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"Cities can be the places that were how we do our metabolism as a spieces." Are you interested in ecological design? What do you think about bioregions in our planning? How can we avoid defuturing? Interview with Dr Stuart Cowan, Executive Director at Buckminster Fuller Institute. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, futuring and protopia, Spaceship Earth, reciprocity, experimentation, and many more. Dr. Stuart Cowan is the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, advancing design science for systems change. He leads initiatives like the BFI Design Lab, fostering innovation to address critical planetary challenges. With 25 years' experience in regenerative design, finance, and systems, he co-founded Autopoiesis LLC, regenerating communities, ecosystems, and organizations. Stuart was the founding convener of the Regenerative Communities Network, supporting 15 bioregions, and has served as Chief Scientist at the Smart Cities Council. Co-author of Ecological Design, he earned a PhD in Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley, focusing on Complex Systems and Ecological Economics.Find out more about Stuart through these links:Stuart Cowan on LinkedIn Stuart Cowan websiteBuckminster Fuller Institute websiteBuckminster Fuller Institute on LinkedInBuckminster Fuller Institute on YoutubeEcological design - book by Stuart Cowan and Sim Van der RynOperating manual for a Spaceship Earth - book by Buckminster FullerChildren of a modest star - book by Jonathan S. Blake and Nils GilmanDesign for the pluriverse - book by Arturo EscobarDesigning from an abundance perspective - Stuart Cowan on the Ma Earth programConnecting episodes you might be interested in:No.101R - What we owe the future? (book summary)No.186 - Interview with Tom Bosschaert about Orchid CityNo.220 - Interview with Simon Burt about the importance of bees No.309R - Ecological urban planning and designWhat was the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WTF4Cities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wtf4cities.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website where the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sho⁠w⁠notes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are also available.I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lesfm ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠

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Stuart Cowan is the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. https://www.bfi.org/

Two conversations about the big picture. First, 20 years ago USPS released a stamp honoring inventor and multi-hyphenate visionary Bucky Fuller. Here's my 2004 conversation about the man and his work with his daughter, ALLEGRA FULLER SNYDER. Buckminster Fuller Institute: bfi.org. Second, one of my favorites, my 2008 conversation with MacArthur-winning evolutionary biologist STUART KAUFFMAN about his book, REINVENTING THE SACRED: A NEW VIEW OF SCIENCE, REASON, AND RELIGION. Is the universe's ceaseless creativity the best way for us to think about God? Learn more: stuartkauffman.com

For any long time listeners of the podcast, you know we are firm believers in failure being a positive thing. From D1 coaches to cutting edge researchers, great performers and leaders across the board understand the importance of allowing people to fail well. But, how exactly do you do that? Enter today's guest Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and author of the book Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well.  Before her appointment to Harvard, Amy served as Chief Engineer for the architecture and invention firm Buckminster Fuller Institute, and Director of Research at the Pecos River Learning Centers. In both fields, her search for new and innovative techniques led her to a strong ‘trial and error' approach where she discovered the ins and outs of “failing well”. In our conversation, Amy goes over the types of good failure and how they create better workers, teams, and environments where workers can feel “psychologically safe”, and what the consequences of fostering an environment that punishes failure can lead to. This is an essential listen for anyone looking to develop a welcoming, safe, and winning environment for their employees, so with that…let's bring it in!

Amy Merrill is an artist/activist at the intersection of creative communications, technology, and social change. In 2015, she co-founded Plan C to transform access to abortion pills by mail in the US, and under her co-leadership Plan C has grown to an annual audience of millions on an award-winning website, press reach in the billions, nationwide partnerships in research, creative and tech and “Plan C” as a household term for abortion pills. She was named in Fast Company's 2023 Most Creative People in Business, serves as advisor for new gen-z emergency contraception brand Julie and new abortion chatbot Charley, and was an inaugural member of the Buckminster Fuller Institute's Design Science Studio in 2020. Amy holds 20+ years navigating complex social issues, from human trafficking to economic injustice to gender equity: which led to reproductive health and access as a current focus. Her design studio Eyes Open leads creative communications for purpose-driven individuals and organizations. She is based in the Bay Area CA. To learn more about Plan C go to https://www.plancpills.org

“Artists and healers have a lot in common, actively venturing into the Numinous (unknown spaces, unknown territory) and listening in order to generate and co-create with that which is beyond the earthly apparent.” So says Clare Hedin, a remarkable musician, educator and artist who integrates the study of consciousness with a passion for healing social systems. Renowned as a sound healer, she employs her ethereal voice and music to create profound and transformative experiences for groups in beautiful spaces like churches and spiritual centers.  Clare moved to the United States from her birthplace in England for her undergrad in Fine Art and Humanities until she finally found her fit at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, “a place for people like myself who tend to butterfly around, so I could finally finish.” Early in her career Clare worked in the music business (record labels and publishing) before ultimately performing as a singer/songwriter, and then a sound healer with a profound instinct for connecting with the elemental and natural. A true polymath in every sense of the word, Clare has taught Creativity & Innovation to business students at San Francisco State University, guest lectured and advised at St. Martin's Art College in London, and she is also the visionary behind "Dynamic Emergence," a concept she eloquently describes as "the phenomena of novelty arising when two or more elements meet." “There's not enough in the world validating… us. As human beings we are not invited to be the whole of who we are… to be in our Living-System-ness.” says Clare. Having crossed paths with many emergent thinkers while living in the Oakland/bay area for 30 years, she got to spend time with Fritjof Capra (The Tao of Physics), a source of her inspiration for Dynamic Emergence, Clare was introduced to the work of R. Buckminster Fuller, and became introduced to the Buckminster Fuller Institute through friends like Mark Smith (who worked in the 70s on the earliest version of what would become “email”) and Amanda Joy Ravenhill. Bucky was famous for suggesting that rather than fight existing systems, essentially “Just create a better party.”  Fractal alert! This episode weaves together a wide range of topics, from quantum entanglement to healing to what humanity's emerging intelligence is doing, and how when we interface together new dots are connected. “We are an emergent phenomenon” says Clare, “Each of us is a collective.” “I am the inherited knowledge of all my ancestors and what they left behind, as well as the container (or meeting point) of my immediate and extended environment… trajectories of story intersecting… the web of life.” “I come from the earth. I am the earth. I return to the earth.” “I think there's something really beautiful about being able to listen with our senses, to listen with our intuition and to really be open and available.” Clare says. “Reconciliation is not something you make happen, it is something you must allow, and our healing is a part of that journey, it's not instead of, it's a part of.” Please join us on Substack, languageofcreativity.substack.com Guest: Clare Hedin Website: clarehedin.com Dynamic Emergence YouTube, Instagram, Facebook Page Clare's Energy Paintings (on Etsy) Grief and Praise, album (ClareHedin.com Shop) Featured Audio: The Mountains Breathe by Clare Hedin (YouTube) Other music in the podcast: “The Crash” by Josh Dobrowner “Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp Episode References: The Buckminster Fuller Institute The Design Science Studio Vision train Mark Smith California Institute of Integral Studies shruti box (Wikipedia) Fr. Richard Mapplebeckpalmer (Richard the Monk, A Dane at Heart - YouTube) Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences (Very Well Mind) The biggest benefit of pre-K might not be education (Vox) The best of Brian Green (YouTube playlist) Alan Watts (YouTube playlist) Joseph Campbell (Bill Moyers interview: YouTube) Buckminster Fuller (The World of R. Buckminster Fuller [1974]: YouTube) holobiont (The Economist) Stephen Bau on the holobiont (Imaginaxiom) The Butterfly Effect (Farnam Street Media Blog/The Thinking Project) Michael Jackson popcorn meme Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 (

Lynne Twist is founder of Pachamama Alliance and Soul of Money Institute. In conversation with Matthew Monahan. Watch this episode on video: https://youtu.be/p3yb1jJ48cI Watch a preview: https://youtu.be/9y2lxQVHYGc Pachamama Alliance: https://pachamama.org Soul of Money Institute: https://soulofmoney.org/ Living a Committed Life: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Committed-Life-Fulfillment-Yourself/dp/1523093099 THE REGENERATION WILL BE FUNDED Ma Earth Website: https://maearth.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maearthmedia Community Discord: https://maearth.com/community Podcast Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/theregeneration/feed.xml RESOURCES Chicken Soup for the Soul: https://www.chickensoup.com/ Paul Hawken: https://paulhawken.com/ Buckminster Fuller Institute: https://www.bfi.org/ Kate Raworth: https://www.kateraworth.com/ Michael Beckwith: https://michaelbeckwith.com/ DAYBREAKDER: https://www.daybreaker.com/ RELATED INTERVIEWS Atossa Soltani (Sacred Headwaters): https://youtu.be/p4blXxjyQ-U Andrew Hewitt (Pachamama Alliance): https://youtu.be/cW8W7Qpy_Xo This interview took place during Bioneers 2023: https://bioneers.org SOCIAL Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/maearth X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/maearthmedia Lenstube: https://lenstube.xyz/channel/maearth.lens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maearthmedia/ Mirror: https://mirror.xyz/maearth.eth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maearth/ Lenster: https://lenster.xyz/u/maearth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maearthcommunity TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maearthmedia

Samantha Power is the founder of Finance for Gaia. In conversation with Matthew Monahan. Watch this episode on video: https://youtu.be/yy6eZlLDaKw Watch a preview: https://youtu.be/Wk0_81gRNNA Finance for Gaia: https://www.financeforgaia.com/ Samantha's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthapower THE REGENERATION WILL BE FUNDED Ma Earth Website: https://maearth.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maearthmedia Community Discord: https://maearth.com/community Podcast Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/theregeneration/feed.xml RESOURCES Earth Law Center: https://www.earthlawcenter.org/ The Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action: https://www.financeministersforclimate.org/ COP15 Montreal biodiversity agreement: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/cop15-ends-landmark-biodiversity-agreement Ecosystem Restoration Camps/Communities: https://www.ecosystemrestorationcommunities.org/ Buckminster Fuller Institute: https://www.bfi.org/ Gitcoin: https://www.gitcoin.co/ Regen Network: https://regen.network/ Regen Foundation: https://regen.foundation/ Planet Labs: https://planet.com/ Open Earth Foundation: https://www.openearth.org/ NatureMetrics: https://www.naturemetrics.com/ Crowther Lab: https://crowtherlab.com/ RELATED INTERVIEWS Gregory Landua (Regen Network): https://youtu.be/JKgK4ZDf8gk Austin Wade Smith (Regen Foundation): https://youtu.be/19A2lofsByc Robbie Schingler (Planet Labs): https://youtu.be/iJn-dQsiECw Will Marshall (Planet Labs): https://youtu.be/8zsvrs9oAm0 Martin Wainstein (Open Earth Foundation): https://youtu.be/3MnZXz4kNDM This interview took place during Bioneers 2023: https://bioneers.org SOCIAL Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/maearth X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/maearthmedia Lenstube: https://lenstube.xyz/channel/maearth.lens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maearthmedia/ Mirror: https://mirror.xyz/maearth.eth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maearth/ Lenster: https://lenster.xyz/u/maearth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maearthcommunity TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maearthmedia

Cities are incredibly important to modern life, and their importance is only growing. As Geoffrey West points out, the world is adding urban areas equivalent to the population of San Francisco once every four days. How those areas get designed and structured is a complicated interplay between top-down planning and the collective choices of millions of inhabitants. As the world is changing and urbanization increases, it will be crucial to imagine how cities might serve our needs even better. Johanna Hoffman is an urbanist who harnesses imagination to make cities more sustainable and equitable.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Johanna Hoffman received an MLA in landscape architecture and environmental planning from UC Berkeley. She is the co-founder and Director of Planning at urban futures firm Design for Adaptation. She has won fellowships from the European Futures Observatory and the Berggruen Institute, and served as Artist in Residence at the Buckminster Fuller Institute. Her new book is Speculative Futures: Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-Create the Cities We Need.Web siteDesign for AdaptationBerggruen Fellow profileAmazon author pageSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can we evolve consciousness? Can we align ourselves with nature? Can we redesign our civilization? These questions and more are explored in the new documentary film, 2012: Time for slated for theatrical release in Los Angeles at the Laemmle's Sunset 5 October 8th and in New York City at the AMC Loews Village 7 for exclusive limited engagements. The evening screenings are followed by a post Q&A with experts featured in the film and leading luminaries in their respective fields including Mallika Chopra , Founder of Intent.com , don Jose Ruiz author and Toltec Shaman, Elizabeth Thompson of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, Yogi Ganga White, Tiokasin Ghosthorse and more. Directed by Emmy Award nominee João Amorim, the film follows journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, author of the bestselling book, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, on a quest for a new paradigm that integrates the ancient wisdom of tribal cultures with modern science. This provocative independent film posits, "As conscious agents of evolution, we can redesign post-industrial society based on ecological and spiritual principles to make a world that works for all?" 2012: Time for Change presents a refreshing and optimistic alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom and features leading experts, scientists and celebrities including; Sting, Ellen Page, David Lynch, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Gilberto Gil, Dean Radin, Buckminster Fuller, Paul Stamets, Shiva Rea, Bernard Lietaer, Terrence McKenna , Ganga White and many more. ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Sponsored by Tierra Farm; Music by Aaron DessnerWith this episode, we're excited to officially launch season two of our Roots to Renewal podcast, and we are thrilled to have Greg Watson as our guest to kick things off. Greg is the director of policy and systems design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and a self-described lifelong student. He has spent nearly 50 years studying systems thinking as inspired by Buckminster Fuller and has worked to apply that understanding to achieve a more just and sustainable world. In this episode, you'll hear more about Greg's amazing biography and his involvement in many future bearing and life bearing initiatives as he and Hawthorne Valley's executive director and podcast host Martin Ping, take a deep dive on the topics of systems thinking and new economics, creating new forms of cooperation, the wisdom of nature, and so much more. If you'd like to learn more about Greg's work and the Schumacher Center for a New Economics visit https://centerforneweconomics.org. For more information on the World Game Workshop, visit https://worldgameworkshop.org.Donate to Hawthorne Valley here.More about Greg Watson:Greg is Director of Policy and Systems Design at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. His work currently focuses on community food systems and an initiative to improve global systems literacy informed by a reimagining of Bucky Fuller's World Game Workshop. Greg has spent nearly 50 years studying systems thinking as inspired by Buckminster Fuller and has worked to apply that understanding to achieve a more just and sustainable world. He has served on the board of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and as a juror for the Buckminster Fuller Challenge.In 1978 he organized a network of urban farmers' markets in the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area. He served as Commissioner of Agriculture in Massachusetts from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2012 to 2014 when he launched a statewide urban agriculture grants program.Greg gained hands-on experience in organic farming, aquaculture, wind-energy technology, and passive solar design at the New Alchemy Institute on Cape Cod, first as Education Director and later as Executive Director. There he led the effort to create the Cape & Islands Self Reliance energy cooperative.  He served four years as Executive Director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, a multicultural grassroots organizing and planning organization where he initiated one of the nation's first urban agriculture projects (anchored by a 10,000 square foot commercial greenhouse).Watson was the first Executive Director of the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust (now the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center). In 2005 he coordinated the drafting of “A Framework for Offshore Wind Energy Development in the United States” and the following year founded the U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative. Watson was part of the team that landed the National Wind Technology Testing Center in Massachusetts.  He served on President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Department of Energy transition team in 2008.  In 2015 he founded the Cuba-U.S. Agroecology Network (CUSAN) following a trip to Cuba to learn about its agroecology system. CUSAN links small farmers and sustainable farm organizations in both countries to share information and provide mutual support. He is on the editorial board of MEDICC Review, journal of the nonprofit Medical Education in Cooperation with Cuba.Watson serves on several boards including Ocean Arks International, Remineralize The Earth, The Marion Institute, the Heron Foundation and Place Corps. 

Marshall Lefferts is the Founder and Director of the Comometry Project and author of the book, Cosmometry: Exploring the HoloFractal Nature of the Cosmos, which is an incredible journey into understanding the nature of reality and the interconnectedness of all things. More information can be found at www.cosmometry.com He is also a Board Member of the Resonance Science Foundation, serving as board from 2006-2019, and is a faculty member of the Resonance Science Foundation's Resonance Academy. Marshall was an associate producer of Thrive - What on Earth Will It Take? And the Visual Effects Co-Director of the follow up film, Thrive II. If you have not seen either of those films, head over to www.thriveon.com and check them out. Marshall is a former co-director of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution (1999-2004), and is a lifetime member of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. It should also be noted that Marshall is an accomplished musician and music theorist, with an album available through spotify, apple music and other platforms called Mystery of Souls.

Allan Savory is my guest on Episode 143 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Allan Savory, born in Zimbabwe and educated in South Africa (University of Natal, BS in Zoology and Botany) pursued an early career as a research biologist and game ranger in the British Colonial Service of what was then Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia) and later as a farmer and game rancher in Zimbabwe. In the 1960s he made a significant breakthrough in understanding what was causing the degradation and desertification of the world's grassland ecosystems and, as a resource management consultant, worked with numerous managers on four continents to develop sustainable solutions. He served as a Member of Parliament in the latter days of Zimbabwe's civil war and became the leader of the opposition to the ruling party headed by Ian Smith. Exiled in 1979 as a result of his opposition, he immigrated to the United States, where he continued to work with land managers through his consulting business. The growth of that business, a desire to assist many more people and the need for furthering his work led him to continue its development in the nonprofit world. In 1992 Savory and his wife, Jody Butterfield, formed a non-profit organization in Zimbabwe, the Africa Centre for Holistic Management, donating a ranch that would serve as a learning site for people all over Africa. In 2009 Savory, Butterfield, and a group of colleagues co-founded the Savory Institute in Boulder, Colorado to serve the world through an international network of entrepreneurial innovators and leaders committed to serving their regions with the highest standards of Holistic Management training and implementation support. The Africa Centre became the first of the Savory Institute's locally led and managed “hubs.” Savory's book, Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision-Making (Island Press, 1999), describes his effort to find workable solutions ordinary people could implement to overcome many of the problems besetting communities and businesses today. In 2003, Allan Savory received Australia's International Banksia Award “for the person or organization doing the most for the environment on a global scale,” and in 2010 Savory (and the Africa Centre) received the Buckminster Fuller Institute's Challenge award for work that has “significant potential to solve humanity's most pressing problems.” A TED talk Savory gave in 2013 has received over 3.4 million views and in 2014 was voted one of the 50 most intriguing TED talks of all time. The Savory Institute is one of 11 finalists in the Virgin Earth Challenge, a $25 million initiative for the successful commercialization of ways of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and keeping them out with no countervailing impacts. https://savory.global

Welcome to this week's BE NICE CHALLENGE. This 4-minute episode consists of our current guest's challenge to YOU to make your world, and by extension, THE WORLD, a nicer place. 10% nicer, that's all we ask. This week's challenge is laid down by AMANDA RAVENHILL ,executive director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and cofounder of Project Drawdown. Do you have the SPINE to tackle her challenge? And are you into winning cool stuff? If so, press play!

Can we evolve consciousness? Can we align ourselves with nature? Can we redesign our civilization? These questions and more are explored in the new documentary film, 2012: Time for slated for theatrical release in Los Angeles at the Laemmle's Sunset 5 October 8th and in New York City at the AMC Loews Village 7 for exclusive limited engagements. The evening screenings are followed by a post Q&A with experts featured in the film and leading luminaries in their respective fields including Mallika Chopra , Founder of Intent.com , don Jose Ruiz author and Toltec Shaman, Elizabeth Thompson of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, Yogi Ganga White, Tiokasin Ghosthorse and more. Directed by Emmy Award nominee João Amorim, the film follows journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, author of the bestselling book, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, on a quest for a new paradigm that integrates the ancient wisdom of tribal cultures with modern science. This provocative independent film posits, "As conscious agents of evolution, we can redesign post-industrial society based on ecological and spiritual principles to make a world that works for all?" 2012: Time for Change presents a refreshing and optimistic alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom and features leading experts, scientists and celebrities including; Sting, Ellen Page, David Lynch, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Gilberto Gil, Dean Radin, Buckminster Fuller, Paul Stamets, Shiva Rea, Bernard Lietaer, Terrence McKenna , Ganga White and many more. ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Ganga Devi Braun is is an extraordinary facilitator, regenerative counselor, ritualist, writer, ecologist, and community cultivator who weaves ontological design and living systems theory into all that she does. She shares her unique experience of having been raised in an intentional community that values pluralistic collaboration, enriched by diverse religious, spiritual and philosophical traditions. This led her to become an interspiritual minister and guide for bridge-building and consciousness-raising that is much needed during this time of widening societal polarities and climate emergency. Designing for a regenerative culture requires unlearning of reductive models in order to create anticipatory ones that work for 100% of life. Ganga is a catalyst for the regenerative movement, connecting social justice, environmentalism and design science. She was selected for the first cohort in Buckminster Fuller Institute's Design Science Studio, and is a founding facilitator of Presence Foundations - a transformational leadership incubator for embodying whole systems awareness within us, and integrating these principles to create impact in the world. About Ganga: Ganga Devi Braun is committed to the healing of our shared world, a process that requires a recognition of the interconnected nature of all life. She believes that this healing requires a continuous reflexive process of recognizing difference, privilege, and shadows of the incarnations we are currently experiencing. As a facilitator, counselor, ritualist, writer, ecologist, and community cultivator, she draws heavily from the wisdom of Buckminster Fuller, Joanna Macy, Adrienne Maree Brown, and the complex interactions she observes every day in the subtropical bioregion she calls home. Ganga has dedicated her academic studies, career, and personal life to understanding living systems, evolutionary principles, biomimicry, and regenerative design. Ganga's upbringing within one of the few experimental land-based communities founded in the 70's that has withstood the test of time gave her a unique perspective through the lens of diverse and pluralistic collaboration. She is an ordained interspiritual minister (One Spirit Learning Alliance Interspiritual Seminary), and applies religious and spiritual technology to create dynamic spaces based on collective wisdom that supports meaning-making, while harmonizing with the living systems that we are. Learn more at https://gangadevibraun.com/ Follow on Instagram @ganga_devi

Leon Wang is my guest on Episode 116 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Leon Wang or 王立中 (Wáng Lì Zhōng) is a genderqueer Taiwanese 2nd gen American (they/them, ki/kin) who is able-bodied with an invisible neurodiversability. In essence, they are an (Auto)Catalyzing Connector, Exploration Facilitator, and Networks Weaver. At heart, ki is an extreme generalist that is creating conduits toward (b)righter futures. Leon leverages deep expertise in Life-Centered Design, Nature-Inspired Creativity, Emerging Technologies, and Justice|Equity|Diversity|Inclusion (JEDI) to amplify change-agents to create and evolve more optimal and well-adapted solutions. In the last 6 years, Leon has engaged deeply in diverse doings with trailblazing organizations like Sustainable Ocean Alliance, Buckminster Fuller Institute, One Point Five, Singularity University, Biomimicry 3.8, StartingBloc, Playground of Empathy and RETHINK that are all thought leaders in the impact space. Leon is a Certified Biomimicry Professional with a M.S. Biomimicry from ASU and B.S. Bioengineering from UCSD. Leon is bravely shifting our dreaming, knowing, being and doing in this world to be more People Positive, Complexity Conscious and Life Liberating. As an Anti-Bias Anti-Racist Intersectional Environmentalist, they also strive to bring awareness to critical (un)learning of systems of oppression. In radical brave spaces, ki invites attention, intention, and repetition toward active shaping of more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive (JEDI) futures for All Life. https://linktr.ee/leonwang55

New fields such as Biomimicry offer amazing insight into the way nature solves the most complex problems with stunning simplicity, allowing scientists to create amazing “advancements” in human technology. What is clear is how little we really know about everything. In part one, Stephen Bau begins to speak about The Holobiont: the emergent, living system of all nested systems. In part 2, we explore our complex social systems and how seemingly all attempts at utopia have been prone to fail. How might we create a more peaceful society and correct humanity's voracious tendency toward self-destruction? Bau founded the Builders Collective to inspire others to design a more resilient society. The Builders Collective uses human-centered design to create engaging experiences through art, design, and social change. Then in 2020, Stephen joined the Design Science Studio, an educational incubator tied to the Buckminster Fuller Institute aimed at making the world work for not just all humans but for 100% of all life on Earth. Stephen and Steve discuss the ways in which we as humans inevitably design the world around us, the ethics of design, rethinking our economic and political systems, and reimagining education. They also discuss Buckminster Fuller's concept of “Metaphysical Gravity,” and Stephen's reimagining of it, seamlessly blending concepts of biological, personal, social, economic, political, and ecological scale into a “network of flows” that create mental models for human experience. “In this way, we can explore the metaphysical model of ideas and values (philosophical, spiritual, mathematical, technological) embodied by the mental models for human experience and how personal habits have implications at the biological, personal, social, economic, political, and ecological scales by mapping these changes to the collective organization and coordination of human actions.” How might we conceive of our place in the universe as part of a process of cultural evolution, social physics, and metaphysical design? If we're the ones designing the world, can we use a better model of reality as the foundation for a set of values and aspirations to build a world that works for 100% of life?   Stephen's Upcoming Podcast: Design For Resilience https://builderscollective.com/design-for-resilience/ Join UX Academy! https://share.trydesignlab.com/ux (affiliate link) Buckminster Fuller Institute: https://www.bfi.org Design Science Studio: https://www.designscience.studio   More from Stephen Bau: https://stephenbau.com/ https://bauhouse.ca/ https://trydesignlab.com/bau/ https://bldrs.co/ https://socialarc.com/ https://designinfluences.com/author/stephen/ Building Leaders to Design a Resilient Society  https://bauhouse.medium.com   Stephen's portfolio: https://stephenbau.myportfolio.com/ https://vimeo.com/bauhouse   Stephen's Social Media: https://twitter.com/bauhouse https://www.linkedin.com/in/bauhouse/?originalSubdomain=ca https://www.instagram.com/bauhouse/?hl=en   Episode References: Yuval Noah Harari: global ethics Builder's Collective Bauhaus redefining Society What is education: do schools kill creativity? (Sir Ken Robinson) The Social Dilemma  Mike Monteiro: ethics of design Marty Neumeier: what is design? Brain stem advertising Donut economics United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals The Seventh Generation principle My Octopus Teacher Metaphysical Gravity Tags: agile methodology, workflow, adaptation, collective intelligence, holistic, holobiont, cultural relevance, Bauhaus, capitalism, economic system, neoliberalism, new world Bauhaus, Weimar Republic, democracy of design, ethics, core values, scarcity, systemic racism, Rob Bell, Christianity, faith, Spiral Dynamics, feedback loop, new world order, empathy, persona, consciousness, circular economy, value, connection, metaphysical gravity, social utopia  Language of Creativity's host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning. Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Episode Music: Chef ”Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! The idea and concept of tribe has never been so inclusive as now in our interconnected reality. We'd love for you all to join us. https://socialarc.com/proposal/

Roxi Shohadaee is the Director and ARTchitect of the Design Science Studio, a program of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and habRitual, a decade-long anticipatory art and design-driven accelerator inspiring a future that works for 100% of LIFE. To transform our collective capacity and create a harmonic future we must first envision it. As such, the studio empowers global creators, systems thinkers, organizations and initiatives to imagine, collaborate and create a regenerative future together. In addition to stewarding the Design Science Studio, Roxi is the Founder and CEO of habRitual: an interdisciplinary experiential design and immersive art studio, creating at the intersection of art, technology and nature to reach, educate, and inspire diverse groups of people. Her work traverses scales, from land based projects to civic installations. Some of her other notable projects include being the supervising producer for the Planet Home Village, advising End of You at Gray Area, co-producing LMNL at Onedome, co-founding Wild Vessel and Reimagine: End of Life, creative producing Interactive Art for Lighting in a Bottle and Symbiosis Music Festivals and co-producing the Burning Man Global Leadership Conference, Desert Arts Preview and Artists' Symposium. As an interdisciplinary designer, experiential producer, contemporary artist, and creative doula her mission is to catalyze social and systemic change through inclusive, cross-disciplinary collaborations for the regeneration of our planet and culture. Her path is grounded in a commitment to creating inspiring and embodied ways of learning together. She is a deep believer and practitioner in designing for states of being, having those states of being prime us for connection with ourselves, each other and our beautiful living planet! Support Julian & this Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/julianguderley --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-guderley/support

Join host Tom Green for a wide-ranging interview with the incredible Amanda Ravenhill. Amanda discusses numerous aspects of climate change including her remarkable career, exciting projects in climate change, why we shouldn't be referring to Carbon Dioxide Removal. Learn about the potential of Blue Carbon, how humans made the Amazon rainforest (and how we can save it too), and the important work being done by the Buckminster Fuller Institute. www.bfi.org https://spaceshipearth.live/blue-carbon-home

Welcome to the 11 episode of the Bonner Private Research Podcast. I'm joined by Chris Mayer, Portfolio Manager of Woodlock House Family Capital fund and co-founder of the firm along with Bill Bonner. In this episode, Chris recommends some of his favorite books. We talk about “the big idea guys”, his beloved book collection, and how would he start one now. All that and more in my conversation with Chris Mayer, up next. Bullet points 03:00 - Introducing Chris Mayer 05:32 - Curating a book collection 06:57 - Fiction meets non-fiction: The value of maintaining an omnivorous reading diet 08:26 - (Authors mentioned: Neil Postman, 1931-2003; Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983; Alfred Korzybski, 1879, 1950) 08:48 - (P.G. Wodehouse, 1881-1975, British-born humourist and prolific author of more than 90 novels. Died in Southampton, NY) 09:00 - (Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850. French author widely considered the founder of European realism. His novel sequence La Comédie humaine, runs over 90 works, finished and unfinished.) 10:00 - (Christopher Hitchens, 1949, 2011) 11:35 - The big idea guys 12:18 - Alfred Korzybski, considered by many to be the “Father of General Semantics.” https://amzn.to/2KW1IUA 12:40 - How Do You Know? By Chris Mayer (See link below to order) https://amzn.to/3a9s5PG 14:17 - Check out the Buckminster Fuller Institute at https://www.bfi.org/ 15:20 - See links to all books mentioned below https://amzn.to/3qXKPs0 16:30 - Alan Watts, 1915-1973, British author https://amzn.to/2Mc8E0x 22:20 - Henry Miller, 1891-1980 23:50 - Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens, A Brief History of Mankind 24:40 - Harry Browne, American writer, libertarian and author of a dozen books, including Why Government Doesn't Work 27:32 - Anthony Bourdain, 1956-2018. American traveler, writer, television presenter and world-renowned story-teller. Author of Kitchen Confidential, among other works 28:05 - Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898, 1962. Austrian-American author, illustrator, traveler and gormandizing cosmopolitan 32:22 Hotel Bemelmans: https://amzn.to/3opA3Jn 32:30 When You Lunch with the Emperor: https://amzn.to/3j2LRjJ 34:15 - George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris & London; Emile Zola, The Belly of Paris and L'Assommoir; Nicolas Freeling, The Kitchen 35:50 - Jim Harrison, 1936-2016. American poet, novelist and oyster aficionado 37:24 - Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi https://amzn.to/3cnHmyS 38:00 - Bemelmans Bar https://bit.ly/3ah0MD7 40:00 - James Thurber, 1894, 1961. American cartoonist, author, humourist, columnist and celebrated wit 42:16 - Investors / Authors 43:10 - Martin Sosnoff, Martin Sosnoff, CFA. Founder. Founder of Atalanta Sosnoff Capital Corporation 45:34 - hook·ah noun - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube which draws the smoke through water contained in a bowl 46:46 Humble on Wall Street: https://amzn.to/2Ynxugr 46:54 Silent Investor, Silent Loser: https://amzn.to/39rUFMN 49:30 - Ludwig von Mises, 1881-1973. Austrian School economist, proponent of Subjective Value Theory (as opposed to, for example, Labor Value Theory, something expounded by Karl Marx) 50:43 - Thomas W Phelps, 1906-1996. Author of 100-1 in the Stock Market 100-1 in the Stock Market: https://amzn.to/2NKzLQN 52:35 - Read Chris Mayer's 100 Baggers: Stocks that Return 100-1and How to Find Them (link below) https://amzn.to/36jxG4w 55:00 - What to start with 56:35 - Seneca... Epictetus... H.L. Mencken... 57:10 - Albert Jay Nock, Our Enemy, The State https://amzn.to/3t7L4CT 01:00:16 - Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 01:02:20 - Being able of entertain two opposite thoughts 01:07:30 - Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679. English philosopher, author of Leviathan and (we think) not a particularly uplifting dinner guest. Still, worth the read... 01:09:55 - John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946

Operating far outside the lines of what he calls the “humanitarian-industrial complex,” freelance culture hacker and FreeSpace founder Mike Zuckerman has been going into refugee settlements around the world, working with their citizens to create spaces and places that better serve their communities. While the NGOs wrung their hands over how to deliver aid in the COVID-19 pandemic, Zuck spent most of last year on the ground in Uganda, working with the people of Nakivale, a refugee settlement of 120,000 near the Tanzanian border. Together they built civic spaces including an amphitheater, a library, a radio station, and a Virtual Reality room in a shipping container, which they used to connect Nakivale to the Burning Man online multiverse last summer. With projects like these, Zuck is bringing the lessons of Black Rock City to other temporary spaces around the world, helping displaced persons overcome “agency deprivation disorder” and reclaim their innate plowers of self-reliance and self-expression.mikezuckerman.comfreespace.ioopportunigee.orgto.orgwearealight.org ourhabitas.com/riseburningman.org/culture/burning-man-arts/grants/globalLIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG 

Operating far outside the lines of what he calls the “humanitarian-industrial complex,” freelance culture hacker and FreeSpace founder Mike Zuckerman has been going into refugee settlements around the world, working with their citizens to create spaces and places that better serve their communities. While the NGOs wrung their hands over how to deliver aid in the COVID-19 pandemic, Zuck spent most of last year on the ground in Uganda, working with the people of Nakivale, a refugee settlement of 120,000 near the Tanzanian border. Together they built civic spaces including an amphitheater, a library, a radio station, and a Virtual Reality room in a shipping container, which they used to connect Nakivale to the Burning Man online multiverse last summer. With projects like these, Zuck is bringing the lessons of Black Rock City to other temporary spaces around the world, helping displaced persons overcome “agency deprivation disorder” and reclaim their innate plowers of self-reliance and self-expression.http://www.mikezuckerman.comhttp://freespace.iohttps://opportunigee.orghttps://burningman.org/culture/burning-man-arts/grants/globalLIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG

Tom Chi is an innovator, investor, visionary and Chairman of the Board of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. His work with innovative technologies like Google glass and tree planting drones has shaped a new generation of revolutionary thinking aimed at tackling the climate crisis. In this episode, Tom describes a phenomena of our generation that he calls “charging the trauma battery”, offers advice on what it takes to be a flexible (thus successful) innovator and offers pragmatic tools for instigating local change.  Show Notes [3:03]using overwhelm as a catalyst for ideas [15:00] https://www.climaxfoods.com/ (“Climax Foods”) (technologies for making plant-based foods) [22:00] - growing outdoors, are you repairing soil? [30:40] - rapid pro-typing in atoms, bits & neurons [44:22] - commitment versus attachment to a project [54:07] - “charging your trauma battery” References - https://www.dendra.io/ (Dendra Systems) (drone tree planting) - https://www.climaxfoods.com/ (Cimax Foods) - a data science company who has been testing and producing plant-based foods that mimic animal-based foods - https://www.atoneventures.com/portfolio.html (At One Ventures) - Finds, funds and grows teams to catalyze a world where humanity is net positive to nature (Tom Chi is a Founding Partner) -a book called https://natcapsolutions.org/product/purchaseafinerfuture/ (“A Finer Future” by Hunter Lovins) -a documentary called https://kissthegroundmovie.com/ (“Kiss the Ground” )on soil health

In today's episode we continue our series on regenerative agriculture, why it is so important for soils, the environment, and all human life. Joining us for this episode is a legend is this field, Allan Savory. Allan's storied career started more than 60 years ago in a country no longer known by the same name. He was born in Rhodesia in 1935 and received his Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Botany from South Africa's University of Natal. He pursued an early career as a research biologist and game ranger in the British Colonial Service of what was then Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia) and later as a farmer and game rancher in Zimbabwe. During the 1960's, Allan made a significant breakthrough in understanding what was causing the degradation and desertification of the world's grassland ecosystems and worked with numerous managers on four continents to develop sustainable solutions. In 2003, Allan received Australia's International Banksia Award “for the person or organization doing the most for the environment on a global scale,” and in 2010 Savory (and the Africa Centre) received the Buckminster Fuller Institute's Challenge award for work that has “significant potential to solve humanity's most pressing problems.” A TED talk Savory gave in 2013 has received over 7 million views and in 2014 was voted one of the 50 most intriguing TED talks of all time. Additionally, Allan is the author of 6 books covering aspects of Holistic Management practices, and how they can be applied to restore the Earth's environment thru management of grassland ecosystems. To learn more about Mr Savory and his work please visit: Savory Institute Allan Savory TED Talk

References: Re-alliance: https://www.re-alliance.org/about-us Lush Spring Prize: https://springprize.org/ Regenerosity: https://www.regenerosity.world/ Buckminster Fuller Institute: https://www.bfi.org/ James’s Teachers: Starhawk: https://starhawk.org/permaculture/links-and-resources/ Looby Macnamara: https://loobymacnamara.com/home/ Pre-order Looby’s new book Cultural Emergence here Re-alliance: https://www.re-alliance.org/regenerative Green Releaf Initiative: https://www.greenreleaf.org/ April's offerings and ways to connect: Facebook @aprilific IG: @april.the.poet For blog and extras: www.aprilific.com Sandra: A Healing Reimagining of the Babysitter from Hell available on audiobook and ebook. How to connect with Scheffy's Sandbox: Facebook: @thesandboxpod IG: @thesandboxpod Email your dream, questions, or comments to us at thesandboxpod@gmail.com! We'd love to feature your voice, so record a voicememo and email it to us for us to play on the show or go to https://anchor.fm/thesandboxpod/message. Also, please take a moment to "like" and rate our show on whatever platform you use to listen. Thank you so much! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thesandboxpod/message

Walter Stahel is globally recognised as one of the key people who first formulated the concept of a circular economy. Amanda Ravenhill is the executive director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and was the co-founder of Project Drawdown, both focused on solutions that regenerative the earth’s ecosystems and combat climate change. We’ll be asking them about systems change, recent successes and what needs to change.Thank you for listening to this podcast. This show was recorded and streamed live on our YouTube channel and social networks on the 6th October 2020. We are pleased to offer the episode repackaged as a podcast for you to enjoy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. Find out more about our work here: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org-Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation/Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagainFundación Ellen MacArthur (Spanish): https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEll...Fundação Ellen MacArthur (Portuguese): https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoElle...

Tom Chi has dedicated his life's work to making humanity net positive...this is no small undertaking. His approach is calm, grounded and factual. He's an engineer, a developer and an inventor who is the chair of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, managing partner at At One Ventures and was one of the founding members of the Google X team. His work finds creative solutions to the damaging effects of human interference in the natural cycles. Put simply, Tom believes that there should be a core set of things that are essential or sacred that should not be allowed to be maximized for profit.

Buckminster Fuller Institute executive director Amanda Ravenhill talks with us about the importance of multidisciplinary thinking, the power of the individual in today’s globalized society, and the need for a deeper appreciation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

According to Amanda Joy Ravenhill's reading, almost all past collapsed civilizations had two things in common: 1. Natural resources weren't respected 2. Radical wealth inequality happened right before collapse. As Amanda sees it, the signs are here and humanity needs to take a 180 degree turn, NOW. “We're so on the edge, I don't think incremental change will be much different than the worst case scenario.” Read the Blog article here Watch the episode on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/lbsseA3LcsA ( here) Amanda Joy Ravenhill is Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, which is dedicated to accelerating the development and deployment of strategies that radically regenerate Earth's ecosystems. She previously held the role of Co-Founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. She is an advisor to The Mushroom Farm and on the board of Islesford Boatworks and Regen.Network Foundation.She is an active member of the international community focused on addressing imminent global challenges and welcomes you to join her in weaving the tale of our planet's regenerative metamorphosis.

(Re)Humans Series with Rodrigo V. Cunha and guest today Amanda Joy Ravenhill. Amanda is Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, which is dedicated to accelerating the development and deployment of strategies that radically regenerate Earth's ecosystems. She previously held the role of Co-Founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. Amanda Joy is a member of The Seastars, an acapella group blending harmonies with new narratives of a future that works for 100% of life. She is also an avid gardener, stewarding her small backyard farm to build soil, host pollinators, create medicines, and grow food.Other positions she has held include lecturer at Presidio Graduate School, teaching the Principles of Sustainable Management course; co-founder of The Hero Hatchery, a climate activist fellowship program; Business Partnership Coordinator at 350.org; and Americorp Sustainable Communities and Education Fellow. Amanda Joy is driven by her experience living and working internationally as well as her enthusiasm to integrate design and science. She lectures and speaks publicly on climate, biochar, regenerative design, carbon drawdown strategies, mindfulness, and systems thinking. She is an active member of the international community focused on addressing imminent global challenges and welcomes you to join her in weaving the tale of our planet’s regenerative metamorphosis. --

Allan Savory was born in Zimbabwe and educated in South Africa at the University of Natal, BS in Zoology and Botany. In the 1960s he made a significant breakthrough in understanding what was causing the degradation and desertification of the world’s grassland ecosystems and, as a resource management consultant, worked with numerous managers on four continents to develop sustainable solutions. In 1992 Savory and his wife, Jody Butterfield, formed a non-profit organization in Zimbabwe, the Africa Centre for Holistic Management, donating a ranch that would serve as a learning site for people all over Africa. In 2009 Savory, Butterfield, and a group of colleagues co-founded the Savory Institute in Boulder, Colorado to serve the world through an international network of entrepreneurial innovators and leaders committed to serving their regions with the highest standards of Holistic Management training and implementation support.   In 2003, Allan Savory received Australia’s International Banksia Award “for the person or organization doing the most for the environment on a global scale,” and in 2010 Savory (and the Africa Centre) received the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s Challenge award for work that has “significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems.” A TED talk Savory gave in 2013 has received over 10.8 million views and in 2014 was voted one of the 50 most intriguing TED talks of all time. The Savory Institute is one of 11 finalists in the Virgin Earth Challenge, a $25 million initiative for the successful commercialization of ways of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and keeping them out with no countervailing impacts.   Before we jump in I want to make sure everyone knows about http://NoseToTail.org where we ship 100% grass-finished beef and buffalo, and high omega-3 pork and chicken to your door. This is all raised beyond organic in Texas. Our primal ground beef with liver, heart, kidney, and spleen is flying out the door these days. Get it while you can, we only process animals every 2 weeks. There are so many nutrients in this tasty ground beef that are hard to get otherwise. You can make a custom box at http://nosetotail.org and get free shipping if it’s 20lbs or more.   You can also support this podcast and everything else I do at http://patreon.com/peakhuman I’ve been able to scrape by without taking on any advertisers or outside money for any of my ventures so far and really want to keep it that way. The Food Lies film, the Food Lies youtube channel, and all my social media is powered all by the community. I have yet to take a cent from another company. That’s http://patreon.com/peakhuman or click through http://sapien.org where you can find out about all the projects I’m working on including the heath technology. We’re still looking for doctors, healthcare providers, and health coaches to work with us. You can add yourself to the waiting list at http://sapien.org   Thanks for sharing this podcast and reviewing it on iTunes and the Apple podcast app! Really appreciate all of you and all the inspiring messages of positive health journeys! Now let’s hear some more great information from another brilliant mind, Dr. Tommy Wood.   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES   [5:45] Livestock can help us to reverse desertification and climate change. [11:23] The specific environment in which we develop leads to our specific adaptation and change. [15:10] Humans and our technology are nowhere near complex as when we compare to nature. [21:20] The problem with all the natural resource policies in the United States. [24:40] What does it mean to develop a holistic context for management? [33:00] What is desertification? [35:10] Brittle environments have periods of humidity and periods of long dry periods.  [35:50] How to reverse desertification. [50:00] The issue of uprooting paradigm shifts. [54:28] Climate change and its denial. [1:02:05] Mainstream agriculture supported by universities and governments is the most destructive and extractive industry ever in the history of mankind. [1:03:10] Billions of hectares of grasslands and savannahs are burnt every year.  [1:08:40] Allan’s take on anti-animal activists. BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg

How can we design for a regenerative future? “I like to think of the moment we are in like the Millenium Falcon in Star Wars; we need to go sideways to get through the window of opportunity before it closes.” ~ Amanda Joy Ravenhill In this episode Amisha meets Amanda Joy Ravenhill, Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. Amanda shares her approach to navigating what she calls ‘the awkward era' that we find ourselves in now. She talks about taking the long view towards a regenerative future, and introduces us to a dazzling array of projects - from agroforestry to kelp farming  - that offer win/win solutions to the intertwined issues of climate crisis, biodiversity loss, food security and economic security.  Amanda shares with us the remarkable story of Buckminster Fuller's early years and his rise to prominence as a whole systems design thinker as early as five years of age. She also shares her personal story -  how growing up as a “third culture kid” and living in many different parts of the world during her childhood has shaped her work at the systems level, and how living in community nurtures and supports her in that work.   Together, Amisha and Amanda speak about the importance of metabolising the anger, grief and anxiety that is provoked by the crises we currently face on a global scale.  Links from this episode and more at www.thefutureisbeautiful.co   

Marshall Lefferts is the Founder and Director of the Cosmometry Project, Board Member of the Resonance Science Foundation and President from 2006 to 2019 and Adjunct Faculty of RSF’s Resonance Academy. He was the associate Producer of Thrive – What On Earth Will It Take? and Visual Effects Co-Director of Thrive II (to be released in 2020), He was former Co-Director of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, and a lifetime member of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. He is the author of the new book Cosmometry: Exploring the Holofractal Nature of the Cosmos. In this episode we discuss: The work of Buckminster fuller Geodesic Dome The Nature of reality What is “Cosmometry” Sacred Geometry vs Cosmometry The work of David Bohm Why we didn’t invent music we discovered it The work of Richard Merick – The book Interference The Next Octave The Thrive Documentary Seeking new technologies to positively effect humanity Realizing the power of our worldviews The shift of the scientific worldview Why the universe is inherently superabundant Why there is no agreement where consciousness comes from Roger Nelson Episode 88 The Noosphere The Heart Math Institute The P.E.A.R research LAB at Princeton university The feeling body What humanity needs to do to shift to the next octave and to a world of peace Barbara Marx Hubbard “Normalizng cosmic consciousness.” www.mattbelair.com/ & www.patreon.com/mattbelair Marshall's Website: cosmometry.com/ Support the show for as little as $1 Here:

Live Weeknights Mon-Frid 9 PM-Midnight PThttps://www.lightingthevoid.comMarshall Lefferts is Resonance Science Foundation’s President of the Board of Directors, as well as co-author and core faculty of the Resonance Academy’s Delegate Program. He is a lifelong explorer of cosmic geometry, music, unified physics and the fractal-holographic nature of the cosmos.For 41 years he has studied and synthesized a variety of pioneering research, including the work of Buckminster Fuller, David Bohm, Nassim Haramein, Foster Gamble, Richard Merrick and others, culminating in his groundbreaking book, Cosmometry — Exploring the HoloFractal Nature of the Cosmos (available in June 2019). He is founder and director of the Cosmometry Project, an Associate Producer of the documentary film THRIVE: What On Earth Will It Take? and Co-Director of Visual Effects and Post-Production Supervisor for Thrive II: This is What It Takes! (currently in production; www.ThriveOn.com), former co-director of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution and consulting producer for the Buckminster Fuller Institute (both 1999-2004), and a Producer of media projects for over 26 years. He is also a lifetime member of and regular presenter at CoSM – Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (www.cosm.org).http://www.cosmometry.comMusic By Chronox at https://www.chronoxofficial.comGuitar By Bundy

Facebook Coin. Facebook enters the crypto space. Does that mean I can put this podcast back on my resume? Does it validate the space? Is Bitcoin threatened? What does this mean for alt-coins? Wait, did I just say alt-coins?  Miko Matsumura and Tegan Kline discuss and debate the potential impacts of Mark Zuckerberg and his country, I mean company, stepping into the world of cryptocurrency with Facebook Libra.  3:00 Miko's definition of Facebook coin 8:00 Summary of the problem that Facebook is claiming to solve 14:00 The risks of Facebook as the core player as reckless as they are 28:00 How Facebook Libra works, the basket, the consortium 41:00 Open Source money   Guests:  Miko Matsumura http://miko.com is a General Partner with Gumi Cryptos, a US $30M venture capital fund focused early stage blockchain startups and a Venture Partner with BitBull Capital, a cryptocurrency fund-of-funds. He is also an advisor to Arrington XRP Capital. He has been a keynote speaker at dozens of blockchain conferences around the world. He is also cofounder of crypto exchange Evercoin.  Tegan Kline heads up International Business Development and Investor Relations for Orchid, where they are working to open up the internet to everyone, everywhere. Prior to Orchid, Tegan was a blockchain technology consultant, helping leaders and innovators connect more deeply with stakeholders across the blockchain ecosystem. Tegan's professional experience has been with Fortune 500's and startups, most recently as Executive VP of a patent marketplace powered by blockchain, analyzed by AI. She began her career in Investment Banking at BAML and, prior to discovering blockchain, worked in Sales and Trading at Barclays. Tegan is working to redistribute resources and income using blockchain and AI with Nature 2.0, Co-Founder of Blockchain Code of Ethics, Head of the U.S. for Triangles, a group that supports female founders and Ambassador to Buckminster Fuller Institute, helping to make the world work for 100% of us. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tegan-kline-17306b60 https://twitter.com/theklineventure  Facebook Libra Whitepaper: https://libra.org/en-US/white-paper/ https://developers.libra.org/docs/state-machine-replication-paper https://libra.org/en-US/about-currency-reserve/#the_reserve https://libra.org/en-US/permissionless-blockchain/#overview           

Mary Ann Thompson Frenk is the daughter of the former 7-11 Corporation founders. She was born in Mexico, adopted by these amazing people. She is one of the most humble, genuine, passionate and giving people I have encountered. I strongly feel like it is important for people to be aware of this. Why? Because while her history is intriguing, she has created her own legacy - one I wouldn’t be able to match, not in this lifetime! Mary Ann shares with us about her family’s history and their unexpected tension and problems with the KKK, growing up adopted from Mexico, and how humanitarianism has just been a part of her life as a child. While there is much more to this story, she has taken these values her family has taught her and  continues to live and create a life full of purpose. Mary Ann is literally on a mission to change this world. Today,  Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk is a humanitarian, conscious-capitalist, published writer, internationally award winning sculptor, (recognized by the Buckminster Fuller Institute for being the first artist to innovate on geodesics to create the human figure), human rights/environmental activist, social-responsible investor (including Women That Soar and multiple eco-conscious startups) and frequently requested international speaker. She has spoken at and moderated forums around the globe including for NEXUS at the United Nations and White House, Parliament of World Religions, TEDx, The Club of Budapest, the Cordoba Initiative, The Temenos Academy of Integral Studies and was the keynote speaker for 64th World Congress of Women Entrepreneurs in November 2016. She serves as President and co-founder of The John Philp Thompson Foundation and as President for The Memnosyne Institute, an international non-profit she co-founded with her husband, Joshua. Through it, they have supported programs around the world focused on empowering humanity to address the challenges of an increasingly interconnected world - leading them both to be identified by three-time-nominated-Nobel- Peace-Prize Dr. Ervin Laszlo as two of the “21st Century Visionary Thinkers” leading innovative humanitarianism for their “social acupuncture” model.  She has been published in various magazines including The Transpersonal Psychology Association's “The Transcender", YPO's Real Leaders Magazine which recognized her as a “Real Young Leader to watch on the international scene, contributed chapters to various books including “Dawn of The Akashic Age: New Consciousness, Quantum Resonance, and The Future of The World” by Dennis Kingsley and Ervin Laszlo, “Developing A Global Agenda: Expert Insight from the inaugural STEP Global Congress” collected by STEP, “Sparks of Genius: Powerful Sparks of Creative Insight from 100+ Global Thought Leaders” collected by Julie Ann Turner, and most recently contributed the USA portion of Mirela Sula’s newest book titled, "50 Inspiring Voices of Migrant Women" addressing the current human rights challenges of immigrant women in the USA, serves as the editor for “Empower” Journal, and has been on the cover of other publications including London’s “Global Woman”, “Mujer USA”, “Femme International”, Argentina’s “Revista La Auténtica”, Belgium’s “Business Fit Magzine”, and “Forbes Mexico”.  She has received numerous awards for her humanitarian work. Most recently, in 2018 she was Awarded the Inspirique Award at Harvard University and presented the Civic Pioneer Award at the United Nations in November which is one of the highest awards a female citizen of the USA can receive and is entered into the congressional record. She is currently working towards setting up “Memnosyne Mexico” in an effort to further the reach of The Memnosyne Institute’s humanitarian work and empower communities in Mexico, pursuing ordination as an interfaith minister and her most recent regional goals include continuing The Memnosyne Institute’s GreenSourceDFW and FoodSourceDFW initiatives, working with Rev. William Barber’s Poor People’s Campaign, hoping to establish Eco-Eco, a B-corp, with her collaborating partner, Tania Arrayales Rodriguez, aimed at creating economically feasible ecologically responsible homes for the lower tax bracket within the state of Texas and launching the Memnosyne Institute’s Campus for Humanity in Dallas, Texas starting with it’s Center for Outreach designed by architect Keith Critchlow. 

Is it possible to design a world that works for 100% of humanity without succumbing to the dismal anxiety of impending climate collapse? Amanda Joy Ravenhill thinks so, and in part, it’s about the stories we tell. Amanda is the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute based on the work of the famous futurist, ecologist and creator the geodesic dome. She is also co-founder of Project Drawdown and an avid systems thinker, futurist, burner, humanitarian and environmentalist. After experiencing “1 in a 1000 year weather events” in Bolivia, Amanda Joy recognized the multiplier effect of climate change and dedicated her life to the joyful pursuit of planetary design solutions. On the podcast we talk about Buckminster Fuller’s life and ideas, Amanda shares her S.P.I.N.E. acronym for climate action; she explains why Burning Man is a “trim tab” for global culture; and describes how the festival community can help the awkward transition from a culture of unintended consequences to one of cascading benefits. Life is a festival and it’s time to plan for the future we want, not the one that we’re afraid of.

In episode two of HiveMinds with Amanda Joy Ravenhill, Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, we discuss recent climate change predictions, solutions and strategies for our collective evolution, the legacy and insights of Buckminster Fuller, and how we can create a better future for all of life. Show notes: Segment 1: Climate Change - The New IPCC Report that predicts doom by 2030 and requiring global action within the next 3-5 years - Carbon Engineering possibilities - Putting more iron filings into the ocean to create more algae blooms undersea and the potential indirect effects - Putting sulphur dioxide into the air - Physical radiation blockers including putting mirrors into orbit and reflecting more sun and the issue with space debris - Carbon Sequestration - Biochar - Reforestation via drones - The refugee crisis - How climate change will affect the tropics - Amanda’s work with The Drawdown Project Segment 2: Buckminster Fuller - How to make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or disadvantage of anyone. - The annual Buckminster Fuller Challenge for $100k - The Dymaxion Design Principles of being inspired by nature - The Geometry of Nature - Living in domes - Intentional communities and ecovillages with domes on them - Tensegrity = The concept of tension and integrity - Carbon 60 and the Buckminsterfullerene Segment 3: Creating a World That Works for Everyone - UN Prediction of 10B population by 2050 - The Importance of Access to Contraception for women in the developing world - Amanda’s dream for the world we create the world she imagines Q&A - Carbon Engineering - Efforts to prepare for living in a post-climate change world - The Center for the Force Majeur in UC Santa Cruz 500 year studies on the Tibetan Plateau (near China, India, Pakistan with so much ice) and ensuring that as it melts, humans can still live in the area. Their proposed solution = a massive reforestation effort over 100 years. - The Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth book in 1968 - The story from this book of humanity as a baby chick emerging from a world of fossil fuels and into regeneration

Amanda Joy Ravenhill knew she wanted to make a large impact on our society in her day-to-day work. And she gets the opportunity to do just that as the executive director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, an organization founded to remember and implement the ideas of R. Buckminster Fuller, a renowned 20th Century inventor and visionary. The Institute is dedicated to the same mission Buckminster Fuller had -- catalyzing transformative solutions to complex global problems through design thinking education. The Institute's programs offer a look at local needs and global trends to design a holistic approach that brings together art, science, design and technology. The organization is known for its flagship program, the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, which offers an annual $100,000 prize to support the creation and execution of a strategy that has the potential to solve humanity's most pressing problems.    As a passionate advocate for environmental work and social justice issues, Amanda has found a job that fulfills her. Today we discuss her path that brought her to her executive director role and go deeper into her day-to-day duties in that position. We also talk about Project Drawdown, a book and digital platform she co-founded that shows the path to carbon neutrality with a positive twist. In the book, an international coalition of researchers, professionals and scientists present viable techniques and practices to halt climate change, allowing us to view the challenge as an opportunity to create a just and livable world.   In addition to her daily job, Amanda started a band --The Seastars --  with four of her close friends, who also happen to be leaders in sustainability and social impact movements. The group sings cover songs, but they adapt the lyrics to focus on the environment. We recommend you check out their fabulous cover of "Royals" by Lorde. Please share this show with a friend, and if you enjoyed it, leave us a review on itunes. 

You say you want a revolution… How about a ‘design science revolution’? Coined by R. Buckminster Fuller, the idea advocates for an alternative to politics that makes war obsolete, optimizes planetary resources for the benefit of all, and uses nature’s existing order to guide human design.   Amanda Ravenhill is the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, an organization dedicated to building on the legacy of systems visionary, inventor, and architect R. Buckminster Fuller to solve complex global problems through design thinking education. Prior to her work with the institute, Amanda taught Principles of Sustainable Management at Presidio Graduate School, served as business Partnership Coordinator at 350.org, and held the role of Executive Director of Project Drawdown. Amanda is an advisor to the Center for Carbon Removal and a member of the Nexus Global Climate Change Working Group steering committee.  Today, Amanda sits down with Ross and Christophe to share the vision of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and its namesake’s legacy as an early environmentalist, humanitarian, and techno-optimist with a global vision of the future. They discuss how Nori fits into that vision as part of the ‘design science revolution’ and how the transparency of the blockchain aligns with Fuller’s ideas. Amanda offers insight into the origin of the Drawdown Project, describing the details of how solutions like the education of women and girls have cascading benefits that include reversing climate change. Listen in for Amanda’s advice around approaching problems with design thinking and learn about the groundbreaking work of Regenesis Group.   Resources Buckminster Fuller Institute Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming edited by Paul Hawken Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by R. Buckminster Fuller Grunch of Giants by R. Buckminster Fuller Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking by R. Buckminster Fuller Synergetics 2: Further Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking by R. Buckminster Fuller Inventory of World Resources, Human Trends and Needs Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach Burning Man IDEATE Regenesis Group The Regenerative Business: Redesign Work, Cultivate Human Potential, Achieve Extraordinary Outcomes by Carol Sanford Savory Institute Allan Savory TED Talk GreenWave Ocean Farming   Key Takeaways [3:00] Amanda’s WHY in working with Buckminster Fuller Ensure climate change used as positive catalyst to transform the world [4:54] The fundamentals of biochar Collect residue, starve of oxygen to produce energy Supercharges land, fertilizer not necessary Addresses several problems with one solution [7:19] The aim of the Buckminster Fuller Institute Make world work for 100% of humanity in shortest possible time Spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense, disadvantage to anyone [10:28] Fuller’s concept of dymaxion Blending of dynamic, maximum and tension Do more with less [13:42] The role Nori plays in Fuller’s vision Carbon balancing integral part of ‘design science revolution’ War obsolete with enough to go around [18:47] How the blockchain fits with Fuller’s vision Grunch of Giants addresses dangers of centralization Decentralized system combats oppression [21:52] The idea of Burning Man Experiment in community based in gifting economy You AND me vs. you OR me, plus radical self-reliance [27:06] How the education of women and girls impacts climate change Every year over primary education = 10-20% more in wages Family planning has cascading benefits beyond population [30:34] Amanda’s advice around approaching problems with design thinking Explore work of Regenesis Group Operate, maintain, sustain and regenerate [33:15] How winners of the Fuller Challenge are selected Comprehensive perspective, utilize design science Notable winners include Savory Institute, GreenWave [36:04] The significance of ‘Team Trillion Tons’ Reduction from 410 ppm to 280 ppm requires removal of 1T tonnes of CO2

Jaime Snyder is an educator, writer, filmmaker and singer-songwriter; co-Founder of the Buckminster Fuller Institute; and as Fuller's grandson, studied and worked with him until his passing in 1983. Jaime has also developed, produced and facilitated educational programs throughout the US most recently offering a workshop he calls Trimtabbing."   Support The Show

Jaime Snyder is an educator, writer, filmmaker and singer-songwriter; co-Founder of the Buckminster Fuller Institute; and as Fuller's grandson, studied and worked with him until his passing in 1983. Jaime has also developed, produced and facilitated educational programs throughout the US most recently offering a workshop he calls Trimtabbing."   Support The Show Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

If we recognize Nature as most expert designer, how do our human designs compare? Maybe not that well for overall health and sustainable benefits, given that our species lives in boxes and dumps our waste in our water supplies. But the legacy of an "evolutionary" like R. Buckminster Fuller is one force that continues to call forth the kinds of human design ideas needed to nudge us into real accord with our zillion kinds of neighbors on (as Bucky called it) Spaceship Earth. Earthworms' Jean Ponzi talks today with J.P. Harpignies, a senior reviewer of ideas proposed to the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, regarded as socially responsible design's highest award. The 2015 Challenge prize recently went to "Green Wave," the swimmingly intricate project of Nova Scotia fisherman Bren Smith, whose vision transforms a livelihood drowning from overfishing into a new kind of 3-D vertical underwater farming, conservation and restoration culture. The Challenge is the centerpiece of principles and work of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, the Brooklyn NY-based non-profit continuing the brilliant arc of its namesake's ideals. Special thanks to Elizabeth Thompson, BFI Executive Director, and Megan Ahearn, Communications Coordinator, for arranging this conversation. Music: Abdiel by Dave Black - recorded live at KDHX-St. Louis.

Marshall Lefferts is a lifelong explorer of cosmic geometry, music, the fractal-holographic nature of the cosmos, and unified physics. For more than 37 years he has studied and synthesized a variety of pioneering research, including the work of Buckminster Fuller, David Bohm, Nassim Haramein, Foster Gamble and others. He is founder/director of the Cosmometry Project, Board President of the Resonance Project Foundation, and a core faculty member of the Resonance Academy's Delegate Program. Marshall was also Associate Producer of the documentary film, Thrive: What On Earth Will It Take? He is co-founder of the Gene Keys Network and Superluminal Systems, a former co-director for the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, and consulting producer for the Buckminster Fuller Institute. He has been the Producer of various media projects for more than 20 years.

Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, was a futurist, technology visionary and explorer of the deepest principles at work in Nature. He considered himself to be a “comprehensive anticipatory design scientist,” and dedicated his life to making our modern civilization work – for all of humanity – and in harmony with the systems of the natural world. His work … Read more about this episode...