Planet: Critical

Saving our waterways from the fashion industry

Hydrologist, Heather Scott, joins me this week to explain the devastating effect the fashion industry has on the world’s waterways, and what we can do about it. Heather calls brands out for greenwashing, for illusory sustainability policies, and ultimately confirms the planet—and people—will never be healthy if we don’t change our attitude towards consumption.Heather’s educational Instagram: @im_not_a_sobVisit www.platformenterprise.com for all episodes and articles. Subscribe to receive projects that protect the planet and empower people delivered straight to your inbox.You can follow @PlatformEnterprise on various social media. You can also find me on Twitter: @DeBeaudoir Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

The Museum of Care

Episode 9 features Nika Dubrovsky on creating The Museum of Care and how to build a society built on the principles of care. You can listen on your chosen podcast app, or listen on the Platform Enterprise Youtube channel.Nika Dubrovsky has been working at the intersection of anarchy, community and climate justice for years with her art. She often worked in tandem with her husband, the anarchist anthropologist, David Graeber. In this interview, Nika discusses The Museum of Care, the last project she started with David before his untimely death. She goes on to explore how society can organise around the principles of caregiving as a means of escaping patriarchal capitalism. www.platformenterprise.com Museum of Care: https://museum.care/Nika Dubrovsky was born in 1967 in Leningrad, USSR. She grew up among the artistic bohemia of the late USSR within the unofficial cultural scenes of squats and samizdat. Having immigrated to the West in 1990, Nika was formed in a contradictory space of hierarchical practices of contemporary art and the open-source/blogging culture of early 2000.Nika wrote for e-flux, artnet, colta, moscow Художественный Журнал and others. As an artist, she has exhibited at the Tel Aviv Museum, Israel, St. Petersburg Manège. Russia, GaleriaNova Zagreb, Croatia, ShowRoom Gallery London, UK, MediaUdar, Moscow, Russia and other places. Her books within the project of A4kids.org have been published in Finnish, English, Russian, German and Polish. In a series of articles #artcommunism, written in collaboration with her husband, David Graeber, she reflects on the possibility of a world in which the very idea of having an SV becomes meaningless: a world where everyone could become an artist. After her husband, David Graeber, unexpected death in 2020, Nika and friends organized Carnival4David to celebrate his life and mourn his death, which took place in 250 places worldwide. Carnival4David was transformed into an informal community: Museum of Care that combines off-line residencies and many on-line projects; all run DIY by the people who join the network. Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

The elite, corruption and the world’s biggest financial scandal

Clare Rewcastle Brown is the journalist who single-handedly investigated and exposed billions of dollars stolen from the Malaysian people to fund lavish parties and Hollywood films—like The Wolf of Wall Street. The 1MDB scandal exposed a global network of corrupt elite, including household Hollywood names, Trump staff, and Goldman Sachs' executives.  Clare reveals all in this explosive interview—and drops an exclusive halfway through.Wolf Catcher: https://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Catcher-exposed-worlds-biggest/dp/152724475XThe Sarawak Report: https://www.amazon.com/Sarawak-Report-Inside-Story-Expos%C3%A9/dp/1527219364 Platform Enterprise Newsletter: stories.platformenterprise.com Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

Regenerative farming and community-supported agriculture

Farmer and chef, Andres Jara, gives a detailed insight into the amazing potential of regenerative farming, and explains why he thinks the future of agriculture needs to be community-based. Roots, Rice and Beans: https://rootsricebeans.com/Stagsgroenteboer: https://www.stadsgroenteboer.nl/ Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

Plastic as the foundation of a circular economy

Entrepreneur and printing engineer, Hunter Bliss, introduces stone paper, and explains how plastic could truly benefit a circular economy whilst revealing paper isn't nearly as sustainable as people think.  Pebble Printing Group: www.pebbleprinting.comWhite Paper: https://pebbleprinting.com/the-sustainability-of-stone-paper-in-european-book-paper/ Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

Trump’s ”punitive” asylum system

Asylum lawyer, Alina Kilpatrick, reveals the harrowing and deadly journey her clients face through the Northern Triangle—only to be met with cruelty at the US border.  Sacred Heart Center: https://shcrichmond.org/en/Platform Enterprise Newsletter: stories.platformenterprise.com Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

Language, sisterhood, and rebellion

Distinguished poet and activist, Lisa Luxx, gives a detailed explanation of her philosophy of sisterhood, her collaborative work to create an economy that supports women—and her struggle to come to terms with poetry after Beirut's deadly 2020 explosion.  Lisa's website: https://www.lisaluxx.comLisa's twitter: https://twitter.com/lisaluxx_Trust Your Outrage: https://lisaluxx.bigcartel.comElaa Beirut: elaabeirut.com Platform Enterprise Newsletter: podcast.platformenterprise.com Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

Brad Vanstone on a plant-based future and transitional farming

Brad Vanstone is the founder of Willicroft, one of the fastest-growing vegan cheese companies in The EU. He discusses the EU's recent policy failure,  Willicroft's work to transition local farmers to plant-based agriculture, and why their cheeses will soon be nut-free.  Willicroft: https://willicroft.comPlatform: @platformenterprise Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

Dennis on extra-capitalist spaces and The Foundry

Writer Dennis discusses life at The Foundry, one of Europe's rare extra-capitalist spaces, and why he thinks such spaces are more necessary than ever before. The Foundry: https://bravosfoundry.com/ Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

Charlotte Kilpatrick on the COVID vaccine and Black Lives Matter

Intellectual property journalist, Charlotte Kilpatrick, gives a detailed explanation of the IP laws at play in the race to make a coronavirus vaccine that are making some companies billions of dollars as the West snaps up extra doses per head of population. These same IP laws ensure that countries unable to compete with the West's buying power will never have access to the knowledge to replicate—or even test—the vaccine. The Global South is being abandoned—again—and this time to a deadly virus.  Charlotte's articles: https://www.salon.com/writer/charlotte_kilpatrick Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe