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Native Habitat: Preserving the Wetlands of the World
Posted on June 20, 2022 | No Comments - Solidarity Actions on Climate Justice – Stopping Pipelines and Dirty Banks
Posted on June 13, 2022 | 1 Comment - Climate Change in the Desert with Ecologist James Cornett
Posted on June 5, 2022 | 1 Comment - 30 Days of Wearing My Trash with Rob Greenfield
Posted on May 29, 2022 | No Comments - Reforest the Earth: Planting Old Growth Trees in Fight Against Climate Change
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‘Medicine Walk’ Featured in SBLitJo
Santa Barbara Literary Journal released ‘Bellatrix: Volume 3’ in June 2019, which among adventurous fiction, poetry, essays, and lyrics, features an excerpt of Jack Eidt’s psychic-animism fiction, Medicine Walk. Buy the book!
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Coming in Fall 2022 – The Fifth Fedora Anthology
Posted on May 15, 2022 | No CommentsIn Fall 2022, Borda Books and WilderUtopia Books will co-publish The Fifth Fedora: An Anthology of Weird Noir & Stranger Tales, curated by Jack Eidt and Silver Webb.The Edge of Yosemite Comes Alive in Tuolumne County
Posted on January 19, 2022 | No CommentsOn a November trip up into the oak woodlands of the Sierra Nevada foothills of Tuolumne County, we found some peace and tranquility and an antidote to the bustle of Los Angeles.Deadly Waters – Oil Spills & The Future of Offshore Drilling
Posted on October 29, 2021 | 2 CommentsEcoJustice Radio covers the deadly waters of oil spilling in Orange County, CA, and how to move beyond offshore drilling in the US after recent disasters. Jack Eidt from WilderUtopia and Emily Parker from Heal the Bay speak with Jessica Aldridge.Corridor of the Surreal: Silver Webb and Jack Eidt Talk ‘City of Illumination’
Posted on January 27, 2021 | 2 CommentsJack Eidt talks with Silver Webb on his surreal trip to the Underworld story "City of Illumination," published by Borda Books in Delirium Corridor, A Dark Anthology, curated by Max Talley. It includes fifteen tales of psychological suspense, altered states, noir crime, and the surreal.Courting Delirium: Max Talley and his Dark Zeitgeist
Posted on January 9, 2021 | 2 CommentsJack Eidt from WilderUtopia.com had a chat with novelist Max Talley about the recent book he curated and contributed two stories to, called Delirium Corridor, A Dark Anthology, from Borda Books/Santa Barbara Literary Journal.The Fight for Self Determination between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Posted on November 6, 2020 | No CommentsIn this episode of EcoJustice Radio, we seek to gain a broader understanding of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. We discuss the fight for self determination over the region known as Artsakh or Nagorno-Karabakh, with guests Vache Thomassian, Glendale Board Member of Armenian National Committee of America and Dr. Djene Bajalan, Assistant Professor at Missouri State University.Italian Folktale: How the Devil Married Three Sisters
Posted on July 29, 2020 | 1 CommentThe following story from 19th Century Venice, Italy, is similar to the "Bluebeard" folktales from France, regarding the dangers of female curiosity about forbidden chambers and how questioning patriarchal rules can open the door of truth. This mythic jaunt takes another route about when the Devil married three sisters and how the third sister managed to rescue the other two from the fires of Hell. Italo Calvino also published another variant of this story in 1956, called Silver Nose.Behold the Kraken, Destroyer from the Depths of the Sea
Posted on July 1, 2020 | 1 CommentThe Kraken, a mythological super-squid or legendary massive octopus from the depths of the ocean, known to destroy ships, also has some significant scientific basis for its existence. Here we share an encounter with this magical sea monster in an excerpt from Jules Verne's '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'.Tribal Sovereignty and Self Determination
Posted on February 27, 2020 | 8 CommentsIn this episode of EcoJustice Radio, we interview two Indigenous activists working toward a model of self-determination and a brighter future for the planet through Indigenous prosperity, Manape LaMere and SunRose IronShell.Green New Deal Tour Comes to Los Angeles – EcoJustice Radio
Posted on July 22, 2019 | 1 CommentIn the spring of 2019, the Sunrise Movement, building an army of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across the US, put on the Road To A Green New Deal Tour, visiting eight cities across the US to share what a Green New Deal would look like in different communities as well as spotlighting local politicians and organizers throughout the country.Miskitu Stories: ‘Crazy Sickness’ and the Duendes of the Wild
Posted on June 12, 2019 | 4 CommentsAs outbreaks of "crazy sickness" continue to afflict Nicaraguan Miskitu towns and villages, we revisit the story of the Duhindu of Kambla, or how the community overcame their first case of this "culture-bound syndrome," blamed on the dark supernatural forces out of the wild bush.‘Medicine Walk’ Featured in Santa Barbara Literary Journal
Posted on June 3, 2019 | 4 CommentsSanta Barbara Literary Journal releases Bellatrix: Volume 3 this June, which among adventurous fiction, poetry, essays, and lyrics, features an excerpt of Jack Eidt's psychic-animism fiction, Medicine Walk. Join us for readings and other entertainments in SB on June 14.Wild Sonoma’s ‘Valley of the Moon’ – Living with the Land
Posted on May 15, 2019 | 1 CommentThe Sonoma Valley in Northern California is known for it's world-class wine, gentle hills, and year-round temperate climate, where novelist-gentleman-farmer Jack London set up his ode to wild sustainability one hundred years before it became a thing. Flying over in a hot air balloon, hiking the protected hillsides to find a precious Pinot Noir at one of the 425 wineries, sailing off the coast, there are many ways to get lost in them hills.Los Angeles Steps Up Transition Toward 100% Renewable Energy
Posted on February 21, 2019 | 1 CommentThe LA Mayor declared the city won't spend $5 billion to re-power three aging natural gas plants, and instead called for transitioning the nation's largest municipal utility to 100% clean, renewable energy: but how will we get there?Pushing Back Against the Venezuela Coup-Plotters
Posted on January 30, 2019 | 3 CommentsAn attempted coup is underway in Venezuela, call it what you like. While the Bolivarian Revolution has had its problems, U.S. sanctions have devastated its economy and people. Negotiations led by Mexico, Uruguay, and the Vatican are the only sane way forward.Angels and Saints in Mosaic at Sicily’s Monreale Cathedral
Posted on January 13, 2019 | 2 CommentsThe Cathedral at Monreale, built between 1170 and 1189, in a hilltown above Palermo, Sicily, is a masterpiece of Arab-Norman Byzantine mosaics created by craftspeople from Constantinople.Centennial Project: Suburbs Sprawl, Health & Environment Suffers
Posted on November 26, 2018 | No CommentsTejon Ranch Centennial Specific Plan (or Centennial) is a massive planned city in a unique, rare, fire-prone wilderness of grasslands and mountains, a residential and commercial development in LA County. Nick Jensen from the California Native Plant Society, and Jack Eidt from Wild Heritage Planners and SoCal 350, discuss the dangers to urban sustainability, fiscal health of LA County and the impacts on wild and endangered plants and animals with host Jessica Aldridge.Amazon Oil, Biodiversity and Human Rights in “Yasuni Man”
Posted on July 12, 2018 | 4 CommentsIn this episode of EcoJustice Radio, host Jack Eidt speaks with Ryan Killackey, filmmaker of the award-winning documentary film set in the Ecuadorian Amazon, "Yasuni Man." Plus, Zoe Cina-Sklar, campaigner for the #EndAmazonCrude effort by Amazon Watch, shares how California communities can play a powerful role in the fight for a just transition off fossil fuels.The Underworld, Rebirth and Renewal with Ceres and Proserpina
Posted on June 29, 2018 | 1 CommentIn ancient Roman religion, Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. The following myth tells how her daughter Proserpina was abducted by the ruler of the underworld, forced to become his wife, but with Ceres' help, she watches over the springtime growth of crops and the cycle of life, death, and rebirth or renewal.Montecito Mudslides, Climate Chaos Impact Chumash People – EcoJustice Radio
Posted on February 9, 2018 | No CommentsMarcus Lopez Senior, member of the Barbareno Chumash Nation in California, speaks with Jack Eidt from SoCal 350 on climate chaos and the impacts on the Chumash people from fires, mudslides, colonization, land theft, gentrification, and offshore drilling.Dangers from Natural Gas Leaks – EcoJustice Radio
Posted on December 28, 2017 | 1 CommentSouthern California Gas Company was responsible for a recent chemical spill in the Rancho Park area of West Los Angeles that caused a strong gas-like odor to blanket surrounding neighborhoods. The Los Angeles City Council directed various agencies to investigate, with area residents and two councilmen voicing heavy criticism of SoCal Gas's handling of post-spill communications.Extreme Winds and Wildfires, On Overcoming California Climate Chaos
Posted on December 19, 2017 | 3 CommentsJack Eidt writes on the California wildfires and their dangerous connection with climate change, melting of Arctic sea ice, and the drying out of the US West Coast. We must reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, get cracking on a just transition to an economy based on clean, efficient, renewable energy, and start making our homes and lives more extreme-climate-resilient.Preserving the Mojave Desert from Cadiz Water Project – EcoJustice Radio
Posted on November 26, 2017 | No CommentsDavid Lamfrom, Director of the California Desert and Wildlife Programs from the National Parks Conservation Association, speaks on preserving the Mojave Desert and opposing the Cadiz Water Project aiming to mine and ship water through a pipeline and sell it to Southern California communities for more development.Dancing Devils of Venezuela Challenge US Consumer Culture
Posted on November 8, 2017 | 1 CommentAn exhibition by artist Cristóbal Valecillos in Los Angeles invoked the Dancing Devils of Yare, a 400-year old Venezuelan tradition celebrating life, the triumph of good over evil, and renewal. His provocative interpretation of the diablo masks, hand-sculpted from repurposed waste materials, takes aim at culture and consumption in the US, a plea for overcoming.La Belle et La Bête – Natural Surrealism of a Misunderstood Beast
Posted on November 6, 2017 | 1 CommentWe feature the popularized story version of the French fairy tale 'La Belle et La Bête' (Beauty and the Beast), which became a classic 1946 Jean Cocteau film accompanied by composer Philip Glass's mesmerizing 1994 score.
