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Julie went to a plant swap and acquired some new and coveted plants. Along with finally getting some spiderwort, she also got a bit of sunburn. Thankful she also obtained some aloe vera and shares the growing info about this handy and hardy medicinal plant! Spring planting info included too. Yay Springtime!!
Fred talks about the beautiful Spiderwort plant.
Kate Weiner and Kailea Frederick share about creativity, art, and beauty as integral to activism work. You’ll also hear about: Co-creating a world that values and priorities the health and wellbeing of future generations Embodied, reciprocity and holding space for nuance A reimagining of the matriarchy Kailea and Kate share a special announcement and new project by Loam ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Kailea Frederick (Loam Editor) is a mother and First Nations woman dedicated to supporting individuals of all cultures in remembering their ties to the earth. A graduate of the International Youth Initiative Program, she has in-depth training in interpersonal communication, community building across cultural and linguistic boundaries and large group facilitation. She is a Spiritual Ecology Fellow, and has served as a youth delegate twice to the United Nations Climate Change conferences (COP). Currently, Kailea offers facilitation and project consultation through her project Earth Is `Ohana and is a Climate Commissioner for the city of Petaluma. Kate Weiner (Loam Creative Director) is an environmental educator, writer, and gardener. Kate is a 2015 Brower Youth Award winner, a 2017 recipient of the John Goddard Prize for Environmental Conservancy, and a 2018 Spiritual Ecology Fellow. Kate was an Artist-in-Resident at Woodland Keep in the San Juan Islands as well as a beneficiary of the Boulder Arts Commission Professional Development Grant. She facilitates workshops across the country on low-waste living, permaculture in practice, and resilience, and has a Certificate in Permaculture Design from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. In this episode, we talk about: Kailea shares a spell by Brontë Velez on repatriation How flowers, activism, and literature, weave within Kate and Kailea’s story Kate shares the co-creation story of Loam How beauty is perceived as supplementary and not integral Flowers as an entry point into compassion and activism On why it’s easy to become cynical and overwhelmed in the current climate How Loam holds space for the unraveling of the human experience We speak on how to navigating crisis with beauty and art Creating spaciousness for future visioning How beauty helps us evoke the world we want to live in Why imagination is necessary for moving forward with hope and compassion How honoring beauty is honoring the sovereignty of other beings How beauty invokes gratitude Tuning in to the sensual and spiritual nature of the matriarchy A reimagining of the matriarchy How does it feel to be embodied How embodiment work invites in greater empathy and spaciousness How our bodies are the Earth The matriarchy as power within, not power over Creating a path to healing with plants Kailea and Kate share stories of how the plants speak to them On how the plants feel like home Kailea and Kate share a special announcement about a new project with Loam On Compassion in Crisis How we are born of crisis, yet have the capacity and the resilience to make it through challenging times Kate and Kailea share about the Loam Listen podcast and on current Loam publications and projects Plus so much more! Secret Episodes! Get past secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Kailea and Kate’s offerings at https://loamlove.com/ Support Loam on Patreon @loamlove Explore the Loam Listen Podcast Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret References: Embodied Plant Medicine workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/embodied-plant-medicine Alissa Maya https://akashaapothecary.com/ Cacao Ceremony workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/cacao-ceremony Naomi Love https://www.wisewombmedicinepath.com/ Episode 6 with Kailea Fredrick https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/spiritual-ecology-compassion-in-crisis-kailea-frederick Brontë Velez https://www.instagram.com/littlenows/ Alyssa Gonzalez https://www.instagram.com/alyssajgonzalez9/ Monsanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto Sweet Alyssum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobularia_maritima Borage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borage Calendula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendula How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong https://amz.run/4K6I California Poppy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschscholzia Lilacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringa_vulgaris Spiderwort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradescantia Nasturtium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeolum Dahlia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlia Compassion in Crisis https://loamlove.com/shop/compassionincrisis Compasión en tiempos de crisis https://loamlove.com/shop/compasion-en-tiempos-de-crisis Milla Prince https://www.instagram.com/thewomanwhomarriedabe Nourishing the Nervous System by Tayla Shanaye https://loamlove.com/shop/nourishing-the-nervous-system Living Through Liminality https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_ysUmHeU9/ Black Histories / Black Futures Bookshelf https://bookshop.org/shop/loam Loam listen https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loam-listen/id1477513600 Amirio Freeman https://www.instagram.com/plantasia_barrino/ ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak
Kate Weiner and Kailea Frederick share about creativity, art, and beauty as integral to activism work. You’ll also hear about: Co-creating a world that values and priorities the health and wellbeing of future generations Embodied, reciprocity and holding space for nuance A reimagining of the matriarchy Kailea and Kate share a special announcement and new project by Loam ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Kailea Frederick (Loam Editor) is a mother and First Nations woman dedicated to supporting individuals of all cultures in remembering their ties to the earth. A graduate of the International Youth Initiative Program, she has in-depth training in interpersonal communication, community building across cultural and linguistic boundaries and large group facilitation. She is a Spiritual Ecology Fellow, and has served as a youth delegate twice to the United Nations Climate Change conferences (COP). Currently, Kailea offers facilitation and project consultation through her project Earth Is `Ohana and is a Climate Commissioner for the city of Petaluma. Kate Weiner (Loam Creative Director) is an environmental educator, writer, and gardener. Kate is a 2015 Brower Youth Award winner, a 2017 recipient of the John Goddard Prize for Environmental Conservancy, and a 2018 Spiritual Ecology Fellow. Kate was an Artist-in-Resident at Woodland Keep in the San Juan Islands as well as a beneficiary of the Boulder Arts Commission Professional Development Grant. She facilitates workshops across the country on low-waste living, permaculture in practice, and resilience, and has a Certificate in Permaculture Design from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. In this episode, we talk about: Kailea shares a spell by Brontë Velez on repatriation How flowers, activism, and literature, weave within Kate and Kailea’s story Kate shares the co-creation story of Loam How beauty is perceived as supplementary and not integral Flowers as an entry point into compassion and activism On why it’s easy to become cynical and overwhelmed in the current climate How Loam holds space for the unraveling of the human experience We speak on how to navigating crisis with beauty and art Creating spaciousness for future visioning How beauty helps us evoke the world we want to live in Why imagination is necessary for moving forward with hope and compassion How honoring beauty is honoring the sovereignty of other beings How beauty invokes gratitude Tuning in to the sensual and spiritual nature of the matriarchy A reimagining of the matriarchy How does it feel to be embodied How embodiment work invites in greater empathy and spaciousness How our bodies are the Earth The matriarchy as power within, not power over Creating a path to healing with plants Kailea and Kate share stories of how the plants speak to them On how the plants feel like home Kailea and Kate share a special announcement about a new project with Loam On Compassion in Crisis How we are born of crisis, yet have the capacity and the resilience to make it through challenging times Kate and Kailea share about the Loam Listen podcast and on current Loam publications and projects Plus so much more! Secret Episodes! Get past secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Kailea and Kate’s offerings at https://loamlove.com/ Support Loam on Patreon @loamlove Explore the Loam Listen Podcast Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret References: Embodied Plant Medicine workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/embodied-plant-medicine Alissa Maya https://akashaapothecary.com/ Cacao Ceremony workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/cacao-ceremony Naomi Love https://www.wisewombmedicinepath.com/ Episode 6 with Kailea Fredrick https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/spiritual-ecology-compassion-in-crisis-kailea-frederick Brontë Velez https://www.instagram.com/littlenows/ Alyssa Gonzalez https://www.instagram.com/alyssajgonzalez9/ Monsanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto Sweet Alyssum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobularia_maritima Borage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borage Calendula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendula How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong https://amz.run/4K6I California Poppy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschscholzia Lilacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringa_vulgaris Spiderwort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradescantia Nasturtium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeolum Dahlia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlia Compassion in Crisis https://loamlove.com/shop/compassionincrisis Compasión en tiempos de crisis https://loamlove.com/shop/compasion-en-tiempos-de-crisis Milla Prince https://www.instagram.com/thewomanwhomarriedabe Nourishing the Nervous System by Tayla Shanaye https://loamlove.com/shop/nourishing-the-nervous-system Living Through Liminality https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_ysUmHeU9/ Black Histories / Black Futures Bookshelf https://bookshop.org/shop/loam Loam listen https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loam-listen/id1477513600 Amirio Freeman https://www.instagram.com/plantasia_barrino/ ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak
Join us as we chat about some plants we don't really like but "sort of grow!" Don't worry - as always, we manage to find several species in Tradescantia and related genera that we want (and for which we think we have room?) Is Stephen's cruel, sparse aesthetic starting to rub off on Matthew? How is this is one of Stephen's roughly three ornamental plants? And which one of the Plant Daddies likes them "compact and densely hairy?" As a bonus, we including ideas for those living near nuclear facilities.
Valerie, owner of Golden Seraphina Apothecary & Healing and Daniela LeBlanc owner of Ravens Hollow Apothecary & Healing Hands Equine Body Work share with you information on the Pagan holiday, Beltane. We focus on how any belief system can celebrate this powerful holiday! Beltane is April 30th-May 1st and focuses on fertility and the coming together of the masculine and feminine energies. Fertility doesn't just mean baby time, but really anything you would like to manifest and grow. We talk about the history, traditions, foods, colors, altars, offerings and the reasons for celebrating. We also offer an example of a simple Beltane exercise! The list of herbs and altar ideas are below. Much Love & Many Blessings!Beltane Altar Ideas:Add Colors! We go deeper into the meanings of the colors in the podcast. Green, yellow, blue, purple, white, black & red. use these colors with your candles, cloths, ribbons, plants & crystals. Even your own clothes!Masculine representations like Athame (knife or sword), antlers, sticks, seeds or a maypole centerpiece.Feminine representation statue of the goddess, floral crown, fresh flowers, cauldron or cup.Other offerings include: honey, oats, milk, fruits, potted plants, crystals & herb/plant like Rose, Lemon Balm, Balsam, Lilac, Carnations, Carrot Tops, Daffodils, Daisies, Yellow Dock, Dragons Blood Resin, Elm, Fig, Ginger, Grape Vines, Hazel, Hemp, Hibiscus, Hyacinth, Jasmine, Maple, Mint, Black Mustard, Nuts/Seeds, Oregano, Pansies, Parsley, Periwinkle, Pine, Plum, Pomegranate, Poppies, Prickly Ash, Rosemary, Savory, Spiderwort, Sunflowers, Sweet Peas & Willow.Ritual:Sit in meditation on April 30th, visualizing your life vibrant, abundant & fertile. Envision it in as much detail as possible.Write it down in as much detail as possible.Write a prayer if you're called to do so.Light the fire and when it burns brightly, burn your vision writing in it while asking for blessings & abundance. Recite your prayer or blessing. And so it is. You can find us at:www.GoldenSeraphina.com & social medias FB, IG & TikTok @ Golden SeraphinaSocial Media for Dani is FB & IG at Daniela LeBlancwww.ravenshollowapothecary.comwww.healinghandsequinebodywork.com
It's Our 50th Episode!Macy give us her knowledge on Spiderwort, as well as her best Cardi B impression! Charlye gets a little cheese ball, and breaks down the numerology behind the number 50.Join us for Texas flowers, divination, and the witches defending Hershey's chocolateThings we talked about this episode:Numerology The Numbers and Their Meaningshttp://numerology-thenumbersandtheirmeanings.blogspot.com/2011/06/number-50.htmlwww.witchbitchamateurhour.comSnag yourself some WBAH Merch!teespring.com/stores/wbah-podcast-storeContact Us (Come Eat With Us)Instagram @WitchBitchAmateurHourTwitter @BitchHourFacebook @WitchAmateurHourwbahpodcast@gmail.comWant to help our coven keep growing? Consider becoming a Patron!https://www.patreon.com/wbahpodcastHandwritten letters are actual magic!PO Box 865Canton, Tx75103Theme music by:https://www.fiverr.com/master_serviceWe are not doctors, lawyers, or professionals. We are amateurs, and nothing we say should be taken as advice, instruction, or seriously. Any action taken based on what we say or imply can and will lead to illness, existential crisis, injury, your pets no longer loving you, and death.
There’s one plant that self-seeds all over my yard that I pull up whenever I see it, even when it is in flower.
Andrew Pelling, an award winning Scientist, Professor, TED Senior Fellow and entrepreneur. His work and innovations have been featured in Wired, Motherboard, Scientific American, Popular Science, BBC and more. Andrew directs and manages the Pelling Research Lab, out of the University of Ottawa. The lab uses low-cost, open source materials and methods to explore new technologies and ideas. He has, for instance, created human body parts made from plants and grown living skins on LEGOs – innovations with the potential to replace prohibitively expensive commercial biomaterials. Andrew has also founded pHacktory, a street-level research lab in Ottawa that amplifies community ideas through a potent mixture of craft, serendipity and curiosity. Andrew joins us to share his story, what motivated him to take a completely different approach to research and academics, what it’s been like creating significant impact through his biomaterial innovations, what it’s like building and growing his open source based biomedical research company Spiderwort, what he’s looking to do with pHacktory, and much more!
Dr. Andrew Pelling is a Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor in the Departments of Physics and Biology, as well as the Institute for Science, Society, and Policy at the University of Ottawa. Andrew is also the co-founder and CTO of Spiderwort, a company developing open source platforms to enable the widespread and global adoption of biological research in all environments and economic contexts. In addition, Andrew founded pHacktory, which is a a street-level research lab amplifying community ideas through craft, serendipity, and curiosity. Andrew received his B.S. in Biological Chemistry from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles. Afterwards, he conducted postdoctoral research at the London Centre for Nanotechnology at University College London before joining the faculty at the University of Ottawa. Andrew has been the recipient of various awards and honors over the course of his career, including an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award, the Province of Ontario Early Researcher Award, and election as a Member of the Global Young Academy. In 2016, Andrew was named a TED Fellow, and just recently he was named a TED Senior Fellow. Andrew is here with us today to talk about his research and tell us all about his experiences in life and science.