Green Root Podcast

On episode 55 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg invites you to join Eco-Integrity Alliance as a voting member (and what that means), shares some dirt on the current unraveling of the mainstream Greens, and explains why NOW is the time to finally come together and fill that void.   

On episode 54 of the of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks with Michael Garrity, executive director of Alliance for the Wild Rockies, about the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), a bill that would create biological zones connecting new and existing wilderness and roadless areas over 20 million acres across Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming.

On episode 53 of the return (?) of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg announces the launch of the Eco-Integrity Alliance, an effort to unite the “alternative” environmental movement under a big tent of ecological integrity through common campaigns of mutual support. Check out the website at eco-integrityalliance.org to learn more and find out how to join.

In the 52nd—and final—episode of the Green Root Podcast, host and quitter Josh Schlossberg explains why he’s choosing to end the podcast, shares some of the environmental lessons he’s learned over the past year, and thanks his guests, listeners, and everyone else working to protect and preserve the natural world.

On episode #51 of the Green Root Podcast, host and former Northeasterner, Josh Schlossberg, returns to the forest with Chris Matera, director of Massachusetts Forest Watch , to discuss the state of the Great North Woods and how to maintain one's mental health as an environmental advocate.

On episode #50 of the Green Root Podcast, host and chick pea-lover, Josh Schlossberg, chews the fat with Mike Ewall, director of Energy Justice Network , about the environmental, public health, and ethical implications of eating animal products and how both individual AND systemic changes are needed to transform the food system.

On episode #49 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg, goes viral with Bhavana Chilukuri, Director of Programs at Dalberg Catalyst & Chip Barber, Senior Biodiversity Advisor from World Resources Institute, to talk about Preventing Pandemics at the Source, a new coalition of major health and environmental groups working to prevent the spillover of zoonotic viruses from animals to humans.

On episode #48 of the Green Root Podcast, host and failed public utility petitioner, Josh Schlossberg, gets energized with eco-philosopher Craig Patterson, shedding light on how utilities encourage excessive energy consumption, the need for a “conservation ethic,” and ways to incentivize efficiency.

On episode #47 of the Green Root Podcast, host and born-and-bred northeaster, Josh Schlossberg, talks with Nohham R. Cachat-Schilling , a Kanien’keha:ka-Nashawe Nipmuk medicine person, researcher, and author, about the differences in land use, stewardship practices, and cultural outlook between Native and European peoples in New England.

On episode #46 of the Green Root Podcast, host and beef-boycotter Josh Schlossberg, roams the range with Felice Pace, coordinator for the Grazing Reform Project , chewing the cud about water quality and supply impacts of cows on public lands, the ranching industry’s war against wolves and wild horses, and the importance of enforcing existing laws while offering grazing allotment buyouts.

On episode #45 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg talks out loud to himself about the "shadow" of the establishment and alternative environmental movements, homing in on the harsh realities its members are unable--or unwilling--to see.  He finishes up with a plea for a U.S. nonprofit to step up and provide fiscal sponsorship for Rural Watch Africa Initiative , an outstanding Nigerian...

On episode #43 of the Green Root Podcast, host & former Oregonian, Josh Schlossberg, hops the fence onto “private” timberlands with Chuck Willer, director of Coast Range Association , to reveal how the logging industry trades short-term profits for long-term forest productivity, when the environmental movement abandoned land reform, and the role western Oregon’s carbon-storing “industrial” forestl...

On episode #42 of the Green Root Podcast, host and ex-farmhand, Josh Schlossberg, gets his hands dirty with writer, podcaster, and organic farmer, Kollibri terre Sonnenblume , to unearth the roots of the agricultural revolution, the ecological and societal impacts of industrial ag, and how humanity might find a balance between growing food and preserving nature.

On episode #41 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg gets lost in the woods with Ashley Lipscomb, Director of Kentucky Heartwood , to uncover threats to the Daniel Boone National Forest, the influence of “bullet groups” on public lands management, and proposals that would destroy roosting habitat for federally-endangered Indiana bats.

On episode #38 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg leaves the continent with environmental and global justice campaigner, Florence Blondel , to explore biodiversity loss in her native country of Uganda, how empowering women’s birth control choices can reduce poverty while also protecting forests and climate, and whether the developing world may someday become a model of sustainability...

On episode #37 of the Green Root Podcast, host and accidental bear tracker, Josh Schlossberg, goes off the beaten path with Barrie Gilbert, Ph. D., retired wildlife biologist & professor, and author of One of Us: A Biologist’s Walk Among Bears , to discuss the ecological necessity of bears in North America, current threats to Grizzlies, and what we need to do to protect them.

On episode #36 of the Green Root Podcast, host and fake Buddhist, Josh Schlossberg, gets nondual with David R. Loy, professor, writer, Zen teacher, and author of Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis , to meditate on how Buddhist philosophy might enlighten environmental activism.

On episode #35 of the Green Root Podcast, host and Ken Wilber stunt double, Josh Schlossberg, goes deep inside human consciousness with Michael E. Zimmerman, Ph. D., co-author (with Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Ph. D.) of Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World , to explore Integral theory, biocentric lines of adult human development, and “The 8 Eco-Selves.”

On episode #34 of the Green Root Podcast, host and former Critical Mass arrestee Josh Schlossberg chats with Beth Verdekal, founder of Own It Economics , about the history of Critical Mass bike rides, the joys of giving, and the role of personal responsibility in addressing the climate crisis.

On episode #32 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg goes deep with psychoanalyst Joseph Scalia III, Psya. D. about how we might use psychology to better understand the successes and failures of the modern environmental movement.

On episode #31 of the Green Root Podcast, host and science writer Josh Schlossberg interviews Dr. Michael Miller , wildlife veterinarian with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, about the alarming epidemic of Chronic Wasting Disease—aka “zombie deer disease”—in North America’s cervid (deer, elk, moose, and caribou) populations, the role mountain lions may play in slowing the spread, and whether humans ar...

On episode #29 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg proposes that 2021 is our last—and best—chance to reinvigorate the failing environmental movement and genuinely address the eco-crisis. 

On episode #28 of the Green Root Podcast, host & former Oregonian Josh Schlossberg speaks with forest consultant & timber cruiser Roy Keene about Big Timber’s aerial spraying of toxic herbicides in Oregon’s temperate rainforests, community efforts to ban the practice, and mainstream environmental groups cutting a deal with industry.

On episode #27 of the Green Root Podcast, host & desert rat Josh Schlossberg talks with Sean Prentiss, author of Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave , about Ed Abbey’s influence on environmental activism & literature, the man’s most controversial views, and the beauty and mystery of the American Southwest.

On episode #26 of the Green Root Podcast, science writer Kristine Mattis , Ph. D. offers her insights on some of the contradictions of the Green New Deal, “gatekeeping” in the mainstream environmental movement, the lack of genuine solutions for the ecological and climate crises, and what a truly sustainable way of life could look like.