With around a bil­lion dol­lars in annu­al rev­enue, The Nature Con­ser­van­cy is the largest orga­ni­za­tion of its kind in Amer­i­ca. Their stat­ed mis­sion is to ​“con­serve the lands and waters on which all life depends” and they bold­ly claim to have ​“done more than any­one else to advance con­ser­va­tion around the world.” And yet, this large, pow­er­ful group is under fire from a set of pro­gres­sive grass­roots envi­ron­men­tal jus­tice advo­cates. This week on Sea Change Radio, we wel­come the Rev­erend Leo Wood­ber­ry and Dan­na Smith to the show. Wood­ber­ry is pas­tor of King­dom Liv­ing Tem­ple in Flo­rence, South Car­oli­na and the exec­u­tive direc­tor of the non­prof­it New Alpha Com­mu­ni­ty Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion, and Smith is the exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Dog­wood Alliance.

They explain why they are crit­i­cal of The Nature Conservancy’s stance on car­bon off­sets, wood pel­let usage and its dubi­ous alliance with the wood prod­ucts industry.