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

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Transition TransformationFor The Wildpermaculture, ecology, festival culture, activism, social permaculture, activist, artist, art and action, Permaculture Action Network, layered relationships, community, land, art, music, facilitator, youth mindfulness, entrepreneurship, social transformationComment
CHIEF CALEEN SISK on the Fight for Free and Wild Salmon Rivers /47
CHIEF CALEEN SISK on the Fight for Free and Wild Salmon Rivers /47

We talk with Chief Caleen Sisk, spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu of Northern California, to explore how the forces of industrial society have attempted to tame and exploit living waters, and how these native stewards are facing the ecological predicament that has ensued.

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The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom Keepers, More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Deep Ecology, Direct ActionFor The WildWinnemem Wintu, living waters, Chinook Salmon, Northern California, New Zealand, Maori, McCloud River, California salmon restoration, Human Right to Water, Indigenous sacred sites, spiritual medicine ways, the spirit of water, global warming, tribal lifeways, A Love Song To Cascadia, More-Than-Human-Kin Comments
STARHAWK on the Roots and Shoots of Earth-based Community /46
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.

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Transition TransformationFor The WildPaganism, 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
ERIEL DERANGER on Radicality Amid Expanding Tar Sands /45
ERIEL DERANGER on Radicality Amid Expanding Tar Sands /45

In this episode we speak with activist Eriel Tchekwie Deranger about the largest industrial project in the world, the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, and strategize about the future of fossil fuel resistance.

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The Cost of Capitalism, Colonial Violence, Direct Action, Sacrifice ZonesFor The WildExtractivism, fossil fuel resistance, extractive industry, Indigenous sovereignty, land rights, Boreal forest, carbon sink, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, traditional territory, Indigenous Cliamte Action, Indigenous rights advocate Comments
BREN SMITH on Underwater Food Forests For Ailing Oceans /44
BREN SMITH on Underwater Food Forests For Ailing Oceans /44

Bren 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.

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For The Forests, Multispecies Justice, Climate Solutions, Food Sovereignty, Design+Strategy, Shore Ocean Communities, Conservation RestorationFor The Wildocean farming, marine restoration, Ingenuity, fisheries collapse, vertical 3D ocean farming, carbon sequestration, habitat creation, fisher-folk, reduce consumption, wild fish, sustainable food systems, Green Wave Comments
LYLA JUNE on Resistance and Forgiveness in the Final Years of Patriarchy /43
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.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Transition TransformationFor The Wildpoetry, indigenous leadership, musician, poet, Taos, Diné, Tsétsêhéstâhese, Indigenous language, Creator, environmental anthropology, elders knowledge, traditional knowledge, spiritual knowledge, ecological knowledge, paradigm shift Comments
LYLA JUNE on the Endangered Diversity of Language and Life /42
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.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Cultural Strategy, Transition TransformationFor The Wildparadigm shift, musician, poet, Taos, Diné, Tsétsêhéstâhese, Indigenous language, Creator, environmental anthropology, elders knowledge, traditional knowledge, spiritual knowledge, ecological knowledge Comments
STEPHEN JENKINSON on Ancestry and Misanthropy /41
STEPHEN JENKINSON on Ancestry and Misanthropy /41

Stephen Jenkinson is an activist, teacher, author, and farmer. His book Die Wise recently received the Nautilus Book Award. He has a masters degree in theology from Harvard University and a masters degree in social work from the University of Toronto.

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Colonial Violence, Wisdom KeepersFor The Wildancestry, ecophilosophy, indigeneity, Wisdom Keepers, teacher, author, storyteller, spiritual activist, farmer, Orphan Wisdom School, deep living, Die Wise, theology, hospice, palliative care, Griefwalker Comments
NINA SIMONS on the Holistic Endeavor of Shifting Culture /40
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.

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Cultural Strategy, Transition Transformation, Radical ImaginationFor The Wildpublic discourse, indigenous leadership, race/class/gender, movement building, climate change, bioneers, Bioneers, social entrepreneur, breakthrough innovations, systemic change, ecological crises, sacrifice, denialism, gender tension, race tension, privilege, empowermentComment
FAITH GEMMILL & PRINCESS LUCAJ on an Arctic Untouched by Oil /39
FAITH GEMMILL & PRINCESS LUCAJ on an Arctic Untouched by Oil /39

Today we’re speaking Faith Gemmill, a Pit River/ Wintu and Neets’ aii Gwich’in Athabascan earth defender from Arctic Village, Alaska. Also joining us is Princess Lucaj. She is the former Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee and Alaska Director at the Indigenous Leadership Institute.

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Ancient Ice, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Colonial Violence, Direct ActionFor The Wildarctic, indigenous activists, oil extraction, wildlife, Arctic Village, Alaska, Gwich’in, earth defender, pocupine caribou, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Native Voices, wildlife protection, Honor the Earth, indigenous activism, wild water wild ice Comments
PETER McCOY on Fungi for Personal and Planetary Healing /38
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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Plant IntelligenceFor The Wildmycorestoration, natural medicine, myco-remediation, natural healing, fungal diversity, medicine, fungi, fungal biology, web of life, mycelial webs, mushrooms, ecological resilienceComment
MONIQUE VERDIN & CHERRI FOYTLIN on the Gulf Coast’s Unsound Future /36
MONIQUE VERDIN & CHERRI FOYTLIN on the Gulf Coast’s Unsound Future /36

Today we will look deep into the challenges faced by frontline Indigenous activists in one of America’s most vibrant, and imperilled, regions, the Mississippi Delta.

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Direct Action, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The Wildwetlands restoration, indigenous activists, fossil fuels, climate change, Frontline Defense, frontline activism, indigenous activism, Mississippi Delta, My Louisiana Love, Houma nation, documentary film, environmental filmmakingComment
ROBIN WALL KIMMERER on Indigenous Knowledge for Earth Healing /35
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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Plant Intelligence, Wisdom Keepers, Deep EcologyFor The Wildindigenous knowledge, scientific knowledge, cross-cultural knowledge, forestry, plant restoration, Gathering Moss, Braiding Sweetgrass, climate chance, ecology research, traditional ecological knowledge, Citizen Band Potawatomi, Wisdom Keepers, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Kimmerer Comments
DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER on Replanting the Global Forest, Part Two /33
DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER on Replanting the Global Forest, Part Two /33

Diana was educated by elders who instructed her in the Brehon knowledge of plants and nature. Told she was the last child of ancient Ireland and told to one day bring this knowledge to a troubled future, Diana has done exactly that. Her Bioplan is an ambitious plan encouraging ordinary people to develop a new relationship with nature.

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Wisdom Keepers, Multispecies Justice, For The Forests, Conservation RestorationFor The Wildreforestation, trees, Global Forests, trees communication, forest networks, regenerative society, biosphere regeneration, botonist, biochemist, renegade scientist, ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality, alternative medicine, Brehon knowledge, ancient Ireland, bioplan, Arboretum Borealis, Arboretum America Comments
DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER on Replanting the Global Forest, Part One /32
DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER on Replanting the Global Forest, Part One /32

Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a one-woman force of regeneration of the biosphere! A botanist, medical biochemist and self-defined "renegade scientist," she brings together ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality and alternative medicine.

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Wisdom Keepers, Multispecies Justice, For The Forests, Conservation RestorationFor The Wildreforestation, trees, biosphere regeneration, botonist, biochemist, renegade scientist, ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality, alternative medicine, Brehon knowledge, ancient Ireland, bioplan, Arboretum Borealis, Arboretum America, Global ForestsComment
ROSEMARY GLADSTAR on Uniting Plant Savers /31
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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Grassroots Herbalism, Plant IntelligenceFor The Wildconservation, restoration, plants, medicinal plants, habitat restoration, Sonoma, Traditional Medicinals, Sage Mountain, botanical sanctuaries, native species, endangered plants, Rosemary Gladstar, Rosemary, Gladstar, 31 Comments
ANDREW HARVEY on Confronting Crisis with Divine Dignity /30
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.

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Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Spirituality Theology, Transition TransformationFor The Wildsacred activism, collapse, earth defenders, societal collapse, mystical teachings, global crisis, systemic change, peace, spiritualism, environemntal ethics, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, SufismComment
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE on Creative Decolonization in a Global Village /29
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE on Creative Decolonization in a Global Village /29

Beginning our conversation with the origins of creativity, we explore global awareness and artistic contributions, the business behind the Doctrine of Discovery, the ramifications of identity, demythologizing the power elites and more!

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Cultural Strategy, Wisdom Keepers, Media Art, Activism AllyshipFor The WildBuffy Sainte-Marie, Political activists, creativity, artists, It’s My Way!, Cree First Nation, Indigenous Activists, 60s, counter-culture, Greenwich Village, Power in the Blood, women musicians, Indigenous Artists, Canada, social activist, iconic, protest, Hey Little Rockabye, Happy Heart Salve Bright FuturesComment