Podcasts about ecology action

In this episode of the Roller Door, Garen and Hannah talk with Matt Miller of Santa Cruz-based non-profit Ecology Action. While the subject matter isn't our normal mountain bike specific techy nerdfest, it was one of the more satisfying talks we've had on the Roller Door to date. Matt's a cyclist in every form, and his (and Ecology Action's) mission to get people riding is nothing short of inspiring. Matt and his team recieved a Paydirt grant, which will send them to the Netherlands to learn how to improve bike infrastucture in Santa Cruz -- listen in for statistics on traffic reduction, infrastructure solutions, dirt commuting, and for an open, welcoming stance on getting people out of cars and onto bikes. We're feeling lucky – first Ben Hildred, and now Matt Miller: two inspiring chats with two enjoyable people who clearly love riding their bikes… just like the rest of us.    We hope you enjoy, and if you have any questions for the team here at Santa Cruz Bicycles, please email them to podcast@santacruzbicycles.com. Thanks for listening!  

We are joined today by Eric Paulus, Operations Director and Land Manager for Ecology Action in Austin, Texas.  In this episode, you'll hear how they took a former landfill and turned it into an amazing nature preserve. Bret and I have hiked it and it's gorgeous, not to mention the good they are doing for animals and plants. To learn more about the Circle Acres Nature Preserve, check out Ecology-Action.org.

Clifford Humphrey started Ecology Action recyclers in Berkeley in 1968. He's one of the true founders of the environmental movement. Here he carries a message from the inspired elders who conceived of a better world in the midst of war and chaos like we have today. We began a general conversation about the economics of greenwash, which we circled and snuck up on from behind in this, Clifford's gift to us all during the holiday season.

Show Summary:    On this Reality Roundtable, Nate is joined by small-scale farmer Jason Bradford, permaculturist and documentarian Andrew Millison, regenerative agriculture activist Vandana Shiva, and regenerative farmer and educator Daniel Zetah to discuss the feasibility of a food system fully or mostly independent of fossil fuel inputs. While a non-industrialized agriculture system is certainly possible (it was the norm for the majority of human history), what that will look like and how we even begin such a transition is daunting with a population of 8 billion humans to feed. How do we teach people the skills they'll need as fossil inputs become less affordable, reliable, and accessible? Can we create a cultural shift towards a slower lifestyle that is more connected to the land which provides us food? What do the people of a society look like where we are once again centered around agriculture and in tune with the flows of nature? How would our relationship with jobs and the land have to change?   About Jason Bradford:   Jason Bradford has been affiliated with Post Carbon Institute since 2004, first as a Fellow and then as Board President. He worked for the Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Missouri Botanical Garden, was a Visiting Scholar at U.C. Davis, and during that period co-founded the Andes Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group (ABERG). He decided to shift from academia to learn more about and practice sustainable agriculture, and in the process, completed six months of training with Ecology Action (aka GrowBiointensive) in Willits, California, and then founded Brookside School Farm.   About Andrew Millison:   Andrew Millison is an innovative educator, storyteller and designer. He founded the Permaculture Design education program at Oregon State University (OSU) in 2009. At OSU Andrew serves as an Education Director and Senior Instructor who offers over 25 years of experience, and a playful approach to regenerative design. Andrew is also a documentary videographer who travels the world documenting epic permaculture projects in places such as India, Egypt, Mexico, Cuba, and throughout the US. You can view his videos and series on his YouTube channel. About Vandana Shiva   Vandana Shiva is a well known activist, author of many books, and is a global champion on regenerative local agriculture, biodiversity and nutritious food. She has a PhD in physics and 40 years ago founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, an independent research institute that works on the most significant ecological problems of our times.  About Daniel Zetah:   Daniel grew up on a farm in Minnesota where he learned to fix all manner of things driven from an insatiable curiosity about how things worked. He studied economics and business at university. After waking to our planetary predicament, he became a full time environmental activist, then moved to an off grid community in the mountains where he studied permaculture and built straw bale houses. He moved back to America to help steer culture in a more sane direction. He and his wife Stephanie moved back to the family farm in Minnesota where they are growing 80% of their calories, rebuilding the local ecology, and educating and empowering people to wrest back control of their sovereignty as human beings.    For Show Notes and More visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/rr06-bradford-millison-shiva-zetah To watch this video episode on Youtube → https://youtu.be/lb2tJXopTJA  

Eric Paulus is the Operations Director at Ecology Action's Circle Acres Nature Preserve located in East Austin near Roy Guerrero Park. Before joining Ecology Action, Eric owned a small farm and plant nursery called Regeneration Eco-Farm. Listen as he tells his story of how Circle Acres and Ecology Action revitalized 10 acres from a trash dump to a gorgeous natural preserve area for the public to visit.

On this episode of What's Normal we sit down with Michael Brown to talk about recycling and composting in the Town of Normal. Have any questions for us at What's Normal or any topics you want to hear reach out to us at podcast@normal.org! 

On this episode, Jason Bradford, who is an author, activist, farmer, and teacher, talks about the energy intensity of our modern industrial agriculture system.  How do we feed billions of people with depleting energy systems? How do we also protect existing biodiversity and ecosystem health? We also discuss what makes for healthy soil, why we're losing it, and how small farms can help get it back - while creating higher yields of healthier foods for fewer inputs.  About Jason Bradford: Jason Bradford has been affiliated with Post Carbon Institute since 2004, first as a Fellow and then as Board President. He grew up in the Bay Area of California and graduated from U.C. Davis with a B.S. in biology before earning his doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis, where he also taught ecology for a few years. After graduate school he worked for the Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Missouri Botanical Garden, was a Visiting Scholar at U.C. Davis, and during that period co-founded the Andes Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group (ABERG). He decided to shift from academia to learn more about and practice sustainable agriculture, and in the process, completed six months of training with Ecology Action (aka GrowBiointensive) in Willits, California, and then founded Brookside School Farm.

Join Sustainability Now! hosts Brooke Wright and Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Ecology Action's Matt Miller about bicycles, Bike Month, e-bike rebates and local transportation policies and practices, more generally. Matt is a Senior Program Specialist at Ecology Action in Santa Cruz, where he focuses on urban transportation working collaboratively with local government, businesses, and NGOs, to help build physical and social infrastructure to move away from car centric planning and behavior. If you don't already bike but are thinking about getting out of your car, be sure to tune in! Sustainability Now! is underwritten by the Sustainable Systems Research Foundation. and Environmental Innovations.

April 1, 2021--This week on Putting Down Roots, hosts Michelle and Phoenix focus on climate change and climate action. They talk with Doug Nunn, a local climate action activist, and Matt Drewno of Victory Gardens for Peace and Ecology Action.

Expecting that ruralization is the next evolution. In This Podcast: Studying the changes in shifting populations, Jason Bradford is predicting the trend for urban growth is going to reverse. He breaks down why our energy dependency is indicating a reversal, why technology is creating discounted problems, and more importantly why personal action toward energy literacy and resilience is critical. He talks about what to do as the approaching change draws near.  Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updates or visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Jason has been affiliated with Post Carbon Institute since 2004, first as a Fellow and then as a Board Member. He graduated from U.C. Davis with a B.S. in biology before earning his doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis, where he also taught ecology. He's worked for the Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Missouri Botanical Garden, was a Visiting Scholar at U.C. Davis, and co-founded the Andes Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group. After all that, Jason shifted from academia to learn more about and practice sustainable agriculture. completed training with Ecology Action (aka GrowBiointensive) in Willits, California, and founded Brookside School Farm. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/thereport for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests. 459: Jason Bradford on Rural Living as our Future

Jason Bradford has been affiliated with Post Carbon Institute since 2004, first as a Fellow and then as a Board Member. After earning his doctorate at Washington University in St Lous, he worked for the Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Missouri Botanical Garden, was a Visiting Scholar at U.C. Davis, and co-founded the Andes Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group (ABERG). He bailed out of academia to learn and practice sustainable agriculture, trained at the Ecology Action (aka GrowBiointensive) in Willits, California, and then founded Brookside School Farm. For four years he hosted The Reality Report radio show on KZYX in Mendocino County. In 2009 he moved to Corvallis, Oregon, as one of the founders of Farmland LP, a farmland management fund implementing organic and mixed crop and livestock systems, where he worked until early 2018. He sits on the Economic Development Advisory Board for Corvallis and Benton County, and serves as an advisor for the OregonFlora Project based at Oregon State University. He lives with his family outside of Corvallis on an organic farm. 

Before we get too deep in the weeds.... Dan Irvin invited Ecology Action Center Executive Director Michael Brown to talk about the EAC.  Environmental sustainability is more than just recycling. 

Empowering people globally to build food security while using very little land. In This Podcast: Today on the podcast, we continue our visit with John Jeavons. Part one of this two-part podcast discussed John's journey into Biologically Intensive Gardening, crop planning strategies, and watering strategies. Today in Part Two we delve into his successes, failures, advice for future farmers, plant personalities, and some of the crops he believes everyone should grow for a nutritionally balanced diet. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updatesor visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast John has been the Director of the Ecology Action Mini-Farming Program since 1972 and is the author of How to Grow More Vegetables a book on BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming in use in over 150 countries in virtually all climates and soils. John advises on projects in countries such as Mexico, Kenya, Russia and India, as well as all corners of the United States. Ecology Action has been a non-profit since 1971 and currently has two research and demonstration sites in California. Their mission to teach people worldwide to better feed themselves while building and preserving the soil and conserving resources through the GROW BIOINTENSIVE closed-loop small scale agricultural system. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/johnjeavons2 for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests. 423: John Jeavons on Biologically Intensive Gardening & Farming (Part 2)

Empowering people globally to build food security while using very little land. In This Podcast: Biologically Intensive Gardening allows farmers to grow more food, with less water, in a sustainable way. In this podcast, we speak with John Jeavons who has been a Bio Intensive pioneer for over 50 years. An Arizona native, his books have made an impact on our own Greg Peterson. He enthusiastically shares his journey, discoveries, and tools to create your own Bio Intensive Garden. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updatesor visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast John has been the Director of the Ecology Action Mini-Farming Program since 1972 and is the author of How to Grow More Vegetables a book on BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming in use in over 150 countries in virtually all climates and soils. John advises on projects in countries such as Mexico, Kenya, Russia and India, as well as all corners of the United States. Ecology Action has been a non-profit since 1971 and currently has two research and demonstration sites in California. Their mission to teach people worldwide to better feed themselves while building and preserving the soil and conserving resources through the GROW BIOINTENSIVE closed-loop small scale agricultural system. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/johnjeavons for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests. 423: John Jeavons on Biologically Intensive Gardening & Farming (Part 1)

Growing an herbal antibiotic. In This Podcast: Bill Bruneau suffered from what eventually was diagnosed as a leaky gut caused by using pharmaceutical antibiotics. Knowing that plants had medicinal powers he searched out which ones were natural antibiotics and came upon limited but intriguing information on the genus Sida. He waited for someone to write a book about this super-weed and when no one did, Bill knew he had to do it. Listen as Bill lists just a few of the many illnesses he uses Sida to treat or prevent.   Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updatesor visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast In 1982, Bill and his wife started Bountiful Gardens Seeds, which is part of the small non-profit Ecology Action of the Mid-peninsula. Ecology Action is an organization that has been diligently working to save the world's soil for the last 45 years, refining and promoting a bio-intensive farming method that actually creates soil while being very productive.   While Bill is an herbal hobbyist, medicinal herbs and preventative medicine have been at the core of his family's health for at least 50 years and when he discovers one that is as good as Sida appeared to be, he wanted to know everything about it. A scientist at heart, he did intensive research into the known benefits of Sida for over a year, seeking out peer-reviewed research on Sida, and in particular studies on Sida acuta. The results have exceeded his wildest expectations.   Go to www.urbanfarm.org/sida for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests. 412: William Bruneau on the Genus Sida

Dr. Heidi talks with Jennifer Raiser is a writer, strategist, and nonprofit junkie. She is the Treasurer of the Burning Man organization, and author of the bestselling book, "Burning Man: Art on Fire." Jennifer Raiser divides her roles as an author and management innovator. She is the author of the bestseller, Burning Man: Art on Fire, 2014/2016, Race Point Press, and lectures extensively on the significance of the Burning Man art movement, in Black Rock City and around the world. As founding Treasurer of Burning Man Project, she oversees a $47M budget. She is the author of In the Spirit of Napa Valley, 2015, Assouline, The Art of Being Bill: The Many Faces of Awesome, 2018, Race Point Press. She is the founding editor of SFWire.com, and writes for the San Francisco Chronicle, Huffington Post, and other publications. She also works in corporate communications for clients in the health care and food tech sectors. As a nonprofit advisor, she has served on the boards of the Bently Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Peninsula Community Foundation, Junior Statesmen Foundation, CuriOdyssey Museum, Ecology Action, Gatepath, and many community benefit organizations. Jennifer Raiser founded and managed Raiser Senior Services, a provider of luxury retirement communities in the Bay Area. The subject of a case study at the Harvard Business School, she was a trailblazer in the implementation of continuing care for the elderly, outlined in her book Designing Retirement Communities for the Future, 1998, John Wiley and Sons. She earned a BA in English Literature and an MBA, both from Harvard University. website: www.jenniferraiser.com Facebook Page - Twitter ID - Instagram : Jennifer.Raiser This episode is sponsored by Oska Pulse, the opiod-free solution for chronic pain. Oska Pulse is a Pain Relief and Recovery Device using Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF). For a discount on your order go to http://bit.ly/EDS-Oska, or simply enter discount code 2BU at checkout at OskaWellness.com. Your order will help support the Evolving Digital Self podcast. If you like it, please feel free to share it with your friends (both the discount and the podcast ).  

Welcome to episode #17 of IoT Product Leadership, a podcast featuring in-depth conversations with product leaders on what it takes to build great IoT products. I’m your host, Daniel Elizalde.     I have a very special show for you today. My guest is Anthony Harrison. Director of Public Policy at ChargePoint, the world’s largest network of electric vehicle charging stations.     Anthony is a seasoned expert on Public policy; specifically he is an expert on how policy impacts technology and business strategy.     I had the opportunity to work with Anthony in the past, and I was always very impressed with his knowledge, passion, and willingness to work with Product teams to create opportunities and remove roadblocks.     That’s why I’m so excited to have him in the show to share his expertise with you.    In this episode, Anthony shares his experience driving policy at multiple technology companies. He also explains why electric vehicles are so disruptive, and shares how to foster the ideal partnership between Product and Policy teams. This is an episode that no Product leader should miss.     To learn more about Anthony, about ChargePoint, and to access the resources mentioned in this episode, visit iotproductleadership.com.     There you’ll find the show notes for all episodes, including this one.      About Anthony Harrison:    Anthony Harrison leads ChargePoint’s public policy and government relations activities in Western North America. He has dedicated his professional career to working on driving adoption of innovative clean technologies and sustainable practices with individuals, businesses and communities. This includes over a decade of experience in advocating for public policy programs and initiatives that support the deployment of solar, energy efficiency, energy storage, demand response, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Prior to ChargePoint, Anthony held policy leadership positions with Stem, the California Efficiency and Demand Management Council, Ecology Action, Renew Financial, and the California State Legislature.   About ChargePoint:   ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before with the world’s largest and most open EV charging network. We design, build and support all of the technology that powers this network, from charging station hardware to energy management software to a mobile app. Our work transforms transportation and energy use by helping more people choose to drive electric.   Topics we discuss in this episode:   Anthony shares his background and about ChargePoint. ChargePoint’s approach to IoT solutions. How the electric vehicle industry is disruptive beyond electricity as fuel. Anthony’s approach to reactive vs. proactive collaboration between Product and Policy teams. The “relationship triangle” between Product, Sales, and Policy teams when it comes to impacting a roadmap. How the ability to aggregate data from multiple devices in the cloud, creating a “Fleet” of assets, is a benefit. Anthony’s perspective on the “fleetification” of products, and some of the Policy and Product implications that come from it. How regulations in areas such as transportation and energy can impact a product roadmap in ways that are not obvious. Advice for Product Leaders who are new at developing IoT solutions.   To learn more about Anthony and ChargePoint:   ChargePoint ChargePoint Blog Anthony on LinkedIn On Twitter @cleantechtony  

This week’s featured farmer on Greenhorns Radio is Rachel Britten. Rachel Britten was born to a farming family in the heart of Iowa. She made her way West to Washington where she farmed in the beautiful Port Townsend area and later completed her undergraduate degree in Agroecology at The Evergreen State College. Rachel now works for Ecology Action, a non-profit start 42 years ago by John Jeavons. She co-manages one of three research and education sites in Mendocino County, California. There, she trains interns from all over the world in the Grow Biointensive method–a set of principles developed to grow all of one’s caloric needs for a year on the least square footage possible while still improving the soil. Rachel’s other passions include biological nitrogen fixation and it’s role in agro-ecosystems, plant genetics (which she indulges with multiple breeding projects on the farm), and good old fashion cooking and hospitality– come on over! This program was brought to you by Heritage Foods USA. “We emphasize the use of crops that are very good at taking carbon out of the atmosphere.” [08:00] –Rachel Britten on Greenhorns Radio

Climate change, intensifying droughts, depleted soils, population growth - how will people feed themselves? In this Deep Roots Radio interview, John Jeavons describes a solution - Biointensive Mini-farming methods now at work in 151 countries.