101 Ways To Save The Planet

We intentionally wanted to share this episode the day after the election, as I'm sure many of us are struggling with uncomfortable feelings of anger, disappointment and uncertainty. After reading the book, A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, Madeleine and I discuss how the concepts presented in this book helped us to clarify our own faith and spirituality by grounding us in the present moment and reminding us of our connection to all living things. 

If you're looking for some guidance on how to experience more peace and compassion moving forward - no matter what the outcome or who you were supporting for president - we encourage you to give this a listen and, as always, let us know what you took away from it.

This week we have a VERY special episode that we wanted to make sure we posted prior to the upcoming U.S. election. We're sitting down with LA-based spiritual counselor and astrologer, Diana Lang, to talk about how to hold navigate all the uncertainty today, and how to hold for the highest good amidst it all.  She has a lot to share to help us prepare for what's ahead and to get back to the only thing that will create the world we want: Love.

Where to find Diana

• Website - www.dianalang.com
• Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/diana_lang
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DianaLang
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dianalang/

Our conversation with Stacey Barbas, Senior Program Officer for Health at the Kresge Foundation, couldn't come at a more relevant time. Find out how the health of the environment, the health of our communities and our individual health are all inextricably linked. Stacey discusses Kresge's FreshLo initiative, which invests in hyper-local and community-led projects (usually centered around food) that impart a sense of pride and placemaking in communities and create resiliency in the face of a crisis like the current COVID pandemic.

SHOW NOTES

Where to Find the Kresge Foundation -  

• Newsletter Subscribe Page: https://kresge.org/subscribe   
• Media Resources: https://kresge.org/media  
• Communications Resources: https://kresge.org/communication-resources  
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/thekresgefoundation/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/kresgefdn or https://twitter.com/kresgenviro

As Managing Director of Ted Turner Reserves, Jade McBride is charged with carrying out the legendary Ted Turner's mission to "save everything" on more than half a million acres of New Mexico Wilderness. Today we talk to Jade about how he never takes for granted having one of the most beautiful wilderness escapes in the country as his backyard, and the privilege of facilitating experiences in nature that are almost too breathtaking to be believed - the kind fo experiences that make conservation the simplest choice in the world.

Before the show, Bonnie and Madeleine announce a special forthcoming episode, and talk about how we're handling COVID and what we're learning about ourselves in the process.

SHOW NOTES:

• Ted Turner Reserves - https://tedturnerreserves.com/
• Vermejo - https://tedturnerreserves.com/vermejo/
• Sierra Grande - https://tedturnerreserves.com/sierra-grande/
• Ladder - https://tedturnerreserves.com/ladder/
• Armendaris - https://tedturnerreserves.com/armendaris/
• Turner Endangered Species Fund - http://tesf.org/
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tedturnerreserves/
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tedturnerreserves/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/TTReserves

BOOK CLUB:

• A New Earth - https://bookshop.org/books/a-new-earth-awakening-to-your-life-s-purpose/9781594152498

What if every trip you took helped to improve our world, regardless of the destination or type of travel? That idea is what inspired our guest today, Kelley Louise, to found Impact Travel Alliance (ITA), an organization working to educate and inspire people to travel in a way that empowers local communities and protects our planet.

ITA initiatives are based on education and advocacy around sustainable tourism – travel that has a positive impact on a destination’s environment, economy and culture. Sustainable tourism, while often viewed as a niche within the industry, can be applied to any type of travel. By working to incorporate sustainability into all types of travel experiences, we have the potential to change our world for the better.

Before diving in to all things sustainable travel with Kelley, Bonnie and Madeleine discuss how COVID quarantine has impacted their wellness routines, and what self-care looks like in the face of daunting global challenges like climate change.

SHOW NOTES:

Where to find Impact Travel Alliance:

• Website - https://www.impacttravelalliance.org/
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/impacttravelalliance/
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/impacttravelalliance
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/impacttravelall
• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxVTgO4O1FIa7jTouOijH4Q/videos?reload=9&mc_cid=a107986d07&mc_eid=0b0b2f179a

Travel Better

• ITA future and past events - https://www.eventbrite.com/o/impact-travel-alliance-13665177302
• ViaHero - https://www.viahero.com/
• Kelley's IG - https://www.instagram.com/kelleytravels/

What if every time you went out to eat you were helping farmers across the country to regenerate the land, restore soil and improve the quality and quantity of our food for generations to come? Today, Women's Equality Day, we're talking with Karen Leibowitz, the badass woman behind the James Beard Award-winning Zero Foodprint initiative, which she co-founded alongside husband and chef Anthony Myint. Zero Foodprint works to mobilize diners, chefs and growers to support regenerative agriculture practices across the food and agriculture industries.

SHOW NOTES:

Where to Find Zero Foodprint

• Website - https://www.zerofoodprint.org/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/zerofoodprint 
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerofoodprint
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerofoodprint/

Learn More

• One Fair Wage - https://onefairwage.com/
• Mad Agriculture - https://madagriculture.org/
• Kiss The Ground - https://kisstheground.com/
• Soil Centric - https://www.soilcentric.org/
• The Soil Will Save Us (book) - http://www.kristinohlson.com/books/soil-will-save-us 
• Forthcoming children's book by author Ariel Lauren Wilson 

We're catching up with Allie Kelly, Executive Director of The Ray, an 18 mile stretch of highway just outside of Atlanta serving as an incubator lab for ideas that will transform the future of transportation to become cleaner, greener, healthier and safer for ourselves and the planet. Everything from solar roads, pollinator gardens, EV charging stations, updated rest stops, repurposing old tires to pave the highway and so much more. 

SHOW NOTES:

Where to Find The Ray             

• Website - https://www.raycandersonfoundation.org/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/RaysLegacy 
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RayCAndersonFoundation
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/therayhighway/

Learn More

• Project Drawdown - https://bookshop.org/books/drawdown-the-most-comprehensive-plan-ever-proposed-to-reverse-global-warming/9780143130444
• AASHTO Sustainable Initiatives - https://rsts.transportation.org/

We're chatting with Shamar Bibbins, Senior Program Officer for environmental initiatives at the Kresge Foundation, about her and the foundation's work to help communities build resilience in the face of climate change - all while keeping equity and inclusion at the center of the effort.

SHOW NOTES

Where to Find the Kresge Foundation -  

• Newsletter Subscribe Page: https://kresge.org/subscribe   
• Media Resources: https://kresge.org/media  
• Communications Resources: https://kresge.org/communication-resources  
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/thekresgefoundation/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/kresgefdn or https://twitter.com/kresgenviro

Educational Resources -  

• Book: Energy Democracy - https://bookshop.org/books/energy-democracy-advancing-equity-in-clean-energy-solutions/9781610918510
• Island Press Urban Resilience Project - https://islandpress.org/urban-resilience-project

In our second episode, Madeleine interviews Bonnie about how she went from corporate PR career to sustainable travel writer, blogger and co-podcaster, and what she's learned along the way.               

SHOW NOTES:         

• The Future We Choose - https://bookshop.org/books/the-future-we-choose-surviving-the-climate-crisis/9780525658351
• 2040 Film - https://whatsyour2040.com/
• Give A Shit - https://www.amazon.com/Give-Sh-Good-Better-Planet/dp/0762464488
• Bon's site - https://earthregardedtravel.com/
• Mads' site - http://madeleineculbertson.com/
• Brain shut down caused by stress/anxiety/overwhelm - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774859/

It's the first episode and Bonnie is interviewing her co-host and sister, Madeleine, about her vision for the future. One word: Community. Find out how getting back to community living can benefit our health, our families, and the future of our planet.

SHOW NOTES:

• Utopic community living in Georgia - https://serenbe.com/
• Connection between disconnection/loneliness and mental health - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4225959/
• Simon Sinek on why communities/groups of 150 or less are ideal for humans (from Leaders Eat Last) - "The earliest groups of Homo sapiens lived in hunter/gatherer tribes that maxed out between 100 and 150 people. Amish and Hutterite communities are about 150 in size. The Bushmen of South Africa and Native Americans also live in groups that cap out at 150. Even the size of a company of Marines is about 150 people. That magic number is the number of close relationships we are naturally designed to manage...The reasons groups function best when they do not get bigger than about 150 people make perfect sense when you look closely. The first is time. Time is a constant --there are only twenty-four hours in a day. If we gave only two minutes to everyone we knew, we wouldn't get to know people very well and deep bonds of trust would likely never form. The other is brain capacity. We simply can't remember everyone. Which is why Dunbar's Number is about 150; some can remember more and some fewer...as Dunbar has noteiced in his research, when groups get bigger than about 150, the people are less likely to work hard and less likely to help each other out."
• Ethical online shopping - DoneGood (online shop and plugin)
• Educational resources:
  1. Books by Michael Pollan
  2. The Biggest Little Farm movie
  3. Food Fix by Dr. Mark Hyman