COURTNEY WHITE on Climate Solutions in the Soil /17

Courtney White, formerly a frontline environmental activist and author of Grass, Soil, Hope, is bringing “carbon ranching” to the American Southwest through his work with the Quivira Coalition.

Climate Solutions, Design+StrategyFor The WildMarch 27, 2015carbon farming, grasslands, restoration, carbon, carbon cycle, climate action, grassland ecosystems, drought, invasive species, cattle grazing, cattle management, greenhouse emissions, carbon ranching, American Southwest, Quivra Coalition Comments

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.

Cultural Strategy, Radical ImaginationFor The WildMarch 13, 2015spoken word, education, radical theory, poetry, poems, performance, hip hop, artists, world music, multimedia theater, South Africa, Cuba, UK, MexicoComment

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

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?

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.

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

MATTHEW WOOD on the History and Fate of Herbalism /11

Matthew Wood has been a practicing herbalist since 1982 in traditional Western herbalism and has helped tens of thousands of clients over the years.

Grassroots Herbalism, Plant IntelligenceFor The WildJanuary 23, 2015herbalism, naturopathy, history, fate, historical, herbal, medicinal plants, herbal medicine, plant knowledge, health problems, European, Anglo-American, Native American heritage 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

XANDRIA WILLIAMS on Curing Cancer with Food /09

Naturopath 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.

Food Sovereignty, Plant IntelligenceFor The WildJanuary 2, 2015cancer, nutrition, naturopathy, geochemist, biochemistry, homeopathy, herbal medicine, disease, treatmentComment

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.

Plant IntelligenceFor The WildDecember 11, 2014mycology, mycoremediation, nuclear, mushroom cultivation, education, fungus, fungi, hyphae, network, food sovereignty, medicine production, community-scale remediation, resilient living Comments

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

TOBY HEMENWAY on Permaculture for Nomads /04

Toby 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.

Food Sovereignty, Transition Transformation, Conservation RestorationFor The WildNovember 29, 2014permaculture, civilization, food, nomads, nomadic, agriculture, transient, travel, gardening, sustainability, restoration, EcoFarm, BioneersComment

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.

Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Transition TransformationFor The WildOctober 1, 2014philosophy, eco-philosophy, paradigm.shift, social philosopher, human cultural evolution, pioneer, storytelling, sacred economics, earth activists, conciousness, civilization, counter cultureComment

DR. SUSAN MURPHY ROSHI on Zen & the Planetary Emergency /02

Dr. Susan Murphy Roshi is a writer, radio producer and film director, film professor, as well as the founding teacher of Zen Open Circle in Sydney Australia. She has a special interest in the way Zen and Indigenous Australian sense of 'care for country' come together.

LINDA TUCKER on White Lions in Mythology and Nature /01

Linda Tucker, an ecological activist, grew up in South Africa during Apartheid and attended the Universities of Cape Town in South Africa and Cambridge in the United Kingdom. In 2002, she founded the Global White Lion Protection Trust.

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