Podcasts about change here now

So much of our modern story of rugged individualism is based around our personal needs, strength and skill. What about the truth of our belonging? What about the bigger stories that we are a part of? What about the relationships that define us, invite us, feed us? How do we step into these communities of accountability with intention, consent, and sovereignty?In this episode, we explore some examples of what intentional accountability might look like. I also recommend the book Change Here Now, by Adam Brock, as a model for this kind of living-which could change everything. 

Welcome back to another episode of the Seed of Tao Podcast, this week with not one, but two return guests who we know and love, Adam Brock and Marie-Pierre (MP) Bilodeau. This week is a unique episode, MP is sharing her community food forest project in a diverse neighborhood, and the struggles she is finding along her way, and Adam is weighing in with his extensive knowledge of social permaculture.    If you’d like to get in contact with Adam or MP, they are both in our Slack community, or here are their individual contact resources…   Adam Brock: His website is adambrock.me His book is Change Here Now is available through his website or on amazon.   Marie-Pierre Bilodeau: Her organization, Refarmers can be found on her site at https://refarmers.org/ (the images in this post are from Refarmer's work in Africa) MP is also a frequent attendee of our weekly MOKR Mastermind First, Build Relationships In the episode this week there is just an abundance of wisdom and insight from the conversation, but a really important place the conversation started was with relationships. MP was sharing about the other two people who are spearheading this community food forest project with her, and Adam chimed in to emphasize the importance of relationships in the success of our projects. He related, “If the group doesn’t really trust each other, all the shadows within that group will be projected outward, into all of the things that group does together.” Sometimes we will band together with people because we share a common vision, and yet if we’re not working on that interpersonal relationship with them, we’re undermining the potential for that vision’s success... (Read more on the Seeds of Tao Podcast)

When I wrote a post lamenting the difficulties of forming and sustaining groups I got an email from Adam Brock, author of Change Here Now, a book which uses architect Christopher Alexander idea of a “pattern language” to find solutions to the many challenges in front of us. A large section of the book develops […]

Adam Brock, author of Change Here Now , applies concepts from permaculture to help achieve more resilient and sustainable communities, both urban and rural.

Permaculturalist, educator, and my guest today Adam Brock dives head-first into this question with his new book Change Here Now. Drawing from ecology, sociology, community economics, social justice, and indigenous practices the world over, Change Here Now presents 82 proven solutions for building resilient and empowered communities. The book offers answers for permaculturalists, organizers, activists, nonprofit directors, social entrepreneurs - and anyone else looking for meaning in a chaotic world.  Read the book: Change Here Now   View the show notes for this episode and all past episodes. If you enjoy the show, support content I have created. Support while you shop at Amazon.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Visit Our Episode Sponsor: Harvesting Rainwater How do we create the world with the social and economic structures we desire? How do we distill the problems that we see over and over again in that context so they are easy to understand, that lead solutions with a universal application? By creating a pattern language, an idea first coined in 1977 by Christopher Alexander in the book A Pattern Language: Towns - Buildings - Construction. My guest today, Adam Brock, took that lens, originally applied to architecture and structures, and used it to examine our invisible structures, which resulted in his book Change Here Now: Permaculture Solutions for Personal and Community Transformation. During the conversation today we talk about the development of the book and some of his process on going from concept to published manuscript. We also touch on some of the challenging conversations that arise from looking broadly at we apply permaculture and these patterns to our communities, including some of the dialogues we should consider engaging in as neighbors or leaders. We close of course with Adam final thoughts, but not before he shares some of the patterns he developed, including Dynamic Pricing and Nurtured Networks. You can find out more about Adam and his book, including upcoming events, at AdamBrock.me. Do this quick introduction to Pattern Languages and the conversation with Adam make sense? Can you see using this kind of patterning and a pattern language in your own work? Will you be picking up a copy of Change Here Now to get a better understanding of these ideas and how to apply them? Email: The Permaculture Podcast Write: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast Returning to The Gift Fundraiser Donate today! Become a Patreon supporter. Win a Permaculture Design Course at VerdEnergia Pacifica in Costa Rica. Resources AdamBrock.me Overton Window (Wiki)

Playing for Team Human today is permaculturalist Adam Brock, author of Change Here Now. Adam joins Douglas for a conversation about how humanity is integrally connected to natural ecosystems. “Nature is a textbook,” Adam explains, and so by paying close attention to ecological systems, we can better understand ourselves as part of a greater whole. It’s a theme that serves as the springboard into a conversation not only about the ways we grow food, but also about community, trust, and the deeper sense of connection that comes from a permaculture mindset.Rushkoff opens today’s show with a monologue about Amazon’s recent purchase of Whole Foods and how scaling up in the digital economy threatens to leave humans behind. Rushkoff's most recent book Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity was just released in paperback with new expanded material last week.Adam Brock's new book Change Here Now is available at Amazon and Indie Bound.Adam founded www.thegrowhaus.org and works with The Wild Green Yonder. Also check out the Denver Permaculture Guild.Music in this episode: Mike Watt: beak-holding-letter-man , Joshua Sitron and the Team Human Band play Growth Trap, R.U. Sirius: President Mussolini Makes The Planes Run On Time, Fugazi : Foreman's DogEpisode Photo: By Susanne Bollinger (Susanne Bollinger) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.