Eaarth Feels
224 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHas the endlessly gloomy climate news got you hiding under your covers with a case of overwhelm?
Join Christine and Rose for soul-based conversations about climate change that explore the idea that climate change is happening for us as much as it is happening to us.
If you are ready to shift your focus and secure the future for our kids and grandkids this is the podcast for you.
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Episode 168. BEST IN CLIMATE. Reckonings, by Christine Penner Polle
July 12, 2021 18:38 - 9 minutes - 17.7 MB"Climate change is a global problem with local impacts. This summer I and my neighbours, along with the people of Lytton, and countless others across Turtle Island are feeling the consequences of our collective reckless disregard of the climate consequences of burning fossil fuels. This summer the wheel of karma is turning to expose the devastating effects of our culture’s worship of profit over anything else, including life itself." In this week's Best in Climate episode, Christine look...
Episode 167. BEST IN CLIMATE. A Red and a Blue Walk Into a Climate Change Workshop..., by Davia Rivka
July 05, 2021 17:21 - 10 minutes - 18.5 MB"I’ve been a 'climate change warrior' for over ten years. It’s been like climbing uphill over loose gravel—for every step forward, we slid back two. The slow progress hasn’t been for lack of solutions. The slow progress has been for lack of relationship." In today's Best in Climate episode, published just after the July 4th celebrations in the United States, Davia Rivka shares the experience of sitting down to talk climate change solutions with people across politic divides.
Episode 166. Does Activism Make a Difference?
July 02, 2021 16:27 - 32 minutes - 59.6 MBRecorded after the historic cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline project, Rose and Christine discuss whether activism is making a difference in creating the change we need in a time of climate crisis.
Episode 165. BEST IN CLIMATE. Nobel Laureates Tell World Leaders to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
June 28, 2021 19:05 - 9 minutes - 17.7 MB"The solution is clear: fossil fuels must be kept in the ground. Leaders, not industry, hold the power and have the moral responsibility to take bold actions to address this crisis." In this Best in Climate episode, Christine reads the letter recently signed by the Dalai Lama and 100 other Nobel Laureates urging world leaders to cooperate and stop the expansion of fossil fuels globally. Read more at https://fossilfueltreaty.org. urge cooperation at Climate Summit to stop fossil fue...
Episode 164. Is Tackling Climate Change a Moral Imperative?
June 25, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 36.4 MBAs we watch climate change take hold, we are already seeing widespread natural disasters, tremendous biodiversity loss and the immigration of climate refugees. It seems that humanity is failing abysmally in our responsibility as stewards of our beautiful Planet Earth. More than a mere scientific, economic or political debate, the climate crisis may be moral dilemma of our time.
Episode 163. BEST IN CLIMATE: John C Cannon: Scientists call for solving climate change and biodiversity crises together
June 21, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes - 20.1 MBThe Climate change and biodiversity loss crises are irrevocably intertwined. Their solutions must be as well.
Episode 162. How do we Create the World our Hearts Know is Possible?
June 18, 2021 08:00 - 13 minutes - 26.2 MBThere is no going back. Now that we have recognized our interconnectedness, how do we move forward to a more balanced, equitable world? The answer may lie in the Haudenosaunee Seventh Generation Principle.
Episode 161: BEST IN CLIMATE: Mark Hertsgaard: Climate Justice, for the First Time Ever, Is on the G7 Agenda
June 14, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 24.1 MBIf rich countries want a livable planet for themselves, they'll have to pay what they promised. This weekend’s summit will show whether they will. This story originally appeared in The Nation and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.
Episode 160. Will 2021 be the year you Reimagine your lawn?
June 11, 2021 17:01 - 16 minutes - 30.9 MBLawns cover 50 million acres of land in the USA. A full 2% of our land mass. And they feed no one. We spend $30 Billion yearly to maintain them. Imagine if we put those resources to better use.
Episode 159. BEST IN CLIMATE: Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, Greetings to the Natural World
June 07, 2021 08:00 - 13 minutes - 25.2 MBThe Haudenosaunee Confederacy, comprised of the Mohawks, Oneida, Cayuga, Onandaga and Seneca Peoples, offer their Thanksgiving Address as a central prayer to the Natural World, thanking each life-sustaining force for the abundance it brings to all our lives. This address speaks aloud mutual respect, conservation, love, generosity, and the responsibility to understand that what is done to one part of the Web of Life, we do to ourselves.
Episode 159. BEST IN CLIMATE: Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, Greetings to the Natural World
June 07, 2021 08:00The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, comprised of the Mohawks, Oneida, Cayuga, Onandaga and Seneca Peoples, offer their Thanksgiving Address as a central prayer to the Natural World, thanking each life-sustaining force for the abundance it brings to all our lives. This address speaks aloud mutual respect, conservation, love, generosity, and the responsibility to understand that what is done to one part of the Web of Life, we do to ourselves.
Episode 158. With Richard Matthews: How Can Carbon Capture and Sequestration Counteract the Climate Crisis?
June 04, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 48.7 MBCarbon Capture and Sequestration is our best hope for solving the climate crisis. Richard Matthews, author of The Green Market Oracle, gives us a fundamental lesson in this existing, viable and cost effective technology.
Episode 157. BEST IN CLIMATE. Ram Dass on the Importance of Inner Social Action
May 31, 2021 17:21 - 8 minutes - 16 MB" 'Inner social action' is necessary in order to make our outer actions productive." In this article published before his death in 2019, spiritual guru Ram Dass addresses the fine line those of us who care deeply about social justice and the health and sustainability of the planet find ourselves walking these days; we need to pay attention to the material world while maintaining a healthy inner balance. This article was originally posted on ramdass.org, and is written by Ram Dass & Raghu M...
Episode 156. What Does The Earth Ask of Us? A discussion of "Braiding Sweetgrass"
May 28, 2021 18:55 - 34 minutes - 63.3 MB"How, in our modern world, can we find our way to understand the earth as a gift again, to make our relations with the world sacred again? I know we cannot all become hunter-gatherers--but even in a market economy, can we behave 'as if' the living world were a gift?" Robin Wall Kimmerer is a plant ecologist, writer, and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY and a member of the Potawatomi First Nation. In this podcast epis...
Episode 155. BEST IN CLIMATE: Skywoman Falling, an excerpt from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
May 24, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 41.5 MBThe opening chapter from Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass recounts the Indigenous story of Creation, Skywoman Falling, and asks if humanity can learn from its elders.
Episode 154. What do Young Environmentalists want their Elders to Understand about the Impending Climate Crisis?
May 21, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBToday's youth have inherited a planet already experiencing the devastation of global warming. What would they like their elders to understand about this crisis? Ten Youth Climate Activists weigh in.
Episode 153. BEST IN CLIMATE: America is Rising Anew Under the Climate Focused Leadership of President Joe Biden, by Richard Matthews
May 17, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 27.9 MBRichard Matthews, author of The Green Market Oracle, details the turn around the Biden administration has made in its first 100 days to address the impending climate crisis.
Episode 152. Jens Peterson: How Do We Become Environmentalists?
May 14, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 42.2 MBAt the age of fifteen, Jens Peterson began his climate change journey, authoring What We Leave: A Caretaker's Guide to an Ill Planet. Now nineteen, Jens offers a blueprint for each of us to become environmental advocates.
Episode 151. Best in Climate : Jens Peterson: If We Do Nothing
May 10, 2021 20:18 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBThe closing chapter from Jens Peterson's What We Leave: A Caretaker's Guide to an Ill Planet envisions the catastrophe to our world If We Do Nothing.
Episode 150. Turner Wyatt and Leah Graham: How will buying Upcycled Foods help counteract Climate Change?
May 07, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 51.9 MBWhat if your every trip to the grocery store helped counteract climate change? Hear how Turner Wyatt and Leah Graham of Upcycled Food Association are working to make that vision a reality.
Episode 149 BEST IN CLIMATE For a win on climate, let's put our best player in the game, by Mark Reynolds
May 03, 2021 08:00 - 8 minutes - 12.9 MBMark Reynolds, Executive Director of Citizen's Climate Lobby, makes the case that now is the time to enact a carbon tax. *read with author's permission*
Episode 148: How to we begin to work WITH Mother Nature instead of against Her? An interview with Kristen Krash
April 29, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes - 57.2 MBJourney with ex pat Kristen Krash to the cloud forest of Ecuador where she is regenerating the land with organic cacao at Sueno de Vida.
Episode 147. BEST IN CLIMATE: Out of the Pandemic, Chances for Another Future, by Eilene Zimmerman
April 26, 2021 17:49 - 12 minutes - 18.6 MBWhen our lives are disrupted by crisis, can we look beyond the distress to view the moment as an opportunity for introspection, action and change? In this compelling essay, Eilene Zimmerman details the personal growth trajectories of three individuals who have thrived in new directions because of the pandemic. Will we apply this lesson of resiliency to the impending climate crisis? * read with author's permission *
Episode 146. What Everyday Changes Can We Make to our Food System to Counteract Climate Change?
April 22, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 53.8 MBIn this extended Earth Day episode, 14 food systems professionals share their expertise on ways individuals can counteract climate change at home.
Episode 145. BEST IN CLIMATE: How the First Earth Day Was Borne From 1960s Counterculture, by Sarah Pruitt
April 19, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 15.1 MBWhat do you know about the origins of Earth Day? Sarah Pruitt provides the background of this yearly celebration on April 22.
Episode 144. How Do We Stop the War on Life?
April 16, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 65 MBAt this time of ecological devastation and climate emergency, when things seem hopeless, what difference can one person or group of people make? Rose and Christine discuss how the findings of Quantum Physics can inform our experience of these difficult times, including the importance of staying connected to life's mystery and loving the world despite the crises we are facing.
Episode 143. BEST IN CLIMATE by Rebecca Solnit: There's another pandemic under our noses, and it kills 8.7m people a year
April 12, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 15.2 MBCan we replicate the same sense of urgency for climate change that we showed for Covid-19? Rebecca Solnit shows us why we must. **This story was originally published by The Guardian, and is republished here as part of the Covering Climate Now www.theguardian.com/enviroment/series/covering-climate-now partnership to strengthen the media's focus on the climate crisis.**
Episode 142. How Can We Reconnect with Mother Earth? An Interview with Mare Cromwell
April 09, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 55.7 MBGaia Mystic Mare Cromwell shares her visions of a New Earth being birthed.
Episode 141. BEST IN CLIMATE: The link between Soil, Soul and Society, by Satish Kumar
April 05, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 18.3 MBSatish Kamir, Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, insists that reverence for nature should be at the heart of every political and social debate as he reminds us of the interconnection of all living things. *Read with the author's permission* **This story was originally published by The Guardian, and is republished here as part of the Covering Climate Now www.theguardian.com/enviroment/series/covering-climate-now partnership to strengthen the media's focus on the clima...
Episode 140. How Can We Live More Sustainably? An Interview with Dr. Erlijn van Genuchten
April 02, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 31 MBIn 2019 Dr. Erlijn van Genutchen took an employee assignment, to help make the company she worked for more sustainable, to heart. The result from her desire to leave a huge positive footprint on the world? A 365 sustainable decision challenge documented daily on social media, garnering a 55k+ twitter following, now become book and social movement.
Episode 139. BEST IN CLIMATE: Rewild, Regenerate, or Reforest? A Call to Action, by Kristen Krash
March 29, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 35.3 MBIn this Call to Action, Kristen Krash shares her five plus years of learning as she and her partner continue regenerating degraded land in Ecuador into a lush food jungle. "Conserving forests and regenerating stripped land are our best chances for mitigating climate change, period. " **Read with author's permission**
Episode 138. How is Climate Change Affecting Our Oceans?
March 26, 2021 08:00 - 13 minutes - 25.6 MBTwo scientific journal studies published in recent weeks detail the environmental destruction of our oceans in ways not previously contemplated. How much longer can humanity ignore the damage we are causing?
Episode 137. BEST IN CLIMATE: How Can the Education of Girls Help Solve the Climate Crisis? An Excerpt from DRAWDOWN
March 22, 2021 08:00 - 13 minutes - 20.3 MBDRAWDOWN lists the education of girls as the #6 solution to counteract Global Warming. What would the world look like if we opened classrooms to the 62 million girls worldwide who currently are currently denied education? The possibilities are life changing for all of us!
Episode 136: What is the Role of the Collective Feminine in Planetary Healing?
March 19, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 47.8 MBFifteen women, representing hundreds of years of women's empowerment work, discuss the need for humanity to embrace collaborative, compassionate feminine energy at this time in order to heal Mother Earth.
Episode 135. BEST IN CLIMATE. A Moment For Grief by Amber Samaya
March 15, 2021 16:26 - 8 minutes - 15.9 MB"Here is the challenge of our time, dear beings: To truly open our hearts to the wonders of Interbeing, to live a connected, open-eyed, open-hearted, wide-awake life of awareness and responsiveness to what is happening on our beloved planet, this comes with a cost. And that cost is an intensity of grief." Modern mystic Amber Samaya is an artist, a visionary, and an oracle. In this reflection shared on her website, ambersamaya.com, she shares her experience of deep grief of "being born in...
Episode 134. Can Remembering our Interconnectedness with Mother Nature help us to Heal the Planet?
March 12, 2021 09:00 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBAs children communicating with the natural world was a part of our everyday life. Travel back to a time when you KNEW you were a part of something larger. Can remembering our truth help us avert the climate crisis?
Episode 133. BEST IN CLIMATE: UN Report Lays out Blueprint to End Suicidal War on Nature, by John C. Cannon
March 08, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutes - 16.1 MBCan humanity view nature as “an ally,” not a foe, in the quest for sustainable human development? U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres makes this plea as we confront three simultaneous environmental emergencies: climate change, biodiversity loss, and air and water pollution. ***Read with author's permission***
Episode 132. How Can We Use Climate Crisis to Unite Us? An Interview with Dana Simson
March 05, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 42.4 MBOur differences can be divisive OR if we can remain curious, they can offer us an opportunity to look for solutions with new eyes. Author Dana Simson, author of Come Together, suggests ways we can dispel the drama and collaborate toward a livable future .
Episode 131.Episode 131. BEST IN CLIMATE : Windmills. The New Scapegoat, by Bob Koehler
March 01, 2021 04:30 - 8 minutes - 12.7 MBMother Nature issues yet another warning in the guise of unusual freezing temperatures in Texas. resulting in the life threatening shutdown of infrastructure. In an absurd twist, fossil fuel funded politicians and media continue to negate the connection. Bob Koehler provides clarity.
Episode 130. How Can Consumer Spending Save the World? An interview with Liz Christou
February 26, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutes - 26 MBWhat if counteracting the climate crisis were as simple as reallocating where you spend your dollars? Liz Christou, author of Spend Green and Save The World, joins Rose to discuss what's possible when we spend mindfully.
Episode 129. BEST IN CLIMATE: Avoiding a ‘Ghastly Future’: Hard Truths on the State of the Planet, by Carl Safina
February 22, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutes - 31.8 MBCarl Safina responds to the January 2021 paper "Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future". in which 17 climate experts concur : 1) Future environmental conditions will be far more dangerous than currently believed. 2) Questioning what political/economic system is prepared or even capable to handle these impending disasters, 3) acknowledgement of "an extraordinary responsibility on scientists to speak out candidly and accurately when engaging with government, business, an...
Episode 128: What is the greatest action can we take to help counteract climate change? Eleven Climate Professionals weigh in
February 19, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 41.1 MBIn this special edition of Eaarth Feels Podcast, eleven climate professionals from around the globe address how individual actions can thwart the biggest existential crisis known to humanity.
Episode127. BEST IN CLIMATE: The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem, by Michael Patrick F. Smith
February 15, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutes - 33.7 MBHave you noticed how petroleum products are everywhere you look? Our everyday lives are completely enmeshed , from our modes of transportation to the aspirin we take to alleviate our headaches. In this opinion piece printed on February 5, 2021 in the New York Times, Michael Patrick F. Smith uses his first hand knowledge as an oil rig swamper to illustrate how pervasive our oil addiction is, why our dependence will not disappear soon and and suggest ways we can better support the men an...
Episode 126. Why are Farmers Protesting In India?
February 12, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 46.3 MBAs the government of India sets its sights on corporate investment and exponential GDP growth, their legislature passed three new agricultural bills in September without input from the millions involved in small farms. In response, tens of thousands of Indian farmers, and workers in support of the farmers, have taken to the roads and streets, shutting down highways and rails in an effort to be heard.
Episode 125: BEST IN CLIMATE: The Fight of the 3 Cs: Capitalism, Covid & Climate. Who will be the winner? by George Spain-Warner
February 08, 2021 09:00 - 17 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this February 1, 2021 essay by George Spain-Warner from Exploratree.blog we are given a look at the on-going capitalism vs climate fight and the opportunity to evaluate the impact Covid-19 has had since it stepped into the ring.
Episode 124. How do Plastics Contribute to Climate Change?
February 05, 2021 09:00 - 13 minutes - 21.5 MBPlastics have become an essential part of our modern lifestyle. They are lightweight, durable and cheap. But here’s the thing...though they offer numerous benefits, plastics originate as fossil fuels and emit greenhouse gases from cradle to grave. Perhaps once we add in their environmental costs, they aren't a bargain after all.
Episode 123. BEST IN CLIMATE: Economics Fuel Renewable Energy Growth, by Richard Matthews
February 01, 2021 06:25 - 14 minutes - 21.6 MBDespite the worldwide downturn of energy use due to Covid-19 in 2020, global renewable energy capacity set a record and 2021 is expected to be even better. Richard Matthews is the owner and principle writer of The Green Market Oracle, covering the convergence of sustainable capitalism and the global environment. Richard's articles have been featured in over 50 publications including a United Nations Development Programme report, Scientific American, ENN, and CleanTechnica.
Episode 122.Can the Doughnut Economy Be The Way People and the Planet Thrive?
January 29, 2021 06:32 - 22 minutes - 28.5 MBAs we look forward to a more just, equitable future can we shift our economic model away from merely continual growth to incorporate both a social foundation for all peoples as well as an ecological ceiling? British Economist Kate Raworth has created Doughnut Economics as this future looking model, now being adopted in progressive cities around the globe.
Episode 121. BEST IN CLIMATE. Re-entering the Paris Climate Agreement Is Just Step One to Address the Climate Emergency: Frontline Women Must Lead the Way
January 26, 2021 01:17 - 9 minutes - 18.2 MB"Global people’s movements and women leaders have been organizing for decades for climate justice, and community-led solutions. We the people continue to act with fierce love for our communities and the planet in mind, and will hold those accountable for the damage they have done, while continuing to offer a different path forward. We call for the protection of Mother Earth, and we envision a healthy, thriving, just world for current and future generations. This moment must be a turning poi...
Episode 120. How Can Our Investments Help Our Planet Thrive? An Interview with Craig Jonas
January 22, 2021 03:58 - 25 minutes - 32.7 MBEvery dollar we spend creates the world we live in. Creating change can be as simple as reallocating those dollars. By shifting our investments can we fuel the world our hearts know is possible? Christine and Rose are joined by Dr. Craig Jonas, founder of CoPeace, who believes it is possible to grow your money for good.