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Brittany Turner of Cheyanne Symone

Brittany Turner of Cheyanne Symone

 
 
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Editor’s note: We had some brief technical difficulties during the first minute of the show. 

Brittany Turner in the WCBN studio.

Brittany Turner is the founder of Cheyanne Symone, a jewelry company based in Ypsilanti that specializes in handcrafted, indigenous-style earrings. She’s also an energy analyst at EcoWorks Detroit and a graduate of the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability. Turner joined hosts Bella Isaacs and Meg Czerwinksi to talk about how she factors social justice and environmental sustainability into her business, her identity as a Native woman of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, how an experience at science camp sparked her interest in energy, and much more.

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

 
 
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The theme of this week’s show is Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Green Tribal Economies. Hosts Brittany Anstead, Andrea Kraus, Rebecca Baylor and Pearl Zeng were joined by Jannan Cornstalk with the LTBB Natural Resource Comission and Barb Barton from The Gathering Society.

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