THE SPACESHIP EARTH PODCAST

It's early January, there's a lot of chatter around giving stuff up, creating new habits and making goals and resolutions and getting healthy. I was lucky to have a very peaceful couple of weeks over the end of last year, but getting back into the groove this week reminded me how critical my practices for grounding myself are in amongst the chaos and distraction of modern life. I've also sensed quite a bit of edginess out on the streets. So in this short episode I visit the woods and share my sitspot practice, a simple and poweful tool, for reconnecting and grounding yourself. I explain why I do it, how it works, why its useful as a tool to help you feel calm, energised and focussed and how anyone can fit the sitspot into their lives, wherever they live. It also costs nothing. Oh and discover how to give yourself deer ears too. Hope it's useful. If you dig this, check out episode 4 for more sitspot and wellbeing hacks from the woods.https://wildwise.co.uk/ Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode I chat with the legend Joshua Coombes, hairdresser to the homed and homeless, social activist and his mission Do Something for Nothing. We chat about how his story started, the complexity of homelessness. How do we show up and be present for others around us in need. Being human, giving what you're good at, creative activism, being generous in a monetised world, getting out on the streets and much more.Rad cosmic intro/outro music with gratitide to Matt Hales and Davide Rossi (Escape Goat by Soren Lorenson, published by BMG)Show noteshttps://www.instagram.com/joshuacoombes/?hl=enhttps://www.facebook.com/dosomethingfornothing/www.goodfornothing.com Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, I chat with Ella Saltmarshe. Writer, strategist, campaigner, activist, systems thinker.We cover being a pluralist in a world of specialisation, system change what is it?, the role of stories and narrative in our culture and how we change the story especiallly when it comes to our relationship with the planet. Hacking popular culture, the concept of deep time, working from the heart and much more.Rad cosmic intro/outro music with gratitide to Matt Hales and Davide Rossi (Escape Goat by Soren Lorenson, published by BMG)Show notes:https://ssir.org/articles/entry/using_story_to_change_systemshttp://www.thepointpeople.com/https://www.thecommslab.com/ella-saltmarshehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViwkkpROxp4https://medium.com/@thelongtimeinquiry/the-long-time-3383b43d42abhttps://twitter.com/saltsea?lang=en Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation with Michael Stewart from Sustainable Surf recorded in his car to and from a cheeky surf session north of San Francisco. We cover the story of Sustainable Surf, how to use the scale and influence of surf culture to accelerate sustainable living. The power of branding, new environmental stories, regenerative business, circular design, ocean connection, climate action, creative responses to environmental issues and more. Apologies for the sound, it was spontaneous and unplanned and recorded on my iphone as Michael drove. It's basically a road trip.Music - Escape Goat by Soren Lorenson Matt Hales and Davide Rossi, published by BMGShow notessustainablesurf.org/https://vimeo.com/290345959https://firewiresurfboards.com/sustainability-ecoboard/https://vimeo.com/96916877http://sustainablesurf.org/deepbluelifehttps://mafiabags.com/https://www.sugamats.com/ Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

A marvellous conversation with the inspiring Anna Murray, co-founder of Patternity Design Studio. We cover her journey from advertising creative to meaningful design studio with her co-founder Grace. How interest in pattern, its infinite quality and a way of noticing the world kickstarted the Patternity journey. We riff on the beauty of the world around us, noticing patterns, visually and in our own habits. About collaborations, putting stuff out in the world, commerical pressure vs meaningful creativity. About unusual business models, cycles, water, the moon, the rise of the feminine, gratitude, ecological awareness, connection to nature and the more than human world, experiences, workshops and practices that through pattern help us connect more deeply with ourselves and the wider world around us. show noteswww.patternity.orghttps://www.instagram.com/patternity/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/anna__patternity/https://vimeo.com/235529098https://redschool.net/https://jonhopkins.bandcamp.com/album/light-through-the-veins Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

It's World Environement Day, so here's a spontaneous ramble on 'environment' what is it, where is it and what that really means ? Featuring reflections on being in water, constructured environments, separation from nature, poems, readings, cuckoos and music.episode notes..https://twitter.com/RobGMacfarlanehttp://www.wavemakercollective.com/Moy HIll community Farmhttps://www.facebook.com/moyhillcommunityfarm/https://vimeo.com/229375689http://ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.com/http://williamayot.com/email-from-the-soul/Chris Seeley - http://www.wildmargins.com/Artful_Knowing.htmlhttps://worldoceanday.school/www.onceocean.fmhttps://www.sas.org.uk/uncategorised/atlantic-ocean-makes-waves-music-industry/ Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation with Chrissy Levett, founder of Creative Conscience, a platform for inspiring, supporting, rewarding and recognising young creative talent using their gifts to make positive social change happen. We talk about the story of CC and how Chrissy brought it into the world. The shift in consciousness that is well underway, hacking meaning into educational institutions. Stories of brilliant projects from young creatives all over the world tackling everything from bullying to domestic violence and planetary healing. The struggles, anxiety, challenges and joy in bringing forth a major project into the world. www.creativeconscience.org.uk Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

Live from a beach in Nicaragua - another experiment in spontaneous planetary riffing - I share a slightly cosmic podcast connection story, the practices of spontaneity, openness and generosity as life centered - then with a nod to World Water Day - explore our connection to the ocean, the power of water to heal and make us feel good, our dependence on the ocean to support the life giving systems of the Spaceship Earth, eating rice and beans every day and more.Some links from this episode...The magic Millz and his genius podcast and how my podcast met his - meta https://soundcloud.com/thejfdicast/gutBlue Mind - great book and growing movement on the benefits of being near water > http://www.wallacejnichols.org/122/bluemind.htmlSylvia Earle - marine biologist and ocean legendhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_EarleRice and beans (gallo pinto) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallo_pintoThe track I played out - 'Lost at Sea' - The Egghttps://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lost-at-sea/644013029?i=644013237email me: dan@danburgess.earthtwitter: twitter.com/dansoloinsta: instagram.com/dansolos Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 4 and time for an experiment, I head into the woods, with no guest, just me Dan Burgess and no agenda, to sit and see what emerges in the woods. With special guest woodpecker. Covering Gaia theory, deep listening, wild health, trees to watch out for, industrial cleverness, life centered design, frazzled corporate cultures, regenerative potential of nature, deep time, woodpeckers and much more. Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe

Riffing with surf photographer, film maker and co-founder of the Plastic Project - Tim Nunn. Tim has been capturing surfing and waves out in the thick of it for two decades- he's worked worked with the world's leading surfers, surf magazines and surf brands, he's travelled to some of the most remote, challenging and inpsiring parts of the planet and while he's been doing that he's noticed plastics washing up into these remote places. He started the Plastic Project as a way to document this with other pro photographers, he shares this story and more as we explore how we got into this mess, what it means for our beautiful spaceship earth and how we might evolve and get out of it. www.theplastic-project.com Get full access to Becoming Crew at becomingcrew.substack.com/subscribe