New Year's Reflections, Resolutions, and Inspiration from Sherri Mitchell
A Matter of Degrees
Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
At the start of 2023, we're reflecting on past progress and setting climate intentions, both small and large, for the year ahead.
And we want to hear from you! Has A Matter of Degrees shifted your perspective or moved you to action? Do you have climate goals for 2023? Share your story with us.
To inspire and ground us for the new year, we share a powerful audio essay from the bestselling anthology All We Can Save: "Indigenous Prophecy and Mother Earth" by Sherri Mitchell, Weh'na Ha'mu Kwasset. Sherri points humanity back toward life in this powerful piece, read by Alfre Woodard.
Sherri Mitchell is a Native American attorney, teacher, activist, and change maker. Check out her book Sacred Instructions and all the programs of the nonprofit Land Peace Foundation. Alfre Woodard is an award-winning performer, as well as a political activist and producer. In 2020, The New York Times listed her as one of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century."
Don't miss the whole All We Can Save audiobook, a rich collection of essays, poetry, and art created by women leading on climate and co-edited by Katharine and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. It's available on Apple Books, Audible, Google Play, Libro.fm (which supports local, independent bookstores!), or anywhere else you get audiobooks.
Next time, we look at how a hotter planet impacts people everywhere. We search for answers to the question everyone's asking: "Who's culpable for all of this?" Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and don't miss a single episode this season!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a matter of degrees, stories for the climate curious. |
| 0:05.3 | I'm Dr. Catherine Wilkinson. |
| 0:06.8 | And I'm Dr. Leah Stokes. |
| 0:12.5 | Leah, can you believe it's already 2023? |
| 0:16.9 | I really cannot. |
| 0:18.2 | It is very hard to believe. |
| 0:19.7 | It feels like just yesterday that it was March 2020. |
| 0:24.0 | Oh, Leah. I mean, both yesterday and a lifetime ago. But however long a year or three years feels, |
| 0:33.4 | what I like to do around the new year is take a little time to reflect, to set intentions for the year ahead, and also to soak up some wisdom. |
| 0:42.4 | So a little trio of reflection, resolution, and inspiration. |
| 0:47.7 | I love that. What a great idea. So I guess that means we got to start with the reflections. |
| 0:53.1 | Okay. So earlier in this year, we set some goals |
| 0:55.9 | for 2022, right, as part of our mini-series on what can I do about climate change? And as we reflect on |
| 1:02.6 | the year, let's check in on those goals, Catherine. Oh, well, this feels very like have you |
| 1:07.3 | turned on your homework. But if I recall correctly, Leah, you made a pledge to move |
| 1:13.4 | your money by the end of the year to make sure that it wasn't funding fossil fuels while you |
| 1:18.4 | sleep at night. So how's that going? Well, with your help, Catherine, I made a lot of progress. |
| 1:23.1 | You gave a recommendation for Earth Equity Advisors. And so I decided to move my investment account |
| 1:28.4 | to that holding, basically. So now it's invested in good, clean companies and not giving |
| 1:35.7 | money to the fossil fuel industry. And what about you, Catherine? I think you pledged to build |
| 1:40.5 | up an electrification fund, right? Maybe to help you add to your electric stove. So how's |
| 1:46.9 | that going? Yep. I have been squirreling away some money each month and I'm going to be making an |
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