- 9
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- 2024
- First episode
About We Are LaCH
Three friends uncovering and challenging undercurrents in sustainability with care and solidarity. Learn more about us at linktr.ee/we_are_lach
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- We Are LaCH
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- society & culture
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- en
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- First episode
- 23 Sept 2024
- Latest episode
- 14 Mar 2025
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9 episodes in the feed.
14 Mar 2025
7: Wellbeing and Education with Julianna Gwiszcz
Chris and Heather are joined by Julianna Gwiszcz, MSSW, PhD to explore what this moment means for professionals like her working in or across the education, climate and sustainability, global health and related fields, and why this matters. We consider the mental health and wellbeing implications of it all and ways we can better navigate these challenging times together through cultivating hope in place of fear, reclaiming our individual and collective agency, and leaning into and lifting up community however and wherever we can. As a justice-oriented leader, educator, scholar-practivist, social worker/healer, strategist and engagement steward (among other things), Julianna has devoted 15+ years to catalyzing transformations and weaving unlikely connections across divides. She works at the intersections of higher education and experiential (lifelong) learning, international sustainable development and climate action, global health and human rights, social change and systems change, youth/leadership development, healing art, design and communications, and social impact innovation and philanthropy. --- Disclaimer: The views expressed in this episode are those of the hosts and guest alone and should not be taken to represent any present or former institutional affiliations they may have. Wellbeing Economy Alliance (https://weall.org/) Climate Mental Health Network (https://www.climatementalhealth.net/resources) (https://www.climatementalhealth.net/resources)Collective Change Lab (https://www.collectivechangelab.org/) (https://www.collectivechangelab.org/)2023 Report on “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community” (https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf) Another shorter and more digestible resource on this “epidemic of loneliness and isolation (https://www.brownhealth.org/be-well/epidemic-loneliness-and-isolation)” An older but just-as-fitting-for-today article on “Finding Hope in Hard Times (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/worry-wise/202207/finding-hope-in-hard-times)” The Greater Good Science Center (https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/bridging_differences), which has some amazing resources on the “keys to well-being” and “bridging differences” among other things The Interaction Institute for Social Change, which has (or had!) an upcoming workshop on “Moving Through Chaos and Complexity: Network Weaving for Social Healing in Times of Great Change (https://www.tickettailor.com/events/interactioninstituteforsocialchange/1569988)”. ---------------- Find more from Lavinia, Chris, and Heather (https://linktr.ee/we_are_lach). Listen to our positionality introduction (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearelach/episodes/Intro-to-We-Are-LaCH-e2op8gp). Thank you to Alex and the Wonderland for the theme song: Climb Aboard (https://soundcloud.com/alexandthewonderland/climb-aboard-demo-2016).
23 Jan 2025
NEW PODCAST: Morning Tinto
As promised, Chris and Heather are back with a (maybe weekly) podcast, drinking in the news. Here is the first episode of Morning Tinto (https://open.spotify.com/show/07uu8SEWo7iZkQA5Cw4h2t). Please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts as we won't keep sharing it to this feed. In this episode, we discuss the banning of DEI/EDI in the US. And can you guess who Heather's poem is about?? Show notes: Executive Order (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/) and news article from today (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj288ywj23o)
23 Jan 2025
6: The Biodiversity COP with María Lucía Luna Borda
Lavinia, Chris, and Heather speak with María Lucía Luna Borda (yes, relation) about the recent Biodiversity COP held in Cali, Colombia. We talk about biodiversity, the concept of “peace with nature”, community knowledge, nature as a victim of armed conflict, and the need for healing and justice. María Lucía is a sociologist and researcher specializing in the impacts of armed conflict and socio-environmental issues on Nature and Territory. María Lucía has worked extensively on territorial dispossession, community resistance, and resilience, including her contributions to the Commission for the Clarification of the Truth and her current role at the National Center for Historical Memory in Colombia. ---------------- Find more from Lavinia, Chris, and Heather (https://linktr.ee/we_are_lach). Listen to our positionality introduction (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearelach/episodes/Intro-to-We-Are-LaCH-e2op8gp). Thank you to Alex and the Wonderland for the theme song: Climb Aboard (https://soundcloud.com/alexandthewonderland/climb-aboard-demo-2016).
2 Dec 2024
5: Ecofascism -- Our Vulnerability
Heather, Chris, and Lavinia explore the insidious threat of ecofascism, discussing its roots, vulnerabilities, and the importance of an anti-oppression lens in climate activism.
27 Nov 2024
4: Visioning for Sustainability
Chris, Heather, and Lavinia explore the role of vision in sustainability, discussing hope, principles, and collective vision to create a better world through community and solidarity.
1 Nov 2024
Education for Sustainable Development in Universities? with Heather Luna
Chris and Lavinia interview Heather. She was the Project Coordinator for Education for Sustainable Development for the Higher Education Academy in the UK between 2005 and 2012. They discuss: the discrepancy between the UN Sustainable Development Goals and universities, particularly around genocide capitalism and colonialism as root causes what the ideal liberatory university might be like Reference: Campuses Are Pulling Out All the Stops to Crush Palestine Solidarity This Fall (https://truthout.org/articles/campuses-are-pulling-out-all-the-stops-to-crush-palestine-solidarity-this-fall/) You can find more from Lavinia, Chris, and Heather at Linktree (https://linktr.ee/we_are_lach). Listen to our positionality trailer here (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearelach/episodes/Intro-to-We-Are-LaCH-e2op8gp). Thank you to Alex and the Wonderland for the theme song: Climb Aboard (https://soundcloud.com/alexandthewonderland/climb-aboard-demo-2016).
20 Oct 2024
Sustainable Fashion? with Lavinia Muth
In this episode, Heather and Chris interview Lavinia and talk about all things fashion. From generic greenwashing to Global South shaming. We share our insights and perceptions on the global industrial fashion system and the many intersections. We ask questions like: What are the hidden sides of greenwashing in fashion? Where do discarded and donated clothes end up? How is clothing waste perceived? What would it be like if clothing culture were not influenced by Western clothing styles and production methods? What is green whining? Correction: At minute 22:25, Lavinia states there are enough clothes on the planet to dress humanity for the next six years, but the correct figure is six generations. References Textile & fashion industry in Palestinian occupied territories: USAID (https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/Pnacu082.pdf), Business Human Rights (https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/palestineisrael-gazas-garment-textile-sector-struggles-under-siege-as-workers-suppliers-report-low-wages-limited-access-to-electricity-materials-equipment-amid-high-unemployment-rate/), Ruby Veridiano (https://www.rubyveridiano.com/new-blog/2023/12/15/a-single-garment-of-destiny-the-common-thread-between-palestine-and-sustainable-fashion), Kohan (https://kohantextilejournal.com/textile-and-fashion-industry-palestine/ ) Call to Action: Anti Sweatshop Activists against Apartheid (https://antisweatshopagainstapartheid.wordpress.com/) Fashion brand’s complicity with Israel (https://antisweatshopagainstapartheid.wordpress.com/brand-research/) Global South shaming as a layer of greenwashing (https://thecrisps.substack.com/p/stop-blaming-the-global-south ): Why second-hand apparel is not the solution: The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/why-secondhand-markets-and-apps-are-not-a-solution-to-clothing-waste-222321) and UNECE (https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/ECE_TRADE_484E_0.pdf ) There are enough clothes on the planet right now to dress the next six generations of the human race (https://www.echolive.ie/corkviews/arid-41150395.html ) You can find more from Lavinia, Chris, and Heather at Linktree (https://linktr.ee/we_are_lach). Listen to our positionality trailer here (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearelach/episodes/Intro-to-We-Are-LaCH-e2op8gp). Thank you to Alex and the Wonderland for the theme song: Climb Aboard (https://soundcloud.com/alexandthewonderland/climb-aboard-demo-2016).
7 Oct 2024
Sustainable Aviation? with Chris Musei-Sequeira
Heather and Lavinia interview Chris about his newsletter entitled, “The flying elephant in the room," which was written in late June 2024 to describe the difficulty of the aviation decarbonisation challenge. Chris draws upon his almost 15 years doing domestic and international aviation environmental policy analysis and regulatory compliance. In the conversation, the three discuss: The global aviation sector’s use of the word “sustainability” to refer primarily to carbon dioxide emissions reductions, and the perverse incentives that result from such “carbon myopia” What authentic sustainability might look like for the aviation sector The notion of “balancing” the need for sustainable aviation with global equity and climate justice… and the inherently political nature of the human drive to categorize You can find more from Chris, Heather and Lavinia at Linktree (https://linktr.ee/we_are_lach). Listen to our positionality trailer here (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wearelach/episodes/Intro-to-We-Are-LaCH-e2op8gp).
23 Sept 2024
Intro to We Are LaCH
Wherein Lavinia, Chris, and Heather give their bios and positionality. Find out more about us at our LinkTree (https://linktr.ee/we_are_lach). Thank you to Alex and the Wonderland for the theme song: Climb Aboard (https://soundcloud.com/alexandthewonderland/climb-aboard-demo-2016).
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