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The Signal in the Noise
June 2025

Volume 5

The Dynamics, Tradeoffs & Mining in the Renewable Energy Transition with Auke Hoestra
47:43

The Dynamics, Tradeoffs & Mining in the Renewable Energy Transition with Auke Hoestra

There are indeed tradeoffs when it comes to powering civilization! 🔥 🌏 For example is a mine in a rainforest worth starting to prevent the displacement of refugees due to climate chaos? Will rights of First Nations and local communities who are protecting their local lands prevent access to rare earth minerals? Is there another way that makes sense? Is the CDU pathway for fuels (fuels from captured carbon from the sky) preferable? Which ones will we choose and which ones keep as much of the global ecosystem and economic flows thriving? Timetables are everything and the devil is in the details. Auke and I get into the nitty gritty and explore mining in particular for renewable energy. I loved the conversation and look forward to more, next time perhaps on grid tech. In any case, Auke Hoekstra is Founder & Director, of the NEON Research at Eindhoven University of Technology. Watch as we explore all the options, their impacts and the tradeoffs.
PREEMPTION
05:52

PREEMPTION

PREEMPTION is the 2nd in a series of 8 presentations on how we can better exercise our democracy as citizens of the United States. We are living in a time wherein corporations are writing our laws and electing our politicians. They have control over many state houses and much of Congress. As such, we, the people, are unable to protect ourselves or our communities from corporate harm. Thomas Linzey, Senior Councel for the Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights (CDER) presents a pathway forward and tells us what the problem is and how we can fix it. As we know, much of what is necessary is that we much break through the years of programming that has been telling us that there is nothing wrong with how things are set up. This series shows where our system is breaking down and where we can fix it. This series is created by Tree Media ( http://www.treemedia.com ) for N2K - Need to Know.

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Oren Lyons on the Indigenous View of the World
01:11:30

Oren Lyons on the Indigenous View of the World

Oren is a faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Council of Chiefs, Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy). He has been active in international Indigenous rights and sovereignty issues for over four decades at the United Nations and other international forums. He is a State University of New York (SUNY) distinguished services professor emeritus of the University at Buffalo. He serves on the board of Bioneers an environmental champion of the earth. Oren is chairman of the board of directors of Plantagon International AB, the leader in urban agriculture, Plantagon is designed to meet challenges of compounding human population, finite resources and global warming. For more information on these interviews as well as more interviews: http://www.treemedia.com/#!11th-hour-research-tapes/c18kw
John Trudell on Being Human
19:55

John Trudell on Being Human

"In the race to midnight, it is well after 11." This discussion was conducted in 2005 for The 11th Hour by Leila Conners. The discussion covers Trudell's worldview that encompasses his call for humans to return to their intelligence and their humanity to forge a pathway forward. His responses to the questions now seem prophetic. John Trudell was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969,broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After his pregnant wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a suspicious fire at the home of his parents-in-law on the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, Trudell turned to writing, music and film as a second career. He acted in films in the 1990s. The documentary Trudell (2005) was made about him and his life as an activist and artist.
Dr. Gussai Hamror on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
18:56

Dr. Gussai Hamror on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Tree Media and The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy have teamed up to follow events in the Middle East as told by stakeholders and leaders from the region. Our first subject concerns water, access to water and the prevention of a potential water conflict over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ( GERD ). The series includes: Egypt with Mirette Mabrouk, Senior Fellow and Director of the Egypt Program, Middle East Institute; Sudan with Adil Abdel Aati, Leader, Liberal Party of Sudan; and Ethiopia with Filagot Tesfaye, President of the Ethiopian Women in Energy Association and Managing Director of On Energy Consult; John Mukum Mbaku, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Timothy Kaldas, Policy Fellow, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP); Steven Cook, Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR); Dr. Mohmed Rami Mahmoud, of the National Water Research Center, Egypt and Dr. Gussai Hamror of Sudan.
Box of Allowable Activism
01:50

Box of Allowable Activism

The BOX OF ALLOWABLE ACTIVISM is the 1st in a series of 8 presentations on how we can better exercise our democracy as citizens of the United States. We are living in a time wherein corporations are writing our laws and electing our politicians. They have control over many state houses and much of Congress. As such, we, the people, are unable to protect ourselves or our communities from corporate harm. Thomas Linzey, Senior Councel for the Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights (CDER) presents a pathway forward and tells us what the problem is and how we can fix it. As we know, much of what is necessary is that we much break through the years of programming that has been telling us that there is nothing wrong with how things are set up. This series shows where our system is breaking down and where we can fix it. This series is created by Tree Media ( http://www.treemedia.com ) for N2K - Need to Know.
PREEMPTION
05:52

PREEMPTION

PREEMPTION is the 2nd in a series of 8 presentations on how we can better exercise our democracy as citizens of the United States. We are living in a time wherein corporations are writing our laws and electing our politicians. They have control over many state houses and much of Congress. As such, we, the people, are unable to protect ourselves or our communities from corporate harm. Thomas Linzey, Senior Councel for the Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights (CDER) presents a pathway forward and tells us what the problem is and how we can fix it. As we know, much of what is necessary is that we much break through the years of programming that has been telling us that there is nothing wrong with how things are set up. This series shows where our system is breaking down and where we can fix it. This series is created by Tree Media ( http://www.treemedia.com ) for N2K - Need to Know.
DILLONS RULE
07:50

DILLONS RULE

DILLON'S RULE is the 3rd in a series of 8 presentations on how we can better exercise our democracy as citizens of the United States. We are living in a time wherein corporations are writing our laws and electing our politicians. They have control over many state houses and much of Congress. As such, we, the people, are unable to protect ourselves or our communities from corporate harm. Thomas Linzey, Senior Councel for the Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights (CDER) presents a pathway forward and tells us what the problem is and how we can fix it. As we know, much of what is necessary is that we much break through the years of programming that has been telling us that there is nothing wrong with how things are set up. This series shows where our system is breaking down and where we can fix it. This series is created by Tree Media ( http://www.treemedia.com ) for N2K - Need to Know.
CORPORATE COMMERCE CLAUSE
06:03

CORPORATE COMMERCE CLAUSE

CORPORATE COMMERCE CLAUSE is the 4th in a series of 8 presentations on how we can better exercise our democracy as citizens of the United States. We are living in a time wherein corporations are writing our laws and electing our politicians. They have control over many state houses and much of Congress. As such, we, the people, are unable to protect ourselves or our communities from corporate harm. Thomas Linzey, Senior Councel for the Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights (CDER) presents a pathway forward and tells us what the problem is and how we can fix it. As we know, much of what is necessary is that we much break through the years of programming that has been telling us that there is nothing wrong with how things are set up. This series shows where our system is breaking down and where we can fix it. This series is created by Tree Media ( http://www.treemedia.com ) for N2K - Need to Know.
CORPORATE PERSONHOOD RIGHTS
07:47

CORPORATE PERSONHOOD RIGHTS

CORPORATE PERSONHOOD is the 5th in a series of 8 presentations on how we can better exercise our democracy as citizens of the United States. We are living in a time wherein corporations are writing our laws and electing our politicians. They have control over many state houses and much of Congress. As such, we, the people, are unable to protect ourselves or our communities from corporate harm. Thomas Linzey, Senior Councel for the Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights (CDER) presents a pathway forward and tells us what the problem is and how we can fix it. As we know, much of what is necessary is that we much break through the years of programming that has been telling us that there is nothing wrong with how things are set up. This series shows where our system is breaking down and where we can fix it. This series is created by Tree Media ( http://www.treemedia.com ) for N2K - Need to Know.
GETTING OUT OF THE BOX OF ALLOWABLE ACTIVISM
05:26

GETTING OUT OF THE BOX OF ALLOWABLE ACTIVISM

GETTING OUT OF THE BOX OF ALLOWABLE ACTIVISM is the 6th in a series of 8 presentations on how we can better exercise our democracy as citizens of the United States. We are living in a time wherein corporations are writing our laws and electing our politicians. They have control over many state houses and much of Congress. As such, we, the people, are unable to protect ourselves or our communities from corporate harm. Thomas Linzey, Senior Councel for the Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights (CDER) presents a pathway forward and tells us what the problem is and how we can fix it. As we know, much of what is necessary is that we much break through the years of programming that has been telling us that there is nothing wrong with how things are set up. This series shows where our system is breaking down and where we can fix it. This series is created by Tree Media ( http://www.treemedia.com ) for N2K - Need to Know.
REWRITING THE CONSTITUTION
13:04

REWRITING THE CONSTITUTION

REWRITING THE CONSTITUTION is the 7th in a series of 8 presentations on how we can better exercise our democracy as citizens of the United States. We are living in a time wherein corporations are writing our laws and electing our politicians. They have control over many state houses and much of Congress. As such, we, the people, are unable to protect ourselves or our communities from corporate harm. Thomas Linzey, Senior Councel for the Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights (CDER) presents a pathway forward and tells us what the problem is and how we can fix it. As we know, much of what is necessary is that we much break through the years of programming that has been telling us that there is nothing wrong with how things are set up. This series shows where our system is breaking down and where we can fix it. This series is created by Tree Media ( http://www.treemedia.com ) for N2K - Need to Know.
FOUNDING FATHERS
12:14

FOUNDING FATHERS

THE FOUNDING FATHERS is the 8th and last in a series of 8 presentations on how we can better exercise our democracy as citizens of the United States. We are living in a time wherein corporations are writing our laws and electing our politicians. They have control over many state houses and much of Congress. As such, we, the people, are unable to protect ourselves or our communities from corporate harm. Thomas Linzey, Senior Councel for the Center for Democratic & Environmental Rights (CDER) presents a pathway forward and tells us what the problem is and how we can fix it. As we know, much of what is necessary is that we much break through the years of programming that has been telling us that there is nothing wrong with how things are set up. This series shows where our system is breaking down and where we can fix it. This series is created by Tree Media ( http://www.treemedia.com ) for N2K - Need to Know.

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The Rubber Tree
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The Rubber Tree

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