Green Root Podcast

48:01

Election Interference by Anti-Environmental Media?

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2026/09/30

On episode 143 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg reports how media outlets may be influencing a state election through one-sided and inaccurate coverage of a ballot measure (Colorado’s Proposition 137) that would siphon hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to INCREASE wildfire risk to communities through industrial logging.Josh talks about how: -Colorado Politics, Colorado Sun, Denver Post and other outlets may be interfering with fair elections through biased and censorious news

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100:19

The Economic Case Against Logging Public Lands

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2026/09/23

On episode 142 of the Green Root Podcast, Mike Rawluk with Protect Colorado’s Land, Communities, and Tax Dollars (NoProp137.com) analyzes a ballot measure that would siphon away tens of millions in tax dollars every year to expand scientifically-debunked “wildfire fuel reduction” logging on public lands.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Mike about: -Colorado’s Proposition 137, which would take $175 million every year from the general fund and/or taxpayer refunds, half of which could pay for up to

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56:54

A Tale of Two Anti-Nature Ballot Measures

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2026/09/16

On episode 141 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Delia Malone, president of ColoradoWild, and host Josh Schlossberg discuss two destructive and deceptive ballot measures threatening Colorado’s wildlands and wildlife, which may be exported across the nation if they pass.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Delia about: -Amendment 83, aka the “Right to Hunt,” which may bring back leghold traps, snares, cyanide bombs, and hunting bears with hounds and

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47:38

The Worst Public Lands Sellout in History?

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2026/09/09

On episode 140 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg exposes the Corporate Green land management NGOs selling out wildlands, wildlife, and their own reputations by greenwashing and FUNDING the most destructive public lands extraction scheme in the history of the West.Josh talks about: -The Corporate Green land management NGOs handing over public resources to extraction interests across potentially hundreds of millions of acres across the

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24:11

The Wildfire Refugee Fund

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2026/09/02

On episode 139 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg shares his solution for dealing with those destroying the American Western landscape by whipping up wildfire hysteria to siphon billions in tax dollars towards scientifically-debunked “fuel reduction” logging.Josh talks about: -Colorado’s Prop 137, which would siphon $175 million per year in taxpayer dollars, half of which would finance up to 25,000 annual acres of industrial

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47:50

Drought and the Future of the American West

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2026/08/26

On episode 138 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), John C. Krieg, landscape architect and environmental writer, exposes the hard reality of drought, the limits of consumption and economic growth, and the future of human habitation in the Western U.S.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with John about: -The impact of drought on rivers, deserts, chaparral, and forests; -Rapidly approaching environmental tipping points; -Water conservation, regenerative agriculture,

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32:22

Silencing Environmental Activism?

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2026/08/19

On episode 137 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg examines a new tactic decision makers and gatekeepers may be using to silence environmental advocates.Josh talks about: -Three recent, specific instances where decision makers and gatekeepers tried to silence Eco-Integrity Alliance’s science-based critique of public lands logging; -The emails back and forth between Josh and a government agency staffer, a local politician, and the

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47:58

The Real Story on Washington’s Wildfires

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2026/08/12

On episode 136 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Andy Zahn, Washington State legislative candidate, shares the facts and debunks the myths on the recent wildfires in Spokane, Washington.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Andy about: -How the Spokane wildfires aren’t forest but grassland fires driven not by fuels but weather and wind; -How urban sprawl makes cities such as Spokane so hard for firefighters to defend; -Andy’s candidacy for Position 1 in

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53:05

Art as Environmental Activism

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2026/08/05

On episode 135 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Carol Rhodes, founder of Artists for Climate Awareness and Fran Kremer, co-founder of Uniting Artists and Scientists for Climate Action, reveal how art can be a form of environmental activism.

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16:12

Four Obstacles to Effective Activism

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2026/07/29

On episode 134 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), a woodland owl offers some insight into the four biggest obstacles to effective grassroots environmental advocacy and how to overcome them. The owl hoots about: -Distraction - electronics, entertainment, and human-centric causes; -Laziness - our natural habit to save energy by avoiding difficult tasks; -Fear - exaggerated or unfounded worries about negative feedback or blowback; -Infighting - our species’

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57:41

Poisoning Wild Watersheds

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2026/07/22

On episode 133 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), concerned citizen Mike Rawluk questions a Colorado government/corporate scheme to poison a watershed and drinking water source inside designated wilderness with a fish-killing pesticide.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Mike about: -How Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Denver Water plan to use the pesticide/piscicide rotenone to extirpate an “invasive” trout subspecies native to Colorado from McQueary Creek and

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36:08

A Winning Model for Grassroots Organizing

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2026/07/15

On episode 132 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg shares Eco-Integrity Alliance’s brand new “Ponderosa Pine Model,” a winning model for grassroots environmental organizing. Read about the model here: https://eco-integrityalliance.org/ponderosa/ Josh talks about: -The lack of structure in a lot of well-meaning grassroots environmental campaigns; -Movement successes and failures that birthed the Ponderosa Pine Model; -The various roles,

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66:12

Poisoning California’s Most Famous Lake?

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2026/07/08

On episode 131 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Melissa Soderston, president of Tahoe Forest Matters, exposes California “land management” agencies’ scheme to log, burn, and poison public lands surrounding Lake Tahoe. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Melissa about: -How the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies spray toxic herbicides after destroying forest ecosystems with ineffective “wildfire fuel reduction” logging; -How glyphosate/Roundup threatens the

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28:44

Nature Lover, User, or Abuser?

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2026/07/01

On episode 130 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg asks the controversial question: Will more recreationists (Nature Users) join with wildland and wildlife protectors (Nature Lovers) or keep teaming up with resource extractors (Nature Abusers)? Josh talks about: -The difference between being a Nature Lover, User, and Abuser; -How important it is for those of us who take from nature—recreationists—to give back; -Why such a small proportion

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66:25

Defending Australia’s Threatened Forests

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2026/06/24

On episode 129 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), forest defender and artist, Holly English (Hollyenglish.com), fills us in on the state of Australia’s native hardwood forests along with past and ongoing campaigns to protect these ecosystems from industry, government, and NGO degradation and destruction. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Holly about: -Her past involvement in nonviolent direct-action forest defense campaigns; -Australians’ awareness of and

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24:41

Clearcut Ballot Initiative Unconstitutional?

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2026/06/17

On episode 128 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg asks whether a new ballot initiative to expand taxpayer funded logging on public lands—“Clearcut” Initiative 308—might be violating the Colorado State Constitution.Josh talks about: -Clearcut Initiative 308, which would fund clearcutting and industrial logging in endangered species habitat, old-growth forest, and protected Roadless Areas; -How it’s being sold to the public under the

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77:14

Colorado's War on Wildlife

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2026/06/10

On episode 127 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Delia Malone, president of ColoradoWild, pulls the curtain back on how Colorado government and certain NGOs promote some conservation efforts while also decimating the state’s iconic wildlife and wildlands at the behest of well-funded special interests.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Delia about: -The successes and challenges of Colorado’s wolf reintroduction; -The stranglehold the state legislature’s

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22:04

The Activist’s Paradox: Unite or Divide?

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2026/06/03

On episode 126 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg talks about—and not-so-subtly coerces you to read—his latest semi-controversial essay for Eco-Integrity Alliance’s Substack entitled, “The Environmental Activist’s Paradox: Unite or Divide?”Josh talks about: -How good Organizing seeks to Unite while strong Advocacy looks to Divide; -How both roles are crucial—each with benefits and risks—yet seemingly contradictory; -A specific example

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66:14

J.R.R. Tolkien's Trees

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2026/05/27

On episode 125 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, writer at “Speaking for the Trees, No Matter Where They’re From,” guides us through the wild enchanted forests of J.R.R. Tolkien’s (Lord of the Rings) Middle-Earth.Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Kollibri about: -Kollibri’s five-part essay series on Substack, “Tolkien & Trees”; -The factual and fictional forest ecology of The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and The

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17:24

A Global Vision for Public Lands

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2026/05/20

On episode 124 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg shares Eco-Integrity Alliance’s long-term global vision for public lands.Josh talks about: -How public lands are the last best ecosystems in the U.S. with both the legal and cultural frameworks for genuine protection; -How we can no longer afford to sell off nor “sell out” public lands to corporate extraction; -How only 4 percent of U.S. “timber” and 2 percent of beef come from public

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