Growing Our Future

Education Program Assistant Defranco Sarabia, interviews Chris Luna about his ground breaking nonprofit Helping Our Planet Evolve(HOPE) in Eagle Pass. We talk about how to support individuals who want to start their own ecological restoration-minded organization and some of the issues Chris faced in his journey creating his own. Our conversation turns meta when we conclude that the most important...

On today's Podcast, the garden sensei himself, Stephen Lucke, is joined by Jade Luu, an educator,  grower, naturalist, and herbal alchemist. They discuss her journey from Vietnam to the United States to founded Ellume Life. As a grower and earth steward, Jade has lived a garden-centered life for over 20 years and now teaches natural/organic & regenerative gardening, cold/hot/vermicomposti...

Amanda Micek interviews Jess Reid, a fourth-year Ph. D. student at the University of Texas at San Antonio about her research in the field of medical anthropology and the possibility of thinking of gardens as places of care, rehabilitation, and self-growth. 

Stephen Lucke - CEO, Dominic Dominguez - COO, and former Board Member - Erin Chase discuss the Food & Nature Education Conference happening on December 12 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Episode 2 of the Growing Our Future Podcast talks about our October Events, Social Justice, and the Monarch Butterfly.  The podcast features Amos Lozano of The ReUp Station and Famous Juice Co. Music is the track Green Juice, provided by Plant-based Mello.

Episode 1 of Growing Our Future focuses on Gardopia's history and where we are headed as an organization. The podcast features Amos Lozano of Emjayze, The Reup Station, and Famous Juice! Music is provided by Plant-based Mello's Green Juice single.