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.
Capitalism
Vision, Utopia, & Big Questions - Martin Schoenhals & Jeremy Lent
Featuring 2 great thinkers mapping a better future for us all by looking deep within not only the human mind, but the mind of the Earth & Cosmos. Jeremy Lent, of Berkeley, CA, is the author of The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning and of The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science & Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe.
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.
Preserving Life & The Web of Meaning
Jeremy Lent explores the way forward for humanity & all life on Earth by a deep dive into knowledge, connection, insight, and wisdom in his latest book, The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science & Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe.
Bono & Neoliberal Capitalism
Chad Seales writes & speaks eloquently on neoliberal capitalism, religion, spirituality, & their intersection with U2 star, Bono, in his book Religion Around Bono: Evangelical Enchantment and Neoliberal Capitalism.
Solar: Clear, Compelling, Complex
Ralph Jacobson has been a steadfast advocate for solar since he founded IPS Solar in 1991. In 2017 they became the fastest-growing Twin Cities Business, all the more rewarding because of their practice of inviting women & people of color into the mostly male-dominated industry, and for Ralph's effort to use MnVest.org (Minnesota Investment Crowdfunding) to jump-start solarization of the Red Lake Nation reservation.
Viking Economics
George Lakey really packs a punch with his book, Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right - And How We Can Too
Evolutionary Cultural Design
Pamela Boyce Simms refers to herself as a Buddhist-Quaker Evolutionary Culture designer. She has worked as convenor of the Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub (MATH), and currently represents Quaker Earthcare Witness at the United Nations. New Jersey born-and-raised, Pamela's journey has included decades living in West Africa and living in a Buddhist monastery.