STEVEN MARTYN on Letting Land Lead /87
Photo by Anuja Mary Tilj
Thanks for tuning in to our archived episodes! We loved sharing our staff favorites this past month that make our souls sing and enliven our relationship to this work. We listened in again to the wisdom of Robin Wall Kimmerer, Janine Benyus, Ron Finley, Stephen Harrod Buhner and Leah Penniman. This month we are excited to welcome back brand new weekly episodes, the first of which is Steven Martyn on Letting Land Lead.
“We have interrupted an orchestra that is already in session. What we can do is stand at the edge of it and hope that nature will accept us.”
Steven Martyn
This week we are welcoming a dialogue with artist, farmer, wildcrafter, builder, and teacher of plant and plant identification, Steven Martyn.
Steven and Ayana explore the ideas of co-creative integrated polyculture, living reciprocally with the land, autonomous evolution of nature, invasive species, and the origins of our food and medicine plants.
Steven has more than thirty years experience living co-creatively with the Earth, practicing traditional living skills of growing food, building and healing. In 1996, he started the Algonquin Tea Company, North America’s premiere bioregional tea company. In 2014, his partner, Megan, and he started the Sacred Gardener Earth Wisdom School. Steven released his first book, The Story of the Madawaska Forest Garden, in 2016 and his second, Sacred Gardening, was released in June 2017.
♫ Music is "Through the leaves" by The Range of Light Wilderness and "Upstream" by Lea Thomas.
For The Wild is a slow media organization dedicated to land-based protection, co-liberation, and intersectional storytelling. We are rooted in a paradigm shift away from human supremacy, endless growth, and consumerism. As we dream towards a world of grounded justice and reciprocity, our work highlights impactful stories and deeply-felt meaning making as balms for these times.