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

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support   Dr. Chelsea Mikael Frazier is a faculty fellow in the Cornell University Department of English and Black feminist eco-critic who writes, researches, and teaches at the intersection of Black feminist theory and environmental thought. As the Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Ask An Amazon, she designs educational tools, curates community gatherings, gives lectures, and offers consulting services that serve Black Feminist Fuel for Sustainable Futures. In this podcast episode, Dr. Frazier sheds light on why there traditionally has been a lack of diversity in the field of environmentalism; how our world might change if the people currently most marginalized in our society, such as Black and Indigenous women, were centered and honored as leaders of our future; and more.   Featured music: Heat by Berne Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/chelsea Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support   Briony Penn is a naturalist, mother, writer, artist, and citizen who has trained as a geographer, which she notes is likely the closest western science comes to an integrated worldview that looks at our relationships to the earth and each other. In this podcast episode, Briony sheds light on the potential limitations of specialized fields of western science in conservation; what community maps are, and how the maps that we’ve been taught to understand geography have shaped our cultural and societal values; and more.     Featured music: Stay by Berne Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/briony Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support   Jesse McDougall is a regenerative farmer at Studio Hill Farm. He is an Accredited Professional with the Savory Institute, the co-founder of Regenerative Food Network, an advisory board member for Soil4Climate, and the author of the first regenerative agriculture legislation.  In this podcast episode, Jesse sheds light on his experience writing legislation in support of regenerative agriculture in Vermont; why measurements focused on carbon alone are too limiting and inadequate indicators of land restoration and soil health; and more.   Featured music: Politician Man by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/jesse Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support   Sophie Ackoff is the co-executive director of the National Young Farmers Coalition, which is a national advocacy network of young farmers fighting for the future of agriculture. In this podcast episode, Sophie sheds light on the challenges that young people uniquely face, especially Black, Indigenous, and young people of color, when trying to become farmers and food producers; the distinction between farmworkers and farmers, and how we might go about addressing the injustices of land access in this country; and more.   Featured music: I Need Angels by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/sophie Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support   Acadia Tucker is a regenerative farmer, climate activist, and the author of Tiny Victoria Gardens, Growing Good Food, and Growing Perennial Foods. Her books are a call to action to citizen gardeners everywhere and lay the groundwork for planting an organic, regenerative garden. In this podcast episode, Acadia sheds light on the difference between growing annual and perennial plants in our gardens or community spaces; using gardening as a form of activism and rebellion against the current dominant extractive and exploitative system; and more.   Episode sponsor: http://www.madetrade.com/greendreamer  Featured music: Politician Man by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/acadia Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support   Dr. Kimberly McGlonn is the founder of Grant Blvd (Instagram: @grantblvd; Facebook: Grand Blvd Clothing), which is a clothing brand committed to creating opportunities in sustainable fashion for marginalized folks in Philadelphia. Before starting her clothing brand, Dr. McGlonn's 17 years of classroom teaching about marginalization and colonialism have shaped her insights into the intersections of environmental and social justice. In this podcast episode, Dr. McGlonn sheds light on the connections between climate justice and mass incarceration; why we need to go beyond demonizing individual ‘criminals’ to contextualizing isolated events with the greater system; and more.   Featured music: I Need Angels by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/kimberly Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support   Dr. Lauren Baker is the Director of Programs at the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, which is a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working to transform global food systems through a systems-level approach and deep collaboration among philanthropy, researchers, grassroots movements, the private sector, farmers and food systems workers, Indigenous Peoples, government, and policymakers. In this podcast episode, Dr. Baker sheds light on the importance of seed diversity; what true-cost-accounting is, and why it's necessary; and more.   Featured music: Politician Man by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/lauren Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support   Owen Wormser, the author of Lawns Into Meadows, is the founder of Abound Design and the nonprofit Local Harmony, which is focused on encouraging community-driven regeneration. In this podcast episode, Owen sheds light on the environmental and economic costs of maintaining lawns; how meadows can be regenerative, low-maintenance, and wildlife-friendly alternatives to lawns; and more.    Featured music: I Need Angels by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/owen Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support   Guillaume Pitron is an award-winning journalist and documentary-maker for some of France’s leading TV channels. His first book, The Rare Metals War: The Dark Side of Clean Energy and Digital Technologies, draws on six years of research to reveal our new dependence on rare metals. In this podcast episode, Guillaume sheds light on why green and clean energy and technologies are not entirely green nor clean; what we can learn from the history of our energy infrastructure transitions; how moving to ‘green’ energy may actually worsen environmental injustice in some ways; and more.   Featured music: Politician Man by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/guillaume Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support   Teresa Coady is an award-winning architect and Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Her new book, Rebuilding Earth: Designing Ecoconscious Habitats for Humans, is a revolutionary guide to rethinking our role as planet shapers in the Digital Age. In this podcast episode, Teresa sheds light on why we need to go beyond thinking about wellness through an individualistic lens to looking at it through a systemic lens; how we've largely been designing our built environments for machines rather than for life and ecological health; and more. Featured music: I Need Angels by Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/teresa Newsletter: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast