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The AllCreation PodcastLetty Pineda: “Queremos sombra, agua y un descanso cuando hace calor”Hola! (Español Abajo) In this Spanish-language podcast Salvadorian/USA farmworker, Letty Pineda, is interviewed by Rev. Neddy Astudillo for our collection, "A Climate Transition Supported by Faith." Learn more.####### ESPAÑOL #######Por el Rvda. Dra. Neddt Astudillo, editor invitado y presentado del podcast -En EE.UU., los trabajadores agrícolas sufren una inseguridad alimentaria 400% mayor que el resto de la población.(1) En todo el país, el 83% de los que recogen verduras y frutas se consideran hispanos.(2) Florida es el segundo mayor productor de frutas y verduras. En tiemp...
2023-12-2941 min
The AllCreation PodcastNatay Etai Collet: "Por un Chaco con bosque"Hola! (Español abajo) In this Spanish-language podcast, Argentinian cinematographer and forest-activist, Natay Etai Collet, is interviewed by Rev. Neddy Astudillo for our collection, "A Climate Transition Supported by Faith." Learn more here. Don’t miss Natay's exceptional cinematography in the videos here. ####### ESPAÑOL #######SINOPSISEn este podcast, el reverendo Neddy Astudillo entrevista a la directora de fotografía y activista forestal argentina Natay Etai Collet para nuestra colección "Una transición climática apoyada por la fe". Aprende más aquí. No te pierdas la excepcional cinematografía de Natay en los videos ...
2023-12-2953 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastEvolving the COPs into Something More MeaningfulHello! Chris Searles is director of BioIntegrity Partnerships. In this podcast he reads his blog on how to make the UN's annual climate conferences more meaningful, for all parties. Read the blog here.Select Quotes"Redefine Wealth to Wellth. What are the right values for humans individually and together this century and for the next 1,000 years?""Grow-back the climate and De-carbonize the economically-dominant immediately: that’s the right focus.""Forests are multi-taskers. Done right, protecting / regrowing / enriching forests is our most effective primary solution for climate stability. It’s not the only solution, but...
2023-12-1920 min
The AllCreation PodcastNana Firman: An Islamic spiritual journeyHello! Welcome to "From Tsunamis and climate change, towards a Green Reconstruction for Forests and People -- Lessons from an Islamic spiritual journey" our conversation with Nana Firman from COP28 in Dubai. Nana Firman is an Islamic climate activist and faith leader from Indonesia with an extensive background partnering with many of the world's most important climate initiatives. In this interview Nana shares with eco-theologian, and host, Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo, about her spiritual journey. Here is a synopsis from, Rev. Dr. Astudillo: While attending Climate Change negotiations in Dubai (COP28, the United...
2023-12-0938 min
The AllCreation PodcastCalled to CARE: Scott Sabin (PlantWithPurpose.org)Called to CARE with SCOTT SABIN, ceo, Plant With Purpose. Solving Poverty with environmental care. Learning from "the Poor." Redefining "Inclusion." Choosing to grow a future we can all look forward to. Leaving things better than you find them. Creating abundance by caring for the living members of the creation... That's what this podcast is about. Hope you enjoy Called to CARE with Scott Sabin. "Right now we are directly serving about 500,000 people and having a measurable impact on just over 1,000,000 people." - SCOTT CARE: Curious. Appropriate. Responsive. Empathetic.In this interview world-changing Christian le...
2023-12-011h 04
Rough DraftsScott final for listeningCalled to CARE with SCOTT SABIN, ceo, Plant With Purpose. Learning from "the Poor." Redefining inclusion, poverty and work. Choosing to grow a future, together, we can all love. That's what this podcast is about. Hope you enjoy!In this interview world-changing, Christian leader, Scott Sabin, shares some insights after 30 years of leading the breakthrough sustainable development organization, Plant With Purpose. He is joined by noted author, legendary bass player, and innovative pastor, Rev. Jimi Calhoun and the co-founder/executive editor of AllCreation.org, Chris Searles. Plant With Purpose is a nonprofit organization utilizing globally-strategic...
2023-11-291h 04
Rough DraftsCASPER highlights, 10/19 Continental ClubCASPER RAWLS Thursday, October 19 at The Continental Club, Austin. http://casperrawls.com for moreSongs1. Blue River2. Route 88BandCasper Rawls (guitar & singin) Glenn Fukunaga (bass)Bukka Allen (keys)Chris Searles (drums)Photo courtesy of Bob Zink
2023-10-2611 min
Rough DraftsCASPER, Harmoni, Bukka & i at Continental Club, Oct. 12, 2023Casper Rawls - vocals & guitarHarmoni Kelly - bassBukka Allen - keysChris Searles - drums More here: https://casperrawls.com/Special thanks to everyone @ The CC Casper plays The CC regularly: https://continentalclub.com/austinDon't Miss! #austinsown
2023-10-2007 min
Rough DraftsCASPER, GLENN, BUKKA, Continental Club Atx HIGHLIGHTS, 9.21.23Casper Rawls - vocals & guitarGlenn Fukunaga - bassBukka Allen - keysChris Searles - drums More here: https://casperrawls.com/Photo by Sam GreyhorseSpecial thanks to Katrina & everyone @ The CC And James Burton. Casper plays The CC regularly: https://continentalclub.com/austinDon't Miss. Songs: 1. Call Me the Brees2. Suzi Q3. The House is Rckn
2023-09-2319 min
The AllCreation PodcastLlamado a CUIDAR: Litio, Fe y Justicia Climática(Greetings, this episode of Called to Care is entirely in Spanish. Watch with English subtitles on YouTube.) ¡Saludos! Estamos orgullosos de presentar este episodio completamente en español. Nuestro segundo episodio de Llamados a cuidar, 2023, presenta al Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo, Rosa del Valle Araoz de Machaco (miembro de la Asociación Benditos Los Pobres) y Alirio Cáceres Aguirre (Movimiento Ladauto Si, Red Eclesial Panamericana). Ellos discuten: "Litio, Fe y Justicia Climática. ¿Qué es una Transición Justa desde la perspectiva de las comunidades religiosas en el Sur Global donde se extrae el Litio?"“Nada se puede hace...
2023-07-081h 04
Rough Drafts6/8/23. Casper Rawls, some highlights, Live @ The Continental ATX'Dream band. It's good to be home. Thank you, Casper.After 4 weeks off from music (three of them with AfricaExchange.org -- one of the greatest learning experiences of my life), I got to play a gig with three of my most personally-treasured musicians, and reconnect with dear friends at The Continental. This band: Glenn I've been blessed to play with since about 1992; my lucky stars. Bukka and I have shared hotel rooms, homes, and meals for decades. More ahead, hopefully. And then there's Casper,,, I owe one person the thank you for my return to playing...
2023-06-0932 min
Rough DraftsWilliam H Graham @ Continental 5/10/23William Harries Graham Jeremy Nail Bobby Daniel Chris Searles Songs?
2023-06-0734 min
The AllCreation PodcastCalled to CARE: Africa Exchange (AfricaExchange.org)Our first Called to CARE session for 2023 begins like a dinner conversation among friends. In this podcast, AfricaExchange.org co-founders and co-directors, Sam and Melody Harrell, share how their Baptist American-African lives led them to become global leaders in “integrated” sustainable development... “I am blown a-Way.” (Rev. Jimi Calhoun, co-host, legendary musician, author and pastor)Sam and Melody are saving lives and ending poverty with education and holistic, community care. Now celebrating their 25th year, AfricaExchange (AE) has built 14 “integrated child development” preschools in Kenya’s most-isolated / least-resourced regions. AE’s projects are providing and fostering nutrition, clean water, edu...
2023-05-051h 28
The BioIntegrity PodcastEarth vs. The Universe: Biosphere WinsA reading of The Value of Biosphere Earth, part 4: "Earth vs. The Universe" by researcher/author, Chris Searles. In two short paragraphs, and with two simple graphics, Chris dismantles the idea that science fiction is real. In other words, We cannot "live" in any normal sense of the word, on another planet for the foreseeable future. Those planets with life-potential are so far away it will take thousands to millions of years to actually get the first probes there, with current technology. As far as Mars goes: it will be robots, not humans, who go to Mars for the...
2023-04-2814 min
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The BioIntegrity PodcastCivilization’s Life-Support System: Biosphere EarthA reading of The Value of Biosphere Earth, part 3: "Ecosystem Services" by researcher/author, Chris Searles. From brain formation to oxygen supply, Earth's other life is responsible for just about everything that makes our lives possible. (Scroll down for citations.) Earth's composition of life and living ecosystems is everything to us humans. "Ecosystem services" -- the academic term for Earth's literal, planetary life-support system services, are the products, conditions, bodies, functionalities, services, communities, other companions, and more we typically take for granted, which are generated by the Life before and around us today. Earth’s global life-support sy...
2023-04-1411 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastThe Life Timeline: Biosphere EarthA definitive summary of the history of Life on Earth, according to the scientific record, from our series, The Value of Biosphere Earth. (Scroll down for citations.) What is the value of Earth's biodiversity to modern Civilization, technology, and human beings in general? This series seeks to connect people of all backgrounds to a better understanding of what our life-support system is and how its integrity is our #1 economic and shared priority. This episode synopsizes the history of Life’s deveopment. Each segment synopsizes the latest science in two to five paragraphs. Researcher/author, Chris Searles (director, Bi...
2023-03-3110 min
The AllCreation PodcastCristian Daniel Camargo sobre Caricaturas y EcoteologíaCristian Daniel Camargo sobre Caricaturas y Ecoteología. En este podcast, Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo y Cristian Daniel Camargo conversan sobre el poder de los dibujos para inspirar, transformar y movilizar a las personas hacia otro mundo posible, con justicia social y ambiental. ¿Cómo nace un dibujo? ¿Qué papel juegan la fe y el amor en la realización de sus dibujos? Cristian nos cuenta la historia de la Red de dibujantes, su visión, su misión y sus sueños. Su arte se comparte públicamente y es de uso gratuito para cualquier persona. Cristian comparte sus consej...
2023-03-2034 min
The AllCreation PodcastRev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo, ¿Qué es la “Eco-Teología?"¿Qué es la eco-teología? con Neddy Astudillo. En este podcast, el editor invitado Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo explora ¿Qué es la eco-teología? ¿Qué significa ver nuestra relación con la Tierra, entre nosotros y con Dios a través de este lente? ¿Cómo dialoga la eco-teología con la Ciencia, la historia de la Iglesia y la Escritura para encontrar soluciones a las crisis ambiental y climática? Neddy señala tres eco-teologías bíblicas que vienen a nuestro rescate y aprovechan el poder de las comunidades de fe. Sobre Nuestro Invitado Neddy...
2023-03-2045 min
The AllCreation PodcastRev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo, What is “Eco-Theology?"What is “Eco-Theology?" In this podcast, guest editor Rev. Dr. Astudillo explores the meaning of eco-theology. What does it mean to see our relationship to the Earth, to each other and to God through this lens? How does eco-theology dialogue with Science, Church history, and Scripture to seek solutions to the environmental and climate crises? Rev. Astudillo points to three, biblical, eco-theologies that come to our rescue and harness the power of faith communities. About Our Guest Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo is guest editor of our Spring 2023 edition, Eco-Teología / Eco-Theology, our first-ever bilingual collection. A Pres...
2023-03-2038 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastIt Builds Itself: Biosphere EarthWe are rebooting The Value of Biosphere Earth podcast series, starting with a focus on the meaning of the word, biosphere. In this episode, author/researcher Chris Searles reads an extremely-well cited synopsis of the academic research on why other-Life, Earth’s biodiversity of plants, animals, fungi, microbes, etc., is the most valuable and intelligent thing in the known universe. (Citations below.) A STACK… all of the elements of a system, creates our ability to live in the universe. More on this in podcast #3 in this series, Ecosystem Services. Defining the "Software Stack" analogyThe Human Life...
2023-03-1709 min
The AllCreation PodcastPathways of Teshuvah, 3of3: How Do We Move Forward Together?This is ’’Pathways of Teshuvah, Part 3 - How Do We Move Forward, Together?’’ This recording is part 3 of a 3-part discussion with breakthrough academic, Dr. Pesach Chananiah, and youth mentor / gardener / veteran, Mr. Marcus Kar, on reconnecting to Nature for sacred communion and emotional wellbeing. In this segment, Dr. Chananiah and Mr. Kar share on how to apply their Nature-reconnection learnings to modern life. About Our Guests Dr. Pesach Chananiah (author) is a Jewish ecopsychologist, educator, and community organizer working in interfaith and environmental spaces. He writes about the psychological impact of disconnection from land, through a Jewish...
2023-03-1617 min
The AllCreation PodcastPathways of Teshuvah, 2of3: The Power of ReconnectionThis is ’’Pathways of Teshuvah, Part 2 - The Power of Reconnection (to Nature): Divinity, Healing, Reconciliation.’’ This recording is part 2 of 3-part discussion with breakthrough academic, Dr. Pesach Chananiah, and youth mentor / gardener / veteran, Mr. Marcus Kar, on reconnecting to Nature for sacred communion and emotional wellbeing. In this segment, host Chris Searles invites Dr. Chananiah and Mr. Kar to share about their own Nature-reconnection, Nature-immersion experiences. They relate powerful connections to Divinity, Healing, Self-identification, Community-membership, and more. “This isn’t just about growing food and saving the environment.“ About Our Guests Dr. Pesach Chananiah (author) is a Je...
2023-03-1631 min
The AllCreation PodcastPathways of Teshuvah, 1of3: Identifying the SeparationThis is ’’Pathways of Teshuvah, Part 1 - Identifying the Separation: Judaism's land-return.’’ This recording is part 1 of 3-part discussion with breakthrough academic, Dr. Pesach Chananiah, and youth mentor / gardener / war veteran, Mr. Marcus Kar, on reconnecting to Nature for sacred communion and emotional wellbeing. In this segment, host Chris Searles shares a synopsis of Dr. Chananiah’s primary points on the impacts of the Exiles on Judaism’s disconnection from Nature, and Mr. Kar relates his own experience, seeking to be a vessel for positive change.About Our Guests Dr. Pesach Chananiah (author) is a Jewish ecopsychologist...
2023-03-1525 min
The AllCreation PodcastPathways of Teshuvah with Dr. Pesach Chananiah & Marcus KarTeshuvah means to Return... Welcome to Pathways of Teshuvah: a discussion with Dr. Pesach Chananiah and Marcus Kar on Dr. Channaniah's breakthrough paper, "Pathways of Teshuvah: Repentance, Return, and Reconciliation Across Time and Place". This conversation is a continuation of a couple of features from AllCreations collection, Envisioning Transformation. In this event, AllCreation exec. editor Chris Searles interviews Chananiah and Kar about the revolutionary idea of finding truer identity, connection to the divine, deep-trauma healing, authentic community, and a more -- through deeper and more engaged relationships with Nature. In part one we explore the ancient Jewish...
2023-03-031h 18
The AllCreation PodcastDina Kunin on Transformation (Health, Connection, Kindness)Achieving Transformation: Dina Kunin. “It shifted my perspective that my life did not have to stay that way.” Reiki healer, harmonious dog trainer (family & child education, animal behavior improvement & relationship building), empath, stenographer, and more, Dina Kunin came to the US as Ukrainian Jewish refugee in her teens. In this interview, Ms. Kunin shares some of her personal story on overcoming that transition, takes us through one of her personal healing miracles, and shares powerful wisdoms related to personal healing and social progress (see Quotes section, below). Coming from a childhood where her grandparents “knew every leaf, plant and berry...
2022-12-251h 01
The AllCreation PodcastMarcus Kar on Transformation (Reconciliation, Healing, Growth)Achieving Transformation: Marcus Kar is a native of “North” Minneapolis, a predominantly African-descent (African-American) community struggling to overcome racism, poverty, and other forms of American-institutional abuse. Marcus is program director for Youth Farm, “a multi-faceted youth development organization growing food and young leaders, healthy bodies and minds, positive identity, neighborhood connections, community opportunities, and healthy relationships.” In this interview he shares garden-grown wisdoms on how and where to find healing and healthy-self. His insights are extensive (see Quotes, below). He is interviewed by friend, Rev. Louis Tillman and AllCreation exec. editor, Chris Searles, as part of our collection, Envisioning Transfor...
2022-12-2345 min
The AllCreation PodcastRev. Jimi Calhoun on Transformation (Protect & Serve)A Life of Transformation: Rev. Jimi Calhoun. The son of a pastor, Rev. Jimi Calhoun was a teen and early adopter of Hippie culture in the San Francisco Bay area during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. As a prodigious young musician he worked with breakthrough stars like Wilson Pickett and Lou Rawls before he could drive. By the early 1980s he had played on 100s of credited and uncredited recordings, including Exile on Main Street by The Rolling Stones. He is best known today for classic recordings with Dr. John (including the album, Gumbo), Parliament Funkadelic, Sly...
2022-12-2255 min
The AllCreation PodcastDr. Marj Barlow on Transformation (part 2: Feminism, Biosphere, Joy)A Life of Transformation: Marj Barlow, PhD., is a historically-significant therapist, global-business-change leader, and self-care advocate from Texas. Most famous for her pioneering leadership at Interface Carpets, the world’s largest commercial carpet manufacturer, and first global manufacturer to try to reach net zero and net regenerative environmental impacts, Dr. Barlow built her success off of an identity rooted in honesty, family, Faith, science, and her own experiences. In this podcast, AllCreation exec. editor Chris Searles asks Dr. Barlow to share about being a feminist co-leader, caring more for Other-life, and achieving right transformation. This interview is part of Al...
2022-12-2131 min
The AllCreation PodcastDr. Marj Barlow on Transformation (part 1: Integrity, Curiosity, Care)A Life of Transformation: Marj Barlow, PhD., is a historically-significant therapist, global-business-change leader, and self-care advocate from Texas. Most famous for her pioneering leadership at Interface Carpets, the world’s largest commercial carpet manufacturer, and first global manufacturer to try to reach net zero and net regenerative environmental impacts, Dr. Barlow built her success off of an identity rooted in honesty, family, Faith, science, and her own experiences. In this podcast, editor Chris Searles wanted to ’envision transformation’ from an American/Christian historical perspective, so he asked Marj to share about her early life. Born and raised in rural West T...
2022-12-2156 min
The AllCreation PodcastCalled to CARE: Interfaith discussion | Austin, TX 2023Inspired by recent editions of the AllCreation magazine, we produced this public conversation "exploring Care as Identity," with the help of a distinguished panel and enthusiastic audience. What you're hearing here is live audio from the event. On the panel: Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, The Venerable Jue Ji, Rev. Jimi Calhoun, Rev. Kiya Heartwood, Imam Islam Mossaad, Rev. Brad Highum, and Rev. Erin Walter. Our panel host is Rev. Dr. Stephen Kinney, and our event begins with a welcome from Rev. Billy Tweedie and an introduction by event creator, Chris Searles. “What does Care mean from your Fa...
2022-12-141h 49
Rough DraftsPeople Stepping Up: Rev. Jimi CalhounRev. Jimi Calhoun is an important part of the American music tradition, having recorded classic albums with Dr. John, Parliament-Funakadelic, and many more. He’s also an accomplished author and pastor.
2022-12-1155 min
Rough DraftsPeople Stepping Up: Dr. Marj Barlow, pt. 2In this episode, part 2 of 2, 93-year old Marj Barlow, Ph. D., shares her views on Feminism, biosphere care and her compass of joy.
2022-12-1131 min
Rough DraftsPeople Stepping Up: Dr. Marj Barlow, pt. 1In this episode we discuss Ragan's views on "Interconnectedness" and saving the planet.Marj Barlow: A Lifetime of Transformation. Marj Barlow, Ph.D., grew up on a tiny West Texas farm during the Depression / Dust Bowl era. A harsh life by modern American standards. Today, more than 90 years later, her contributions to the recent transformation of human identity are large. She has led and supported historic change as an Academic, Therapist, and Entrepreneur before the 1980s, and has spent most her retirement years as a pioneering and internationally-renown sustainability leader at the world's largest commercial carpet manufacturer.
2022-12-1056 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastHarrison's Week & Big PictureWe're helping "Permaculture Man" Harrison Aron, founder of K'Aron Community Farm in Kenya, raise funds for a fence this week and we need your help! He's very happy after all the support our community has given in the last two weeks. This audio is a segment from this week's interview with Harrison by BioIntegrity founder/director Chris Searles. Unfortunately, that video and audio were again too inconsistent to present, so we share this important piece: Harrison updating us on some of what he's done just since receiving funding for seeds, including already purchasing and planting new seeds, digging a...
2022-07-2216 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastHarrison Aron on Water Tanks, Pipes, and a FenceThis audio is a segment from several hours of interviews with Harrison Aron, by BioIntegrity founder/director Chris Searles. Unfortunately the video and audio were too inconsistent to present as a whole, so instead we share this important piece: Harrison talking about the water infrastructure they need in his community and some of the ways having it will greatly help. Harrison is a Permaculture designer / regenerative farmer working to feed his whole community in ways that eliminate food shortages, regrow ecosystems, restore local biodiversity, cool the local micro-climate, improve local water supplies... It's exciting: You can help.
2022-07-1405 min
The AllCreation PodcastNick Loffree on Restoring Connective TissueAt age 17, Nick Loffree was diagnosed with schizophrenia and after years of searching for solutions he ended-up discovering QiGong ("Chi Gong"). Today Nick is a leading QiGong instructor and historian, helping people help themselves by reconnecting to their bodies and Nature around the world. In this conversation, Nick and Tom VandeStadt, co-founder of AllCreation.org, discuss QiGong, the history of Asian energy practices, Nick’s journey from illness to mastery, and more. About NickLearn more at NickLoffree.com.References (links coming soon)Lee HoldenQigong (“Chee-gong”) - Vital energy cultivation; the skill...
2022-06-2143 min
The AllCreation PodcastChristina Conklin on Restoring Connective TissueAbout ChristinaChristina Conklin is an artist, researcher and writer. As a former religious studies major, she spends a lot of time exploring the intersections of belief systems and natural systems. She shares deep insights, stunning artworks, and terrifying research from her latest book, The Atlas of Disappearing Places. Show NotesAt the very end of this podcast, AllCreation producer Chris Searles jumps in with a final question for Christina. Click here to see the video of Christina's presentation, including the slides she shares from 12:00-38:00.R...
2022-06-2152 min
The AllCreation PodcastJeremy Lent on Restoring Connective TissueIn this interview, Jeremy Lent, "one of the greatest thinkers of our age" according to renown journalist George Monbiot, discusses ecological reality, how we understand it, and what we should do next as a society. Jeremy contrasts our modern ways of thinking about existence with the ancient ways from China and the world's Indigenous communities. He shares how connectedness, "which is to say love," is the essence of these ancient worldviews and today's burgeoning complexity science. Jeremy describes the necessity of "deep transformation" into an "ecological civilization," the reality that "the health of the whole system requires the health...
2022-06-2159 min
The AllCreation PodcastDr. Darcia Narvaez on Restoring Connective TissueDarcia Narvaez, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame and a research pioneer integrating work on child flourishing, human moral development, healthy psyche, and Indigenous Peoples' worldview. Professor Narvaez talks here about her breakthrough works, the meaning of "The Evolved Nest," and her new book, "Restoring the Kinship Worldview." She also shares principles and strategies for restoring feelings of connectedness, calm and security to your own life and to couples, families, and communities. About DarciaIn addition to being Professor Emerita of Psychology Emerita at Notre Dame, Darcia...
2022-06-2158 min
Rough DraftsDr. Darcia Narvaez on "Restoring Connective Tissue"Dr. Darcia Narvaez is Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame and a research pioneer integrating work on child flourishing, human moral development, healthy psyche, and Indigenous Peoples' social values. Professor Narvaez talks about her breakthrough work, the meaning of "The Evolved Nest," and her new book, "Restoring the Kinship Worldview."About DarciaDarcia Narvaez, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Psychology Emerita at Notre Dame, a fellow to the American Psychological Association, and a fellow to the American Educational Research Association. She's written, co-authored, and edited more than 20 books. Her...
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Rough DraftsJeremy rough1 on "Restoring Connective Tissue"In this interview, Jeremy Lent, "one of the greatest thinkers of our age" according to renown journalist George Monbiot, discusses ecological reality, how we understand it, and what we should do next as a society. Jeremy contrasts our modern ways of thinking about existence with the ancient ways from China and the world's Indigenous communities. He shares how connectedness, "which is to say love," is the essence of these ancient worldviews and today's burgeoning complexity science. Jeremy describes the necessity of "deep transformation" into an "ecological civilization," the reality that "the health of the whole system requres the health...
2022-05-2659 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastWhat Do We Do Now?From the Austin Community College Honors Program and Office of Sustainability's Earth Week celebrations, in Austin, TX, Earth Day, 2022: "What do we do now?" presented by Chris Searles, director of BioIntegrity.net. [Watch the Zoom video of this podcast on Facebook or YouTube.] This Zoom is QUITE noisy for the first 5 minutes, thanks for your patience! PROGRAM: WHAT DO WE DO NOW0:00 Intro0:25 What is “the biosphere”?I. Some Good News0:50 What you can do now:1:15 Tropical Forests2:20 The Systemic Climate Solution: http://tinyurl.com/systemic-cs3:4...
2022-04-281h 01
The AllCreation PodcastDominionism with Rev. Erin WalterFrom AllCreation's Spring 2022 edition, "Dominionism: Exploring religious relationships with other life." Guest editor, Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, interviews Rev. Erin Walter on the Unitarian Universalist understanding of the Genesis 1:26 concepts of "dominion" and "dominionism." "And God said, 'Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.'" (Genesis 1:26)About ErinRev. Erin J...
2022-03-2136 min
The AllCreation PodcastDominionism with Rabbi Matt RosenbergFrom AllCreation's Spring 2022 edition, "Dominionism: Exploring religious relationships with other life." Guest editor, Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, interviews Rabbi Matt Rosenberg on the Jewish, religious meaning of "dominion" and "dominionism," which appear in the Jewish and Christian Bibles. "And God said, 'Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.'" (Genesis 1:26)About Matt
2022-03-2126 min
The AllCreation PodcastDominionism with Imam Islam MossaadFrom AllCreation's Spring 2022 edition, "Dominionism: Exploring religious relationships with other life," guest edited by Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon. Dan speaks here with Imam Islam Mossaad about Dominionism from an Islamic scriptural perspective. About Imam MossaadImam Islam Mossaad has served as imam for the North Austin Muslim Community Center (NAMCC) from May 2008 – January 2015 and returned to NAMCC January 2018 to the present time. He has also served as Imam for the Islamic Center of Little Rock from September 2003 until May 2006 and Imam for the Islamic Community of Bryan-College Station January 2017 – January 2018. Imam Islam is a Hafidh...
2022-03-2000 min
The AllCreation PodcastDominionism with Dr. Norman WirzbaThis is the keynote interview for AllCreation's Spring 2022 edition, "Dominionism: Exploring religious relationships with other life," guest edited by Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon. Dan speaks here with Dr. Norman Wirzba about Genesis 1:26, the context it was written in, and how knowing all that changes the modern Christian perspective. "And God said, 'Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing t...
2022-03-201h 03
The AllCreation PodcastShmita Live: Allstar Conversation"We are commanded to sustain the world."- Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin & Rabbi Avram Resiner “They shall forever inhabit this earth, the result of My planting, the work of My hands in which I glory.” (Isaiah 60:21)Shmita is a set of commandments in the Jewish and Christian Bibles (The Torah) to practice and celebrate the cyclical "release" of agricultural lands, financial debts, slaves, and ancestral lands. "Shmita Live" was a conversation on Zoom, March 1, 2022 exploring the ancient shmita commandments' many meanings today. The event brought together a number of the amazing people who contributed to AllC...
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The AllCreation PodcastShmita Now with Naomi Edelson & Dr. Mirele GoldsmithIn this podcast guest editor Yaira Robinson explores different ways shmita values are being put into action today. Naomi Edelson, senior director of Wildlife Partnerships at The National Wildlife Federation and Dr. Mirele Goldsmith, environmental psychologist and co-chair of Jewish Earth Alliance, tell us about their projects to restore wildlife on congregational grounds and advocate for a greener, more equal, local community.About Our GuestsNaomi Edelson is the Senior Director of Wildlife Partnerships for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). In this role, she leads partnerships with state wildlife agencies and other state based partners to...
2021-12-2143 min
The AllCreation PodcastShmita Now with Deirdre Gabbay (Shmita Project Northwest)Sharing Shmita: The Shmita Project NorthwestDeirdre Gabbay, director of The Shmita Project Northwest, takes us on a journey of possibilities, exploring how shmita could inspire change in our communities. Does the world need a Shmita year? Deirdre Gabbay shares not only an explanation of what her group is doing, but her inspirations and thinking on the many ways a Shmita year is a good template for how we address modern social crises. Shmita isn’t just about letting the land rest, it’s about the release of debt, slaves, and property, including ancestral homelands. Deidre has a lot of...
2021-12-2125 min
The AllCreation PodcastShmita Now with Joelle Novey (Interfaith Power & Light)Shmita and the Climate Crisis. In this insightful podcast, Joelle Novey and guest editor Yaira Robinson discuss Shmita, who "owns" the Earth, the rhythms of Jewish sacred time, how to sustain activism, living with paradoxes, and more. About Joelle Joelle Novey is director of Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA). She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University where she received a BA in Social Studies and a minor in the Study of Religion. She is also co-author of Green and Just Celebrations, a purchasing guide that Jews United for Justice (JUFJ) distributes to l...
2021-12-2130 min
The AllCreation PodcastShmita Now with Rev. Dr. Daryl Horton & Rabbi Neil BlumofeThe Rev and Rav Talk Sabbatical Year (Shmita). Austin clergy Rev. Daryl Horton and Rabbi Neil Blumofe talk about Shmita, the sabbatical year practice described in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy—exploring concepts such as economic justice, human nature, faith, and enoughness. Daryl and Neil are each respected faith and community leader in Austin, TX. They've each served as directors of Interfaith Action of Central Texas, working towards a common good for all. About Our GuestsRev. Dr. Daryl Horton is Pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Austin, TX. He has served the Austin community in...
2021-12-2152 min
2021-12-1943 min
Rough DraftsShmita Today with Joelle NoveyShmita and the Climate Crisis,About Joelle Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA)other related workAbout Interfaith Power & LightNational officeState affifiliates ReferencesJoelle's bookRabbi Fred Sherlinger DobbEnvironmental TorahDobb’s source sheet to inform a Jewish response to climate changewhen we can violate Shabbat to save a human life 5782 is a Shmita yearFaith community land acknowledgements Jewish Brohaut (?, food prayer)
2021-12-1930 min
Rough DraftsShmita Today with Deirde GabbayShmita is about letting the land rest, the release of debt, and jubilee. Deidre Gabbay from Shmita Project Northwest challenges us to think deeply through the question, “What would a Shmita year look like today”?Shmita Project NorthwestShmita is deeply concerned about social justice. Shmita isn’t just about letting the land rest, it’s about the release of debt, and jubilee. Deidre from Shmita Project Northwest challenges us to think about, “what a Shmita year look like today?”We need a Shmita year. Deirdre Gabbay, ___, ____, shares not only an explanati...
2021-12-1925 min
The AllCreation PodcastShmita, The Sabbatical YearComing 12/21/21, our next collection, Shmita: The Sabbatical Year. The full collection, guest edited by Yaira Robinson, explores the meaning of "Shmita: The Sabbatical Year" today and features articles, artworks, and interviews. This podcast features a few short segments from our upcoming podcasts. We are excited to welcome six new guests. Heard in this collection, in order of appearance: Deirdre Gabbay (fndr,dir., Shmita Project Northwest)Joelle Novey (exec. dir., Interfaith Power and Light D.C.MA.NoVA.)Yaira Robinson (guest editor, AllCreation.org)Dr. Mirele Goldsmith (co-founder, Jewish Earth Alliance)Dr. Rev. Daryl Horton (senior pastor, Mt. Zion Ba...
2021-12-1406 min
Rough DraftsShmita 3a, with Deirdre Gabbay..,podcast syopsis here...About DeirdreDeirdre Gabbay is director of The Shmita Project Northwest, an organization dedicated to bringing attention to the Hebrew calendar's seven-year Shmita cycle which centers the relationship between the earth and the wellbeing of the human and more-than-human world, through education, inspiration, community-building, and programmatic support. She founded Ahavat v'Avodat HaAdamah, "Love and Service of the Earth," in 2015 to establish an environmental presence for the Pacific Northwest rooted in Jewish text, tradition, and practice, specifically to support a response to climate change. Deirdre is a member of Congregation Beth Shalom, Seattle, and...
2021-12-1230 min
Rough DraftsShmita with Joelle NoveyJoelle About Joelle Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA)other related workAbout Interfaith Power & LightNational officeState affifiliates ReferencesRabbi Fred Sherlinger DobbEnvironmental TorahDobb’s source sheet to inform a Jewish response to climate changewhen we can violate Shabbat to save a human life 5782 is a Shmita yearFaith community land acknowledgements Jewish Brohaut (?, food prayer) Quotes I think w...
2021-12-1230 min
Rough DraftsShmita with Rev. Darryl Horton and Rabbi Neil Blumofe...podcat synopsis here...About Our GuestsRev. Dr. Daryl Horton is Pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Austin, TX. A native Austinite, he has been married to his college sweetheart, Dr. Shalonda Horton, for over 25 years. He has served the Austin community in different capacities and a variety of leadership positions. Pastor Horton stands boldly for equity and justice as a leader and resource for the greater Austin area. His goal is to mobilize disciples for mission throughout our community. Read his full bio here. Rabbi Neil Blumofe is a husband and father of three...
2021-12-0652 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastValue of Biosphere Earth, 3-Ecosystem ServicesBiosphere Earth is the composition of life and living ecosystems that make human life possible. This series, "The Value of Biosphere Earth", seeks to connect people of all backgrounds to a greater relationship with that reality by sharing synopses of current science. In this episode, Ecosystem Services, BioIntegrity founder/director Chris Searles shares a brief synopsis of the most valuable thing humans have: Earth's Ecosystem Services. So far this series has covered the history of Life and our Life-support system’s architecture. This podcast talks about what other Life does for us.CitationsCheck out this Goo...
2021-11-2313 min
The Bridge: w/ Jared Michaels & Chris SearlesDamiana Carpizzo on HealingDamiana took us on a journey. By the end of it, we knew a lot more about the biological body, had insight into the direct connection between having a soft body and having clear awareness of our interconnected nature, felt awe for these bodies and these lives of ours, and realized the power and goodness that spontaneously comes from this place of clarity. About DamianaTo book a massage with Damiana: artful-massage.comReferencesTo learn about Esalen Massage: esalen.orgTo learn about Cranial Sacral Massage: integrativehealthcare.orgTo learn about Somatic Coaching: madelinewade...
2021-11-201h 05
The Bridge: w/ Jared Michaels & Chris SearlesProf. Deborah Lawrence on De-FragmentationProfessor Deborah Lawrence is a pioneer in tropical forest ecology, but also in integrating a broad variety of academics and real world experiences to better understand environmental problems and solutions. In this episode we talk from the theme of "de-fragmentation" as a fundamental solution for people, socially and environmentally. We divide the interview into three sections. In part 1 Dr. Lawrence shares an overview of her scientific work distinguishing tropical forests as having greater influence over global climate than other ecosystems. In part 2 she talks about her “awakening” to animals and rainforests and the Indigenous people in them, during college, whic...
2021-11-011h 06
The BioIntegrity PodcastValue of Biosphere Earth, 2-A Self-Generating "Stack"Biosphere Earth is the composition of life and living ecosystems that make human life possible. This series, "The Value of Biosphere Earth", seeks to connect people of all backgrounds to a greater relationship with that reality by sharing synopses of current science. In this episode, A Self-Generating "Stack", BioIntegrity founder/director Chris Searles explains his analogy that the architecture of our Life-support system is pretty similar to the architecture of our computers, but infinitely more advanced. For a complete list of the citations referenced in this post, check out this Google Doc. The analogy: A “stack” is what...
2021-10-2110 min
The Bridge: w/ Jared Michaels & Chris SearlesSheri Herndon on Awakening to a Beautiful FutureIf the whole planet is a village, Sheri Herndon is a village elder. In this conversation, she draws on her decades of experience as an extraordinarily successful activist and gives us a real sense of the beautiful and joyful future that's possible. She does so with great energy, deep kindness, and sheer brilliance. About SheriSheri Herndon cofounded IndyMedia.org, a global grassroots media network, 20 years ago. She is now cofounding MetaTao and Awakening Together to serve awakening to our greatest personal and social potential, synergistic and co-creative sense-making and movement building toward greater freedom and wi...
2021-10-211h 32
The BioIntegrity PodcastValue of Biosphere Earth, 1-The Life TimelineBiosphere Earth is the composition of life and living ecosystems that make human life possible. This series, "The Value of Biosphere Earth", seeks to connect people of all backgrounds to a greater relationship with that reality by sharing synopses of the current scientific record. In this episode, The Life Timeline, BioIntegrity founder/director Chris Searles shares the most recent science on the history of Life's development on our planet. For a complete list of the citations referenced in this post, check out this Google Doc. GraphicsEarth three billion years ago and today.Microbial E...
2021-10-1906 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastValue of Biosphere Earth-IntroOur First Priority. "How are we going to shift our focus from climate change being a technological problem to climate change and the biodiversity extinction crisis being a life-support system problem?" This is the core question that led to the creation of this series, based on a series of short papers about our humanity's Life-support system. Biosphere Earth is the composition of life and living ecosystems that make human life possible--animals, plants, intact ecosystems, and more. The Value of Biosphere Earth series seeks to connect people of all backgrounds to a greater relationship with this reality by...
2021-10-1905 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastSpeed reading of Earth's "Ecosystem Services"In this podcast, BioIntegrity founder/director Chris Searles offers a kind-of, somewhat, funny reading of a partial list of Earth's Ecosystem Services. This list comes from the new series, "The Value of Biosphere Earth" (VOBE). The VOBE series identifies how and why Earth's biosphere--the composition of life and living ecosystems on our planet--is humanity's most urgent, essential and powerful climate solution. Each week a scientific brief, usually two paragraphs with dozens and dozens of academic citations, a short essay, and a short podcast are produced.Check out parts 1, 2, & 3:
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2021-10-0702 min
The Bridge: w/ Jared Michaels & Chris SearlesRandy Jewart on Growing Food LocallyCrystal clear at the end of his career as founder/CEO of “Resolution Gardens", Randy Jewart, talks about his journey from gymnast to academic, artist to activist, and community builder to urban farmer. He shares wisdoms and truths on the rewards of "getting outside and doing some work together," reflections on the challenges of expanding the local food paradigm, and his best idea for global positive change. In Randy's 20+ years based in Austin, TX, he created numerous communities and community events connecting art, ecological literacy, local food, social justice, people in recovery, and more. Randy also shares his feelings ab...
2021-09-271h 12
The AllCreation PodcastI Am the River, Amber Morning Star ByarsAmber Morning Star Byars is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a descendant of the Chickasaw Nation. In this podcast Amber reads her reflections from the Line3 pipeline resistance at Red Lake River in Northern Minnesota. View Amber's article on AllCreation.org to see a photo gallery from the resistance effort and read the text in this recording. This piece is part of AllCreation's Fall Equinox 2021 collection, Sacred Relationship, exploring the Native American sense of sacred relationship with Earth’s other living creatures. The photo here (by Amber) shows Red Lake River, one of just 15 ri...
2021-09-2209 min
The AllCreation PodcastRight Relationship with Janene Yazzie, pt. 2Janene Yazzie is a Diné Asa Navajo entreprenuer, community organizer and human rights advocate who has worked on development and energy issues with Indigenous communities across the United States for over 12 years. In part two of this interview, Janene shares about rights-based solutions, community-led efforts to regeneratively care for Creation, ways the world religions are related and connected to Mother Earth and our non-human relatives, and offers some words of encouragement. Janene is interviewed by Vance Blackfox, guest editor for our Fall 2021 collection exploring the Native American sense of "Sacred Relationship" with Earth's other living creatures. Ab...
2021-09-2118 min
The AllCreation PodcastRight Relationship with Janene Yazzie, pt. 1Janene Yazzie is a Diné Asa Navajo woman from the Navajo Nation. She is a community organizer and human rights advocate who has worked on development and energy issues with Indigenous communities across the United States for over 12 years. In part one of this interview she talks about her background and identity, steps for personal and societal transformation, and how to stay "in a good way." Janene is interviewed by Vance Blackfox for AllCreation's Fall 2021 collection exploring the Native American sense of "Sacred Relationship" with Earth's other living creatures. About JaneneAmong he...
2021-09-2124 min
The AllCreation PodcastSacred Relationship with Vance BlackfoxThis episode of the AllCreation podcast, part 1 of our series exploring the Native American sense of "Sacred Relationship," was actually recorded during the interviews for our prior issue. Vance Blackfox, a citizen of the Cherokee nation and a breakthrough Lutheran theologian and minister, explained during that interview that the annihilation and relocation of Native American peoples during the colonization of North America didn't just tragically and traumatically affect Native American lives -- it destroyed sacred practices. Here, Vance shines a light on some of the gaps in the common understanding of Native American spirituality and relationship with our "non-human...
2021-09-2025 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastJanene Yazzie on Next StepsJanene Yazzie is an entrepreneur, community organizer and human rights advocate from the Navajo Nation. She has an extensive bio. Janene is perhaps best known as co-founder/CEO of Sixth World Solutions, a consultancy focused on rights-based approaches to development, which center on Indigenous Peoples rights and traditional ecological knowledge, and as the International Indian Treaty Council's co-convener of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group to the United Nation's High Level Political Forum on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. About this podcastJanene is interviewed here by Cherokee citizen Vance Blackfox. This segment comes from the Fall 2021 issue...
2021-09-0210 min
The BioIntegrity Podcast"The Value of Biosphere Earth"BioIntegrity founder / director, Chris Searles, reads his paper, "The Value of Biosphere Earth" -- an academic consideration of Earth's life-support system as our primary economic, social, climate, and cultural-advancement priority this decade. This is the first draft. We are welcoming all forms of feedback at this time. Send your comments to chris "dot" searles "at" biointegrity.net. LinkRead the full paper, The Value of Biosphere Earth = All Economic Value + All Life Value, here: https://mcusercontent.com/4f8c6cb2fda71eae586f9b913/files/1e76a561-2f4c-cd92-e3ec-a1576df7484d/The_Value...
2021-08-2444 min
The Bridge: w/ Jared Michaels & Chris SearlesDaniel Lavelle on Indigenous Peoples' Rights“These are insights i will think about and integrate over time.” (—Jared) In this masterclass of an interview with Daniel Lavelle, U.S. Director for Survival International, Daniel explains his organization's courageous work and why indigenous sovereignty and human rights are priority one for the global environmental solution. It's an eye-opening session we recommend to every listener. Be sure to check out Daniel's organization as well. About DanielDaniel earned his PhD in Philosophy and Environmental Science, Policy and Management from UC Berkeley. He's been US Director of Survival International since 2018. Audio Caveat...
2021-08-171h 06
The Bridge: w/ Jared Michaels & Chris SearlesTravis Ben Robinson on Finding SacrednessTravis Ben Robinson is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, psychotherapist, and co-director of the Marina Counseling Center in San Francisco. He joins us for a light-hearted, deep, kind of folksy conversation that shines a light on our way forward. He says (and we agree) that the way forward is through discovering and rediscovering that everything is sacred. He offers some excellent tools to help us along the way such as following what feels warm in the moment, waking up our body's consciousness, and finding safety. This last tool feels especially fresh, as safety is not usually talked about in spiritual...
2021-08-1752 min
The Bridge: w/ Jared Michaels & Chris SearlesLea Seigen Shinraku on Self-CompassionAccording to Lea Seigen Shinraku, psychotherapist and founder of the San Francisco Center for Self-Compassion, negative self-talk is like wearing a virtual-reality headset. It can be crippling and derail us from doing what really matters, like helping to make the world a better place. In this episode, she offers wise and cutting-edge guidance for transforming negative self-talk and becoming optimal agents of positive change. Usually we think the way forward is external. Lea helps us see otherwise. About LeaLea Seigen Shinraku is founder of the San Francisco Center for Self Compassion. Visit sfcenterforselfcompassion.com f...
2021-08-171h 11
The BioIntegrity PodcastThoughts on Bezos & the Biosphere (A Fundraising Ask)"We have built our society on a number of paradigms that are not rooted in Life-support system reality." In this podcast, BioIntegrity founder Chris Searles shares on the idea that wealth monarchies have propagated the paradigms that whatever's best for those who have the most is best for society, and society can live on material wealth alone. Recorded on a morning walk across a 3,000 acre pecan farm in West Texas about 100 miles from Jeff Bezos' recent launch into space. ReferencesBezos in spaceBranson in spaceA draft of the paper, "The Value of Biosphere Earth"No other p...
2021-07-2313 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastBioIntegrity's Six-Legged TableIn this podcast BioIntegrity director Chris Searles provides a brief overview of what each table leg means to BioIntegrity's new organizational model and identity, and proposes the world's .1% wealthiest entities (individuals, corporations, funds, institutions, etc.) invest 5% of their net worths in rescuing the only life-support system's remaining old growth wildernesses and transitioning today's economy into a regenerative economy. The rest of this decade should be focused on successfully achieving this paradigm change in order to overcome today's global challenges. Our primary goal: de-fragmentation of the global wilderness continuum by 2040; emergency-scale protection, regrowth and integration of wilderness integrity on Earth.
2021-07-0818 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastFundraising Ask + Big Thoughts on Drought ResponseDonate to BioIntegrityDonate to BioIntegrity here! Covered in this podcastThank you Jane Lowrimore, Linda Miller-Raff and Dr. Anne-Marie Thomas for their recent donations! Thank you also to CJ Abdo, new monthly contributor!The fundraising ask (short)We need something we can all agree on, how about continuation of the only Life-Support System?We are now living in the era of the broken climate system. Think in decades for the solution to take shape: next eight years (the 2020s), next ten after that (2030s), and the next ten (2040s): Regrow stability. Transition out of l...
2021-07-0812 min
The AllCreation PodcastApocalypse? with Mary DeJongMary DeJong, is founder of Waymarkers, a project offering an exceptional collection of curricula, retreat experiences, writings, spiritual companioning experiences, and nature-based art to help Christians and people of all backgrounds restore their relationships to the sacred in each other and the more than human world. "Waymarkers", the word, is derived from Jeremiah 31:21. Mary is also co-founder and chair of Cheasty Green Space, a 43-acre public park rewilding project in Seattle, and a noted theologian. In this podcast we discuss Apocalypse as the end of all things and Apokalypsis as a revelatory uncovering of transformative knowledge. Mary s...
2021-06-2257 min
The AllCreation PodcastApocalypse? with Rev. Louis Tillman, pt. 3"What does Black Advancement look like?" Louis lists numerous facets of Advancement for Black Americans, starting with dismantling White dominance and amplifying Black and multicultural existentialism. Louis discusses institutionalized racism, institutionalized privilege, new ventures for voices that have never been heard or are unvalued. "How do we keep investing into those minds that are going to shape the generations to come for hundreds of years?" Key quotesI'm trying to address: "What is the infectious disease of racism in this county?""The root, not the branch." - Nat TurnerIn God's kingdom accomplishments...
2021-06-2221 min
The AllCreation PodcastApocalypse? with Rev. Louis Tillman, pt. 2Ideas discussedHow has community gardening been transformative?Tell us about working with recently-released incarcerated peopleKey quotes(On ecojustice)... These issues affect us more than other people. It took a while for church folk to get the therapeutic value of gardening. They wanted to build fences. You want to have the trust of your community. Whatever the penitentiary wants to say, whatever the legal system wants to say, whatever society wants to say, we are still strong, beautiful and gifted children of God, who happen to be...
2021-06-2239 min
The AllCreation PodcastApocalypse? with Rev. Louis Tillman, pt. 1We begin this 3-part conversation by asking Rev. Louis Tillman to share about his work providing baptisms, funerals, memorial services, counseling services and church services all over the Mid-Atlantic US, since Covid. When asked how he remains rooted under extreme pressure Louis tells about his background as a prodigious but reluctant preacher, the hardest eight years of his life, his parents, his early church life, his passions for: trusting God, helping people in transformative ways, overcoming incredible obstacles, and building relationships in and out of church. He also shares views on Black elitism, in and out of the church...
2021-06-221h 15
The AllCreation PodcastApocalypse? with Vance Blackfox, pt. 2Vance Blackfox, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is director of Other+Wise, coordinator for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America’s Theological Round Table, creator and producer of the Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, Indigenous theologian for the Faith-based initiative for the City of San Antonio, and a freelance educator on Cherokee and Native American culture. In this episode, Vance explains: How "Development" has impacted Native Americans, their lands, and their relationships with CreationWhat the conversation on "reparations" is like todayWhat non-Native people should do or learn from Native Ame...
2021-06-2139 min
The AllCreation PodcastApocalypse? with Vance Blackfox, pt. 1Vance Blackfox, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is director of Other+Wise, coordinator for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America’s Theological Round Table, creator and producer of the Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, Indigenous theologian for the Faith-based initiative at the City of San Antonio, and a freelance educator on Cherokee and Native American culture. In this episode, Vance explains: Indigenous land acknowledgementWhat name to call Native Americans todayHow Native Americans talk about ApocalypseTo learn more about, or connect to, Vance visit VanceBlackfox.com or contact Van...
2021-06-2145 min
The AllCreation PodcastApocalypse? with Rev. Matt SyrdalWhat is "apocalypse" and is it happening now? Rev. Matthew Syrdal is senior pastor at Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church, co-founder of Seminary of the Wild, and founder of Church of Lost Walls. In this interview / conversation between friends, AllCreation editor Chris Searles asks Matt to share his thoughts and views on Apocalypse and Apokalypsis. Matt discusses ancient Hebrew, New Testament texts, mythology, modern pyschology, indigenous identity, and more; worth repeat listenings. Visit SeminaryoftheWild.com and ChurchofLostWalls.org for more on the content discussed in this interview. References "Unveiling" - the traditional Hebrew m...
2021-06-1043 min
The Bridge: w/ Jared Michaels & Chris SearlesOur Visions for "The Bridge"The Science Is In. The world needs radical, inclusive, constructive change if it is to win the climate challenge, the species extinction crisis, the refugee challenge, and so much more. How do we build the bridge out of today's mounting environmental crises and prevent all of the things they incur? Chris and Jared come at the solution from different, but complimentary directions. Jared, a psychotherapist and Zen Buddhist priest in California and Chris, a globally-strategic conservation advocate in Texas, share their thoughts on how rescuing our shared future requires all of us to do both inner (Jared's focus) and...
2021-04-0555 min
The AllCreation PodcastInterconnectedness with Rev. Jared MichaelsRev. Jared Michaels is a Zen Buddhist priest, therapist, activist, and family man. In this conversation we discuss "Interconnectedness" and Buddhism, psychological health, sacredness, and child rearing. Jared finishes the episode by leading a meditation on Interconnectedness. Don't miss. Visit JaredMichaels.com for more on Jared's breakthrough work.
2021-03-141h 01
The AllCreation PodcastInterconnectedness & the Ground Beneath Us, with Paul BogardThis episode begins with two quotes from Paul's book, The Ground Beneath Us, then jumps into the conversation. Paul Bogard is author of The Ground Beneath Us: From the Oldest Cities to the Last Wilderness, What Dirt Tells Us About Who We Are, a must-read book about humans and soils. Paul is also author of The End of Night, an internationally-acclaimed book on our vanishing relationship with the night sky. This interview explores Paul's thoughts on soils and the many, many ways we are connected to them. Here's a rough layout of interview: 0:00 Intro3:00 Solution6:00 Physicality9:30 Co...
2021-03-1326 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastResponse to "The Amazon used to be the lungs of the planet. Not anymore"Thoughts on the severity of the day — biospheric recession and becoming the “next” generation. This podcast is re: the recent Fast Company article, "The Amazon used to be 'the lungs of the planet.' Not anymore" and related academic research. Scientifically, the Amazon is the heart of our life support system and the greatest of the productive ecosystems. It is no doubt in retreat and radically threatened today by global warming and human abuse. How do we respond? This isn't just an Amazon problem..... This podcast identifies the basis for change from the top and advancing our known future with b...
2021-03-1109 min
The BioIntegrity PodcastResponse to "UN says World has 10 months," and an update on BioIntegrity 2.0On Feb. 26, 2021, The United Nations published a report which clarified that nations have 10 months to get serious on their climate pledges. Here's a response to that, for the BioIntegrity community, from BioIntegrity founder/director, Chris Searles. In this podcast, Chris talks about the urgency of shifting our focus onto the biosphere, as we endeavor to sort-out how to stop and reverse multiple, urgent, planetary crises. Show notes, with citations, here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6Cv_N3B66ycEqKUrXx0aYwSUxYQGlio/view?usp=sharing
2021-03-0418 min
The AllCreation PodcastInterconnectedness with Rev. Ragan SutterfieldRev. Ragan Sutterfield is an accomplished author, journalist, iron man, family man, Wendell Berry scholar, and Episcopalian priest. In this episode we talk about Ragan's views on our "Interconnectedness" with nature. Visit ragansutterfield.com to learn more about Ragan's amazing works.Discussed in this podcastWhat does the future look like if we get it right? The importance of putting relationship first, in environmental solutions “Humus beings”InterconnectednessBooks by RaganWendell Berry and the Given LifeThis is My BodyCultivating RealityFarming as a Spiritual DisciplineA few quotes“What if we la...
2021-03-0221 min
Our Wild WorldEncore: Biointegrity with Chris SearlesIn this illuminating discussion with Chris Searles, accomplished musician turned founder of Biointegrity, a for-profit fundraising business to empower the most efficient means of protecting the earth’s biosphere, we talk about an issue that conservation has strayed from: that to protect biodiversity and the ability for any and all life to survive on a habitable earth, we must protect the intact biosphere. Otherwise, we are just another planetary rock in the universe devoid of life. Biointegrity’s mission is to help the world’s most impactful, global environmental solutions succeed as fast as possible by investing in projects that protec...
2019-09-231h 01Our Wild WorldBiointegrity with Chris SearlesIn this illuminating discussion with Chris Searles, accomplished musician turned founder of Biointegrity, a for-profit fundraising business to empower the most efficient means of protecting the earth’s biosphere, we talk about an issue that conservation has strayed from: that to protect biodiversity and the ability for any and all life to survive on a habitable earth, we must protect the intact biosphere. Otherwise, we are just another planetary rock in the universe devoid of life. Biointegrity’s mission is to help the world’s most impactful, global environmental solutions succeed as fast as possible by investing in projects that protec...
2018-10-221h 01
Mothering Earth PodcastMothering Earth - 49 - BioIntegrityWhat is biological integrity? It is a way of evaluating the health of an eco-system. In this program, Chris Searles, founder of a nonprofit organization called BioIntegrity, explains why it is important to preserve the biological integrity of rainforests, and the ways in which these areas of the world can contribute to holding back the damaging effects of climate change.
2018-09-0125 min