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#48 | The Sewage Recycling Revolution: Peter Annin & the Promise of Endless Fresh Water
In his new book, ‘Purified: How Recycled Sewage Is Transforming Our Water', Peter Annin excels as a translator between the scientific community and the public. His background as a veteran journalist includes a decade of reporting on environmental and conflict-related issues for Newsweek Magazine.. Annin is the author of the award-winning book 'Great Lakes Water Wars' and frequently contributes op-eds on water topics to prominent outlets like The Washington Post and The New York Times. He also serves as the director of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College.
#47 | Stitching Together Strength: Brecia Kralovic-Logan Finds Power in Storytelling
Brecia Kralovic-Logan is a distinguished textile artist and the visionary behind the Women's Woven Voices project. Her work goes beyond the boundaries of traditional art, serving as a platform for women's empowerment and collective storytelling. Brecia’s initiative is more than an artistic endeavor; it's a local and global movement fostering connections and healing through shared experiences.
#46 | Your Plate, Your Fate: Dr. Rosane Oliveira Helps You Rewrite your Genetic Destiny
In her 25-year career in nutritional genetics, Dr. Oliveira's has sought to uncover and demystify the complex relationship between our genes, our diet, and our overall well-being. Her approach encompasses a holistic view of lifestyle choices, including plant-based nutrition, physical activity, stress management, and emotional well-being which she teaches through the Plant-Based Life Foundation and in her classes at UCDavis.
#45 | Jennifer Jewell: Unearthing the Significance of Seeds in “What We Sow”
As author of “What We Sow” and host of the award-winning NPR radio show and podcast, 'Cultivating Place,' Jennifer Jewell aims to impart not only the art of gardening but also to reveal its broader impact on a deeper, almost quantum level. Dissecting the common perception of gardening as a consumer-oriented hobby, Jennifer unfolds its true essence: a spiritual connection, a means of asserting control over our personal environments, and a powerful statement in favor of our planet.
#44 | The Future is in the Fields: Cultivating Creativity & Community with Artist Lisa Fingleton
Lisa Fingleton is an artist, filmmaker, writer and grower of organic fruits and vegetables. From her home on a nineteen-acre organic farm and native woodland on the west coast of Ireland, Lisa is a prime example of one who thinks globally and acts locally. This is particularly true of growing and consuming food from their own region, something she encourages people everywhere to do.
Through her art projects, films and books, Lisa cultivates seamless connections between art, food and farming in a project called The Barna Way. The Barna Way is a mindset, an approach to life that involves “Listening to the land and creating an inclusive and welcoming space for all.”
#43 | Racing Extinction: The Film Exposing the Hidden World of Wildlife Crime
Directed by the Oscar®-winning director Louie Psihoyos, the brilliant mind behind 2009’s The Cove, Racing Extinction shines a light on the dire urgency to protect endangered species while unmasking the sinister trade of wildlife trafficking. You’ll also discover the incredible work of the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS) and explore the chilling link between carbon emissions and species extinction.
#42 | Remaking a World in Crisis: The WECAN story with Osprey Orielle Lake
Osprey Orielle Lake discovered the tangible impact women were making in protecting planetary health, from safeguarding biodiversity to water conservation to tending the land, particularly in earth-respecting Indigenous cultures. Forming Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, WECAN, Osprey began her journey to support and collaborate with women in cultures around the world. Their vision: WECAN envisions a just, equitable world in harmony with Nature.
#41 | Avery Bang on Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and Empowering New Leaders
Feeling her mission at Bridges to Prosperity was complete, Avery accepted a position with the highly regarded Mulago Foundation. A privately funded organization, Mulago belives there is an outsized opportunity to find entrepreneurs around the world who are really committed to solving an intractable problem.
#40 | Dr. Caleigh Campbell: How Physical Therapy is Revolutionizing Women's Healthcare
Dr. Caleigh Campbell chose to practice a specialty still unknown to many women and even to other doctors, though its results are simple, effective, and often life-changing: pelvic floor physical therapy. While practitioners of the field are still few, demand is growing rapidly as more and more women understand the benefits that span a lifetime. When Caleigh discovered the enormous benefits to women and the lack of providers, she opted to devote her career to the field.
#39 | Polar Ambassadors: At the Heart of Climate Change with Hilde Fålun Strøm
“As a polar ambassador, think it's important that people know about how important these areas in the end of the world are on the North Pole, South Pole, the ice caps, the cryospheres, the white parts of our earth. I think that's a knowledge that I and Sunniva are trying to spread through our mission and our movement.” Hilde Fålun Strøm
#38 | Project I See You: Helping Women Own Homes & Build Businesses
Mercy Tucker and a fellow mission volunteer couldn’t bear to witness the tragedy that no one else seemed to recognize or be concerned about. It seemed to Mercy that the women were invisible––no cared because no one even noticed them. The two women joined forces and formed the non-profit called Proyecto Te Veo that provides education and vocational training to women. Through skill building, the women learn to create and build incomes that allow them to raise their children with dignity. “Project I See You” was born.
#37 | The Holistic Warrior: Dr. Ed Tick on Healing PTSD through Dreamwork, Rituals & Pilgrimage
As a novice therapist who had yet to earn his doctorate, Ed Tick was at a loss of how to treat the wounded warriors. PTSD - or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder—would not be identified as a behavioral disorder for another two years. But Ed already knew from hearing their stories, that no matter how the presenting issue would be identified, the men were suffering from soul-wounds.
#36 | Democracy in Peril: Israelis Push Back on Threat of Autocracy with Raed Mualem & Shaul Gabbay
Dr. Raed Mualem, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and Dr. Shaul Gabbay, a Jewish citizen of Israel and the US, have joined hundreds of thousands of other Israelis taking to the streets to protest the change every Saturday tryingt to stave off the far-right coalition government’s shocking move to solidify power by stripping the Supreme Court — Israel’s only check on power—of its ability to restrain government actions. Reservists are refusing to defend the country, and hundreds of billions of dollars in investments have already left the country as the outside world holds its breath waiting for the outcome—an outcome that could shift the geo-political balance in the Middle East and the world.
#35 | Equality Under Siege: Lauren Y. Casteel on the Dismantling of Affirmative Action
My special guest is Lauren Y. Casteel, community thought leader and CEO of The Women’s Foundation of Colorado focusing on gender, racial, and economic equity. Join us for an in-depth conversation about the real life impacts of this decision that have the capability to erase decades of progress for people of color across the nation. Ms. Casteel also discusses the particular challenges it poses for women of color especially when combined with other recent Supreme Court rulings.
#34 | Sunniva Sorby: How a Polar Explorer Uses Citizen Science to Raise Climate Change Awareness
In 1993, Sunniva Sorby was part of the first all-women expedition team to ski across Antarctica to the South Pole. That history-making journey kicked off a thirty-year career of wilderness adventure that eventually transformed Sunniva into a citizen scientist conducting climate change research in the Antarctic and Arctic regions.
After making over 100 expedition trips to the Antarctic, most gathering data as a citizen scientist, Sunniva, along with Hilde Falun Strom, cofounded the non-profit Hearts in the Ice to raise awareness of personal responsibility, encourage involvement, and to help scientists monitor the impacts of climate change in polar regions.
#33 | Nature's Warning: Kristina Marusic on the Unseen Connection Between Toxins and Cancer Rates
Driven by her younger sister’s unexplained diagnosis of thyroid cancer, Kristina Marusic employed her environmental journalist skills to uncover why one in six modern humans lose their lives to cancer. When her research unveiled the fact that 2/3 of all cancer cases are linked to environmental toxins, she was driven to ask another important question: why does 91-93% of all cancer research focus on treatment, and only 7-9% help uncover the causes of cancer? And how do preventable, environmental toxins fit in to the overall problem?
#32 | Help for Maui: Mobilizing Medical Aid with Teresa Gray & Mobile Medics International
With medical facilities in Lahaina entirely decimated along with more than 2200 other structures––nearly the entire town––Mobile Medics International is not only responding to medical needs of the displaced population who are reeling from a massive loss of life along with their homes, they are also preparing to restore ongoing medical help to serve this population grieving and in shock.
#31 | Reviving Hopes in Pakistan: Empowering Women, Educating Children, and Breaking Barriers
Mike and Robin Gordon and their two teenage sons left their home in Colorado in 2001 to found Shining Light International, a non-profit designed to empower women, educate children, and bring hope to the destitute, isolated populations of Northern Pakistan. From there the mission has broadened as its flourishes and entire communities are uplifted. Twenty-two years after they began, Shining Light’s impact is measured not only in the thousands of lives uplifted with tangible improvements like increased literacy and household incomes, but also in intangible benefits of increased dignity, self-worth, community and joy those opportunities provided primarily women and children.
#30 | Survivor-Driven Change: Thomas Keown Brings Justice to Children Internationally
Believing that children who have survived abusive lives of slavery, trafficking, or destitution can become powerful agents of change if nutured and supported, Thomas Keown and his team designed Many Hopes to create lasting systemic change and solve deeply entrenched problems not just in Kenya, but around the world.
#29 | Empowering Moms in a Challenging World: The Channel Mom Story with Jenny Dean
Jenny Dean emphasizes the importance of providing holistic support to moms facing diverse challenges. Channel Mom's approach addresses not just the practical needs of mothers, but also their emotional and spiritual well-being. Financial assistance is offered to those in need, while spiritual guidance provides hope and comfort in times of distress. Practical help equips moms with essential life skills, empowering them to navigate their unique journeys with confidence.