In this episode, Dr. John Francis discusses the power of listening and the need to ground ourselves in our shared humanities as a precursor to any type of advocacy whether within the Environmental Movement or the Environmental Justice Movement. His is an outlook of hope, optimism, and spiritual resonance with the natural world. We hope you come away from this inspired by both the peace and the power that comes from existing in deep root with Mother Earth.
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Episode Resources
• About John “Planetwalker” Francis
• Earth in Color Earth Curiosities Series (in particular their piece on FORESTS, BEACHES, & MOUNTAINS)
• Taking Nature Black (through Nature Forward)
• Black Women in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, & Marine Science (BWEEMS)
• Nat Geo’s Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper