The Oysters

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As She Rises

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28 episodes

1 day ago

As She Rises brings together local poets and activists from throughout North America to depict the effects of climate change on their home and their people. Each episode carries the listener to a new place through a collection of voices, local recordings and soundscapes. Stories span from the Louisiana Bayou, to the tundras of Alaska to the drying bed of the Colorado River. Centering the voices of native women and women of color, As She Rises personalizes the elusive magnitude of climate change. Season 4, hosted by Leah Thomas, eco-communicator, author, and founder of the non-profit Intersectional Environmentalist, is exploring rewilding—the practice of restoring ecosystems to their natural state. We’ll hear how communities are letting the land lead, and reimagining what it means to truly coexist with the natural world.

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The Oysters

As She Rises

37 minutes 20 seconds

2 weeks ago

The Oysters

In the final episode in our season on rewilding, we’re visiting New York Harbor. Commonly considered a high-traffic waterway beneath skyscrapers – New York Harbor actually was once one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. It was full of living reefs of molluscs that filtered the harbor and created a thriving habitat for other creatures. But as the city grew, the harbor fell silent. Today, New Yorkers are trying to reinvigorate a harbor rendered lifeless by replenishing the very population they destroyed a century ago: oysters.

Marcella Durand reads an excerpt of her poem, The Ways of East River Park, about embracing a new form of urban ecosystem that brings humans into the habitat of the harbor.

Thank you to Earthjustice for supporting this season of As She Rises. Learn more at earthjustice.org.

For more:

Learn more about the Billion Oyster Project and find ways to get involved at BillionOysterProject.org
Marcella Durand’s latest book, A Winter Triangle, is the recipient of the 2024 Poetic Justice Institute Prize, and you can find more of her work on local urban ecological issues including an essay, "At Spiral's Center" at the Black Earth Institute.

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