Best Benji Ross Podcasts (2024)

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Building in Public: Listening Season for Awakening Lands 9:26

6M ago9:26

9:26

In this is a new version of our “Building in Public”, and we’re sharing how we are making some updates to our recently published proposal. We realized that we need to take some time prototyping this workshop, using this opportuntity listen to our partners and community by condensing the workshop and delivering it to various groups throughout Erie N…

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Building in Public: An Ecosystem of Workshops 3:11

6M ago3:11

3:11

Please check out the companion Substack article that goes with this episode to see a bit of storytelling. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Anna Purpera & Benji Ross

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Building it in Public - Our regenerative storytelling workshops have begun 5:16

7M ago5:16

5:16

Please check out the companion Substack article that goes with this episode to see a bit of storytelling. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Anna Purpera & Benji Ross

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Building it in Public - Awakening and Regenerating Stories Workshop 4:09

8M ago4:09

4:09

To best follow along, please subscribe to our Substack. You can do so for free, or if you'd like to help us grow this regenerative storytelling ecosystem, you can donate. https://open.substack.com/pub/awakeninglands/p/building-it-in-public-awakening-lands?r=3cr1x3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

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Sylvin Ashbrook - Cultivating love of place and land connection in Erie Niagara, Buffalo, New York 31:17

9M ago31:17

31:17

Sylvin Ashbrook is a true a weaver in the Erie Niagara region. They are a Land Stewardship Coordinator at Grassroots Gardens WNY, working directly with community members across a network of community gardens in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. This experience aligns well with their dream of community-owned regeneration, and allows them to embed themselve…

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Lynda Schneekloth - Feeling that life is so much bigger than we originally imagined it to be from Erie Niagara, Buffalo, New York 51:40

9M ago51:40

51:40

In this episode, we speak with Lynda Schneekloth, one of the founding members of Friends of the Buffalo River (now Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper), founder of the Western New York Environmental Alliance, and Professor Emerita at the University at Buffalo. She came to Buffalo to teach landscape architecture at UB in the 80s, and fell in love with the c…

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Margaret Wooster - Finding wonder and connection even in contaminated places while inspiring ongoing regeneration from Erie Niagara, Buffalo, New York 45:28

9M ago45:28

45:28

Margaret Wooster is a Buffalo native who embodies regenerative leading and weaving. She has used her PhD in English and Master's degree in Urban and Environmental Planning to teach at the local University at Buffalo, write 3 books about restoring waterways in Western New York, and to inform her life of advocacy. Margaret has been central to several…

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Marcus Rosten - Forming ecological connections in a place defined by them, from Buffalo Niagara, Western New York 36:24

10M ago36:24

36:24

In this episode, we’re talking to Marcus Rosten, an accomplished, young, and outgoing regenerative leader and weaver bringing a whole lot of love and pride to the Erie Niagara bioregion. Marcus was the recipient of the 30 under 30 award from the American Association of Environmental Education for the long list of hats he’s worn over the years: ecol…

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Richard Coates - Learning to live through values and championing belonging to people and place in Purley on Thames, UK 34:40

10M ago34:40

34:40

Richard Coates works in healthcare, regeneration, and community co-creation in Purley-on-Thames in the River Thames watershed. He is a neuropsychologist and works as an independent practitioner with clients with severe traumatic brain injuries and their families. His discovery of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) transformed the way he delive…

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Jay Burney - Celebrating stories of migration across the Niagara River Strait, Buffalo, New York 12:42

10M ago12:42

12:42

In this episode, we’re talking to Jay Burney, someone who is very well-known for the work he does in and around Buffalo, NY. He is a writer, photographer, educator, naturalist, husband and father, project and business developer and manager with over 40 years of experience in media, ecology, habitat, community engagement, and education. He has been …

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Brandon Letsinger - The art of creating space for people to come together and Regenerate Cascadia, from Seattle, Cascadia 46:12

10M ago46:12

46:12

Brandon Letsinger is here to talk to us about something he is very passionate about: bioregionalism and the Cascadia movement. He has spent his life working to change systems for the better, and he feels that focusing on bioregionalism is the most sustainable and regenerative form of creating a better world. In this episode, Brandon shares the path…

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Clare Attwell - Sharing stories of aliveness and local belonging through community art in Victoria, British Columbia with roots in South Africa 50:31

11M ago50:31

50:31

Clare Attwell skillfully weaves community through the process of creating art. Really, she holds the space and the creative process does the weaving. It’s in between the phases of first collectively envisioning the concept and eventually sharing it with the community that Clare says relationships and community building actually happens. In the crea…

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Elliott Groen - Folly as a reminder to not take ourselves too seriously, to open up new space for collective explorations, and to be joyful from a conifer stand in The Greater Tkaronto Bioregion, Ontario ... 55:01

11M ago55:01

55:01

Elliott is a native of Burlingtin, ON, but was raised in the Netherlands and has lived in Sweden and the British Columbia Interior. After working for a decade as a chef, carpenter, and farmer, he eventually settled into the environmental field and graduated from Sir Sandford Fleming's Forest Tech Program with the Indigenous Designation Perspective.…

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Kiran Topiwala - Belonging, the Dharma, Sacred Sanctuaries, and jumping into regenerative flows in and around Dharamshala, India 50:02

11M ago50:02

50:02

Today, we are chatting with Kiran Topiwala! Kiran is an artist, someone who is learning to walk the pathway of regeneration, a seeker of the right way to be humans together on Earth. He believes in the power of collaboration, innovation, and conscious design to create a positive impact on the world. He is the founder of Kula, which is doing some ve…

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Heidi Steltzer - Ways of knowing through science, spirituality, and giving community a voice amongst the awe inspiring San Juan Mountains and deserts of the Four Corners Region, Colorado 59:17

12M ago59:17

59:17

Today we talk to the dynamic and relentless seeker for how we all can better care for the Earth, Heidi Steltzer. Heidi knows that a just, equal, and sustainable world is possible. She is an environmental scientist and explorer, and finds awe and wonder in places on Earth that many people never see. She has some stories about places like Antarctica …

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Gwen Garcelon - Exploring and weaving with a prosocial orientation since before it was a thing in the Roaring Fork Valley, under Mt Sopris, Colorado 51:17

12M ago51:17

51:17

In this episode we are joined by Landscape Leader Gwen Garcelon. Gwen’s career path has included community organizing, social entrepreneurship, sustainability consulting, local food systems development, and executive coaching. Gwen is oriented towards seeing the big picture. She is an advocate for listening to and seeing the wholeness of local land…

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Roberta Hill - Bioregional and ecological education in the Acadian Northern Forest of Maine 55:04

12M ago55:04

55:04

Roberta is an all weather outdoor enthusiast, field ecologist, an exuberant gardener, a fearless cook, a lifelong learner, musician, and dancer. She and her husband are firmly rooted in the gardens, orchards, fields and woodlands that grace their beloved Irish Hill in Buckfield, Maine. Roberta has been helping Mainers and their communities protect …

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Chris Casillas - Community fun with purpose, to regenerate Sonora in Superior, Arizona 57:54

12M ago57:54

57:54

Chris Casillas is founder of Regenerating Sonora, a Superior based nonprofit that’s nurturing local potential for a resilient and regenerative future. He also helps build leaderful organizations as co-founder of The Development Dojo, and is a board member at the Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange. Chris has a background in tech where he pla…

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The Introduction to Awakening Lands 3:45

12M ago3:45

3:45

Our introduction to what we're all about - uplifting the stories of bioregions and the people that steward them. From the Landscape Leaders, those devoted to their community and place who are largely invisible and unfunded, to the aspiring who are just starting to uncover their story, to the larger narrative of the bioregionalism movement as a whol…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Benji Ross Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Awakening Lands

Anna Purpera & Benji Ross

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Building in Public: Listening Season for Awakening Lands 9:26

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Building in Public: An Ecosystem of Workshops 3:11

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Building it in Public - Our regenerative storytelling workshops have begun 5:16

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Building it in Public - Awakening and Regenerating Stories Workshop 4:09

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Sylvin Ashbrook - Cultivating love of place and land connection in Erie Niagara, Buffalo, New York 31:17

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Lynda Schneekloth - Feeling that life is so much bigger than we originally imagined it to be from Erie Niagara, Buffalo, New York 51:40

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Margaret Wooster - Finding wonder and connection even in contaminated places while inspiring ongoing regeneration from Erie Niagara, Buffalo, New York 45:28

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Marcus Rosten - Forming ecological connections in a place defined by them, from Buffalo Niagara, Western New York 36:24

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Richard Coates - Learning to live through values and championing belonging to people and place in Purley on Thames, UK 34:40

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Jay Burney - Celebrating stories of migration across the Niagara River Strait, Buffalo, New York 12:42

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Brandon Letsinger - The art of creating space for people to come together and Regenerate Cascadia, from Seattle, Cascadia 46:12

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Clare Attwell - Sharing stories of aliveness and local belonging through community art in Victoria, British Columbia with roots in South Africa 50:31

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Elliott Groen - Folly as a reminder to not take ourselves too seriously, to open up new space for collective explorations, and to be joyful from a conifer stand in The Greater Tkaronto Bioregion, Ontario ... 55:01

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Kiran Topiwala - Belonging, the Dharma, Sacred Sanctuaries, and jumping into regenerative flows in and around Dharamshala, India 50:02

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Heidi Steltzer - Ways of knowing through science, spirituality, and giving community a voice amongst the awe inspiring San Juan Mountains and deserts of the Four Corners Region, Colorado 59:17

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Gwen Garcelon - Exploring and weaving with a prosocial orientation since before it was a thing in the Roaring Fork Valley, under Mt Sopris, Colorado 51:17

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Roberta Hill - Bioregional and ecological education in the Acadian Northern Forest of Maine 55:04

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Chris Casillas - Community fun with purpose, to regenerate Sonora in Superior, Arizona 57:54

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The Introduction to Awakening Lands 3:45

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