show episodes
 
Artwork
 
Welcome to Edible Economy, where we meet at the intersection of local food, health, environment, and of course, local economy. A sustainable local economy is one that is resilient and inclusive. Join us for in depth conversations that will answer questions asked around the dinner table or at the farmers market. This is YOUR EDIBLE ECONOMY.
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
Sense-Making in a Changing World

Morag Gamble: Permaculture Education Institute

Unsubscribe
Unsubscribe
Monthly+
 
Join Morag Gamble, global permaculture teacher and ambassador, in conversation with leading ecological educators, thinkers, activists, authors, designers and practitioners to explore 'What Now?' - what is the kind of thinking we need to navigate a positive and regenerative way forward, what does a thriving one-planet way of life look like, where should we putting our energy in this changing world and in challenging times, we offer these voices of clarity and common sense.
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
Facts Matter

The Epoch Times

Unsubscribe
Unsubscribe
Weekly+
 
Let's connect the dots. As America moves into uncharted waters, it’s incredibly important for you to have an honest source of news because right now, what this republic needs more than anything else, are informed citizens who are grounded in facts. Facts Matter investigates complex issues, and then presents the findings in a way that is easy to understand. We work to bring you honest news without spin. We are free from the influence of any government, corporation, or political party. Our goa ...
  continue reading
 
Loading …
show series
 
Tune into this episode with Phoebe Tickell - an imagination activist and founder of Moral Imaginations, a group who is building a movement of moral imagining - to explore what it means to exercise and stretch your imagination in order to create new possibilities and new action. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Perm…
  continue reading
 
For a while now, there have been two competing trends in the United States. At the federal level, there has been more centralization, the introduction of more levels of bureaucracy, more attempts to chip away at the Second Amendment, and so on. At the same time, however, at the local level, many municipalities have been moving in the opposite direc…
  continue reading
 
In this episode, I welcome Nora Bateson - an eminent systems thinker, filmmaker, writer and President of the International Bateson Institute - to explore the complexities of our interconnected world with intergenerational insight and clarity. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024. Nor…
  continue reading
 
One of the odd things about the electoral college system is that it’s possible to produce an actual tie. Perhaps even odder than that, however, is that this year’s election is so tight (at least according to the polling data) that a tie is looking more possible by the day. So let’s go through the details of what a tie in the electoral college syste…
  continue reading
 
In this episode, I welcome Dr Lyla June Johnston, a multi-genre Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages to explore what it means to learn from Indigenous cultures in a non-extractivist way. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Festival of …
  continue reading
 
With less than two months to go until Election Day, there’s a threat worth discussing that cuts across party lines. Regardless of whether a Democrat or Republican is in charge, Americans face the real threat of a hostile foreign actor (Russia, Iran, North Korea, China, and so on) using what’s known as an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack to destro…
  continue reading
 
In this episode, I welcome my dear friend and mentor, Satish Kumar. Satish is a world-renowned author and peace advocate, who has been speaking around the world and inspiring global change for over 50 years. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas, held in May 2024. From what it means to hol…
  continue reading
 
Earlier this year, Democratic lawmakers introduced a new piece of legislation to Congress that would make it illegal for Americans to form militias.🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 The bill was introduced to both the House and Senate, and it’s officially titled the “Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024.” Its stated…
  continue reading
 
In this episode, I welcome Keibo Oiwa, a leading environmental activist in Japan and founder of The Sloth Club – an NGO that promotes slow and sustainable living, encouraging a new appreciation of rural life and a simpler way of living, with community, growing and nature the focus. This episode is part of the recorded series from the International …
  continue reading
 
In a monumental ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, local governments are now, once again, allowed to prosecute homeless people for sleeping on public property. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 This ruling officially closed a major loophole that led to large enclaves of homeless encampments in American cities. However, in order to…
  continue reading
 
In this episode, I welcome Kim Stoddart, an award-winning environmental journalist, speaker and leading authority on climate change resilient gardening. Kim and I have a in-depth conversation about how we can create more resilient (and beautiful) gardens! From mulching tricks to how we see gardening itself, we explore what role gardens can play as …
  continue reading
 
In this week’s episode we dive into the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a doctrine known as Chevron deference. The ruling has far reaching implications on federal agencies’ power to interpret policy. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Join Roman on this week’s episode of Facts Matter. 🇺🇸Roman's Special Offer👉 https://ept.…
  continue reading
 
Fake, AI-generated people (that do not exist in the real world) are amassing huge social media followings, making millions of dollars in brand deals, appearing in TV commercials, starting their own product lines, getting jobs at TV stations, and even endorsing political candidates. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 The wild part, h…
  continue reading
 
Tap water is one of those things that many of us take for granted. Typically, as long as you pay the bill, you turn the faucet, and the water flows. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Hackers in other countries that want to do harm to America see an opportunity. They see it as a perfect weapon—a weapon that can be used to kill, inju…
  continue reading
 
Right now there is a debt bomb at the center of the U.S. economy, with commercial real estate in this country in total free fall. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Visit any mainstream commercial building here in New York: On the ground floor you have restaurants, Starbucks, boutique bakeries, and so on, and it looks nice. But go u…
  continue reading
 
Join me in this conversation with renowned author, blogger, podcaster, columnist and broadcaster, Manda Scott. We explore the need for a conscious evolution of humanity through a narrative Manda calls 'Thrutopia' - a vision of the future that's worth striving for. From reconnecting to the web of life to the power of storytelling, Manda shares an ex…
  continue reading
 
In an unexpected development, companies are now developing something called bioplastic due to the skyrocketing amount of microplastics in both the environment, as well as within the human body itself. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 These are plastic alternatives made from living organisms that are sometimes specifically meant to…
  continue reading
 
Join Morag Gamble in a deep-dive conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge - internationally acclaimed localization advocate, filmmaker and author. This was recorded live at our June Permaculture Education Institute masterclass. exploring permaculture and localization - the final of our four part world localization day series we hosted in collaboratio…
  continue reading
 
Hello, I'm Morag. Welcome to this episode of Sense-making in a Changing World podcast - a project of the Permaculture Education Institute . This is a special episode as part of the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas I invite you to join me each week in conversation with leading permaculture-related educators, thinkers, activists, authors,…
  continue reading
 
Earlier this week, Louisiana's state Legislature passed a new bill that will approve surgical castration as a punishment option for those who are found guilty of sex crimes against children. This move by the Louisiana Legislature is part of a growing trend across the country of states looking to up the ante in terms of punishment for pedophiles—wit…
  continue reading
 
After the guilty verdict was handed down against him in the New York case, former President Donald Trump was handed some good news in two of his other cases: the ones in Florida and Georgia. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 And so, we put together an entire episode detailing these developments, what they mean for President Trump, …
  continue reading
 
Seemingly all of a sudden, we’re beginning to see outbreaks of diseases that we assumed were defeated decades ago. On a previous episode, we already discussed the rise in leprosy cases here in America—which is obviously very bad. However, what’s perhaps even worse (because it’s so much more contagious) is measles. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://e…
  continue reading
 
It’s fair to say that, by now, most people around the world are pretty familiar with the narrative that “our planet is facing a dire crisis” due to rising temperatures. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Due to this narrative, businesses have been hit with massive amounts of red tape; young people are choosing not to have kids; peop…
  continue reading
 
On Thursday evening, when the guilty verdict against former President Donald Trump was announced, the blowback was immediate, and it came in the form of tens of millions of dollars flowing into his campaign coffers—which is exactly why we put together an entire episode outlining the ramifications of the verdict, the huge windfall Trump’s campaign r…
  continue reading
 
As the world's largest dam removal project is currently underway on the Klamath River, we went to Northern California to speak with a local firefighter and get an idea of what this "green policy" will do to the local wildfire situation. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 🇺🇸Roman's Special Offer👉 https://ept.ms/RomanSpecialOffer ⭕️ S…
  continue reading
 
In a unanimous ruling delivered Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the NRA—and in so doing, delivered a major victory to the largest gun rights group in America. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Actually though, the implications of this ruling go far beyond the Second Amendment, and instead, it protects all America…
  continue reading
 
In a rare move within the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito issued a letter to Democrats in Congress Wednesday laying out why he’s not going to be recusing himself from the cases involving either Jan. 6 or the 2020 election. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 The reason he had to do so was because there was a multi-pronged me…
  continue reading
 
In a rare move within the U.S. Supreme Court, three justices recused themselves from a case related to the 2020 presidential election. Specifically, all three liberal justices of the court—Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayer, and Ketanji Brown Jackson—recused themselves from a case that was aimed at them. Let’s go through the details together. 🇺🇸 Epoch Ti…
  continue reading
 
In recent years, local governments have begun to use water rights in the name of saving the environment as well as “endangered species.” However, the local farmers and ranchers who depend on the water are getting squeezed out, with their operations heavily impacted and the value of their properties significantly decreased. While on the West Coast, …
  continue reading
 
In California, a man who was a former member of a city council was convicted and sentenced to jail for running an elaborate voter fraud scheme. Specifically, using his deep connections within the local community, this man falsified voter registration documents and pressured people into voting during the 2020 election cycle. However, with this story…
  continue reading
 
There are groups in America working overtime—not to influence who people vote for, but rather to influence how the underlying election system actually operates. To be more specific, I am referring to two separate, big-money operations that are both ready to spend about $80 million each in order to determine how local elections throughout the entire…
  continue reading
 
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has just ruled that banning all felons from being able to own guns is unconstitutional. This now flings the door wide open for potentially upwards of 20 million people to try and restore their right to keep and bear arms. However, it’s worth mentioning that there is a lot of nuance to this story—and so, let’s go thr…
  continue reading
 
Five days ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision, and in so doing, expanded the rights of Americans to sue the federal government. Let’s go through the details together. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 🇺🇸Roman's Special Offer👉 https://ept.ms/RomanSpecialOffer ⭕️ Support our fight for the truth👉 https://donorbox.o…
  continue reading
 
Three days ago, in a split 7–2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a victory for the administrative state. Specifically, this ruling allows for a certain government agency to continue getting its funding—not from the Treasury, but instead, from the Federal Reserve Bank. In other words, it allows the government to use the Federal Reserve (whi…
  continue reading
 
The most pressing question in these uncertain times may be how can we bring healing and protection to the Earth? Join me this episode the explore this question that Cynthia Jurs carried with her in 1990 as she climbed a path high in the Himalayas, to meet an “old wise man in a cave”—a venerated lama from Nepal. This question is the centre for both …
  continue reading
 
Last year, while traveling around the Netherlands and speaking with the farmers getting kicked off their land, we also wanted to answer a fundamental underlying question. The Dutch farmers were getting off their land because the government ostensibly wanted to reduce nitrogen emissions, with the thinking being that if they didn’t reduce emissions, …
  continue reading
 
In Michigan, a woman who was both a county elections official and a former township clerk was convicted of tampering with ballots during the 2020 election cycle. Specifically, during a recount process, she, using her official access, spoiled a batch of ballots in order to make them ineligible to be counted. However, her punishment might surprise yo…
  continue reading
 
With the upcoming presidential election only 24 weeks away, we’re seeing last-minute efforts to try and change the voting rules across many states. For instance, take the case of Wisconsin. Its state Supreme Court recently flipped from a conservative majority to a liberal majority—and now, as a result, the Wisconsin state Supreme Court is looking p…
  continue reading
 
In a campaign speech, former President Donald Trump gave the country a glimpse into the specific method that he’ll use to try and gut the administrative state—if he gets elected again. Essentially, President Trump proposed a new policy centered around a little-known executive power—a power that was used by presidents for over 150 years before being…
  continue reading
 
With multiple wars raging across the world, federal money printing is leading to inflation that’s eating away at the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar. As central banks around the world are in the process of implementing digital currencies, the price of gold has skyrocketed, reaching all-time record highs. And so, in order to get an insider’s loo…
  continue reading
 
Last year, while we were traveling around the world shooting our documentary “No Farmers No Food,” we stopped in the Netherlands to speak with the farmers there. Those farmers were feeling the brunt of the European Union’s goal of “saving the planet.” Because, as a practical matter, the Dutch government’s plan would result in something like 30 to 4…
  continue reading
 
Former President Donald Trump just scored a huge victory in his legal battle against special counsel Jack Smith. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Shortly after President Trump’s home was raided by the FBI, a photo was released to the public by the agency, showing a variety of documents strewn out on the floor. Looking at it, most …
  continue reading
 
Unbeknownst to most people, the United Nations is actively helping and supporting the millions of migrants coming up through Central America and making their way to the United States. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 For those coming to the United States from the huge continent of South America, there are many different paths to t…
  continue reading
 
Amid the backdrop of millions of illegal immigrants coming into the United States, as well as a crime wave happening in most major cities—the State Supreme Court of California just handed down a new ruling, saying that both police officers and sheriff’s deputies are no longer allowed to detain people on the street just because those people are tryi…
  continue reading
 
Aside from the push for people to eat bugs and insects as a viable alternative source of protein, there is actually a second simultaneous push to get people to eat lab-grown meat. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 The thinking goes that since the world is ending due to climate change, and since the agricultural sector contributes t…
  continue reading
 
Earlier this week, here on Facts Matter, we published an episode detailing how—for the first time—lawyers for AstraZeneca admitted in court documents that its vaccine can cause a rare blood clot disorder in those who got the shot. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 This admission was the result of a three-year-long legal battle, wit…
  continue reading
 
The former mayor of San Luis, Arizona, pled guilty to ballot fraud and was subsequently sent to jail after she was videotaped illegally collecting and filling out ballots right outside of a polling place during the 2020 election cycle.🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 But this story has a bit of a twist—because even more surprising…
  continue reading
 
Headquartered in New Jersey, Johnson and Johnson is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. It’s also one of the handful of companies that made a windfall during the pandemic with their vaccine. In fact, the Janssen shot was making the company upwards of $740 million dollar per quarter—that was, of course, before the shot was pull…
  continue reading
 
A legal document has just been made public, in which AstraZeneca admits that its COVID-19 vaccine can cause a deadly blood-clotting condition. Let’s go through what this condition—thrombocytopenia syndrome—actually is, as well as what this admission means to the 51 people suing AstraZeneca for financial compensation. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https:…
  continue reading
 
As the Southern Border crisis continues to spiral out of control—with illegal immigrants flooding into America, and with no end in sight—you’re beginning to see individual conservative states take matters into their own hands. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Specifically, while individual states don’t have the authority to admini…
  continue reading
 
Loading …

Quick Reference Guide