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How 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 MoreGina shares how colonization eradicated many wild foods, the status of wild foods in the global market, and how “feasting wild” not only awakens a central part of our being, but it is also an opportunity for foragers to leade the way in ecological restoration and conservation.
Read MoreAn ode to this “talisman of adaptation and creativity,” our interview with Rowen circles Native seeds, the myth of individual self sufficiency, the cultural dimensions of biodiversity, biocolonialism and safeguarding agricultural heritage against patenting, seed work as slow work, and reweaving cultures of belonging.
Read MoreAyana and Linda discuss what will be left in the wake of COVID-19, how will we tend to the wounds of disposability? What systems will endure? What must we dismantle and what will we grow? How can we deepen our actions so that they are not just a response to fear, but are rooted in the promise of collective wellbeing?
Read MoreSefra and Ayana look into the culture of seed saving, the importance of diversity in the global food supply, the grave impacts of seed relief on local agro-economic systems, undermining seed oligarchies, and the ways in which being in relationship with seeds offer us a deeper connection to all dimensions of life
Read MoreMichael and Ayana discuss our widespread culture of disposability, the ecological services and benefits of healthy soil, the beauty of decay and decomposition, the necessity of circular economies, the importance of individual responsibility and community action, and the lessons that compost teaches us about humanity, value, and reverence for what we cannot see.
Read MoreDr. Shiva explores how systems of domination have been artificially constructed, the pervasiveness of GMOs in our food, the roots of violent agriculture, the importance of seed saving, cultures of violence, economies of care, and the role of women in changing paradigms.
Read MoreLeah confronts us with the harsh realities of injustice by two voices that simultaneously speak of healing, possibility, and reconciliation
Read MoreTogether with Rob, we explore what it could look like to move beyond the “build it and they will come mentality” towards a more inclusive “let’s build it together” paradigm of collectives and cooperation.
Read MoreMeet Ron Finley, an artist, designer and a South LA “gangsta” gardener who made the change he wanted to see in his own neighborhood. Together, we learn about how people power and community agitation can facilitate change. As more communities organize to shape their own lives, hope spreads like a seed on the wind.
Read MoreThe greatest threat imposed by enclosed salmon farms are the diseases they foster and spread to our precious remaining wild salmon. Join us with expert Alexandra Morton to better comprehend the viruses perpetuated by this destructive aquaculture practice.
Read MoreMalik Yakini share his view on the “good food revolution” as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice and equality.
Read MoreLeah and the folks of Soul Fire Farm leave no stone unturned in the integration between social and environmental justice. Leah serves as a true leader of our generation, asking us to show up to these times with full heart rooted tangible action, healing the earth and one another.
Read MoreBren Smith of Green Wave is determined to pioneer and popularize a food system that carries marine restoration in its very architecture. Having spent his life on the seas from Newfoundland to Alaska, Bren has witnessed first hand the collapse of global fisheries.
Read MoreVandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental thinker and activist. A leader in the International Forum on Globalization, Shiva won the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award) in 1993.
Read MoreLeila Darwish is a community organizer, author, permaculture designer, educator, urban gardener, and grassroots herbalist with a deep commitment to environmental justice, decolonization, food sovereignty, and to providing accessible and transformative tools for communities
Read MoreMark 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.
Read MoreNaturopath Xandria Williams demystifies the spectre of cancer, the most insidious "disease of civilization," and recommends a menu and lifestyle for its treatment and prevention, with lots of juicy details.
Read MoreToby Hemenway is the author of Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, which for the last eight years has been the best-selling permaculture book in the world.
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