#111 - Guest Interview with Environmental Philosopher Guillermo Zapata: Reading Indigenous Philosophers on Confronting the Sixth Mass Extinction, Building Community, and Overcoming Corporate Power

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In this conversation with environmental ethicist Guillermo Zapata we discuss the role of indigenous philosophy in shaping our approach to environmental problems, the most pressing threats emerging from climate change, and how we can resist the encroachment of corporate and political interests that are contrary to rational and urgent action of climate change and the Sixth Mass Extinction.

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Citations

1. Indigenous philosophy and Rousseau/Enlightenment: The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56269264-the-dawn-of-everything
2. French philosopher who conceived technology as an organism: Jacques Ellul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul#On_technique
3. Dutch microplastics study: https://phys.org/news/2022-03-scientists-microplastics-blood.html
4. All rainwater is poison: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62391069
5. The Green Scare 1990s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Scare
6. Sheldon Wolin concept “Inverted Totalitarianism” is developed in his book “Democracy Incorporated." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Wolin#Fate_of_democracy 

Guest Reading Recommendations:

1. Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17465709-braiding-sweetgrass
2. Right Story, Wrong Story - Tyson Yunkaporta: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199122606-right-story-wrong-story
3. Sand Talk - Tyson Yunkaporta: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45449501-sand-talk
4. How to Do Nothing - Jenny Odell https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42771901-how-to-do-nothing
5. Indigenizing Philosophy through Land - Brian Burkhart: https://msupress.org/9781611863307/indigenizing-philosophy-through-the-land/