Hope for Our Future
A Spotify original podcast called, “How to Save a Planet,” is hosted by journalist Alex Blumberg and scientist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. The purpose of their episodes are to ultimately figure out how to build the future we want by addressing the climate crisis. Their episode from February 4th, “The Tribe That’s Moving Earth (and Water) to Solve the Climate Crisis,” focuses on the Yurok Tribe and how they have combined their indigious land management practices and modern Western economics. Frankie Myers is the Vice-Chairman of the Yurok Tribe. He received the Equator Prize, which was given out by the UN Development Program, recognizing sustainable development solutions. The tribe received this award in 2019 for their use of innovative solutions to tackle climate change and their work to undo some of the ecological damage that had been done to their land in the last two centuries. Myers was able to figure out how to use the tools of destruction for good. The Yurok Tribe is the largest...