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\u201cYou know how they say, \u2018You can\u2019t love what you don\u2019t know?\u2019 Well, this is why we need to reach out to people who don\u2019t know what the deal with the river is. Reaching out with the Local Natives is a fantastic way into thousands of people\u2019s hearts,\u201d says Gaby Gonzalez, Environmental Education Coordinator at the Sonoran Institute. She\u2019s part of the team that recently spent a long day together filming the newest episode of Earthworks from VICE Impact<\/a>.<\/header>\n
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Local Natives and production crew preparing to film an acoustic set in the Colorado River Delta.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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The episode connects the Sonoran Institute\u2019s work in the Colorado River Delta with the L.A.-based band, Local Natives<\/a>. It was shot on location in the Delta region, an expansive, sandy landscape near Mexicali, Mexico. Between a private acoustic set in the estuary and some incredible tacos the sixteen-hour shift was exceptional. Gaby says, \u201cMy favorite part of the day was getting to hang out and explore the river with the band. It was way more intense than a regular media tour. First, because this was a large group, production, sound, etc.\u2014the whole package\u2014while we usually host a couple reporters at a time. I loved seeing how they all worked together.\u201d<\/p>\n

VICE Impact describes Earthworks as \u201cBasically a Planet Earth<\/em> with musicians. In each episode a musician, band, rapper, or R&B star travels to an amazing ecological location anywhere in the world to learn more about its needs, the dangers it faces and how we can help save it. Along the way, the musicians play beautiful music connecting with the natural setting, sometimes even using the sound nature provides them.\u201d Bringing environmental awareness to a young audience is important to the show’s creators because \u201cNow, more than ever, it\u2019s up to us, as young people, to take on this mantle of conservation, preservation, and action to show people these beautiful, life-giving places that will be lost to us if we don\u2019t do something about it. The Colorado River doesn\u2019t flow to the ocean anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people think the river ends at the US-Mexico border, so it\u2019s usually very surprising to find out there\u2019s a river down here too and that there\u2019s super committed people working to restore it and to better the communities around it.\u201d said Gaby Gonz\u00e1les, who lives this work every day. The day on set took on new challenges with things like lighting, sound, working out logistics and a fair amount of time spent having to wait. The director even lost a shoe in the mud, but \u201che wasn\u2019t fazed one bit,\u201d according to Gaby. Overall, the time was spent immersed in the Delta, making sure the importance of the river was clear.<\/p>\n

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Gaby Gonz\u00e1lez describes the ecology of the Colorado River for Local Natives band members.<\/p><\/div>\n

Karen Schlatter, Adaptive Management Specialist at the Sonoran Institute also helped orient the band and production team to the river. She\u2019s adept at showing those who aren\u2019t familiar with all the issues surrounding the Colorado River the history and recent work in the Delta. She described to the band members how they\u2019re directly connected by living in Los Angeles, a city that relies on the Colorado River for its drinking water supply. Before the shoot, they were not entirely aware of the huge impacts of human water use on the environment. Karen enjoyed the chance to show them the positive side of \u201cwhat is possible through restoration and community involvement.\u201d She made sure to highlight \u201cthe fact that restoration of the Delta is a bi-national undertaking that involves collaboration on all levels, from water users in LA to US and Mexican governments to local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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L to R: Nick Carter, VICE Impact; Karen Schlatter, Gaby Gonz\u00e1lez, Edith Santiago<\/p><\/div>\n

Gaby and Karen showed Local Natives and the Earthworks team how resilient the Delta is. Despite decades of degradation and desiccation of habitat, there are many areas that still support native plant and animal species, including several endangered and endemic species.<\/p>\n

The audience for Earthworks is also resilient. It\u2019s reassuring to hear VICE Impact relate that their younger audience has an environmental awareness, and knows that their generation is \u201copen, conscious, perceptive, empathetic and primed to take this fight on and shift the tide of consciousness towards creating a real future for Mother Nature.\u201d It\u2019s the kind of mindset that makes for good collaboration. When asked why they saw the Sonoran Institute as the right organization to work with on this project, VICE Impact\u2019s director of advocacy, Nick Carter, professed \u201cThe Sonoran Institute is doing incredible work to bring life back to the source that gives life to so many of us, the Colorado River. They are committed to one of the most noble causes anyone could commit themselves to and it was an honor for the band and the team to work with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plus, says Gaby, \u201ckayaking in the river and exploring the riparian forest along it. I loved watching the band play! The scenery was super special; I wonder if they\u2019d ever played in a place like this before.\u201d What about another favorite moment? \u201cSharing tacos with the band\u2026not your usual fan moment,\u201d chose Gaby. \u201cThose tacos were freaking amazing,\u201d according to Karen.<\/p>\n

As originally appeared on the Sonoran Institute\u00a0Blog<\/a>, June 16, 2017; by\u00a0Corinne Matesich<\/a>, Marketing Communications\u00a0Coordinator\/Sonoran Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

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