{"id":2118,"date":"2016-05-27T11:56:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T18:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthsayers.tv\/sustainabilityadvocate\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2016-05-27T12:19:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T19:19:31","slug":"spoken-words-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthsayers.tv\/sustainabilityadvocate\/?p=2118","title":{"rendered":"Spoken Word Artists on Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Increasingly there is a greater number of our artists, musicians, and performers who are addressing climate justice or injustice as the case may be. \u00a0As islanders experience flooding at the edges, those of us\u00a0till dry and thinking there is still time and a Plan B might do well to listen to our poets and spoken word artists. \u00a0Here are three\u00a0such performers, two added this week to our climate change special collection on EarthSayers.tv. \u00a0Give a listen in<strong> just three quick clicks <\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>share the performances of these three dedicated and talented artists. Spread their stories.<\/p>\n<p>Spoken word<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2119 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsayers.tv\/sustainabilityadvocate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Isabella-Borgeson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Isabella Borgeson\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthsayers.tv\/sustainabilityadvocate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Isabella-Borgeson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/earthsayers.tv\/sustainabilityadvocate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Isabella-Borgeson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/earthsayers.tv\/sustainabilityadvocate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Isabella-Borgeson.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> artist\u00a0Isabella Borgeson shares her poem on the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), one of the strongest storms to ever hit the Philippines (November 8, 2013). \u00a0Four minute video published by Climate One on YouTube on May 14, 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsayers.com\/special_collection\/Climate_Change_Now_in_the_Philippines_by_Isabella_Borgeson\/32\/26000\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>. (4:00)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/isaborgeson\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Isabella on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"watch-uploader-info\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2120 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsayers.tv\/sustainabilityadvocate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elijah-Farquan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Elijah Farquan\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthsayers.tv\/sustainabilityadvocate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elijah-Farquan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/earthsayers.tv\/sustainabilityadvocate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elijah-Farquan.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>This multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board features Elijah Furquan, a spoken word artist in Milwaukee, WI, who describes the effects of extreme heat on his urban community.Uploaded to YouTube on Dec 22, 2010. (2:46) Click\u00a0<a style=\"line-height: 1.71429; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsayers.com\/special_collection\/Extreme_Heat-Climate_Wisconsin_by_Elijah_Furquan\/32\/25446\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.71429; font-size: 1rem;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2121\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsayers.tv\/sustainabilityadvocate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Terisa-Siagatou-150x150.png\" alt=\"Terisa Siagatou\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Spoken word artist Terisa Siagatonu (Samoan) shares her poem on climate change and talks about the realities of climate change from her unique perspective as\u00a0a spoken word artist\/arts educator, community activist, and Project Director for PIER: the Pacific Islander Education and Retention project at UCLA, an access project that exists to combat the low matriculation rates of Pacific Islander students into higher education by offering services ranging from free tutoring, mentorship, and peer advising to Pacific Islander high school students in Los Angeles. \u00a0Published on May 23, 2016 by Climate One. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsayers.com\/special_collection\/Climate_Change_by_Terisa_Siagatonu\/32\/26003\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>. (6:00)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madfreshrisa\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Terisa on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Published by Ruth Ann Barrett, Sustainability Advocate, May 27th, 2016, Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/earthsayer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow EarthSayer on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Spoken Word artists address (videos) the effects, today, now, of climate change on their communities. 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