Origins: Holistic Learning & Regenerative Practice by Originateve

Largely inspired by the work of Wade Davis, cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer, Originateve began practices of multi-lingual holism. See Davis' Ted Talk  here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL7vK0pOvKI In this podcast, Ron and Carl dive into common challenges with the conventional thinking and practice of multi-lingual learners in the classroom.  How can w...

Hosts Ron Green and Carl Emmons complete the mini-series on Emotional and Spiritual Learning bouncing off of the ideas of theologian James Fowler.  They touch on Fowler's stages 4-6 diving into: - The nutrition of delicious conversations - Transformations due to living abroad - Pursuing personal passion vs. submitting to the "Real World" - Universalizing faith- the pursuit of compassion and l...

Join us for this 4th episode on emotional and spiritual development is the voice and expertise of our good friend and colleague James P Terrell, who has been coaching on emotional intelligence for the last 40 years. Episode Highlights: - The importance of active listening. - Robert Carkhuff’s method of therapy - How to measure empathy - Kairos: How do we develop a sense for the right timing? - Aut...

Our hosts sit down for a 3rd take on how to foster Spiritual and Emotional Intelligence. Life happens and they head down the rabbit holes of: -Using Whatsapp to promote Active Listening - The decentralization of education - The exasperation felt/caused by the government on the achievement gap - Recap on the difference between Storytelling and Story reading - The art of cold reading and the aberrat...

In Part III of our segment on Emotional and Spiritual Learning, we take a jab at Fowler's Stages of Faith which seeks to outline a pathway towards spiritual development parallel to what Kohlberg defined as Moral Development and Piaget did for Cognitive. The Origins podcast series follows the thematic breakdown of Originateve's Certified Mentorship program. For more info, please visit: https://orig...

This Episode is a continuation of the topic of Emotional and Spiritual development. The conversation this week kicks off with Ron's "imix" immersion into his first hunt. This becomes an apropos scenario by which to consider crucial aspects of learning: The need for mentors Kairos vs Chronos Lifelong learning To live is to play out the ancient myths (Toe Bone and Tooth, The Listener) How to foster...

In the wake of the passing of Carl's father, our hosts return with the fifth episode of the second season of the Origins podcast and plunge into the importance of emotional and spiritual learning. How does it happen in education? How do we support it? How do we address these realms that seem to be taboo in conventional education?  Topics addressed: Learning ritual from other cultures and ment...

The end of linear learning is near. In this fourth episode of our second season of the Origins podcast, our hosts highlight the subtle and stark differences between cyclical, spiral and linear learning models that have permeated the last 200 years of modern education. ***Remember that we have a wonderful online discussion group that interacts on the topics of the Origins Podcast on an ongoing basi...

Are you ready for a story?  In this episode, our hosts, re-member the Grimm Fairytale of Little Brother and Little Sister. Along the way a bountiful feeding unfolds drawing all those gathered at the banquet into the feast to be had in these far too often dismissed narratives of the Anterior, Exterior and Interior.   Focus: Tolerance for ambiguity, lyricism, narrative and linear abstracti...

In this episode, our hosts, Ron Green and Carl Emmons, remember their own cross-cultural experiences of immersion into local life in Chile, Costa Rica and China. Topics, questions and ideas addressed include: Why is it important to compare cultures? What is a third culture kid? The crucial differences between tourism and travel. Public and Private Education systems stateside and abroad What to do...

Co-founder of Originateve and host of the Origins Podcast, Ron Green, kicks off this podcast with his own origin story of how he first came to regenerative practices that would lead him down exciting pathways into Ethnobotany, Biodynamics and everything in between. Carl also brings to the forefront the struggle of paradigm shift when we choose to take on that which we did not know of growing up. T...

Emergent Curriculum takes over our podcast and veers our hosts towards a jagged dialogue regarding the role of risk-taking as a quality and skill to develop as Mentors. Becoming a life-long learner requires risk-taking. The alternative, as Joseph Campbell would put it, is specialization—within such a scope a life-long trajectory is possible but at a loss for the holistic potential we all carry wit...

Origins Warrior of Beauty Cipactli podcast Episode 6: SACRED SPACE What makes a space sacred? What happens when we take art built from the imaginations of our children and celebrate it? How is a learning space regenerated out of mundaneness back into its sacred origins? When is a learning space sacred enough to be worth protecting? Why are so many teacher lounges stagnant?  Overcoming our own...

Origins Warrior of Beauty Cipactli podcast Episode 5: Guerrilla Play Areas & Nazi Neighbors. In this episode we tackle and wrangle the insanities of most modern playgrounds. Kids deserve better! We are hard at work designing nature play environments. A key element of nature play environments is space for the unexpected. "Along comes the fox...", eats up one of Ron's chickens, making way for an...

Origins Warrior of Beauty Cipactli podcast Episode 4: Extended Play during COVID-19. In this episode we will address: being quartered, "encerrados en el cuarto": What COVID-19 quarantine is revealing about our children, education systems and lifestyles? Will our children return to their quarantines in traditional classroom settings? Parents are getting a fair glance at what it is like to have thei...

Origins Warrior of Beauty Cipactli podcast Episode 3: Play in times of COVID-19 As COVID-19 subsides in China, our co-host: Carl Emmons kicks off this episode with a comprehensive sharing of new programming that has unfolded in Shishi now that kindergartens have, thankfully, closed their doors. Our host, Ron Green, then brings around the stark contrast between how conventional education, seeking t...

Origins Warrior of Beauty Cipactli podcast Episode 2: Repairing the Education of the Past This episode addresses the need for breaking bad habits within educational practice as well as our personal lifestyles in terms of our relationships with ourselves, others, the planet and cosmos. PLAY THERAPY is introduced into, what we refer to as, the conversation that never ends. Key questions and prompts...

ORIGINS is an ORIGINATEVE podcast that addresses both the theory and practical applications of regenerative and holistic lifestyles. Our hosts: Ron Green (aka Lucian Nathair) and Carl Emmons (aka Gluskabe) are the co-founders of the Originateve non-profit established in 2013--based out of Denver, CO, USA.  The ORIGIN podcast follows the curricular framework of the ORIGINATEVE Certified Mentor...