Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

Watch the video version of this PRELUDE at youtube.com/greendreamer.This is the PRELUDE to our upcoming mini series of 3 conversations that were recorded live in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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RISE UP! It’s time to organize for the lands, waters, and living communities who nurture us, who sustain our breath.In this call-to-action episode, Hina Puamohala Kneubuhl invites us to listen to and show up for Haleakalā — in response to recent proposals of more telescopes to be built on the mountain’s sacred summit.Tap in as we get a glimpse into the vibrant ecology of Haleakalā, learn from the Kānaka-led resistance on Mauna Kea against the Thirty Meter Telescope project, and chat through what it means to strategize in solidarity with the mauna.We invite you to…tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app;tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here;and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here.The musical offering in this episode is "Haleakalā" by Brother Noland.

What should we know about the Pentagon’s environmental impacts? What does it mean that the emissions from military activity are exempt from global climate discussions and agreements? And who exactly does national security serve?In this hard-hitting episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with independent journalist Abby Martin, whose latest feature film is Earth’s Greatest Enemy.Join us as we interrogate the mass destruction caused by U.S. imperialism and hold space for the grief, anger, and revolutionary optimism that underlie the work of speaking truth to power.We invite you to…tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app;tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here;and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here.The musical feature in this episode is “Fire (I think It’s Me)” by Leila Six

What does it mean to practice detachment while staying deeply engaged in the work of collective transformation? What is the significance of cultivating a discipline of care? And how might we understand our breath as a foundational practice?In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Norma Ryuko Kawelokū Wong Roshi, a Native Hawaiian and Hakka life-long resident of Hawaiʻi and an 86th generation Zen Master.Join us as we explore the courage, wisdom, and Aloha that this timeplace of collapse is asking of us, and more.We invite you to…tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app;tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here;and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here.This episode's musical feature is "I am" by Beautiful Chorus ft. India Arie

Adrian Sutherland, Cree musician, author, and cultural advocate from Attawapiskat, blends Cree language, land-based practice, and roots-rock storytelling. He discusses the value of hands-on skills versus automation. He shares stories of spiritual presence on the land, northern livability, carpentry and music as disciplined practice, and the role of community in healing and resilience.

What do we know about the oldest surviving textiles of the world? How might learning about the biocultural history of fibers transform how we relate to fashion? And what does it mean to remember the sacredness of the cloth — in conjunction with questions around access and affordability?In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Carry Somers, the Co-founder of Fashion Revolution and the author of The Nature of Fashion.Join us as we reconnect with the origins of textiles and what they teach us about the inseparability of culture and ecology.This episode's musical feature is “Novo Amanhecer” by Nessi Gomes.

How do we cultivate active hope through engaging in small, daily actions? What can we learn about social organizing and community building from looking at it through a permaculture lens? And what does it mean to re-establish our connections with land, water, and community — whether we live in the heart of cities or in more rural contexts?In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Kirsten Bradley, the co-founder of Milkwood and the author of The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook.Join us as we chat through how the permaculture principles relate to social change — and how we might dig our hands in the dirt to participate in that action.We invite you to…tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app;tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here;and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here.Episode song feature: “Grandmother” by Ayla Schafer

How does the outdoor industry profit off of “the wilderness” as an extractive, consumable experience? How have outdoor apparel companies benefited from sanitizing the history of national parks and public lands? And what does it mean to recognize the colonial mentality behind certain forms of exploration — bagging peaks, checking off trails, and securing photographs of scenic spots without going any deeper?In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Joseph Whitson, a political ecologist and the author of Marketing the Wilderness.Join us as we peel back the layers of the recreation-industrial complex — politicizing the idea of “protecting the wilderness” often portrayed as a bipartisan interest — and sit with what it means to travel, hike, and recreate in the “great outdoors” while confronting questions of complicity.Episode musical feature: “Eden” by Ryne Meadow

"There is an uncanniness, a way in which [fungi] were not behaving perfectly, in which it's hard to study them in a petri dish… They upset that wish that everything would fall into binaries and categories that have made sense." – Maria PintoThis episode features Maria Pinto, an author and educator who teaches for the literary nonprofit GrubStreet. Her book of lyric essays about mushrooms, Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival, was published by Great Circle Books at UNC Press.We invite you to…tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app;tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here;and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here.Episode artwork: Paul LewinSong features: “If You Want To, You Will” by Lemon Myrtle