008, Starhawk: Permaculture is Earth-Based Spirituality in Action

Soul Soil: Where Agriculture and Spirit Intersect with Brooke Kornegay

In today's episode, we dive into the philosophy of permaculture, activism, and earth-based spirituality with Starhawk, an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess, as well as the ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, with its sequel City of Refuge. Her most recent non-fiction book is The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, on group dynamics, power, conflict and communications.

Starhawk founded Earth Activist Training, teaching permaculture design grounded in spirituality and with a focus on activism. She travels internationally, lecturing and teaching on earth-based spirituality, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism.

"Ask yourself what it is that you most deeply love, and figure out how to put yourself at its service."

In this episode...

• Starhawk’s path as a storyteller

• Why she includes activism training in her permaculture certification courses

• The connection between permaculture and earth-based spirituality

• Starhawk's new regenerative land management program, a follow up to a Permaculture Design course

• Social permaculture: resources for collaborative groups

• Advice for next steps for the ecologically-minded

• "Permaculture is the art of designing beneficial relationships" --Patrick Whitefield

• Ask yourself what it is that you most deeply love, and figure out how to put yourself at its service...ask yourself what you need to be in a position to do it

Resources

• starhawk.org

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• The Overstory by Richard Powers

• earthactivisttraining.org

• Free webinar on Nov 3 on Regenerative Approaches to Climate Change (starhawk.org)