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Green Root Podcast
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Join science writer, investigative journalist (on sabbatical), and ecosystem advocate, Josh Schlossberg, on a quest to uncover the roots of the modern ecological crisis on the Green Root Podcast, the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org).
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Why Won’t They Speak Up for Nature?
On episode 145 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg ponders how the grassroots conservation movement might engage with large enviro NGOs that haven’t sold out to corporate interests but won’t take a strong public stand in defense of wildlands and wildlife. Josh talks about how: -How...
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Ending the Massacre of Prairie Dogs
On episode 144 of the Green Root Podcast, Elise Elswood, Founder of Grasslands Colorado, calls on Colorado Parks and Wildlife to take immediate action to curb the unregulated recreational shooting of prairie dogs on public lands. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Elise about: -How outfitter-led...
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Election Interference by Anti-Environmental Media?
On episode 143 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg reports how media outlets may be influencing a state election through one-sided and inaccurate coverage of a ballot measure (Colorado’s Proposition 137) that would siphon hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to INCREASE wildfire...
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The Economic Case Against Logging Public Lands
On episode 142 of the Green Root Podcast, Mike Rawluk with Protect Colorado’s Land, Communities, and Tax Dollars (NoProp137.com) analyzes a ballot measure that would siphon away tens of millions in tax dollars every year to expand scientifically-debunked “wildfire fuel reduction” logging on…
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A Tale of Two Anti-Nature Ballot Measures
On episode 141 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Delia Malone, president of ColoradoWild, and host Josh Schlossberg discuss two destructive and deceptive ballot measures threatening Colorado’s wildlands and wildlife, which may be exported across the…
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The Worst Public Lands Sellout in History?
On episode 140 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg exposes the Corporate Green land management NGOs selling out wildlands, wildlife, and their own reputations by greenwashing and FUNDING the most destructive public lands extraction...
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The Wildfire Refugee Fund
On episode 139 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg shares his solution for dealing with those destroying the American Western landscape by whipping up wildfire hysteria to siphon billions in tax dollars towards scientifically-debunked...
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Drought and the Future of the American West
On episode 138 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), John C. Krieg, landscape architect and environmental writer, exposes the hard reality of drought, the limits of consumption and economic growth, and the future of human habitation in the Western U.S. Host...
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Silencing Environmental Activism?
On episode 137 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg examines a new tactic decision makers and gatekeepers may be using to silence environmental advocates. Josh talks about: -Three recent, specific instances where decision makers and...
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The Real Story on Washington’s Wildfires
On episode 136 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Andy Zahn, Washington State legislative candidate, shares the facts and debunks the myths on the recent wildfires in Spokane, Washington. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Andy about: -How the Spokane...
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Art as Environmental Activism
On episode 135 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Carol Rhodes, founder of Artists for Climate Awareness and Fran Kremer, co-founder of Uniting Artists and Scientists for Climate Action, reveal how art can be a form of environmental activism.
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Four Obstacles to Effective Activism
On episode 134 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), a woodland owl offers some insight into the four biggest obstacles to effective grassroots environmental advocacy and how to overcome them. The owl hoots about: -Distraction - electronics, entertainment…
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Poisoning Wild Watersheds
On episode 133 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), concerned citizen Mike Rawluk questions a Colorado government/corporate scheme to poison a watershed and drinking water source inside designated wilderness with a fish-killing pesticide. Host Josh…
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A Winning Model for Grassroots Organizing
On episode 132 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg shares Eco-Integrity Alliance’s brand new “Ponderosa Pine Model,” a winning model for grassroots environmental organizing. Read about the model here:...
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Poisoning California’s Most Famous Lake?
On episode 131 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Melissa Soderston, president of Tahoe Forest Matters, exposes California “land management” agencies’ scheme to log, burn, and poison public lands surrounding Lake Tahoe. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with...
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Nature Lover, User, or Abuser?
On episode 130 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg asks the controversial question: Will more recreationists (Nature Users) join with wildland and wildlife protectors (Nature Lovers) or keep teaming up with resource extractors (Nature...
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Defending Australia’s Threatened Forests
On episode 129 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), forest defender and artist, Holly English (Hollyenglish.com), fills us in on the state of Australia’s native hardwood forests along with past and ongoing campaigns to protect these ecosystems from industry,...
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Clearcut Ballot Initiative Unconstitutional?
On episode 128 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg asks whether a new ballot initiative to expand taxpayer funded logging on public lands—“Clearcut” Initiative 308—might be violating the Colorado State Constitution. Josh talks about:...
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Colorado's War on Wildlife
On episode 127 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Delia Malone, president of ColoradoWild, pulls the curtain back on how Colorado government and certain NGOs promote some conservation efforts while also decimating the state’s iconic wildlife and wildlands…
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The Activist’s Paradox: Unite or Divide?
On episode 126 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg talks about—and not-so-subtly coerces you to read—his latest semi-controversial essay for Eco-Integrity Alliance’s Substack entitled, “The Environmental Activist’s Paradox: Unite or...
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J.R.R. Tolkien's Trees
On episode 125 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, writer at “Speaking for the Trees, No Matter Where They’re From,” guides us through the wild enchanted forests of J.R.R. Tolkien’s (Lord of the Rings) Middle-Earth. Host Josh...
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A Global Vision for Public Lands
On episode 124 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg shares Eco-Integrity Alliance’s long-term global vision for public lands. Josh talks about: -How public lands are the last best ecosystems in the U.S. with both the legal and cultural...
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Nature Therapy
On episode 123 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Julie Brams, psychotherapist and author of THE NATURE EMBEDDED MIND, lays out some paths for humanity to reconnect with nature to save the planet and ourselves. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Julie about:...
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JUDGE’S RULING: Did Pro-Logging Politician Violate "Open Records" Law?
Green Root Podcast 122: JUDGE’S RULING: DID PRO-LOGGING POLITICIAN VIOLATE “OPEN RECORDS” LAW? On episode 122 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg announces a District Court judge’s final ruling on his lawsuit against Jefferson County,...
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Alaska’s Ancient Forests on the Chopping Block
On episode 121 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Joshua Wright, Program Director of the Legacy Forest Defense Coalition, urges immediate public action to stop the “Landless” legislation that would privatize 115K acres of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest,...
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Master Class in Environmental Filmmaking
On episode 120 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Jeff Gibbs, director of Planet of the Humans and producer and composer for Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, teaches environmental advocates how to make a compelling and hard-hitting documentary...
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Yin-Yang of the Environmental Movement
On episode 119 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg outlines and asks for your feedback on his new article, “Yin-Yang of the Environmental Movement,” which you can read on Substack here. Josh talks about how: -The concept of Yin…
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Beavers, Water, and Wildfire (with Jen Clanahan, Colorado Nature League)
On episode 114 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Jen Clanahan, executive director of Colorado Nature League, reveals how Colorado State Legislature caved to pressure from hunters, trappers, government agencies (funded by hunting), and even a former...
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THE MOST ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL “BLUE STATE”
On episode 117 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg shares the most recent, most egregious example of how Colorado has become the most anti-environmental Democrat-majority state in the U.S. Josh talks about how: -The Colorado House...
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GOVERNMENT TIMBER THEFT? (with Jeff Ruch, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility)
On episode 116 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Jeff Ruch, Senior Counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, exposes decades of evidence pointing towards collusion between the U.S. Forest Service and the logging industry in...
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IS SCIENCE ENOUGH?
Green Root Podcast #115: IS SCIENCE ENOUGH? On episode 115 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg points out how, despite having the consensus of peer-reviewed science on our side, environmental advocates are still losing out to...
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GOV’T LAND MANAGER SHARES AGENCY SECRETS
Green Root Podcast #114: GOV’T LAND MANAGER SHARES AGENCY SECRETS (with Lyle Lewis, former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) On episode 114 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Lyle Lewis, writer and former Endangered Species Branch Chief with the U.S. Fish…
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BEETLEMANIA!
On episode 113 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg asks for your help to fend off the latest wave of “beetlemania”: industry and government pushing the myth—debunked by consensus science—that the (native) mountain pine beetle causes...
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Can FORESTS Save the CLIMATE? (with Paul Koberstein, Author of CANOPY OF TITANS)
On episode 112 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Paul Koberstein, editor of Cascadia Times and author of CANOPY OF TITANS, proposes the single most important action we can take to ward off the worst impacts of the climate crisis: protecting and preserving...
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They Won't LISTEN Unless You Do THIS
On episode 111 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), a raven (Corvus corax) sits in for host Josh Schlossberg to share some insights about why elected officials ignore ecosystem and wildlife protection, and how to get them to start listening again. The raven...
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WATER, FORESTS, AND WILDFIRE (with Chris Searles, BioIntegrity.net)
On episode 110 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Chris Searles, ecologist with BioIntegrity.net, shares his results from over a hundred field-tested projects rehydrating forest ecosystems so as to alleviate drought and reduce wildfires. Host Josh...
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Is Conservation DEAD?
On episode 109 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg questions whether it’s finally time to declare the failed, mainstream “conservation movement” officially dead, while wondering what new, inspiring vision might rise from its ashes.…
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Democrats Greenwashing Trump’s Assault on Public Land?
On episode 108 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg tries to figure out why so many supposedly pro-environment Democrats not only refuse to fight Trump’s onslaught on public lands but ACTIVELY PROMOTE the unprecedented extraction. Josh...
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DO COWS BELONG ON PUBLIC LAND? (with Dagny Signorelli, Western Watersheds Project)
On episode 107 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Dagny Signorelli, Wyoming/Northern Utah Director with Western Watersheds Project, exposes the severe and worsening ecological, wildlife, and watershed impacts from ranchers grazing livestock on public lands...
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IS THE PUBLIC LANDS MOVEMENT SELLING OUT “PRIVATE” LANDS?
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...
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THE FIGHT FOR AMERICA’S FORESTS (with Rachael Himsel, Saving the Hoosier)
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...
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CAN GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY SAVE PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY?
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...
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BIOMASS OR BIO-MESS? INCINERATING FORESTS FOR ELECTRICITY (with Hudson Kingston, CURE)
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...
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THE WORST WE’VE EVER SEEN ON PUBLIC LANDS (with Rocky Smith, Forest Management Consultant)
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…
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ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA: INEPT OR CORRUPT?
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...
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A Beautifully Burned Forest (with Richard Hutto, Wildlife Biologist)
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:...
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100 New National Parks (with Michael Kellett, RESTORE: The North Woods)
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...
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WHY PUBLIC LANDS ADVOCACY MATTERS MORE THAN EVER (with Jillian Bar-Av, Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast)
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…
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BEATING BACK TRUMP’S FOREST SERVICE (with Jeff Stant, Indiana Forest Alliance)
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…
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DOES ENVIRONMENTAL COMPROMISE WORK? (with Adam Bronstein, Our Public Lands)
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…
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Join science writer, investigative journalist (on sabbatical), and ecosystem advocate, Josh Schlossberg, on a quest to uncover the roots of the modern ecological crisis on the Green Root Podcast, the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org).
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