Episode 28 - Cultural Burning

Indigenous elder Ron Goode and Pastor Katerina Gea join hostess Sara Jolena Wolcott to talk about an indigenous approach to fire management, frequently referred to as Cultural Burning. We delve into the sacred use of fire, how these kinds of preventative burns play a critical role in preventing wildfires, and fire's sacred connection to water and land. 

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1:30 - Introduction

4:46 - What do we mean by cultural burn?

21:27 -  Fire shapes Water

29:34 - Linking the four elements 

34:22 - The forest plan: recreation sustainability and economic sustainability

49:09 - How the State's fire agency shifted its decision from prohibiting to promoting cultural burning

58:23 - Pastor Katerina's experience in cultural burning

1:04:45 promo - "The spirits are here and the spirits are listening to us"