Stories from Home: Living the Just Transition Podcast

This episode turns the tables on Stories from Home’s usual podcast host Keenan Rhodes! Join our guest host, Micronesia Climate Change Alliance’s Moñeka de Oro, in a conversation with Keenan on Kheprw Institute’s philosophy and approach to art, future vision and community empowerment. As a life-long member of the Kheprw community, Keenan digs into Kheprw’s history and his own development as a filmmaker and storyteller. Plus, he reveals the significance of the scarab beetle featured in...

“If we change how the money flows, away from corporations who harm us, and towards what sustains us -- wow, that’s a game changer.” - Charlie Sciammas of PODER In this episode, Yuki Kidokoro, the Reinvest Project Director at Climate Justice Alliance, chats with organizers Charlie Sciammas and Reina Tello of People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER) about public banking. What is public banking anyway? How does it build a better future for our communities? Join us...

In this episode, Keenan Rhodes chats with filmmaker John Acosta, editor Rob Nakai and Rodrigo Rodriguez, the Food Justice Field Organizer at SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP). Calling in from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where SWOP is based, they talk about their own backgrounds in film and social justice, and the documentary they collaborated on for SWOP and the Climate Justice Alliance’s Story Snapshots project. The film, which can be seen on CJA’s Story Snapshots website, digs into the...

“¿Por qué en el 2020 seguimos construyendo infraestructura de alto riesgo en una comunidad de justicia ambiental? En este capítulo nuestro presentador Keenan Rhodes habla con les organizadores Gabriela Cartagena y Noemy Rodríguez sobre el Story Snapshot de GreenRoots: Esperanza: The Heart of Eastie (El Corazón de Eastie), un cortometraje que documenta la lucha de una comunidad por ser incluida en la toma de decisiones en sus vecindarios y tres retratos de familias de la comunidad de East...

“Why are we still building high risk infrastructure in 2020 in an environmental justice community?” In this episode, host Keenan Rhodes chats with organizers Gabriela Cartagena and Noemy Rodriguez about GreenRoots’ story snapshot: a short film, Esperanza: The Heart of Eastie, documenting the community’s fight for inclusion in neighborhood decision-making and three portraits of families from the community of East Boston (“Eastie”). We talk about the importance of language justice, popular...

In this episode, recorded in February, Keenan Rhodes talks with CHamoru activist Moñeka De Oro of the Micronesia Climate Change Alliance about their snapshot project and sustainable vegan cookbook, composed of recipes shared by women of Guam. Check out the snapshot, releasing May 19, here: https://storysnapshots.climatejusticealliance.org/ Learn more about/support the Micronesia Climate Change Alliance: https://micronesiaclimatechangealliance.com/ Buy the book here:...

Earlier this year, the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world and pressed pause on society as it was before, forcing even the powers that be to confront how extractive behaviors have left a gaping hole where social safety nets should be. We are witnessing and demonstrating community resiliency, people power and the strength of Just Transitions as we reconnect with more intuitive ways of being, and as our neighbors and loved ones uplift one another and support each other through this struggle. In...

Host Keenan Rhodes with Jennifer Falcon from the Indigenous Environmental Network for a behind-the-scenes look at the creation and impetus behind their story snapshot, six graphic recordings by artist Arlo Iron Cloud representing the visions of six Indigenous folks from communities across Turtle Island (North America). View all the Story Snapshots at: https://storysnapshots.climatejusticealliance.org/ Learn more about the Indigenous Environmental Network: https://www.ienearth.org/ Read about...

Stories from Home: Living a Just Transition Episode 1 - What is Just Transition? What is a Just Transition? What do climate change solutions look like when they come from frontline communities at the intersections of art, culture, and social justice? The Climate Justice Alliance is thrilled to launch Stories from Home: Living the Just Transition, a behind-the-scenes podcast where host Keenan Rhodes deep dives into how creators and communities collaborate for climate justice storytelling in...

What is a Just Transition? What do climate change solutions look like when they come from frontline communities and the intersections of art, culture, and social justice? The Climate Justice Alliance is thrilled to launch Stories from Home: Living the Just Transition, a behind-the-scenes podcast where host Keenan Rhodes deep dives into how creators and communities collaborate for climate justice storytelling in the Story Snapshots project.