Queers Hug Trees
Allegra and Amalie are two queers tree huggers. Our podcast is a collaborative exploration of the links between queerness and environmental justice. We’re asking what it means to be queer in the environmental justice movement, how we can address barriers to queer environmentalism, and what the environmental movement can learn from queer justice struggles. Join our disruptive knowledge journey to create resources for queering conversations about climate, biodiversity, and other environmental issues.
Episodes
10 episodes
Eco-Queers in History
This week we discuss the amazing queer environmentalists who have built the movement we see today. From historical figures like Rachel Carson to present-day activists like Pattiegonia, there is no shortage of eco-queers in the fight for environ...
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31:08
Drag as resistance: an interview with drag king Morgan Mercury (Meghan Burns)
This week, we interview Meghan Burns (a.k.a Morgan Mercury) on art and activism, and specifically, how they are exploring masculinity and femininity through drag. We discuss how drag allows us to connect with the personal and the political, and...
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Reproductive Justice and Cis-temic Barriers to Care: A Conversation with Nora AVK
Hey guys, this is a REALLY IMPORTANT episode! We are joined by Nora AVK, a phenomenal reproductive justice advocate. They are President of UofT Students for Choice, a member on the Board of the Directors of both the Abor...
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Individual Climate Action? Carbon Footprint Calculators and other Climate Cons
Carbon footprint calculators have become a popular way of measuring an individual's impact on the climate. If you were in elementary school within the past two decades, carbon footprint calculators probably even made it into your curriculum. Bu...
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Disruption, Defiance, Direct Action: What Climate Activists Can Learn From Queer Liberation
Today, we delve into organizing tactics in social movements, taking a look at the past and potential futures of climate activism. With input from two fellow climate activists, we ask questions like: What is direct action? When is i...
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Episode 6
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Greenwashing & Rainbow-washing
Greenwashing, Rainbow-washing, RedwashingWhat do these terms mean? What do they have in common?This week, we delve into the similarities between greenwashing and rainbow-washing (pinkwashing) by corporations...
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Episode 5
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Homelessness and the Front Lines of Climate Change
Climate change exacerbates existing social issues, and homelessness in Canada is one of them. This week, we delve into the intersection between queer youth, housing vulnerability, and climate change. Allegra shares studies which show queer and ...
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Emergency Episode: Alberta's Attack on Trans Rights
Hello folks! We made this emergency episode in response to something really terrifying and really pressing; the trend of anti-trans and anti-queer legislation appearing in Canadian provinces. In particular...On January 31, ...
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Is Nature Queer? An Intro to Queer Ecology
This episode, we ask, "is nature queer?" Queer ecology can help us reimagine environmental politics and open an understanding of queerness in nature. In this episode, we dive into the background of queer ecology, speaking to its history, its pl...
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Trans Voices in Climate Spaces and Access to COP28
With this year's COP held in Dubai, we need to be having conversations about whose voices are actively excluded from climate spaces. In this episode, we begin the conversation in looking at trans activists' exclusion from COP28, and what ...
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