.2021 25:38

In the land we know as Alaska, a poet considers a melting landscape also ablaze. What does it mean to live in a “sepia-toned” world, to be forced to distance your ties to your culture, and to truly understand that what happens to the land also happens to the people? “June really isn’t June anymore / is it?” In this episode, we visit the land currently known as Alaska. Joan Naviyuk Kane, Iñupiaq p...

The Bayou 20.09.2021 28:14

In New Orleans, there is a time before the storm, and a time after. How does one keep up with change in a state losing a football field’s worth of land every hour and a half? On a street where a neighbor’s porch is built 12 feet off the ground? Take Action: The Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy advances structural shifts toward ecological equity and climate justice in Gulf South communities of...

Introducing: As She Rises 13.09.2021 2:24

As She Rises is a new show from Wonder Media Network that aims to personalize the elusive magnitude of climate change. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.