By Priya Subberwal - This recording is live from our Cultivating Community Resilience Through Storytelling Event

“…The seeds of a Lodgepole Pine are fire activated, meaning that their cones are closed tightly with a resin that melts when exposed to the flame. Meaning, they must burn in order to become. Meaning, that coded in their bodies is the anticipation of destruction - the understanding that something must end for new life to grow…”

By Laura Garber | Live at the 2023 Bitterroot Climate Story event

“Nature is in it 100 percent right now. The plants just really want to succeed, so that's what they do…nature is doing everything it can, to try every way to be successful, every way to reproduce, every way to find abundance and beauty and harmony right now.”

Interview with Susan Evans | CSKT Earth Day Celebration

Susan, a longtime social justice activist, explains her outrage and frustration about the political landscape in Montana, especially during the 2023 legislative session and lack of public input on fast moving bills. She’s stepped back into activism as a “gray-haired lady” with the Montana Sierra Club to speak up against the actions of Montana legislators. Despite her anger, she knows there are ways to be heard and stand up and encourages others to do so.

Interview with Stephen Small Salmon | CSKT Earth Day Celebration

Stephen, a Pend d’Oreille tribal member from the Flathead Reservation, remembers days without electricity and grocery stores. He recounts stories from his elders about how our job is to take care of Mother Earth rather than pollute her waters, land, and air.

Interview with George Price | CSKT Earth Day Celebration

George Price, a retired professor of Native American studies and history, teaches about the uncomfortable truth of overconsumption and the reality of overshooting our resources on Earth. He explains how we got to where we are by a “series of wrong turns” and explains solutions to get back on track as a civilization.

By Steve Thompson | Live at the 2023 Montana Folk Festival

“I am grateful for summers of clean air, rivers cold and deep, rainy Junes, and winters of snow uninterrupted by repeated freeze-thaw cycles. Not so long ago, we took this for granted. But now I’m thankful for those fleeting interludes of the ‘old normal.’”

Isaac Kantor, is the father of 15 year old, Mica Kantor, plaintiff in the Held v. State of Montana lawsuit that went to court in June 2023. Isaac is an attorney in Missoula, Montana. We had the opportunity to interview Isaac at the courthouse in Helena, MT on the first day of historic Held v MT trial to ask him what it means to support his child as a plaintiff and how other parents can support youth voices.

Steve Held is the father of Rikki Held, lead plaintiff of the Held v. State of Montana lawsuit that went to court in June 2023. We had the opportunity to interview Steve at the courthouse in Helena, MT on the first day of historic Held v. MT trial to ask him what it means to support his child as a plaintiff and how other parents can support youth voices.