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Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

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Ep 281281) Stephen Pyne: The Pyrocene and humanity's historic relationship with fire

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support About Stephen Pyne: Steve Pyne (Twitter @StephenJPyne) is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University and mostly a fire historian, who has written fire histories for America, Australia, Canada, and Europe (including Russia). The recently published Still-Burning Bush updates his fire survey of Australia. Song featured in this episode: Only The Truth by Johanna Warren Green Dreamer with Kamea Chayne is a podcast exploring our paths to holistic healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, additional resources, and newsletter on our website: www.greendreamer.com

Dec 14, 202045 min

Ep 1REFLECT | Robert Frank: Reversing our inflating standards of material enoughness

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support This replay episode features Robert H. Frank, a professor of management and economics at Cornell University and the author of many books, including Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work.

Dec 10, 202047 min

Ep 1REFLECT | Tristram Stuart: Uncovering and addressing the global food waste scandal

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support This replay episode features Tristram Stuart, a speaker, the author of Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, the founder of Feedback and Toastale, and an expert on the environmental and social impacts of food.

Dec 3, 202039 min

Ep 1REFLECT | Sean Sherman: Revitalizing Native American foods and re-identifying North American cuisine

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support This replay episode features Sean Sherman, a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, the award-winning author of The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen, and the founder and CEO Chef of The Sioux Chef, a team of chefs, ethnobotanists, food preservationists, adventurers, foragers, caterers, event planners, artists, musicians, food truckers and food lovers who are committed to revitalizing Native American foods and re-identifying North American cuisine. Sean's cookbook, The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen, has received numerous accolades, including the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Best American Cookbook. You can donate to Sean's nonprofit at NATIFS.org.

Nov 27, 202043 min

Ep 1REFLECT | Dr. Tim Kasser: The psychology of materialism and why we're wired to want more stuff

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support This replay episode features Dr. Tim Kasser, a psychology professor at Knox College in Illinois who's written over 100 scientific articles and chapters on materialism, values, ecological sustainability, quality of life, and more.

Nov 19, 202038 min

Ep 280280) Luisa Maffi [PART 2]: Uniting in support of a global biocultural extinction rebellion

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Dr. Luisa Maffi is a pioneer of the concept of biocultural diversity—which is the intertwined diversity of life in nature and culture. In 1996, she co-founded Terralingua, which is an international nonprofit devoted to sustaining biocultural diversity. And she currently heads the organization and edits its flagship publication, Langscape Magazine. In this podcast episode, Dr. Maffi sheds light on what it means to champion a new type of extinction rebellion—namely, a biocultural extinction rebellion; how all of our current forms of political and economic frameworks—socialism, communism, capitalism, and so on—all share a common worldview of natural resources; what might be at stake if we continued to try to only address biodiversity loss without at the same time preserving cultural and language diversity; and more. Featured music: Heat by Berne Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/luisa Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Nov 12, 202031 min

Ep 279279) Luisa Maffi [PART 1]: Weaving together biological diversity and cultural and language diversity

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Dr. Luisa Maffi is a pioneer of the concept of biocultural diversity—which is the intertwined diversity of life in nature and culture. In 1996, she co-founded Terralingua, which is an international nonprofit devoted to sustaining biocultural diversity. And she currently heads the organization and edits its flagship publication, Langscape Magazine. In this podcast episode, Dr. Maffi sheds light on the current trends of language and cultural diversity loss; what might be at stake if we continued to try to only address biodiversity loss without at the same time preserving cultural and language diversity; and more. Featured music: Stay by Berne Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/luisa Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Nov 10, 202031 min

Ep 278278) Dr. Chelsea Mikael Frazier: Learning environmentalism through the lens of Black feminism

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Dr. Chelsea Mikael Frazier is a faculty fellow in the Cornell University Department of English and Black feminist eco-critic who writes, researches, and teaches at the intersection of Black feminist theory and environmental thought. As the Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Ask An Amazon, she designs educational tools, curates community gatherings, gives lectures, and offers consulting services that serve Black Feminist Fuel for Sustainable Futures. In this podcast episode, Dr. Frazier sheds light on why there traditionally has been a lack of diversity in the field of environmentalism; how our world might change if the people currently most marginalized in our society, such as Black and Indigenous women, were centered and honored as leaders of our future; and more. Featured music: Heat by Berne Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/chelsea Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Nov 5, 202048 min

Ep 277277) Briony Penn: Inspiring deeper connections to place through community mapping

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Briony Penn is a naturalist, mother, writer, artist, and citizen who has trained as a geographer, which she notes is likely the closest western science comes to an integrated worldview that looks at our relationships to the earth and each other. In this podcast episode, Briony sheds light on the potential limitations of specialized fields of western science in conservation; what community maps are, and how the maps that we’ve been taught to understand geography have shaped our cultural and societal values; and more. Featured music: Stay by Berne Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/briony Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Nov 2, 202048 min

Ep 276276) Jesse McDougall: Welcoming wildlife and biological abundance to regenerative agroecosystems

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Jesse McDougall is a regenerative farmer at Studio Hill Farm. He is an Accredited Professional with the Savory Institute, the co-founder of Regenerative Food Network, an advisory board member for Soil4Climate, and the author of the first regenerative agriculture legislation. In this podcast episode, Jesse sheds light on his experience writing legislation in support of regenerative agriculture in Vermont; why measurements focused on carbon alone are too limiting and inadequate indicators of land restoration and soil health; and more. Featured music: Politician Man by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/jesse Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Oct 29, 202044 min

Ep 275275) Sophie Ackoff: Decentralizing power in agriculture to support the next generation of farmers

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Sophie Ackoff is the co-executive director of the National Young Farmers Coalition, which is a national advocacy network of young farmers fighting for the future of agriculture. In this podcast episode, Sophie sheds light on the challenges that young people uniquely face, especially Black, Indigenous, and young people of color, when trying to become farmers and food producers; the distinction between farmworkers and farmers, and how we might go about addressing the injustices of land access in this country; and more. Featured music: I Need Angels by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/sophie Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Oct 26, 202044 min

Ep 274274) Acadia Tucker: Seeding resilience through growing perennial and victory gardens

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Acadia Tucker is a regenerative farmer, climate activist, and the author of Tiny Victoria Gardens, Growing Good Food, and Growing Perennial Foods. Her books are a call to action to citizen gardeners everywhere and lay the groundwork for planting an organic, regenerative garden. In this podcast episode, Acadia sheds light on the difference between growing annual and perennial plants in our gardens or community spaces; using gardening as a form of activism and rebellion against the current dominant extractive and exploitative system; and more. Episode sponsor: http://www.madetrade.com/greendreamer Featured music: Politician Man by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/acadia Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Oct 22, 202030 min

Ep 273273) Dr. Kimberly McGlonn: Questioning the criminalization of poverty and struggle that perpetuates systemic injustice

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Dr. Kimberly McGlonn is the founder of Grant Blvd (Instagram: @grantblvd; Facebook: Grand Blvd Clothing), which is a clothing brand committed to creating opportunities in sustainable fashion for marginalized folks in Philadelphia. Before starting her clothing brand, Dr. McGlonn's 17 years of classroom teaching about marginalization and colonialism have shaped her insights into the intersections of environmental and social justice. In this podcast episode, Dr. McGlonn sheds light on the connections between climate justice and mass incarceration; why we need to go beyond demonizing individual ‘criminals’ to contextualizing isolated events with the greater system; and more. Featured music: I Need Angels by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/kimberly Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Oct 19, 202038 min

Ep 272272) Dr. Lauren Baker: Preserving seed diversity to strengthen human health and ecological resilience

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Dr. Lauren Baker is the Director of Programs at the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, which is a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working to transform global food systems through a systems-level approach and deep collaboration among philanthropy, researchers, grassroots movements, the private sector, farmers and food systems workers, Indigenous Peoples, government, and policymakers. In this podcast episode, Dr. Baker sheds light on the importance of seed diversity; what true-cost-accounting is, and why it's necessary; and more. Featured music: Politician Man by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/lauren Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Oct 15, 202032 min

Ep 271271) Owen Wormser: Regenerating life and landscapes by turning lawns into meadows

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Owen Wormser, the author of Lawns Into Meadows, is the founder of Abound Design and the nonprofit Local Harmony, which is focused on encouraging community-driven regeneration. In this podcast episode, Owen sheds light on the environmental and economic costs of maintaining lawns; how meadows can be regenerative, low-maintenance, and wildlife-friendly alternatives to lawns; and more. Featured music: I Need Angels by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/owen Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Oct 12, 202043 min

Ep 270270) Guillaume Pitron: Unmasking 'green' energy's social injustice and environmental costs

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Guillaume Pitron is an award-winning journalist and documentary-maker for some of France’s leading TV channels. His first book, The Rare Metals War: The Dark Side of Clean Energy and Digital Technologies, draws on six years of research to reveal our new dependence on rare metals. In this podcast episode, Guillaume sheds light on why green and clean energy and technologies are not entirely green nor clean; what we can learn from the history of our energy infrastructure transitions; how moving to ‘green’ energy may actually worsen environmental injustice in some ways; and more. Featured music: Politician Man by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/guillaume Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Oct 8, 202045 min

Ep 269269) Teresa Coady: Redesigning built environments for life rather than machines

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Teresa Coady is an award-winning architect and Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Her new book, Rebuilding Earth: Designing Ecoconscious Habitats for Humans, is a revolutionary guide to rethinking our role as planet shapers in the Digital Age. In this podcast episode, Teresa sheds light on why we need to go beyond thinking about wellness through an individualistic lens to looking at it through a systemic lens; how we've largely been designing our built environments for machines rather than for life and ecological health; and more. Featured music: I Need Angels by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/teresa Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Oct 5, 202049 min

Ep 268268) Maurie Cohen: Looking past individualism to seeing consumerism through a systemic lens

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Maurie Cohen is a Professor of Sustainability Studies at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and author of the book, The Future of Consumer Society: Prospects for Sustainability in the New Economy. He's also the Editor of the journal, Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, and co-founder of the Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production. In this podcast episode, Maurie sheds light on what we can learn from viewing conscious consumerism, not through an individualistic lens, but a more collective one; the limitations and cautions against seeing localization as our path forward; and more. Featured music: Fight for You by Raye Zaragoza Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/maurie Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Oct 1, 202040 min

Ep 267267) Sasha Duerr: Natural colors and the convergence of slow food and slow fashion

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Sasha Duerr is an artist and designer who works with plant-based palettes, natural dyes, and place-based recipes. She is the founder of Permacouture Institute and the author of Natural Color, The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes, and Natural Palettes In this podcast episode, Sasha sheds light on how the creative industry's obsession with Pantone's colors of the year reflects our dominant culture; the potential of medicinal plants, when used as dyes on our clothing, to aid in our healing and wellness; and more. Featured music: American Dream by Raye Zaragoza Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/sasha Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Sep 28, 202043 min

Ep 266266) Jeff Tkach: Connecting functional medicine and regenerative agriculture for our collective health

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Jeff Tkach is the Chief Impact Officer at Rodale Institute, which is a nonprofit that has been dedicated to pioneering organic farming through research and outreach for over 70 years. As Rodale Institute's Chief Impact Officer, Jeff is responsible for expanding their global influence by leading the development and execution of their core strategies and overseeing opportunities for partnership and co-investment that drive positive outcomes for the institute's programs and philanthropic initiatives. In this podcast episode, Jeff sheds light on the relationship between functional medicine and regenerative agriculture; how regenerative farming may impact our public health and social justice; and more. Featured music: Fight for You by Raye Zaragoza Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/jeff Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Sep 24, 202040 min

Ep 265265) Mikaela Loach: Distinguishing ecofascism and dismantling white supremacy in environmentalism

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Mikaela Loach is a climate justice activist, co-host of The Yikes Podcast, and medical student based in Edinburgh. Her work focuses on making activism spaces more inclusive and accessible, and as a Black woman, she is especially passionate about the importance of anti-racism work in the climate and sustainability movements. In this podcast episode, Mikaela sheds light on the dangers of what can happen when white supremacy seeps into environmental activism; how narratives framing global population growth as environmental harms can perpetuate racism and economic injustice while overlooking the actual roots of our ecological breakdown; and more. Featured music: American Dream by Raye Zaragoza Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/mikaela Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Sep 21, 202040 min

Ep 264264) Charles Eisenstein [PART 2]: Reintegrating our humanity into the tribe of all life on Earth

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Charles Eisenstein is a public speaker and author of the books Climate — A New Story, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible, The Ascent of Humanity, and Sacred Economics. His work covers a wide range of topics, including the history of human civilization, economics, spirituality, and the ecology movement. And some primary themes that he explores include anti-consumerism, interdependence, and how myth and narrative influence culture. In this part two of our conversation, Charles sheds light on how the responses of various governments to the coronavirus pandemic, such as lockdown, quarantine, surveillance, and tracking, censorship of misinformation—justifiable or not—have been authoritarian, and why we should remain critical of these approaches even if we understand their immediate-term purpose; how our dominant use and acceptance of the meaning of certain words, like 'privilege' to predominantly mean financially well-off, cis-gendered, able-bodied, or white, feed into implicitly upholding the same value systems we're trying to challenge and dismantle; and more. Featured music: Fight for You by Raye Zaragoza Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/charles Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Sep 17, 202044 min

Ep 263263) Charles Eisenstein [PART 1]: Beyond the war mentality against climate change, criminal justice, coronavirus

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Charles Eisenstein is a public speaker and author of the books Climate — A New Story, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible, The Ascent of Humanity, and Sacred Economics. His work covers a wide range of topics, including the history of human civilization, economics, spirituality, and the ecology movement. And the primary themes that he explores include anti-consumerism, interdependence, and how myth and narrative influence culture. In part one of our conversation, Charles sheds light on how our shortsighted war mentality against climate change parallels with our dominant approaches to combating the coronavirus pandemic as well as crime in our criminal justice system; whether it's possible to be ethical within an unethical system or sustainable in an extractive system; and more. Featured music: American Dream by Raye Zaragoza Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/charles Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Sep 14, 202036 min

Ep 262262) Dr. Jared Ball: Critically examining impact over optics in support of Black liberation

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Dr. Jared Ball is a Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University and the founder and curator of imixwhatilike.org which is a multimedia hub of emancipatory journalism and revolutionary beat reporting. He is also the author of the new book, The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power. In this podcast episode, Dr. Ball sheds light on how the state and corporate worlds have shaped our educational institutions and the subject areas getting the most funding; how this myth of Black buying power has been used to blame Black communities for their poverty based on squandered economic opportunity; and more. Featured music: Fight for You by Raye Zaragoza Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/jared Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Sep 10, 202048 min

Ep 261261) Dr. Vandana Shiva: Seeding freedom in this time of Oneness vs. the 1%

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support The author and editor of multiple influential books such as Making Peace with the Earth, Soil Not Oil, Globalization's New Wars, and Oneness vs. the 1%, Dr. Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental thinker and activist, a leader in the International Forum on Globalisation, and of the Slow Food Movement. She's also the Director of Navdanya International and of the Research Foundation for Science. In this podcast episode, Dr. Shiva sheds light on what philanthrocapitalism is and how this form of charity may not lead to a net benefit for our humanity and ecological wellbeing; how Bill Gates has shown, by his work, that he may be on a quest for a new type of colonization that concerns all of life; and more. Featured music: American Dream by Raye Zaragoza Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/vandana Solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Sep 7, 202048 min

Ep 1PREVIEW | Green Dreamer's 2020 Fall Season launches 9/7!

Green Dreamer's upcoming season, launching 9/7, explores a wide variety of topics—such as biocultural diversity, turning lawns into meadows, colonial earth ethics, philanthro-imperialism, transformative justice, policies supporting young farmers and BIPOC farmers, the ties between functional medicine and regenerative agriculture, and so much more! As a community-powered show, every patronage and contribution helps a lot. Support this independent podcast today starting at just $2: www.greendreamer.com/support.

Sep 3, 20203 min

Ep 1REFLECT | Leah Penniman: Empowering farmers of color and dismantling racism in the food system

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support In this replay episode during our summer hiatus, Leah Penniman of Farming While Black and Soul Fire Farm sheds light on the impact of colonialism on soil health around the world; how the oppression of Black and Indigenous people-of-color in the United States has affected farmland ownership and continued, institutionalized injustice; how we can take action to support racial justice in food production; and more.

Aug 17, 202034 min

Ep 260260) Rutger Bregman: Transforming our future by relearning a hopeful history of humankind

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Rutger Bregman is a historian and the author of the New York Times Bestselling book 'Utopia for Realists' and 'Humankind: A Hopeful History'. In this podcast episode, Rutger sheds light on how our human evolution has actually been about the survival of the friendliest rather than the fittest; how power literally changes people's brains and makes them less able to empathize and see the humanity in others; why we need a perspective shift on our human nature to transform our future; and more. Featured music of the month: Alive in the Wilderness by Endless Field Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/260 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Aug 13, 202055 min

Ep 259259) Shubhendu Sharma: Using cultural and historical knowledge to support regenerative reforestation

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Shubhendu Sharma is an industrial engineer turned reforestation expert. He's the founder of Afforestt, which is a social enterprise based in New Delhi and Bangalore, India that is committed to bringing back maintenance-free, native forests using the renowned Miyawaki method of reforestation. In this podcast episode, Shubhendu sheds light on the intricacies that go into regenerative reforestation efforts, which go beyond just planting trees and consider various contexts, such as the history and culture of a region; how scarcity is a human construct because when our ecosystems are functioning as they should, they inherently hold regenerative capacities to recreate abundance; and more. Featured music of the month: Alive in the Wilderness by Endless Field Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/259 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Aug 10, 202044 min

Ep 258258) Judith D. Schwartz: Healing the water cycle to restore climate and ecological balance

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Judith D. Schwartz is a journalist who focuses on nature-based solutions to global environmental, economic, and social challenges. She is the author of Cows Save the Planet, Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World, and the new book The Reindeer Chronicles. In this podcast episode, Judy (featured originally in episode 130) sheds light on why we need to look beyond how much water we use to the water cycle itself when talking about water scarcity and conservation; why we need to understand and address climate change through the lens of water—and not just carbon dioxide; and more. Featured music of the month: Yarrow by Kim Anderson Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/258 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Aug 6, 202049 min

Ep 257257) Margaret Klein Salamon: The psychology of influencing change and facing the climate emergency

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Margaret Klein Salamon is a clinical psychologist turned climate warrior, the founder of The Climate Mobilization, and the author of Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth. In this podcast episode, Margaret sheds light on some of the psychological phenomena that explain why our public response to climate change hasn't reflected the urgency that it warrants; why the environmental movement's fear of making people feel fear when it comes to telling the truth about our ecological breakdown has been misguided; and more. Featured music of the month: Yarrow by Kim Anderson Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/257 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Aug 3, 202044 min

Ep 256256) Kevin Wilhelm: Finding common ground in the age of a global pandemic and climate change

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Kevin Wilhelm is the CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting and the author of How to Talk to the Other Side: Finding Common Ground in the Time of Coronavirus, Recession, and Climate Change. In this podcast episode, Kevin sheds light on how we can most effectively talk to people outside of this sustainability bubble to scale our positive impact; how we can put aside our differences in the name of furthering our common goals of healthy communities, healthy environments, and safe spaces for everyone; and more. Featured music of the month: Yarrow by Kim Anderson Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/256 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jul 30, 202047 min

Ep 255255) Natalie Bogwalker: Building resilience with permaculture and primitive skills

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Natalie Bogwalker is the visionary, founder, and director behind Wild Abundance, a homesteading, permaculture, building, and gardening school near Asheville North Carolina. Natalie and the writer for Wild Abundance, Chloe, recently launched an online gardening school for people who want to grow their own food! In this podcast episode, we talk about how gardening and self-reliance can be acts of rebellion; whether and how the Coronavirus pandemic has impacted her off-grid lifestyle; and more. Featured music of the month: Yarrow by Kim Anderson Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/255 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jul 27, 202043 min

Ep 254254) Rob Hopkins: Practicing eco-visualizations to go "from what is to what if"

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Rob Hopkins is a cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network and the author of From What Is to What If?, The Power of Just Doing Stuff, The Transition Handbook, and The Transition Companion. In this podcast episode, Rob sheds light on how we can use visualization practices to fuel our activism work; what transition towns are and how they've been working towards decarbonization in their own culturally and bioregionally appropriate ways; and more. Featured music of the month: Yarrow by Kim Anderson Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/254 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jul 23, 202041 min

Ep 253253) Aditi Mayer: Decolonizing fashion and going beyond the tokenism of diversity

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Aditi Mayer is a photographer, journalist, and sustainable fashion blogger whose work explores the intersections of style, sustainability, and social justice. Her platform, Adimay, looks at the fashion industry through a lens of decolonization and intersectional feminism. In this podcast episode, Aditi sheds light on how our modern fashion industry reflects its colonial history; what the decolonization of fashion may look like; what the pandemic has revealed of the pre-existing injustices and exploitation embedded within the industry; and more. Featured music of the month: Yarrow by Kim Anderson Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/253 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jul 20, 202046 min

Ep 252252) Harriet A. Washington [PART 2]: Understanding the 'deadly monopolies' of the medical-industrial-complex

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Harriet A. Washington is an award-winning medical writer and editor and the author of 'Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present.' She is also the author of 'A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and its Assault on the American Mind.' In her work, Harriet focuses mainly on bioethics, the history of medicine, African-American health issues, and the intersection of medicine, ethics, and culture. In part 2 of our conversation, Harriet sheds light on what the medical-industrial-complex is and how it's been crossing the lines in finding things to profit off of; how public health threats to people of color really should practically concern everybody in society; and more. Featured music of the month: Yarrow by Kim Anderson Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/252 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jul 16, 202028 min

Ep 251251) Harriet A. Washington [PART 1]: How environmental racism persists with de facto segretation

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Harriet A. Washington is an award-winning medical writer and editor and the author of the best-selling book Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present. She is also the author of A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and its Assault on the American Mind. In her work, Harriet focuses mainly on bioethics, the history of medicine, African-American health issues, and the intersection of medicine, ethics, and culture. In this podcast episode, Harriet sheds light on why environmental injustice is not just a matter of socioeconomic status but also about race; how standardized tests such as the IQ test, created by the western education system, have been used as tools to perpetuate institutionalized injustice; and more. Featured music of the month: Yarrow by Kim Anderson Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/251 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jul 13, 202036 min

Ep 250250) Jerry Yudelson: Sustaining activism through cultivating a practice of eco-spirituality

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Jerry Yudelson is an engineer and the author of 12 professional books in the field of green building and sustainable development, including his latest book, The Godfather of Green: An Eco-Spiritual Memoir. Jerry was also a co-founder of the first Earth Day in 1970. In this podcast episode, Jerry sheds light on his experience as a long-time environmental activist and what we can learn from the past decades of the environmental movement; how he sees the relationship between spirituality, mindfulness, and sustainability; and more. Featured music of the month: Yarrow by Kim Anderson Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/250 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jul 9, 202038 min

Ep 249249) James McSweeney: Closing the loop of 'food waste' with community-scale composting

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support James McSweeney is an educator, the owner of Compost Technical Services, and the author of Community-Scale Composting Systems: A Comprehensive Practical Guide for Closing the Food System Loop and Solving Our Waste Crisis. In this podcast episode, James sheds light on our so-called 'food waste' crisis, the challenges we face in implementing decentralized composting systems and scaling composting facilities; and more. Featured music of the month: Yarrow by Kim Anderson Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/249 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jul 6, 202044 min

Ep 248248) Maxine Bédat: Setting new standards for 'sustainability' in the fashion industry

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Maxine Bédat is the founder and director of New Standard Institute, which is an information platform that seeks to bring together and accelerate existing sustainability efforts in the fashion industry and ensure that strong science and data drive change in the sector. In this podcast episode, Maxine sheds light on how the New Standard Institute is going about setting a new standard for the fashion industry, especially when words such as 'sustainable' and 'eco-friendly' are often used as a greenwashing tool; why recycled microplastic fibers typically used in ‘eco’ athletic wear or swimwear might not be as eco-friendly as it's made out to be; and more. Featured music: The Fruitful Darkness by Trevor Hall Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/248 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jul 2, 202041 min

Ep 247247) Tilke Elkins: Cultivating place-based relationships through wild botanical and mineral pigments

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Tilke Elkins is a multi-media social practice artist, and founder of Wild Pigment Project, an organization that promotes ecological balance and regenerative economies through a passion for wild pigments, their places of origin, and their cultural histories. In this podcast episode, Tilke sheds light on how synthetic pigments came to dominate the industry of color; how working with place-based, wild-harvested pigments transforms our perceptions of color as consumers, creatives, or as artists; and more. Featured music: The Fruitful Darkness by Trevor Hall Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/247 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jun 29, 202046 min

Ep 246246) William Defebaugh: Exploring the intricate balance between the flourishing and decay of life

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support William Defebaugh is the editor of the environmental magazine, Atmos, a storyteller, and astrology teacher who is passionate about using ancient practices to understand nature as the divine mirror. In this podcast episode, William sheds light on what it means to understand nature as a divine mirror; what we can learn from the inevitable relationship between decay and growth in the living world; and more. Featured music: The Fruitful Darkness by Trevor Hall Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/246 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jun 25, 202040 min

Ep 245245) Gina Rae La Cerva: How our collective shift from eating wild to domesticated foods transformed our landscapes

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Gina Rae La Cerva is a geographer, an environmental anthropologist, an award-winning writer, and the author of the new book Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food, in which she traces our relationship to wild foods and shows what we sacrifice when we domesticate them—including biodiversity, Indigenous knowledge, and an important connection to nature. In this podcast episode, Gina Rae sheds light on how colonialism has disrupted and shifted our relationship with wild nature and wild foods, and by extension transformed our landscapes; the line between building reciprocity in relationship with our living world versus simply commodifying the wild; and more. Featured music: The Fruitful Darkness by Trevor Hall Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/245 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jun 22, 202057 min

Ep 244244) John Perkins: How economic hitmen perpetuate modern-day imperialism globally

John Perkins is an activist and the author of the New York Times bestseller Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man. His new book is Touching the Jaguar (we're giving away a gift copy on Patreon!). In this episode, John sheds light on what his work as an economic hit man entailed and how economic hitmen, to this day, perpetuate modern-day imperialism and colonialism; how we can transform our current death economy into a life economy; and more. If you've learned from or have been inspired by this episode, we greatly appreciate your direct support on Patreon so we may continue the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Featured music: The Fruitful Darkness by Trevor Hall Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/244 Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jun 18, 202045 min

Ep 243243) Cristina Mittermeier: Inspiring care for our oceans and shared humanity with conservation photography

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Cristina Mittermeier is a photographer, conservationist, and marine biologist who founded the prestigious International League of Conservation Photographers and alongside her partner, Paul Nicklen, co-founded SeaLegacy—a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the ocean. Her latest project, Only One, will launch later this year! In this podcast episode, Cristina shares how the theme of ‘enoughness’ has shown up in different ways and evolved throughout her lifetime; how integrating the immeasurable sacred ecology into our work in sustainability—otherwise focused on the technical details and numbers denoting impact—might deepen our sense of connection and purpose to support our overarching goals; and more. Episode show notes: www.greendreamer.com/243 Featured music: The Fruitful Darkness by Trevor Hall Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jun 15, 202042 min

Ep 242242) Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin [PART 2]: Decolonizing the food system through integrative, regenerative agriculture

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin is the founder of Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, which is an ecosystem of industry leaders, farmer and public interest organizations, food sector businesses and cooperatives, tribes, and elected officials that are working together to scale up regenerative agriculture supply chains. He's also a lifetime Ashoka Fellow and the author of In the Shadow of Green Man, which tells the story of his life growing up in revolution-torn Guatemala and how it led him to his work in regenerative agriculture. In this part 2 of our conversation (listen to part 1 in episode 241), Reginaldo sheds light on the projects he has been working on to support regenerative agriculture; what we can do to help re-indigenize our perspectives and our food system; and more. Featured music: The Fruitful Darkness by Trevor Hall Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/242 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jun 11, 202026 min

Ep 241241) Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin [PART 1]: Reindigenizing our myopic views of poverty to achieve true wealth

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin is the founder of Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, which is an ecosystem of industry leaders, farmer and public interest organizations, food sector businesses and cooperatives, tribes, and elected officials that are working together to scale up regenerative agriculture supply chains. He's also a lifetime Ashoka Fellow and the author of In the Shadow of Green Man, which tells the story of his life growing up in revolution-torn Guatemala and how it led him to his work in regenerative agriculture. In this part 1 of our conversation (listen to part 2 in episode 242), Reginaldo sheds light on the dominant western culture's myopic view of poverty; why it's dangerous to presumptively want to help ‘lift’ materially poor communities out of economic poverty while holding an incomplete worldview that is not universal; what the coronavirus pandemic reveals about what wealth really means in the face of a crisis; and more. Featured music: The Fruitful Darkness by Trevor Hall Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/242 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jun 8, 202037 min

Ep 1REFLECT | Mark Charles: Building a nation where 'We The People' truly means All The People

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support To help us process our current events including the police brutality against Mr. George Floyd, which highlights the continued, institutionalized racism and injustice still embedded in our society today, we're bringing back this vital past conversation from EP179 & EP180. Mark Charles is a dual citizen of the United States and Navajo Nation and is running as an independent candidate for the President of the United States 2020. His vision is to build a nation where 'We The People' truly means All The People. If this episode moves you, please consider sharing it to help amplify Mark's message of how deep-rooted our systemic injustices are and what really needs to happen for us to find positive peace together. Show notes: www.greendreamer.com/179 Featured music: The Fruitful Darkness by Trevor Hall Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Jun 1, 202046 min

Ep 240240) Lonny Grafman: Building community resilience through decentralized resources and systems

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Lonny Grafman is a professor of community-based design at Humboldt State University, the President of the Appropedia Foundation, director of the AWEsome Business Competition, and author of To Catch the Rain. In this podcast episode, Lonny sheds light on why it's so important for charity work to be community-centered and community-driven; how we can begin to rebuild more resilient systems with distributed resources rather than centralized ones; and more. Featured music: This is Us by Girl Pow-R Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/240 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

May 28, 202042 min

Ep 239239) Barbara Freese: Examining corporate denial from the slave trade to climate change

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support Barbara Freese is an environmental attorney, former Minnesota assistant attorney general, and author of several books including her latest, Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change. In this podcast episode, Barbara sheds light on how we can connect the dots of various case studies of corporate denialism to determine which tactics are commonly deployed; how we can combat the effects of corporate denial that have caused long-lasting public confusion and divisiveness; and more. Featured music: This is Us by Girl Pow-R Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/239 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

May 25, 202043 min