Posts in Plant Intelligence
CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ on the Sublime World of Fungi /158

Beginning with fungal diversity, our conversation with Christian grows to discuss the global mushroom market, migration patterns, and invasive versus native fungi.

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SEFRA ALEXANDRA on Seed Remembrance /142

Sefra 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

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KERRY KNUDSEN on Lichen and Life after Capitalism /116

Ayana’s conversation with Kerry spans the dreamiest of worlds, from the surreal and psychedelic presence of lichens to the magic of creating life post-capitalism.

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STEVEN MARTYN on Letting Land Lead /87

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.

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RON FINLEY on Cultivating the Garden of the Mind⌠ENCORE⌡ /79

Together 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.

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STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER on Plant Intelligence & The Imaginal Realm, Part 2 ⌠ENCORE⌡ /14

Buhner is the earth speaking on behalf of themselves. He beautifully and scientifically challenges us to give ourselves fully and humbly in our relationships with our more than human elders and kin, he asks us to walk our talk when it comes to unlearning human supremacy and civilized consumptive conditioning through relationship to plants.

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ROBIN WALL KIMMERER on Indigenous Knowledge for Earth Healing ⌠ENCORE⌡ /35

Dr. Kimmerer is active in efforts to broaden access to environmental science training for Indigenous students, and to introduce the benefits of traditional ecological knowledge to the scientific community, in a way that respects and protects indigenous knowledge.

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RON FINLEY on Cultivating the Garden of the Mind /79

Meet 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.

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PETER WOHLLEBEN on the Hidden Life of Trees /67

Drawing on groundbreaking new discoveries, Peter Wohlleben studies the social life of trees, how they rely on one another and build communities. Our tree elders have so much to teach us about relationship building and community.

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PETER McCOY on Fungi for Personal and Planetary Healing /38

In conversation with Radical Mycology’s Peter McCoy we invoke the powers of fungi in Earth healing and into our delicate and compromised biosphere including a discussion of cutting-edge uses of fungi for personalized medicine, myco-remediation in confronting industrial agriculture, extractivism and other major pollution.

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ROBIN WALL KIMMERER on Indigenous Knowledge for Earth Healing /35

Dr. Kimmerer is active in efforts to broaden access to environmental science training for Indigenous students, and to introduce the benefits of traditional ecological knowledge to the scientific community, in a way that respects and protects indigenous knowledge.

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ROSEMARY GLADSTAR on Uniting Plant Savers /31

Rosemary Gladstar joins us to discuss her activism in protecting and restoring medicinal plants and their habitats. She is a pioneer in the herbal movement and has been called the 'godmother of American Herbalism'.

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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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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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