The Green Flame

The Green Flame is a podcast that brings you revolutionary analysis, practical skills, and artistic expression from the grassroots movement to dismantle global industrial civilization.

Listening to our Listeners and an Invitation to Episode 100 03/25/2024

Tlingit Elder Wanda Culp and Joshua Wright - The Biggest Threat to the Alaskan Rainforest This Century 01/29/2024

Dr. Nzingha Dalila | Black People for the Natural World 01/14/2024

Non-Violent Direct Action Strategy and the 2023 Attack on Radical Feminists in Portland 01/06/2024

Defending Palawan Island, the Philippines Last Ecological Frontier with PNNI founder Attny Bobby Chan 12/14/2023

Water Protector and Dakota Access Pipeline DAPL Saboteur Jessica Reznicek 11/15/2023

Ecology of Spirit: Biocentrism, Animism, and the Environmental Crisis 10/14/2023

Ecology of Spirit: Biocentrism, Animism, and the Environmental Crisis Species extinction. Plastic pollution. Global warming. Catastrophic floods. Raging fires. The failure of coral reefs. Whales dying en masse. Forever chemicals contaminating mothers' breast milk. Our planet is in crisis. And while the wealthy and governments pour trillions into technological so-called “solutions,” things are spiraling out of control. What if solving the ecological crisis depended on falling in love with the natural world, and acting to defend those we love? What if a biocentric worldview — one which places the natural world at the center of our morality — could help us access the courage needed to stop the destruction? On October 21st, join us for special 3-hour live streaming event: Ecology of Spirit: Biocentrism, Animism, and the Environmental Crisis — "the spirituality of the front lines." This event will explore the connectedness of all life and focus on organized resistance to the destruction of the planet. Donate and watch here: RSVP on Facebook: The event begins at 1pm Pacific Time / 20:00 UTC, and will feature speakers including: - First Voices Radio host Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Cheyenne River Lakota) - Rainforest conservationist Suprabha Seshan - Author Derrick Jensen - Filmmaker and activist Keala Kelly (Kanaka Oiwi) - Writer and activist Lierre Keith - Mik'maq warrior Sakej Ward - Poet Will Falk - Animas Institute guide Rebecca Wildbear - Organizer Max Wilbert - Former Buddhist monk Alan Clements - and other special guests. There will be opportunities to ask questions and participate in dialogue. The mainstream environmental movement is mostly funded by foundations which don't support revolutionary change. Radical organizations like Deep Green Resistance rely on individual donors to support our activism around the world, which is why “Ecology of Spirit” is also a fundraiser. We're outnumbered and we need your help. There is a path out of the this crisis, and DGR is one of the organizations leading the way. But we can't do it without you. We’re raising funds to support global community organizing, fund mutual aid and direct action campaigns, and sustain our core outreach and organizational work. Donate here: Whether or not you are in a financial position to donate, we hope you will join us on October 21st for this opportunity to connect with kindred spirits offering light in dark times. /episode/index/show/greenflame/id/28313798

The Fairy Creek Blockade and "Eden's Last Chance" with Joshua Wright 08/11/2023

Sued for Protecting Thacker Pass 07/05/2023

We Need Your Help 05/09/2023

"Our Rights to Self-Determination: a Hawaiian Manifesto" with Anne Keala Kelly 03/10/2023

Renee Gerlich: Out Of The Fog - On Politics, Feminism and Coming Alive 02/23/2023

Renee Gerlich: Out Of The Fog - On Politics, Feminism and Coming Alive Our third Green Flame interview with Renee Gerlich celebrates the publication of Out Of The Fog: On Politics, Feminism and Coming Alive (Spinifex Press, 2022). Renee is a writer, artist and feminist based out of New Zealand. We focus on the coming alive aspect of Renee's life and her new multidimensional book. From the Publisher: From racialised police brutality to climate change, #MeToo, ‘trans rights’, COVID-19, the prospect of nuclear war and the prevalence of trauma – we are constantly bombarded with high stakes problems that we are expected to speak out about and act on. On closer inspection, the popular solutions to each of these problems aren’t easy to reconcile. Black Lives Matter activists demand prison abolition, while #MeToo feminists want rapists in jail – and while our objections to war and police brutality make us suspicious of state institutions in general, our responses to climate change and COVID-19 reinforce our dependency on them. Out of the Fog cuts through the confusion. Renée Gerlich suggests that readers move beyond feeling overwhelmed and emotionally manipulated. She draws on a radical feminist tradition that demonstrates how our despair is connected to our most pressing social problems, and offers a framework for assessing and interpreting the current political landscape. Out of the Fog delivers clarity and guidance in this bewildering time. Renée Gerlich’s insights will help you develop the capacity to speak with an authentic voice and to act purposefully and with impact in the world. ...understanding how our private heartbreak relates to our large-scale problems is the only way we can unravel the helplessness we feel, claim our voices, and take action in the way we deeply crave. We cannot do any of these things while living with the cognitive dissonance of competing ideas, priorities, solutions, and top-down paternalism. /episode/index/show/greenflame/id/26017065

Live event recording from "Collapse: Climate, Ecology, and Civilization" 11/21/2022

Live event recording from "Collapse: Climate, Ecology, and Civilization" On November 19th, Deep Green Resistance hosted a special 3-hour live streaming event, "Collapse: Climate, Ecology, and Civilization" featuring Derrick Jensen, Saba Malik, Max Wilbert, Robert Jensen, Lierre Keith, and grassroots activists from four continents. This podcast is the audio recording of the event. If you wish to donate to support this work, please visit: . Thank you for our speakers, volunteers, organizers, and donors. We could not do this without you. ______________________ Our way of life — industrial civilization — is destroying the planet. From coral reefs to the great forests, the last strongholds of the wild are falling. The climate is destabilizing. And we are entering the 6th mass extinction of life on Earth. Ecological collapse is here. This unprecedented crisis demands extraordinary solutions. And yet, governments and mainstream environmental groups are failing to chart a path towards a livable future. What is to be done? Join the philosopher poet of the deep ecology movement Derrick Jensen, radical eco-feminist author and strategist Lierre Kieth, and special guests Saba Malik and Robert Jensen for a special 3-hour live streaming event, Collapse: Ecology, Climate, and Civilization, hosted by Deep Green Resistance. This event explored issues of collapse (ecological, climatic, and civilizational) with a focus on organized, political resistance to slow and mitigate the worst aspects of collapse and accelerate the positive impacts. There were opportunities to ask questions and participate in dialogue. This event is also a fundraiser, because the mainstream environmental movement is funded mainly by foundations which don’t want foundational or revolutionary change. Radical organizations like Deep Green Resistance rely on individual donors to support our work. We are raising $25,000 to fund a national speaking tour, a community-led hydropower dam resistance campaign in the Philippines, land-defense campaigns addressing mining and biodiversity, training programs for activists around the world, and other organizational work. Whether or not you are in a financial position to donate, we hope you will enjoy and learn from this special event! _____________ We're also running an auction that is open for another two days, until November 23rd: /episode/index/show/greenflame/id/25087653