Podcasts about Deep ecology

In this special episode of Animals & Us – Voices of a New Paradigm, we share an impromptu conversation with legendary environmental activist and deep ecologist John Seed.John has spent over four decades defending rainforests and advocating for the Earth - not only through direct action, but by inviting us to transform how we see ourselves in relation to the natural world. As the founder of the Rainforest Information Centre and co-author of Thinking Like a Mountain, John's work has inspired a generation of changemakers, spiritual ecologists, and everyday people yearning for reconnection.We speak with John about the roots of the Deep Ecology movement, the role of grief and love in environmental action, and the power of the Council of All Beings workshops to awaken ecological identity. Our conversation explores what it means to shift from seeing the Earth as “other” to remembering that we are the Earth, and that our activism, care, and listening arise from that sacred belonging.This is a gentle yet powerful episode with someone whose life reminds us that protecting the planet is not just an act of urgency - but of reverence.Follow John's work at:https://www.facebook.com/johnseed.deepecology        https://www.instagram.com/johnseed_deepecology/  Substack at https://substack.com/@johnseed  Occasional blog posts at htpps://johnseed.netSchedule, podcasts, essays, films etc. at https://rainforestinfo.org.au/johnseed.htm

In this rich and timely conversation, we sit down with legendary rainforest activist, eco-philosopher and elder of the Deep Ecology movement, John Seed. For over four decades, John has stood on the frontlines of ecological protection -spearheading rainforest-saving campaigns, offering experiential deep ecology workshops, and co-creating the powerful ritual known as The Council of All Beings with Joanna Macy.We explore the concept of the Ecological Self - a radical shift in identity that sees the tree, river, stone and storm not as separate from us, but as expressions of a shared being.  As John puts it, “I try to remember that it's not me, John Seed, trying to protect the rainforest. Rather, I am part of the rainforest protecting itself. I am that part of the rain forest recently emerged into human thinking."  From blockades and biodiversity to reEarthing rituals and the resurgence of ecological consciousness, this is a conversation that bridges inner transformation with outer action.This episode is an offering for all who are seeking deeper relationship with the Earth, and it speaks directly to the heart of our work at Rooted Healing. If you're drawn to this path, you may also wish to explore our year-long programme, Deepen Your Roots, which weaves together deep ecology, animism, and community ritual. Join us at a gathering or on a course at rootedhealing.org.  We have a space left at our signature Earth Medicine psilocybin retreat this September...You can access our free hour-long workshop in Embodied Deep Ecology here.The music in this episode is from Mae Bird, Eric Idle & John Seed, and Bonnie Medicine.Thank you Niamh Murray of Enviromentality for sending John Seed this way.Support the show

George Wuerthner. He is the former Ecological Projects Director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Currently he is the executive director of Public Lands Media. He is an ecologist and wildlands activist. He has published 38 books on environmental issues and natural history including such environmentally focused books as Welfare Ranching, Wildfire, Thrillcraft, Energy and most recently Protecting the Wild.

A Special Bonus EpisodeI'm so grateful to share this bonus episode featuring a special conversation I had last year with my dear friend Mark Jensen. It's a rare and beautiful exchange that touches on healing, grief, and a mystical connection to the Earth—an invitation to listen and remember what truly matters.In today's episode, I'm joined by Mark Jensen, a seasoned practitioner in the healing arts with 40+ years of experience in vitalistic principled chiropractic, cranial work, myofascial release, plant medicines, Qi Gong and Dao Yin classes, somatic/movement teachings, and Earth-based practices that support a more embodied, connected and healthy life. He operates a private practice, teaches for nonprofits, and leads community classes and ceremonies.Mark's profound understanding and ability to blend mystical visions with scientific study make this conversation a treasure trove of wisdom and inspiration. Mark shares insights from decades of practice in the healing arts, including his conceptualization of the "circle of visions" and how attentional intimacy and communion with life's intelligence can lead to profound healing. We delve into his deep connection with nature, the power of grief, and transformative experiences in his own healing journey. He also touches on the significance of holding space for joy amidst ecological and societal challenges.Episode HighlightsThe Power of Grief: Mark emphasizes embracing grief as a path to deeper love and soul connection.Ecological Despair and Healing: Insights on navigating ecological despair and finding healing through a greater understanding of the earth's intelligence.Visions and Spiritual Experiences: Mark shares transformative visions and spiritual encounters that have shaped his practice.Holding Dichotomy and Paradox: The importance of balancing the celebration of beauty with the acknowledgment of despair.Connection with Nature: Mark discusses his deep bond with nature and how it has guided and healed him throughout his life.The Role of Fascia in Healing: Insights into how fascia, the body's connective tissue, plays a crucial role in sensing and responding to the world.Community and Shared Grief: Community and shared experiences in processing grief and preventing despair.Mark Jensen“My journey began in Northern Minnesota and has carried me across landscapes, traditions, and thresholds of healing. Though trained in college and graduate school, my true education came from life itself—from births and deaths I was honored to attend, from those who entrusted me with their bodies, and from teachers across disciplines like Osteopathy, Daoism, Chinese Medicine, Herbalism, Deep Ecology, and land-based ceremony. The land has been my greatest teacher—from the plains of Oklahoma to the mountains of New Mexico, and now, back home to the shores of Gichigami (Lake Superior).I live in Duluth, Minnesota with my wife, artist Riha Rothberg, and our cat Gus. I continue to teach healthcare practitioners and maintain a private healing practice rooted in presence, ecology, and transformation.”Resource LinksLearn more about Mark and how to engage in his offerings, courses, and events at marksjensendc.comSubscribe to The Guest House on Substack for regular essays, podcast episodes, and more.Shawnparell.com - Check out Shawn's website to sign up for 5 free meditations, join Shawn's email list for monthly field notes and music alchemy, and learn more about her work and upcoming events.Stay connected with Shawn on Instagram @ShawnParell for live weekly meditations and prompts for practice. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shawnparell.substack.com/subscribe

#70 - Join us for an amazing conversation with environmental activist and Rainforest Information Centre founder John Seed. In this illuminating episode, John shares his journey of awakening to the sentience of the natural world and how addressing inner disconnection from Nature is essential for true ecological healing.In this episode you'll discover: • How spirituality and ecology are fundamentally interconnected • A beautiful guided practice that helps us experience our ancient reciprocal relationship with plants • The remarkable success of his experience in rainforest protection campaigns and understanding the ecological self • How community-based ecological therapies can help heal our relationship with the living Earth and dispel the illusion of separation John also shares profound wisdom on the value of connecting with the story of the emerging universe and practical tools to experience our interdependence with the plant world.John Seed is an environmental activist and founder of the Rainforest Information Centre (RIC). He is an accomplished bard, songwriter, filmmaker, and co-author of "Thinking Like a Mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings." In 1995 he received the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 1995, for services to conservation. He has spearheaded RIC's endangered species, climate change, Asian elephants, Ecuador and Cambodia campaigns. John has written and lectured extensively on deep ecology, and he's conducted Deep Ecology workshops around the world for 35 years to help people strengthen the felt sense of our connection with the living Earth. You can find John at: https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/Breathing with Trees meditation: https://rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/breathing.htmIG: https://www.instagram.com/johnseed_deepecology/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnseed.deepecology/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/rainforestinfoBooks & Articles: https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/john_seed_articles_essaysFor more info visit Sara's website at: https://www.multidimensionalnature.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/multidimensional.nature/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saraartemisia.ms/Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/plantspiritherbalismYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@saraartemisiaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@multidimensional.naturePinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/multidimensionalnature/Learn how to communicate with plant consciousness in the free workshop on How to Learn Plant Language: https://www.learnplantlanguage.com/

Bob talks with John Seed who started working on saving rain forests in Australia in 1979. John explains how he learned about biodiversity and Deep Ecology . To learn more about John Seed check out: The Rainforest Information Centre - organization founded by John Seed Thinking Like a Mountain - free PDF John Seed Deep Ecology - includes subscribing to John's mailing list

Susie Russell is a long-time activist and campaigner for protecting Australia's forests who holds committee positions in The North East Forest Alliance (https://www.nefa.org.au/), the North Coast Environment Council (https://www.ncec.org.au/), 4Nature (https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/e62f6142-3aaf-e811-a963-000d3ad244fd/profile) and The Rainforest Information Centre (https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/). Susie was awarded the Miles Dunphy Award in 2024 and soon after was arrested as part of the Save Bulga Forest (https://savebulgaforest.org/)movement for obstructing logging in endangered glider habitat. In this episode we explore several critical issues including the persistent effects of growth-driven capitalism on the natural environment as well as the urgent need for deep, systemic change to avert impending ecological collapse. Drawing on decades of experience in environmental and social justice activism, Susie goes on to offer a distinctive and holistic vision for a post-growth future where humanity can thrive in harmony with the natural world. • For further reading, we recommend Susie's interview with the Finding Courage publication: “Standing Up (Even When All Seems Lost) (https://findingcourage.online/stories/susie-russell).” • PGAP was introduced to Susie through John Seed, who we interviewed in the season 5 finale: “Going deep into Deep Ecology with John Seed (https://pgap.fireside.fm/deep-ecology).” Many thanks to all of our listeners for your support. You are welcome to support PGAP further by sharing this episode with your friends, family and networks. You are also welcome to rate and review us on Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099)or your favourite podcast platform. You can send us your feedback, thoughts and suggestions on the PGAP Contact form (https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact). You can find out more about your PGAP co-hosts Mark Allen and Michael Bayliss HERE (https://holisticactivism.net/)and HERE (https://michaelbayliss.org/). Special Guest: Susie Russell.

Today's subject matter is so slippery and mysterious that even my guest, Dr Maya Ward, finds it hard to describe, though she's swimming in it. It concerns the aliveness of rivers and the rivers inside us; the nature of reality and realms invisible yet objectively real. It's about catching the whispers and shouts of the world with pen and paper. It's shamanic, ecstatic and emphatically esoteric. It's bloody wild – and I suggest bringing your passport because the places this convo will take you are far out. But also, deep within. If you love all things complex, paradoxical and perspective-shifting, I dedicate this episode to you

John Seed was a 3-piece suit tech worker, then a meditating hippie farmer, before stumbling into his lifelong calling as an environmental activist.He participated in the world's first direct action to preserve a rain forest in the 1970s. He co-founded the Rainforest Information Center and raised money and awareness to save the "lungs of the planet."John soon realized that raising awareness wasn't going to accomplish the mission. After all, most people were aware of the damage humans were doing to the planet, but still weren't taking action to stop it.His discovery of the Deep Ecology movement brought new clarity and led to the creation of new forms of activism. With Buddhist scholar and activist Joanna Macy, John developed what's now known as The Work that Reconnects (and Experiential Deep Ecology in Australia).This work invites us to honor our feelings, even the most painful and hopeless ones. It asks us to see the possibilities that can arise when we see ourselves as part of, rather than apart from and above, nature.In our conversation, we talk about capitalism, economics, advertising, right livelihood, psychedelics, 4 billion years of evolution that lives in each of our bodies, and the distinction between personal biographical trauma and that trauma that every living being experiences on a planet at war with itself.I feel so lucky to be able to imbibe John's wisdom and spirit and humility.I don't know if I have more hope than before, but I have more clarity, direction, and resolve.I wish the same for you, and all my human relations.LinksJohnSeed.netThinking Like a MountainThe Work That Reconnects

Rebecca Gayle Howell is a writer, translator, and editor of place-based literature. Howell's work has received critical acclaim from outlets such as The Los Angeles Times, Poetry London (U.K.), The Courier-Journal, Asymptote, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, The Millions, Arts ATL, MINT (India), and The Kenyon Review. Her genre-bending work is often underpinned by extensive documentary research, merging fiction, verse, and realism, gaining support from agencies like the National Endowment for the Arts, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Foundation for Deep Ecology. She translated El interior de la ballena / The Belly of the whale (Texas Tech University Press, 2024) by Claudia Prado. Alice Bank interviews her with a beautiful conversation. *** Rebecca Gayle Howell es escritora, traductora y editora de literatura basada en el lugar. El trabajo de Howell ha recibido elogios de la crítica en medios como The Los Angeles Times, Poetry London (Reino Unido), The Courier-Journal, Asymptote, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, The Millions, Arts ATL, MINT (India) y The Kenyon Review. Su obra, que desafía los géneros convencionales, a menudo se sustenta en una extensa investigación documental, fusionando ficción, verso y realismo. Ha contado con el apoyo de instituciones como el National Endowment for the Arts, el United States Holocaust Memorial Museum y la Foundation for Deep Ecology. Tradujo El interior de la ballena / The Belly of the Whale (Texas Tech University Press, 2024) de Claudia Prado. Alice Bank la entrevista en una hermosa conversación.

George Wuerthner is the former Ecological Projects Director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Currently he is the executive director of Public Lands Media. He is an ecologist and wildlands activist. He has published 38 books on environmental issues and natural history including such environmentally focused books as Welfare Ranching, Wildfire, Thrillcraft, Energy and most recently Protecting the Wild.

In the last episode of this year, I went to a fountain of wisdom I cherish, a small green book titled Thinking like a Mountain to present the experience of an affective education, offered by the collective exercise of the transformative ritual The Council of all Beings. We also explore the concepts of Deep Ecology, Ritual and Evolutionary Remembering. As we reach Introspection, we follow the lead of Joanna Macy and John Seed's Gaia Meditations as they respond to two crucial questions: What are you? What am I? Then, as we reach Strength, the last totem of the Hoop of Life, I share a first person testimony of the fortitude I believe is necessary to summon right now, as Graham Innes wrote in his narrative of Earth Bonding when he acted in defense of Daintree Forest, in Australia, burying himself with fellow activists up to his neck in the soil. Words and Art of two masters; Jacek Yerka and Harlan Ellison, allow me to conclude this powerful journey, and I close the Medicine Wheel by offering you the gift of a concrete exercise in Transformation.

The citizens of Earth have been lied to by destructive climate activists who are using arguments about climate variability to redirect spending, control the growth of nations, and weaken the free world.   The lies have come thick and fast and are used to cripple the traditional energy industries and force populations into rationing food, water, and, eventually, the very air we breathe.   The Lies of Climate Change CO2 is bad and must be cut back to “net zero.” “97% of scientists agree Solar and wind energy saves money Polar Bears are dying Electric vehicle batteries can save the planet Only international control by the UN can save Earth   Our guest, Frank Lasee, was a Wisconsin state senator during the Scott Walker administration. His district produces multiple forms of electricity, including coal, natural gas, two nuclear plants, biogas, biodigesters, wind towers, and now a solar plant. As a Wisconsin State Senator, Mr. Lasee has learned a lot about energy.   Climate & Energy Lies: Expensive, dangerous & Destructive is a really valuable book to have on hand. This book provides the facts and details needed to rebuff all the climate change propaganda, fear campaigns and the restrictive regulations and mismanagement of money that follows.   We have been told for decades that human impact on climate was going to result in so much weather change that we would eventually create monster storms and nightmare weather conditions never before seen on the planet. This idea has been magnified and driven home with weather disaster movies such as The Day After Tomorrow, Twisters, 2012, and Sharknado. Children's features of every genre are littered with propaganda about the damage humans are doing to the weather and how badly the damaged weather is going to hurt all humans, as well as all the cute and cuddly creatures walking or swimming on Earth. Millions of children have been traumatized by the idea of creatures like polar bears, whom they are taught to love, being hurt or killed because we drive cars running on gasoline or use natural gas for our heating and cooling needs.   The science concerning the weather has been manipulated and massaged. The legacy media has been in on the lie, telling us that we are all doomed. Over time, the weather has changed. We are old enough to remember when the headlines promised us that we would have a disaster because of our cooling planet; no wait, our warming planet, no wait again, either one or all changes of weather will be a disaster. Frank Lasee tackles the biggest lies in the false climate crisis industry and debunks them in detail.   Having witnessed the mechanisms used in forcing the 2020 COVID pandemic upon the world, we recognize a number of the ploys. Indeed, “climate change” is cited as one of the major risks increasing the probability of a pandemic. The claim is that climate change drives humanity into wild areas, disrupting other species and enabling humans to encounter diseases they have not been exposed to before. As a result, diseases that “jump” from other species to humans or diseases that contemporary humans have not built immunity against can ravage the populations. In short, this is wildly speculative and fanciful. But again, the concept is used to drive the climate change agenda.   What is the Climate Change Agenda? We are told we must de-industrialize in order to not destroy the planet.  In the 1980's I spent some time studying environmentalism and Deep Ecology and came away with the nightmare vision that according to that field of study, we must all revert to living in tents, hunting and gathering for our food. Oh, and there need to be far fewer of us placing demands upon “Mother Earth.”   The climate change agenda is a lie to force industrialized nations to give hundreds of billions of dollars to developing nations because, you know, equity. At home, the agenda forces the condemnation and ultimate abandonment of traditional energy reserves of oil, natural gas, biomass, and other forms considered “unclean”—producing pollution, CO2, or other residue that is a problem. Alternative forms of so-called clean energy are proposed and implemented at great expense both in money and in energy. The costs and energy required to produce some of the equipment are huge compared to traditional energy costs.   Globalists who want to be Masters of us all are at the forefront of the promotion of the dangers of climate and the so-called solutions. Pressure is brought to bear by the United Nations and World Health Organization, and for many years, US administrations have gone along with the climate change crowd. A mountain of regulations from federal, state, and local municipalities have resulted in binding up businesses and damaging successful farming enterprises, especially family farms that were the backbone of the USA for over two centuries.   Until we, as citizens, call a halt to the madness, this will just get worse. A quick look at Europe and we see how some nations are literally destroying their farming sector through draconian rules and regulations. The backlash has led to tractor protests in some of the most famous cities in Europe including London, Brussels and the Netherlands.   And then there are the culinary changes that humanity is being told to make. The most famous of those is the demand that we incorporate bugs and insects into our diets. Crickets are the first line of offering but mealy worms are on the menu also—they aren't just for pet birds anymore. The questionable health providing measures and some grave health risks including anaphylactic shock from exposure to the exoskeletons of insects somehow gets overlooked.   Finally, the 15-minute cities and other travel and living restrictions have all been woven into the supposed solution to the manufactured problem of climate change. In addition to not being allowed to travel further than within a defined 15-minute radius in one's town, we will be vastly restricted in what we can purchase within a year. Some plans have proposed that no more than 3 changes of new clothing may be allowed in one year—which will put many women into shock and would probably single-handedly destroy the Chinese garment industry.   All of the restrictions, new regulations, rules and forbidden purchases and behaviors would be monitored through digital wallets, connected to governments who will have the ability to approve or disapprove purchases depending on the individual's behavior and compliance. Any of us who have resisted orders to be vaccinated, and doctors and nurses who protested lockdown and mask restrictions or tried to assist their patients in obtaining proper medications to address the upper respiratory infections they had to fight off in 2020, know how quickly pressures and punishments can be meted out. Digital wallets or passports will tighten the leash of control across the nation.   The great news is that we have a window of opportunity to turn back regulations, throw off the shackles of false climate change damage claims and embrace human ingenuity and industriousness that accompanies greater freedom.   We are in a time where we can thrive in an America First country and encourage every other free nation to do the same, or be plowed under by what we have called the First Destroy America movement.   The US, especially, can become a beacon of light again in the darkness of the Digital gulag that is being constructed around us. We must understand the powers we are up against and demand our federal, state, and local governments deregulate and embrace a free future for America and for all American states.   Frank Lasee's book: Climate and Energy Lies: Expensive, Dangerous and Destructive, provides the armor one needs to fight the fiction of climate change. Our book: COVID-19 and the Global Predators: We are the Prey, defines and exposes the global network of privileged billionaires, captains of international industries, and heads of states trying to capture the citizens of the world in a global web of control.   Primary author: Ginger Breggin     Learn more about Dr. Peter Breggin's work: https://breggin.com/   See more from Dr. Breggin's long history of being a reformer in psychiatry: https://breggin.com/Psychiatry-as-an-Instrument-of-Social-and-Political-Control   Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal, the how-to manual @ https://breggin.com/a-guide-for-prescribers-therapists-patients-and-their-families/   Get a copy of Dr. Breggin's latest book: WHO ARE THE “THEY” - THESE GLOBAL PREDATORS? WHAT ARE THEIR MOTIVES AND THEIR PLANS FOR US? HOW CAN WE DEFEND AGAINST THEM? Covid-19 and the Global Predators: We are the Prey Get a copy: https://www.wearetheprey.com/   “No other book so comprehensively covers the details of COVID-19 criminal conduct as well as its origins in a network of global predators seeking wealth and power at the expense of human freedom and prosperity, under cover of false public health policies.”   ~ Robert F Kennedy, Jr Author of #1 bestseller The Real Anthony Fauci and Founder, Chairman and Chief Legal Counsel for Children's Health Defense.  

In this episode, we dive deep into the mycelial network with world-renowned educator and ethnomycologist Darren le Baron. Known for his transformative Shroomshop Masterclasses and groundbreaking work in mushroom cultivation, Darren shares his journey from growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms to pioneering the UK's first accredited Mycology and Mushroom Cultivation course for schools and at-risk youth.We explore how ancient fungi medicine traditions intersect with modern psychedelic research, the role of fungi in community empowerment, and the potential of mushrooms to heal both individuals and ecosystems.  Darren also discusses his innovative approach to permaculture and organic horticulture, weaving together sustainability, education and holistic community building.Join us for a conversation that blends science, spirituality, and practical wisdom to illuminate how "we are mushrooms having a human experience".The music in this episode is from Bonnie Medicine and Cynefin.  Reach our if you would like to gift your music to these rooted stories. Deepen Your Roots for a year-long slow spiral of Macy's 'The Work That Reconnects, weaving an animistic, embodied Deep Ecology into finding and tending your calling toward stewardship. Explore our world and work at rootedhealing.org and follow along on instagram.Access exclusive content at Patreon.Support the show

Air Date - 24 October 2024What is the point of reincarnation? Why does it remain unrecognized by Christianity? What is life like in “the bardo?” Is karma really a universal law? Or can we bypass it? These are just a few of the questions addressed in Christopher Bache's book Lifecycles: Reincarnation and the Web of Life, which Sandie and Chris will be discussing this week.Christopher Bache, Ph.D., is professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University where he taught for 33 years. A Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, he is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies and on the advisory board for Grof Transpersonal Training and the Grof Foundation. An award-winning teacher and international speaker, he is the author of 3 books, including Lifecycles: Reincarnation and the Web of Life, Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind and the groundbreaking LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven. | https://chrisbache.com#ChristopherBache #SandieSedgbeer #WhatIsGoingOM #InterviewsVisit the What Is Going OM show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/what-is-going-omConnect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comSubscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OMTimesTVLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Samuel Davidson to explore an ecological vision for the church through the integration of deep ecology and deep ecclesiology. The discussion highlights Davidson's work on constructing an ecological theology that aligns Christian orthodoxy with modern environmental insights, aiming to evolve a theological understanding of the church in light of ecological interconnectedness. The conversation covers practical steps for congregations to engage in ecological renewal, including sustainable gardening practices such as planting native grasses to support local ecosystems. Additionally, Davidson introduces a seminar series on eco-theology, featuring readings, lectures, and discussions designed to foster community and communicate ecological responsibility. WATCH the conversation on YouTube Samuel Davidson (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is the Postdoctoral Fellow for Digital Learning and Continuing Education at PTS. He is a systematic and constructive theologian whose eclectic interests come together especially through theological engagements with ecology and psychology. He has taught master's level courses at PTS as well as Truett Seminary at Baylor University, and he is passionate about training church leaders to think deeply and critically about the content of faith and the vocation of the church. He currently lives in Waco, TX with his wife and two small children, and is attempting to turn their small city lot into an experiment in urban agriculture and regenerative land use. This episode is sponsored by Princeton Theology Seminary's Online & Digital Learning Platform JOIN THE CLASS - Christ, Creation, and the Church: Explorations in Ecotheology: Humanity's Relationship to Other-than-Human Creatures CLASS DESCRIPTION: Dive into ecotheology with this seminar that bridges Christology, creation, and ecclesiology through the lens of today's ecological crises. Explore how human nature and the Christian understanding of God's incarnation intersect with contemporary science and the church's mission. Engage with leading ecotheological thinkers and reflect on the church's role in a world facing ecological challenges. Readings will be drawn from prominent voices in contemporary ecotheology, and attention will be given to the relationship between ecological science and Christian orthodoxy. For More Info Head Over Here. JOIN ME at PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY for an EVENT + LIVE PODCAST The Church, The Pastor, And Resonance In An Accelerated Age Theological Conversations With Hartmut Rosa September 23–24, 2024 · Hybrid Conference · Stuart Hall, Princeton Theological Seminary In a partnership between Luther Seminary and the Aberdeen Centre for Protestant Theology at the University of Aberdeen, the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary would like to invite you to a conference honoring the work of eminent philosopher Hartmut Rosa in the fall of 2024 at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. Over the course of three days, noted theologians and scholars will engage Rosa's work on the topics of acceleration and resonance in the modern world. A range of leading scholars in the fields of practical and systematic theology will speak at the conference such as Andrew Root, Mirsolav Volf, and Philip Ziegler. The format will be a hybrid event so that participants can attend either in-person or virtually, which will allow for greater international attendance and participation. The Princeton Theological Seminary LIVE PODCAST will take place in Mackay dining hall @8pm on Monday, September 23rd. _____________________ Join my Substack - Process This! Join our upcoming class - THE RISE OF BONHOEFFER, for a guided tour of Bonhoeffer's life and thought. Come to THEOLOGY BEER CAMP. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the podcast, we interview deep ecology teacher and rainforest activist John Seed. Together, we discuss the importance of altering our sense of self such that it includes the natural world, the role psychedelics can play in that process, and how, even if the world as we know it burns and collapses, life itself will thrive through it all as it always has. We also talk about the philosophy of deep ecology and healing ourselves from the illusion of anthropocentrism; falling into the apathy of the modern world; “honouring our pain for the world” and how, when expressed, despair becomes empowerment. As well as the dance between present ecological crisis and the thriving of life for billions of years; the Disney-fication of nature vs the brutality of life being itself; and where psychedelics fit into deep ecology and environmental activism. Far from being a downer episode, as one might expect with topics such as these, I found my conversation with John refreshing, empowering, and genuinely inspiring. To me, this is one of the small handful of interviews I have done that impacted me in a significantly positive way. I hope you experience something similar. Enjoy. ... For links to Seed's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind191 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW**   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise:  https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter:  https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel:  https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A;   Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening and Guest Bio (04:47) Interview Begins (06:20) The value and importance of activism; turning citizens into consumers (09:23) The dance between present crisis and the thriving of life for billions of years (14:25) Deep ecology and healing the illusion of anthropocentrism (27:13) Patreon Thanks (29:05) Grief and “honouring our pain for the world”; when expressed, despair becomes empowerment (36:08) Seeing the world with new eyes (39:38) Falling into the apathy of the modern world (44:56) The importance of community in facing our grief (47:43) A story of psychedelic cannabis and being healed by the forest (52:42) The Disney-fication of nature vs the brutality of life being itself (57:27) Exchanging stories of meaningful psychedelic visions (01:05:09) How psychedelics put John on his journey into environmentalism (01:08:27) Where psychedelics fit into deep ecology and environmental activism (01:11:31) What looks like chaos and destruction might be a greater intelligence at work (01:19:16) If we can cause less death and destruction, we should try (01:22:17) The drinking of psychedelic acacias in Australia; how acacia courtii saved John's life (01:29:22) The challenge of facing one's aging as one's desire to give more to the world grows (01:33:23) Follow-up links and contact information (01:34:24) Outro

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 508 are Celia Leverton from Regen Agriculture Network Tasmania, and John Seed - a long time rainforest activist and deep ecology advocate.

(Gaia House)

Led by the inspiration of a cephalopod now extinct 66 million years, Sky Otter and I explore what is means to live our lives in alignment with life, creatively, and with heartbreak, grief, endings, and death as not only necessary parts of the process, but gifts that can deepen, enrich, and guide our limited days. Some of the topics we explore include ammonite as example of death and creative change in evolution; why life requires death and heartbreak is necessary; finding our way out of mass extinction through creativity in service to life; building heart-full community in relationship with Nature; deep Time and the ever-present is-ness of all things from all time; and why acting in alignment with life is a gift to all life, across all time. ... For links to Sky's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind186 FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... Sky's previous features on ATTMind Podcast -▷ Episode 156: Deep Ecology, Earth Connection, and The Circle of Life -▷ Psychedelic Café 9, Why Our Sense of Connection Matters    SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise:  https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter:  https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel:  https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A, ——    Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (02:04) Guest Bio (03:43) Patreon Thanks (05:38) Interview beings (10:04) Ammonite as example of death and creative change in evolution (15:40) Aligning with life beyond the individual self (19:33) Finding our way out of mass extinction through creativity in service to life (25:33) Life requires death; heartbreak is necessary (29:45) Grief is natural, but easier said than done (35:50) Building heart-full community in relationship with Nature (38:49) The misappropriation of “trusting life” to bypass ecological responsibility (46:33) Creativity and trusting life vs nihilism and numbing out in the face of ecological crisis (50:11) The complexity, challenge, and benefits of living in alignment with life (1:06:39) Deep Time and the ever-present is-ness of all things from all time (1:12:39) Acting in alignment with life is a gift to all of life; why we DON'T feel connected with life (1:22:20) I am because we are… (1:24:54) Follow-up links and contact details (1:26:03) Outro

For the final episode of season 5, PGAP welcomes special guest John Seed (OAM). John is founder and director of Australia's Rainforest Information Centre (https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/) and is an Australian figurehead for the Deep Ecology Movement (https://www.deepecology.net/). A long time hero of both co-hosts Mark and Michael, John combines decades of successful environmental activism with an emphasis toward re-establishing a deep emotional connection with the natural world. It is the disconnection from nature which has resulted in the endless growth paradigm which is tearing apart our societies and our planet. John shares his thoughts on why system change is not enough and why a fundamental shift in our collective psychology is needed to get us out of this mess. In addition to John's other accolades, he is also an accomplished musician. It was a pleasure to play his song ‘The World Bank Song' on PGAP. The song was written in 1990 for a protest against the World Bank in Washington DC and the message is arguably even more relevant today. The video may be seen on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VVZif4fBo) and John's music may also be heard on SoundCloud. (https://soundcloud.com/johnseed) You can find more about the RAINFOREST INFORMATION CENTRE HERE (https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/). Or about DEEP ECOLOGY HERE (https://www.deepecology.net/). More links to John's work include articles on THE RELIGION OF ECONOMICS (https://rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/ecorelig.htm), THE RIGHTS OF NATURE (https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/los_cedros), and CLIMATE GRIEF (https://journal.workthatreconnects.org/2023/09/02/hearing-inside-ourselves-the-sounds-of-the-earth-crying/). More information regarding the Atlas network may be read HERE (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/06/rishi-sunak-javier-milei-donald-trump-atlas-network) and HERE (https://knittingnannas.org/2024/01/18/atlas-network/). You can find out more about HOLISTIC ACTIVISM HERE (https://holisticactivism.net/) (founded by co-host Mark Allen). Both Mark and Michael Bayliss (https://michaelbayliss.org/) have been busy over the last couple of months. Mark has written A Holistic Activism Approach to the Population Issue (https://medium.com/@bayliss.michael/a-holistic-activism-approach-to-the-population-issue-f1c5d7d80624) for Medium. Michael was recently a guest presenter on the Rethinking Sustainability Podcast, on the topic of Growth and the Parasitic Economy. (https://sustainablecivilisation.com/growth-and-the-parasitic-economy/). Mark has written for Independent Australia: Sydney asbestos crisis the tip of the iceberg (https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-display/sydney-asbestos-crisis-the-tip-of-the-iceberg,18376). EcoVoice published Mark's article Climate Activism and the Crisis of Language (https://www.ecovoice.com.au/climate-activism-and-the-crisis-of-language-by-mark-allen-2024/). Last but not least, the PGAP Blog has been updated with a new post, Building a house in the 2020s (and other fun things!) (https://pgap.fireside.fm/articles/buildingahouse). At PGAP, we like to give a shout out to the work of our past guests. The highly anticipated De Gruyter Degrowth Handbook (https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110778359-018/html) has finally been released! Inside, contributors, including a forward by Jason Hickel, explore various facets of degrowth, delving into its intersections with Marxism, feminism, architecture, and issues related to the global south. A standout chapter, penned by our former podcast guest Alex Baumann and co-author Samuel Alexander, shines a light on the initial privatisation of capitalism, namely land privatisation. While the Handbook itself is behind a paywall, an excellent article in The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/huge-housing-costs-make-us-slaves-to-our-jobs-and-unsustainable-growth-but-theres-another-way-203144?fbclid=IwAR0YYO8Tg9psaa4QPGg3Xjr11nv_MVjSmEAi4rueFJqG21Bjqqn7FIn9Ie8) gives a great overview. PGAP will be on break for two months before we return for season six in a couple of months. PGAP has now been on the air for nearly four years and we are so pleased that community support for our grassroots program has gone from strength to strength across the five seasons. We are looking forward to many more stellar guests in season six and we will also be experimenting with 'mini-episodes' for returning guests. Until then, we invite you to RATE AND REVIEW PGAP (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099), SUBSCRIBE (https://pgap.fireside.fm/subscribe), or CONTACT US (https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact) with our easy to fill out contact form. Please share this and other episodes of PGAP with your friends, family and networks. Until season six, until then! (All views, opinions, and past and present legacies of PGAP guests do not necessarily reflect those of PGAP of Sustainable Population Australia (https://population.org.au/) who are the kind supporters of this podcast.) Special Guest: John Seed.

Imbolc Blessings! It is Isla Macleod's deepest wish to inspire and support a remembrance of what is sacred in our lives, guiding us back home to the natural world.  She is a renowned ceremonialist and the author of the beloved book ‘Rituals for Life'.  Through offering a container for transformation, held with the deepest love and respect, Isla helps others access forgotten treasures and their innate gifts to share with the world. Isla is devoted to unearthing our indigenous roots on Brighid's Isle, and exploring how we as humans can cultivate an intimate, meaningful, reciprocal relationship with the Web of Life. Isla is one of our special guests on our year-long slow study course Deepen Your Roots exploring Land's Lineage; finding and tending to the thresholds within our bioregion; creating ritual, ceremony and beauty; finding elders, stories and songs nestled in these thresholds, and bringing this wisdom forth into the threshold of these times. Deepen Your Roots is a year-long slow study weaving Deep Ecology, the Work that Reconnects, and a folkloric, animistic exploration into the ecological self rewoven with place. Accompanying this episode is a book giveaway of Isla's Rituals for Life' for our patron community. ‘Rituals for Life' is a guide for those searching for the Sacred in the everyday, a life of meaning and a sense of belonging. This book invites you to discover how ritual can provide the bridge back to wholeness; through aligning with the wisdom of nature, the cycles of life, and re-enchanting the world with wonder and beauty. Through an exploration of the fundamentals of ritual and its potential to heal and empower, you are guided towards creating your own rituals to support accepting and celebrating significant life transitions.  Guiding you to live a more creative and intentional life, and cultivate an authentic spiritual path that is rooted in, and inspired by the natural world. Head to Patreon.com/rootedhealing to enter this beautiful giveaway.And we are returning this summer with our gathering ANCESTRAL, where we embody the ancient ways of our indigenous ancestors - the ones who lived in full relationship with the landscapes - and through roundhouse councils, ceremonies and intimate village life, we access their wisdom and guidance for these turbulent times with new and ancient eyes. Explore our other gatherings and psilocybin retreats.Connect with us / gift your music.Music in this episode: Songs from Bonnie Medicine's latest album Wide Open (it's so beautiful).Support the show

Brittany Jane Laidlaw is a Somatic Ecologist, Rewilding Mentor, and Accredited Wayapa Practitioner with over 11 years of experience leading embodied nature-connection programs. Britt also holds a Masters of Environment in Somatic Ecology, and various certifications in rewilding, permaculture, village building, and the women's mysteries. Today, Britt offers various programs that specifically focus on midwifing the dormant potential within women by re-membering the wild feminine. Her work guides women through The EARTHED Framework, an experiential map for conversing with the body, soul, and nature, based on her PhD research. The framework integrates comprehensive knowledge from somatics, neuroscience, ecology, and mythology, as well as first-hand experience that Brittany has gained working with Indigenous knowledge keepers and world-renowned experts within the rewilding movement. In our conversation together, we talk about: ➳ Eco-somatics - it's roots in Deep Ecology, animism and the somatic approach to the body as a source of wisdom ➳ The EARTHED Framework as a pathway to ‘coming home' and conversing with body, soul and nature ➳ What it really means to live with Purpose ➳ Death as the greatest experience of belonging (and Britt's experience on a solo camping trip that cracked her open) ➳ The 4 ancestral skills to learn within the sacred order of survival ➳ Why fire-making is the most powerful skill women learn within Britt's rewilding programs ➳ Your relationship to light as an eco-somatic practice of earth connection and belonging as well as personal vitality ☾ Plus so much more ☾ Head to the Episode Shownotes ⁠for all resources and links mentioned! Dive further into the breadth and depth of feminine wisdom inside the Wilde Woman Trove. Remember to subscribe for the next potent episode drop of Weaving the Wild wisdom! And if you're feeling generous, drop the show a rating and review!

What if we started with gratitude? With love? In this episode Ayana is joined by longtime mentor Molly Young Brown in a discussion that tends to what it means to be human in times of polycrisis and unraveling.Grounding the conversation in practice of group processing, activism, and relationality, Molly speaks to the reality of our time. We simply can't go on like this, and it is dizzying to pretend anything else. This truth is illuminating, but does not need to be wholly devastating. At the peak of crises, how might we turn towards a world that imagines things differently, a world that is not driven only by profit, a world where we might center love? Molly encourages listeners to turn to deep time – our connection to our ancestors and to all who come in the future – and to root into a relationship with humanity and the earth that recognizes our interconnectedness. Molly Brown, M.A., M.Div. lives in Mt Shasta, CA with her husband Jim. In her work as a writer, educator, workshop facilitator, and life coach, she draws on the Work That Reconnects, ecopsychology, psychosynthesis, and systems thinking, and specializes in working with activists. She co-authored with Joanna Macy both editions of Coming Back to Life (1998, 2014) , edits the online journal, Deep Times: A Journal of the Work That Reconnects, and co-directs the Spiral Journey Facilitator Development Program. She is author and co-author of several books, including Growing Whole: Self-realization for the Great Turning; Unfolding Self: The Practice ofPsychosynthesis, Held in Love: Life Stories To Inspire Us Through Times of Change (co-editor Carolyn Treadway); and Lighting A Candle: Collected Reflections on a Spiritual Life.  Website: MollyYoungBrown.comMusic by Celia Hollander provided courtesy of the artist and Patience Records.  Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

Today we are speaking with Gunther Weil.   Gunther has known some of the 20th century's most interesting psychologists including Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, Gordon Allport, Timothy Leary and Henry Murray as well as such names as Tony Robbins and Eckhart Tolle.  We talk about them, his journey in and out of the psychedelic world, and his later work with Jay Hughes and John A Warnick at the Purposeful Planning Institute, where he was their longtime Dean of Values.  Gunther is a deeply thoughtful guest and his reflections on life, values, transcendence, grace and his own experiences of the various insightful communities he was involved in over the years. Gunther M. Weil, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO of Value Mentors.  He is an organizational consultant, family advisor, executive coach, educator, and psychologist. For the past 35 years, he has provided wise guidance to senior executives, family businesses, and for-profit and non-profit organizations in the areas of values-based leadership and organizational culture, innovation, team building, strategic planning, conflict resolution, and executive wellness.  Weil earned his doctorate from Harvard University in 1965 and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Oslo, Norway. His early professional mentors included Carl Rogers, the creator of Client-Centered Psychotherapy, Arne Naess, the founder of Deep Ecology, and Abraham Maslow, the father of Humanistic Psychology.  He is also a 40-year practitioner of Tai Chi Chuan and Master Instructor of Qi Gong. NOTE:  This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only.  Anything said by the guests or host should not be construed as legal or investment advice.  Thanks for listening. WEBSITE:  ValueMentors:  https://valuementors.com Names and Concepts Mentioned in the Podcast: Gordon Allport:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Allport Willem Nyland:  https://www.gurdjieff.org/nyland.htm Ralph Metzner:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Metzner George Kelly:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kelly_(psychologist) Frank X. Baron:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Barron_(psychologist) Milton Erickson:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_H._Erickson Arne Ness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Næss George Gurdjieff:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gurdjieff PPI/John A Warnick:  https://purposefulplanninginstitute.com/john-a-warnick/ Jay Hughes:  https://jehjf.org David McClelland:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McClelland Henry Murray:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Murray Milton Rokeach:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Rokeach Carl Rogers:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Rogers Abraham Maslow:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Maslow Eckhart Tolle:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle Jacob Needleman The American Soul:  http://www.jacobneedleman.com/the-american-soul TAT - Thematic Aptitude Test:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thematic_apperception_test NLP Neurolinguistic Programming:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming Concord Prison Project:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_Prison_Experiment Good Friday Experiment:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Chapel_Experiment Walter Pahnke:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pahnke Harry Harlow Attachment in Chimps:  https://www.simplypsychology.org/harlow-monkey.html Konrad Lorenz Imprinting:  https://www.simplypsychology.org/konrad-lorenz.html Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.  FOLLOW JOE: https://twitter.com/joereillyjr WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/ PRIVATE CAPITAL PODCAST:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-capital/id1644526501 Thanks for listening.  If you like the podcast, please share it with your friends and take a minute to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.  We appreciate it. ©2023 Joe Reilly

This episode focusses on the cultivation of belonging through bioregionalism, a life-way that Ben Stopford has explored on a deep level in North Wales.  Ben is a facilitator, gardener and gatherer, offering the creation of wild-culture gardens and the pollination of foraging for food, medicine and connection to place.  He holds a PGDip in Sustainable Food + Natural Resources and is the founder of Conscious Roots and co-founder of The Kingly Stag.  Ben's group work stems from 'The Work That Reconnects' and contemporary Rites of Passage (vision quest), all guided by a deep-rooted, nature-based philosophy.  This episode is seeded in the merging of our exciting, life-changing course 'Deepen Your Roots', which is a year-long slow-study weaving deep ecology, ‘the work that reconnects', and a folkloric, animistic exploration into the ecological self rewoven with place. It is a course to cultivate profound belonging and purpose.Next enrolment: Imbolc, February 1st, 2024 (we are offering a patron-exclusive discount).Learn more about Deepen Your RootsBecome a podcast patronExplore our 2024 gatheringsContact us or submit your musicFollow us on instagramMusic in this episode was by Mike Howe, Chris Park, Nathalie Nahai and Chiara Gilmore.Support the show

Join a beautiful conversation with John Seed. John has written and lectured extensively on deep ecology and has been conducting Councils of All Beings and other re-Earthing workshops around the world for 35 years. Find more about John at https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/john_seed Some of the topics we explore: Honoring Our Pain for the World The philosophy of deep ecology Experiential deep ecology workshops The Work that Reconnects $ ceremonies that dispel the illusion of separation between humans and the more-than-human-world. The success of direct actions in protecting Australian rainforests Rainforest conservation About John Seed John Seed is founder of the Rainforest Information Centre. Since 1979 he has been involved in the direct actions that have resulted in the protection of the Australian rainforests. He has written and lectured extensively on deep ecology and has been conducting Councils of All Beings and other re-Earthing workshops around the world for 35 years. With Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Professor Arne Naess, he wrote "Thinking Like a Mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings" (New Society Publishers) which has now been translated into 10 languages. In 1995 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) by the Australian Government for services to conservation and the environment. He is a Fellow of the Findhorn Foundation and occasional Scholar-in-Residence at the Esalen Institute. In 2003 he spearheaded the Rainforest Information Centre's endangered species campaign http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/spp/ and made the film "On The Brink" with David Attenborough, David Suzuki, Olivia Newton-John, and Jack Thompson. In 2023 he is spearheading a campaign to prevent the extinction of koalas. He continues to conduct experiential deep ecology workshops around Australia as well as online workshops.

Słuchając tej rozmowy poznacie Joannę Długowską, organizatorkę i pomysłodawczynię pierwszego festiwalu kobiecego outdooru w Polsce - Cosy Outdoor Festival, który odbędzie się w dniach 16-19 listopada w Schronisku PTTK im. Wincentego Pola w Dolinie Roztoki.Joanna po 12 latach pracy jako copywriterka w agencjach reklamowych porzuciła reklamowanieproszków do prania na rzecz propagowania ekologii. Zawodowo związana jest z Greenpeace Polska,gdzie pracuje jako Big Ideas Developer. Aktywistka, mama, wielbicielka mchów. Jej misją jest"zdobywanie przyjaciół dla dzikiej i wolnej przyrody'', jak pisał Nils Faarlung - jeden z założycielinurtu Deep Ecology.Będziemy rozmawiać z Joanną o tym: -> dlaczego kobiety potrzebują wspólnie doświadczać bycia w naturze, -> jak różnią się potrzeby i zachowania kobiet od potrzeb i zachowań mężczyzn w kontekście eksplorowania dzikiej przyrody -> co czeka uczestniczki nadchodzącego Cosy Outdoor Festivalu. A poniżej kilka słów Joanny o festiwalu. ,,Podczas Cosy Outdoor Festival celebrujemy to, co dzikie, wolne i piękne – zarówno w nassamych, jak i w przyrodzie.Tworzymy przestrzeń, w której siostrzeństwo zajmuje miejsce rywalizacji, a zdobywanie szczytówzastępują zachwyty nad pięknem i potęgą przyrody.Opowiadamy o przygodach kobiecym głosem – czułym, ale silnym, odważnym ale wrażliwym,czasem chaotycznym, ale naszym.W tym roku w dniach 16-19 listopada odbędzie się druga edycja festiwalu. Wśród prelegentekbędą m.in.: Paulina Reiter z książką "Samotne oceany", Kamila Kielar - podróżniczka, któraniedawno skończyła jeden z najdłuższych szlaków w Górach Skalistych - Continental Divide Trail(5000 km), Ewa Chwałko, która przeszła samotnie Łuk Karpat, Joanna Jurga z prelekcją "Szałasna hałas w podróży, czyli poczucie bezpieczeństwa na krańcach świata", a Karolina Sulejpoprowadzi "Warsztaty z pisania o dzikości. Złoty notes".Od rana do około 15:00 natomiast jesteśmy w terenie i: tropimy dzikie zwierzęta, uczymy się nawigacji oraz czytania lasustawiamy pierwsze kroki w biegach górskichszkolimy się ze sprzęturobimy jogę pod czujnym okiem Justyny Traczyk @practicewithjustynaGościnnie wystąpi też Lola Eyeonyou Potocki - kobieta drag, znana z serialu Netflixa "Królowa"Cosy Outdoor Festival to przede wszystkim inkluzywna przestrzeń dla wszystkich osób kobiecych,które chcą zacząć swoją przygodę w outdoorze lub spojrzeć na niego z innej perspektywy.Wspólnie szukamy własnej definicji i języka, jakim opowiadamy o naszych przygodach. Jednak jestpewien nadrzędny cel, który mi przyświeca - to "zdobywanie przyjaciół dla dzikiej i wolnej przyrody"jak pisał Nils Faarlund, jeden z założycieli nurtu głębokiej ekologii. Chcę, żeby kobiety rozgościłysię w outdoorze, znalazły w nim swoje własne miejsce i poczuły na nowo więź z przyrodą, bo tylkowtedy będą czuły potrzebę, żeby ją chronić." fot. Gosia Kępa, na zdjęciu Joanna Długowska Bilety na: www.mikrowyprawy.com.pl  Lub bezpośrednio na adres: cosyoutdoorfestival@gmail.com Szczegóły programu na: https://www.mikrowyprawy.com.pl/tour-item/cosy-outdoor-festival/ oraz na profilu Instagram organizatorki: @cosy_outdoor_festival Muzyka: Jam Morgan Jazz Cafe Free Licence

Peder Anker is a historian of environmental sciences, specializing in the history of ecology and ecological architecture and design. Anker is currently a Professor of History of Science at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. Book PDF Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/7070AC66999C30D35EAE07F0A290963A/9781108477567AR.pdf/The_Power_of_the_Periphery.pdf?event-type=FTLA --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74

Today we are joined by the award-winning filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell to discuss their latest film Common Ground and how we need to work with nature and not against it if we want to save our planet.    Common Ground is the highly-anticipated follow up to the documentary, Kiss the Ground, and tells the story of the growing Regenerative Agriculture Movement. Narrated by Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Ian Somerhalder, and Donald Glover ~ the film follows the farmers, gardeners, scientists, scholars, activists and visionaries who are creating resilient, biodiverse food systems that produce tremendous amounts of nutritionally dense food while balancing the climate, healing our bodies, stabilizing the economy, and restoring our ecosystems. Our conversation explores the critical intersections of food, politics, power, climate, economy, culture, soil health, survival and the future of humanity. Josh and Rebecca open up about their creative process, daily life on Big Picture Ranch in Ojai, the journey of making this independent film, their mission to convert 100 Million Acres in the US to regenerative farmland, and shared intention for Common Ground to serve as a love letter, wake up call and roadmap for healing Earth for our future generations.  Thank you Josh and Rebecca for bringing this film into the world and for showing us how saving our soil might just save us all! CONNECT:  Common Ground Movie: Website | IG | FB | Youtube | X  | TikTok | Reddit | LinkedIn  Josh: Personal Website | @joshtickell  Rebecca: Personal Website  | @beccatickell Big Picture Ranch Watch the Trailer Get Tickets to the Film  Request Common Ground to be shown at your Local Theater Everything you need to know about Common Ground   Take Action  Host @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace twitter Subscribe to Mercurial Mail (our monthly newsletter)   MENTIONED  Big Picture Ranch 100 Million Acres The Jungle by Upton Sinclair  The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell  “Prancer”  Kiss the Ground Movie Kiss the Ground Organization  Josh's Films Josh's Books  Ryland Engelhart Ep.24 SWEETNESS OF THE EARTH with Sarah & Ryland Engelhart  Ep. 62 TRANSFORMATION THROUGH REGENERATION with John Roulac NOURISH This podcast is made possible by your donations and the symbiotic support of our partners:  Make a donation here LIVING TEA:  SOUNDFOOD for 20% off all tea nourishment at livingtea.net until Oct 14th! 15% off onwards  RESONANCE: find Nitsa's curation of living teas here (SOUNDFOOD for 20% off)  MIKUNA: enter SOUNDFOODFAMILY for 25% off  our favorite regenerative plant protein from the Andes Mikunafoods.com  LIVING LIBATIONS: enjoy 15% off all botanical beauty alchemy with this link https://livinglibations.com/soundfood (discount automatically applied) OSEA: CITRINE for 10% off oseamalibu.com sea-to-skin magic  CHRISTY DAWN: 15NITSA for 15% off farm-to-closet christydawn.com    LAMBS: CITRINE for 10% off your EMF protective gear getlambs.com P.S. We would be so grateful if you felt inspired to leave us a review on APPLE OR  SPOTIFY! Key Moments [17:35] Josh's viral sensation of “The Veggie Van”.  [18:25] Both Josh and Rebecca's curiosity into the marriage between modern living and living in which nature isn't harmed.  [19:08] The making of the partnership towards working on solutions to big environmental problems, and Big Picture Ranch serving as a place to make movies, raise children and animals, conferences and bring scientists and environmentalists together.  [20:17] The need to be the facilitator of nature rebuilding itself.  {20:50] Perspective of Stewardship through Agriculture + Nature  [21:50] How Rebecca's background in acting and appearing in the film “Prancer” showed her how films can create real-world results.  [23:08] Rebecca and Josh meet, fall in love, and develop a partnership on many levels  [24:02] Josh and Rebecca talk about the mind-blowing moments of making “Common Ground”.  [25:28] How do we even begin to heal, stabilize our climate, and fix our broken food system?  [27:00] The process of getting to “Common Ground” from “Kiss the Ground” is over 20 years in the making.  [29:00] Deep Ecology and the Soil  [30:42] Reflections on how the pandemic raised planetary consciousness and brought awareness to the connection between food and health… got people to be curious, to compost etc [33:43] Instead of thinking about ourselves as independent entities, we need to see how soil binds and connects us all.  [33:50] We are more bacterial cells than human cells [37:00] The film is hopeful and solution-oriented, but there are some dark and sobering moments that reflect reality.  [38:00] How the current system is affecting farmers and those who have been in the industry for generations  [40:04] The journey and gift of having A-list celebrities like Woody Harrelson, Jason Momoa, Ian Somerhalder, Rosario Dawson, and Laura Dern give their time to participate in the movie.   [48:24] The challenges and realities of modern farming.  [49:05] The impact of corporate, capitalist systems on farmers who are just trying to survive [49:50] most farmers operate at or in debt  [54:04] Regenerative Farmer success stories that occurred by just changing their technique as opposed to their technology.  [54:55 ] GMO seed/chemical trap  [1:01:26] Driving towards certified regenerative agriculture and the significance behind “100 million acres”.  [1:04:30] The goal of 1 Million Farmers [1:12:11] How one can bring a screening of “Common Ground” and Q&A to their community.  [1:155] What resonance means to Josh and Rebecca.   [1:22:03] Josh and Rebecca describe their last meal. Both would have it come straight from the farm, but Josh would add a sprinkling of delicious sweet potato fries!  

Lindsay Branham is a revolutionary eco-doula, an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and a social scientist, dedicated to leveraging media and technology to end human rights abuses and ecological disconnect.  She is the Founder of Novo film, which inspires imaginative solutions to seemingly insurmountable challenges, as well as a PhD student at Cambridge University exploring nature connectedness at the somatic, sensory level. She is a Kathryn Davis Fellow for Peace and was named the inaugural Envision Social Good Fellow by the Independent Film Project and the United Nations.  Lindsay served as a media behaviour change specialist for UNICEF and Search for Common Ground, and was a freelance journalist for CNN and the BBC. In this episode, we discuss a sensuous, erotic kind of deep ecology, the power of narrative in reshaping social repair, healing chronic illness through trees and interconnectivity, and Lindsay's new book on its way, 'Heartwood'.  ReferencesThey Came at Night - Novo FilmUndrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals - Alexis Pauline GumbsLinksLearn more about Earth Medicine, our psilocybin retreat in the Netherlands.Grab the last spot on ForestlingsDribble worthy forestalling feasts on Chippy's instaExplore our online course Deepen Your RootsVisit our website rootedhealing.org and sign up for our newsletterBecome a PatronFollow us on InstagramSupport the show

Our bodies are just like the rest of the living world: coursing with healing, life-affirming intelligence and capacity; and suffering the effects of being out of balance. The body is one setting for what Joanna Macy called "the three stories of our time": Business as Usual, the Great Unraveling, and the Great Turning. We've explored these stories many times on this podcast. In this episode, I talk with Lydia Violet Harutoonian about how I see all three stories playing out in the landscape of the human body, and in the field of medicine.Lydia is the founder and director of School for the Great Turning, a music maker, and a longtime, dedicated student and friend of Joanna Macy. She's a friend, comrade, and inspiration to me. You'll get to hear some of her potent way of articulating things during this conversation - but in this episode, I'm the guest, and she's the interviewer. We talk about The Great Turning in relation to illness and healing, through my explorations as a Chinese Medicine practitioner and a lover of Deep Ecology.Click Play now to hear us get into:how Deep Ecology and Traditional Chinese Medicine are natural companions that help us understand human beings, and the system of Life on Earthemotions as key to both personal health and collective well-beingthe energy it takes to repress emotions about what's going on the world, the toll that takes on our health, and the energy that's liberated when we acknowledge the truth about our experiencehow Qi flows through the landscape of the body like water in riverswhat happens when we relate to our bodies with a Business as Usual mindset, how illness is like a Great Unraveling, and how the body is always moving toward a Great Turningthe life-honoring changes happening in medicine todaythinking about medical treatment holistically, and seeking gentler, more life-honoring choicesplus a few approaches to well-being that are part of the Great Turning, like acupuncture, self-massage with acupressure, therapeutic movement, and caring for our microbiomes… and have a good time talking about it all!I love hanging out with Lydia, I love talking about this stuff, and I hope you'll have fun listening to this one. I'd love to hear what you think, too! Please share your reflections with me by commenting on social media, or replying to my emails (you can subscribe to my twice-a-month-or-so emails at turningseason.com).This conversation was part of The Great Turning Summit, held online on June 17, 2023. It was such a heartening day, full of learning and music from a diverse range of activists, visionaries, artists, and elders. You can purchase access to the recordings of this event through the link in the show notes, at turningseason.com/episode36.You'll also find links to:Rupa Marya and Raj Patel's book Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injusticethe online program I host called Healing Season, which is all about you understanding and taking care of yourself, especially the connections between your physical and emotional health, and being able to express your love and care for our world, guided by the wisdom of Chinese Medicine and deep ecologyand a video showing the self-acupressure point Large Intestine 4, which I demonstrated during this conversation (originally broadcast with video at the Great Turning Summit) About the guest:It's me this time! Your usual host, Leilani Wong Navar. I have a clinical practice where I offer acupuncture and herbal medicine, functional medicine, and dreamwork. With groups, I facilitate the Work that Reconnects and teach practical wisdom from Chinese Medicine. Lydia and I work together at School for the Great Turning, where I serve as Assistant Director. I attended Evergreen State College, where I earned a BA with a focus on Political Economy and Holistic Health. My formal Chinese Medicine training was through the National University of Natural Medicine, where I graduated with a Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine. I was born into Chinese and Jewish families, and see myself as carrying on my Chinese ancestors' holistic, poetic medical science, and my Jewish ancestors' dedication to asking big questions. I'm a mom of two, and as my kids grow up, I'm excited to be getting to support their emergence into their own ideas and passions, and start to see the ways the Great Turning moves through them too.Show notes: turningseason.com/episode36

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This episode is an excerpt of a past Science & Wisdom LIVE dialogue, 'Deep Ecology, Mindfulness, and Climate Emergency'.Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU0FvOksk3s&t=2sSubscribe to our newsletter: www.sciwizlive.com*****Science & Wisdom LIVE brings meditation practitioners in conversation with scientists to address the problems of contemporary society and come to new possible solutions.Our events touch upon specific themes where science and contemplative traditions intersect, such as the ethics of artificial intelligence, gender equality, climate change, and the benefits of mindfulness and meditation for mental health.We believe that the dialogue between science and contemplative traditions can inspire positive action and inform an ethical response to the challenges of our times, grounded in the human values of cooperation, compassion and equality.Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.sciwizlive.comFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sciwizliveFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scienceandw...Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sciwizlive

Today on Mushroom Hour we are graced by the presence of Dr. Michael J. Hathaway - Professor of Anthropology at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Associate Member of the School for International Studies, and the Director of SFU's David Lam Centre for Asian Studies. He is a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow and author of What a Mushroom Lives For (2022) and Environmental Winds (2013). Hathaway is a cultural anthropologist with two central interests. First, he is deeply interested in China's place in the modern world, looking at how little-known dynamics there have created world-spanning effects in surprising realms such as feminism, environmentalism, and Indigenous rights. His aim is to disrupt the typical assumptions that globalization emerges solely from the West. Second, Hathaway is doing what he can to foster a transformation in scientific understandings based on colonial assumptions of the natural world. For a quarter-century, Hathaway has lived in, worked, and traveled in China and increasingly in Japan, where he has explored the entangled and emerging worlds of transnational environmentalism and Indigenous rights. More recently, Hathaway has been exploring hidden histories of Indigenous-led activism across the Pacific Rim and how they have shaped the contemporary world. Today we're going to dive into his newest book, “What a Mushroom Lives For”.   TOPICS COVERED:   Environmentalism and Indigenous Rights in China   The Mushroom at the End of the World   Matsutake World Research Group   New Relationships with Biology    Human Exceptionalism   World Making   Thinking Like a Mushroom   Umwelt   Matsutake's Economic Ecosystem   The Yi People & Their Fungal Economy   Entanglements of Yaks, Mushrooms, Barley, Trees and Public Policy   How Matsutake Continually Shapes Cultures and Economies into the Future    Efforts to Cultivate Matsutake   Can Shifting Ecological Worldviews Shape the Future?   EPISODE RESOURCES:    Michael J. Hathaway Website: https://www.michaeljhathaway.net/   "What a Mushroom Lives For" (book): https://www.amazon.com/What-Mushroom-Lives-Matsutake-Worlds/dp/0691225885Matsutake Worlds Research Group: https://people.ucsc.edu/~atsing/migrated/matsutake/    "The Mushroom at the End of the World" (book): https://www.amazon.com/Mushroom-End-World-Possibility-Capitalist/dp/0691162751   Jakob von Uexküll: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Johann_von_Uexk%C3%BCll   The Yi People: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_people   Schizophyllum commune (AKA Splitgill Mushroom): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophyllum_commune   

In this episode I am delighted to be speaking with pivotal figure in the world of deep ecology - a concept I came into contact with at Schumacher College in 1992 when I studied with Arne Naess - the Norwegian mountaineer and philosopher who coined the term Deep Ecology. My guest today is deep ecologist, rainforest activist and author JOHN SEED - a fellow ecovillager. He's based at Narara Ecovillage in NSW and I'm at Crystal Waters on Gubbi Gubbi Country, QLD.John is the founder and director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia. He has worked for rainforests worldwide since 1979. He says many of their campaigns have been successful, but sadly,  for every forest saved, another 100 have disappeared. He realised he cannot save the planet one forest at a time - what we needed is a profound change in consciousness. Deep ecology reminds us that the living world is not a pyramid with humans on top, but a web. We, humans, are but one strand in that web and as we destroy this web, we destroy the foundations for all complex life including our own.It's not enough to have ecological ideas, says Arne - we have to have an ecological identity and ecological self. To nourish the ecological identity, John and the american peace scholar-activist Joanna Macy developed a series of experiential rituals called the Council of All Beings. John co-write a book, Thinking Like a Mountain in 1988  about the council of all beings, with Arne Naess, Joanna Macy and Australian Pat Fleming.https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/john_seedhttps://www.facebook.com/johnseed.deepecology https://www.instagram.com/johnseed_deepecology/Support the showThis podcast is an initiative of the Permaculture Education Institute.Our way of sharing our love for this planet and for life, is by teaching permaculture teachers who are locally adapting this around the world - finding ways to apply the planet care ethics of earth care, people care and fair share. We host global conversations and learning communities on 6 continents. We teach permaculture teachers, host permaculture courses, host Our Permaculture Life YouTube, and offer free monthly film club and masterclass. We broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage food forest on beautiful Gubbi Gubbi country. I acknowledge this is and always will be Aboriginal land, pay my respects to elders past and present, and extend my respect to indigenous cultures and knowledge systems across the planet. You can also watch Sense-Making in a Changing World on youtube.SUBSCRIBE for notification of each new episode. Please leave us a 5 star REVIEW - it really it does help the bots find and myceliate this show.

Ready for a dose of Active Hope? Listen to Gloire Mudekuza, a young refugee, a social entrepreneur, a climate activist and a mentor in Uganda, making an impact in the refugee community. He is passionate about regenerative agriculture, climate action, and entrepreneurship. He is the founder and director of Plethora Social Initiative, a refugee-led organization that works to develop the inner potential and capacities of refugees in Nakivale Refugee settlement and their host community, developing a regenerative culture and building a resilient local community.This conversation with Gloire was part of the Great Turning Summit, a daylong online event that we at School for the Great Turning hosted a couple weeks ago, on June 17. We got to hear from a diverse range of activists, visionaries, artists, and elders speaking about how they're participating in the movement for life on this planet. We talked about how we're collectively making a pivot toward a livable future, in collaboration with millions of people and the more-than-human world, all vying for life.As part of the Summit, I had the opportunity to speak about The Great Turning in the intimate landscapes - the ecosystems - of our own bodies, and what Chinese Medicine and Deep Ecology teach us about illness and healing. I also hosted a panel on parenting during the Great Turning, and this conversation with Gloire Mudekuza. Click Play now to hear about:Gloire's arrival in Nakivale Refugee Settlement 6 years ago, having fled from his original home in the Democratic Republic of Congohis choice to focus on helping his community, and the shift from identifying as a victim to identifying as a survivorlocal farming, impacts of climate change, and the value of learning permacultureparticipating in the Gigaton Challenge to reduce carbon emissions and create green jobs for youth in Nakivale Refugee Settlement and the host communitieshow he sees the Great Turning happening now, particularly in terms of leadership - and what the Great Turning means to himplus more!This conversation was powerful for me, and for many who attended the Summit. I hope you too enjoy it, learn from it, and feel inspired in your own way.Turning Season Podcast is dedicated to offering regular doses of Active Hope in this Great Turning toward life-honoring, life-sustaining ways of being human, bringing you deep conversations with people who are rising to their own unique roles in this worldwide movement.  This show is for every one of you who's awake to our multiple crises, feels your love for life on earth, and is finding your way to participate in cultivating ways of life we can believe in, making a life honoring present, even in the face of an uncertain future.Learn more about and support Plethora Social Initiative and sign up for email updates here: turningseason.com/episode35

The Reverend Michael Dowd is a bestselling eco-theologian, TEDx speaker, and pro-science, pro-future advocate whose work has been featured in The New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Newsweek, Discover, and on television throughout the United States and Canada. His book, Thank God for Evolution, was endorsed by 6 Nobel Prize-winning scientists, noted skeptics, and religious leaders across the spectrum. Michael and his science writer, and evolutionary educator wife, Connie Barlow, have spoken to some 3,000 groups throughout North America since April 2002. His blogs and lectures are available at Michaeldowd.org and Postdoom.com.

Join the London Sustainable Development Commission for the launch of a new LSDC report on what the capital's political leaders must do to deliver a ‘just transition' for London. Download the report in full here.The event will ask:How do we continue to build public trust in climate action through engagement?How can communities have a greater say in local climate action affecting them – especially marginalised voices?How can the benefits of the green economy be shared fairly and made more accessible?The event will be followed by a drinks reception in the RSA Benjamin Franklin Room – all welcome!In partnership with London Climate Action Week 2023The RSA is delighted to be one of the hubs during this year's London Climate Action Week (24 June - 2 July). RSA Fellow, Lizzie Shupak and the team from Curve, will be facilitating conversations throughout the working week, using some of the Open Sentence prompts from The Work That Reconnects, a Deep Ecology conversation that began in the 1970s, which invites people to connect with the emotional, as opposed to the technical, aspects of the climate crisis. #LCAW2023Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorgLike RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join

This episode is an excerpt of a past Science & Wisdom LIVE dialogue, 'Reawakening the Ecological Self', with Dr. Stephan Harding.Listen to the full episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1360903/episodes/9754772Subscribe to our newsletter: www.sciwizlive.com***Dr. Stephan Harding was born in Venezuela in 1953. After his first degree in Zoology at Durham University he was a field assistant for the Smithsonian's field ecology research in Venezuela. His doctorate at the University of Oxford was on the behavioural ecology of the muntjac deer.     After teaching conservation biology at the National University of Costa Rica, he became a founder member of Schumacher College. Here he met James Lovelock – the originator of the Gaia hypothesis – with whom he has maintained a long-lasting friendship and scientific collaboration that lead to their joint appointment as founding chair holders of the Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment at the University of Oslo.Stephan is the author of Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia, and Gaia Alchemy, which was published in January 2022 by Bear and Co.

Welcome back for another episode in the "22 Lessons on Ethics and Technology Series! In this episode of the series, I speak to Dr. Eric Katz, and we take on the common utopian mythology of technology as inherently progressive, focusing specifically on the frequent slide from utopianism into terror. We talk about the uses of technology during the Holocaust and the specific ways in which scientists, architects, medical professionals, businessmen, and engineers participated in the planning and operation of the concentration and extermination camps that were the foundation of the 'final solution'. How can we think about the claims of technological progress in light of the Nazi's use of science and technology in their killing operations? And what can we learn from the Nazi past about how our commitment to a vision of technological progress can go horrifically wrong?   Dr. Eric Katz is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.  He received a B.A. in Philosophy from Yale in 1974 and a Ph.D.in Philosophy from Boston Universityin 1983.  His research focuses on environmental ethics, philosophy of technology, engineering ethics, Holocaust studies, and the synergistic connections among these fields.  He is especially known for his criticism of the policy of ecological restoration.  Dr. Katz has published over 80 articles and essays in these fields, as well as two books: Anne Frank's Tree: Nature's Confrontation with Technology, Domination, and the Holocaust (White Horse Press, 2015) and Nature as Subject: Human Obligation and Natural Community (Rowman and Littlefield, 1997), winner of the CHOICE book award for “Outstanding Academic Books for 1997.” He is the editor of Death by Design: Science, Technology, and Engineering in Nazi Germany (Pearson/Longman, 2006).  He has co-edited (with Andrew Light) the collection Environmental Pragmatism  (London: Routledge, 1996) and (with Andrew Light and David Rothenberg) the collection Beneath the Surface: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Deep Ecology (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000). He was the Book Review Editor of the journal Environmental Ethics from 1996-2014, and he was the founding Vice-President of the International Society for Environmental Ethics in 1990.  From 1991-2007 he was the Director of the Science, Technology, and Society (STS) program at NJIT. His current research projects involve science, technology, and environmental policy in Nazi Germany.

This Full Moon, a new deep conversation with someone rising to her own unique role in The Great Turning - the role only she can play, coming about through what she loves, what breaks her heart, her gifts, her circumstances, her stories. Today, meet Fernanda Lenz, an educator, facilitator, and visual documentarian in São Paolo, Brazil.Listen in to see what resonates with you about how she's relating to this time of ecological and humanitarian crises, influenced by her longtime immersion in Tibetan Buddhism and Deep Ecology. You might be inspired, or hear something that helps you recognize what's true for you, helps you find your role in these times, or helps you keep going in the role you're already playing. Or maybe you'll find yourself sitting with a really good new question.Click Play to hear us talk about:the inner world, and the subtle part of us that carries on beyond our lifetimes in these bodiestaking the small actions that can be felt more deeply than seemingly bigger, more showy actionsfacilitating the Work that Reconnects with humanitarian aid volunteers and with refugeeswhat Fernanda did when she encountered a beach covered for miles with trash carried downriverand the worldview of "interdependence."Fernanda teaches classes in Deep Ecology that weave her Tibetan Buddhist philosophy heritage into Joanna Macy's Work that Reconnects. She brings an embodied learning approach that emphasizes empathic connection to our living Earth, transforming apathy and grief into collaborative action.She started her career as a photographer, after graduating from the International Center of Photography in New York City in 2013. She has produced documentary work with indigenous peoples in Brazil, documented elephants in Tanzania, and made pilgrimages with her brother Lama Michel Rinpoche and Guru Lama Gangchen Rinpoche to Nepal, Tibet and Indonesia. Coming eye to eye with all of these beings and life forms, she aims to communicate our intrinsic connection with our planetary family, portraying both its strength and fragility.Connect with Fernanda, learn more about the practice of Tonglen, check out Joanna Macy's book World as Lover, World as Self, and subscribe to our newsletter at: turningseason.com/episode31

George Wuerthner is the former Ecological Projects Director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Currently he is the executive director of Public Lands Media. He is an ecologist and wildlands activist. He has published 38 books on environmental issues and natural history including such environmentally focused books as Welfare Ranching, Wildfire, Thrillcraft, Energy and most recently Protecting the Wild.

Christopher M. Bache, Ph.D. is professor emeritus in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University where he taught for 33 years. He is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of Grof Legacy Training. Chris' passion has been the study of the philosophical implications of nonordinary states of consciousness, especially psychedelic states. An award winning teacher and international speaker, Chris has written four books: Lifecycles - a study of reincarnation in light of contemporary consciousness research; Dark Night, Early Dawn - a pioneering work in psychedelic philosophy and collective consciousness; The Living Classroom, an exploration of collective fields of consciousness in teaching; and LSD and the Mind of the Universe, the story of his 20 year journey with LSD.Chris is a father of 3, a Vajrayana practitioner, and lives in Weaverville, NC.Links to Chris' books and other resources: LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven Lifecycles: Reincarnation and the Web of Life Chris presenting on reincarnation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlCMfEOmsrY Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness Website: https://chrisbache.com/ Chris' academic publications: https://youngstown.academia.edu/ChristopherMBache Links to my book Autism Wellbeing Plan: How to Get Your Child Healthy:US Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Autism-Wellbeing-Plan-Child-Healthy/dp/1916393004UK Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autism-Wellbeing-Plan-Child-Healthy-ebook/dp/B084GBBDL9My podcast, Autism and Children's Health: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autism-and-childrens-health-lab-testing-diet/id1512380225

Which is easier to feel in your own mind and body:  The sense of living in The Great Turning (aka, our transition toward a life-sustaining way of being human on earth), or the feeling of "Business as Usual," a way of being human that values being productive, consuming, succeeding, and never feeling like you've done enough or have enough? My guest in today's Full Moon episode, Nisha Mody, explores with me how these different stories live in our bodies and minds, and play out in our lives. She brings her experience as a feminist healing coach, writer and speaker.  In her work, Nisha explores the intersection of anti-oppression, intergenerational healing and relationship. She helps people sit with their feelings, claim their agency, and relate to the world with care. Click Play now to hear us talk about: relational vs. transactional connections (with other people, our own bodies, the Earth) some of the mindsets and the medicines her parents brought with them when they immigrated from Indiafeeling like a failure, and mixing up your "work" with your "worth"your healing story as a massive, epic love story... ...and how that doesn't mean it only includes loving, loveable moments; just like The Great Turning, which is an adventure story, full of positive change but also peril and heartbreak and lots more.  I have very much enjoyed getting to know Nisha over the last year and a half or so. I find her writing and coaching to be such a heartening example of The Great Turning taking place within someone in their own unique way.  I especially appreciate that even though she doesn't present her work as being particularly about ecology, or Nature, or Earth-connection, she brings her own connection with the Earth to her work, and supports clients in tending to theirs.Of course, I celebrate each and every one of us who does describe our work in terms of ecology and Earth-love - but I am also excited to see this sense of interconnection and reciprocity with the rest of the living Earth woven into all kinds of work and ways of life.  And bonus: In one of Nisha's former careers, she was a librarian, so she has great book recommendations. You can find the books she mentioned in our conversation and others she recommends in the show notes at turningseason.com/episode27. You'll also find links there to Nisha's website and Instagram. If you're listening to this episode close to the date it comes out, you still have time to sign up for a free online workshop I'm hosting on Tuesday, January 10th called: Keep it Moving: Practical Wisdom from Chinese Medicine and Deep Ecology about your Emotions, Your Health, and the State of our World.  Come to turningseason.com/moving to sign up to attend live, or get access to the recording.  I'll share with you a Chinese Medicine-inspired way of looking at stress and stress relief that might be new to you, explain how different emotions affect the body differently, and how our physical health also affects our emotions, plus teach you a couple of practical techniques from self-acupressure massage and qigong for moving the stagnation caused by emotional stress. We'll also do a little bit of the Work that Reconnects and explore how Joanna Macy and a Deep Ecology perspective teach us how our emotions about what's happening in the world can help us serve and make change - how our human emotions might be a crucial way that life on earth sustains itself.  Sign up at turningseason.com/moving to attend live or have access to the recording.Turning Season Podcast is here to bring you regular doses of Active Hope, through news and deep conversations about our adventure toward a life-honoring, life-sustaining way of being human on Earth. This show is for every one of you who's awake to our multiple crises, feels your love for life on Earth, and chooses to participate in cultivating ways of life we can believe in, making a life honoring, present, even in the face of an uncertain future.  Hosted by me, Leilani Navar. I facilitate the Work that Reconnects, I practice acupuncture and dreamwork, and I believe in the power of conversation. This podcast is one way The Great Turning happens through me. Thank you for being here. Show notes: turningseason.com/episode27

George Wuerthne is the former Ecological Projects Director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Currently he is the executive director of Public Lands Media. He is an ecologist and wildlands activist. He has published 38 books on environmental issues and natural history including such environmentally focused books as Welfare Ranching, Wildfire, Thrillcraft, Energy and most recently Protecting the Wild.

Click Play for 13 minutes of Active Hope to hearten you today, in the latest news episode of Turning Season Podcast. Hear about:the work of a young refugee in Uganda named Irenge Mudekuza Gloire, founder of Plethora Social Initiative, teaching permaculture and regenerative agriculture to fellow refugees and host communitiesFossil Free Research campaigns to get universities to break ties with oil and gas companies - and never let them fund research on climate, energy, or environmental studiesand the Declaration of Revolutionary Love, written by civil rights leader and visionary Valarie KaurTurning Season Podcast is here to bring you news and deep conversations about our adventure toward a life-honoring, life-sustaining way of being human on Earth. This show is for every one of you who's awake to our multiple crises, feels your love for life on Earth, and chooses to participate in cultivating ways of life we can believe in, making a life-honoring present even in the face of an uncertain future.Hosted by Leilani Navar, acupuncturist, dreamworker, and facilitator of the Work that Reconnects.Free workshop January 10: Keeping it Moving: Practical Wisdom from Chinese Medicine and Deep Ecology on Your Emotions, Your Health, and the State of Our WorldShow notes: turningseason.com/episode26

Every now and then you come across a writer whose words and ideas just hit you bone-deep.For me, most of them have been people whose words make me feel more intimately connected with the world around me: Mary Oliver, Robin Wall-Kimmerer, Richard Powers, Bill Plotkin— and most recently, Mary Reynolds Thompson.When I started digging into Mary's work in preparation for this conversation, I felt that rare but familiar deep resonance. In her latest book, A Wild Soul Woman, she explores five landscape-based archetypes she's written about previously, this time specifically in the context of how they show up in womens' lives.In this episode, we explore about everything from burnout and addiction recovery to defining what it means to move through the arc of the human experience in your own “shero's journey.” About Mary Reynolds Thompson (she/her)Mary is an award-winning author, internationally recognized speaker, and a facilitator of poetry therapy. A pioneer in the spiritual ecology movement, her focus is on the transformative power of landscape archetypes and nature metaphors to reveal our true purpose and right relationship with the planet.Author of A Wild Soul Woman and Reclaiming the Wild Soul, a 2015 Nautilus Award-winner, Mary's writings have also appeared in numerous other publications and anthologies. Through her books, courses, and talks, she reaches creatives, change-makers, and seekers who long to awaken to their most courageous and Earth-connected selves and have the impact they desire.To learn more or contact Mary, visit maryreynoldsthompson.com and follow her on Instagram @wildsoulwriter. Stuff Mentioned + Additional Resources:“The Song of a Wild Soul Woman” - written, creative interpretation by Dancing Wolf, creative interpretation by TreeSistersBodyful Episode #12: Jill Dunkley on Being in Right Relationship with the World Inside & OutsideTreeSistersJungian psychologist and writer Marion WoodmanThe Work that ReconnectsAnimas Valley InstituteWomen Who Run With the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola EstesUntamed by Glennon Doyle----------------------------------------------------Did you love this episode? Please consider leaving a rating/review wherever you listen to podcasts!NOTE FROM VAL: In 2023, my podcasting is shifting gears... so stay tuned for an exciting announcement about that soon, and Bodyful episodes will remain on this feed to continue to be shared and enjoyed!✨ In Tennessee and looking for therapy? Check out The Gaia Center.✨ Get the monthly Gaia Center newsletter with exclusive content & tips from our therapists✨ Learn about coaching, speaking, and other stuff Val is up to

Every now and then you come across a writer whose words and ideas just hit you bone-deep.For me, most of them have been people whose words make me feel more intimately connected with the world around me: Mary Oliver, Robin Wall-Kimmerer, Richard Powers, Bill Plotkin— and most recently, Mary Reynolds Thompson.When I started digging into Mary's work in preparation for this conversation, I felt that rare but familiar deep resonance. In her latest book, A Wild Soul Woman, she explores five landscape-based archetypes she's written about previously, this time specifically in the context of how they show up in womens' lives.In this episode, we explore about everything from burnout and addiction recovery to defining what it means to move through the arc of the human experience in your own “shero's journey.” About Mary Reynolds Thompson (she/her)Mary is an award-winning author, internationally recognized speaker, and a facilitator of poetry therapy. A pioneer in the spiritual ecology movement, her focus is on the transformative power of landscape archetypes and nature metaphors to reveal our true purpose and right relationship with the planet.Author of A Wild Soul Woman and Reclaiming the Wild Soul, a 2015 Nautilus Award-winner, Mary's writings have also appeared in numerous other publications and anthologies. Through her books, courses, and talks, she reaches creatives, change-makers, and seekers who long to awaken to their most courageous and Earth-connected selves and have the impact they desire.To learn more or contact Mary, visit maryreynoldsthompson.com and follow her on Instagram @wildsoulwriter. Stuff Mentioned + Additional Resources:“The Song of a Wild Soul Woman” - written, creative interpretation by Dancing Wolf, creative interpretation by TreeSistersBodyful Episode #12: Jill Dunkley on Being in Right Relationship with the World Inside & OutsideTreeSistersJungian psychologist and writer Marion WoodmanThe Work that ReconnectsAnimas Valley InstituteWomen Who Run With the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola EstesUntamed by Glennon Doyle----------------------------------------------------Did you love this episode? Please consider leaving a rating/review wherever you listen to podcasts!NOTE FROM VAL: In 2023, my podcasting is shifting gears... so stay tuned for an exciting announcement about that soon, and Bodyful episodes will remain on this feed to continue to be shared and enjoyed!✨ In Tennessee and looking for therapy? Check out The Gaia Center.✨ Get the monthly Gaia Center newsletter with exclusive content & tips from our therapists✨ Learn about coaching, speaking, and other stuff Val is up to

George Wuerthner. He is the former Ecological Projects Director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Currently he is the executive director of Public Lands Media. He is an ecologist and wildlands activist. He has published 38 books on environmental issues and natural history including such environmentally focused books as Welfare Ranching, Wildfire, Thrillcraft, Energy and most recently Protecting the Wild.