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

How might we think and act differently if we recognized ourselves in our “Long Body”—seeing our continually transforming identities beyond our physical bodies into the past and the future? In the midst of an increasing loneliness epidemic, where so many feel disoriented, disassociated, and uprooted, how do we begin to regain a deep sense of belonging to dwell in place? In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Leny Mendoza Strobel, a Kapampangan from Central Luzon in the Philippines, who is currently a settler on Wappo, Pomo, and Coast Miwok lands. Leny is a Founding Elder at the Center for Babaylan Studies and a Professor Emerita in American Multicultural Studies at Sonoma State University. The musical offering in this episode is I’m Not a Mountain by Sarah Kinsley. Help us reach our Patreon goal: Patreon.com/GreenDreamer Make a tax-deductible donation: GreenDreamer.com/Big-Thanks ABOUT: Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, transcripts, and newsletter at GreenDreamer.com. *Our episodes are minimally edited; please view them as open invitations to dive deeper into each topic explored and each resource mentioned.

How might "eco-" or "ethical" certifications fall short of our hopes or expectations for what they mean and guarantee? What is it that leads many socially-driven food startups to become co-opted? In this episode, we welcome Errol Schweizer. Born in The Bronx, New York, Errol has over 25 years of experience in the food industry—from grill cook, stock clerk, and purchasing manager, to V.P. of Grocery, a position he held at Whole Foods for seven years. He has developed plant-based, Organic, Non-GMO, and regenerative supply chains and product standards for over a decade. Since 2016, he has been a Board Member, Co-Founder, and Advisor to over two dozen food retail and CPG enterprises. Currently, Errol is active in regional food policy, healthy food access, and labor advocacy, and is the Co-Founder and Host of The Checkout Podcast. The musical offering in this episode is Karma by Sarah Kinsley.   Help us reach our Patreon goal: Patreon.com/GreenDreamer Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, transcripts, and newsletter at GreenDreamer.com. *Our episodes are minimally edited, and we encourage further inquiry, seeing our dialogues as invitations to dive deeper into each topic and perspective.

Why are the major social binaries inadequate in explaining the basis of our varied injustices? What is needed to translate our relational shifts from domination to partnerism into structural shifts in our societal configuration? In this episode, we welcome Dr. Riane Eisler, a systems scientist, futurist, attorney, and macro-historian whose research, writing, and speaking have transformed the lives of people worldwide. She is president of the Center for Partnership Systems (CPS), Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies at the University of Minnesota, and author of Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future (co-authored with anthropologist Douglas Fry), showing how the social and biological sciences, especially neuroscience, support the findings from her research. Her other books include The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future, Sacred Pleasure, and The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, hailed by Nobel Peace. The musical offering in this episode is Coming Home by Annalie Wilson.   Help us reach our Patreon goal: Patreon.com/GreenDreamer Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, transcripts, and newsletter at GreenDreamer.com. *The values, views, and opinions of our diverse guests do not necessarily reflect those of Green Dreamer. Our episodes are minimally edited; please view them as invitations to dive in deeper to each topic and perspective explored.

Dr. Bayo Akomolafe, a posthumanist thinker and author, discusses the need to slow down and surrender human control. He challenges Western psychology, advocates for experimental transformation, and explores the practice of unschooling. The importance of embracing marginalized spaces and the concept of hopelessness are also highlighted.

How does the dominant western society privilege certain ways of knowing over others—that may be critical to guiding our path to collective healing? How might we better understand the role of “safety” through the lens of connection phenomenology? In this episode, we're joined by Gabriel Kram, a connection phenomenologist, the Convener of the Restorative Practices Alliance, and the Co-Founder of the Academy of Applied Social Medicine. Gabriel is also the author of the book, Restorative Practices of Wellbeing. The musical offering in this episode is Coming Home by Annalie Wilson.   Help us reach our Patreon goal: Patreon.com/GreenDreamer Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, transcripts, and newsletter at GreenDreamer.com. *The values, views, and opinions of our diverse guests do not necessarily reflect those of Green Dreamer. Our episodes are minimally edited; please view them as invitations to dive deeper into every topic.

How has modern water architecture changed our relationship with water? What are some success stories of resilience from communities pushing back against those attempting to privatize and monopolize control over water? In this episode, we speak with Karen Piper, the author of Cartographic Fictions, Left in the Dust, The Price of Thirst, and a memoir called A Girl's Guide to Missiles. Her interests are water architecture, climate change, weapons development history, creative nonfiction, and world literature. She currently teaches in the English department at the University of Missouri. The musical offering in this episode is Where We Belong by Inanna.   Help us reach our Patreon goal: Patreon.com/GreenDreamer Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, transcripts, and newsletter at GreenDreamer.com. *The values, views, and opinions of our diverse guests do not necessarily reflect those of Green Dreamer. Our episodes are minimally edited; please do your own additional research on the information, resources, and statistics shared.

What is the Pyrocene, and why do we need to tell a new narrative around fire? How did colonial forms of conservation disrupt Indigenous cultural burning practices, increasing the likelihood of eruptive, destructive fires today? In light of wildfire season beginning again on the west coast of Turtle Island, we are resharing this pertinent conversation (ep281) with fire historian Stephen Pyne. About Stephen Pyne Stephen Pyne is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University and mostly a fire historian, who has written fire histories for America, Australia, Canada, and Europe (including Russia). The recently published Still-Burning Bush updates his fire survey of Australia. The song featured in this episode is Only the Truth by Johanna Warren. Help us reach our Patreon goal: Patreon.com/GreenDreamer Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, transcripts, and newsletter at GreenDreamer.com. *The values, views, and opinions of our diverse guests do not necessarily reflect those of Green Dreamer. Our episodes are minimally edited; please do your own additional research on the information, resources, and statistics shared.

What is “settler time” and what does it mean to queer temporality? How might an expansion of who we include as family and kin help us to reimagine alternative ways of governance—beyond it taking the form of something outside and on top of, rooted in domination and control, and upholding the constructed boundaries between “the private” and “the public”? Dr. Mark Rifkin is a professor of English and Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at UNC Greensboro. He's served as president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, and he's the author of seven books, including Beyond Settler Time and Speaking for the People: Native Writing and the Question of Political Form (Sept, 2021). The musical offering in this episode is Change by Inanna.   Help us reach our Patreon goal: Patreon.com/GreenDreamer Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, transcripts, and newsletter at GreenDreamer.com. *The values and views of our diverse guests do not necessarily reflect those of Green Dreamer. Our episodes are minimally edited; we invite you to see them as invitations to delve deeper into the topics discussed.

What are some of the distinctive qualities of supremacist cultures—as opposed to liberatory ones? And if liberatory cultures do not have an inherent interest in dominating and overpowering, would it have what it takes to overtake power-hungry supremacist societies? Daniel Lim is a queer, Chinese-Burmese social change maker. He founded Daniel Lim Consulting, a social justice consulting firm that supports organizations to build regenerative and liberatory cultures. His practice is informed by the wisdom of living systems and teachings of Black liberation and Indigenous sovereignty movements. Daniel’s calling in life is to advance collective liberation and heal humanity’s relationship to the living world. The musical offering in this episode is Spider by Gian Slater.   Help us reach our Patreon goal: Patreon.com/GreenDreamer Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, transcripts, and newsletter at GreenDreamer.com. *The values, views, and opinions of our diverse guests do not necessarily reflect those of Green Dreamer. Our episodes are minimally edited, and we encourage further inquiry, seeing our dialogues as open invitations to dive deeper into each topic.

How can non-Native peoples engage with Indigenous cuisines in ways that are rooted in reciprocity and respect? How can people connect with and help to revitalize Native ingredients and foodways? Brian Yazzie, also known as Yazzie the Chef (Diné/Navajo), is from Dennehotso, Arizona, and based out of Saint Paul, MN. Yazzie has a degree of Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Culinary Arts from Saint Paul College 2016. He is a summer resident chef at Dream of Wild Health farm, a delegate of Slow Food Turtle Island Association, and a team member at I-Collective: a collective of cooks, chefs, seed keepers, farmers, foragers, and scholars, focused on bringing awareness to the cultural appropriations of Indigenous foods of the Americas. Yazzie’s mission is specifically working with and for the betterment of tribal communities, wellness, and health through Indigenous foods. He travels internationally and is available for catering, private dinners, pop-up dinners, chef demos & cooking classes, collaborations, and presentations on Indigenous food sovereignty. The musical offering in this episode is Where We Belong by Inanna.   Help us reach our Patreon goal: Patreon.com/GreenDreamer Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, transcripts, and newsletter at GreenDreamer.com. *The values, views, and opinions of our diverse guests do not necessarily reflect those of Green Dreamer. Our episodes are minimally edited; please do additional research on the information, resources, and statistics shared.