Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek

W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 3. This first chapter ends with the sentiment that our life’s memories of nature we experienced may be our greatest peace. It is an exuberant and proud accounting of the over 200 bird descriptions and bird songs W.H. Hudson can remember from his distant homeland of Argentina and his reasons why. He also answers the question: “What is...

A reading of Lucy Thoumaian’s 1914 manifesto of peace, A Manifesto to Women of Every Land, a Pillars of Peace episode. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Read Lucy Thoumaian’s A Manifesto to Women of Every Land in the book Documenting First Wave Feminisms e...

W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 2. Can we recall bird images and birdsongs from memory like it was yesterday? W.H. Hudson says yes. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Read W.H. Hudson’s Birds and Man at www.gutenberg.org . Mor...

W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 1. Birds are best viewed in nature, not stuffed in a museum. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Read W.H. Hudson’s Birds and Man at www.gutenberg.org . More Peace anyone? If you ever think tha...

Why Kant There Be Peace?  Excerpts from Immanuel Kant’s essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch.” Comforting, practical, brave, and clear. First Section, Which Contains the Preliminary Articles for Perpetual Peace among States: “No peace settlement which secretly reserves issues for a future war shall be considered valid.” “No independently existing state (irrespective of whether it...

A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 3. Glaciers, flexible as the wind, yet hard-tempered as steel, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology. The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club’s site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/. Or find the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores...

A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 2. Cleavage, glaciers, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology. The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club’s site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/. Or find the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Jav...

A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 1. Glaciers, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology. The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club’s site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/. Or find the the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “P...

A reading on peace: “A confederation of Native peoples seek peace with the United States, 1786.” The full writing can be found at The American Yawp, A Massively Collaborate Open U.S. Textbook, www.americanyawp.com. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the B...

Enjoy this planet-inspired mother-daughter interview with van-life adventurer-poet, Jessie Leonard with topics of solo female travel, van building, small vans, remote work, living a small footprint, minimalism, ethical consumerism, fast fashion, traveling with a dog and more. Jessie Leonard: Follow @StrayWithMe; Get the poetry book, Journey to Find my Broken Pieces and buy beautiful naturally-dyed...

Do you ever dream of a world with no war? What if peace isn’t something far away—but something already waiting for us to notice and unwrap? Welcome to Peace Is Here, a podcast about everyday peace, bold ideas, and the people who carry light in dark times. Hosted by author Avis Kalfsbeek, this slow-listening series explores what peace really means—through the eyes of philosophers, mystics, nature w...