Ayana & Jeremy unpack the history of Wetiko spirit and its relationship to capitalism- the culmination of humanity’s hyper individualistic self destruction.

Transition TransformationFor The WildApril 19, 2018human culture, cosmological meaning, hunter-gatherer, Liology Institute, integrated worldviews, sustainable systems, Wetiko, windigo capitalism, hyper individualistm, self destruction, collective divestment, Algonquin, patriarchal society Comments

MIRIAM HORN on Conserving Common Ground in America's Divided Heartland /66

Miriam Horn has worked at the Environmental Defense Fund since 2004. She is the author of three books

Climate Solutions, Transition Transformation, Conservation Restoration, Design+StrategyFor The WildFebruary 23, 2018Environmental Defense Fund, film-maker, envioronmental journalism, U.S. Forst Service, timber management, mine reclamation, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, Conservation Heroes, Race to Reinvent Energy, Global Warming Comments

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.

JASMINE FUEGO on Social Permaculture and Harnessing the Power of Festival Culture /48

Ayana speaks with Jasmine Fuego about mobilizing regeneration through harnessing the power of festival culture and social permaculture. Jasmine Fuego is an activist, artist and permaculturist redefining the transformational festival scene.

STARHAWK on the Roots and Shoots of Earth-based Community /46

Starhawk’s call to bring together tools of spiritual empowerment with activism, asks us to critically examine systems of control and domination and our responses to them – including areas where we may be giving our power away unknowingly to so-called authority figures and/or systems and where sources of spiritual power may have been forcibly removed.

Transition TransformationFor The WildMay 13, 2017Paganism, Reclaiming, Ritual, Anarchy, Community dynamics, social permaculture, earth-based spirituality, political activism, Integral Studies, carbon sequestering ranching, holistic management, restorative forestry, food forests, perennial systems Comments

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.

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.

Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Cultural Strategy, Transition TransformationFor The WildMarch 10, 2017paradigm 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

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.

JILL STEIN on the Fertile Grounds for Revolution /34

Our guest today is a rare breed: a politician who not only can admit our political system is broken and our home planet cries for radical change, but who is absolutely dedicated to building a movement.

Transition TransformationFor The WildApril 20, 2016war, fascism, green new deal, resistance Comments

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.

ELIZABETH KOLBERT on the Coming Age of Loneliness /28

Coined by EO Wilson, is the term Eremocene - the Age of Loneliness. Joining us today, is Elizabeth Kolbert discussing this major juncture in Earth’s history.

Transition TransformationFor The WildSeptember 30, 2015anthropocene, eremocene, mass extinction, biodiversity, Anthropocene, industrial, geologic era, Homogenocene, the Age of Homogeneity, Mixocene, the Age of Slime, Eremocene, extinction crisis, catastrophe, Sixth ExtinctionComment

PETER MICHAEL BAUER on the Survival of the Wildest /24

Our very survival in the face of the inevitable collapse of modern civilization, Peter suggests, depends on us remembering ancestral skills and strengthening the native plant populations that sustain us.

LEILA DARWISH on Grassroots Earth Repair /23

Leila 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

MILES OLSON on Making a Life in Wild Places /20

Miles has spent the past decade deeply immersed in learning and practicing Earth Skills, while foraging, hunting, gardening and gathering for his livelihood. His experiences have given him a unique perspective on rewilding, radical self-reliance, and the impact of civilization on the natural world.

Transition TransformationFor The WildMay 15, 2015rewilding, foraging, earth based skills, hunting, gardening, self reliance, wildness, wildnerness, gathering, civilization Comments

MARK SHEPARD on Restoration Agriculture /15

Mark 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.

Transition Transformation, Climate Solutions, Food Sovereignty, Design+StrategyFor The WildMarch 6, 2015agroforestry, silvopasture, peak oil, food forest, resiliece, restorative, soil, pioneer, reforestation, perennial polyculture, farmland, permaculture, Wisconsin Comments

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.

Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Deep Ecology, Transition Transformation, Spirituality TheologyFor The WildJanuary 30, 2015Buddhism, general systems theory, peace, justice, ecology, ecological crisis, wisdom, activism Comments

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.

Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Transition TransformationFor The WildJanuary 9, 2015biochar, eco-village, climate change, nuclear, activism, activist, sustainable design, natural building, permaculture, restoration ecology, carbon farmingComment

WILL HARLAN on the Wild Woman of Cumberland Island /07

Today we will have a rare glimpse into one of the last remaining wild places in the Eastern United States, Cumberland Island, a 18 mile long island just off the coast of Southern Georgia

Wisdom Keepers, Transition TransformationFor The WildDecember 11, 2014conservation, rewilding, Southern Georgia, semi-tropical, endangered wildlife, ancient forests, wilderness, female, loggerhead turtles, wild horses, steward, biologist Comments

MATTHEW FOX on Deep Ecology Through the Eyes of a Mystic /06

Matthew Fox is a creative, comprehensive, and challenging religious-spiritual teacher in America who has been renewing the ancient mystical tradition of Creation Spirituality, founding the University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland

Dr. CAROLINE FRASER on Rewilding the World /05

Dr. Caroline Fraser, has written the first definitive account of a visionary campaign to confront ecological crises, entitled Rewilding the World, Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution.

Climate Solutions, Design+Strategy, Transition TransformationFor The WildNovember 29, 2014Coservation Revolution, habitiat restoration, wildlife biologists, planet, earth, Peace Parks, Yukon, Afrcia, Mexico, elephant routesComment

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