Eaarth Feels
224 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHas 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 119. BEST IN CLIMATE: The City with Only One Tree, by Thich Nhat Hahn
January 18, 2021 07:00In Chapter 8 of The World We Have, Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us of our inter-being with all of Nature, while emphasizing that as we kill off our natural environment we are essentially bringing about our own demise. Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet scholar and human rights activist. He has traveled the world for over 50 years speaking about the need for peace.
Episode 119. BEST IN CLIMATE: The City with Only One Tree, by Thich Nhat Hahn
January 18, 2021 07:00In Chapter 8 of The World We Have, Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us of our inter-being with all of Nature, while emphasizing that as we kill off our natural environment we are essentially bringing about our own demise. Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet scholar and human rights activist. He has traveled the world for over 50 years speaking about the need for peace.
Episode 118. Are We on the Brink of Real Change? An interview with Bob Koehler
January 15, 2021 16:17 - 28 minutes - 51.5 MBBob Koehler, an author and self-described peace journalist, talks about how the current chaos may be just the thing we need to spring us forward into action and evolve into a more peaceful, just, and renewable society.
Episode 117. BEST IN CLIMATE. Real Change on a Living Planet, by Robert C Koehler
January 11, 2021 20:09 - 10 minutes - 18.9 MB"As the New Year asserts itself — a year that begins in global lockdown and political shock-and-awe — an extraordinary question emerges: Are we on the brink of real change?" Robert Koehler, a self-described "Peace Journalist" and author of Courage Grows Strong At the Wound, looks at whether there is a possibility of true evolutionary change at this moment in history.
Episode 116. How is Climate Change Affecting Our Gardens? A conversation with Public Health Nurse & Gardener Ronda Seifert
January 08, 2021 18:05 - 26 minutes - 49.1 MBHappy New Year! In the first Eaarth Feels conversation of 2021, Rose talks about gardening in the increasingly dry and hot southwestern United States, with Arizona- based public health nurse and avid gardener Ronda Seifert*. Note: *Ms Seifert is sharing her own views, not those of her employer.*
Episode 115. BEST IN CLIMATE: Missing Math: Paying for the Health Costs of Climate Change, by Vijay Limaye
January 03, 2021 09:00 - 13 minutes - 24.3 MBThe costs of climate crisis reach beyond mere property values and infrastructure systems. Will shifting the focus to the significant human dimensions of the climate problem motivate more aggressive policy responses to avoid the worst costs to public health? ViJay Limaye, climate and health scientist in NRDC's Science Centers, makes the case.
Episode 114. What is the Best Way to Donate to Fight Climate Change? *Probably
December 18, 2020 09:00 - 19 minutes - 24.4 MBThe end of the year is the perfect time to reassess your charitable giving. Christine and Rose recount their favorite organizations that are leading the way to combat climate change. Are any of these organizations on your list? *It should be noted that neither Christine nor Rose are financial planners. These charities are their personal favorites only.*
Episode 113. BEST IN CLIMATE. Embracing Ecological Realism, by Robert C Koehler
December 14, 2020 18:24 - 9 minutes - 17.8 MB"The time has come for the nations of the world to embrace a new approach to world politics that treats the preservation of the biosphere as a core national interest and a central objective of national security policy. Call this new mindset ecological realism.” Robert Koehler, a self-described "Peace Journalist" and author of Courage Grows Strong At the Wound, makes the case that it's time for ecological realism to replace the outdated "political realism" that currently dominates geopoliti...
Episode 112. How is Climate Change Affecting Public Health? An interview with Public Health Nurse Ronda Seifert
December 11, 2020 14:26 - 26 minutes - 48.4 MBIncreased heat, drought, wildfires, floods, declining water supplies, reduced agricultural yields are just some of the many ways climate change is affecting our daily lives. Arizona Public Health Nurse Ronda Seifert* experiences the toll on public health, including mental health, first hand. In this episode she shares her personal insights and experiences with Rose and Christine. Note: *Ms Seifert is sharing her own views, not those of her employer.*
Episode 111. BEST IN CLIMATE: The State of the Planet, an address by UN Secretary-General António Guterres
December 07, 2020 09:00 - 27 minutes - 43.6 MBSobering and yet hopeful, in this special address to the world Leaders Forum UN Secretary-General António Guterres outlines the climate work we must undertake to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
Episode 110. What Are Some Good Climate Books For Holiday Gift Giving?
December 04, 2020 14:37 - 24 minutes - 44.9 MBThe 2020 holiday season is upon us! Rose and Christine discuss connecting with friends and family despite the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also in the spirit of the season, the Eaarth Feels list of best climate-change-themed books for holiday gift giving is revealed.
Episode 109. BEST IN CLIMATE. Why I'm Not Scared, by Reggie Harris
November 30, 2020 23:58 - 16 minutes - 29.6 MB"Yes, friends, I am concerned, agitated, full of righteous rage and fired up and at times, worn down. I’m working the self-care thing too. But I am not scared!" Musical storyteller Reggie Harris posted this candid essay on his Facebook page the day before the 2020 U.S. election and from there it was shared dozens of times. While it was written in response to a specific event, its message of perseverance is helpful for all seekers after social and environmental justice.
Episode 108. How are Abandoned Oil Wells Contributing to Climate Crisis? An Interview with Curtis Shuck
November 28, 2020 02:17 - 35 minutes - 44 MBListen in as Curtis Shuck, Chairman of Well Done Foundation, describes how his ordinary day of consulting with Montana farmers led to his discovery of the "dirty little secret" of 3.2 million abandoned U.S. oil and gas wells leaking methane, inspiring him to take action.
Episode 107. BEST IN CLIMATE: 7 Reasons Conservatives Should Support Climate Change Solutions, by Ronda Seifert
November 23, 2020 09:30 - 15 minutes - 25.1 MBClimate change is not a partisan issue. Many of the ideals that conservatives value including protection of life, national security and economic responsibility are key factors in taking action on climate. In this essay, Ronda Seifert, a conservative, details why climate has become her number one voting issue and some actions all conservatives can take to get a seat at the climate table.
Episode 106. What's Your Climate Story?
November 20, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 27.9 MBEvery one of us has a story of how climate change is affecting us and the planet we love. In this episode, Jason Davis, Director of Climate Stories Project, details his ambitious goal of helping people around the globe record and share their individual climate story, in an effort to inspire heart to heart connection , community and ultimately, action.
Episode 105. BEST IN CLIMATE. The Alchemy of Heartbreak and Hope: A Spiritual Practice for Our Time, by Jeremy Lent
November 16, 2020 21:27 - 13 minutes - 24.5 MB“When we truly open our hearts to each other, there is no burden too heavy for us to carry together, there is no pain too deep for us to hold in each other’s arms. And it’s in that place—of feeling the Earth’s injuries, and feeling it with each other—that the alchemy emerges. It’s in the cauldron of sharing our grief with our community, of gazing at it together and not looking away, that the heartbreak turns to hope.” Author Jeremy Lent gave this inspiring keynote talk at The Whidbey Insti...
Episode 104. How Will the Biden White House Change the Climate Trajectory?
November 13, 2020 19:02 - 30 minutes - 55 MBAfter four years of a climate denier as President, Americans have selected a new leader. President-Elect Joe Biden has vowed to make the Climate Crisis a top priority. He is already injecting climate into congratulatory conversations from Global Heads of State. Tying economics and climate will be key to the Biden plan for unity in combating the existential threat of our lifetime.
Episode 103: BEST IN CLIMATE: Biden-Harris Transition Plan on Climate Change
November 09, 2020 22:31 - 10 minutes - 17 MBThe newly elected Biden-Harris administration has made Climate Change one of its top priorities. Reading from their Build Back Better website, Rose details the ambitious plans as the USA transitions their position from "Hoax" to Leading By Example.
Episode 102. How Does Fierce Love Respond to Disappointment?
November 06, 2020 17:07 - 30 minutes - 55.7 MBWith the final outcome of the election was still undecided at the time of recording, Rose and Christine debrief about the disappointment and implications of over 65 million Americans supporting Donald Trump and his anti-science agenda.
Episode 101. BEST IN CLIMATE: How Egypt is Growing Forests in the Middle of the Desert
November 02, 2020 16:45 - 16 minutes - 26.9 MBAs trees mature, they absorb and store the carbon dioxide emissions that are driving global heating. In this episode Rose juxtaposes global tree planting projects against the recent Trump administration rollback of development and logging protection for Alaska's Tongass National Forest.
Episode 100. How is Our Consumer-driven Society PRIME-ing Us for Disaster?
October 30, 2020 12:48 - 34 minutes - 63 MBThis year Amazon PRIME members spent more than $10.4 Billion in two days. In this episode Rose and Christine explore our need to buy "stuff" despite the toll it takes on our planet, and ask the question: Who are we if we are not consumers?
Episode 99. BEST IN CLIMATE. Indigenous Women to Financial CEOs: Stop Supporting Climate-Wrecking Tar Sands Industry
October 27, 2020 03:52 - 20 minutes - 37 MB"We need a just transition to renewable, sustainable energy, not expansion of fossil fuel extraction...We demand respect for our rights and sovereignty as Indigenous Peoples so that we can control our own lands, futures, and job opportunities." A group of Indigenous women leaders, supported by 158 organizations, released an open letter urging the heads of major global financial institutions to respect Indigenous rights and to stop propping up the tar sands industry. It's time, the leade...
Episode 98. How Do We Cope with Our Environmental Grief? An Interview with Dr. Kriss Kevorkian
October 23, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutes - 43.6 MBDr. Kriss Kevorkian, thanatologist and visionary who coined the terms ecological grief and environmental grief in 2001 joins Rose and Christine to offer coping strategies for our grief.
Episode 97. BEST IN CLIMATE. Where the is love? Why fear is the wrong approach for climate activism, by Renee Naseen
October 20, 2020 02:01 - 8 minutes - 16.3 MB"Where is the love when it comes to protecting nature? We won’t solve the climate crisis without consciously evaluating whether we love the planet even more than we fear losing it." In this week's Best in Climate article, Renee Yaseen asks us to expand our circle of those that we experience love for during a time of climate crisis. Originally published on ndsmcobserver.com.
Episode 96. Are You Using Your Climate Superpowers?
October 16, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 30.9 MBDoes climate change leave you feeling powerless? Rose and Christine offer four simple specific superpowers that each of us have at our disposal to create the world we want to see.
Episode 95. BEST IN CLIMATE: Every Bite You Take And Every Dollar You Spend Casts A Vote For The World You Wish To Live In, by Jackie Day
October 12, 2020 08:00 - 7 minutes - 12.9 MBYou don’t have to wait another four years to cast a vote, or change the world. Every bite you take, and every dollar you spend, casts a vote for the type of world you wish to live in. Jackie Day author of The Vegan Way, reminds us "The power is in our hands."
Episode 94. Down The Garden Path: A Climate Conversation
October 10, 2020 13:38 - 28 minutes - 51.6 MBThis week's episode shares excerpts from a lively climate conversation Christine and Rose had this week with Joanne and Matthew, landscapers and gardening experts from Down The Garden Path podcast. To hear the full conversation, head over to the Down the Garden Path webpage, or find them on your favourite podcast app.
Episode 93. BEST IN CLIMATE: 'Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution': New Paper Outlines Vision for Climate Action, by Andrea Germanos
October 05, 2020 17:14 - 8 minutes - 14.9 MB"Data from farming and grazing studies show the power of exemplary regenerative systems that, if achieved globally, would drawdown more than 100% of current annual CO2 emissions," the new research says. This week's Best in Climate episode highlights the good news about the climate crisis that lies right beneath our feet. Common Dreams staff writer Andrea Germanos shares highlights from a new research paper by the Rodale Institute, entitled Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Sol...
Episode 92. What’s Your Personal Connection with Mother Earth?
October 02, 2020 21:52 - 10 minutes - 16.3 MBInspired by a recent quote from Pope Francis, Rose suggests that by each individually visualizing what provides us our divine connection to Mother Earth we each find the heart felt connection necessary to take care of her.
Episode 91. BEST IN CLIMATE: 2020 just gave us the tools to talk about climate change, by Jacquelyn Chorush
September 28, 2020 19:02 - 8 minutes - 13.4 MBWith the advent of Covid-19 and George Floyd's brutal murder, difficult conversations have been brought to the forefront of everyday dialogue in 2020. Perhaps for the first time, we are examining our behaviors with an eye toward cause and effect. Jaquelyn Chorush believes we can extrapolate those tools to talk about the ultimate elephant in the room, climate change. * read with permission of author *
Episode 90: How Can Music Help Us Heal?
September 26, 2020 03:08 - 36 minutes - 67.6 MB"Music speaks the language of the heart, the language of the soul, and helps to unify people in a place of heart and soul." "Voice-whisperer" Heather Houston is a singer, songwriter, and choir leader whose music aims to open the heart and lift the spirit. Her earth based music, ripe with feminine energy, inspires connection to earth with the aim of opening the heart of the world. In this week's podcast, Heather chats with Rose and Christine about her her creative process, her connection to...
Episode 89. BEST IN CLIMATE: How Tiny Moments of Pleasure Can Rewire the Brain and Refill Your Well, by Priti Robyn Ross
September 22, 2020 15:19 - 9 minutes - 18.2 MB"What I have found over the 15 years of leading this program is that the clear majority of what brings us fulfillment is being purely present in what we are experiencing—and most of these activities cost not a single dime." In last week's episode, Rose and Christine discussed the importance of resilience as we move into increasingly chaotic times ahead, as a result of political and economic upheaval and increasingly destabilized climate. In this post, Priti Robyn Ross offers an effective a...
Episode 88. How Do We Prepare For Chaotic Times?
September 18, 2020 19:02 - 31 minutes - 57.6 MBIf there is a gift to Covid-19, it is the opportunity to practice resiliency. What works? What doesn't work? Christine and Rose share their own personal experiences and explore what we need to be better prepared for climate emergency.
Episode 87: BEST IN CLIMATE: Acedia: the lost name for the emotion we're all feeling right now, by Jonathan Zecher
September 15, 2020 00:25 - 8 minutes - 13.7 MBFeeling listless, uncertain, unable to concentrate, fearful, anxious? There's actually a name for that!! Dr. Jonathan Zecher reacquaints us with the long lost terminology describing our current state of emotion and makes the case that giving name to our feeling may help . This article was originally published on The Conversation.com
Episode 86. Why Aren't We Talking About Climate Change?
September 11, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes - 38.2 MBEverywhere we look, there are stories of catastrophic weather events. Why then are relatively few of us willing to talk about the unfolding climate crisis? Christine and Rose explore the reasons we may be unwilling to face impending disaster head on.
Episode 85: BEST IN CLIMATE: A Child of Drought: On Climate Resilience, Community, and Love by Leia Barnett
September 08, 2020 01:58 - 7 minutes - 13.3 MB"We all know the fractious forces of political allegiances are successfully sowing doubt and driving schisms at a time when we must care for each other and the planet more deeply than ever before." Leia Barnett shares a deeply personal view from the front row of a climate crisis-induced megadrought in the American southwest. This article was published on counterpunch.org.
Episode 84. How is Climate Crisis Affecting Our Mental Health?
September 05, 2020 03:01 - 17 minutes - 27.2 MBIs the Climate Crisis affecting our mental health? After completing a 7 day virtual training with Climate Reality , Rose weighs in.
Episode 83: BEST IN CLIMATE: How Montana is Cleaning Up Abandoned Oil Wells, by Ray Levy-Uyeda
August 31, 2020 08:00 - 16 minutes - 25.9 MBDid you realize oil wells continue to pollute even after the drilling and pumping stop? Journalist Ray Levy-Uyeda illuminates the problematic scope of abandoned wells in Montana and one man's remarkable solution.
Episode 82: COVID-19, Wildfires and Climate Emergency: Where Do We Go From Here?
August 29, 2020 12:33 - 29 minutes - 54.3 MBAfter a summer hiatus, Christine and Rose return for a deep and far ranging conversation amidst a world of raging Covid-19, wildfires, tropical storms, a looming US presidential election and continuing climate emergency. As we head into the chaos, is there room for compassion?
Episode 81: BEST IN CLIMATE: When the End of the World is Your Day Job: Vacation Tips, by Erika Spanger-Siegfried
August 24, 2020 19:13 - 13 minutes - 24 MB"...Because when the end of the world is your day job, you better figure out how to chill the hell out on summer vacation." Erika Spanger-Siegfried, a senior analyst in the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), shares some tongue-firmly-in-cheek vacation tips for her fellow end-of-days day-job people. In a time of climate emergency, many of these tips could also help anybody who looks unblinkingly at the reality of climate change.
Episode 80: BEST IN CLIMATE: Combating the Climate Crisis and Pursuing Environmental Justice
August 17, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 37 MBWith less than 90 days to the November 3 U.S. Presidential election, Joe Biden, the Democratic Party contender has announced his running mate to be California Senator, Kamala Harris. With a hopeful heart, Rose reads their environmental vision for the future of the United States.
Episode 79: BEST IN CLIMATE: To rebuild our world, we must end the carbon economy
August 10, 2020 12:14 - 8 minutes - 12.6 MBOn August 4, 2020 The Guardian published this open letter from more than one hundred leading economists detailing a three step carbon less program to move our world toward a sustainable future.
Episode 75: BEST IN CLIMATE: Kate Olson: Dis-ease
August 03, 2020 08:00 - 20 minutes - 31.1 MBThe effects of climate change can be seen in our daily lives. Kate Olson documents living climate change through the eyes of fishers, farmers and foresters from Freeport, Maine. *read with author's permission*
Episode 78: BEST IN CLIMATE: Kate Olson: Dis-ease
August 03, 2020 08:00 - 20 minutes - 31.1 MBThe effects of climate change can be seen in our daily lives. Kate Olson documents living climate change through the eyes of fishers, farmers and foresters from Freeport, Maine. *read with author's permission*
Episode 78: BEST IN CLIMATE: Dis-ease, by Kate Olson
August 03, 2020 08:00 - 20 minutes - 31.1 MBThe effects of climate change can be seen in our daily lives. Sociologist Kate Olson documents living climate change through the eyes of fishers, farmers and foresters from Freeport, Maine. Kate Olson is a PhD Candidate at Boston College and lives with her family in Maine. Learn more about her multimedia project documenting lived experiences of climate change in Maine at www.livingchange.blog and follow her on Instagram and Twitter @livingchangeme. *read with author's permission*
Episode 77. BEST IN CLIMATE: Something Sacred This Way Comes by Christine Penner Polle
July 28, 2020 14:08 - 17 minutes - 32.5 MB"The racism, misogyny, and inequality that are being called out are an inextricable part of the current western cultural paradigm, or way of viewing the world, that dominates the globe right now. This same paradigm is founded on disregard and disconnection from the earth that sustains life, as evidenced by the current climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction to which we seem unable to muster an adequate response." Podcast host and energy healer Christine Penner Polle responds to the cu...
Episode 76. BEST IN CLIMATE: Climate Change in the Age of Numbing by Dr Kari Marie Norgaard
July 20, 2020 18:33 - 12 minutes - 23.5 MB“We live in one way, and we think in another. We learn to think in parallel. It’s a skill, an art of living.” Dr Kari Marie Norgaard drills down into why people with knowledge about the devastating effects of climate change often fail to act on that knowledge. This article, published on The MIT Press Reader, is excerpted from Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life. Dr Norgaard teaches sociology at the University of Oregon.
Episode 76. BEST IN CLIMATE: Climate Change in the Age of Numbing
July 20, 2020 18:33 - 12 minutes - 23.5 MB“We live in one way, and we think in another. We learn to think in parallel. It’s a skill, an art of living.” Dr Kari Marie Norgaard drills down into why people with knowledge about the devastating effects of climate change often fail to act on that knowledge. This article, published on The MIT Press Reader, is excerpted from Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life. Dr Norgaard teaches sociology at the University of Oregon.
Episode 75: BEST IN CLIMATE: Tempa Gyaltsen Zamlha: Dalai Lama, an Environmentalist: A Commitment of 70 Years
July 14, 2020 01:44 - 15 minutes - 22.7 MBHappy 85th Birthday to Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, whose dedication towards the environment has not dimmed in seven decades! *read with author's permission*
Episode 74. BEST IN CLIMATE: Today's progressive movements must learn from Black Lives Matter - and join together, by George Lakey
July 06, 2020 19:28 - 14 minutes - 25.9 MBBlack Lives Matter prepared for this current moment in key ways, and the united power of many movements should join to take on the system. In this article published on Waging Nonviolence, retired Quaker college professor, writer, sociologist, and activist George Lakey, discusses the importance for social justice movements, including the climate movement, to learn from the success and organization of Black Lives Matter. It's time, Lakey says, for these movements to step out of their silos a...