The Lev Natan Podcast

The research shows that when we bring prayer, meditation and conscious intention in our organizations and movements for change, we increase capacity, amplify impact and establish greater efficacy. Learn the why, what and how, in this episode.

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What is most important to you? Do your actions reflect that? In this part-two episode focused on the Walk for a Viable Future, we explore this unique opportunity for you to "walk your talk" and align your thoughts, words and actions; your values with your choices, at home and in the office. The time is NOW for us to get our priorities straight, and gather the courage to make the necessary changes to follow through on what we know must be done.

Recorded July 2020

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Ceremony is transformative. Courage is needed. Now is an opportune historical moment to galvanize the momentum for change. The Black Lives Matter movement is establishing connections with awareness of Indigenous rights, as colonial statues are being called into question and taken down. Movements are ripe to collaborate. The WALK is an opportunity for all people to take a stand and declare their wholehearted solidarity with all Black Indigenous People of Color. We are walking to build a multiracial movement for systems-level paradigm shift, which begins with establishing rights and reparations for all Black and Indigenous People.

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“For decades, activists have relied on federal and state legislation to fight for a cleaner environment. And for decades, they’ve been fighting a losing battle. The sad truth is, our laws are designed to accommodate pollution rather than prevent it. It’s no wonder people feel powerless when it comes to preserving the quality of their water, air, public parks, and special natural spaces. But there is a solution, argues veteran environmentalist Maya K. van Rossum: bypass the laws and turn to the ultimate authority — our state and federal constitutions...The Green Amendment...will finally empower people, level the playing field, and provide real hope for communities everywhere.” - (www.mayavanrossum.green)

Recorded July 2020

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What might we do to withstand the turbulence of social discord, climate change, and the breakdown of our degenerative systems? When hurricanes sweep through forests, trees stay standing because their roots are connected. They hold onto each other. We can do the same. And, when we do, our nervous systems shift from fight, flight or freeze to connect, bond and collaborate. In this episode, Lev reflects on the core practices of climate leadership: self mastery, team resonance and alliance cultivation. Following these proper principles, we find guidance towards harmony, unity and capacity to establish a viable future in the face of immense challenges.

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“Mari Margil serves as the Executive Director of Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (www.centerforenvironmentalrights.org) and program manager for CDER’s International Center for the Rights of Nature. In 2008, she served as a consultant to Ecuador’s national Constituent Assembly, helping to draft the world’s first Rights of Nature constitutional provisions. Margil is widely viewed as one of the leading global voices for the recognition of legally enforceable rights of ecosystems and nature.” In this interview, she speaks to how the Rights of Nature movement is bringing together unlikely partners in business, government and civil society to collaboratively generate a new emerging standard for transforming our human systems.

(Recorded July 2020)

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Marshall Lefferts brings a perspective that inspires hope and intelligent action, in dark times, this interview weaves connections between physics, mathematics and music that underlie key principles in how to cultivate the conditions for living systems to thrive. "Throughout nature we can see patterns, structures, processes and systems that reflect an underlying order of energy dynamics that literally in-forms the observable universe across all scales"
www.cosmemetry.com

(Recorded December 2019)

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Thomas Linzey has worked with the first places in the world to establish legal rights of nature - from a small town in Pennsylvania to the national constitution of Ecuador. His organization, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (www.centerforenvironmentalrights.org) works with grassroots, tribal, and NGO partners and governments across the globe to develop, implement, and enforce Rights of Nature laws. Following in the footsteps of the civil rights and women’s rights movements, it is time for our international legal system to recognize the Rights of Nature. This is paradigm shifting work. Listen, learn and be moved to action.

(Recorded June 2020)

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"MatrixWorks is a revolutionary group process that utilizes principles of New Science, Whole Systems Thinking, Hakomi Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and Contemporary Psychology. It ​fosters leadership that supports the growth and development of healthy functioning teams and groups. ​It supports the transformative emergence of ‘Group Genius’ where relationships become collaborative, and mutuality and cooperation become new norms that promote wellbeing.” (From matrixworkslivingsystems.com | Interview recorded August 2019).

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In the wake of the unspeakable actions of the threatened who hunted down and murdered Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, Sean Reed, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd, Alliance for a Viable Future stands in solidarity with all Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC). We stand for racial justice and reparations for all people of color. Racial Justice and Climate Justice are deeply connected. In fact, they are one in the same. We will have a viable future only when we have both. In this podcast, we reference a number of published works, which can be found in our blog article - Black Lives Matter: Truth, Solidarity and Reparations.

(Recorded June 2nd, 2020)

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Rooted in ancient wisdom, we are growing a partnership culture for our regenerative future.

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