The Land I Trust
Summary: The Land I Trust, an audio series by the Sierra Club, tells stories of special places under threat by dirty energy -- and how the transition to clean energy is benefiting people and the homes they hold dear. In our first series, we travel through the American South to talk with folks about the coal that is fouling their air and water, the dirty energy projects they're fighting in their backyards, and a shared vision for a clean energy economy that allows all of our communities to thrive. From climate refugees to farming families, these Southerners generously sat down, walked, and canoed with us while sharing their truths. Travel with us through North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama and Florida to hear firsthand how much moving beyond coal and fracked gas matters to communities everywhere.
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Percy Deal lives on the Navajo Reservation, just south of the Peabody Energy coal mine. In this special preview of Season Two of The Land I Trust, he talks about how dirty coal has impacted his life, the lives of his people, and his hopes for the future. The Land I Trust is a storytelling project brought to you by the Sierra Club. In season two, we travel through the American West to talk with folks about the dirty energy projects that threaten their homes and the work they’re doing to build a clean energy economy that allows all of our communities to thrive. Hear all of the first-person stories from The Land I Trust at http://www.sc.org/stories.
Rick Cauley has been playing & coaching football since he was four years old. He now teaches history and coaches football at Satsuma High School in Alabama. Here, he talks about what football means to Alabama, and how the sport will reckon with rising temperatures.
Justin Raines is a sixth-generation West Virginian, and worked in the oil and gas industry for 12 years, including working on a drilling rig. Here, he talks about how he decided to leave that industry.
Rodney Lyons has lived in the fishing community of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, for generations. A former fisherman, he now runs a seafood business. Here, he talks about the changes he’s noticed in the oceans.
This episode is about home, and all that word can mean. We’ll hear from a woman who lost her home due to climate change, a young man who used to hate his home, and … a super hero from Florida fighting for clean energy, one home at a time. Adrienne Kennedy runs the Seeds of Hope Project Disaster Relief Center, which provides aid to people displaced by Hurricane Matthew: we talk with Adrienne and some of the people she helps. Jorden Revels is a 19-year-old activist and member of the Lumbee Nation in North Carolina, and he talks about his own journey home. Susan Glickman was born in Tampa, Florida, and has been working to fight climate change since the 1990s. Here, she talks about trying to get Florida to change from fossil fuels to solar power—and about her secret identity, which works to get her home state onto 100% clean energy.
Susan Glickman was born in Tampa, Florida, and has been working to fight climate change since the 1990s. Here, she talks about trying to get Florida to change from fossil fuels to solar power—and about her secret identity.
Representative Amy Mercado and Senator Victor Manuel Torres, Jr, are the first father-daughter Latino pair to serve in Florida’s government. Here, they talk about how recent extreme weather in Florida and Puerto Rico has impacted their state and their families.
Water sustains us. But from the endangered rivers of West Virginia, to the coal-polluted tap water of Goldsboro, North Carolina to the warming Alabama bayou, our waters are increasingly threatened by dirty energy. From fishing families to people from the Birthplace of Rivers, hear stories from people who -- each in their own way -- support the natural world that sustains them, their memories, livelihood and culture.
Adrienne Kennedy of Robeson County, North Carolina runs the Seeds of Hope Project Disaster Relief Center, which provides aid to people displaced by Hurricane Matthew. Here, she talks about what home means to her.
Jorden Revels is a 19-year-old activist and member of the Lumbee Nation in North Carolina. He talks about how the river could be disrupted by the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Steve Benjamin is the mayor of Columbia, South Carolina. Here, he talks about the connection between climate change and his effort to make his city reliant on 100% renewable energy—and what that means for his family and his future.
Lifelong North Carolina resident Johnny Gurley's drinking water is contaminated by coal ash—a coal power byproduct, stored in pits, that can easily leak into the groundwater. Here, he talks about what that means for him and his health, and what it means to be from North Carolina.
Southerners pass down traditions, stories and -- hopefully -- a better world to their children. The family stories in this episode come from people trying to do just that. Steve Benjamin, the first African American mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, is working for 100 percent clean energy -- and making progress. Tom & Sandra Clark, grandparents from North Carolina, are trying to preserve their home for their grandchildren. And Amy Mercado and Vic Torres, a father-daughter team from Florida, are fighting to be sure America take care of its people.
Ruby and John Laury live in Buckingham County, Virginia, in Union Hill—a predominantly African-American community where Dominion Energy plans to build a compressor station as part of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Here, Ruby & John talk about why they think their community was chosen for this station, and what that means to them.
Blair Campbell’s land in Randolph County, West Virginia, has been in her family for generations. But the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline could cut right through her family’s 480-acre farm. Here, she and her daughter, Penelope, age 9, visit their property.
