Podcast Friday - Tenant Organizing

[frandroid]

The Dig: The Politics and Practice of Tenant Organizing

This is a two-hour-long discussion with four experienced tenant organizers (plus host Daniel Denvir is a tenant organizer himself, so really, five). It's just great to hear experienced activists/organizers think out loud, get into the nitty-gritty of their craft. I don't know much about tenant organizing but this made me realize that I need to build more bridges within my housing coop even as a mere member (and huh, re/current board member). Plus this René Moya guy has a special voice... It's not a Spanish accent, but his voice is clearly inflected by his Spanish fluency and it just resonates really well with me. Some people could just talk their way into my pants.


Race Against Climate Change - Episode 1: How We Eat

This is a podcast series from the National Observer (a great Canadian environmental activism publication) that's about 18 months old. I thought I knew a fair bit about the impacts of agriculture on climate change, but it turns out I had a lot more to learn from this episode. They get into the details and they bring on a number of farming actors to talk about this stuff. Turns out that there are a lot of low-hanging fruit that could be done to drastically lower the carbon footprint of our agricultural industry.


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Comments

[sabotabby]

Oooh, what are the low-hanging fruit? Not that I wish more people wouldn't go vegan but that doesn't solve all the problems with capitalist agriculture.

[frandroid]

Huh lots has already escaped my mind, but lots has to do with reducing pesticide use. For example, having an alternate or cover crop when the main crop is not in season, to prevent nutrient loss in soil. There's also talk of making a good additive so that cows don't emit as much methane when digesting food. I guess that's less of a low-hanging fruit 8)

[sabotabby]

Still cool though.

[ioplokon]

the second one seems cool; I was one of the fr>en interpreters at a climate change working group for small-scale agricultural producers in Ontario for a bit and it was super interesting.

[frandroid]

Neat!!