Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

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294) Brandon Running Bear Harrell: Reclaiming ancestral knowledge and decolonizing the western hunt Feb 02, 2021

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About Brandon Running Bear Harrell:

Running Bear “B” Harrell (IG: @decolonizedmeateater) is a climate resiliency planner, permaculturalist, archery instructor, and youth conservation leader of Afro-Indigenous ancestry. Though deeply rooted in what is now referred to as California and New Mexico, his expertise in community and environmental planning has enabled him to consult on major habitat restoration and climate adaptation projects as far as Taiwan, Portugal, Nicaragua, Cuba, Turkey, and Kenya.

Running Bear is also known as the 'Decolonized Meateater' on Instagram, where he shares his commitment to decolonize the Western hunt and reconnect Black and Indigenous communities with their traditional food pathways.

Song featured in this episode: Rebel Soul by Raye Zaragoza

Green Dreamer with Kamea Chayne is a podcast exploring our paths to holistic healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, additional resources, and newsletter on our website: www.greendreamer.com

293) Pua Case: Balancing self-care and frontline activism in defense of sacred lands Jan 29, 2021

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About Pua Case:

Pua Case (Instagram: @protectmaunakea; Facebook: Mauna Kea Education and Awareness; Personal Instagram: @puacase; Personal Facebook: @pua.case) was born and raised on the Island of Hawai’i surrounded by the high mountains of Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Hualālai and Kohala, the fresh waters of Kohākōhau and Waikoloa and the plains of Waimea.

Pua serves on various educational and cultural boards and is the Lead Coordinator of Mauna Kea Education and Awareness, an organization that educates and raises the awareness of communities in Hawaiʻi and beyond on the spiritual, historical, cultural, environmental, and political significance of Mauna Kea. Pua has been a part of the Mauna Kea Movement over the past ten years and has been involved in both community and frontline actions to safeguard the mountain and unify peoples of all nations in a collective mission to network, plan, and support one another.

Puaʻs work is one of commitment, dedication, and passion with a focus on incorporating her native prayers, chants, dances, spirit, and cultural and traditional values and lifeways into all efforts and actions to set a precedence of protocols for social and environmental justice and positive change for the highest good for the earth.

Song featured in this episode: Mana Wahina by Hāwane Rios

292) Mark David Spence: Deconstructing the colonial roots of National Parks Jan 26, 2021

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About Mark David Spence:

Mark David Spence is a public historian, a consultant, and a visiting professor in the Oregon University System. For the past several years, he has been the sole proprietor of HistoryCraft, where his work is largely focused on historical studies for the National Park Service.

Before moving to Oregon, Spence was an Associate Professor of History and Chair of American Studies at Knox College in Illinois. His scholarship and teaching focused on comparative and cross-disciplinary approaches to U.S. environmental, western, American Indian, and Latin American subjects.

Spence is the author of Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks, a highly influential book that examines American conceptions of wilderness, Indian removal, and the creation of national parks in the U.S. from the 1870s to the 1930s.

Song featured in this episode: Rebel Soul by Raye Zaragoza

291) Brady Walkinshaw: Empowering activists with solutions-driven environmental journalism Jan 22, 2021

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About Brady Walkinshaw:

Brady Piñero Walkinshaw (Twitter: @bradywalkinshaw) is the Chief Executive Officer of Grist (Twitter: @grist; Instagram: @grist; Facebook: @Grist.org; YouTube: Grist TV), a leading national media organization on issues of environment, justice, and sustainability, reaching 2 million readers a month and syndicating content through over 20 major national publications.

Through an award-winning editorial program that explores solutions, exposes injustice, and emboldens readers to act, and a newly launched Networks program that fosters an unlikely network of leaders building a sustainable future that works for everyone, Grist is shining its “beacon in the smog” toward a better tomorrow. Brady is a former State Legislator in Washington State, championing housing, environment, criminal justice, and mental health reforms. In 2016, Brady ran for U.S. Congress endorsed by groups from The Seattle Times to local columnist Dan Savage, who described him as “gutsy and effective.” Brady managed the publication of a 2016 special edition of Foreign Affairs launched at Davos authored by Kofi Annan, Sam Dryden, and Sir Gordon Conway on the future of African food systems and technology supported by the Gates family office. Prior to the Legislature, Brady spent five years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Brady is a Fulbright Scholar and a graduate of Princeton University, where he served on the Board of Trustees. Brady has served on many local and national Boards including the Progress Alliance, Latino Victory Project, United Way of King County, the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, and previously chaired the Washington State advisory group for the Trust for Public Land.

Song featured in this episode: Souvenir by Irene Skylakaki

290) Thomas Frank: Revisiting the real U.S. history of populism and people's movements Jan 19, 2021

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About Thomas Frank:

Thomas Frank (Twitter @ThomasFrank_) is the author of Listen, Liberal, Pity the Billionaire, The Wrecking Crew, and What's the Matter with Kansas? A former columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Harper's, Frank is the founding editor of The Baffler and writes regularly for The Guardian. His latest book is The People, No.

Song featured in this episode: The It Girl by Raye Zaragoza

289) Farmer Rishi [part 2]: Relearning the language of Earth embodiment Jan 15, 2021

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About Farmer Rishi:

Farmer Rishi (Instagram: @farmerrishi; YouTube: Regenerative Gardening with Farmer Rishi) is a gardening evangelist and small-scale farmer who uses gardening for personal, social, and ecological healing. (Farmer Rishi was also a guest in Episode 232 of Green Dreamer!)

He is the Executive Director of Sarvodaya Institute (@sarvodayafarms) and the co-founder of Healing Gardens Community (@healinggardens.co).

Song featured in this episode: Souvenir by Irene Skylakaki

288) Farmer Rishi [part 1]: Relearning the language of Earth embodiment Jan 12, 2021

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About Farmer Rishi:

Farmer Rishi is a small-scale farmer, land-artist, writer, and educator. Since 2010, he has been working in the field of urban gardening and farming in Los Angeles, where he has helped create and establish hundreds of urban gardens. His work centers on the healing of people and Earth as one body. Rishi is the Executive Director of Sarvodaya Institute (@sarvodayafarms) and the Co-founder and Chief Gardening Officer of Healing Gardens Community (@healinggardens.co).

Song featured in this episode: Souvenir by Irene Skylakaki

287) Mark Rectanus: Examining the corporate influence on art museums and culture Jan 07, 2021

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About Mark Rectanus:

Mark Rectanus is University Professor of German Studies (Emeritus) at Iowa State University. He has published numerous books and articles, including essays in New German Critique, Performance Research, and Museum and Society.

His most recent book is Museums Inside Out: Artist Collaborations and New Exhibition Ecologies, which explores what it means to be a museum in the twenty-first century and how museums are blurring the traditional boundaries between their galleries and public spaces.

Song featured in this episode: Black Moss by Johanna Warren

286) Elin Kelsey: Remembering the critical role of hope in activism Dec 31, 2020

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About Elin Kelsey:

Elin Kelsey, PhD is a scholar, author, and passionate leader in the hope and environmental solutions movement. She co-created #OceanOptimism, a Twitter campaign to crowd-source marine conservation solutions which has reached more than 100 million shares.

Elin is also the author of numerous Adult and Children's books, including her latest for Adults, Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think Is Critical For Solving The Environmental Crisis and her latest for children, A Last Goodbye.

Song featured in this episode: Less Traveled by Johanna Warren

285) Loren Cardeli: Dismantling injustices in the food system and building farmer autonomy Dec 28, 2020

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About Loren Cardeli:

Loren Cardeli is the co-founder and Executive Director of A Growing Culture (Instagram: @agrowingculture; Facebook: @agrowingculture), a 501(c)3 nonprofit advancing a culture of farmer autonomy and agroecological innovation.

A Growing Culture is a farmer-centric organization that believes the key to sustainability lies in returning small-scale farmers back to the forefront of agriculture. As part of this growing movement, Loren and his colleagues promote farmer-led research, extension, and outreach, helping to create sustainable, self-driving futures.

Song featured in this episode: Only the Truth by Johanna Warren

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