Reskillience

Can you be collapse aware and still want kids? w/ Jem Bendell

In 2018 Professor Jem Bendell published an academic paper that went viral; pretty weird for a piece of scholarly writing. The topic? Societal collapse caused by runaway climate change. The timeline? Soon. Deep Adaptation presented a frank, delusion-free framework for facing the end of the world as we know it, sparked a movement, and copped a lot of flack.I wanted to chat with Jem not so much about the grim facts but about how, “as that collapse guy”*, he is filling his life with meaning at the eleventh hour. And it turns out, that includes becoming a farmer, writing folk songs and considering having kids.*Jem happily identifies as a doomster🎙️ In this convoExperiencing climate change first hand as a farmer in BaliHow to act on knowledge about collapse and climate?Making the leap towards your values (with the help of a global pandemic)Why the wellness community is full of shitFarming failsPicking up music at 48 and writing comedy rockFaulty beliefs we have about our creative giftsLiving fully at the eleventh hourLetting go of status and securityWhy it’s all ok when everything’s not okKirtan and ecospirituality practicesJem’s evolving views about how collapse will unfoldBringing kids into this world, yay or nay?The Deep Adaptation frameworkBecoming NURTURANTHow to help others through the griefJem’s simple pleasuresOracle cards for cynics🧙‍♀️LINKY POOSJem’s home on the web[paper] Deep Adaptation ~ Jem Bendell[book] Breaking Together ~ Jem BendellThe Metacrisis InitiativeJem’s collapse-aware oracle cardsJem’s musicSongbird credit: Australia Outback Birds by EduFigueres License: Attribution 4.0🧡 Support Reskillience on Patreon 🧡

How to cut loose from the industrial food system & forage 100% of your noms w/ Robin Greenfield

I tell a story about Jar Power before sitting down with Robin Greenfield, an incredible fella best known for his radical experiments in simple living, food reclamation, waste minimisation and wild foraging.He has been called “the Robin Hood of our times”, “the Forrest Gump of ecology”, and “the best kind of crazy”. To me, Robin is a torch bearer for truth, leading the way towards justice – with a whole lotta joy and integrity.This year he is eating 100% foraged foods – unreal! – so we chat about that, as well as:Why Robin is so gassyHow it feels to break free from the global industrial food systemWhy Robin is not into human optimisationPracticing non-attachment and impermanenceFreedom in communityWhat gives Robin the power to do crazy stuff?Non-delusionalismHow to identify your purpose and nicheThe most limiting factor in figuring out who you really arePursuing radical honestyRobin’s simple financesSkills + relationships = freedomTransition ethicsCompassionate communicationWhat IS foraging, really?All the foraging nuances you never thought about!How our language is built around disconnectionWhat would happen if everyone foraged?Joy as resistance🧙‍♀️ LINKY POOSRobin’s websiteRobin’s booksRobin on Instagram[book] Mark Boyle ~ The Moneyless Man🧡 Support Reskillience on Patreon 🧡

Solo Elk Huntress w/ Christie Green

Christie Green spends days at a time in the mountains, in the snow, tracking elk, solo. Her hunting journey began at 40 as a practical way to feed herself and her family, and became a fierce and fluid exploration of womanhood, motherhood, stewardship, intuition, listening and kinship. Christie wrote a memoir about her experiences called Moonlight Elk that I rapturously devoured, licking my fingertips with every turn of the page, it is that delicious. 🦌 Terrain covered:Life in Sante Fe, New MexicoHunting as a deep and embodied exploration of just about everything.Listening to other than human perspectives as a landscape architectDesigning for soil, water, animal, pollination; landscapes in service of wild natureLearning to hunt at 40Weaving values into businessHow to catch dreamsWhy would you want to hunt alone?Being an “other-centred” personFollowing desire and intuitionThe extreme paradox of loving and killingDefying categories and boxesAre there better and worse ways to hunt?Could and should everyone hunt?Communal local food relationshipsWalking in fear as a woman, as preyDreams as soul expressionWriting sex scenes that feature yourselfThe choiceless choice of creativity🧙‍♀️ LINKY POOSChristie’s home on the webChristie on InstagramGet your mitts on Moonlight Elk (note: you can buy it anywhere, or ask your library for copies)Moonlight Elk audiobookSelected essays by Christie Green🧡 Join the Reskillience community on Patreon 🧡Outro birdsong credit: Afro408 - License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

You don't need willpower, you need PERMACULTURE w/ Cecilia Macaulay

You’ve heard of swales… but what about swales in the brain to slow and deepen our human experience? Join me and Cecilia Macaulay for one of those special convos that gets to the heart of life’s gnarliest struggles; our biggest messes, our greatest failures, our everyday chaos… and uses permaculture design to harness their power.This episode will particularly chime with “forgetful, distractible” types, clutter accumulators, chaos agents, overwhelm junkies, and anyone with a hunch that a few elegant household systems could MASSIVELY increase their effectiveness in the world.WE COVERInsane wisdom from Bill MollisonMeeting Masanobu FukuokaThe FIVE RULES OF HARMONIOUS PERMIE SHAREHOUSESJapanese rules of Non-Complaint and Taking Full ResponsibilityGrowing an enduring permaculture spiritHow to become a world expert in a tiny little thingCreating a failure protocolUpward spiralsPermaculture for heartbreakBeing an effective human later in lifeMore than medication for neurodiversityThe connection between untidy houses and traumaMaking your kitchen sink a shrine to beauty and goodnessSetting a household culture using mirror neuronsThe eco-footprint of universitySTOP AWFULISING!Permaculture zones in the homeWhy to share what’s spareSTOP COLONISING CREATIVE VOID!Expanding the edges of our gifts and talentsBeautiful messcapesKnollingWhat “can’t be bothered” really codes forHow to use imagination to improve your memory🧙‍♀️ LINKY POOS 🧙‍♀️Cecilia’s home on the webCecilia’s nine month home harmonising projectThe Edible Balcony Garden ~ Indira NaidooSand Talk ~ Tyson YunkaportaScreen Zen AppWWOOF, HelpX & WorkawayPolyvagal theory🧡Join the Reskillience community on Patreon 🧡Thanks to kangaroovindaloo for the singing bowls: License: Attribution 4.0

PLACE AS ELDER w/ QUINIE

Big personal shares at the top of the ep (preview: podcasting terrifies me) before an utterly delightful conversation with Scots folk singer Josie Vallely aka. Quinie.Quinie's album Forefowk, Mind Me was named The Guardian's best folk release of 2025, but don't worry if you're not into bagpipes because we mostly chat about:Not making your art your careerTips for slow art/seasonal living in a rushing worldThe mind bending differences between relating with Country in Australia versus ScotlandMinority languages and evocation of placeThe right to roamConfused white settler syndromeWhen you’re a cultural mongrelImpure ancestryPlace as a surrogate elderTradition in motionWhere do songs live?Journeying on horsebackHorses as bodyguardsWhy we all just want to be got🧙‍♀️LINKY POOSQuinie’s home on the webQuinie on Instagram[album] Forefowk, Mind Me ~ QuinieQuinie’s seasonal almanac ~ Things that happen every year in a cycle[film] Forefowk, Mind Me Guardian review of Quinie’s albumCover art photo credit: Anthony Rintoul🧡🧡🧡 Join the Reskillience community on Patreon 🧡🧡🧡