The Indypendent News Hour On WBAI - 99.5 FM 13 June '23

First segment: The only way to stop the climate crisis, or at least slow it down, is with organizing. Here in New York, we have a robust climate justice movement. It has been busy of late trying to put New York at the forefront of a Green New Deal. We speak with Jessica Azulay, executive director of the Alliance for a Green Economy. The Alliance’s goal is a prosperous, safe, and healthy New York, fulfilling the promise of conservation, energy efficiency, and safe, clean renewable energy sources to end our state’s reliance on wasteful and environmentally destructive forms of energy. Second segment: We are joined by Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, pioneers in the field of ecosexuality (the earth is a living being and spirit, they say). The ecosexuals will be hosting a four-day symposium in the East Village starting on Thursday, June 15, Exploring the Earth as Lover: Ecosex and the City, the idea is to forage new relationships with the environment, engage in human/ non-human collaboration, critique calcified ideologies, and engage in new sexualities—all through the lens of environmentalism that is feminist, queer, sensual, sexual, posthuman, exuberant, and steeped in humor and play.