Chris Park on Druidry, Folk Mythology and Bee Keeping - E141
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Release Date: 06/16/2021
Paul Powlesland on Nature Rights, Nature Guardianship and System Change - E202
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How do we align the law and ourselves with nature to enrich life? In this episode entitled Future Source Code Amisha talks with Paul Powlesland, a barrister and lawyer for nature who acts to protect trees and rivers in the courts and speaks for the Rights of Nature. He is a founder of Lawyers for Nature, which aims to transform the relationship between law, lawyers and nature, introducing nature’s voice into our legal and economic systems. Paul lives on a boat on the River Roding in East London, and set up the River Roding Trust, through which he carries out hands-on restoration,...
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Patrisse Cullors on Abolition, Art Activism and Courageous Resourcing - E201
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How do we envision and shape a world without oppressive systems? In this episode entitled Cultures Of Care Amisha talks with Patrisse Cullors, an Artist and Abolitionist born and raised in Los Angeles. Cullors has been on the frontline of abolitionist organising for 22 years. She has advanced a term called abolitionist aesthetics. Her latest work is examining an art practice that leads through west African spirituality as well as pushing the culture to adopt abolitionist beliefs in order to build our imagination towards a world we all deserve. We explore: :: abolition, a practice that...
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Celebrating All That We Are - E200
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How have we and the world changed in these past seven years? In this epsiode entitle In Reverence Of A Beautiful Future, we are celebrating 200 episodes of ‘all that we are’; our podcast that is an epic gathering of more than 200 voices of change and insight from all over the globe; powerful reminders of all that we are and can be in this future we all hold in our hearts. Amisha, our podcast host, talks with Floss Barnett-Howland taking us into the deeper layers of Amisha’s journey over the past 7yrs of creating this podcast and her other offerings that have come alive. Together...
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Dr Dianne Regisford on Artivism, Belonging and Social Sculpture - E199
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How do we co-create humanity? In this episode entitled Ubuntu Amisha talks with Dr Dianne Regisford, a dynamic Social Sculpture practitioner, Dianne is invested in regenerative ARTivism for belonging, racial equity and cultural transformation through a social justice lens. Dianne is the founder, visionary and creator of the Evoking Belonging Social Sculpture practices. She designs and stewards inclusive, participatory approaches to belonging through equitable enquiry into power and privilege, racial justice and cultural transformation. This is an innovative approach to socio-cultural...
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Ruby and Christabel Reed on Transformative Education, Spirituality and Ecosystem Restoration - E198
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How can we learn and unlearn to bring forth cultural, personal and planetary transformation? In this episode entitled Interconnected Learning Amisha talks with Ruby and Christabel Reed, co-founding directors of the holistic wellbeing and transformative education platform Advaya, and of the Initiative Earth Charity, which runs the online nature skills platform Earthed and narrative campaign EcoResolution. Over the last ten years they have been building networks and bringing tens of thousands of people together in joyful spaces that reframe how we see the world around us, and our role...
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Ebyän Zanini on Matriarchal Leadership, Collective Liberation and Sacred Activism - E197
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How can we flourish new forms of activism and leadership to create collective liberation? In this episode entitled The Activism of Art Amisha Talks with Ebyän Zanini, a writer, visual storyteller, and poetess of Somali-Italian descent. She is the founder of ‘Mother Tongue’ and teaches at the intersection of decolonisation, eco-sensuality, and feminine mysticism. Ebyän’s offerings are deeply inspired by the animist spirituality of her Nubian ancestral heritage weaving us closer to the enchantment that is available in all Life. We explore :: antidotes to oppressive...
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Dorcas Cheng-Tozun on Authentic Activism, BurnOut and Social Justice - E196
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How can we bring alive sustainable forms of activism that honour authenticity and humanity in each and everyone of us? In this episode entitled The Path Forward Amisha talks with Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, an award-winning writer, editor, speaker, and communications consultant. She is the author of three books, including the recent ‘Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways’. Dorcas has nearly twenty years of experience as a nonprofit and social enterprise professional. She served as the first director of communications for d.light, one of the world's leading...
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Alana Hyde Bloom on Growing Food, Animism and Cyclical Living - E195
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How do we cultivate our relationship with nature? In this episode entitled Wisdom Cycles Amisha talks with Alana Bloom, a facilitator, artist and activist stewarding eco-centric and animist ways of being that bring us back into connection with the wider living world, each other and our deepest and truest nature. Alana guides transformational experiences working with hundreds of people and a variety of organisations on the frontiers of personal and planetary healing. We learn about :: how to rediscover and orientate our relationship with nature :: learning and living attuned with the...
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Daze Aghaji on Climate Activism, Grief and Future Democracies - E194
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How do we build future cultures rooted in care and regeneration? In this episode entitled Vacuums Of Collapse Amisha talks with Daze Aghaji, a climate justice activist whose advocacy for radical systemic change centres on youth political engagement, regenerative cultures, social justice, and intersectionality. The Guardian has described her as a ‘ball of energy, conviction and warmth’. Her bold activism has led her to working with an array of leading NGOs, governments, institutions and grassroots change-makers globally. We learn about :: her personal experiences of activism and...
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States Of Awe // The Power of Creativity with Chris Bullzini, Kay Michael, Gaia Harvey Jackson and Dannii Evans - E193
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How can we cultivate creativity to imagine a society that serves all of us? In this special episode entitled States Of Awe, we gather with Chris Bullzini, Kay Michael, Gaia Harvey Jackson and Dannii Evans to explore the power of creativity. This conversation is an invitation for all of us to connect and grow our creativity in whichever ways accessible to us, wherever we find ourselves. It is a call for us to create space for play, for embodiment and feeling a sense of awe so we can reimagine and recreate our societies into works of art that serve us all. We learn about :: their different...
info_outlineHow can we embrace folklore wisdom traditions as life teachings and nourishing life strategies for the creation of a thriving world?
In this special episode entitled Nature’s Tapestry Of Life, Amisha shares time with Chris Park, an active member of the order of ‘Bards, Ovates & Druids’ for nearly 25 years, a prolific beekeeper, enthusiastic storyteller and folklore wisdom keeper. He lives on an organic farm, and as a druid priest, he has worked as celebrant and teacher with schools, wildlife trusts, local authorities, mental health projects, communities, families and more, aiming to strengthen our connections to the natural environment and each other whilst building knowledge, skills & thriving community. Chris hosts ceremonies and gatherings around the U.K. and within a sacred grove at home. Most recently he co-created a bee-themed podcast ‘Living Beeing’ interviewing artists, musicians, bee-scientists, beekeepers and apitherapists together with friends Verity Sharp and Patrick Randall.
Chris takes us on an insightful journey into the nature-based spirituality of Druidry, a tradition that survives in folklore and the stories of our landscapes, and evolves with generations. Being a priest and active member of Bards, Ovates and Druids’ has inspired Chris’ unique lifestyle and enables him to share inspiring creative strategies for creating thriving communities living in reciprocity with our natural world.
Chris shares a flow of folk tales, song and mythologies taking us into ‘the other world’, the imaginary realm, where we experience magic, symbolism, mischief and exceptional power reminding us of the rich tapestry of life. Every traditional folk tale gives great traction into the natural world with themes, mottos and symbolism, trees, plants and animals, stars, rocks and spirits of nature. He believes such stories can be cathartic and restore our separated sense of connection to the natural world, to oneself and one's ancestry and bring forth a sense of well-being and belonging.
Together they explore his work as a sustainable beekeeper and apitherapist. Chris shares that bees are ancient teachers reminding us of the cycles of life and the interconnectedness of our world with nature. In exchange for keeping them well and thriving, we receive their medicines of honey, pollen propolis, royal jelly from time to time, bee venom, wax and beehive air.
We learn that putting down roots and drawing closer circles around our communities inspires a village sufficiency that is vital for our greater communities to thrive and keep on growing. And if we are not growing, then we must start growing food or plants or gardens, as they will bring us happiness.
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