

For The Wild
For The Wild
For The Wild is a slow media organization dedicated to land-based protection, co-liberation, and intersectional storytelling. We are rooted in a paradigm shift away from human supremacy, endless growth, and consumerism. Our work highlights impactful stories and deeply-felt meaning making as balms for these times.
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Feb 13, 2019 • 1h
ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER on Solidarity with Unist'ot'en /107
Eriel articulates how narratives that surround the developments at Unist’ot’en Camp show how colonization has deeply warped our perspective on who gets labeled the heroes and villains. While the state continues to prioritize the protection and expansion of infrastructure over people, we must encourage each other to see with clear vision where the true threat lies. Support the show

Feb 6, 2019 • 58min
Dr. CARLOS NOBRE on the Shifting Future of the Amazon /106
Dr. Nobre clarifies the complexities surrounding the driving factors of deforestation and savannization. Additionally, Ayana and Dr. Nobre discuss the margins of safety that must be implemented, the simultaneous rise of nationalism and the ramifications of climate change, and the possibility of a third way outside the realms of the preservation/consumption...Support the show

Jan 30, 2019 • 59min
SUBHANKAR BANERJEE on Defending Arctic Alaska /105
Subhankar calls us to find our connection with the Near North while clarifying many misconceptions about the current status of the Refuge and the history of extraction in Alaska.Support the show

Jan 23, 2019 • 59min
CAMILA THORNDIKE on Carbon Pricing /104
Join Ayana this week in conversation with Camila Thorndike as we learn how the tax code can address societal ills, the difference between cap and trade and carbon tax, how policy arrangements reflect our values, and how we can create a price on carbon that is inclusive, progressive, and benefit communities that are often exploited by the so-called green market.Support the show

Jan 16, 2019 • 59min
Dr. WILLIAM LAURANCE on the Uncertain Future of Giant Trees /103
Join Ayana and Dr. Laurance in conversation about the future of old growth forests, the many impacts of climate destabilization and drought, the dangers of positive feedback, and how infrastructure development is both driving and worsening climate chaos.Support the show

Jan 9, 2019 • 57min
ROOTS OF LABOR BIRTH COLLECTIVE on Decolonizing Birth /102
Join us in conversation as we dedicate this week to exploring ancestral legacies around birthing, how we can invest in reproductive rights outside of the current hetero-patriarchal capitalist white supremacist system, the womb space as a place of creation, and birthing support as a human right.Support the show

Dec 20, 2018 • 1h 22min
QUEER NATURE on Reclaiming Wild Safe Space /101
Join Ayana in conversation with So and Pinar as they explore how tracking and trailing answer the call of our ancestral bodies and the land, what deep intimacy with the more than human world looks like, how place-based skills are tools of liberation, and how to heal community.Support the show

Dec 13, 2018 • 1h 33min
FOR THE WILD: An Anthology of the Anthropocene /100
We’ve been combing through the archives and crafting this very special episode for the community that has rallied around us these past few years. Today’s episode highlights some of the many conversations we keep present in heart and mind.Support the show

Dec 6, 2018 • 57min
DALLAS GOLDTOOTH on Responding to Toxic Masculinity /99
Toxic masculinity, settler colonialism, and white supremacy are impelling us to a point of no return. If you are coming to this conversation as an environmental advocate, understand that in order to shift our relationship from that of domination over “nature” to one of reciprocity and understanding of the ecosystem we are apart of, we must examine our values with one another. Support the show

Nov 29, 2018 • 59min
JOHN SEED on Deep Ecological Identity /98
Join us as Ayana and John explore topics of ecological identity, embodied wisdom, moving beyond the individual, the tenets of Deep Ecology, and the Rainforest Information Centre’s recent work in Ecuador with the Los Cedros Biological Reserve.Support the show


