Who is Baby Carl? Well, he's just a little guy. A toddler with a big vocabulary, a hearty appetite for information, and an even bigger love for humanity. His friend Bill is a teacher and philosopher.

Bill stops by to visit Baby Carl, and they talk about this scary word “apocalypse,” and discover its original meaning is ‘to disclose’ or ‘reveal’. Bill talks about his own revelation of wanting to become a philosopher, and how happy and whole this made him feel, even if it’s not always easy. Baby Carl and Bill head off on a road trip to the wilds of Vermont, USA. to meet more people who have had happy apocalypses. To learn more, visit https://www.newperennials.org/.

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"My like your planet earth family"

Bill and Baby Carl visit Meghan Rigali, one of the many passionate instructors of the New Roots Project. Founded by the Willowell Foundation, the New Roots Project runs an outdoor, interdisciplinary, multi-aged school program in Monkton, VT. Meghan shares with Baby Carl the importance of experiential education, her connection to the land, and how she hopes to give children the same sense of responsibility and awe in the wild. Meghan discusses her happy apocalypse and the ways in which it shaped her for the future. To learn more, visit https://www.willowell.org/new-roots-project.

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"My like hope... It's the best!"

Baby Carl chats with Matt Schlein about the outdoor education philosophy of the Walden Project and how some of that learning best happens in the cold, rain, snow, and sunshine. Matt believes that students deserve a variety of ways to engage with the important questions of learning, and he encourages his high school students to examine the world from different angles and still see eye to eye. Matt is director of the Walden Project and the founder of the Willowell Foundation. To learn more, visit https://www.willowell.org/.

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Baby Carl and Bill visit Bread and Butter Farm to ask big questions about what it means to live in connection with the planet. Joined by farmer and founder Corie Pierce, the farm team, and children from the village school, this episode is about how to let a cow be a cow, grass be grass, and kids be kids. Corie teaches Baby Carl how to hold the highest level of respect and reverence for the cycle of life, as well as our place within the web of animal, plant, soil, water, and air. To learn more, visit https://breadandbutterfarm.com/.

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Baby Carl and Bill visit Green Mountain Monastery in Greensboro, VT to speak with Sr. Gail Worcelo. Baby Carl learns the difference between sisters and brothers and Sisters and Brothers, and hears about Sr. Gail's happy revelation that led to her religious vocation. In 1999 she co-founded Green Mountain Monastery with the late Passionist priest and cultural historian Thomas Berry, and Sr. Bernadette, and created the first community of Catholic sisters founded specifically for Earth healing and protection within the Eco-Zoic Era. Sr. Gail and Baby Carl visit the labyrinth, Thomas Berry's burial site, and talk about the power and challenges of meditation and loving all the planet and its many inhabitants. https://www.greenmountainmonastery.org/

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Meet Baby Carl and his friend, Bill! They'll tell you about their road trip to Vermont to interview Bill's friends about their happy apocalypses, and the fun they had along the way. It's 90 seconds. Give it a listen!

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