On the Ted radio hour.
Over the last few years, former White House chef Sam Cass has been hosting meals that he calls last suppers on the menu, ingredients that are at risk because of climate change.
I hope it's not that people feel guilty or depressed.
My hope is that we understand what.
The stake is really like fully our.
Way of life, the future of food.
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Andy Tegel here in for Marielle Saguera, hiking has some pretty particular branding here in the US.
In my mind's eye, I see a seasoned athlete in muddy hiking boots at the peak of a mountaintop, arms outstretched and fancy hiking poles sunk down in victory.
Maybe a great big backpack filled with gear slung atop a bright puffy jacket and a face looking down at a just Concord valley below.
If any of that imagery feels familiar to you, it makes sense why hiking can often seem like this intense, expensive, inaccessible activity, which has always been so.
Weird to me since its quite literally the freest thing we have.
We have access to it everywhere.
Amanda Machado is a writer and facilitator based in Oakland, California.
Their work explores how race, gender, power, and identity affect the way we travel and experience the outdoors.
Growing up, Amanda says she was always outdoorsy, climbing things, scraping their knees.
But she wasnt introduced to the more formal world of outdoor recreation until they went to college.
And though it was something they loved, as a latino, she always found herself grappling with a feeling that hiking outdoor spaces often felt closed off in some ways not meant for her.
But then they spent six weeks backpacking through Ecuador, the country her fathers from.