Earth Matters

In this week's edition of Earth Matters, co-producer and Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director Allyson Siwik talks with Nathan Newcomer, Gila Grassroots Organizer with the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance about the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. They also discuss the Gila River, and current efforts to inventory numerous rivers and streams in the Gila National Forest for potential Wild & Scenic River designation. Follow this link to learn more about the Wild & Scenic […]

Earth Matters co-producer and Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director Allyson Siwik talks about critical New Mexico water resource issues with Doug Meiklejohn, attorney, Executive Director and founder of the NM Environmental Law Center, a non-profit, public interest law firm that provides free and low-cost legal services on environmental matters throughout New Mexico. New Mexico’s water supplies are under attack.  The Martinez Administration’s copper rule allows copper mining companies to […]

On this week’s edition of Earth Matters, we present one of the panels from the recent Gila River Festival featuring Jack Loeffler and his associates who advocate Thinking Like A Watershed. For more information visit... Gila Conservation Coalition / Gila River Festival Lore of the Land / Jack Loeffler Please note that beginning in September 2015, Earth Matters will be broadcast Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and Thursday at […]

On this week’s edition of Earth Matters, Donna Stevens, Executive Director of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, interviews two rainwater harvesters: Van Clothier and Claire Catlett of Stream Dynamics, Inc. We talk about how and why to capture rain that falls on your property, thereby turning a nuisance into a benefit. We discuss urban and rural watersheds in the Southwest, and why they’re in such dire need of restoration. We […]

This week’s edition of Earth Matters is a recording of Godfrey Reggio’s keynote address at the 11th Annual Gila River Festival on September 24, 2015. Reggio is a filmmaker most renowned for his groundbreaking Qatsi Trilogy, including the best-known Koyaanisqatsi.  In this talk, Godfrey Reggio speaks to society’s technological revolution.  He posits that we don’t just use technology; we live technology. “Being sensate, we become our environment; we become what we see, hear, […]

Earth Matters co-host Nathan Newcomer – Silver City Grassroots Organizer for NM Wilderness Alliance – interviews Grant County resident and activist, Nick Sussillo - Lead Organizer for the Youth & Climate Justice event on October 14th in Silver City.  The event is sponsored by the Silver City Chapter of the People’s Climate Movement. The PCM / Peoples’ Climate Movement formed out of the September 2014 Peoples’ Climate March of 400,000 participants, organized by Bill […]

2015 marks the the occasion of the 11th Annual Gila River Festival with it's theme of Finding Balance in a Changing World. Earth Matters, co-host Nathan Newcomer - Silver City Grassroots Organizer for NM Wilderness Alliance - interviews Earth Matters co-host Donna Stevens (!) - Executive Director of UGWA / Upper Gila Watershed Alliance - on the remarkable range of offerings and attractions of this year's event. The festival takes […]

Donna Stevens - Executive Director of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance - interviews Peter Bill - new media professor at WNMU / Western New Mexico University. This edition of Earth Matters is a bit of a departure from the usual format.  Peter Bill is a filmmaker and the mastermind and organizer of the first Gila Time-Lapse Film Festival - part of the 11th Annual Gila River Festival, occurring September 24th […]

Donna Stevens, Executive Director of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, hosts this week’s Earth Matters program. Her guests are fish biologists Jim Brooks and David Propst. These eminently qualified biologists have been highly critical of the NM Interstate Stream Commission’s plan to divert the Gila River, citing the ISC’s failure to use the best available science or to adhere to the standard of peer reviewed research.  Brooks and Propst talk […]