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Multi-media Stories – T. Addison Brown, Emerging World Co-Founder T. Addison Brown creates multi-media stories as a fundamental and immersive form of communication that intends to engage on an intuitive and sensory level. Guided by Buddhist teachings her activities have emphasize on safeguarding all forms of life. During her tenure as Director of Philanthropy for Levity Foundation she created the...

Lara Tomov has always been drawn to sharing experiences with others to connect people and place. She has worked in the film and television world for over a decade, primarily as a cinematographer. This work has taken her around the world, from peaks to ocean depths, for documentaries and television networks such as Discovery and Travel Channel. She has also worked with organizations such as The Nat...

Maggie Bailey is the founder and President of We Plant it Forward in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Mission of We Plant it Forward is to preserve and restore the natural environment for the benefit of future generations by providing trees, tools, and help as well as hands-on activities, community engagement, and environmental education. Maggie Bailey holds a master of science degree in Conflict Anal...

Today on our podcast we speak with two people from a nonprofit organization that facilitates the stewardship of urban trees in a large city, including a program that facilitates the use of the wood from trees that have to be removed from around the city because of disease, end-of-it’s lifecycle or proximity to structures, etc.   Jennifer Szeliga and Jonathan Gibbs from the Sacramento Tree Foundati...

Jesse and Johanna Boudreau have been operating Zia Energetics Permaculture as a family business for over 20 years.  They create their livelihood as homesteaders, foragers, market growers, mushroom cultivators, beekeepers, cob builders, urban forestry and as herbalists.  They share their wide range of experiences with local and virtual classes and community events teaching permaculture, hosting for...

Kaitie Schneider is a wildlife conservation biologist and educator for Boulder County Parks and Open Space, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Blue Turtle Sustainable. In her free time, she runs her own business as a digital artist and photographer for environmental organizations and earth-conscious businesses.    Below are her recommends to learn more about conservation, wildlife biology, as w...

In this episode we have the honor of meeting two young women that are holding a unique local South Dakota event.  “Threads of Green” is a thrifted fashion show being held in a unique venue, to raise money for good causes and roll out a new thrifted clothing sustainable fashion website and app that simplifies thrifting for clothes. Annie Lien is the lead fashion icon and style curator with FOMENO a...

Casey Shiver has been a member of the Buy Nothing Project’s Central Reno group for a couple of years now and started volunteering as an admin in February of 2021. She works full time for UNR, is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Higher Education Administration and spends much of her free time volunteering with local area nonprofits. Her favorite parts of the Buy Nothing Project are getting...

Ragan Sutterfield is a priest and associate at Christ Episcopal Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. His writings have appeared in a variety of places including The Christian Century, Sojourners, The Oxford American, Plough Online, and The Englewood Review of Books. Ragan's writing and interests are focused at the intersection of faith and ecology where he brings his background in birding, permacultur...

Zack McCannon is the Urban Farm Project Garden Programmer for the Faulkner County Library, Conway, Arkansas.  The Urban Farm Project began in the spring of 2010 as a gardening competition between three local colleges. As students and professors turned lawns into thriving gardens it transformed into a collaborative effort that has encouraged sustainability and a greater sense of community with shar...

Nina Littrell is a graduate of Kansas City Art Institute where she studied textiles and garment construction.  She is a Kansas City based fashion designer that, among other classes, is teaching “Deconstruction/Reconstruction” an upcycling garments class offered at Rightfully sewn where students are training for professional jobs in the garment industry.   https://rightfullysewn.org/classes - list...

Under Casey’s leadership, Galveston’s Own Farmers Market has increased food-access among high-risk populations on Galveston Island through implementation of SNAP, specialty WIC programming, free cooking classes and a rapidly-growing school gardens program. Since 2017, Casey has also served as a City Councilwoman in the City of La Marque. Her life’s work revolves around the value of the natural env...

Kim Konte is the founding member of Nontoxic Neighborhoods, an organization that helps neighborhoods transition to organic and regenerative methods of care in public and private areas of the city.  They do this in a hands-on and collaborative way by supporting city staff, landscape contractors, and school administrators with solution-based tools and training to support the end of using synthetic p...

Lauren Winters West is the Founder and Chief Expert Organizer at Next Highest Good. As far back as she can remember, Lauren has enjoyed decluttering and organizing spaces for friends and family. She began organizing professionally after more than 20 years in a wide breadth of job capacities including: being a music video producer, a marketing executive at a Fortune 500 company and a nonprofit exec...

Shane Davis the founder of Plantr in Eugene, Oregon. While in the Marine Corp, Shane traveled the world as part of the President lift squadron which provided global special mission airlift, logistics, and communications for two presidents through 5 countries and over 20 states. After his time in the Marine Corp he founded Plantr where he has been working with his team of developers on an app that...

Austin Arrington is a software developer, scientist, and entrepreneur working on systems to help humans and nature connect and thrive.  Austin brings sustainable technologies and systems to market, from green roofs and urban farms, to soil sensors, automation, and machine learning.    He is a published researcher and holds an MS in Environmental Science from the state university of New York and Co...

Cuauhtemoc Landeros has worked and lived in multiple area of California and Mexico.  He is academically and physically engaged in the fields of sustainable landscaping, organic farming, permaculture, agro-ecology, soil food web biology, Korean natural farming, and Permaculture. He was part of a small group that started SymSoil which has developed products that increase the diversity and abundance...

Walker Sauls, in Reno, NV, is the founder of the nonprofit GreenVibe World and the urban mushroom farm called Biggest Little Mushrooms.  After Walker Sauls completed his Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Science he founded the nonprofit while living in Oregon.  Later when he moved to Reno, NV he co-founded Biggest Little Mushrooms with his brother and now works as the Head Cultivator. ...

Karaline is a marketing professional turned food advocate. With over 12 years of experience in digital marketing and advertising, Karaline has let her passion lead her to what matters most: food, and supporting a local food system!  Originally from the Midwest, Karaline is a huge proponent of small organic local farms. After volunteering for a few non-profits over the years, Karaline worked as a s...

Anja Lyngbaek , is the Associate Programs Director with Local Futures an international nonprofit dedicated to renewing ecological, social, and spiritual well-being by shifting away from dependence on global monopolies, and towards decentralized local and regional economies. Anja holds a bachelors of science in Rural Resource Management and a Masters degree in Agroforestry. She has worked with Loca...

Kara and her family started Stony Rose Homestead as a conscious effort to ensure their family was enjoying the healthiest food possible.   From a few bee hives and chickens, they added no-till farming and all with the goal of providing delicious food for both family and community using sustainable and earth-friendly methods.  From their hives they harvest raw honey and create naturally healing bee...

Rachelle LeRude spent two years traveling to various farms capturing beautiful images of organic and sustainable young farms & farmers in Northern California.  She wanted to personally meet the individuals of “her own generation who are choosing to be stewards of the land.”  In that process she learned about: “soil health, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, food sovereignty and eating locally...

Upcycle It Now, was born out of a shared entrepreneurial spirit to become sustainability change agents by partnering with textile companies to upcycle their textile waste into beautiful, high quality, and functional products.  Christina obtained her degree at UC Davis and headed to India for an internship with a sustainable design company. There she saw the urgent need for sustainable textile manu...

Hux Family Farm is a small 4-acre sustainable homestead that has grown into a local space for healing with animals. They offer everything from goat yoga to kid’s programs.  With a mission of bringing smiles and healing souls, they want to bring joy and peace to as many lives as possible while taking good care of their goats.  Among the many activities on their farm: day camps for kids, private bir...

Kim Rios has a strong passion for environmental activism and education. She obtained her degree in environmental policy at the University of Nevada, Reno, but discovered a predilection for education after spending four years teaching overseas. Kim came to Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) as an AmeriCorps VISTA participant working to build capacity for the Warriors Youth Education program. Upo...