MILES OLSON on Making a Life in Wild Places /20

Miles has spent the past decade deeply immersed in learning and practicing Earth Skills, while foraging, hunting, gardening and gathering for his livelihood. His experiences have given him a unique perspective on rewilding, radical self-reliance, and the impact of civilization on the natural world.

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TOM WALDO on Fighting For Alaska's Ancient Rainforest /19

Today we will take an in depth look at the Tongass National Forest, the largest of US national forests, it consists of one third of the world’s coastal temperate rainforest ecosystem. Tom Waldo, senior staff attorney with Earth Justice in AK, who has dedicated the last 25 years to defending Alaska’s ancient forests.

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MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL on the Spine of the Continent /18

Today we explore an epic conservation project that encompasses the North American Rockies, and the infinite relationships between the species that inhabit them. Mary Ellen Hannibal is a writer and editor focusing on science and culture. Her book, The Spine of the Continent, is about a social, geographical, and scientific effort to save nature.

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COURTNEY WHITE on Climate Solutions in the Soil /17

Courtney White, formerly a frontline environmental activist and author of Grass, Soil, Hope, is bringing “carbon ranching” to the American Southwest through his work with the Quivira Coalition.

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CLIMBING POETREE on Being Radical Solutionaries /16

Climbing PoeTree is the combined force of two boundary-breaking soul-sisters who have sharpened their art as a tool for transformation. Poets, performance artists, print makers, video and graphic designers, muralists, and new media architects, Alixa and Naima create compelling works for a more just and livable world.

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MARK SHEPARD on Restoration Agriculture /15

Mark Shepard, has created a forest where there once was just degraded Wisconsin farmland, not just any forest, but a mega-permaculture, a 106-acre food production environment. He has also just written the phenomenal book, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers.

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STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER on Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm, Part Two /14

We return with Stephen to explore these questions… What has the role of psychedelics been in human and plant evolution? What is the ecological function of art? How is science changing as it moves out of reductionism? What do the heart, the brain, and the gut have in common?

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STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER on Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm, Part One /13

Stephen is the senior researcher for the Foundation for Gaian studies, described as a bardic naturalist, he is the award-winning author of 19 books, including The Lost Language of Plants, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Sacred Plant Medicine.

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JOANNA MACY on the World as Lover and Self /12

Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy PhD, is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. A respected voice in the movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship with five decades of activism.

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ALBERT BATES On Where Activism Meets Counterculture /10

Albert Bates has been the director of the Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology since 1984 and the Ecovillage Training Center at the Farm in Tennessee since 1994 where he's taught sustainable design, natural building, permaculture and restoration ecology to students from more that fifty nations.

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PETER McCOY on the Way of the Mycelial Warrior /08

Peter McCoy is the author of new book Radical Mycology. What began as a self-guided passion has developed into a life-long devotion to the fungal kingdom and educating the world about its ability to heal the bodies, minds, and ecosystems.

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MATTHEW FOX on Deep Ecology Through the Eyes of a Mystic /06

Matthew Fox is a creative, comprehensive, and challenging religious-spiritual teacher in America who has been renewing the ancient mystical tradition of Creation Spirituality, founding the University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland

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CHARLES EISENSTEIN on Foundations of Earth Activism /03

Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. His viral short films and essays online have established him as a genre-defying social philosopher and countercultural intellectual.

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DR. SUSAN MURPHY ROSHI on Zen & the Planetary Emergency /02

Dr. Susan Murphy Roshi is a writer, radio producer and film director, film professor, as well as the founding teacher of Zen Open Circle in Sydney Australia. She has a special interest in the way Zen and Indigenous Australian sense of 'care for country' come together.

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LINDA TUCKER on White Lions in Mythology and Nature /01

Linda Tucker, an ecological activist, grew up in South Africa during Apartheid and attended the Universities of Cape Town in South Africa and Cambridge in the United Kingdom. In 2002, she founded the Global White Lion Protection Trust.

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