Blowout: A Community’s Engagement with Fracking

Items

• Larry Leathers -1- Interview introduction
  Interview introduction from July 15, 2020
• Carol and Ed Soph Full Interview
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 22 - Advice to Future Activists
  Carol and Ed offer their advice to those who wish to pursue justice at the grassroots level.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 21 - Connectivity
  Carol and Ed discuss the ways they saw their efforts as connected to activists across the globe. They also reflect on how the issues of fracking affects everyone.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 20 - Factions and Debating
  Carol and Ed discuss how the city became divided and reflect on the public speaking skills and techniques they learned along the way.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 19 - Strongest Memories
  Carol and Ed remember being approached by a Russian journalist and the night that the vote to ban fracking had won.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 18 - Coordinating the Volunteers
  Carol and Ed explain how the volunteers coordinated and worked together to create the Frack Free Denton movement.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 17 - Building the Campaign
  Carol and Ed explain how the campaign began and how it grew.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 16 - Public Involvement and Facilitation
  Carol and Ed talk about how they see themselves as facilitators of the movement.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 15 - Putting Fracking on the Ballot
  Carol and Ed discuss the time the group decided to put fracking on the ballot.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 14 - Coming to Fractivism
  Carol and Ed back up to when they first learned about fracking and began to engage with the issue.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 13 - Precautionary Principle
  Carol and Ed reflection the precautionary principle, a principle which has guided their activism.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 12 - Imposing HB40 and Setbacks
  Carol and Ed reflect on the imposing of HB40 and the state of Big Oil in Texas.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 11 - When Fracking Came to the City
  Carol and Ed discuss how they feel that although they lost in Austin bringing awareness and showing how Denton opposed fracking was a win.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 10 - Reluctant Beginnings of the Fracking Campaign
  Carol and Ed discuss some the rocky beginnings of the campaign.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 9 - Personal Reflections
  Carol and Ed offer more personal reflections on activism and the campaign to ban fracking.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 8 - Environmental Activism: Past, Present, and Future
  Carol and Ed reflect on their past work and on what they were doing in the present. They explain their hopes for the future.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 7 - Fighting from within the System
  Carol and Ed discuss the ways that organizers must locate themselves within the system and work from there.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 6 - Inspiration, Motivation, and a Glimmer of Optimism
  Carol and Ed talk about how they motivate volunteers to continue organizing despite obstacles.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 5 - Education as Activism
  Carol and Ed explain how educating the community about key issues is activism.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 4 - Challenges During Their First Grassroots Campaign
  Carol and Ed describe the challenges they faced while campaigning against the copper refinery.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 3 - Launching Their First Grassroots Campaign
  Carol and Ed describe their first grassroots campaign against a copper refinery.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 2 - Being Part of the Community
  Carol and Ed discuss what is means to be a part of the community to them.
• Carol and Ed Soph, Clip 1 - Introductions
  Carol and Ed introduce themselves and describe their earlier years in community service.
• Peggy Heinkle-Wolfe, Clip 14 - Writing the Anniversary Story
  Heinkle-Wolfe describes her process for writing the 5th anniversary story.