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Decolonizing the Land, Liberating the Farmer
From: When We Fight, We Win!
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98% of US farmland is white-owned. What does this mean for communities of color? We talk to Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm, which teaches BIPOC pe...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2020
  • Length: 45:20
Gardening Tidewaters
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 3: Sea Level Rise
Caption: Marquitta White and Marie Webb, Credit: Emily Richardson-Lorente
Norfolk, Virginia's waters are rising fast, and its land is sinking. The city's plans to meet this climate change challenge could be a blueprint fo...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2020
  • Length: 33:44
Demand for Power
From: Claudine Ebeid McElwain
Series: Broken Ground
Caption: by the Southern Environmental Law Center
An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors when pipeline developers won’t back down from a risky, environmentally damaging proje...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 27:53
The Global Fight for Climate Justice and against Environmental Injustice with Jacqui Patterson Director of Environmental & Climate Justice at the NAACP
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Global Fight for Climate Justice and against Environmental Injustice with Jacqui Patterson Director of Environmental & Climate Justice at the N...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Part 3: Green movement pivots toward minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: A few members of Outdoor Afro Cleveland, including Smith-Woodford (holding sign), Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 3 of series -- The Great Lakes region is home to millions of people of different races and ethnicities. But diverse backgrounds – and issues ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WBFO, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 7
Part 2: Flint water crisis a turning point for Green movement
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: WT Stevens replaces a pipe under a Flint street, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 2 of series -- Historically, the environmental movement hasn’t always been welcoming to people of color – and issues that are important to the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WBFO, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 8
Part 1: Environmental groups slow to seek out minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite in 1903, Credit: Library of Congress
Part 1 of series -- When you think of the environmental movement, what comes to mind. Preserving the wilderness in national parks? Or guaranteeing ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WBFO, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 8
Black folks in nature
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, leads a group on a white water adventure, Credit: Outdoor Afro
There's a mountain of statistics that suggest black Americans don’t go out in nature as much as people of other ethnicities, but one Bay Area organ...

Bought by KSKA and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 2
Outdoor Afro explores Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. And yet for people of color who enjoy the outdoors, exploring Minnesota's wilderness spaces can be ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:16
Residents of TVA Coal-Ash Dump Area Speak Out
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Caption: Markus Welby Nearby Uniontown Alabama, Credit: SLG
Hear Why Local Residents Are Against TVA's Coal Ash Dumping in Alabama

  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 02:40
Red Top Mountain summit on outdoor diversity
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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A group of African-American community leaders gather to discuss their role and their future in the movement to protect the environment.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WUFT


  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 2