THE SPACESHIP EARTH PODCAST

In this episode I'm in conversation with Andres Roberts, founder of Bio Leadership Project, co-founder of Way Of Nature UK. Andres supports new forms of human progress by working with the principles of living systems and the wisdom of nature. We talk about Andres journey with his work, and how his practice has developed with Bio Leadership, the challenges of working and leading within dominant systems, different ways of knowing, working with the intelligence of the wider natural world through nature quests, wilderness solos, and basically we riff and jam on what its like to be alive right now at this moment in time, a time of climate emergency and ecological breakdown, the search for meaning and a sense of belonging and in particular what that means to lead and organise in this context and with this new knowledge. Enquiry based practice and asking courageous questions as a way to evolve. Andres shares stories, insight and learnings from his most current projects including his work with Patagonia Europe, it was a real pleasure to record this chat. Hope you enjoy!Show notes:http://www.bio-leadership.org/http://wayofnature.co.uk/https://www.sacredpassage.com/https://rebellion.earth/https://www.reinventingorganizations.com/https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/05/17/extinction-rebellion-warns-ad-industry-you-didn-t-think-we-d-forget-about-you Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode I chat with James Turner Co-founder of Glimpse. Glimpse tap into a growing network of creative talent to create culture hacks and creative interventions that reimagine a beautiful future beyond mindless consumption, where nature flourishes and people are nice to each other. They are behind a load of genius activations including crowdfunding an entire London Underground Station's advertising space with posters of Cats, creating the first retail store where you purchase urgent items for refugees, and most recently getting birdsong into the UK music charts to raise awareness of the urgent decline in bird species in the UK. Today they are a creative studio who work with NGO's, charities and purposeful organisations who want to imagine a more beautiful world as well as developing their own activations and projects.We explore James' journey to Glimpse via his background as a broadcast journalist then as Comms Director for Greenpeace UK, about shifting creative energy and talent away from consumption culture towards more regenerative narratives and stories in our culture. The challenges we're facing right now with climate and ecological breakdown and massive social inequalities and the urgent need for more creative energy, talent and skills to step up and get involved. We also talk quite a bit about salad and birds. Enjoy!Show noteshttps://weglimpse.co/https://www.goodfornothing.com/https://medium.com/glimpsecollective/why-we-just-replaced-68-tube-adverts-with-cat-pictures-9ed1ae1177d0https://choose.love/https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/campaigning/let-nature-sing/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/april-showers-trigger-outdoor-campaign/1582149https://soundcloud.com/goodfornothing-1/birdstep-mashupGood for Nothing #Homefulhttps://medium.com/@g00dfornothing/in-times-of-crisis-look-for-the-helpers-58b390e69ccdA post by me on responding to the climate emergency > https://medium.com/@dansolo/fridays-for-future-for-everyone-48d9152de17dFridays for Future for Everyone by me > https://youtu.be/fjxkzwCboBchttp://extinctionrebellion.earth/https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/05/17/extinction-rebellion-warns-ad-industry-you-didn-t-think-we-d-forget-about-youhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/19/extinction-rebellion-urges-ad-industry-to-use-its-power-for-goodBreak the Silence on climate change in advertisinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsbdtUuzIU Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation with education pioneer Melissa Kendall, who has established the first Lumiar School in the UK. The Lumiar methodology was developed by Brazilian entrepreneur Ricardo Semler. We chat about why Mel took the leap, the Lumiar methodology and approach and the plans for the school which is in its first full year. Enjoy.Show noteshttps://www.lumiar.co.uk/https://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_how_to_run_a_company_with_almost_no_rules?language=mghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=112&v=yGiUjkfjIag Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

A spontaneous ramble from the banks of the River Dart in Devon. Recorded mid April, this is a short reflection after spending 48hrs in the Devon landscape after a few months of working frantically.A riff on the healing nature of the land and water, a need for solitude, the wisdom that emerges from time outside. The insanity of the myth of continual progress in the industrial growth society. Falling in love with the more than human world, the intelligence and wisdom in looking backwards. Letting go, rituals, love, feeling and working from the heart. Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode I’m with Chris Salisbury - storyteller, outdoor educator, nature connection guru and founder of WildWise in Devon, UK. We explore connection to nature through experience, embodied knowledge and opening the imagination, the need for soul work in our industrialised lives, the challenges facing children, teens and us older folks in a world that has shunned ritual, wildness, community living and spaces to connect with who we truly are. How time in nature can spark our curiosity and creativity, the power of stories in oral form to inspire and support us in times of trouble. Includes guest vocals from Chris’s hens. Enjoy!Show noteshttps://wildwise.co.uk/https://www.oxfordstorytellingfestival.co.uk/meet-the-teamhttps://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/short-courses/call-of-the-wild-2019 Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode I chat with Chris Hines, surfer, environmentalist, sustainability innovator who nearly 30 years ago co-founded environmental surf charity Surfers Against Sewage in Cornwall UK.We chat about that journey, what was happening at that time and what drove Chris and fellow founders to build out this movement despite having no real idea what they were up against and with absolulety no resources.This is a story to inspire all of us, that if you care enough about something then go and make s**t happen.enjoy!http://agos.co/https://www.sas.org.uk/ Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode I head to Bristol with my son to join the Schools Climate Action strike - Fridays for Future and chat to students to gets a sense of why they're striking and what they hope to achieve. This is experimental, noisey and insightful! Enjoy!Show noteshttps://www.fridaysforfuture.org/https://ukscn.org/https://ukscn.org/ys4c-2https://www.ipcc.ch/ Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation with big wave surfer, social activist, researcher, writer and artist Easkey Britton. Following a workshop in Dublin I caught up with Easkey for a catch up on her work around the links between human health and environmental health, with specific focus on the ocean, as well as exploring her work around patterns and cycles in nature and in ourselves with reference to 'A Lunar Cycle' -her latest film project with ocean brand Finisterre. Always a pleasure to hang out with Easkey, this is a riff on water, ocean, health, connection to our bodies, communities and the wider natural world. Enjoy!Show NotesA Lunar Cycle film > https://vimeo.com/288338638http://easkeybritton.com/http://www.wavemakercollective.com/http://www.finisterre.com/ Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode I chat with Jaz O’Hara founder of the WorldWide Tribe. Jaz’s story is extraordinary. In my opinion she represents the best of what it means to be human in 2019 and her work is a total inspiration. Her story started in the summer of 2015 in the UK, by following her heart and acting on curiosity to really understand what was happening with the refugee crisis on the UK/French border in Calais. Much of the mainstream British media had been creating an atmosphere of fear and suspicion, Jaz and her brother wanted to hear the real human stories, why were these people risking their lives to get to Britain? They decided to head to Calais to find out, the rest as they say is history. This is a story of inspiration, intuition, human-ness, radical doing, creativity, leaning into uncertainty, of the positive power of the social web, of human kindness, of changing the way we see and think about issues we don’t properly understand and taking action about things we care about to make a more beautiful world. This is epic. Enjoy!Show notes:https://theworldwidetribe.com/https://www.instagram.com/theworldwidetribehttps://janga.la/https://www.thespaceship.earth/http://wearelookingsideways.com/https://thespaceshipearth.teemill.com/Films…Who Are the Worldwide Tribe >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4vlkM511KMJungala -Life in the Jungle refugee camp >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zER0aZCzSgLotus Flower - Don’t Bulldoze the Jungle > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbyCG3NA58YThe End of the Jungle > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BEj9nsUURs Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode I chat with Laura Storm, sustainability pioneer and thought leader out of Copenhagen Denmark. Laura has been blazing a trail in the world of sustainable business practice for many years at a global level. Recognised as a young global leader by WEF she has been working towards shifting the global business community to more responsible ways of operating, from leading the development of the world leading Sustainia platform to collaborating on global policy change on climate action at the COP initiatives, including the infamous COP 15 in Denmark 2009.But along with this Laura has a deep intuitive connection to the more than human world, and has been exploring her own relationship with that through her life journey. She believes that the next paradigm shift for our civilisation has to be working in relationship with the natural world, and is now building the Regenerators platform with fellow co-creators as a way of supporting a new form of regenerative leadership approach. We explore Laura’s story and riff on the breakdowns occurring across the planet, the pressing shift to a new way of working, leading and organising, more in tune with the wide natural world, with less fear and control. We riff on the intimate connection between human health and planetary health and the rise of a more holistic view of sustainability, where the health of self, community and planet are all interconnected and integral to a fully regenerative future. This isn’t a podcast about sustainable business, it’s a conversation about how we bring our whole selves into play everyday, the opportunity to design and create places, business and organisations with potential to regenerate people and planet and the wisdom and intelligence to be gained from a deeper form of listening, sensing and awareness. We also touch on the pain and breakdown often involved in radical self growth and shifts in being. Laura is a true force of nature.In honour of the vibe of this show, I end with a quick hat tip to fellow Nordic fearless Spaceship Earth Uber crew member Greta Thunberg, who's courage, actions and extraordinary dedication to the planet is absolutely rocking and hopefully a wake up call to those in positions of power with ability to influence the future for the next generations . I hope you enjoy the show.Show Noteshttps://laura-storm.com/https://www.regenerators.co/https://thesustainian.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference@Laura_StormGreta Thunberg @ COP 24https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFkQSGyeCWgGreta Thunberg @ Davoshttps://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2019/jan/25/i-want-you-to-panic-16-year-old-greta-thunberg-issues-climate-warning-at-davos-video Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe