This season we’ve been taking a deep dive into how climate change makes us feel - how it impacts us emotionally and spiritually - on a heart level.

But what if your whole culture and identity were imperiled right now? This episode, we're honored to share the powerful, aching story of Bernadette Demientieff - a leader of the Gwich’in in Alaska. She's fighting for the survival of her way of life and sacred land - threatened by being on the frontlines of climate change, but also a cruel new effort to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Show notes:
- Please protect the Arctic Refuge from drilling: https://p2a.co/SWk1fuB
- No Place Like Home is hosted by Mary Anne Hitt and Anna Jane Joyner
- We are produced by Zach Mack
- Our theme music is by River Whyless
- We are supported by the Sierra Club

***This special episode is also sponsored by our friends at The Wilderness Society. Since their start in 1935, The Wilderness Society has been at the forefront of nearly every major public lands victory in the United States. https://www.wilderness.org/

We lovingly dedicate this episode to our mentor and friend, Lenny Kohm.

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