Best Design Huddle Podcasts (2024)

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Sarah Andrews - Huddling by design 46:36

18d ago46:36

46:36

Sarah Andrews has this way of stripping back the noise & replacing hustle with humility. A gentle woman, who describes herself as '90% introvert', she has crated beautiful spaces by considering them her palette to tell stories & then inviting in a global community of folk to share her special space. The key, she says, to creating spaces that are wa…

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Osprey Oriel Lake - The Story Is In Our Bones 47:12

4d ago47:12

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How do we become a life enhancing species? How do we remember in our bones our earth lineage? Osprey asks us to consider 'How are we each ‘efforting’ towards a different way of being? If you said Together...SNAP. While acknowledging that we're each complicit in living & swimming in an extractive economy & extractive world - its about the way we nav…

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Jane Stevens - By the grace of Gaia goes she! 47:22

11d ago47:22

47:22

Jane Stevens is passing on the knowledge from her lifelong poly passions of gardening, herbalism, astrology and moon cycles as a gift to the world in the from of a book (one that carries a Chelsea green publishers mark on the spine & a Rosemary Gladstar forward no less). This Wisconsin based wealth of other-worldly wisdom shares why writing a book …

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Casper Ter Kuile - (rhymes with smile) - The power of ritual, relationship covenants and why we can practice sacred reading with any book 58:44

25d ago58:44

58:44

Summary: In a world of consumption & content this chat ponders which containers for connection are going to hold us in relationships that are strong enough to navigate sickness & health, vitality & misery & how we build bridges to thread our significant worlds into one place so we can be ‘whole’. Over & above the individual, we ask ‘how do we build…

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Brenna Quinlan - celebrities at funerals, shared mulberry trees and dried fruit for Halloween 49:54

1M ago49:54

49:54

Illustrator extraordinaire is back to chat! Brenna's talent lies in taking hairy, complex systemic issues and distilling them into bite-sized, actionable messages using just her pencil (& of course her magnificent capacity for critical thought). We check in with her latest updates from life on the road with her partner Charlie McGee touring with hi…

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Billa - Earth wisdom from the Woman at the Wild School 58:56

1M ago58:56

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SHOW SUMMARY Join Billa, co founder of the Wild School, as we navigate back into our custodial selves. Where we use head, hands & heart to rebuild the connective processes that help us become deeply connected people to place & each other. This process requires us to not only think but to really feel, 'It needs to be remembered in the body at a cell…

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Jamie Loveday - Sowing seeds for food deserts in the city 51:43

2M ago51:43

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The majority of us are living in cities, and the sad truth is that these highly inhabited hubs are food deserts. Places where food certainty is uncertain and what we do have available is a rapidly homogenising food landscape. The Food Lab is a program based in Sydney and designed to find ways to bring people closer to the soil that grows our food. …

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Maria Konecsny - Bringing ritual and nourishment to your kin 1:01:16

2M ago1:01:16

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Maria Konecsky refers often to her ancestral memory. For her the way back to those who came before her has been through food. She says “Our food lines, hold our story, no matter what it is, whether its pretty or ugly, grand or humble it holds richness and grit and love and loss” It’s such a beautiful way to unpack our heritage - through food, in he…

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Hannah Maloney - Love, small potato fame and putting yourself in the way of opportunities 46:05

2M ago46:05

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Join Jade and the tall, smiling pink haired gem as she ponders the many right ways of doing things - when care, intellect & heart goes into the building of skills, earth care & people care we need to honour the effort which is more important than the approach taken. Learn why she actively puts herself in front of opportunities & why she uses her pl…

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What shade of green are you? with Dr Kate Luckins 52:41

2M ago52:41

52:41

Dr Kate Luckins asks what shade of green are you? The answer is of little consequence and will most certainly ebb with the hokey poke of life - finding your own shade, in your own way is the secret…along with an audit or two of your cupboards, sheds, fridge and mind. With a doctorate in sustainability, this Dr knows a thing or two about how we can …

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Kirsten Bradley Brings us back for season 9 - 'HUDDLE' 51:13

2M ago51:13

51:13

Kirsten Bradley is one half of permacultures favourite educators MILKWOOD and she joins us as our opening night (very early morning actually) star in the spectacular line up of season nine guests. We've had her in our ears before but not since she crossed Bass Straight to set up home and release her new book. The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbo…

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Catie Payne - Bookending (for now) 125 episodes of Futuresteading w her trademark wit, charm & oddball intellect 1:13:14

1y ago1:13:14

1:13:14

Remember this beautiful human? She spent some time in your ears way back in series one & two before heading off for a life of adventure & learning in the intellectual home of permaculture. Catie Payne is a courageous one-of-a-kind character full of love and laughter who challenges 'normal' and beats to her own drum. Join us for this joyful, 'been-t…

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Ella Noah Bancroft - Breaking the links of dispossession, living an ancestrally connected life & finding your feminine power 1:01:27

1y ago1:01:27

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Summary "We’ve never been sicker as a species, we've never experienced such high levels of extinction and its time to look past the ‘machine that’s working’ and actively choose not to contribute to it. Instead, its time to share ancestral knowledge, naturopathy, movement & earth based skills with each other & the next generation and nod to our ance…

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Jane Hilliard - "Enoughness" 52:09

1y ago52:09

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When did having twin basins and three toilets become the norm? As an architect who bucks the idea of bigger-is-better Jane Hilliard uses the principle of “Enoughness” as a design principle for the built environment. Its better for both the natural environment and the people around us. It allows us to be rich in ways that matter instead of buying in…

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Tammy White - Life at Wing & a Prayer Farm as a one woman farmer who creates community wherever she goes 47:59

1y ago47:59

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"Apple pie without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze" and what's the point in that. Life as a shepherd in Vermont USA can be lonely but farm time provides opportunity for reflection & cup filling so there's more energy to give to community. "Although I don’t say no to help - I don’t let no help stop me" is the can-do attitude Tammy exudes not…

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Megan Grant - Futuresteading artist on noticing the weeds at the service station 49:45

1y ago49:45

49:45

The talented Megan Grant bought the futuresteading book to life with her vibrant depictions of a seasonal, intentional and ritual rich life. After a year of being asked, this introvert who dreams and thinks in colours and pictures finally said yes to being interviewed. We chat about her intuitive approach to creativity, her deep need to keep trying…

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Hayley Morris - leading the charge in moving the investment world away from extraction and into their hearts 58:11

1y ago58:11

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SUMMARY We need an economic system based on values and trust to see genuine change in this critical decade. This intuition led powerhouse is collaboratively leading the thinking for philanthropy & impact investment to shift away from reductionist outcomes to a 'relationship first' approach where she believes the place to begin is with inner work to…

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Nat Wilmott - Living the dream permaculture. Her story 56:50

1y ago56:50

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This homeschooling mum of three spends her days foraging, growing, swapping & upskilling all in the name of continuing to live her version of normal in an abnormal world where we've lost touch with our food, medicine & the natural world. After taking her time with her families transition to this way of life, her newfound confidence & conviction ens…

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Just Collapse - the illusion of techno-solutions “We can’t swallow horses to solve this problem” 57:43

1+ y ago57:43

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This conversation is difficult to process but important to hear. It asks: "How does Socioecological justice prevail in the face of an irreversible collapse"? Its time to accept that infinite growth on a finite planet will be short lived and that those who have agency & privilege have much to do - in big or small ways It’s hard to really accept coll…

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Sarah Wilson - feeling through humanity's dissonance, humans hunger for hard work and avoiding the diet version of life 53:48

1+ y ago53:48

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Described as 'all striving no arriving…' Sarah thrives in the early stages of a movement - feeling her way into the zeitgeist of now & unpacks in ways that resonate with reality. Ultimately driven by curiosity & shunning growth, she talks about Wild Activism as a responsibility of the current age with agency in tact. Having less fucks to give about…

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Ginny 1000 hours outside. Replacing Screen time with Green Time 50:27

1+ y ago50:27

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What if all the memories you made as a kid had been replaced by screens? When an aha moment makes you realise that its time to reframe childhood and embrace an analogue life - one that stimulates creativity, imagination and experiences that instill a need to fight for the natural world over technification. With a biological need for at least 3 hour…

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Joost Bakker - The darling of living waste free 29:46

1+ y ago29:46

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Summary We know that Western culture lives excessively, endlessly seeking the newest and shiniest new thing. Its shocking that 40% of our food goes to waste, one third of our building materials are never even used. But this way of life will be short lived and thankfully being wasteful is now on the nose and cool cats like Joost are making waves by …

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Making the call the previous day, with Cathy Marshall 30:15

1+ y ago30:15

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KTVZ News Director and KBVR-TV alumnus Cathy Marshall joins me on the podcast this week. In this episode, she shares her approach to mentoring younger reporters, the changing face of local TV news, and being willing to hire people with no previous TV experience.By Steven Sandberg

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Mitch Tambo - A Gamilaraay Voice for Change. Summer Days Throwback 2023 51:29

1+ y ago51:29

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If you're yet to hear Mitch perform 'You're the voice", I beg you to head to the link at the bottom and listen. Carrying the message of unification, love and kindness. Culture is not foreign to Mitch who imbeds a celebration of it into every facet of life as tools to build identity and a strong sense of place. For him living and breathing culture i…

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Kate Ulman - Fox's Lane Encourager of Creativity. Summer days throwback 2023 1:00:15

1+ y ago1:00:15

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This heart led Mumma of three has been luring us with images of a dreamy, bloom filled life on her Daylesford apple orchard & words of equal romance via her craft blog for over a decade. She laughs easily, has found balance in being real & makes the simplest of thoughts feel like genuine aha moments. Kate Ulman is wrenchingly honest about the reali…

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Paul West - his real life River Cottage. Summer Days Throwback 2023 57:54

1+ y ago57:54

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Strap in for a fast paced chat with this natural born story teller. From the heady heights of top restaurants, starring in his own reality tv program and radio shows to his definition of “enough” - which begins with rude health and healthy kids before settling with sovereignty of time and community belonging. As practical and grounded as he is char…

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Tammi Jonas - Degrowth for perpetuity. Summer days throwback 2023. 1:02:32

1+ y ago1:02:32

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Sharing her evolution from academic keyboard warrior to her current reality of being an agroecological pork and beef farmer who's pretty darned handy with the butchers knife and equally as sharp of mind in her contributions to the UN small scale farming policy initiatives. Tammi Jonas is indeed a force of the natural world, never backwards in comin…

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Brooke McAlary - going slow and the farce of multitasking Summer Days Throwback 2023 1:02:14

1+ y ago1:02:14

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Brooke McAlary has built a life and brand around slow. She's the author of three books, the co-host of The Slow Home podcast and the voice of a movement that says, "Dear Joneses, I'm opting out of the rat race." But hey, that doesn't mean she's exempt from overwhelm. This convo opens with Brooke and Jade swapping stories of exhaustion. File that un…

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Damon Gameau - Are you part of the 'Re generation'. Summer days throwback 2023 53:36

1+ y ago53:36

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Damon Gameau - A call to arms for storytellers! It's time to shine the spotlight on our story tellers; the creatives, film makers, artists, poets, chefs, writers and musicians. "If our storytellers cannot find a way then the way cannot be found". Join Jade & Damon in this conversation about defying the attention economy, ways to avoid being numbed …

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Be Brave and Get in the Huddle, with Bill Reader 45:45

1+ y ago45:45

45:45

We're back for season 3 with a great episode for aspiring journalists. Pacific NW Magazine Editor Bill Reader talks with me about how it takes bravery to be a reporter. You've got to face your fear to ask the coach questions postgame, or develop a relationship with a source, or to be critical of people you cover. His experience covering sports for …

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Annie Raser-Rowland on a life of less work & more (frugal) hedonism. Summer days throwback 2023 1:05:05

1+ y ago1:05:05

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Annie Raser-Rowland is the co-author of two of our most treasured books; The Weed Forager’s Handbook and The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More. Annie is an artist, horticulturalist and adventurer who has a knack for thwacking you with the truth -- in the best possible way. If you don't know this marvell…

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Artists As Family. How brave are you? - Summer days throwback 2023 1:15:37

1+ y ago1:15:37

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This family of four live a largely non-monetary existence on a quarter-acre permaculture plot on Djaara peoples' country/Daylesford. They describe themselves as neopeasants, defined by the gardens & forests they tend, the resources they glean & grow, the community they're part of and the technologies they both use & refuse. They practice permapoesi…

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Alex Elliot - Cornersmith Cracker! A celebration of imperfect perfection 46:57

1+ y ago46:57

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Bugger off dogmatic rules - who wrote those anyway. Push off unfaltering sustainable existence - you're leave us feeling guilty. Shhhh up incessant Instagram perfection - its not real! Tune in to this fire cracker of fresh air to recalibrate your judgment beacon and give yourself a break while you learn to a make a difference in a way that works fo…

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Diette Hochuli - Falling in love with nearby nature 40:51

1+ y ago40:51

40:51

From your balcony to the nature strip, citizen science to observing recolionising birds - however you interact with the outside world, there are so many reasons and so many opportunities to do so every, single day! As the co-author of the recently published book "A guide to the creatures in your neighbourhood" Diette encourages us in this conversat…

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Claire O'Rourke - Together we can...Climate grief? Action? What little thing will you do? 52:00

1+ y ago52:00

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When was your moment of realisation that life, including our own, is finite & that the climate will impact our way of life. How are you processing this? Claire asks, ‘how are you using your skills, networks & privilege to add your weight to the climate movement & shares the value of processing our individual climate grief & collective efforts. Proc…

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Rowe Morrow - A life of global service through sharing knowldge 47:16

1+ y ago47:16

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Summary Akin to a cuppa while flicking through photo albums, this conversation is rich with stories of her lived experiences across every continent & through many decades. This wisdom holder has offered her life in service by knowledge sharing. A much respected permaculture educator, her foundation is science based, heart felt & relational in every…

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Tanya Massy - Can love create unison of head, hands and heart? 45:25

1+ y ago45:25

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Spending time in wild places has taught this 5th generation farmer to quietly find ways to listen to others, those who often don't have a voice but have so much to teach the rest of us. The challenge is in finding ways to give them their own way of being deeply heard. Engaging in relationships with local traditional owners is the beginning of her j…

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Luke Larson - Listening and learning from the stories in our walls 59:58

1+ y ago59:58

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Nestled in a multi hundred year old barn in Vermont, USA, is Luke Larson, his wife & children. Creating art with 600 year old timber is no mean feat, especially when it’s the wood which leads the way with a language that takes a lifetime to learn. As an analogy to the way we could all interact with the natural world, Luke's love affair with this wa…

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Ronnie Khan - How a single Salmon showed this powerhouse how to take on the world one teaspoon at a time 45:14

1+ y ago45:14

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Beginning with gratitude, listening to her desire to be of service, seeking challenges and not seeing obstacles is the approach Ronnie Khan takes to keep her work nourishing. Her advice...do something, little things, every day. Even though the fire is so big, each and every one of us can use a teaspoon , if millions of us use a teaspoon , we can pu…

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Harriet Goodall - Weaving a connection to landscape without ownership 1:03:39

2y ago1:03:39

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Discovering the value of craft in her early 20's led Harriet towards the natural dye revolution, forming her pathway into weaving. “I took a one day class in basketry & haven't had another job since ” As a talented weaver, Harriet now believes everyone can & should be creative. She shares the joys & challenges of delineating between a job and a cre…

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Jodi Wilson - Learning to see the world with your body not just with your eyes 56:28

2y ago56:28

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Author of Practicing Simplicity, Jodi Wilson faced a fear of complacently which grew bigger than her fear of change and it prompted her to pack her 4 young chillins into a caravan for a life on the road and the building of a whole new rhythm. Over the coming years, they got comfortable in the discomfort of change, uncertainty and discovered that th…

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In honour of Dan Palmer 50:56

2y ago50:56

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We have lost a giant! Dan Palmers death has left many of us feeling not only shocked and deeply saddened but dismayed and destabilised. He was an individual who embraced his role as a 'challenger' of the accepted, he leaned into the hard questions and held the hand of a movement which was all the better for his efforts to make it stronger through o…

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Gabrielle Chan - Why we should give a f*$#% about farming! 51:52

2y ago51:52

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Recorded just days after the Federal election, Gabrielle Chan doesn't mince words - even when bone tired. A celebrated journalist with the Guardian, outspoken advocate for rural Australia and encourager of individual agency. "Our system has been made up buy people and it can be rewritten by people". Lets not wait for Government to bring change but …

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Sandra Henri - making that ONE DAY define the rest of your life 1:03:58

2y ago1:03:58

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Summary What can weddings teach us? To be intentional, to build ritual, to connect with our community, to co-create celebration, to build co-relational practices. Weddings are the perfect ‘on ramp’ for people to consider their long term shift for the way they live their life - its feel good activism that's fun, love filled and purposeful. Show Note…

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Anthony James - Learning to listen for regeneration 1:03:09

2y ago1:03:09

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As the host of the the 'regen-narration podcast, listening, learning and storytelling is this mans lens. Join us in getting comfortable sitting in silence while we wait for the insights With an intent for working collaboratively and creating a community of care, this conversation is flowing and abstract, reflecting on our life of fat, comfort and e…

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Kristine Harper - Seeking a sensorial existence 56:49

2y ago56:49

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Sustainability is not just what you consume. It's a deeply fulfilling way to be in the world. We ask why we can’t just build arks & sail away with a few privileged like minded people & instead define value in seeking a sensorial life w a connection to place & community. Since moving to Indonesia Kristine has learnt that you can’t count in minutes &…

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Claire Dunn - Rewilding our soul with the Natures Apprentice 1:00:06

2y ago1:00:06

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What would it be like to rely solely on yourself, lean into ecological literacy, to really notice the changing patterns of the season & offer yourself the time it genuinely takes to live intimately with the earth . Claire tells of her pathway to following a calling to initiation - a need to let her social identity rot away on the forest floor & go …

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Woodstock Flour talking about the last frontier of the local food system 57:30

2y ago57:30

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Do you know where your grain comes from... the farmers name... how they grow it? Woodstock flour are doing their level best to change the last frontier via the power of building relationships and connecting. Join Jade and Courtenay as they get gritty on grains and hear why we need to value its diversity and regionality just like we do wine or chees…

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Become a creature of the planet with INDIRA NAIDOO 46:34

2y ago46:34

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Following the shocking & heartbreaking death of her younger sister Indira leant into grief with the help of the natural world. She formed a deep friendship with a tree, learnt the power of self trust & became conscious of death in a way that led her to see puddles as portals into another world. Despite the genesis, this conversation is joyful & pow…

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SUMMERTIME Throwbacks Hannah Maloney on following your shen! 1:03:27

2+ y ago1:03:27

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Summer is for going slow with your people. We're making the most of this too here at FS HQ. But don't worry, we've created a short & sexy summer season of thought provocation by delving into the archives & reloading some of the best conversations we've recorded over the last two years. If there's a human who represents the quintessential qualities …

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