On this eighth and final episode of Climate Changemakers, Dame and Daniel are joined by Olga Bautista of the Chicago Southeast Side Coalition to Ban Petcoke. In response to decades of pollution and environmental destruction by industry in her home neighborhood on the Southeast side of the city, Olga banded together with other community members to fight for environmental protections from and cleanup of Petcoke, a toxic byproduct of oil refinement that was poisoning the air she and her family were breathing. The coalition successfully fought the Koch brothers, who were forced to dispose of the petcoke in a less destructive manner. She talks about the devastation of industrial pollution, learning to collect the necessary data herself, the unique challenges of having a set at the redevelopment table during a pandemic, and much more. SHOW NOTES Exit Zero - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24898568-exit-zero COPD - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/copd/symptoms-causes/syc-20353679 NRDC - https://www.nrdc.org/ Nancy Loeb - https://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/NancyLoeb/ Invest South/West - https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/invest_sw/home.html Great Cities Institute - https://greatcities.uic.edu Poor People's Campaign - https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org

On the penultimate episode of Climate Changemakers, Damon and Daniel talk with artist, community builder, and Chicago gem Tonika Lewis Johnson. A lifelong Englewood resident, she helped co-found the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E), whose mission is to “mobilize people and resources to force positive change in Englewood through solution-based approaches." She is also a lead co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective, established in 2017 to help artistically “reframe the narrative” of Englewood. Her Folded Map Project, which brings together "map twins" from opposite sides of the city, has been widely acclaimed as both an artistic project and a flashpoint in the fight against structural racism. She talks about the ways that the project has evolved, what she's learned from it about our collective relationships to land, what she imagines in the demolished spaces across her neighborhood, and much more. SHOW NOTES Cooked Survival by Zip Code - https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/cooked-survival-by-zip-code/ Open Lands Tree Stewardship project - https://www.openlands.org/trees/ Go Green on Racine - https://gogreenonracine.com/ Folded Map Action Kit - https://www.foldedmapproject.com/submit

Climate Changemakers is back, baby! AirGo returns to partner with Elevate for another three conversations with some of Illinois' most impactful environmental justice and sustainability movement workers, showcasing their work and sharing what lessons they've learned. This episode is with Ramon Etc. aka Radius, the cofounder of the Love Fridge Chicago, a mutual aid network that sets up community-run, free-food fridges across the city of Chicago. He talks about how the network emerged, his relationship with food, and how we can build a more embodied and sustainable relationship to our food system. SHOW NOTES: Check out Ramon's music - SEEN (Etc Records/ARR sound) https://radiusetc.bandcamp.com/album/seen Sense x Radius (Etc Records) https://senseradius.bandcamp.com/album/the-live-archive-2-era-of-the-tec Partner Organizations - eric aka manny is on the team and runs flatlands press https://www.instagram.com/flatlands_press/ lisa armstrong is a head/og designer https://www.instagram.com/lisastrongarms/ charlotte cohen is main web related designer/etc https://www.instagram.com/charlottecohen/ Feed The Crib/Del dia chicago https://www.instagram.com/feedthecrib/ https://www.instagram.com/deldiachicago/ Grocery Run Club https://www.instagram.com/groceryrunclub/ grow greater englewood https://www.instagram.com/growgreaterenglewood/ bronzville kenwood mutual aid https://www.instagram.com/bk_mutualaid/ stephanie dunn/starfarm https://www.instagram.com/stephaniedunn8318/ Gotham Greens https://www.instagram.com/gothamgreens/ Urban Growers Collective https://www.instagram.com/urbangrowerscollective/ Thankful For Chicago https://www.instagram.com/thankfulforchicago/ Chef Chanell https://www.instagram.com/chefchanell/ Back to school boxes https://www.instagram.com/backtoschoolboxes/ Bobcat eats https://www.instagram.com/bobcateatsfoodwasteprogram/ kitchfix https://www.instagram.com/kitchfix/ Moms Chicago https://www.instagram.com/momschicago/

On this final episode of Climate Changemakers, Damon and Daniel are joined by Lissette Castañeda. A lifelong Logan Square resident, Lissette is the Interim Executive Director of LUCHA, an organization working to advance housing as a human right by empowering communities– particularly the Latino and Spanish-speaking populations–through advocacy, affordable housing development, and community building. She talks about the ways in which her work is connected to the Puerto Rican diaspora, how COVID is impacting the fight for housing as a human right, and much more.

Climate Changemakers is a 5-part podcast series, showcasing and celebrating leaders in equity work and climate action across Illinois, presented in celebration of the 20th anniversary of nonprofit organization Elevate Energy. This month's Climate Changemaker is Patricia Abrams. Pat is the Executive Director of the Renaissance Collaborative, a social impact organization that has provided affordable housing, workforce development, employment, and educational services and solutions to over 1,000 individuals annually in Bronzeville and its adjacent communities for the past 27 years. She talks about how environmental sustainability became an important piece of her work, the transformation of the historic Wabash YMCA that houses the organization's office and housing, and how we can move forward in a more human direction. Learn more about the organization: https://www.trcwabash.org/about-us.html Learn about Elevate Energy and their 20th anniversary: www.elevateenergy.org/ Learn more about podcast hosts Damon and Daniel: http://airgoradio.com

Climate Changemakers is a 5-part podcast series, showcasing and celebrating leaders in equity work and climate action across Illinois, presented in celebration of the 20th anniversary of nonprofit organization Elevate Energy. This month's Climate Changemaker is Anton Seals, Jr. Anton is the Lead Steward of Grow Greater Englewood, a social enterprise focusing on building a equitable and resilient local food system that fosters protections of vacant land in divested communities and focuses on connecting those residents with community wealth building opportunities. In this wide-ranging conversation, Anton talks about the connections and unique challenges of reshaping Black Chicagoans' relationship to food, as well as how the structures and pathologies of power limit this transformative work. Learn more about Grow Greater Englewood: http://growgreater.org Learn about Elevate Energy and their 20th anniversary: www.elevateenergy.org/ Learn more about podcast hosts Damon and Daniel: airgoradio.com

Climate Changemakers is a 5-part podcast series, showcasing and celebrating leaders in equity work and climate action across Illinois, presented in celebration of the 20th anniversary of nonprofit organization Elevate Energy. This month's Climate Changemaker is Juliana Pino, the Policy Director at the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO). At LVEJO, Juliana analyzes, researches, and advocates for environmental justice, climate justice, and economic justice in local, state, and federal environmental policy. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Environmental Council, a statewide organization that promotes sound environmental policy and protections for land, air, water, wildlife, and human health. Check out LVEJO: http://www.lvejo.org/ Learn about Elevate Energy and their 20th anniversary: https://www.elevateenergy.org/ Learn more about podcast hosts Damon and Daniel: http://airgoradio.com

Climate Changemakers is a 5-part podcast series, showcasing and celebrating leaders in equity work and climate action across Illinois, presented by Elevate Energy. This episode's guest is Suzy Schlosberg, the Co-Director of the Chicago Youth Alliance for Climate Action. A senior at Whitney Young High School, Suzy is also on the steering committee for the Ready for 100 Chicago Collective and is a student intern at the Sierra Club office. Learn about Elevate Energy and their 20th anniversary: https://www.elevateenergy.org/ Learn more about podcast hosts Damon and Daniel: http://airgoradio.com