Jan Spencer is back today to guest-host today Spirit In Action with the 3rd installment of his series Primer for Paradigm Shift – the needed ways of seeing and thinking about the world in order to become sustainable and to leave our world-wrecking ways behind us.
Permaculture
Primer for Paradigm Shift, Part 2, Jan Spencer
Jan Spencer is guest-host today, his fourth time on Spirit in Action. talking about what he calls his Primer for Paradigm Shift – the needed way of seeing and thinking about the world in order to become sustainable and to leave our world-wrecking ways behind us.
Primer for Paradigm Shift, Part 1, Jan Spencer
Jan Spencer is guest-host today, his third time on Spirit In Action. Jan has a rich vision for a better world, what he calls Creating A Preferred Future.
Journey to a Preferred Future of Permaculture & Paradigm Shift
Jan Spencer is guest-host today, filling us in the road to his mission of Creating A Preferred Future. Starting with his political autobiography, you'll find how Jan got focused on permaculture & paradigm shift, leading up to his primer on transformation. The journey includes all kinds of education, adventures, insights, mentors, and fruitful products from the work toward a preferred future.
Creating A Preferred Future - Jan Spencer
Jan Spencer lives in Eugene, Oregon, and he's been creating a preferred future, on the ground and for the wider culture, from his one-quarter acre suburban home there. Many folks may assume that you have to move out to the country to create something in tune with nature, but Jan's wonderful homestead in the city proves the contrary.
Social Permaculture -The Big Picture
Permaculture is much more than organic gardening because it uses whole systems thinking. It is explained eloquently by Carol Barta of the Kansas Permaculture Institute, one of the places where Carol teaches folks to see the world differently by focusing on the Big Picture, supported by the 3 core tenets and 12 design principles of permaculture.
Ecoculture Blessings & Fracksand Mining Hazards
There are many aspects to care for the Earth, experiencial & experimental. Sam Thayer of Forager's Harvest in one of the preminent experts in harvesting from the Earth's bounty. He shares here the concluding essay of his new book, 3rd in a series, called Incredibile Wild Edibles: 36 Plants That Can Change Your Life, speaking of Ecoculture instead of Agriculture. Our second guest is Crispin Pierce, Prof of Environmental Public Health at UW-EC, and member of Eau Claire's Sustainability Advisory Committee, speaking of his research & paper on Monitoring of Airborne Particulates Near Industrial Silica Sand Mining & Processing Facilities.
Hip Hop Council of All Beings - Pacha's Pajamas
Aaron Ableman & Dave Room have founded Balance Edutainment to use a wide range of media in order to light young people's dreams with a vision of making a better world. They've just released Pacha's Pajamas and are rolling it out in many different forms - video, audio, app and book - with prominent names like Talib Kweli & Mos Def taking part.