Roots of Impact Podcast

E.36 - Conocimiento, agroforestería syntropica y salud para todes

En este episodio Allan y Susana hablaron sobre sus experiencias con la agroforestería, destacando cómo esta transformó su perspectiva sobre la producción de alimentos y su relación con la naturaleza. Susana compartió su propio recorrido personal de descubrimiento de la agroforestería a través de sus propios problemas de salud y su participación en el Colectivo Espacios Verdes. https://www.instagram.com/colectivo_espacios_verdes/Durante la conversación, Allan y Susana exploraron el concepto de agroforestería y agricultura sintrópica. Enfatizaron la importancia de que los seres humanos sean una parte activa del ecosistema.Susana también habló de la importancia de entender y ver a la naturaleza como un sistema inteligente. También habló de la necesidad de compartir conocimientos y recursos con las comunidades rurales para fomentar la abundancia y la sostenibilidad. Ambos participantes reconocieron el privilegio que poseen en sus posiciones y expresaron un sentido de responsabilidad para utilizar sus conocimientos e influencia en cambios globales positivos.Además, Susana y Allan profundizaron en el tema de la pérdida de conocimientos y de identidad indígena debido a la colonización y comercialización, enfatizando la importancia de rescatar e integrar estos valiosos conocimientos en las prácticas contemporáneas. También discutieron sus planes de colaborar en un curso en junio.Allan expresó su gratitud por las enseñanzas de Susana y el profundo impacto que tuvieron en su vida.Próximos talleres:Viernes 9 de junio 5pm Costa Rica - virtual - ¿Qué es la agroforestería? Inscripción vía Whatsapp al +506 7122 3034Sábado 10 de junio 9am Costa Rica - presencial - Práctica de agroforestería. Mercadito  Azul, Cartago. Inscripción vía Whatsapp al +506 7122 3034Viernes 16 de junio 5pm Costa Rica - virtual - CONVERSATORIO PERMACULTURA/Estilo de vida. Inscripción vía Whatsapp al +506 7122 3034Viernes 23 de junio 5pm Costa Rica (virtual) y sábado 24 de junio (práctica) Cartago, Lourdes, Tierra de Pardos - 30 000 colones - Inscripción vía Whatsapp al +506 7122 3034Support the show

E.34 - Permaculture Your Life with Morag Gamble

In this podcast we talk to Morag Gamble who lives in a permaculture village near Maleny in the subtropical part of southeast Queensland, Australia.Morag explains that Permaculture is a One Planet way of life in each of our contexts, and in each of our communities.Morag talks about how permaculture has been a part of her life since her teen years. She says that permaculture is a practical way to live life in balance with ourselves, our communities, and our ecosystems. It is a way of approaching life.We talk about permaculture in the context of producing food but also in the context of education and life in general. Basically, we can permaculture our lives.Permaculture is a system approach where all the elements are considered as part of the whole, however, this does not mean that we need to understand the whole system before we interact with it or try to make changes, but we need to take steps in the direction of our curiosity and our interest and then observe and interact based on the steps we’ve taken and then creatively use and adapt to change. Find what makes your heart sing and go for simple and slow solutions.Permaculture is an invitation to live regeneratively rather than with the consumer-based mind frame.Morag shares Fritjof Capra's teaching that life is a learning system always adapting to its environment. Everything is in relation to everything else. We need to start from here.We also talk about how permaculture is being used by the youth. There is much negative news about the state of the world and in many cases, these issues are ignored and not addressed because of a lack of power to make any changes. However, this creates anxiety in the youth. On the other hand, permaculture provides tools to be able to address these issues and empower young people to take action. The youth want to tackle the problems now, not when they have such and such degree. The issues are now and the youth still have the creativity to come up with solutions that adults could not think of due to being stuck in our ways.Morag shares with us a tip to start designing our lives towards the way we want to live and it is to create a mind map of what we envision and she encourages us to do these mind maps with other people that know us so they can see where we are heading and they can help us get there. Support the show

E.33 - Into Your Wilderness Quest with Karen Gordon

Karen’s journey started in her bedroom window where one day the forest was there and then another day the forest was gone. This left a mark in her. When she was older she decided to study Biology and she focused her work on landscape restoration. This work led her to Monteverde in Costa Rica, a place she fell in love with. However, her big shift was when her son was born and she had a realization that what needed deeper restoration were our human inner landscapes. She jumped in deep into this work. Now she guides people to be their own inner naturalists using the metaphors of the wise Mother Earth, using an ancient rite of passage ceremony, the wilderness quest, a ceremony that has been practiced by all cultures. We all have ancestors that practiced wilderness quests. We are all indigenous to this Earth and through her, we gain deep wisdom into our life mission and into our medicine. Karen guides us in our Mytho-Poetic-Journey of life.Support the show

E.32 - Youth Emergence through Permaculture Ethics, People Care, Earth Care and Fair Share with PermYouth Americas Facilitators

In this episode, we talk to Annette, Chanel and Allan the facilitators of PermaYouth Americas which is a container or platform for youth around the Americas to connect, learn from each other and empower themselves to be leaders and change-makers in their communities based on the Permaculture ethics of People care, Earth care and Fair share.PermaYouth Americas is a subdivision of the global PermaYouth.Annette, Chanel and Allan tell us about their journey that led them to this work. They also explain why they think the youth are so important in this journey of human transformation. The youth are the people that have the creativity to design a new way of human existence.Annette, Chanel and Allan describe themselves as the composted organic matter or soil that creates the space for the youth to flower and a new ecosystem to emerge.Support the show

S.2 - E.14 - Awakening Into Now with Leonard Jacobson

Today we have the honor of interviewing Leonard Jacobson an awakened spiritual teacher, mystic, healer and an author who is deeply committed to guiding and supporting others in their journey towards wholeness.  Leonard teaches how to become fundamentally present and awaken into the truth of who you are.Leonard was born in Melbourne, Australia and resides in Wayzata near Minneapolis, Minnesota offering workshops and retreats throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia.  He is the author of five books: Words from Silence, Journey into Now, Embracing the Present, Bridging Heaven & Earth and In Search of the Light, a winner of the Indie Children’s book award.He is the founder of the Conscious Living Foundation, a registered non-profit organization established to support the awakening of human consciousness and to make his teachings widely available.As a mark of honor and recognition to his selfless efforts in spiritual awakening, in 2005, he was awarded the Peace Prize by Religious Science International, although he is not affiliated or associated with any religion or church. His teaching is both inclusive of, and transcendent of, all religions and spiritual traditions.In this episode we talk about Leonard’s spiritual journey which includes various unexpected and spontaneous awakenings. We also discuss his teachings that consists of the two-step dance of awakening – the first step leads to presence and the second step, to mastery of the mind and ego.Support the show