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In recognition of the tremendous intricacies of our experiences when it comes to our collective histories, forced severances, and the manipulation of trauma in our society, Prentis shares how embodiment is a resource that allows us to connect with the Earth, recognize grief as an entry point, and shape the impossible into possible.
Read MoreAyana and Pádraig explore the language of uncommon belonging; how we must learn from our shame and the danger of forgetting history, the life cycle of violence, the nature of colonial power, and how to confront the inheritance of privilege.
Read MoreTiokasin shares about the savior mentality that can arise when we act to address the many issues that threaten Earth and kin at this moment. Rather than being guided by solutions and salvation, we acknowledge where we are at in this consciousness and how we can challenge ourselves to give back to the Earth without intrusion.
Read MoreAlongside Helena, we dream into what sort of global ethics we need to put into place as we restructure the global trade network, how localization is a wealth-building strategy, and the importance of all movements for life, dignity, and reverence to begin seriously looking at the economic trajectory we are on.
Read MoreTyson calls us to unbrand our minds and deeply interrogate where we are sourcing our thoughts from, the ramifications of becoming a trauma-obsessed society, and how to identify environments for emergence.
Read MoreBani discusses the fetishization of land and lifeways and how tourism facilitates ongoing cycles of domination creating unstable economies, and rendering local communities vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Bani urges us to ask questions that aren’t really encouraged in the travel space including: how can we have a connection to place that isn’t based on escapism and domination?
Read MoreGopal reminds us to think about the climate crisis as a message in which we are being asked to respond by tending to our all of relationships, not just reducing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide.
Read MoreK’asheechtlaa shares the oral history of herring abundance in context to what a typical herring harvest looks like today, industry’s inability to act with reverence, and how Herring Protectors are working to protect the herring and the culture tied to them.
Read MoreNkem explores resilience in conjunction with co-liberation and how our bodies are deep wells that are here to sustain us, as long as we listen to them. Nkem also challenges our capitalistic impulses around healing, wellness, and control, our inability to accept limitations as gifts, and appeasement as a biological and cultural response.
Read MoreWe begin by looking at how kincentricity is different from many other ecological teachings that remain mired in the historical legacy of environmentalism and science, a legacy which has historically disavowed the human as a way to exalt their respective fields, instead, Enrique provides examples of humans being “keystone species”.
Read MoreElla traces the powerful connection between our ability to go against mainstream capitalist ways of being and our capacity for deep connection with ourselves and each other. We interrogate how much of identity is our truth, and how much of it is the echoing trends of dominant culture.
Read MoreSo and Pinar explore how tracking and trailing answers the call of our ancestral bodies and the land, what deep intimacy with the more than human world looks like, how place-based skills are tools of liberation, and how to heal community; we cannot solely be in reciprocal relationships, we must be in accountable ones as well.
Read MoreJenny Odell shares the brilliance of doing “nothing”, tending to the ecological self, and growing deeper forms of attention through a commitment to bioregionalism. We look at how the attention economy takes on a new meaning in the digital age and the anxiety we experience in a consumer-driven society.
Read MoreWe look at how permaculture differentiates itself from organic gardening and agroforestry, while discussing the more salient critiques of permaculture in terms of appropriation, class, and privilege. David offers honest reflections on the origins of permaculture and its accessibility, and defines the importance of a quiet boycott.
Read MoreVijay shares how our morality has eroded under the weight of capitalism and why the disappearance of dignified discourse is connected to calculated divestments from our social and state institutions. This moving episode pushes us to think about how we can organize movements that will truly address quality of life.
Read MoreCutcha shares how she has witnessed the impossible become possible, the long term effects of the California Gold Rush, the future-making power of Indigenous feminism, and the inherent anti-apocalyptic nature of cultural revitalization.
Read MoreHow do we navigate the settler desire to own land? Severine shares the messiness and opportunity of living amongst the prosperity of extraction in the spaces we inhabit while dedicating ourselves to a land-based livelihood that awakens the call to live inside of accountability to people and place.
Read MoreDr. Vandana Shiva joins us to discuss how we are being set up to become accessories to the digital world and how we can reclaim our intellectual freedom and sovereignty from the hands of digital dictatorship– a powerful reminder that we are meant to live beautiful lives as sovereign beings, not as digital appendages.
Read MoreCorrina reminds us that Ohlone territory still holds tremendous abundance and that the land can sustain us in a way that would provide for our wellbeing should we choose to really re-examine what it is we need to survive. We explore responsibility and reciprocity on stolen homelands by asking what it means to be in right relationship.
Read MoreAs we find ourselves alive in this time of great turning, where feelings of grief, despair, and gloom are omnipresent, we seek counsel from Joanna on finding emotional courage, building allyship, and practicing gratitude for all which moves us. Joanna offers her wisdom for remaining sane and grounded as life-long activists in the uphill battle of ecological crisis.
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