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Coconut Thinking

Benjamin Freud, Ph.D.

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The Coconut Thinking podcast brings educational provocateurs and practitioners in the regenerative space together to ask: what would it take to create the conditions for all life to thrive? Conversations are as diverse as the guests, but each one participates in the ecosystem, and each one questions the dominant narrative. This is a show for those who are curious about learning, systems, and contributing to the bio-collective—all life that has an interest in the healthfulness of the planet.
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Let’s run down the halls, speak out of turn, break a few rules, and have an honest conversation about why schools need to change. Join me, Sal Gordon, and other rule-breakers as we dig into what needs to change, why and how we can pick up the pace on education reform. I’m going beyond the theory. Beyond the school gates. I’m getting fidgeting and I’m not waiting to put my hand up to be given permission to talk. I think the School bell is about to ring, so let’s get ready to get real.
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How is place an emergent, relational experience, rather than a fixed location? In this special episode, Charlotte and Benjamin speak alongside the sounds of Paris to create a conversation that includes the city. We come to Europe every couple of years to visit family, and this year we will also drop my son off to university. We recorded this episod…
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How might we commit to change in order to create conditions for deeper learning and put students first? In this episode, I speak with Kyle Wagner. Kyle is an education consultant and founder of Transform Educational Consulting (TEC). He specializes in empowering schools to create socially, emotionally, and globally aware citizens through project-ba…
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How might regenerative travel teach us about reciprocity, contributing to a different approach to education? In this episode I speak with David Leventhal and Ximena Rodrigues of Playa Viva. Playa Viva is a B-Corp certified brand that leverages hospitality to bring capital to work to improve ecosystems, for people and planet, to create vibrant, resi…
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What if we decided to do things differently? I speak with Clover Hogan. Clover is a 24-year-old climate activist and the founding Executive Director of Force of Nature - the youth non-profit turning climate anxiety into action. She has worked alongside the world’s leading authorities on sustainability, consulted within the boardrooms of Fortune 50 …
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How might our stories be as unique as the place from which they unfold? In this episode, I speak with Jenny Andersson. Jenny is the founder of The Really Regenerative Centre. She works as a strategist, facilitator and educator, supporting organizations and communities to create visions for the future they want – together – and to find the energy, w…
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How might we re-think higher education to be about our ability to discern the world and take action, not the diplomas we receive? I speak with Ronald Barnett. Ron has spent a lifetime in higher education as a scholar, institutional leader and manager, researcher, and writer. He is recognized as having introduced and developed the philosophy of high…
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How might we create the conditions and spaces for learning to be wild? Or maybe we need to un-create them for wildness? I speak to Jennifer D. Klein and Jill Ackers-Clayton. Jennifer has a broad background in global education and global partnership development, student-centered curricular strategies, diversity and inclusivity work, authentic assess…
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Join Laura and Sal in this live podcast episode on how to empower and amplify youth voices in addressing social issues locally and globally. Laura will share her journey and insights as a Middle School Literacy and Thematic teacher, integrating human rights, humanitarianism and the Global Goals into the learning and thematic units.…
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How might we come together around a WHY rather than a HOW? Might the HOW sort itself out if we share purpose? In this episode, I speak with Kevin Bartlett. Kevin is the Founder of the Common Ground Collaborative. He has held leadership positions in the UK, Tanzania, Namibia, Austria, and Belgium, where he was most recently Director of the Internati…
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How might AI create both utopian and dystopian futures all at the same time? What does this mean for education and for learning? In this episode, I speak with Darren Coxon. Darren is Founder of CoxonAI, a worldwide strategic advisory specialising in K-12 AI implementation. An educator for 25 years, Darren has most recently managed the operation of …
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How might we free ourselves from the bondage of data to tell different stories of learning? In this episode, I speak with David Penberg, Ph.D. David is an urban and international educator, teacher and writer with 40 years of experience. His work is place-based and intergenerational. He supports communities seeking to become more vital, joyous and i…
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How might learning be flow between structure and emergence? How might we measure impact quantitatively and qualitatively? In this episode, I speak with Michael Bunce. Michael is an educator, researcher, and interdisciplinary sound artist, with wide-ranging international experience across education and the arts. As an educational researcher, he spec…
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What if schools encouraged more questions than answers and aimed for learning that contributes to the thriving of all life? Let's tell a different story of rewilding learning, where individual and collective wonder drive education towards creating a better world.By Green Educators Program
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What might flourishing look like as collective and individual experiences entangled in environment? Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley is a Senior lecturer in education policy at Bath Spa University and is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research is philosophical in nature and helps us to better understand social problems and social resear…
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How might we tell new stories open up our imagination to what is possible? In this episode, I speak with Cindy Forde. Cindy’s career has been dedicated to transforming how we understand and act as human beings towards Earth. She works globally with leaders across sectors in education, communication and sustainability including University of Cambrid…
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As an educator, Geoff sees learning as an intersection where the wonder of science, art and environmental awareness meet. Discover how his passion for sustainable education found a place in Green School Bali through the Bio Bus experiential programme. Follow us: @green.educatorsBy Green Educators Course
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How might we transform our relationality with the world, as the world, especially the non-human world? In this episode, I speak with Rūta Žemčugovaitė. Rūta is a writer, artist, and researcher, working with mycelium for regenerative futures. With a background in Psychology, she learned to facilitate trauma healing and shadow work in Costa Rica and …
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What might happen when the landscape is our place of learning? In this episode, I speak with Luis Alberto Camargo. Luis was named the 2023 Richard Louv Prize recipient, in recognition of his life’s work, which has impacted 130,000 children and youth across Colombia. Luis is Founder and Executive Director of Organización para la Educación y Protecci…
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What might it be like if we approached education and business as if we belonged to the living world? In this conversation, I speak with Gil Friend. Gil, a systems ecologist and business strategist, is widely considered a founder of the sustainable business movement. He is noted for inspiring, challenging, and supporting business, policy, and invest…
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How might the stories we tell about the future help us bring about the futures we want? In this episode, I speak with Will Richardson. Will was a guest on the podcast a couple of years ago, and it's fascinating to notice how he his thinking has both shifted and stayed strong. A former public school educator of 22 years, Will has spent the last 18 y…
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Have you ever wondered how you can empower students to make informed choices about their food while nurturing their understanding of the environment and society? Are you interested in creating transformative learning experiences for your students? Ida Rahayu has created a holistic educational initiative, 'Seeds to Table', that might interest you. T…
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How can capital contribute to the (non-monetary) wealth of the entire ecosystem? In this episode, I speak with Cordell Jacks. Cordell is the Co-founder and CEO of Regenerative Capital Group, a Canadian-based fund and accelerator that trains entrepreneurs in an 'alternative' entrepreneurial career path through ETA (entrepreneurship through acquisiti…
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How might we approach life from Nature's paradigm rather than from the dominant paradigm? In this episode, I speak with Denise DeLuca. Denise is the founder of Wild Hazel. She is an adjunct faculty and the former Director of MCAD’s Sustainable Design program. She was co-founder of BCI: Biomimicry Creative for Innovation, a network of creative profe…
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Getting children acquainted with the natural world is actually simple. According to Andy, our Primary Green Studies teacher, fostering this connection can be done without living close to the jungle, beach, or having a garden. Even when you don't have direct access to the ecosystem, you can still support children to develop their love and empathy fo…
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Ever wondered how to make learning relevant and impactful to you as an educator and your students? Sharing a glimpse of her life journey of the unexpected event that made her become a teacher, Angie shared how she’s now a keen practitioner of interdisciplinary learning, where real-world issues and impactful actions are exercised regularly with the …
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In this episode, I speak with Stefan Bauschard. Stefan is the Co-founder of educating4ai.com; the Owner of DebateUS.org, the Executive Co-Director of the New York City Urban Debate League and the Debate Coach @ Lakeland Schools. He is also the author of several substance articles that have received a tremendous amount of attention in the way they c…
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How might curriculum emerge from specific time and place? In this episode, I speak with Russell John Cailey. Russell is the Managing Director and visionary behind THINK Learning Studio (TLS), which is associated with Think Global School, one of the first traveling high schools. He aims to revolutionize the education industry. Honoured as a Top 100 …
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How do we find the courage to move beyond the single story? In this episode, I speak with Sahana Chattopadhyay. Sahana is a Writer, Speaker, Synthesizer, and Transition Catalyst. Through her work, she researches and explores different pathways to civilizational transition towards life-sustaining and decolonial future(s), and counter-hegemonic narra…
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