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![Re-nesting Humanity – Darcia Narvaez](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog645125/Facebook_post_-_22_Large_c7j4is_300x300.jpeg)
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Re-nesting Humanity – Darcia Narvaez
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Darcia Narvaez is a Professor Emerita of Psychology (University of Notre Dame), and Fellow of the American Psychological Association. She employs an interdisciplinary approach to studying morality, child development and human flourishing, integrating disciplines like anthropology, neuroscience, developmental psychology, evolutionary biology, and more. Darcia’s publications include 'Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom', 'Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth', and, most recently, 'The Evolved Nest: Nature’s Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Communities'.
In this episode, Darcia describes “the evolved nest”, which is the set of conditions needed for healthy human development. Stemming from our deep evolutionary past, these conditions include close-knit community, affection, care, play, and connection to nature. She sheds light on the way so many of us, in the disconnected world of modernity, experience great insecurity, dysregulation, and lack of self-understanding because of the myriad developmental challenges that arise from being “un-nested”. As such, Darcia calls for localization - at both the structural level and in practice at the community level - in order to restore our wellbeing.
To watch the video of this series, visit: Planet Local Voices interview series.
The music for this series is ‘Pines and Violet’, by Sky Toes.
![Our North Star: towards tangible connections – Charles Eisenstein](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog645125/Facebook_post_-_21_Large_guw6jk_300x300.jpeg)
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Our North Star: towards tangible connections – Charles Eisenstein
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Charles Eisenstein is an independent writer and speaker on topics traversing the economy, society, spirituality and the environment. His work is renowned for its boldness and poetics. The author of six books – including Sacred Economics, Climate: A New Story and The Coronation – he is an indispensable guide towards “the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible”. Over the past year, Charles has become involved with Robert F. Kennedy Junior’s campaign for president of the United States.
In this episode, Charles articulates the philosophical basis for his enduring support of the localization movement, expressing how the reweaving of local connections is fundamental to birthing a new story for humanity – one based on interbeing. He considers the process of societal change itself, dissolving restrictive intellectual binaries and rigid frameworks. Instead, Charles invites action that is grounded in humility and based on the powerful combination of information and intuition.
To watch the video of this series, visit: Planet Local Voices interview series.
The music for this series is ‘Pines and Violet’, by Sky Toes.
![Creating an economy of the common good – Diego Isabel la Moneda](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog645125/Facebook_post_-_20_Large_qiixy8_300x300.jpeg)
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Creating an economy of the common good – Diego Isabel la Moneda
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Diego Isabel la Moneda is the Executive Director of the New Economy and Social Innovation (NESI) Forum, and Co-Founder and Director of the Global Hub for the Common Good. NESI aims to co-create a new economy at the service of people and the planet through innovative impact initiatives, public policy proposals and the organization of forums and other events aimed at connecting and promoting the new economy and social innovation ecosystem. Diego is author of the book Yo Soy Tú: Propuesta para una Nueva Sociedad (I Am You: Proposal for a New Society) (Octaedro, 2013) www.yosoytu.com, co-author of Dentro de 15 años (Within 15 years) (Lid, 2014) as well as an international speaker.
In this episode, Diego contrasts today's dominant economic system based in growth, profit maximization, redundant global trade (for example Spain, a top orange-producing country, both exporting and importing oranges from the global market), competition and urbanization with the needed alternative of an "economics of the common good", based in collaboration, democratization, decentralization, and rural revitalization. Shifting to this new economy will require both supportive public policies, as well as a cultural shift rooted in a redefinition of "success" from wealth and power to strong webs of relationships with other people and nature and doing meaningful work for the common good.
To watch the video of this series, visit: Planet Local Voices interview series.
The music for this series is ‘Pines and Violet’, by Sky Toes.
![Creating the future our hearts know is possible – Rupert Read](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog645125/Facebook_post_-_19_Large_jze644_300x300.jpeg)
Friday May 31, 2024
Creating the future our hearts know is possible – Rupert Read
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
Rupert Read is a highly respected activist and thought-leader, eco-philosopher, campaigner and self-described “recovering academic”, who has influenced public and academic opinion on issues like climate, genetic engineering, technological development and advertising to children. Rupert has (co-)authored books including ‘A Film-Philosophy of Ecology and Enlightenment’ and ‘This Civilization Is Finished’. He has been a spokesperson for the Extinction Rebellion movement and the UK Green Party, and now directs the Climate Majority Project.
In this episode, Rupert explores the possibilities for renewal and reconnection latent within the ecological, social and spiritual catastrophes of industrial modernity. He suggests we can, through the localization movement, simultaneously humble ourselves enough to address our civilizational predicament, while healing ourselves and nature. He calls us to take action at the level of human-scale groups and institutions to bring about the local future "our hearts know is possible", making a plea that we embrace this future through conscious choice, rather than being delivered to it through traumatic collapse.
To watch the video of this series, visit: Planet Local Voices interview series.
The music for this series is ‘Pines and Violet’, by Sky Toes.
![Re-embedding ourselves in the community of life – Liz Hosken](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog645125/Liz_Hosken_Planet_Local_Voices_Podcast6h4oc_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Re-embedding ourselves in the community of life – Liz Hosken
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Liz Hosken is the Founding Co-Director of the Gaia Foundation. For nearly 40 years, Gaia has been upholding indigenous wisdom and working with both indigenous and industrialized communities to restore their biocultural diversity. Inspired by decades of work with Amazonian peoples, Liz co-developed a three-year training in the philosophy and practice of Earth Jurisprudence, seeding the revival of Earth-centred consciousness, cultures and landscapes.
In this episode, Liz offers profound reflections on the need for deep reconnection with the web of life if we are to heal the wounds of industrial modernity. To move beyond hubris, reductionism and control, Liz suggests we need to decolonize our minds, remember humility, and re-embed ourselves in place, to become 'healing cells in the body of Gaia'. Pointing out how indigenous, land-based cultures can remind us of a more beautiful way of being, she offers practices like traditional seed saving as practical ways of re-indigenizing and re-localizing our cultures.
To watch the video of this series, visit: Planet Local Voices interview series.
The music for this series is ‘Pines and Violet’, by Sky Toes.
![Connecting the circle: true progress and the cycles of time - Rutendo Ngara](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog645125/Rutendo_Ngara_Planet_Local_Podcast7o6c0_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 10, 2024
Connecting the circle: true progress and the cycles of time - Rutendo Ngara
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Rutendo Ngara is a holder of indigenous African knowledge systems and a transdisciplinary researcher. She is a practitioner of a number of physical disciplines, including dance and yoga, and has represented South Africa as an international silver medalist in martial arts (Wushu/Kung Fu/Tai Ji). Rutendo serves on the boards of the Credo Mutwa Foundation, the South African Wushu Federation, and the ASSEGAIA Alliance for protection of sacred sites. She is also an electrical and biomedical engineer, and is pursuing a doctorate in Philosophy of Education. The quest for harmony and healing underpins her diverse endeavors.In this episode, Rutendo blends different ways of knowing and perceiving. She utilizes African concepts like Ubuntu and Sankofa as lenses through which to examine and critique western notions of progress, efficiency, time, and economics. With forays into the worlds of engineering, biomedicine and academia, she communicates a big-picture perspective on modernity, and raises questions about our collective past and future.
To watch the video of this series, visit: Planet Local Voices interview series.
The music for this series is ‘Pines and Violet’, by Sky Toes.
![Suicidal growth & the future of sustainable economies – Andrew Simms](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog645125/Facebook_post_-_12_Large_p6f8pc_300x300.jpeg)
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Suicidal growth & the future of sustainable economies – Andrew Simms
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
A political economist and environmentalist, Andrew Simms is at the forefront of the movement for a new economy in the UK and around the world. His books include Cancel the Apocalypse, Tescopoly: How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why it Matters, and Economics: A Crash Course. He is coordinator of the New Weather Institute, the Rapid Transition Alliance and the Badvertising campaign. He is also a fellow at the New Economics Foundation, and research associate at the Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex.
In this episode, Andrew outlines why a shift from global to local is integral to his vision of a new economy. He shines an incisive light on the foundations of today's economy, exposing and interrogating ideas like "growth" through GDP, and exploring practicable alternatives. Brimming with informed optimism, he highlights the very real possibilities for economic change.
To watch the video of this series, visit: Planet Local Voices interview series.
The music for this series is ‘Pines and Violet’, by Sky Toes.
![Mental health crisis: blame the system, not the individual – Eva Henje](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog645125/Facebook_post_-_7_Large_mitupm_300x300.jpeg)
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Mental health crisis: blame the system, not the individual – Eva Henje
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Eva Henje is a neuroscientist, trauma therapist, and associate professor at Sweden’s Umeå university, specialising in child and adolescent psychiatry. Eva describes herself as mental health activist, because she’s passionate about raising awareness about the systemic reasons behind increasing rates of depression. She has created programs to empower and destigmatize young people with psychological suffering, and has helped develop alternatives to the current psychiatric diagnostic systems.
In this episode, Eva elucidates some of the profound connections between the economy we live in and our most intimate experiences of being human. Exploring the root causes of the widespread mental health crises, Eva shifts the focus from individual pathologies to societal malaise and the economic system responsible for it. She also lays out a path for people to shift from isolation and disempowerment towards community care, connection and, ultimately, activism.
To watch the video of this series, visit: Planet Local Voices interview series.
The music for this series is ‘Pines and Violet’, by Sky Toes.
![Grassroots movements & initiatives are changing the world - Juan del Rio](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog645125/Facebook_post_-_9_Large_adch8y_300x300.jpeg)
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Grassroots movements & initiatives are changing the world - Juan del Rio
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Juan del Rio is a pioneer of the Transition movement in Spain, and the Co-Director of ECOLISE, the European network for community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability. He is the co-founder of the Municipalities in Transition project, and the co-director of an inspiring new film about bottom-up initiatives in Spain called ALTERNATIVAS: Building possible futures.
In this episode, Juan opens our eyes to the plethora of community-led responses to social, economic crises and climate change, especially in the Spanish-speaking world, where models of transition are being adapted to diverse cultures and bioregions. He speaks about how this movement of alternatives is helping to bridge the divide between left and right, and he also offers advice on how the grassroots can and should collaborate with local governments.
To watch the video of this series, visit: Planet Local Voices interview series.
The music for this series is ‘Pines and Violet’, by Sky Toes.
![Illusions of progress and their countertrends in Japan - Keibo Owia](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog645125/Facebook_post_-_10_Large_6657gq_300x300.jpeg)
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Illusions of progress and their countertrends in Japan - Keibo Owia
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Keibo Oiwa is a professor, cultural anthropologist, and a widely respected philosopher and organizer in Japan. He co-authored, with David Suzuki, a book about bottom-up movements for peace, human rights and environmentalism, called 'The Japan We Never Knew'. He is the founder of The Sloth Club – an NGO that promotes slow and sustainable living. The Sloth Club, coupled with Keibo's book Slow is Beautiful: Culture as Slowness, have fostered a new appreciation of rural life and a simpler way of living.
In this episode, Keibo offers us a portrait of a Japan moving in two different directions. He sounds the alarm about the cultural and spiritual devastation that has been a deeply tragic cost of Japan's pursuit of globalized development. But he also speaks of a widespread cultural resurgence – a movement towards regeneration, community and nature. He highlights cultural "keywords" that can be rediscovered in the Japanese cultural fabric, and which can be used as a guide for these emerging movements.
To watch the video of this series, visit: Planet Local Voices interview series.
The music for this series is ‘Pines and Violet’, by Sky Toes.
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Local Futures Podcast
The Local Futures Podcast features conversations with big-picture thinkers and leaders of localization efforts from around the world. Find all episodes below, including conversations between Helena Norberg-Hodge and Alnoor Ladha, Wendell Berry, Tyson Yunkaporta, Camila Moreno. Subscribe to our podcast through Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts, or the podcasting site/app of your choice. New episodes will also be announced in our email updates and posted on our YouTube channel.