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By Stella

These are overwhelming, turbulent times, but that also means there is major potential to fill the cracks with new ideas and to transform these destructive systems.
There are specific root causes for problems and holistic solutions everywhere. There is room for prosperity, there is room for regeneration and a shift in values.
Another reality is possible and that is what we're exploring here today.

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Endometriosis and fertility stories in the modern world with Matilda Rosengren 👼🏽🌱

Endometriosis and fertility stories in the modern world with Matilda Rosengren 👼🏽🌱

10 % of American women are diagnosed with Endometriosis.

That is millions of women!

Worldwide, fertility issues and inflammation related diseases are extremely relevant topics.

In this episode Matilda Rosengren is sharing her personal experiences with fertility and Endometriosis and her motivation to start her online platform Mind and Womb which offers tools and support to those women trying to conceive.


This episode is not only for female ears! Fertility issues are wide spread and equally distributed between men and women.


The understanding regarding women's cycles and the need for rest and slowing down in work and personal life especially, but not only, when dealing with Endometriosis and the toll it can take on body and mind, can definitely be improved.

Matilda shares the rad to her diagnosis, treatments she has undergone and how she has used self-practices like yoga and womb massages to re-connect to her body.


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌊🌍☀

which came alive through the voices of

Matilda Rosengren

and your host Stella Sage🌿


Sources/Resources:

National Geographic article on men's fertility: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2022/11/sperm-counts-worldwide-are-plummeting-faster-than-we-thought


Mind and Womb: https://mindandwomb.com/






Mar 28, 202401:01:37
Erik Turner - "which tools will we choose?" 🛠

Erik Turner - "which tools will we choose?" 🛠

Erik G. Turner has a background in chemical and process engineering and started his career in the Pharma industry.

Currently working for Neustark, an ETH spin off which works in the carbon removal space, transforming old concrete and CO2 into recycled concrete, he is contributing to the transformation of one of the largest waste streams in the world.

Erik got interested in sustainability in 2018, joining the NGO YES Europe, a youth led initiative focusing on a sustainable energy transition.

His thoughts center around identifying leverage points we have as a society to make change happen, around complexity and ambiguity and about "living the questions", which is very much what this episode is about.

We explore the topics of "tools" (which will we be choosing to address different crisis),

the "simple solutions trap" presented by politics and industry and why Erik's honest answer to: which solutions he is seeing at the moment -

is quite shockingly "none!"


This is an episode of exploration and questioning and we do hope you enjoy listening🌱


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌊🌍☀

which came alive through the voices of

Erik Turner

and your host Stella Sage🌿

Mar 08, 202454:50
Cate Zoltan on natural meditation & healing 🌱🌤🌬

Cate Zoltan on natural meditation & healing 🌱🌤🌬

Cate Zoltan is CEO of the Undo App, which is designed to activate self-healing through deep body meditations.


In this episode we discuss how Cate found her way to the concept of natural meditation, what it means to live a more "natural life" and how we can re-connect with our "original self" through meditation, which requires slowly carving our way back to who we are at our core, seeing through the experiences, information and all else that is imposed onto us throughout our lives and daily.

We ask how important TRUST is and why the lack of trust in our capabilities, in the world, in each other may be informing much of the un-kindness, insecurity or even hatred that is also present at these times.

We answer the question, why all of this matters -

This internal work, the attention to mental health, deep connection, emotional intelligence...

If not simply for our own sakes, think of the farmer providing your food, a teacher or a supreme court judge.

All of their decisions and impacts, no matter how big or small will be informed by their worldview, their relationship and connection to themselves, their biases and morals.

This will impact their town, a nation, in a wider sense, the world and might mean the difference between:

Petrochemicals or farming with the rhythms of nature.

Providing safe spaces for children to thrive or pushing for discipline and silence.

Verdicts informed by a drive to exert power and having a distrust towards certain cultures or verdicts motivated by the will to make a positive change, to build trust in the law and make people's lives easier, not harder.


It always starts with us, whether we think us important or not - we are. Every living being has an impact on their surroundings and the world and how we tread this earth matters greatly.


Our healing journey will have ripple affects.

Our connection to ourselves will impact our external connections.

If you are presently embarked on a healing journey, we are sending our loving wishes,

if you would like to try another tool or take new steps towards healing, maybe you will find it with Undo

feel free to use the code STELLA24 for a 14-day-free-trial in the App.


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌊🌍☀

which came alive through the voices of

Cate Zoltan

and your host Stella Sage🌿

Feb 08, 202443:31
A childhood in Ghana and efforts for sustainable forest management 🌳🌲

A childhood in Ghana and efforts for sustainable forest management 🌳🌲

Lydia Afriyie - Kraft was born and raised on a farm in Ghana, she holds a Bachelor in silviculture and forest management and a master of international management of forest industries.
Currently she is providing consultation to European Wood Importers and on timber trade regulation.
Her father, a cocoa farmer, cultivated land not only for cocoa, but also for palm oil production and growing food for the family to live off.
Lydia shares memories and experiences from her childhood, inviting us to walk to the water well in the morning, on to a school she was grateful to have been able to attend, from school back to one of the plots of land that needed working on, back to her house at night, guided by the light of the moon and finally studying in the light of a kerosene lamp.
Our conversation also takes us to her work in the regulation and certification of sustainable forest management in Germany.
Here, mine and Lydia's differing backgrounds, worldviews and influences show, as we discuss sustainable resource use and our views on what sustainably managed forests looks like. We realize here that the two of us have quite different ways of relating to earth and forests in particular.

It holds so much value and is very expansive to share perspectives and realize that you and the person you are sitting across are both relating to a topic informed by your own personal beliefs and experiences.

🌱These conversations are becoming more and more important as we are aiming to sit together, cross reference, develop and exchange in order to create local, national, communal, international pathways for positive, regenerative changes.

Thank you for listening to this Talk☀🌊🌍
which came alive through the voices of Lydia Afriyie-Kraft
and your host
Stella Sage🌿

Jan 18, 202440:07
[y]our2040 gathering, 2023 - what is regeneration?🌱

[y]our2040 gathering, 2023 - what is regeneration?🌱

Four extraordinary days in the Engiadin Valley in La Punt, Switzerland.

Nestled in between mountains, next to a river where cool, clear water flows steadily is where [y]our2040 found its place for the third time since 2020.

I was so very blessed to be part of the Team that delivered [y]our2040 in the summer of 2023 and it had me absolutely hooked.

Four days of incredible conversations around all topics mainly centered around regeneration.

Regeneration of communities, natural habitats, connections, communication, spirit, systems, oceans, soils, economies...

Critical, challenging, loving, discussions and sharing of opinions.

Around 100 participants coming together to work on over 10 different projects that should serve a regenerative purpose, carried out and nurtured far beyond the gathering.

Music in the background, painting, writing, dancing, laughter, tears, ideas.

People from different backgrounds with different mind sets and visions, yet at a closer look fundamentally similar, walking barefoot from one tent to the next, forming a community that feels like family after only a couple of days.

I recorded tiny live conversation snippets with about 30 people to put them together into one episode that explores the outlooks on the concept of regeneration that must be central to our present and future actions.

One word, many interpretations.

This is explored in this episode of SageTalking with a foreword from one of the founders, Jonelle Simunich 🌱


Thank you for listening to this Talk☀🌊🌍

which came alive through the voices of

participants of the [y]our2040 gathering

and your host Stella Sage🌿


Dec 07, 202301:02:10
Tobias Luthe - adventuring towards regeneration🏄🏼‍♂️🌱

Tobias Luthe - adventuring towards regeneration🏄🏼‍♂️🌱

Tobias Luthe is a professor at ETH Zurich, teaching in the fields of resilience and complex systems, systemic design and regenerative systems, traveling and adventuring through different countries and landscapes.

Powered by a passion for outdoor sports, exploration and the active participation in regeneration.

Tobias grew up in a very natural setting, immersed in nature and being introduced to building, making firewood and winter sports in particular in his childhood, setting a foundation of deep trust in one self and life, described as "Urvertrauen" (deep trust) in the German language.


Tobias recognizes that this groundedness set him up to be creative, adventurous and entrepreneurial as an important skill set when engaging in regeneration.


In this episode we also touch on his work at Mon Viso Institute in the Italian Alps in the village of Ostana which is a University Mountain Campus acting as a real world lab in the fields of sustainability and regeneration.

Tobias shares a story of accidental de-generation of soil at the Campus and the journey of learning, questioning and exploring that never stops and highlights the importance of "playing in the un-plannability of the real world"🌍🌿


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Tobias Luthe

and your host Stella Sage🌿

Nov 23, 202335:39
Our return to "authentic- self" with Nathan Maingard🌱

Our return to "authentic- self" with Nathan Maingard🌱

Who we are as people, how we feel and receive ourselves, the state of our health, purpose, connection to nature and community determines our interactions, beliefs, choices in regards to the ways we act towards earth, other people etc.


Nathan Maingard describes himself as having been a misfit in our society at a young age.

Not fitting into the boxes that school, society, government, predetermined, which all seemed a skin too tight for him.

In this episode he shares how he transformed from thinking he was the problem, acting out and feeling out of place, to living his truth and supporting other people in that journey as well.


We reflect on the way many of us feel out of place or forced into structures and the fallacy of "this is just the way things are".

Nathan argues that we ARE ALL already FREE.

That with the decisions to show up for ourselves and making choices from the moment we get up in the morning that set ourselves up for peace and well-being, we are freeing ourselves.


There is a place for everyone to bring value to themselves and community. We need to foster a society and atmosphere that let's everyone contribute, because everyone CAN. There is no useless or valueless person. We all have hands, feet, mouths, eyes, ears and brains to use.

Each in their own way and we must let go of the constraints that say that there are only certain predetermined and economically imposed ideas that determine which inputs are worth anything.

This way we can let go of feelings of uselessness of not being enough of being "misfits" in a society of essentially a majority of "misfits" that are struggling along, working against themselves and natural cycles and rhythms.


"people sitting around a fire with their families, who are at peace with themselves, who have purpose and connection and live with the rhythms of nature won't even look up to listen to that pained, disconnected person coming along, proposing to start a war or plunder another family's home."


The ME reflects the WE and it starts with I 🌱

We are 100 % capable of creating a different reality and making change one person, one family, one community, one city, one nation, one world....at a time -

One that flourishes and harmonizes a hell of a lot more than it does right now🌍💚


Catch up with Nathan here:

Instagram: http://instagram.com/nathanmaingard

Podcast: https://alreadyfree.me/podcast

Morning Practice Challenge: https://alreadyfree.me/yes

Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Nathan Maingard

and your host Stella Sage🌿

Nov 16, 202359:51
John Fullerton - the 8 principles of a regenerative economy🌱💰

John Fullerton - the 8 principles of a regenerative economy🌱💰

John Fullerton imagines a world where we are not breaking the planet's boundaries with our economics.

He argues that we have a superbly functioning model of living systems around us, which is regenerating all the time, that we could orientate ourselves toward.


In this episode we Talk about clear design principles and processes that are important for us to consider in order to create a global regenerative economy.

To read more about John's ideas feel free to dive into the 8 principles of a regenerative economy


After a 20 year career as a managing director on Wall Street, John has seen the violence that can occur when it comes to the world of finance and business.

We Talk about the mindset shift that happened for him and his path to exploring alternatives to the neoclassical economy.

Does it work to speak to the consciousness of investors and shareholders alike?

If we offer different alternatives that align more with natural rhythms will they be welcomed or do people stick to what they know?


What does the regenerative economy look like, respecting cultural, geological and other differences?

Possibly you will find an example of a regenerative economy at your town's very own farmers market

which in John's eyes already IS the regenerative economy 🥦🍉🌼


"We're not going to have one model that everyone replicates. There will be expressions of this that will happen organically all over the world."


📣We want to encourage you to ask yourselves and family members the question: "What does a regenerative economy look like, to me?"

At first it can be a micro economy only including your own household or a small town - if you like you can go national or even global.

✉Fell free to share visions in the Q & A section of this episode


Thank you for listening to this Talk☀🌊🌍

which came alive through the voices of

John Fullerton

and your host Stella Sage🌿

Oct 05, 202341:43
Political correctness?? with Nelly Cyprichova📣💡

Political correctness?? with Nelly Cyprichova📣💡

The more innovative and "developed" societies become, the more complex the issues within them -

and today every issue seems to make its way to span the globe, asking for ever more complex solutions to ever more confusing problems that

seem to be well stocked.

Have we become too innovative for our own species to handle the issues that arise from all the developments?

Or have many societies reached a point of so much wealth and comfort that we are now simply creating problems? - or innovations first, that create problems to then have to solve them?

Thinking about this too long feels like mentally doing the splits on a bicycle, but me and Nelly really had the need to try and unpack this and through honest conversation get closer to some of the root causes and closer to core truths (if there are any).

*disclaimer here: many issues touched on in this podcast might be misinterpreted, not all you say in a flow of conversation is completely 100 % refined and planned or will be understood by a third party exactly as it was meant since use of language differs and is spontaneous in a flow of conversation + just because we don't agree with the craziness, confusion and division sown around different topics does not mean we don't agree they are generally important or that all people (unless they show they deserve otherwise) should be treated with respect and kindness*


We touch on the topics like political correctness and political affiliation, identity markers and the issues that arise form putting people into categories and boxes that overlook all other facets and nuances that we humans bring with us.

We try to discover if it were the case that we could strap away much of the BS and generally treat one another and earth with respect - could we begin focusing on the things we KNOW fulfil the basic, biological needs of human beings, the things that are important to ALL of us...?

🎨👨🏼‍🌾👩🏼‍🌾community, collaboration, working and living with the rhythms of nature, connection, intellectual pursuit and conversation, creativity, self-sufficiency, family, realization of physical and intellectual potential, exploration...🥗🍉🥦🌳🥀


We invite you to try and listen to this Talk as a neutral observer - to see where it takes all of us and not let it quickly confirm a bias or highlight disagreement -- then literally or figuratively open your eyes at the end of the Talk and see where your mind is at and which pathways of thinking it has taken you on🌼

maybe this approach could be an antidote for all of us in this time where quick judgement and narrow categorization of people and information is very prevalent


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍☀🌊

which came alive through the voices of

Nelly Cyprichova

and your host Stella Sage🌿




Sep 21, 202301:04:48
Marc Buckley on a regenerative future🌍👨🏼‍🌾🏙

Marc Buckley on a regenerative future🌍👨🏼‍🌾🏙

Marc Buckley is the founder of ALOHAS Regenerative Foundation, an Ecological Economist, Regenerative Futurist, and Solarpunk.

He wrote the SDG Manifesto for the United Nations and has been working with the UNFCCC since 2019 on the next set of goals that come after the SDG’s the Resilient Development Goals through UNFCCC and Resilience Frontiers.

Marc takes a systems view of life and addresses all facets of complex systems in order to solve human suffering and our global grand challenges. As a longtime student of Ecological Economics, Regenerative Futurism, and Systems Science Marc has been involved in Climate and Environmentalism for a long time and would love to show you how to run faster than climate change by being an impactful and exponential human being.

One of the first to be trained by Al Gore as a Climate Speaker he has made getting through the Climate Crisis towards Regenerative Desirable Futures his life‘s work.

 

On top of all of this I have found Marc to be an extremely likeable, humble person who is genuine to the core.

In this episode we unpack many different questions (as it seems there is nothing you can’t talk about with him when it comes to environmental issues;)

...from the way he structures his days being involved in so many different projects and tasks at the same time, to the question of which ways of farming are the ones going forward, a short history of mankind and what it looks like inside the World Economic Forum or the United Nations –


We made sure there is something of interest for everyone.

One of the main motivators for Marc to be an active participate in changing some of the ways the world functions was the realization that most of the systems in place today create emissions, food scarcity and malnutrition, poverty, bad economic models and policies and suffering.

Every day he sets out to change that and he is optimistic about the powerful, positive impacts humans can have once they set out to create systems that are conducive to a thriving existence on planet earth.


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌊🌍☀

which came alive through the voices of

Marc Buckley

and your host Stella Sage🌿

Sep 14, 202301:47:40
"Sustainable Fashion Week" with Kiki Boreel 👗👜

"Sustainable Fashion Week" with Kiki Boreel 👗👜

"The fashion industry is better than other industries at covering up how polluting it actually is.

It is a massive marketing machine and very good at selling you things you don't need - shaping ideas of desire and beauty."

~ Kiki Boreel


The fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world, in terms of water, air and soil pollution.

Their annual greenhouse gas emissions of 2.1 billion even top those of the entire tech-industry.


The devastating destruction left in the wake of manufacturing masses of clothing by ruining land and water, depleting resources,

spreading dangerous chemicals and microplastics and mistreating and virtually enslaving workers - is nothing short of abysmal, not least to say un -intelligent, wasteful and unnecessary.


Kiki Boreel has joined me for another episode after the first Talk she created with me "Kiki Boreel Talks Climate Crisis and Fashion Industry"

She recently visited Copenhagen Fashion Week which is also called "Sustainable Fashion Week", requiring brands to fulfill certain minimum standards

in order to be able to present their clothing at the show, which is a novelty in the industry.


Kiki has gone through a big transformation from jetting around the world, modeling for all kinds of brands to

convincing her colleagues that taking a train to Scotland instead of flying is superior because of the beautiful scenery you don't get to see on the plane ; ) -

making it mission to gain knowledge and expertise on all things regarding sustainable fashion,

sharing her views about the changes that would be critical to make at the current time to knock fast fashion down a peg and make room

for a slower and more conscious way of wearing and consuming clothing.


Thank you for listening to this Talk☀🌊🌍

which came alive through the voices of

Kiki Boreel

and your host Stella Sage🌿


Aug 23, 202352:50
Atlantic crossings and feminism? w/Natascha Glanzer-Fürst🌊⛵♀

Atlantic crossings and feminism? w/Natascha Glanzer-Fürst🌊⛵♀

I met Natascha at the [y]our2040 gathering in Switzerland in June this year

and spoke to her for a short interview where I found out that she had been part of the Exxpedition Atlantic crossing and wanted to know

more about it.

Somehow we managed to also discuss differing opinions on feminism and identity politics and the value of common decency which just

made it all the more interesting : )

Exxpedition is an all women's sailing voyage across different parts of the world's oceans where the participants collect data, mainly about plastics in the oceans with the help of trained professionals, founded by the skipper and ocean advocate Emily Penn.

Natascha shares her memories from this three week voyage and the experiences and learnings that she had out on the water.


Natascha is an outspoken feminist and wants to do her part to contribute to a whole and more just world in different ways.

We open up a conversation about the meaning of feminism and other labels that people tend to give themselves and sometimes even feel obligated to.

We try to get closer to the reasons for division and occasional misuses of different words and phrases and if they should even be as important as

they are made out to be in today's "hyper aware and correct" political climate.

This conversation touches on many different issues and thoughts that we feel should be discussed openly and in respectful manners - much more so without "cancelling" one another but rather inviting in discourse, trying to open ourselves up to different view points and realities.


Like the currents of the ocean we let this conversation flow in different directions and we hope you enjoy this Talk🌊


Thank you for listening to this Talk☀🌍🌊

which came alive through the voices of

Natascha Glanzer-Fürst

and your host Stella Sage🌿







Aug 17, 202301:07:55
BCTF Divest Now! with Kim Benson and Jillian Maguire📚💰

BCTF Divest Now! with Kim Benson and Jillian Maguire📚💰

Why would a teacher's pension fund be invested in fossil fuel holdings?


Your guess is as good as mine and as Kim Benson and Jillian Maguire explain, there are surprisingly many teachers who don't know what their pensions are being invested in.

The two women founded BCTF Divest Now to petition against their pensions being invested in unsustainable ways that they have no control over and to raise awareness amongst teachers.

Every public school teacher in British Columbia, Canada gives a mandatory percentage of at least 11 % of every pay check to the B.C. teachers pension plan.

These funds are managed by BCI (British Columbia Investments Corporation) and are highly invested in fossil fuel giants as well as other

unsustainable companies.


Kim and Jillian talk about why they started the campaign, how they are working towards spreading awareness on this issue and how they are working towards getting their pension funds and those of thousands of other teachers, divested.

These goals are not always easy to reach because although there might be strong support from other likeminded colleagues, corporations, governments and executives more often than not, still go against the will of the people who actually should have the say!

We hope this can serve as a motivator or inspirational push to look at where your money flows and who manages it for you in ways you might not agree with.


Money is the result of energy we put into something and we all deserve to know what we are putting our energy into!


Strength and gratitude to all those who are standing up and working with integrity against the status quo of investing in environmental breakdown and exploitation of all kinds🌼🌼

Visit BCTF Divest Now to read more.


Thank you to listening to this Talk 🌊☀🌍 which came alive through the voices of

Kim Benson,

Jillian Maguire

and your host Stella Sage🌿


Aug 03, 202354:29
Kompotoi, a composting toilet Talk with Kristina and Jojo 💚🚽

Kompotoi, a composting toilet Talk with Kristina and Jojo 💚🚽

We flush tons of valuable materials down the drain everyday.

This includes copious amounts of precious water as well as human output that would normally be part of a circular cycle in nature and can have manifold uses if we recognize it as more than material to be flushed and discarded.

Kompotoi is a composting toilet that aims to change that narrative.


In this episode I am joined by Kristina Hoch from the German Kompotoi office and the co-founder of the venture from its birthplace in Switzerland, Jojo Casanova.

Jojo and Kristina explain how the Kompotoi toilets are built, how the processes of using the toilets and then treating the human outputs work

and share their experiences with how these toilets that recreate natural cycles are received.


Right now the company is mainly renting out their Kompotoi's for events of all sizes as well as offering an alternative to the plastic chemical porta pottie's that are still mainly used at construction sites.

Of course, you can also check out their German or Swiss page in order to purchase several different toilet set ups for your own home or backyard

which seamlessly re-integrates this part of your life back into already naturally occurring, waste free cycles that

people have been utilizing for thousands of years - much longer than the conventional toilets we know today!


It's time to change the narrative, value natural resources again and spare the ones that are so precious like water🌊

So as a recent post by my friends at Kompotoi said:

EAT🍏

SHIT🚽

COMPOST👨🏼‍🌾👩🏼‍🌾

REPEAT🤎


Thank you for listening to this Talk☀🌊🌍

which came alive through the voices of

Kristina Hoch,

Jojo Casanova

and your host Stella Sage🌿



Jul 26, 202341:51
Hundertwasser ecology, vision, art with Andrea Fürst 🌿👨🏼‍🌾🎨

Hundertwasser ecology, vision, art with Andrea Fürst 🌿👨🏼‍🌾🎨

Friedensreich Hundertwasser: Painter, architecture doctor, ecological activist, philosopher.

From the Hundertwassser Archive in Vienna, I am joined by Andrea Fürst to talk about the artist and visionary Friedensreich Hundertwasser.


"Only he who acts in harmony with plants and trees, who acts in accordance with the laws of nature and the cosmic cycle cannot go wrong."

This sentence encapsulates Hundertwasser's attitude very well.

He wanted to break the grid system and functionality of architecture as well as abolish the use of the straight line that is non-existent in nature.

Hundertwasser was calling for a peace treaty with nature, for the afforestation of cities.

Green roofs, walls and courtyards were some of the most important features of his architecture.

He was very much shaped by his childhood, as the son of a Jewish mother during WWII in Austria, when he started to paint to occupy himself, having a limited radius to move and explore in.

He supposedly roamed through the forests with his mother often, where he painted nature and landscapes.

The creation of his art was a contemplative, conscious process, described by him likened to the process of how a plant grows.

He advocated for spontaneous vegetation in cities, greening everything horizontal, to give nature back to territories that have been occupied by

building activities, industrialization and modern society.


Andrea Fürst tells us about his story, visions and art in this episode.

Feel free to visit the Hundertwasser Archive in Vienna HERE


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌊☀🌎

which came alive through the voices of

Andrea Fürst

and your host Stella Sage🌿





Jul 20, 202348:32
Stephen Lester on the toxicology of the Ohio train derailment🚂🧪

Stephen Lester on the toxicology of the Ohio train derailment🚂🧪

Stephen Lester is the science director with the Center for Health, Environment & Justice.

The Center works with grassroots groups around the US that are dealing with toxic chemical problems.


On February 3rd, 2023 a train derailment occurred in East Palestine, Ohio.

Approximately 38 cars derailed, 10 - 12 of which contained toxic chemicals of the likes of vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, benzene, ethyl hexyl acrylate and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether.

Stories like these have the tendency to make headlines and then disappear quickly from public conscience, owed to the fact that big things happen every other day.

So , we are revisiting the event, looking at the actions that were taken, or rather not taken by the authorities, the EPA and Norfolk Southern (the company owning the freight train that carried the chemicals), shedding light on the impact of the chemicals released on life and health, now and in the future.


We ask questions like:

-Was the action taken after the event appropriate?

-Why wasn't the EPA testing for specific chemicals?

-Was it necessary for Norfolk Southern to conduct a controlled burn of the already spilled chemicals?

-Why were people told to return home BEFORE any testing was done?


Stephen remarks that the choice of the EPA to only test for generic classes of groups of chemicals instead of testing for specific chemicals for the first few weeks was "pretty inadequate and really poorly planned".

He also states that until he came onto the scene, raising the issue of dioxins, no one seemed to be aware that this was something to be concerned about.

In fact the EPA had even said that there was NO reason to test for dioxins in the area.

Following public pressure the EPA then did not test for dioxins themselves but asked the company to do its own testing.

Norfolk Southern hired a consultant who put together a proposal, which Stephen noted, left much to criticize.

So the company who was responsible for the disaster was told to do their own testing for dioxins, which they have not released the results on.

Of course many questions were raised about the integrity of this testing.

We are once again missing accountability and appropriate conduct from a company responsible for damage to life on earth.


Thank you to Stephen and people like Lois Gibbs, who founded the Center for Health, Environment & Justice⁠ for supporting communities on the ground at times where support and guidance is desperately needed🌱☀


Read the article Stephen wrote for the Guardian here: "Here's the real reason the EPA doesn't want to test for toxins in East Palestine"


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌊☀🌍

which came alive through the voices of

Stephen Lester

and your host Stella Sage🌿

May 25, 202341:04
The Club of Rome and the UN SDGs w/ Dr. Mariana Bozesan 🌱📚

The Club of Rome and the UN SDGs w/ Dr. Mariana Bozesan 🌱📚

The Club of Rome was founded about 50 years ago by an industrialist who saw that if society continued living the same way,

we would eventually be using up all resources - owed to the fact that we are using them up faster than the planet can replenish them.

He commissioned four Harvard scientists to work on a simulation to see if this was really true and the results of the research showed that it was just as he had feared.


In the first publication by the Club of Rome - "The Limits to Growth" - the scientist warned about climate change and the depletion of resources, over 5o

years ago, yet not much has happened to counteract or stop the trend and to act on the information presented since it didn't fit the the strong expansion and growth agenda of the time.


Dr. Mariana Bozesan was invited to join the Club of Rome based on her work in integral investing, using capital and technology to address the needs of the planet and to move back into the realm of safe planetary boundaries.


In this episode we touch on the "smart ways" to implement the UN SDG's (UN sustainable development goals), which were developed by scientists from the Club of Rome.


📚Find Mariana's book "Integral Investing" here


Thank you for listening to this Talk☀🌊🌎

which came alive through the voices of

Dr. Mariana Bozesan

and your host Stella Sage🌿

May 05, 202325:27
Dr. Mariana Bozesan Talks about a "schizophrenic system" ⚖💰

Dr. Mariana Bozesan Talks about a "schizophrenic system" ⚖💰

Dr. Mariana Bozesan is an author, award winning integral investor, serial tech entrepreneur and member of the renowned Club of Rome.

I had a lengthy, philosophical and at times even argumentative conversation with Mariana in her Munich home, in a

room filled to the brim with books and more books as well as big portraits of Mahatma Ghandi and Albert Einstein.


We had the type of conversation I want to have much more on the podcast:

different angles and opinions, friendly discourse, revelations, thought provoking, horizon widening and possibly open ended.

Where we are allowed to agree to disagree while having conversations which are conducted with laughter and respect for one another while also being able to say:

"I would like to challenge you on this point:" - after one has voiced their opinion or made an argument.


After all, we are all the sum of our upbringing, environment, belief systems and many different influences and to stay open minded and keep learning is what makes tolerant and expanding minds.


Mariana for one is in the unique position to have experienced not just wealth and prosperity as well as scarcity to the pint of going to school without food.

She has also lived under the influence of two economics systems: Capitalism and Communism

Growing up in communist Romania has inspired Mariana to work hard and make the most of the free education she was offered there.


Mariana has a passion for empowering others to realize their ambitions relating to creating a positive impact.

She is a big believer in uplifting one another and searching for solutions to deal with the many crisis we are faced with, based on science.

She wants to help point out the many things that are right with this world instead of highlighting all the wrongs in order to promote a sense of purpose and direction.


She shares with us her journey to fulfilling her personal needs to the point where she felt she was able and inspired to help fulfill others needs

as well and talks about the schizophrenia she sees in the system that forces us to choose between profit and non-profit and how she detests the concept of "giving back" to people in questionable ways through foundations that give 5 % of the money made to their cause and invest the rest on Wall Street 💰


📚 PS: To read Mariana's book: "Integral Investing, From Profit to Prosperity" click here


Thank you for listening to this Talk☀🌊🌍

which came alive through the voices of

Dr. Mariana Bozesan

and your host Stella Sage🌿



Apr 21, 202347:36
Dr. Rupini Rajagopalan on the genuity of ESG🏙🌿

Dr. Rupini Rajagopalan on the genuity of ESG🏙🌿

E-S-G

Environmental - Social -Governance

Dr. Rupini Deepa Rajagopalan is head of the ESG office at Berenberg Bank, the second oldest bank in the world.

She built up the ESG office and strategy together with a team, from scratch, after joining in 2018.

She actually coined the term "finance with a heart" and feels like incorporating ESG standards in financial analysis is indispensable.

Though it may sound a bit technical this episode is for everyone.

As ESG is becoming a buzzword and regarded more and more as a widespread solution to "cleaning up" the dirty parts of the investment management and finance industry that is crucial to propping up those industries that are currently wreaking havoc on the world and pushing us closer to climate, societal and ecological breakdown, it is favorable that we try as best we can to develop an understanding of the concept and to question it as well.


Should you be an investor or working in the finance industry then you may be interested in what Rupini can share from her experience.


It is important to Rupini that investors and asset managers look further than solely at financial information and to consider adopting a more holistic view when deciding where money will flow.

Since greenwashing is a problem in every industry and I want us all to stay informed and engaged I asked Rupini to elaborate on a few critical questions:

- Is ESG really enough to truly transform the investment industry?

- Is it genuine and progressive?

- Are there enough genuine change agents in the industry or is it being used as a "sustainable front" to be able to continue business as usual with a "green image"?

- How is incorporating ESG compatible with the fiduciary duty of investors to get returns?


The investment industry is definitely one that needs a big chunk of transformation and the integration of a moral compass that is not geared towards money over everything.

Rupini is a very genuine, kind woman who expressed how fortunate she feels that she is possibly able to play a role in bringing about change and hopefully a bit of heart - to the industry.

If you want to make up your own mind about the Berenberg ESG implementation and strategy feel free to visit their website here.


Thank you for listening to this Talk☀🌊🌍

which came alive through the voices of

Rupini Rajagopalan

and your host host Stella Sage 🌿


Apr 13, 202348:60
Existential economics with Kees Klomp 🌱🌍🏙

Existential economics with Kees Klomp 🌱🌍🏙

Kees Klomp is a professor of applied science at Rotterdam University for Applies Science and the co-founder of THRIVE Institute.

He is also a very wise, kind, funny and humble person who really has a knack for explaining everything you would want to know about economics so clearly

and easy to follow that it makes all those years of high school economics feel redundant because you learned more in one hour with Kees than you ever did in school ;))

In this episode we touch on the ways we are taught about neoclassical economics in school and why that is so problematic:

" It basically boils down society to one big marketplace and as it was all taught to us in our formative years, we have internalized this [...] it basically becomes culture and this is where it gets really problematic."


Kees explains how we associate ourselves with our current economic system and how its inherent flaws also stem from the fact that it solely takes "material needs" into consideration (that in overproduction) which boils us down to walking wallets - which we are not - as we have spiritual, emotional, social,... needs as well.

He also debunks some myths about GDP and the state of our wealth, well-being and economic growth.

He stresses the need for the creation of a society which can flourish and blossom rather than purposelessly hustling from a 9 to 5 every day and

the need for "existential economics" that support all life in co-existence!

And we won't leave you with that cliff hanger and for you to figure out how we get there because Kees will be telling us

about the theory of system change he has developed that includes applicable, realistic steps on how to get closer to

a different reality that many of us desperately want and we all need 🌱🌍


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Kees Klomp

and your host Stella Sage🌿


Apr 06, 202351:14
Valeriya Azarova on climate research and economics👩🏼‍🔬

Valeriya Azarova on climate research and economics👩🏼‍🔬

I spoke to Valeriya on the 67th episode of the podcast and wanted to have her come back

so that we could create a Talk about how an economist and researcher views the mental health crisis related

to the climate crisis and the potential and pitfalls of the current economic model.


Valeriya is a postdoctoral researcher at Ifo Institue and LMU Munich.

She has a PhD in applied econometrics and is currently doing a research stay at the University of California where she is researching her topics of passion ->

the effects of climate change on mental health using real world data.

More specifically the mental health expenditures driven by climate change,

how that will develop in the future, possible mitigation and adaptation strategies to help us prepare for possible negative impacts.


Valeriya has very diverse knowledge which is why I wanted to know different things from her like:

- what the biggest advantages and design flaws are in the current economic system - in her opinion.

The answers she gives come from a rather scientific mind and are quite cool-headed, it struck me that she looks at data and analyzes it

in different ways than many other people I have talked to, as we often tend to go with gut feelings and emotions as well as with our heads,

whereas Valeriya for example drew attention to the fact that it is difficult to "measure" happiness , therefore we must recognize that there are indeed people who are "happy" in the current economic system.


It is a very interesting conversation that has introduced a different view and tone to the podcast.

We hope you enjoy listening!


Thank you for listening for this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Valeriya Azarova

and your host Stella Sage🌿






Mar 24, 202339:59
Earth Altars with Prue Rustean 🌺🍃🌼

Earth Altars with Prue Rustean 🌺🍃🌼

Earth Altars are an ancient practice that have been used for a long time by many cultures to connect to earth,
give thanks, connect to different energies or spirits or in combination with prayer.
Prue Rustean is the founder of Earth Altering, the space where she creates and introduces other people to
the practice of forming beautiful earth altars.
In this episode she shares the story of how she found calm and healing in this practice during a time where she was unwell and unsettled.
The wonderful thing is that this practice or elements of it can be used by anybody to connect to earth, ourselves, calm the nervous system
and give space to a flow of creativity, peace or play.
I can vouch for it - I couldn't help myself but get out to the garden to create an altar right after our interview and it was as lovely as can be!
Prue also shares some of indigenous history of earth altars which has come in many forms to honor the land, give thanks or to sit in prayer.
Prue is based in South West Australia, on Wardandi Noongar Booja land and has created a business from this passion of hers which you can find at
Earth Altering if you would like to introduce this practice to your life, attend a workshop or have Prue create an earth altar at your retreat or event.

We hope you enjoy this Talk!
This way of creating can truly be beneficial to everyone and has benefits for body and mind, so we hope that you can open yourselves up to trying it🌿🌺
It is a wonderful way to reconnect to natural elements, to ground oneself while feeling a deep reverence for nature's gifts and beauty

Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀
which came alive through the voices of
Prue Rustean
and your host Stella Sage🌿
Mar 17, 202352:17
"The Green Mind"🌿 by Anastasia Black & Valeriya Azarova

"The Green Mind"🌿 by Anastasia Black & Valeriya Azarova

In this episode I am joined by two wonderful and smart women who are working on a project,

called "The Green Mind". 

Valeriya and Anastasia are dealing with the question of the interconnection between the environmental crisis and the mental health crisis.

Two very relevant and prevalent topics that are impossible to separate from each other.

We discuss questions like:

"Does living more sustainably also improve mental health?"

"Does good mental health make people more open and motivated to live sustainably?"

"Can we prevent certain healthcare costs by supporting, informing and preparing people before environmental stressors like heatwaves or air pollution occur?"

Valeriya's and Ana's aim is also to fill the gap between consumers and businesses by collecting data to provide a framework that can be applied in order to make the relationship a more sustainable one.

Their research is interdisciplinary and involves many different entities and considerations which is why they involve institutions, economists, psychologists, environmentalists as well as "regular people", to have an as holistic view as possible.

Their research is particularly interesting at a time where it is becoming increasingly important for people and families to prepare and support themselves in the face of environmental stressors such as heatwaves, droughts, floods etc. in order to be able to react appropriately while also upkeeping their mental health.

I loved how dynamic this conversation became through picking Valeriya's brain from the economist's side and on the other hand hearing more about the side of behavioral change from Ana!

We hope you enjoy this conversation and that everyone finds something to take away from it!🌿🌿


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Valeriya Azarova and 

Anastasia Black

and your host Stella Sage🌿


Feb 24, 202301:19:21
Jonathan Gay from Freestone Ranch🐄🌱

Jonathan Gay from Freestone Ranch🐄🌱

Regenerative farming and land management - some of my favorite topics and I was so lucky to talk to someone as knowledgeable and passionate as Jonathan Gay.
Him and his wife Misty were both working in the software industry when they decided that it was time to get out of the office and back to nature.
They bought a ranch and some land in Sanoma County in Northern California "with the idea to just be out in nature, but it turns out the land really wants a
relationship with people - a healthy relationship - and it needs care."
So they started regenerating the land and are now supporting the local food with grass fed beef, supporting the local water shed and good health for the biome as a whole.
Their focus is on the relationship with the land, questioning what a healthy ecosystem actually is and how we can learn from the people that managed the land for thousands of years.
Jonathan struck me as a very thoughtful person who has made it his responsibility to do his part in mending some of the relationships in nature that we as humans have broken over time and to support and tend to ecosystems so they can flourish again.
He conveys his deep knowledge and understanding of the land and the relationships within natural systems and
also his respect and interest to learn from the indigenous peoples and culture that was responsible for shaping the Sanoma County landscape .
🌿🌱If you would like to know more about Freestone Ranch or would like to transition
to a more regenerative way of farming visit
www.freestoneranch.com

🌍I would like to pay my respects to native and indigenous peoples past, present and future for local communities including the Miwok, Wappo, Wintun, Pomo, and Patwin of Sanoma County.

🌱🌱If you are or know somebody who is using regenerative practices and would like to share their story,
please feel free to reach out at stella.sage@yahoo.com

Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀
which came alive through the voices of
Jonathan Gay
and your host Stella Sage🌿

Feb 10, 202344:14
Steven Donziger on Chevron's destruction in the Ecuadorian Amazon📣

Steven Donziger on Chevron's destruction in the Ecuadorian Amazon📣

As a young lawyer he travelled to Ecuador in 1993, the first of about 200 visits, to become part of a case that would change his life.

Steven Donziger, a human rights lawyer and key lawyer on the team that won the historic $9.5 Billion judgment against Chevron (fromerly Texaco)

in the Ecuadorian Amazon has joined me on the podcast to talk about the devastation that Chevron caused in the rainforest by dumping 

over 18 billion gallons of oil and toxic waste into the Ecuadorian Amazon, leaving black lakes of poison, destruction and illness behind.


Steven shares what experiencing the rainforest and the people who hosted him during his time in Ecuador taught him:

"It completely transforms everything you've been taught about our relationship to the natural world. You become part of the natural world. 

You become humbled. You understand your role is to preserve life and all life's ecosystems instead of just using them for your own pleasure or your own commercial benefit."

Steven has been and is still being attacked by Chevron for holding them accountable.

Chevron orchestrated a corporate prosecution - the first of this kind in the history of the United States - and criminalized Steven in order to distract

the world from what they did and continue to do all over the world and to send a message to those who stand up to them for their crimes and disrespectful treatment of humans, non-human animals and land.

As a lawyer and through personally being unlawfully prosecuted, Steven has much experience with the ways in which the law is used and abused

for certain agendas and he shares some thoughts in this Talk,

for example on how "the mechanisms and the tools of government to regulate corporations and to control them have been weakened dramatically over the course of the last 20 30 years."


🌎Follow Steven on 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stevendonziger/ 

Twitter https://twitter.com/SDonziger

If you want to learn more about the case brought by the Amazon communities against Chevron, 

or to  help Steven by contributing to his legal defense fund, please go his website at freedonziger.com.


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌎🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Steven Donziger

and your host Stella Sage 🌿

 


Feb 01, 202339:16
Dr. Brock Bergseth on turning the tide of doom and gloom 🌱☀

Dr. Brock Bergseth on turning the tide of doom and gloom 🌱☀

Dr. Brock Bergseth is a writer, conservation psychologist, marine biologist and writer of a yet to be published book on how to turn the tide of doom and gloom about our planet.

Between news of natural disasters unfolding everywhere and political inaction all over the world we could all use a bit of conversation that helps us turn that thinking around and create space to listen to and orientate ourselves on the potential for positive change and the stories of regeneration, conservation and love for nature put into action -  all over the world.

Dr. Bergseth researched many of these hope and inspiration filled stories for the book and is sharing some of those with us today.

From regenerative agriculture initiatives to the story of the fonder of the 5-minute beach clean up, the Spanish chef, famous for cultivating one of the world's most sustainable crops in the sea and the herpetologist who basically saved the Philippines coral reefs - there is something for everyone.

We also Talk about how this climate angst and grief we may feel can actually be a product of the industry's influence that aims to create despondency and inaction amongst the public.

Dr. Bergseth shares the story of how his upbringing on a hobby farm sparked a flame for environmentalism and

he speaks about how a trip to Papua New Guinea in 2017  resulted in a conversation with gold miners who told him about the practice of taking down entire mountains to get to a handful of gold, left him discouraged at best and how he managed to re-discover his sense of purpose in sight of overwhelming problems and environmental destruction, globally.

find him on Instagram and feel free to reach out if

you feel like talking about your climate anxiety!

He has an open ear for you if you would like support🦋

bjbergseth@gmail.com

Instagram: docb_rock

Twitter: @brockbergseth


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Dr. Brock Bergseth

and your host Stella Sage 🌿

Oct 07, 202201:10:41
Rhys James from EarthlyEducation on internet trolls and billionaires 👀

Rhys James from EarthlyEducation on internet trolls and billionaires 👀

Rhys James is the founder and content director of EarthlyEducation aka one of my favorite Instagram accounts.

But EarthlyEducation is not just an Instagram account, it is a hub that provides education and a constant push to think outside the box.

Within the EarthlyEducation online resources you can find an IG account  a website  with articles and campaigns,

a podcast, a TIkTok account and just an overall beautiful, knowledgeable community that shares opinions, news from all over the world and discusses topics that matter in a time of climate and ecological breakdown.

We talk about the reason EarthlyEducation was born, how it can be used as a tool in everyday life and help educate people in the face of the climate crisis.

Social media can be a confusing and confronting place with many different opinions floating around.

Especially if these opinions come from trolls and climate crisis deniers which can be incredibly hard to deal with and Rhys gives us a pretty good tip on how to replace this negative, often delusional commentary with the actual data that needs to be pushed out into the world and arrive on peoples screens in order to create a widespread awakening and open up further productive conversations that lead to action.

And of course, we just could not leave out the topic that is BILLIONAIRES.

Who and what is the ELITE and why are climate scientists, activists and the rest of the concerned world talking about them so much?

What is their role in ecological collapse, why are they so rich when they do nothing but harm planet and people and are weirdly enough still admired? 

Tune in and you'll find out where this conversation takes us :)) 🌍


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

 which came alive through the voices of

Rhys James 

and your host Stella Sage🌿


PS: if you wan to support the work of EarthlyEducation which 

is volunteer based and run by people who work or study full time

you can subscribe to their Patreon

or donate to their gofundme

Sep 29, 202253:13
Natalie from GLS Bank - how "green banking" makes a difference🌿🏙

Natalie from GLS Bank - how "green banking" makes a difference🌿🏙

Natalie Kittner started out as an intern at GLS Bank in Bochum, Germany and although she would have never

imagined herself working at a bank one day she ended up staying for good.

In this episode she tells us about what work at the world's first 'sustainable' bank looks like, what some social and environmental values of this 'alternative' bank are and how 

it works at changing the ways in which money is used.


'Divesting' is a very relevant word these days. 

Wayne Duggan defines 'personal divesting' in an article for U.S. News:

"Personal divestment is the process of moving money out of a particular company, asset or asset class that no longer fits with an individual investor's overall strategy."

Although this is directed towards investors, we as bank's clients can move our money and support away from banks if what the bank does with it

does not fit into our set of values.

All big banks that are household names and even most smaller, traditional ones are funding the climate crisis and nature and community harming projects.

We have the choice to put our money where our values are.

Banks are only as powerful as the inflow of money and support of their clients that they receive.


I interviewed Natalie because GLS bank is my bank of choice but this Talk applies internationally and it gives a good example of

what a more responsible, "green" bank can look like.

Natalie also gave us a tip on how we can find better banks all over the world - visit Global Alliance for Banking on Values to find purpose-driven banks 

internationally and see more criteria that make a difference in banking!


I hope you feel inspired to search for a new bank that deserves your money and time🌱

If you don't find anything on GABV then simply look for "sustainable banks" or "green banks", "social banks" in your city,

state or country on the internet and help change the ways in which money impacts the world 🏙🌱


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Natalie Kittner

and your host Stella Sage🌿


Sep 08, 202234:15
Is the US climate bill a climate bill? / with Noah from Climate Vanguard

Is the US climate bill a climate bill? / with Noah from Climate Vanguard

August, 2022, U.S congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act also referred to as a "climate bill" - the biggest in US history, $370 billion -

which is not as big a "wohoo moment" when you think about the fact that there has never actually been any climate bill at all.

And you might be thinking: why are we are pulling this bill apart when it's better than nothing and finally something is happening?

but we wouldn't all have to be so critical of these political somersaults and "green wins" that governments seem to be celebrating left and right if they stopped giving us these lame excuses for radial climate action just to appease the public in order to go along with their business undisturbed in the background.

As the world is reaching breaking points and the most powerful industries are fearing the day they will be replaced by actual, decentralized, long-term and even regenerative solutions that we-the-people operate, control and directly benefit from,

they are using and abusing their positions in governments and economy to keep the status quo going in a: "til' death do us part", type

of fashion.

Noah from Climate Vanguard and I are Talking a bit about what this bill entails and are sharing some thoughts on it.

And as Noah said: "let's all do our own research" , so here is the Link to read what this "climate bill" entails.


And do not despair, there are many ways to stick it to 'the man' ;)

Organize and engage within your community, learn who your regenerative farmers, environmental scientists and renewable energy people are and 

strengthen your community by gaining independence and creating community that thrives irrespective of outside inputs, global supply chain issues or market crashes on the other side of the world.

That'll really show em ;)


prosperity 

regeneration

human-scale economies

localization

community

it's all possible and we don't have to wait for a "climate bill" or the elite to grow a conscience to get there!


PS: If you enjoy learning about these topics you might like to visit the Climate Vanguard podcast


Thank you for listening to this Talk 🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Noah Herfort 

and your host Stella Sage 🌿



Aug 29, 202249:44
Should we detach from governing bodies to ensure our security??🌍⏳👔

Should we detach from governing bodies to ensure our security??🌍⏳👔

I have been finding myself recording thoughts and ideas on different topics these last few weeks, as an outlet to not get all of them stuck in my head but to "set them free" and get them off my mind to make space for other things.

So here is a first part of sharing impromptu thoughts which in this case centered around our reactions in towns, cities, communities to 

government inaction with the world approaching critical tipping points that warrant radical climate action on all levels to ensure long-term security. 

Next to protesting, pressuring, petitioning, mobilizing - should we detach from governing bodies as well and see how we can gain independence? At this critical point in time should we go off on our own and just bring about the changes on local and regional levels and look for the visionaries, architects and handymen or farmers who can help us change our communities for the better, instead of hoping governments will do a 180 on the final stretch?

 As so often I also could not keep myself from going down the road of: "why do politicians do what they do? why do they often disappoint in office? why are there so many people there who compromise their initial values or make decisions like they don't live on this planet?"

Surely, surely questions with many different answers but one of them, that came to mind is politicians and ministers comfort.

The privileges and comforts the 'higher ups' enjoy may change perspectives and give them such a feeling of security that

they don't really feel as vulnerable as the rest of us.


PS: take all of my future solo Talks with a grain of salt, please :)

these are spur of the moments thoughts and feelings that surely generally apply, but are  spontaneous situations as well so not every fact and figure must be 100 % correct, although I do  normally check afterwards

I also don't think that all politicians are corrupt unfeeling people with warped world views - just for the record ;)


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voice of

your host Stella Sage🌿

Aug 04, 202224:27
Emergency response in times of climate breakdown with Jack & Noah from Climate Vanguard🌍

Emergency response in times of climate breakdown with Jack & Noah from Climate Vanguard🌍

The fossil fuel industry is responsible for 89 % of GHG emissions and continues to rapidly expand at a time

where climate scientists are stressing the fact that in order for us to have a livable future we must keep ALL remaining fossil fuels in the ground.

So how do we dismantle the fossil fuel industry that seems so untouchable and forms the baseline for the world's current economic system?

Jack and Noah have actually conducted intensive research and created an emergency response framework with 8 main points that include steps on how to rapidly dismantle the fossil fuel industry in the Global North,

how to roll out renewables to replace fossil fuels in a de-growth framework to meet key decarbonization targets as well as 

looking at our agricultural systems along with other important steps that form an emergency response in a time of climate and ecological collapse, building towards a just, habitable world.

This all might sound pretty heavy and not something a lot of us necessarily want to be dealing with in our spare time, but knowledge truly is power and can help relieve so much uncertainty and anxiety around all of these important questions that are the big fat elephants in the porcelain shop that is this incredible planet earth that we are all living on together.

It felt incredibly good talking to Jack and Noah and hearing their conviction, passion and visions for a post-capitalist world was

inspiring and soothing all the same.

#anotherworldispossible and WE #united will never be defeated🌊☀🌱🦋


If you want to hear more from Jack and Noah I can highly encourage you to

add their podcast "The Climate Vanguard Podcast" to your 'favorites' list - you won't regret it :))


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Jack Johnson, Noah Herfort

and your host Stella Sage🌿

Jul 28, 202247:00
My Mama Talks about a "carefree mentality" pre 2000⏲

My Mama Talks about a "carefree mentality" pre 2000⏲

Mama and I sat down to Talk about what it was like growing up in the 70s and experiencing this rush of economic prosperity and the carefree mentality she and her friends experienced pre 2000.

She often shares stories with us and other than personal problems or certain worries that we are all bound to encounter in life, most of it always sounded pretty care free in comparison to our youth, who are growing up in a world where above everything there seems to be the looming topic of the climate emergency.

I enjoyed this podcast so so much! I am particularly biased on this one I must say :)) but the first part of this Talk is very very wholesome, with my mother sharing snippets of what daily life was like for her as a kid, local grocery shopping, washing dishes by hand, not owning a car...

Where and how they grocery shopped, which amenities they had at home, the foraging they did with their grandfather, how it was crazy luxurious to have a car, dishwasher or washing machine and how the introduction into society of so many items, that we now consider "basics", went about.

She also reminisces on how different big world events were felt where she lived, like the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the acid rain phenomenon and the major issues regarding the Ozone layer.

It was very interesting to explore how different this time was regarding mentality and awareness towards environmental issues, with a lust for economic growth, the birth of overconsumption, the marketing by industries and change in behaviors as well as the first COP meetings, campaigns to save the Amazon rainforest and organizations like Greenpeace gaining traction.

Towards the end it got a little emotional because sharing stories with your mother for over an hour and Talking about

your climate-crisis-fears will do that to you :) but this episode felt really good and I hope that you find some value in it🌿🌿


PS: I have a new Intro and Outro which feel more like what I want to say, what do you think?


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of 

Andrea Sage

and your host Stella Sage🌿


Jul 21, 202201:03:22
Nyombi Morris Talks climate activism at personal risk 🌱

Nyombi Morris Talks climate activism at personal risk 🌱

Nyombi Morris is a 24 year old climate justice activist from Uganda who I came in touch with over a post on his socials. 

The post was about new gold being discovered in Uganda which is rich in that resource. Nyombi wrote under this article about the discovery "dead - now we're dead". I asked him to explain and quickly realized that Nyombi faces personal threats engaging in activism and that although this post referred to environmental destruction, he and other activists in Uganda do their work at great personal risk.

Nyombi has been physically threatened, his phone has been confiscated, his twitter account suspended and he even relocated to another place of residence to be safer.

To support his activism you can donate to his gofundme here 🦋

In this episode we Talk about the work he is currently doing, which entails tree planting projects, FridayForFuture Activism, educating children and other students and providing educational material to spread awareness about the climate crisis in Uganda which is not wide-spread there.

Nyombi shares some insight about the destructive industries that are dominating in Uganda and which steps

must be taken in order for him and other young people to be able to have hopes of a bright, livable future.

Please do consider donating to Nyombi´s Gofundme to support him in raising voices in a place where they are

trying to be silenced 🌱



Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of 

Nyombi Morris

and your host Stella Sage🌿


Jul 15, 202246:19
Rohan John Antony on the problematic 'Save Soil' campaign 🌿🌱😇

Rohan John Antony on the problematic 'Save Soil' campaign 🌿🌱😇

The 'Save Soil' campaign has gained international attention along with its self proclaimed "godman", Jaggi Vasudev - also known as 

'Sadhguru'.

Rohan John Antony and Manpreet Kalra wrote an article about the campaign together that goes into detail about why 

" 'Save Soil' won´t save us", you can read the full article here.

I myself had seen the 'Save Soil' campaign on social media and thought that it´s quest to save soil around the world looked honorable.

I was a bit taken aback when I read the article by Rohan and Manpreet but at the same time it was like a veil had been lifted - suddenly I saw everything that was wrong with 'Save Soil' and was quite embarassed that I had not done more research and not looked at the campaign more closely, because as soon as I did take it under the lens all it's faults quite literally jumped up at me.

In this episode Rohan is helping us shed a light on the campaign, its stakeholders, background, purpose and Sadghuru himself (like what actually qualifies this man to educate the rest of the world about soil health).

He very clearly explains the faults of this campaign based on evidence and research into the campaign, as well as some tips on how we can try to avoid falling into the trap of putting our time, trust and support into campaigns that use the emerging environmental consciousness to pursue their own agendas.


Rohan and Manpreet have reminded me of the importance to not neglect thoroughly researching in this time of quick swipes and first glances.

This was an important lesson for me and I am definitely changing my approach when taking in information, reposting or forming an opinion about something.

I can highly recommend the library of articles that is present on the 'agrowingculture' website!


🦋Rohan has accumulated some questions we can ask ourselves when assessing the true intention of a movement/organization - this will be available as a post on my Instagram account @thrive_bynature 


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Rohan John Anthony

and your host Stella Sage🌿

Jul 01, 202241:57
Jessica Dressler Talks `farming´ a native food forest 🦋🌿🌳🌲

Jessica Dressler Talks `farming´ a native food forest 🦋🌿🌳🌲

Jessica and her family, which is her husband and her two beautiful boys, moved out of the city to the Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia, in 2019

to live and work on a piece of land they had fallen in love with.

They are now regenerating a rainforest & learning to farm a native food forest on Bundjalung land 🌳🌲

In this short time their lives have completely changed and I am so glad we are getting to hear this story from the beautiful, kind soul

that is Jessica Dressler.

Jess shares how her family found the property and what the process of moving and settling into a new life looked like.

She takes us on a tour of the entire property, from vegetable garden, orchard to the water tanks and compost system.

She takes us along on her everyday responsibilities, the tools that are used to support the work,

what days look like during harvesting season, as well as how her relationship to nature has changed now that 

she is working and living with nature´s rhythm and cycles.

If you want to follow her journey you can follow Jess on Instagram by clicking her highlighted name above or

follow `byronbushfood´ on Instagram where you will be able to follow this wonderful journey soon 🦋🌿🌹


As times and awareness are changing, more and more people are inclined to go out into the country,

get a piece of land and become as independent and resilient as possible by growing their own food,

connecting with the land, strengthening their community and forging bonds with like-minded, skilled people to live in more sustainable,

natural and holistic ways. 

The people doing some of it are all around you and we have the ability to all share stories, learn from one another,

guide and inspire each other 🌿

I hope that Jess´ story inspired and touched you the same way it did me 🌹🌹


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Jessica Dressler

and your host Stella Sage🌿

Jun 22, 202255:27
Glen Burrows Talks about 'The Ethical Butcher'🐖🐄🌿

Glen Burrows Talks about 'The Ethical Butcher'🐖🐄🌿

'The Ethical Butcher' sells meat from regenerative farms, they are showing that meat doesn't have to cost the earth.

I talked to Glen Burrows in this episode and was happy to be able to have him as a conversation partner which made this Talk (in which we also questioned and discussed different information each of us had on certain topics) very comfortable.

🌱🍖This episode is not about carnivorism or veganism per se. It is not about the right or wrong diet or even in particular about if it is right or wrong to kill animals.

This episode is supposed to explore how farming regeneratively, working in alignment with nature and adopting sustainable grazing practices etc. can actually regenerate soil and revitalize ecosystems.

Many of us hear "cattle", "meat" or even just the word "cow" and think "climate crisis" or "GHG emissions".

🌱This could not be further from the truth when it comes to regenerative farming. Meat and animal products will not be eliminated from this world and cattle will not be eliminated - and that is not what we need anyway.

There are methods that allow us to farm in ways that align with nature's cycle, where the loop is closed and we neither destroy soil and strip it of all living things nor create tons of "waste products" like polluted water, emissions or animal waste.

There are ways to create life and biodiversity, to grow on moist, dark soil that lives and breathes, where worms and billions of microorganisms 🐛🦋 are benefitting the ground and soil is not reduced to yellowish, dry clumps of nothing.


🌍🌿There is not only one answer to the world's problems,

neither in agriculture nor anywhere else.

There are different minds, different approaches, needs and experiences involved and if

they honor health, prosperity and most importantly the rhythm of the natural world - then no matter how much 

we agree with them I think it is always always worth listening.


Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀

which came alive through the voices of

Glen Burrows 

and your host Stella Sage🌿


*please note that neither mine nor Glen´s entire views on animals rights, environmental and moral considerations or the science and politics behind diet, animal agriculture etc. were included in full, there are incredibly many nuances to these topics and none of that could ever be captured in one hour´s time, these are neither dietary guidelines nor is this a conversation about the only right way to do animal agriculture and the relationship between humans and animals

Jun 16, 202201:11:16
Kiki Boreel Talks Climate Crisis and Fashion Industry👗🌍🌿

Kiki Boreel Talks Climate Crisis and Fashion Industry👗🌍🌿

Kiki is a dutch fashion model and first and foremost and more importantly an avid advocate for a more sustainable and ethical fashion industry, a climate ambassador for the future in the Netherlands, a student of future planet studies and a kind-hearted, easy-to-talk-to and very thoughtful human being🌍💚
Kiki shares the story of how she became aware of the issues that are rattling the planet and human societies and how she found her spot in the "climate movement".
(she also mentions a book that influenced her which is 'How Are We Going To Explain This?' by Jelmer Mommers linked here 📚)
Kiki is very outspoken about the fact that she knows that the fashion industry is a polluting one and explains the choices she has made for her life to live her values, live consciously, advocate for change, educate herself and be engaged politically while being a fashion model.
It is not always easy to deal with the emotions surrounding the climate crisis, to know what is the "right thing to do",
how to have confrontational conversations with loved ones or even decide what our own families will look like someday because the thought of having children with uncertain future scenarios can be lined with doubt, guilt and fear - so we talked about it:))
We hope you found something that inspired you in this conversation🤍

Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀
which came alive through the voices of
Kiki Boreel
and your host Stella Sage🌿
Jun 02, 202240:43
Pascal Botteron from Green Blue Invest🌿🌊

Pascal Botteron from Green Blue Invest🌿🌊

The investment industry is one that can be full of mysteries for "outsiders".

It is important not to discount the role that this industry and investors play in this ciris-rattled world, after all, behind every dirty project  

there is a dirty investment thus, behind every well-intentioned investment, there is a purpose, an impact.

Pascal Botteron is the CEO of Green Blue Invest, a company that acts as an investment advisor solely focused on ESG 

(Environmental, social & governance)

products.

From biodiversity funds, to solar panels and investments into vegan ventures there is much that can be invested in.

It is very important to change the narrative since the ones ruling the market are still "traditional investments", synonymous with the fossil fuel industry.

Pascal believes that governance is a way to change the scenario.

That a company which has good governance will have better social and environmental ranking and that this is also a way for governments to incentivize 'sustainable investing' instead of short-term, destructive hunts for profit.

He also tells us how to identify greenwashing and how it is identified at Green Blue with the help of a 8,000 word encyclopedia

to detect the sincerity of a company via analyzing the language that they are using to communicate about their services and products.


""Sustainable investing is not niche, but there is an urgency." ~ Pascal Botteron

Visit Green Blue Invest here to find out more 🌿🌿


thank you for listening💚

i appreciate your eager ears👋🏼

Yours,

Stella

May 26, 202235:46
Liam from 'WhatsGrowinOn'/his permaculture story👨🏽‍🌾

Liam from 'WhatsGrowinOn'/his permaculture story👨🏽‍🌾

In this episode I am joined by Liam from "WhatsGrowinOn".

He is sharing his story of getting into permaculture, starting on a farm halfway across the globe where he was left to his own devices, to growing

in a London apartment and finally moving to his own farm in Cornwall to get serious and make growing food his life.

Liam shares the ups and downs of farming, what he has learned throughout the years and how he is adapting to living in an isolated place in the countryside.

We explore the differences between grocery store and self-grown food and why it is incredibly confusing to know what the way to

"buy better" is, when we are standing in front of the produce shelves in a store.

If you are thinking of starting to grow at home🌱👨🏽‍🌾👩🏽‍🌾 Liam has a YouTube Channel and a TikTok account where he takes you through composting,

growing tomatoes, hydroponics, experimenting with Quartz and many other things that you may find incredibly helpful to start your own journey.


Moving away and leaving an "old life" behind to start your own business can be very challenging.

Farming is a hands-on job and we need so many more food growers out there that grow regeneratively, take care of the land and feed surrounding communities!

Let's take a moment to give it up for Liam's efforts and for putting a dream into action!

and if you want to really support him you can donate to his GoFundMe here to help him get the farm flourishing🌿🌿

Here is the Square foot garden technique Liam talks about - have fun 🌱


thank you for listening💚

I appreciate your eager ears👋🏼

Yours,

Stella

 

May 19, 202245:17
Sidhant Patnaik/how he experiences the environmental crisis🌿

Sidhant Patnaik/how he experiences the environmental crisis🌿

Everyone experiences the climate emergency differently. Everybody lives in different circumstances and has had different life experiences.

7.9 billion realities - you could say ;-)

Sidhant is a person who thinks a lot about environmental, climate justice and topics that regard corporate matters etc.

He has shared many thoughts over the last months with me and asked many thought provoking questions.

Him and me definitely live in extremely different realities - him in a city in India, me on the German countryside.

So we decided to get together to Talk about it.

Sidhant is very passionate about environmental issues and that not just because of the awareness he has acquired through educating himself but also from personal experience that came to him at an early age - having a father who still works at a steel plant in an industrial town in India.

This provoked Sidhant to think about systemic issues and the affects this pollution from the steel plant would have on his father alongside the other 5,000 workers at the plant - many who are in even less fortunate positions.

It can be incredibly humbling, help keep us aware and broaden our horizons to share stories, opinions and unique experiences.

To listen and to ask questions.

So if you have any questions for Sidhant after this Talk or would like to start a conversation with him, feel free to visit him here.


📢This episode's shoutout goes to "Environmentalist foundation of India". E.F.I focuses on real-time and result oriented Environment Conservation projects. As a wildlife conservation and habitat restoration group, E.F.I's efforts are tailored towards scientific and ecological projects. Feel free to learn about them or support their work here.


Thank you for listening🌱

I appreciate your eager ears👋🏼

Appreciatively,

Stella

May 11, 202240:26
Dr. Sparsha Saha on the costs of animal agriculture🌲🍖🪓

Dr. Sparsha Saha on the costs of animal agriculture🌲🍖🪓

Dr. Sparsha Saha has my deepest respect, she has helped create an episode that is so valuable on an educational and awareness level.

One that summarizes a few of the most important points about the costs of animal agriculture and beyond.

This is an excellent introduction or further immersion into the environmental, social and humanitarian crisis surrounding the animal industry as well as certain parts of our economies.

Sparsha is a lecturer at Harvard University and teaches the first course there on the costs of animal agriculture! The very first one at Harvard that even touches this subject!

Sparsha has impressed me greatly during our 1.5 hours of Talking, exploring, sharing and ranting🌞

She has helped create an honest, matter-of-fact, eye-opening episode full of useful information that is easy to retain and connect.

I hope that you enjoy listening to her as much as I did and I want to leave you with a powerful quote by her on the current economic situation, on what she believes is the root cause of all our problems and why we need a redistribution of wealth:

🌍"People at the top just keep getting richer and richer and richer and they need to understand that they are accumulating the future - that's what they're doing. They're holding the future hostage by not giving everyone else a chance to thrive."🌍


I hope you enjoy this Talk!

Feel free to find Sparsha via Twitter to keep up with recent academic work and news around food sustainability🌿


Thank you for listening🌱

I appreciate your eager ears👋🏼

Cheers,

Stella


May 05, 202201:12:33
Yoga as a gateway to mindfulness/connection to nature feat. Eric Rosso🧘🏽‍♂️

Yoga as a gateway to mindfulness/connection to nature feat. Eric Rosso🧘🏽‍♂️

Eric Rosso is a yoga teacher and one of the owners of  Yoga Room Hawai'i. He has been living 

on the island for the last few decades and is joining me in exploring the topic of how a yoga practice that goes beyond

physical practice and includes a spiritual one, can benefit in connecting people to nature and making us realize that we are interconnected in the most elemental ways.

Through earth, water, fire, breath.

We talk about how yoga, with it being an ancient and very elemental practice that connects us to ourselves and creates

more mindfulness, can make us more aware of our surroundings and our environment.

This is a very different episode to previous ones, but I think that the emotional aspects in our relationship to nature and within the climate crisis are too important to discount or not to include into these conversations.

Especially with yoga I find that, because you connect to yourself and the present moment, it can make you emotional, calm your mind, set thoughts free, 

spark ideas and also question life in fundamental ways.

It is also a practice that I find people can associate with or feel drawn to practice in nature

and being conscious of ourselves and the world around us in addition to the impacts we have on other beings and earth is

more important than ever.


🌿You can visit Yoga Room Hawai'i here if it has sparked your interest

📸check out Eric's yoga photography here if you enjoy yoga/nature pictures or if you are in the area and would like to work with Eric


Thank you for listening👋🏼

I appreciate your eager ears🌿


Cheers,

Stella


Apr 29, 202238:38
How and what is our plastic consumption doing in the ocean🌊💧/w Dr. Imogen Napper

How and what is our plastic consumption doing in the ocean🌊💧/w Dr. Imogen Napper

If a country has good waste management and things get recycled, how does even some of that trash end up in the ocean?

What does it mean when plastic "breaks down", what does it "break down" into and where does it go? 

Dr. Imogen Napper, is joining me in this episode to give us a clearer picture on some of the plastic mysteries that we might be wondering about.

She takes us with her to her work in the lab, back in time to a grade school ceremony involving plastic balloons which prompted her think about where plastic ends up 

and to the river Ganges in India - where plastic pollution is a very tangible issue.

We explore the journey the durable/ useful /polluting material, plastic, takes after it has been picked up by the garbage truck and

who is doing what to tackle this prevalent issue🌊🛒🚚

And because greenwashing is always an issue in every environmental field, Imogen shares what she has seen happen to "biodegradable" bags in

comparison to "regular" plastic bags, when buried in soil🌱, eroding away in the ocean🐳, or just hanging out under the sun☀,

in controlled research experiments that can tell us more about what really happens to those bags that are sometimes labeled as "the solution to plastic pollution".


📢Imogen mentions two charities that are dear to her heart:

💧Surfers against Sewage

💧Marine Conservation Society


Thank you for joining us👋🏼

I appreciate your eager ears🌿


Cheers,

Stella

Apr 21, 202250:59
Karl Brown Talks social impact on social media via CURV🔈📱

Karl Brown Talks social impact on social media via CURV🔈📱

No likes, no follows, no echo chambers...

Could you imagine? What if social media didn't have this toxic, addicting quality to it?

What if you saw what everybody else saw and the spread of misinformation and polarization suddenly came to a halt?

What if everybody had to verify their sources and we would use social media for the purpose of educating, building social impact movements, signing petitions and mobilizing online to take our action offline?

That would be...

A social network, REIMAGINED


I am excited to be joined by Karl Brown, co-founder of the social impact platform CURV.

Karl tells us the story about how CURV was born and how it is meant to radically change the way we use and are affected by social media

platforms. 

He shares the ins and outs of CURV and introduces us to a new form of social media that can aid in making us more productive change makers online.

I was lucky to be one of the first 100 to be part in testing CURV and now is YOUR chance.

Visit CURV to become part of this incredible community🌱🌍🌿


Thank you for listening👋🏼

I appreciate your eager ears🌿


Cheers,

Stella


Apr 14, 202244:20
Olly and Fi on #coderedactivism 📢

Olly and Fi on #coderedactivism 📢

I am joined by Olly Baker and Fi Quekett who are both incredible human beings fighting for a better today
and tomorrow by taking part in actions that our governmnets do not (yet) appreciate and may even punish,
because they are seeing that there is a #codered for humanity and the climate crisis, as an umbrella crisis, encompasses
many other crisis like housing, food, energy, racism, social justice etc. cannot be left unadressed, let alone denied.
Fi and Olly are sharing their stories in "activism", the latest ridiculous decisions the UK governmnet has made,
their most memorable moments in "activism",
what their state of mind is in the midst of government inaction and the climate crisis.
They also share some thoughts on how YOU can join a movement today and how being part of this call
for change is more rewarding and less scary than you may think 💚

organizations that were mentioned during the Talk:
Green New Deal Rising
ACORN
Justice4Grenfell
UCU
Leeds Climate Table
Fossil Free London

Thank you for listening 👋🏼
I appreciate your eager ears 🌿
Apr 07, 202256:19
Michelle Magdalena Talks storytelling🌿🌿

Michelle Magdalena Talks storytelling🌿🌿

In this episode Michelle Magdalena Maddox, who is the founder of Magdalena Magazine, is sharing the podium with me.

Today she is sharing parts of her story with us. Michelle invites us to hear about the path that lead her to storytelling, activism and the connection she has with earth and people today.

We Talk about the importance of community, what hers looks like and how she envisions the future of community and localization.

If you are somebody who is working hard at bringing a passion project to life - then this episode is worth listening to. 

Michelle gives us an insight into her journey to creating Magdalena Magazine (formerly Bohypsian Journal), the blood, sweat and tears that go into creating something unique and powerful that gives a voice to those stories that are often least heard in this world - the most important voices.

How from hardship and love, community and support from like minded souls as well as knowing, deep within that this is something you simply have to bring to life is the wave that will lead your personal ship into the harbor (even if it feels like you are operating oars of lead sometimes;))

Michelle's story is a moving and beautiful one and in her life she has talked to many people, visited many places and seen much of this world that is so beautiful, confusing, outraging and never for a lack of surprises.

🌱🌱If you want to order the latest issue of the magazine click here

📞If you feel called to support Michelle's quest in telling these stories and bringing them to life in print click here to connect to here


Thank you for listening💚

I appreciate your eager ears👋🏼

Cheers,

Stella

Mar 16, 202250:23
The world of Permafrost and its salvation❄

The world of Permafrost and its salvation❄

The world is having enough problems with imminent natural disasters like floods, fires, hurricanes, droughts, wars -

but it seems that there are much lesser known ecological processes going on that are unfolding much more slowly and seem less significant than

others. 

What Paul from the Pleistocene & Permafrost NGO is telling us today is definitely not insignificant but very important and YOU listening in and educating yourself on this is an excellent step and will help raise awareness.

Permafrost is soil that has been frozen for at least two years. A lot of it has been frozen for thousands and more years and guess what - global warming is melting a lot of this natural "ice box".

Paul is helping us understand what Permafrost is, how the Pleistocene Park is helping to reverse and prevent some of the damages, what some of those important projects in Siberia and Russia etc. are doing and how animals are restoring ecological traits to permafrost areas.

By the end you will understand why this topic is so important, how the thawing of permafrost affects earth and what YOU can do to support this cause❄❄


Here are a few resources to find out more:

Oxford Paper on Permafrost for some light reading;)

Impacts of Grazing on Permafrost soil

Preserving Permafrost Video


If you want to ask Paul some questions find his LinkedIN Profile here


Thank you for listening💚

I appreciate you eager ears🌿

Cheers,

Stella



Mar 10, 202239:14
Maria Serra Talks social media, climate politics and her story in activism
Mar 02, 202251:27
Urban sustainability at the LES Ecology Center in NYC🌱

Urban sustainability at the LES Ecology Center in NYC🌱

In this episode I am Talking to Jennifer who works at the Lower East Side Ecology Center in New York City.

The center has been pioneering urban sustainability since 1987 and the work done there from education to the compost drop off and stewardship of the East River Park is of the utmost importance to keep the city green and its inhabitants healthy and connected to nature.

Jennifer tells us about the work that is done at the Center from Fishing & Waterfront Education to E-Waste Collection, composting, street tree care etc.

She tells us about how employees and volunteers work together to keep the Park healthy all year round and how anyone can get involved in making their city a greener, cleaner and healthier space.

We also Talk about the importance of nature in a city and how we can prevent or reduce different types of pollution in a city by urban greening, composting, providing bike lanes, . . .

Make sure to visit the Lower East Side Ecology Center's website here

and maybe even visit it if you are in NYC.

If you are a resident of the city (or any other city:)), make sure to inform yourself about composting and volunteering possibilities!



Thank you for listening💚

i appreciate your eager ears🌱

Cheers,

Stella

Feb 24, 202233:37
Talking to Jack from Jack's Patch about abundant and natural food growing

Talking to Jack from Jack's Patch about abundant and natural food growing

In this episode I am Talking to Jack from Jack's Patch, a regenerative, no-dig, permaculture farm outside of London.

He tells me the story about how life lead him to become passionate about growing food and working with nature.

It always comforts me to Talk to people who care for the earth, who know and work to heal nature and that is a big part of this conversation, since Jack shares some of the practices on his farm, how he tends to the soil and how we as humans really have the ability to heal nature and support natural processes instead of making life harder for us and the planet.

We Talk about the major impacts that industrial agriculture has on the planet and how Jack would reimagine a commercial farming operation to help the land flourish, rejuvenate and 

increase diversity.

He also shares his thoughts on the current agricultural system and how his personal outlook is on the future.

 🌱💚🌿

If permaculture and food growing is something that interests you specifically, go and check out the podcast Jack runs with a fellow food grower, Chris, called  "The Food Grower Podcast" !

🌱If you would like to read up on the world's tops oil situation see the articles below:

https://washingtonianpost.com/magazine/technology/experts-warn-earths-topsoil-is-almost-gone/

https://soilerosion.com/soil-erosion-in-the-united-states/


🐳Click here to watch the video on aquaponics set up and how the concept works!


Thank you for tuning in today!

I appreciate your eager ears💚

Cheers, 

Stella

Feb 16, 202248:18