ALIVE
38 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsYou will hear stories about how our lives, all living beings and our living systems are intertwined: big and small, close and far, including us, human beings. Along the way we will discover our contributing human roles to regenerate life on Earth. This show explores the wonders of being Alive! Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!
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Regenerating Life
June 17, 2022 19:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBBill Reed works with the Regenesis group which focuses on a living system design process. Bill is an internationally recognized architect and consultant working in sustainability and regeneration. Bill is also a founding member of the US Green Building Council and co-founder of the LEED Green building Rating System. "Regenerating Life" completes Season 1 of ALIVE. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net ...
Regenerate Life through Building (Re-cast)
June 03, 2022 04:00 - 14 minutes - 9.87 MBConversations with Marcus Scheffer, principal of 7group, which more than 20 years ago worked on creating the US Green Building Council LEED certification program as a first step towards sustainability. Nowadays 7group promotes regenerative work by “imagining a different way to understand how humans, their built environment and the natural world around us all live and breathe with each other.” Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitte...
Soil Health as Public Health (Re-cast)
May 20, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 8.99 MBConversations with Didi Pershouse who describes the nested relationships between soil health, human health, water cycles and climate resiliency. In other words, she connects soil health to public health. She is an educator, and soil sponge strategist committed to building healthy communities both above and below ground. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources...
Sense of Wonder (Re-cast)
May 06, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.02 MBConversations with naturalists Bill Felker and Douglas Horvath, both from Southwest Ohio, focused on paying attention to surrounding environment and nature’s sense of wonder. This show explores the wonders of being Alive! Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources: Bill Felker’s Poor Will’s Almanack. See https://www.wyso.org/show/poor-wills-almanack Rachel Carso...
Celebration
April 22, 2022 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBCelebration of the first year of the ALIVE podcast. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Music Sources: Chariots of Fire interpreted by Massimo Bosco (copyright free) Glasschimes for Freesound.org. CC by 3.0, ross63moose Martin Mueller and Torgeir Vassvik in beingsalmonbeinghuman.com, villaks.org, and vassvik.com Piano played by Justin Allan Theme music c...
Change Starts in Your Backyard (Re-cast)
April 08, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.48 MBConversations with entomologist Douglas Tallamy who urges that each one of us take environmental action one yard at a time to create the “Homegrown National Park”. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources: Douglas W. Tallamy. Nature’s Best Hope - A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2019 Homegrown National Par...
Patterns of Connection, Part II (Recast)
March 25, 2022 04:00 - 11 minutes - 7.84 MBConversations with Fritjof Capra, PhD is a scientist, educator, activist, and author of several books that connect conceptual changes in science with broader changes in worldview and values in society. For instance, “a systems view of life” explores the new systemic conception of life at the forefront of science and its application in economics, management, politics, design, medicine, and law. A systems view of life” is also offered as an online course twice a year. Enjoy current episodes ...
Patterns of Connection, Part I (Re-cast)
March 11, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.07 MBConversations with Fritjof Capra, PhD is a scientist, educator, activist, and author of several books that connect conceptual changes in science with broader changes in worldview and values in society. For instance, “a systems view of life” explores the new systemic conception of life at the forefront of science and its application in economics, management, politics, design, medicine, and law. A systems view of life” is also offered as an online course twice a year. Enjoy current episodes ...
Peace on Earth
February 25, 2022 04:00 - 2 minutes - 2.1 MBI am taking the time today to wish peace on Earth. To wish the end of all wars, wherever they are. It saddens me to see Russia invading Ukraine. I just wanted to share that the theme music of Alive was composed last year by an Ukranian musician. Tim Moor did that to celebrate the 30 years of independence of Ukraine. I hope that we all will take a moment of reflection here: Peace on Earth. Theme music created by Tim Moor. See https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov Enjoy current epi...
Planting Trees (Re-cast)
February 11, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.35 MBConversations with entomologist Douglas Tallamy focused on his latest book, “The Nature of Oaks.” He urges each one of us to contribute to supporting life on Earth by planting keystone native trees.You will also tune into forests from around the world from “Sounds of the Forest.” Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources: Homegrown National Park : https://homegr...
Butterfly Metamorphosis
January 28, 2022 16:00 - 5 minutes - 3.57 MBAlive is going through a process of deep transformation. Some would even say metamorphosis. For this reason we revisit the Butterfly Story as narrated on Elisabet Sahtouris website. Elisabet bases Butterfly on the book by Norie Huddle who believes humanity urgently needs a new “myth for our times” to inspire us and give us hope for the future. Metamorphosis of the butterfly makes a good metaphor for the great changes globalization, in the sense of world transformation is bringing about. ...
Sense of Belonging (Re-cast)
January 14, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBEpisode 8- Sense of Belonging Conversations with Joel Glanzberg who has vast experience as an applied naturalist to land and community development projects throughout the world. Through assessing, understanding, and communicating the inherent patterns present in natural systems, Joel helps clients identify principles and guidelines for appropriate and healthy development. Joel is skilled in cross-cultural communication and teaching specially in the fields of permaculture and ecological desi...
Enchanted Life
December 31, 2021 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.18 MBEpisode starts with a Greenlandic Inuit woman singing about Yule to her father. Yule traditionally starts the night of winter solstice and lasts until January 1. Yule can be traced back to the Norse people who celebrated Yule as a way of connecting with the natural world. Yule is a celebration of the sun, of rebirth and renewal, and the continuation of life. Episode ends with reading of the “Manifesto for an enchanted life” written by Dr. Sharon Blackie. Sharon works in the interface o...
Gaia's Dance, Part II (Re-cast)
December 17, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.62 MBConversations with Elisabet Sahtouris, scientist, evolution biologist and futurist. Professor Sahtouris is an international sustainability consultant to businesses, government agencies and other organizations. Gaia’s Dance is Elisabet Sahtouris latest book. In this episode she explores Western Science, Vedic Science, and Islamic Science through the keyboard metaphor. She declares that the task of science is choosing the appropriate metaphors because metaphor is the only way to convey the sci...
National Park Nature Walks (Re-cast)
December 03, 2021 05:00 - 14 minutes - 9.69 MBConversations with Jacob Job, an ecologist, scientist, science communicator, and field recordist who takes conservation efforts to the next level by engaging the public on issues related to biodiversity, sustainability, land conservation and preservation using natural sounds recordings, education and stewardship. He is a member of the Sound and Light Ecology Team at Colorado State University. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitte...
Being Salmon, Being Human (Re-cast)
November 19, 2021 05:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBConversations with eco-philosopher Martin Lee Mueller who imagines the world as a salmon might see it and considers how this enriches our understanding of humanity in the process. After writing Being Salmon, Being Human, Martin travels around the world together with Sami joiker and composer Torgeir Vassvik, and other renowned storytellers, to question who we are in relation to the land, the air, and the oceans.These performances share stories of the pancultural encounters between salmon and...
Patterns of Connection, Part II
November 05, 2021 04:00 - 11 minutes - 7.84 MBConversations with Fritjof Capra, PhD is a scientist, educator, activist, and author of several books that connect conceptual changes in science with broader changes in worldview and values in society. In this episode, Fritjof Capra describes Patterns of Connection his most recently published book. Fritjof also presents a systemic perspective for the COVID pandemic. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net...
Patterns of Connection, Part I
October 22, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.07 MBConversations with Fritjof Capra, PhD is a scientist, educator, activist, and author of several books that connect conceptual changes in science with broader changes in worldview and values in society. For instance, “a systems view of life” explores the new systemic conception of life at the forefront of science and its application in economics, management, politics, design, medicine, and law. A systems view of life” is also offered as an online course twice a year. Enjoy current episodes ...
Indigenous Ways of Knowing
October 08, 2021 04:00 - 14 minutes - 9.95 MBConversations with Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta, from Deakin University in Australia, who conducts research in Indigenous Knowledge Systems applied to language, cognition, consciousness, governance, and economics. His book Sand Talk is paradigm-shifting because it brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability—and offers a new template for living. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytel...
Intermezzo - Weaving Life
September 24, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.5 MBIntermezzo 16 - Weaving Life Intermezzo is a short, light, entre'acte in between the Alive episodes. Joel Glanzberg also participated of Episode 8, Sense of Belonging. He has vast experience as an applied naturalist to land and community development projects throughout the world. Through assessing, understanding, and communicating the inherent patterns present in natural systems, Joel helps clients identify principles and guidelines for appropriate and healthy development. Enjoy current e...
Regenerate Life Through Building
September 17, 2021 04:00 - 14 minutes - 9.87 MBConversations with Marcus Scheffer, principal of 7group, which more than 20 years ago worked on creating the US Green Building Council LEED certification program as a first step towards sustainability. Nowadays 7group promotes regenerative work by “imagining a different way to understand how humans, their built environment and the natural world around us all live and breathe with each other.” Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitte...
Intermezzo - Butterfly Story
September 10, 2021 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.09 MBIntermezzo is a short, light, entre'acte in between the Alive episodes. The Butterfly Story is also narrated on Elisabet Sahtouris website. Elisabet bases Butterfly on the book by Norie Huddle who believes humanity urgently needs a new “myth for our times” to inspire us and give us hope for the future.Metamorphosis of the butterfly makes a good metaphor for the great changes globalization, in the sense of world transformation is bringing about. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Seas...
Gaia's Dance, Part II
September 03, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.62 MBConversations with Elisabet Sahtouris, scientist, evolution biologist and futurist. Professor Sahtouris is an international sustainability consultant to businesses, government agencies and other organizations. Gaia’s Dance is Elisabet Sahtouris latest book. In this episode she explores Western Science, Vedic Science, and Islamic Science through the keyboard metaphor. She declares that the task of science is choosing the appropriate metaphors because metaphor is the only way to convey the sci...
Intermezzo - Hopi Prophecy
August 27, 2021 04:00 - 3 minutes - 2.72 MBIntermezzo is a short, light, entre'acte in between the Alive episodes. Narrative of the Hopi prophecy. Hopi are a tribe of Native Americans living in Northeast Arizona. Elisabet Sahtouris also described the Hopi prophecy in her book Gaia’s Dance. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources: Elisabet Sahtouris. Gaia’s Dance: The Story of Earth & Us, CreateSpace I...
Gaia's Dance, Part I
August 20, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.65 MBGaia’s Dance, Part I Conversations with Elisabet Sahtouris, scientist, evolution biologist and futurist. Professor Sahtouris is an international sustainability consultant to businesses, government agencies and other organizations. In her book, Gaia’s Dance, Elisabet Sahtouris describes the scientific story of evolution showing parallels with the ancient Greek story of Earth, while unfolding it scientifically to reveal how our own amazing bodies trace their roots to ancient bacterial coopera...
National Park Nature Walks
August 06, 2021 04:00 - 14 minutes - 9.69 MBConversations with Jacob Job, an ecologist, scientist, science communicator, and field recordist who takes conservation efforts to the next level by engaging the public on issues related to biodiversity, sustainability, land conservation and preservation using natural sounds recordings, education and stewardship. He is a member of the Sound and Light Ecology Team at Colorado State University. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitte...
Being Salmon, Being Human
July 23, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.25 MBConversations with eco-philosopher Martin Lee Mueller who imagines the world as a salmon might see it and considers how this enriches our understanding of humanity in the process. After writing Being Salmon, Being Human, Martin travels around the world together with Sami joiker and composer Torgeir Vassvik, and other renowned storytellers, to question who we are in relation to the land, the air, and the oceans. These performances share stories of the pancultural encounters between salmon an...
Sense of Belonging
July 09, 2021 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBConversations with Joel Glanzberg who has vast experience as an applied naturalist to land and community development projects throughout the world.Through assessing, understanding, and communicating the inherent patterns present in natural systems, Joel helps clients identify principles and guidelines for appropriate and healthy development. Joel is skilled in cross-cultural communication and teaching specially in the fields of permaculture and ecological design. His research has focused on ...
Can We Rehydrate California
June 25, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.36 MBConversations with Didi Pershouse who proposes the question: “Can we rehydrate California?” She is an educator and soil sponge strategist who describes the nested relationships between soil health, human health, water cycles and climate resiliency. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources: Didi Pershouse is the co-founder of the “Can We Rehydrate California?”...
Soil Health as Public Health
June 11, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 8.99 MBConversations with Didi Pershouse who describes the nested relationships between soil health, human health, water cycles and climate resiliency. In other words, she connects soil health to public health. She is an educator, and soil sponge strategist committed to building healthy communities both above and below ground. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources...
Planting Trees
May 28, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.35 MBContinued conversations with entomologist Douglas Tallamy focused on his latest book, “The Nature of Oaks.” He urges each one of us to contribute to supporting life on Earth by planting keystone native trees. You will also tune into forests from around the world from “Sounds of the Forest.” Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources: Homegrown National Park : h...
The Nature of Oaks
May 28, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.35 MBContinued conversations with entomologist Douglas Tallamy focused on his latest book, “The Nature of Oaks.” He urges each one of us to contribute to supporting life on Earth by planting keystone native trees. You will also tune into forests from around the world from “Sounds of the Forest.” Please share with your friends. Please write or feel free to “buy me a coffee” to support show production at https:// www.buymeacoffee.com/alive Listen to a new episode every other Friday. ALIVE webs...
Change Starts In Your Backyard
May 14, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.48 MBConversations with entomologist Douglas Tallamy who urges that each one of us take environmental action one yard at a time to create the “Homegrown National Park”. Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources: Douglas W. Tallamy. Nature’s Best Hope - A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2019 Homegrown National...
Sense of Wonder
April 30, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.02 MBConversations with naturalists Bill Felker and Douglas Horvath, both from Southwest Ohio, focused on paying attention to surrounding environment and nature’s sense of wonder. This show explores the wonders of being Alive! Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources: Bill Felker’s Poor Will’s Almanack. See https://www.wyso.org/show/poor-wills-almanack Rachel Carso...
Spring Is Here!
April 16, 2021 20:00 - 12 minutes - 8.82 MBConversations with naturalist Bill Felker, author of the podcast and book Poor Will’s Almanack. This show explores the wonders of being Alive! Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, Ph.D Key Sources: Bill Felker’s Poor Will’s Almanack. See https://www.wyso.org/show/poor-wills-almanack Merlin Bird ID. See https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org Much of the archival audio of birdson...
Dances of Life
April 02, 2021 19:00 - 8 minutes - 6.14 MBDances of Life is the introduction episode for Alive! Narrative journey through living systems and our contributing human roles. This show explores the wonders of being Alive! Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources: Theme music created by Tim Moor: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov Excerpt from "Bailes da Vida" (Dances of Life), music by Milton Nascim...
Dances of Life - Season 1
April 02, 2021 19:00 - 8 minutes - 6.14 MBDances of Life is the introduction episode for Alive! Narrative journey through living systems and our contributing human roles. This show explores the wonders of being Alive! Please share with your friends. Listen to a new episode or intermezzo every other Friday. Please record a message or ask questions into https://podinbox.com/alive Intermezzos will engage you in our conversations. Feel free to “buy me a coffee” to support show production at https://buymeacoffee.com/alive Find @c...
Dances of Life
April 02, 2021 19:00 - 8 minutes - 6.14 MBDances of Life is the introduction episode for Alive! Narrative journey through living systems and our contributing human roles. This show explores the wonders of being Alive! Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.net Thank you, Cristina Redko, PhD Key Sources: Theme music created by Tim Moor: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov Excerpt from "Bailes da Vida" (Dances of Life), music by Milton Nascim...