Move the World: Uplifting Youth Through Art, Community, and Composting

EcoJustice Radio

In the bestselling book, Drawdown, edited by Paul Hawken, enumerates solutions to our climate crisis in great detail. Of these, composting remains a top priority as it can reduce carbon emissions, as well as improve soil health and fertility, reduce air pollution, restore connection among communities and to Mother Nature. Composting is an essential way we can assist in the restoration and balancing of the hydrological cycle, improve water retention of soil, prevent erosion, and reduce runoff. While cities like Los Angeles have adopted measures that require citizens to separate and recycle organic waste, the great imperative is educating people, particularly the youth who will inherit the Earth, on how to compost successfully to empower our collective future with care and concern for our one and only home. Cecilie Stuart joins us to share her own journey as a climate advocate and the urgent need to uplift and educate youth as stewards of Earth. Education might take the form of self-expression through climate-related dance, arts and theater programs of Move the World or through composting and "closing the loop" with Full Circle Compost, a non-profit committed to reversing global warming by teaching youth and local communities to compost where they live, from schools to backyards. For an extended interview and other benefits, become an EcoJustice Radio patron at https://www.patreon.com/posts/cecilie-stuart-90333429 Cecilie Stuart began her career as a professional dancer and actor and has been a climate educator and activist since 2012. She started two non-profit organizations, Move the World [https://www.movetheworldnow.org/], focusing on climate arts, solutions, and education, and Full Circle Compost [https://www.fccompost.org/], centered on community composting. Cecilie holds multiple sustainability certifications from Santa Monica College, has taught land stewardship for 10 years at Los Angeles public and private K-12 schools and is a climate consultant for Boys and Girls Club of Malibu and for the Santa Monica Malibu School District. Carry Kim, Co-Host of EcoJustice Radio. An advocate for ecosystem restoration, indigenous lifeways, and a new humanity born of connection and compassion, she is a long-time volunteer for SoCal350, member of Ecosystem Restoration Camps, and a co-founder of the Soil Sponge Collective, a grassroots community organization dedicated to big and small scale regeneration of Mother Earth. Executive Producer and Intro: Jack Eidt Hosted by Carry Kim Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Episode 192 Photo credit: Cecilie Stuart