#51-21 Irish Grannies Rage for Peace … and for Ireland’s neutrality
Margaretta D’Arcy, known to longtime WINGS listeners as Radio Pirate Woman, is a nearly-88-year-old Irish actress, playwright, feminist, and peace
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Environment
#49-21 Food Sovereignty … A grassroots movement in India
The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of “productivity” at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability,
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#48-21 Solar Nuns of Pakistan … Changing lives by bringing light
Two young women with a mission to help the poor found their calling as both nuns and solar installers, bringing
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#47-21 Raging Grannies Sing On … Raising a Ruckus for Good, 35 Years and Counting
In 1987, the Raging Granny movement was born in Victoria BC. Two of their earliest members and many other Raging
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#35-21 Hoodwinked … Indigenous views on false climate solutions
Two passionate indigenous organizers – one in North Dakota and one on Guam – point to the environmental toll on
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#33-21 UN Women New Executive Director … Sima Bahous of Jordan – plus an appearance by Melinda French Gates
UN Women’s 3rd Executive Director was appointed in September 2021, shortly after the Generation Equality conferences raised over $40 billion
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#31-21 Food Beneath Their Feet … Africa’s Indigenous Food Revival
A movement is afoot to recover traditional African food plants, preserve them, and disseminate the knowledge about how to grow
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#23- and 24-21 Women’s Agenda to Save the Planet -Parts 1 and 2
30 years ago in Miami, 1500 women from 80 countries came together. They held a tribunal and a think tank
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#22-21 Jeannette Armstrong – Leading by Giving … Indigenous gift economy in family, community, and environment
Jeannette Armstrong has been named to the Order of Canada in 2021. This program provides excerpts from her address to
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#17-21 Farmland restoration in Kenia … Women doing that work in drylands areas
Reporter Diana Wanyonyi from Mombasa investigates farmland degradation and restoration in the drylands area of her region. She talks with
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