Elizabeth Herald explains how she grew from a childhood connection with nature to a new level of aliveness at age ten and eventually the opportunity to listen to a gray whale in a Baja California birthing lagoon.

This month on Shifting Gears, architect and local food advocate Michael Thompson explains how his daughter’s sensitivity alerted him to a change in the source water that they drink.

Local elder, retired medical doctor and host of Shifting Gears William Evans has released Circulating Source Water. This monograph incorporates science, history and spirit to inform our predicament and offer new stories for life and healing on Earth. The book is available online and at Mana Foods in Carbondale.

Dee Crouch retired from medicine and the Emergency Room and discovered hot blown glass. He learned his creative visions were made possible with new skills in balance, communication and teamwork.

This month on Shifting Gears, we revisit a conversation with Gordon Hempton, "The Sound Tracker," from December, 2011.

On March 25, 2015, Will Evans interviewed Boulder's Horizons K-8 School Principal John McCluskey. We highlight this interview today to revisit John's wise words about council.

In 2008, Dr. Will Evans interviewed Lakota Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe. For part two of this interview, click here.

Local Tyler Lindsay returns on Shifting Gears to continue a cross-generational conversation with Will Evans about our relationship to this planet mounting uncertainty. This is part 3 of a 3 part series.

Elizabeth Herald returns to Shifting Gears and recalls who attended her self-led, coming-of-age ceremony on Cortez Island: the wilderness and a wolf. Shifting Gears features conversations with people making life-sustaining choices. Over the years, we learn to expect change. It is happening now - we live in a time of transition. When change occurs, if we shift gears and are alert, more options are available. Join Will Evaans for Shifting Gears the first Wednesday of each month at 4:30 on KDNK and

Brook LeVan of Sustainable Settings reflects with Will Evans on agriculture as a healing practice.