Talking Leaves: An Indigenous Perspectives Podcast

Episode 42. Resilience: Examples and Inspiration from our Kin

Podcast transcript [https://www.ecologia.org/news/42.Resilience.pdf] (pdf) “Yes, I got knocked down. I got knocked for a loop by this horrible drought combined with whatever blight I got hit with. But I am going to dig deep, draw on strength from my roots, and I am going to assert myself and blossom and think about the next generations as well as myself.”

Episode 41. Can Indigenous Knowledge Keepers also be Gate Keepers?

Indigenous knowledge keepers are viewed as guardians of wisdom and ceremony; to what extent can they become gatekeepers who invite non-Indigenous people in? What aspects of Indigenous cultures should remain off-limits to outsiders?

40. Indigenous Taiwan - History, Women's Issues, Cultural Changes

podcast transcript.pdf [http://www.ecologia.org/news/40.IndigenousTaiwan.pdf] "Yes, in Taiwan we do have Indigenous peoples, who are not so well known by the international world because the Chinese influence in Taiwan has been many decades...."

39. Crawford Lake Tells Her Own Stories of the Anthropocene

Podcast transcript.pdf [https://www.ecologia.org/news/39.CrawfordLakeAnthropocene.pdf] Crawford Lake, in Ontario, Canada, has found herself in the middle of controversies about whether she should be the "poster child" for the Anthropocene, a new geological era...

38. Gathering In

Podcast Transcript [https://www.ecologia.org/news/38.Gathering.pdf] (pdf) In November 2023, we (Randy Kritkausky and Carolyn Schmidt) invited four people from different Christian religious traditions to our house. We hoped that sharing a meal might provide an opportunity to further explore a range of interests that had previously been shared only over electronic media. Our wildest expectations were exceeded as life changing encounters unfolded before our eyes. Strangers who arrived at a dinner table left feeling that they had found soul mates. Or to use the phrase we heard many times over dinner and in numerous followup emails, we all became a band of travelers on a shared journey of discovery. This podcast is a snapshot in time of where we are now individually and collectively in that journey. It is our hope that capturing this moment in time, a virtual electronic regathering, may help others to find common ground so that we may all make progress toward healing our society and planet together.