After Chico’s death, he became a martyr for the rainforest, and his work continued with significant success. But where is Chico’s name today? And why is it important that we remember his work?Sources:Complicity in Destruction III. Amazon Watch.

Ep. 5: The International Stage

Dec 16th, 2021 27m 19s

Chico takes his message to the national and international stages, where he finds both support and increased threat of violence. Jim and Graham take a look at the larger drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. It ends at the beginning,

Ep. 4: The Indigenous Perspective

Dec 9th, 2021 33m 10s

Chico reaches out to the Indigenous communities to help his cause in the forest, a resource on which they both rely. Similarly, Graham and JIm contact the Surui tribe, who have their own innovative way to combat deforestation. In the end, Chico

Ep.3: Good Guys and Bad Guys

Dec 2nd, 2021 34m 16s

Chico begins organizing against deforestation and starts a war with the local ranching community. The hosts see first hand what the burning looks like on the ground and learn more about the “good guys” and “bad guys” in the complex conflict bet

Ep. 2: The Man and the Forest

Nov 25th, 2021 28m 1s

In the second episode, hosts Graham and Jim explore the origin story of Chico Mendes. They explore the past of the rubber trade in the Amazon, the rubber tappers' relationship with the forest, and their plight. More about the show:In the second

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Nov 18th, 2021 28m 39s

In December 1988, Brazilian environmentalist Chico Mendes was murdered at his home in the Amazon Rainforest. Chico was a rubber tapper who witnessed the destruction of the forest—of his home—and built a community both in Brazil and abroad to st

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Wildfire: The Amazon

Nov 11th, 2021 3m 12s

On December 22nd 1988 in the town of Xapuri, Brazil a man named Chico Mendes was shot and killed at his home. He was killed for trying to protect the rainforest from the fires that were burning at an increasing rate; fires that were turning one

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Introducing: Camp Monsters

Sep 27th, 2019 2m 7s

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The Language of Wildfire

Jul 2nd, 2019 22m 15s

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Jun 25th, 2019 51m 1s

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Jun 18th, 2019 45m 54s

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Jun 11th, 2019 46m 56s

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Jun 4th, 2019 52m 2s

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May 28th, 2019 48m 12s

Show transcriptOn September 2, 2017, 150 hikers in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge were suddenly and terrifyingly trapped near Punch Bowl Falls by the Eagle Creek Fire, a human-caused forest fire that burned for three months and decimated some 5

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Introducing Wildfire

May 14th, 2019 3m 10s

Introducing Wildfire, a podcast presented by REI Co-op. This 6-part investigative series explores the past, present and future of wildfires by examining the devastating and controversial Eagle Creek Wildfire outside of Portland, Oregon. Hosts G

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