The Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices

Author: Gracelyn McClure

In this podcast, we explore peoples various visions for the future of society and the environment. I, Gracelyn McClure, chat with leaders in the Environmental Justice Movement, including youth activists, community change-makers, professors from the University of Minnesota, and other experts in the field, in order to compile a diverse, unique vision of what a just future could look like. We touch on capitalism, colonialism, white supremacy, and patriarchy within the context of labor, agriculture, water, energy, Indigenous sovereignty, policing, and youth being centered in the movement.
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Episode 10: Divestment & Just Transition w/ Rachel Schlueter
Episode 10
Wednesday, 28 April, 2021

In the tenth episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Rachel Schlueter, a senior organizer with the Better Future Project. We talk more about fossil fuels, divestment, and introduce the just transition framework. Enjoy! Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources! Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/ Better Future Project: https://www.betterfutureproject.org/ Just Transition Framework: https://climatejusticealliance.org/just-transition/ Climate False Solutions: https://climatefalsesolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/HOODWINKED_ThirdEdition_On-Screen_version.pdf Sources: “Divestment Commitments.” Fossil Free: Divestment, gofossilfree.org/divestment/commitments/. Remedios, Jesse. “With New Complaint, Fossil Fuel Divestment Proponents Shift From Moral To Legal Ground.” Earthwhile, WBUR, 15 Mar. 2021, www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2021/03/15/with-new-complaint-fossil-fuel-divestment-proponents-shift-from-moral-to-legal-ground. “Why Divestment?” Divest Ed, Better Future Project, divested.betterfutureproject.org/why-divestment. Music: “Awakening Instrumental” by Wataboi from pixbay.