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

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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

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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

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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!

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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