The new diagrams we use to describe our economic, social and ecological habitats reveal connections and understanding. Images created for this episode can be found here.  

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Let’s release the binary ways we define city planning practice and grow our relationship skills (for the official and unofficial planners out there). Images created for this episode can be found in this article. 

9 practices to see, acknowledge and respond to our uneasy world. Images created for this article can be found in this article. 

The choice at hand for each of us: Which infection do I choose to spread? The anger and frustration that comes with fight drama, or the generative possibility that comes with exploring conflict? Images created for this episode can be found in this article. 

As Mother’s Day approaches, I want to be more aware of how my behaviour erodes the growth of younger people in my life, especially when I am feeling challenged, hurt, or left behind. Images created for this episode can be found in this article. 

For more information about Edward Kelly and The Third Act: 

Beth Sanders and Dustin Bajer celebrate Earth Week with a conversation about how the city habitats we create for ourselves make ecological contributions to our planet, Earth. What happens when we think of cities as a part of nature or even a product of nature? What happens when we think about urban agriculture and food forests, and urban tree nurseries in the city?

Dustin Bajer works to improve his city by examining the patterns of ecology found in urban environments. Dustin is an educator, master gardener, beekeeper, and tree farmer and is passionate about nature in the city. For the past year, Dustin has been mapping heritage trees with support from the Edmonton Heritage Council. He is presently creating a tree subscription service.

You can find Dustin on Twitter at @dustinbajer. And if you’re keen to learn more about Dustin’s work or to learn with him, visit dustinbajer.com.

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NOTE: The book mentioned by Dustin, Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution, is written by Menno Schilthuizen.

When it comes to improving our cities, we do not each need to be everywhere at once. We do not even need to have the same priorities because we benefit, individually and collectively, from simultaneously addressing multiple challenges. In this episode, I describe 8 choices I see for myself about how I participate in city life, from being oblivious, a spectator, or an active part of efforts to improve our experience of the city. 

Images created for this episode can be found in this article. 

Making room for equitable transportation choices involves being open to meeting the movement needs of many. Photos, and images created for this episode, can be found in this article.  

The opposite of lockdown behaviour, which has us operating from fear and insecurity, is connection and relationship. Instead of withdrawing from community life, we contribute; we care out in the open.Protection feeds my fear of other humans. Being neighbourly feeds my desire to connect with other humans. Images for this episode can be found in this article. 

Mutual agency fosters sovereignty in self and others because it means actively looking to work with others who have different views. Mutual agency enables a generosity that seeds our regenerative future. Images for this episode can be found in this article.