Ep. 174 : The True Cost of Coal with the Beehive Collective

<p>The massive Beehive Collective posters were a big part of my culturation and activist upbringing. Every punk house, infoshop, or radical space I encountered had one of their many gorgeously illustrated prints in a living room, bedroom or even in the washroom. They were so detailed, so thorough and nuanced that I would discover new facets every time I made the effort to study one. But despite seeing them so often, these black and white billboards were still a little mysterious and the narrative &nbsp;a bit illusive. I never quite understood the entire story behind most of the work. I know they came with a pamphlet detailing everything, but I didn’t often find one of those in the punk houses where I was encountering the posters.</p> <p>When Saku and D came through this past week on their whirlwind Southern Ontario tour, visiting neighbourhood parks, schools, they brought with them a simplified key, a song, a Seussian poem detailing the narrative of the work, which made it much more approachable to a broader, and younger audience. Inspired by their own child and the desire to teach them about what has been going on in the world, they put together a new book detailing the true cost of coal.</p> <p>This is my jams. Taking complex things and rendering them accessible and teachable and then doing the work to get that out into the world. I really appreciate this stuff. Thanks again to Saku and D for putting in the work on this one.</p> <p><strong>To learn more check out:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://beehivecollective.org/" target="_blank">Beehive Collective website</a></p> <p><a href="https://truecostofcoalbook.com/" target="_blank">The True Cost of Coal book</a><a href="https://mandolin-raccoon-xcnt.squarespace.com/podcast/tag/environmental+destruction" rel="tag"><br> </a></p>