The Green Mosaic: Reflections, Reads, and Reviews

Interviews, project updates, campaign news, and more

The deep blues and greens of pure water in the high mountains on a wet, cold day. Photo by the author.

Welcome to Biocentric, a newsletter about sustainability, overshoot, greenwashing, and resistance. It’s written by me, Max Wilbert, the co-author of Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It and co-founder of Protect Thacker Pass.

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What I’m Doing

• On November 20th, Protect Thacker Pass published a press release profiling the six defendants in our legal case. This had led to a good amount of media attention on the bullying tactics of Lithium Nevada Corporation. Here are a few of the resulting interviews and stories:

• On November 22nd, I was interviewed by Dennis Bernstein on KPFA’s Flashpoints radio show:

• On November 26th, Will Falk was interviewed on KNPR, Nevada Public Radio.

• On November 27th, the wonderful

  Jordan Chariton
  hosted Dean Barlese, Bhie-Cie Zahn Nahtzu, Will Falk, and me on his program
  Status Coup News
  :

• On December 21st, KOLO TV in Reno ran a segment about our legal defense.

• On other topics: back in early October, I was on First Voices Radio for a conversation with Tiokasin Ghosthorse about my essay “Alternative Cultures Are Beautiful and Important. They're Also Not Enough.” Here’s that interview:

• I released two short videos recently:

• I’m now on Bluesky, so if you’re active on that platform, you can find me here. Regardless, I’m planning to get off most (possibly all) social media in 2025, so I could use your help in sharing the pieces I publish here on these platforms.