This episode from Althea Kress in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines farming practices and strategies that have been passed down through generations and how strategies such as curated burns can help save and preserve our forests. Recently, forest fires have been a major issue, and they are … [Read more...] about Indigenous strategies like curated burns can save our forests
takes from the anthropocene
Water as a human right: Environmental justice with water
This episode from Zoe Schutte in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines water as a human right and how trends and lenses about water have changed over time. Schutte begins by defining environmental justice before delving into environmental injustices around water. Certain communities are … [Read more...] about Water as a human right: Environmental justice with water
The best answers come from people closest to the problem
This episode from Ayman Aouinat in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines professionals in anthropology and how those closest to the issues are more likely to solve the issue at hand. Front and center is a government's responsibility to listen to its people. To exemplify this, Aouinat describes … [Read more...] about The best answers come from people closest to the problem
The importance of Indigenous elders, their knowledge
This episode from Ranae Call in fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines the importance of Indigenous elders' knowledge and how their practices and techniques can benefit modern-day societies. Call discusses traditional ecological knowledge, what it means and how it can be applied. Alternative … [Read more...] about The importance of Indigenous elders, their knowledge
Ocean pollution from chemicals, solutions to save reefs
This episode from Ti Stroup in Fall 2020’s ANTH 405, Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges, class at Colorado State University examines the rise of ocean pollution over the last few decades and some ways in which we can teach ourselves and future generations responsible practices and solutions to help preserve our world's largest bodies of water. This episode … [Read more...] about Ocean pollution from chemicals, solutions to save reefs