Posts in Cultural Strategy
BRONTË VELEZ on Embodying the Revolution /65
BRONTË VELEZ on Embodying the Revolution /65

Mesmerizing visionary leader, brontë velez, poetically guides us through an expansive exploration of critical ecology, radical imagination and decomposition as rebellion.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Racial Equity JusticeFor The Wildpoet, visionary, critical ecology, rebellion, Black wellness, decolonization of literacy, multi-media artist, black-latinx, critical geography, black liberation ecologies, creative placemaking, envioronmental racism, Lead to Life, police brutality, Allyship Guide 1, bronte Comments
GEORGE MONBIOT on Reinhabiting an Ecological Commons /59
GEORGE MONBIOT on Reinhabiting an Ecological Commons /59

Today we speak with George Monbiot, who studied zoology at Oxford, and has spent his career as a journalist and environmentalist, working with others to defend the natural world.

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Cultural Strategy, Conservation Restoration, Radical Imagination, Transition TransformationFor The Wildzoology, environmental journalist, The Guardian, Amazon, Natural Climate Solutions Campaign, Land for the Many, investigative journalism, restoration of living systems, The Land is Ours, gold mining, resistance networks, social movements, Brazil, Maranhão Comments
WINONA LaDUKE on the Prophesied Green Path /57
WINONA LaDUKE on the Prophesied Green Path /57

As the Founder and Executive Director of Honor the Earth, Winona is fighting against pipelines while simultaneously creating tangible solutions for oil independence.

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Wisdom Keepers, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Radical ImaginationFor The WildIngenuity, earth activism, Indigenous sovereignty, environmental activist, pipeline resistance, oil indipendence, economist, writer, orator, Honor the Earth, White Earth Anishinaabe Nation, Osage, Minnesota, Turtle Island Slow Food Association, Anishinaabe land stewards Comments
LYLA JUNE on Resistance and Forgiveness in the Final Years of Patriarchy /43
LYLA JUNE on Resistance and Forgiveness in the Final Years of Patriarchy /43

Lyla June retraces the origins of oppression of European women, men and earth-based cultures through to recent histories of genocide, inter-generational trauma, and the enduring forces that seek to destroy Indigenous women and the earth.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Transition TransformationFor The Wildpoetry, indigenous leadership, musician, poet, Taos, Diné, Tsétsêhéstâhese, Indigenous language, Creator, environmental anthropology, elders knowledge, traditional knowledge, spiritual knowledge, ecological knowledge, paradigm shift Comments
LYLA JUNE on the Endangered Diversity of Language and Life /42
LYLA JUNE on the Endangered Diversity of Language and Life /42

Lyla June was raised in Taos, New Mexico and is a descendent of Diné (Navajo) and Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) lineages. Her personal mission in life is to grow closer to Creator by learning how to love deeper.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Cultural Strategy, Transition TransformationFor The Wildparadigm shift, musician, poet, Taos, Diné, Tsétsêhéstâhese, Indigenous language, Creator, environmental anthropology, elders knowledge, traditional knowledge, spiritual knowledge, ecological knowledge Comments
NINA SIMONS on the Holistic Endeavor of Shifting Culture /40
NINA SIMONS on the Holistic Endeavor of Shifting Culture /40

Today we are joined by co-founder and president of Bioneers, Nina Simons. Nina takes on some far-reaching questions about organizing for systemic change amid convergent crises.

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Cultural Strategy, Transition Transformation, Radical ImaginationFor The Wildpublic discourse, indigenous leadership, race/class/gender, movement building, climate change, bioneers, Bioneers, social entrepreneur, breakthrough innovations, systemic change, ecological crises, sacrifice, denialism, gender tension, race tension, privilege, empowermentComment
ANDREW HARVEY on Confronting Crisis with Divine Dignity /30
ANDREW HARVEY on Confronting Crisis with Divine Dignity /30

Andrew Harvey gives us a map of mystical teachings to help us navigate the dark night of the soul and to emerge as empowered Earth defenders.

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Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Spirituality Theology, Transition TransformationFor The Wildsacred activism, collapse, earth defenders, societal collapse, mystical teachings, global crisis, systemic change, peace, spiritualism, environemntal ethics, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, SufismComment
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE on Creative Decolonization in a Global Village /29
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE on Creative Decolonization in a Global Village /29

Beginning our conversation with the origins of creativity, we explore global awareness and artistic contributions, the business behind the Doctrine of Discovery, the ramifications of identity, demythologizing the power elites and more!

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Cultural Strategy, Wisdom Keepers, Media Art, Activism AllyshipFor The WildBuffy Sainte-Marie, Political activists, creativity, artists, It’s My Way!, Cree First Nation, Indigenous Activists, 60s, counter-culture, Greenwich Village, Power in the Blood, women musicians, Indigenous Artists, Canada, social activist, iconic, protest, Hey Little Rockabye, Happy Heart Salve Bright FuturesComment
CLIMBING POETREE on Being Radical Solutionaries /16
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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Cultural Strategy, Radical ImaginationFor The Wildspoken word, education, radical theory, poetry, poems, performance, hip hop, artists, world music, multimedia theater, South Africa, Cuba, UK, MexicoComment
JOANNA MACY on the World as Lover and Self /12
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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Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Deep Ecology, Transition Transformation, Spirituality TheologyFor The WildBuddhism, general systems theory, peace, justice, ecology, ecological crisis, wisdom, activism Comments
ALBERT BATES On Where Activism Meets Counterculture /10
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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Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Transition TransformationFor The Wildbiochar, eco-village, climate change, nuclear, activism, activist, sustainable design, natural building, permaculture, restoration ecology, carbon farmingComment
CHARLES EISENSTEIN on Foundations of Earth Activism /03
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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Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Transition TransformationFor The Wildphilosophy, eco-philosophy, paradigm.shift, social philosopher, human cultural evolution, pioneer, storytelling, sacred economics, earth activists, conciousness, civilization, counter cultureComment