La Vida Verde Podcast

Host Matthew Human welcomes Retired Physician and fellow community member Joan Mass to the podcast. They discuss growing up in a divided St. Louis in the 50’s and how Joan has worked to eliminate racial prejudice in her own life. Check out the fascinating life of this amazing lady!

Host Matthew Human welcomes fellow permaculturist and musician Yam Aisner to the podcast to talk about how permaculture influenced his life and led him to follow his joy.

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Host Matthew Human welcomes Rosa Blanco a spiritual holistic dentist as well as a priestess of the temple of life and a fellow member of Tacotal Colectivo, born and raised in Costa Rica. Rosa travelled the world experiencing different cultures and ecovillages with her husband and life partner Gustavo Rojas before landing and becoming one of the first stewards of Tacotal Collectivo. Rosa is passionate about living healthy, and she also facilitates women’s circles and song circles. This episode was filmed on location at her home in La Ecovilla in the Machuca Valley of Costa Rica. Thank you to our sponsors Guillaume Sellier Massage Therapy, offering Pain-free relief, at home: The most exclusive massage experience. Mention the podcast and get 10% off your first treatment, and thank you also to Ecoteas Yerba Mate. Join our community and support this podcast: https://www.Patreon.com/LaVidaVerdePodcast Interested in being our neighbor in the Machuca Valley? Lots available in the new Ecovilla project Ecovilla San Mateo:https://laecovilla.com/?afmc=human&utm_campaign=human&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate

The title kinda says it all doesn’t it? Host Matthew Human welcomes self-identified queer black female martial artist, and painter Nzinga Hatch to the podcast to talk about her new life teaching kaju kenbo (a martial art with origins in Hawaii) to children her home of Alegria Village, our neighboring Ecovillage project here in the Machuca Valley of Costa Rica. Besides martial arts, Nzinga is also a passionate painter and a devoted mother. Another great conversation with a truly unique individual here in our valley!

Ep 70 Host Matthew Human welcomes guest Melissa D (nee Mango) of Body Joy Intimacy School based in Austin, TX USA to discuss her life as a somatic sex educator and sexological body worker. Melissa is visiting the machuca valley for the first time and takes time out of her experience to set the record straight on her craft and how it is different from the adjacent worlds of sensual massage, and prostitution.

Host Matthew Human takes the podcast on location this week to the weekly Mercado de la Tierra located in the Ecovilla San Mateo project every Sunday morning. The Mercado is place where the community connects with eachother and shares organic produce, unique crafts, and sweet connections. Guests include Mercado co-founder Cristiane Sampaio of Econuts, Dennis Franco of Franco Hidromiel, and a special performance of Xavier Rudd’s ‘Follow the Sun’ by market musician Ross Lynde.

Host Matthew Human interviews guest Joey Carpenter, a builder and family man originally from the Central Valley of California and now based in the Machuca Valley of Costa Rica. Joey discusses life in the valley from the perspective of a working class gringo, and why he thinks people are building their houses all wrong. Watch this before you plan to build. Sponsored this week by Guillaume Sellier Massage Therapy: Renewal in a touch. Superior Massages, Instant Relief.

Host Matthew Human interviews entrepreneur, healer and AI innovator Bjoern Lasse Herrmann about living in non-traditional communities, getting arrested for the sake of art, and adapting businesses to AI as well as more personal themes. This is a fascinating episode with a fascinating man.

Host Matthew Human interviews guest Erik Lofstad, a software engineer and a neighbor in the Alegria Ecovillage about his crazy life growing up on fishing boats in New York, with a story straight out of the tabloids, and what brought him and his wife to be one of the first neighbors in Alegria. We think you’ll love this episode.

Host Matthew Human sings songs and interviews Ines Vecchi, a young Italian traveller, and an old soul steeped in music, literally working her way around Costa Rica. Enjoy some music and another great conversation with our little angel Ines.