Future Ecologies

A more efficient world is simply cleaner, greener, and more sustainable. Or is it? This month, we’re exploring some of the ways we can reset our long-standing paradigms of labour, productivity, and efficiency. Take a break with us. For a full list of music credits, citations, and more, head over to https://www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe-2-6-podcasters-of-the-world-relax For more by Outside / In, get to http://outsideinradio.org To read Conrad’s work, find “Alternatives to Growth: Efficiency Shifting” or “Workers of the World, Relax” at your favourite book store. To support the work that we do, and to get access to monthly bonus mini-episodes and more, pay what you can at https://www.patreon.com/futureecologies Photo by Alex Goetz

This is an excerpt from episode 5 of our Patreon-exclusive series: “Meet Your Fungal Associates” Pay what you can – as little as a $1 per month – to unlock this entire episode, and our whole back catalogue of bonus monthly mini-episodes.https://www.patreon.com/futureecologies

The world is full of sound. With the help of Hildegard Westerkamp, Bernie Krause, and Nick Friedman, we untangle some of the amazing ways that we can learn about our planet by listening to it. Join us as we explore the nature of sound through the sounds of nature. Featuring sublime electroacoustic composition, stunning field recordings, and cutting-edge scientific research, it all begins by listening.For a full list of music & soundscape credits, citations, and more, head over to https://www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe-2-5-the-nature-of-sound To support the work that we do, and to get access to monthly bonus mini-episodes and more, pay what you can at https://www.patreon.com/futureecologies Cover illustration by Katie Lukes

No matter where we call home, the land beneath us has been in a long and constant relationship with people. Some of these people may be our ancestors, some may not. This episode is about how we move forward from a fragmented past; how we build community in our shared spaces; and how a women-led movement can bring collective healing to a deeply storied land. Come with us to Ohlone territory – from Tuyshtak (Mt. Diablo) to the East Bay, and meet the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.This episode features Corrina Gould, Johnella LaRose, Gavin Raders, and Siena Ezekiel.Music in this episode was produced by VALSI, Ben Hamilton, Hildegard’s Ghost, Leucrocuta, Spencer W Stuart, Cat Can Do, Jose Guzman, and Sunfish Moon Light.To learn more about the West Berkeley Shell Mound project, visit shellmound.org or watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZoapMtyRsA If you’d like to learn more about the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, and pay your Shuumi Tax, go to sogoreate-landtrust.com. Or, if you live in Seattle, check out realrentduwamish.org to pay your rent. Eureka listeners, you can find the Wiyot’s honor tax at honortax.org. Curious about Planting Justice and their nursery? Check out plantingjustice.org and rollingrivernursery.com.Find full show notes for this episode at www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe-2-4-rematriationTo support the work that we do, and to get access to monthly bonus mini-episodes and more, pay what you can at www.patreon.com/futureecologiesCover photo of Tuyshtak (Mt Diablo) by Hitchster– – –💖 Support Future Ecologies: join our community on Patreon at futureecologies.net/patrons

Today is the 10th anniversary of the rediscovery of the Franciscan manzanita! To celebrate, we're re-releasing this episode from Season 1.What do you do when you find the last individual of a species previously thought to be extinct? The two rarest plants on earth both live in the Presidio of San Francisco, they’re both in the same genus, and there’s only one left of each. Is there a future for these species, and if so, what does it look like? And what can species on the brink tell us about ourselves and the future of our ecosystems?An update from Dan Glusenkamp:“Today the mother plant is thriving, hundreds of clones are growing in dozens of botanic gardens across California, and baby plants are being reintroduced to their ancestral home in the Presidio. What’s more, the project inspired even more ambitious work –for example, Newsome Administration recently budgeted funds to enable scientists to collect seeds from all California’s rare plants, so they can be placed in long term storage toward ending extinction.”Click here to learn more about the California Native Plant SocietyMusic for this episode was produced by PORTBOU and Sunfish Moon Light.– – –💖 Support Future Ecologies: join our community on Patreon at futureecologies.net/patrons

Who, or what, is a Naturalist? With the help of author Briony Penn, we trace the intertwined stories of two pivotal characters in the modern environmental movement: Cecil Paul (Wa'xaid) & the late Ian McTaggart-Cowan. These larger-than-life figures inspired a generation to reconnect, intellectually and spiritually, with the natural world. Associate producer Fern Yip investigates what it all means to the youth of today.Adam and Fern are your hosts on this episode. Mendel is busy making a series of bonus mini-episodes on the weird and wonderful world of Fungi exclusively for our supporters on Patreon. Support the show, and get access to these episodes for as little as $1/month.Music in this episode was produced by kmathz, VALSI, Luke and Charissa Garrigus, Claude Debussy, Leave, Sunfish Moon Light.– – –💖 Support Future Ecologies: join our community on Patreon at futureecologies.net/patrons

Another year, another fire season. We’ve already had a lot to say about wildfire, forest science, traditional ecological knowledge, and prescribed burning, but we’re not done yet! In this episode, we tour the Province of BC (and dip down into Washington State) to meet vigilante fire fighters, researchers, and First Nations Chiefs: all working in their communities towards a future of true wildfire resilience.For extended show notes, musical credits, and photos from our travels, head to https://www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe-2-2-on-fire-pt-3This episode was a condensed version of a 2-part series on wildfire resilience produced for the Bulkley Valley Research Centre. If you want to dive even deeper, you can download and listen to those episodes at www.futureecologies.net/bvrcCatch Part 1: https://www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe1-5-on-fire-pt-1and Part 2: https://www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe1-6-on-fire-pt-2– – –💖 Support Future Ecologies: join our community on Patreon at futureecologies.net/patrons

Lichens: ecosystems unto themselves. They’re diverse, apparently ubiquitous, and foundational to life on terrestrial earth. But this episode isn’t really about lichen. It’s about an endangered species that relies on a lichen diet – a diet that is disappearing as fast as the old growth forest in British Columbia. Southern Mountain Caribou are at the nexus of a heated debate about conservation. What can we save? What should we let go? And most importantly, what are we willing to admit about the policies that brought us to this point?For extended show notes, musical credits and more, head to www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe-2-1-enlichenment-and-the-triage-of-life– – –💖 Support Future Ecologies: join our community on Patreon at futureecologies.net/patrons

We've unlocked our 11-episode Patreon series – Dr. Lisa-ann Gershwin, and occasionally the two of us, dive deep into jellyfish species and phyla. Find stories and science on:- Aurelia labiata (the moon jelly)- Turritopsis dohrnii (the immortal jelly)- Chrysaora achlyos (the black sea nettle)- Bazinga rieki (the little trickster who eats sunlight)- Chironex fleckeri (the deadly box jelly)- Aequoria victoria (the nobel-prize worthy crystal jelly)- Ctenophores (the comb jellies)- The Irukandjis (the doom jellies)- Siphonophores (colonies of stringy, stingy thingies)- Polyorchis penincilatus (the disappearing jelly)- & Salpidae (your long lost pelagic cousins)Find musical credits and show notes at futureecologies.net/listen/unlocked-jellyfish-overlordsFor early access to bonus episodes and other content, join us at patreon.com/futureecologies

We’ve dropped an album. Those in the know might recognize the prolific Sunfish Moon Light as the musical alter-ego of Future Ecologies co-host, Adam Huggins.Now you can listen to the original, full-length instrumentals that set the mood for Season 1.Click here to preview the album for free, or buy it for $8.– – –💖 Support Future Ecologies: join our community on Patreon at futureecologies.net/patrons