The Trail Ahead

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Whitney Clapper: Environmental Marketing, Speaking Your Truth and Wrangling Unicorns Jul 06, 2021

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Whitney Clapper is a fierce advocate for our better future, a future that is socially and environmentally just and equitable. She works in Global Environmental Marketing at Patagonia. She says that time and time again listening to her heart and gut when making hard decisions and then choosing to speak up has opened doors to the life and career she now lives.

For more information about Faith, Addie and The Trail Ahead go to https://www.thislanddoc.com/thetrailahead.

Discussed in this episode:

Essay “Speak Your Truth Even If Your Voice Shakes,” by Whitney Clapper

Whitney’s LinkedIn

Whitney on Instagram

Dr. Gabe Patterson: Climbing, Community and Celebrating Difference Jun 22, 2021

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Ranching, haircuts, sustainable materials and so much more. We had a blast talking to Gabriel Dixon Patterson about his play and his work. Gabe is a Biomaterials Scientist with a PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry from University of California, Davis. Congrats Gabe! He is a climber, the founder of Soul Ascension Crew, and an ambassador at We Got Next, a non-profit aimed at increasing representation in the outdoors. Read more about Gabe at Melanin Basecamp.

For more information about Faith, Addie and The Trail Ahead go to https://www.thislanddoc.com/thetrailahead.

Jordan Marie Daniel: Indigenous Sovereignty, Reclamation and Running in Prayer Jun 08, 2021

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Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel is a runner and an activist with a heart for the people. She is the founder of Rising Hearts, an indigenous-led grassroots group that advocates for justice and creates incredible educational resources. Jordan has run in prayer, with a red hand-print painted across her face to raise awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIW + MMIWG), on many occasions and her running has brought attention to the cause. The hand print symbolizes the voices that have been silenced by the violence of this crisis. We speak with her about her journey to use her whole body to raise awareness and her hopes to unite people across differences.

For more information about Faith, Addie and The Trail Ahead go to https://www.thislanddoc.com/thetrailahead.

Discussed in this episode:

Jordan’s Website and Instagram

Rising Hearts

Urban Indian Health Institute and MMIW 2018 Report

Sovereign Bodies Institute

Billy Mills, Oglala-Lakota-Sioux runner and first American to win a Gold Medal in the 10,000m

Wings of America, Non-Profit Organization empowering Native youth through running

Corinne Rice: Website and Instagram

National Indigenous Women's Resource Center

Alaska Native Women's Resource Center

The Run for Water Rally, 2016

Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant: Racism, Role Models and Bears (Oh, My!) May 25, 2021

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Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a wildlife ecologist who has worked with animals around the world, including lions in Tanzania and bears across North America. She is a force, and perhaps the only Black woman in the world working with bears as a wildlife ecologist. (She literally goes into their dens while they are hibernating!) We talk about the ways in which this work can be isolating, specifically as a Black woman in her field and the challenges of working in such remote areas. We talk about her work, the joy she feels encouraging others to explore this work and how she came to the field, determined that it was where she belonged.

For more information about Faith, Addie and The Trail Ahead go to https://www.thislanddoc.com/thetrailahead.

Discussed in this episode:

Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant's Website

Black Mammalogists Week

Christian Cooper Racist Incident in Central Park and the creation of Black Birders Week

Land Back Movement

The story of York, an enslaved man who traveled with Lewis & Clark

Layel Camargo: Climate Action, Decolonization and Finding Joy May 11, 2021

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In the lineage of many creative activists, Layel Camargo is on a mission to make a just future irresistible. Through humor, joy, irreverence, improvisation, illustration, media and art of all kinds, Layel is urging us to consider what climate change is doing, big and small. We talk about everything from being prepared with an ‘end of the world cocktail’ to how their perspective as a trans indigenous person impacts their outlook on the world and their work. We met up on the unceded homelands of the Chochenyo Ohlone peoples in Oakland, CA to hug trees, go our own pace, and breathe deeply. Join us on the Trail Ahead.

For more information about Faith, Addie, Layel and The Trail Ahead go to https://www.thislanddoc.com/thetrailahead.

Discussed on this episode:

Did We Go Too Far?

The Center for Cultural Power

Layel on Instagram @thechosenlyfe

The Shelterwood Collective

Climate Woke

Selema Mabena Masekela: Surf, Solidarity and Speaking Out Apr 27, 2021

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We literally laughed and cried speaking with Selema Mabena Masekela about racism in surfing; his journey building a career in a historically white, male and monied environment; and while swapping stories from childhoods in New England. It was a gift to hear about his legendary father, musician Hugh Ramapolo Masekela, and how his example helped Selema find his voice as an activist.

For more information about Faith, Addie and The Trail Ahead go to https://www.thislanddoc.com/thetrailahead.

Discussed on this episode:

Stoked

Video from the 2020 Encinitas Paddle Out in response to the killing of George Floyd

Selema’s Podcast: What Shapes Us Pod

The Textured Waves Surf Community

Selema’s Band: Alekesam

Selema on Instagram

Lydia Jennings: Running, Soil, and Sovereignty Apr 13, 2021

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Lydia grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico (Tewa lands) and is Huichol (Wixáritari) and Pascua Yaqui (Yoeme). Lydia earned her Bachelors of Science from California State University, Monterey Bay in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy. Lydia now resides in Tucson, Arizona (O’odham & Yaqui lands) where she earned her PhD at the University of Arizona in the Department of Environmental Sciences, with a minor in American Indian Policy. Her research interests are in soil health, environmental remediation, Indigenous science, mining policy, and environmental data ownership by tribal nations. Lydia is a 2014 University of Arizona NIEHS Superfund Program trainee, a 2015 recipient of National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program, a 2019 American Geophysical Union “Voices for Science” Fellow, and a current Native Nations Institute Indigenous Data Sovereignty Doctoral Scholar.

Find out more about Lydia at https://nativesoilnerd.com/

For more information about Faith, Addie and The Trail Ahead go to https://www.thislanddoc.com/thetrailahead

Danni Washington: Climate Solutions, Representation and Mermaids Mar 30, 2021

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Danni Washington is a science communicator, tv and podcast host, and non-profit founder with a background in marine biology. She’s also an ocean advocate who loves scuba diving and using education, the arts and social media to inspire people of all ages to connect more deeply with the natural world. We talk to her about everything from ocean plastics to mermaids to the importance of representation in STEAM.

Find out more about Danni at https://www.danniwashington.com/.

For more information about Faith, Addie and The Trail Ahead go to https://www.thislanddoc.com/thetrailahead.

Join us on The Trail Ahead Mar 23, 2021

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Can we diversify the outdoors, make historically exclusive places feel inclusive, and reckon with the long-ignored truths about the racism and erasure present in well-established environmental movements? We can. And we have to.

Join athletes and environmental advocates Faith E. Briggs and Addie Thompson as they dig into conversations at the intersection of race, environment, history and culture. They talk to thought-leaders, athletes, activists, artists, scientists, comedians — folks from all walks of life. Together, they aim to galvanize a dialogue in the outdoors that is authentic, sustained and leads to tangible change. Representation matters, so Faith and Addie are inviting everyone to the table to have hard, messy conversations and work toward being better co-conspirators.

First episode drops March 30!

Presented by Merrell and Patagonia.

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