Sagewolf Interviews
The dirtiest secrets. That's what's happening here. Well...not entirely. Humans have always fascinated me. I'm most curious about what drives us creatively forward in our lives. When others share their stories with me, I arrive a little closer to knowing how many parallels we all share - how big this human family is, and that comforts me. I hope that by sharing these with you, you might know that too. I also hope that I'm able to present these in a way that you have a visceral experience - like you're there with us at the time and place of the interview - inside these beautiful human exchanges. These moments of connection are truly everything we humans seek when life is all boiled down to it's essence. I included the full audio, with the exception of minor edits of extremely personal information, as requested by my subjects. Many of these interviews are told "between the questions" - as is life. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do <3 XOO, Sagewolf
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Sagewolf Interviews
Mariel Nanasi: Civil Rights and Environmental Attorney / Community Activist / Biggest Bursting Sweetheart
The scene:
We are sitting in the office that Mariel built in her garage when she gave up her car during the pandemic. She chooses to walk to work to improve her environmental footprint. She shares her passion and real-world solutions for local and global change. Join us for a touching dialogue on the state of humanity and our home.
Highlights:
+ The fossil fuel war
+ Going to bat with the governor in your state (New Mexico)
+ Going after the utilities that reinvest in fossil fuels
+ Oil, gas, coal, nuclear - the fortunes that undermine our democracy
+ The Public Regulation Commission
+ Environmental regulation
+ The enabling codependent relationship between government and the fossil fuel industry
+ Theories of change: focusing on what’s possible
+ SOLAR! New Mexico gets 330 days of sun per year
+ WIND! There’s also a lot of it here
+ There are fire refugees in New Mexico at the time of our interview from 3 massive forest fires
+ Creating community sufficiency
+ Electric car issues, the lithium valley in CA
+ Relationships are the hardest and most rewarding part of life
+ If you had only 15 minutes, what would you grab before leaving your home?
+ The cost prohibitiveness of solar
+ Historically, poor communities have paid for fossil fuels with their health/lives
+ Reparations are past-due
+ Community glue has been severed
+ Corporations and privatization are ruling
+ The ripple effect of small actions to create big impacts
+ Resistance movements need people in numbers
+ White people have gotten too comfortable
+ Decentralized community-owned energy is possible now
+ Being courageous in the face of fear and doubt (Nelson Mandela)
+ The dumbing down and emotional suffocation of our current society
+ The impatience of knowing the world is at a breaking point
+ Seeking friends with our same level of passion
+ Regrets about doing drugs...but not about having sex ;)
+ Self-awareness: taking accountability and using emotions for motivation
+ MLK movie: The Voice in the Wilderness
+ Do and say things that call out the truth
+ The responsibility of privilege
Taste:
“My mother said something to me so beautiful when she was dying. She died really young. She said, “I don’t really have any regrets” and “You (and my brother) turned out better than I ever have imagined.”
Quotes:
“Activism is the antidote to despair.”
“The great revolutionaries are driven by love.” - Che Guevara
Inspiring people:
Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Brian Stevens, Naomi Cline
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Love, Sagewolf xoxo