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Eco-distress is real. How to Live in a Chaotic Climate is here to help you rediscover meaning, joy, and connection as the tumult around us increases. Based on the Good Grief Network’s acclaimed 10 Steps to Resilience and Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate program, this book unpacks the social, political, and spiritual nuances of the climate emergency, step by step.

In Barefoot Biodynamics, organic grower Jeff Poppen—“The Barefoot Farmer”—combines tales from his personal history in rural Tennessee with the practical applications of biodynamic principles and the deep aspects of the biodynamic methods that continue to make his farm a success today.

Native and imported, sacred and ordinary, culinary and floral, favourites of various kings and commoners over the centuries, trees are the most visible signs of nature in cities, fundamentally shaping their identities. Trees are storehouses of the complex origins and histories of city growth...

If you want to know it all, this podcast is for you! Learn something new in FIVE minutes from the smarties at CCBC! Everything from the French New Wave, Marketing, Philosophy, Theoretical Physics, News Literacy and more! Produced by CCBC's New Media Collective and ForReal Media, cover art by Emerald Lodgen, "Soul Groove" by Josh Woodward. Free download: https://www.joshwoodward.com/ Hosted by: Students at the Community College of Baltimore County

Community of Praxis is a series of conversations about big ideas in education. In each episode, host Brenna Clarke Gray sits down for critical chats about teaching and learning to invite a more care-centred, student-focused approach into our classrooms, while still minding structural limitations like time and precarity. Together, we make theories of education practical for teachers. Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press

From St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, there are poor and minority neighborhoods so beset by pollution that just living in them can be hazardous to your health. Due to entrenched segregation, zoning ordinances that privilege wealthier communities, or because businesses have found the "paths of least resistance", there are many hazardous waste and toxic facilities in these communities, leading residents to experience health and wellness problems on top of the race and class discrimination most already experience.

The Community Garden Podcast was inspired by a desire to provide accessible gardening knowledge to gardeners of all skill levels. At Equal Ground Community Gardens (EGCG), we believe that everyone can benefit from learning how to grow their own food gardening, whether they're just starting out or have years of experience. Hosted by Taylor, EGCG's Greenhouse and Learning Centre Coordinator, the podcast offers valuable food garden education to the southern Ontario community. Taylor brings her expertise and passion for gardening to each episode, engaging with local gardeners, farmers, and ...

The Community Build-up documents how people are building sustainable and equitable communities from the ground up. This show spotlights community leaders, environmental innovators, and other creative people working at the intersection of climate, culture, and community resilience. It’s centered on people who are in the thick of building and figuring out what real sustainability looks like in their community. This show is currently in production. The Community Build-up is in production now. Be ready and hit subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. This show is hosted by Cody Sanford, who ...

Are you tired of the doomsday climate scenarios, overwhelming forecasts, or general bad news? Join us for refreshing, authentic, and hopeful stories from people in different communities working to protect the environment, educate those around them, and improve the health of folks near and far. Community Blooms is a podcast by the Community Ecology Institute (CEI), a non-profit organization with a mission to "cultivate communities where people and nature thrive together."

Hosted by Dr. Brandon Blue and produced by the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, at Moffitt Cancer Center, Cancer in Our Community is a podcast that discusses Black health disparities. Why? Because while cancer is a disease that could affect any of us or our loved ones, the Black community is at greater risk. Whether that's through poor diagnosis or treatment, Black people are more likely to develop and die from many cancers. But there are those studying how to close these gaps in health care and ensure that Black patients and those close to them receive the care that they deserve.

Community Builders, is a podcast dedicated to celebrating and spotlighting the individuals who make a positive impact in Chico, California and the surrounding North State region. Each episode dives deep into the journeys, insights, and efforts of local leaders, activists, and changemakers who are shaping this community through dedication and innovation. With thoughtful conversations and inspiring stories, Community Builders offers listeners a closer look at the people behind impactful projects.

What does the word 'community' mean to you? An homogenous group of people united by faith, sexuality or another form of identity? Or perhaps it's about the place you grew up, or the people you work with? Recovering Community is a podcast series from the University of Glasgow's School of Social and Political Sciences about community; what it means; how it's formed and how it is rebuilt. Les Back is joined by academics, campaigners, volunteers and artists to talk about how communities respond to social and economic change, who belongs and who is excluded and what this tells us about some of our ...

Let's take a deep dive into the ‘behind the scenes’ of community building. On this podcast, Michelle Sims sits down with community leaders for an honest conversation about the success, struggles and decisions that have shaped their careers. Together we dig into the true stories of their growth strategies that have inspired innovation, creativity and leadership, so that you can apply their lessons to your own community --> Thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe, review and share your favourite episodes with fellow community builders.

In an effort to address the barriers and gaps in care experienced by African Nova Scotian and Urban Indigenous women in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia), four organizations banded together to provide culturally-specific programming to address the issue of gender-based violence as it appears in these two communities. Inspired by Indigenous customary law and Afrocentricity, these programs aim to address the failures of our inherited colonial systems by connecting women with other members of their community in spaces where their culture is integrated into the care they receive. Although this ...

Short interviews with people doing interesting things to expand broadband networks that put community needs first.

Welcome to Community Calls, a weekly call hosted by the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center's Health Community Partnership (HCP), Johns Hopkins Medicine for the Greater Good (MGG) and the Department of Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, HCP and MGG have dedicated resources and expertise to assure proper information about COVID reaches communities Johns Hopkins serve. Join our hosts, Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, Ms. Kimberly Monson and Dr. Dan Hale, and tune in to hear about current COVID-19 updates, community concerns and successes, and listen to residents' questions ...

Contagion® Community delves into some of the social factors that create and widen healthcare disparities. In surveying our audience, 75% of respondents viewed healthy equity as a major issue within medicine. Infectious disease often disproportionately occurs along the lines of ethnicity, race, class, education, sexual orientation, geographic location, and more. The entwined nature of healthcare inequity and social factors inhibits us from examining infectious disease objectively, which is why Contagion Community spotlights underserved populations. Through interviews with experts, we will ...

Sabin Vaccine Institute's Community Conversations on Vaccines podcast series, presented by Immunization Advocates, explores vaccine acceptance and demand issues in low- and middle-income countries through conversations with health workers, researchers, and journalists closest to vaccine delivery and decision-making.

An intersectional primer for saving the planet: place-based perspectives and community-led tools for fighting climate change For readers of The Intersectional Environmentalist and All We Can Save In Climate Resilience, climate justice and resilience strategist Kylie Flanagan invites us to see...

In this episode of the Green Futures Corridor podcast, we explore the Cherangani Forest Landscape and why protecting it matters for everyday life, livelihoods, and long-term community resilience.The Cherangani Forest is a vital water tower and biodiversity hotspot that supports clean water, fertile soils, climate regulation, and sustainable livelihoods for surrounding communities. Through this conversation, we unpack the close connection between healthy ecosystems and human wellbeing, and why conservation is not only an environmental concern, but also a social and economic one.Featuring voices...