Living Green: Sprouting Deeper Intimacy
Join your host, Meredith Medland, 3outcomes.com founder and NLP coach, in deep and intimate conversations with guests who share their emotional experiences of ecological awakening as well as the "pain points" that keep them moving toward a more sustainable lifestyle. While most green shows are about tips and tricks, LivingGreenShow.com highlights the psychology of ecology, with in-depth interviews about the attitudes, values and beliefs that are the motivators for the actions and behaviors of each guest. In this podcast, you'll learn why guests "do what they do," so you can try new eco-spiritual practices that activate and accelerate your personal evolution.
Your host Meredith Medland, is known for insightful and unusual questioning that draws out the most revealing answers – responses rarely heard in mainstream media profiles of her guests. You'll learn about the increasing surge in new eco-communities in the US and abroad, how to build a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty, the link between great sex and sustainability, the Clean-Tech revolution and why the attitudes and beliefs of eco-spiritual guests will help you "go green.”
Getting ready for our planets biggest changes by listening to "LivingGreenShow.com." Eco-academy and home schooling funding is on the rise. Hollywood Celebrities are greening the planet with eco-friendly products, eco-fashion and green living. Public schools are adding green education to their curriculum. Corporations are greening their mission statements.
Be sure to subscribe to this weekly podcast and hear practical how-to advice on socially-responsible investing, building eco-urban cities, green building, creating community, green stocks, composting, CSA - Consumer Supported Agriculture, recycled and organic products and foods, eco-tourism, green building, alternative healthcare, renewable and solar energy, carbon credits, hybrid cars and new alternative ways of thinking by people who are walking the walk into the 21st century.
Participate by using call-in number 206-350-5333 to leave your questions, comments or ideas for upcoming shows or email meredith@livinggreenshow.com to get involved. If you love the show, please submit a 5 star listener review in iTunes to support the spread of transformational media.
Guests include: Janine Benyus, Biomimcry Institute, Larry Harvey, Founder of Burning Man; Tierra Delforte of DelForte Denim, Paul Stamets of "How Mushrooms Can Save the World" from 11th hour film with Leonardo DiCaprio. and Michael Gosney with Califia, a Radical San Francisco based Urban Community.
Enjoy Meredith's red carpet interviews with Al Gore, Jack Johnson and Will Smith as well as leading edge news and green entertainment by following links from her blog at LivingGreenshow.com.
Living Green
A Sample of Living Green Guests:
- Ellen Strickland
- Mariaemma Pelullo-Willis
- Emerald Installations
- "Peace has Begun"
- Jedi Wright & Shena Turlington
- Dave Burke
- Diana Leafe Christian
- Tom Freund
- Duane Light
- André Angelantoni
- Stacey Frost
- Brian Weller
- Frinee Warren
- Shane Metcalf
- Janine Benyus
- Anna Lappé
- Frances Moore Lappé
- Sean Daily
- Rowan Gabrielle
- Richard Louv
- Dan Ruben
- Michael Gosney
- Tierra DelForte
- Suzanne Sterling
- Lesley Nagy
- Sarah Haynes
- Zem Joaquin
- Paul Stamets
- Larry Harvey
- Brent Kessel
- Jen Boulden
- Irv Weinberg
- Carolyn Parrs
- Ben Clayton and Christine Lemiue
- Heather Gorringe
- Maureen Whitehouse
Current Podcast Episodes – Always Free!
Episode 45: Jen Boulden, co-founder of Idealbite.com Answers Questions about Factory Farming
Smart, sexy, fun AND educated. This fast-paced interview is fun and informational! Jen Boulden, co-founder of idealbite.com answers factory farming questions with knock your socks off statistics and personal stories that just might change your relationship to food. Learn about factory farming and its planetary effects and economic effects. Educate yourself with the latest knowledge for avoiding products from these factory farms. Heal the planet with easy, everyday beliefs and behaviors that will contribute to the transformation of mainstream Americans into more conscious consumers.
more.Episode 44: Livinggreen Stores Founder, Ellen Strickland Transforms Bad Habits into Healthy Living
Passion. Purpose. Possibility. You'll be inspired by Ellen Strickland's transition from old habits, unhealthy living into a green business owner and eco-activist. when Ellen was diagnosed with MS many years ago she took the opportunity entirely remap her life. Learn how toxins from carpets to paints affected her and how her specific transition into healthy materials increased the quality of her life immensely.
If you're looking for inspiration to continue blossoming on your path, this show is sure to remind you how far you've come as well as infuse you with the energy and ideas you'll need to continue forging ahead on your path of wellness.
more.Episode 43: Why Ignoring Disaster Preparation Suggestions Taught Meredith a New Form of Self-Responsiblity - The Santa Barbara Tea Fire - A Personal Account
What happens when a wildfire is in the distance and it's coming toward your home? Talk Show Host, Meredith Medland shares her personal account waiting for notice to evacuate her home due to the Santa Barbara Tea Fire -- a fire that swept away over 220 homes within 6 hours in Montecito, CA on November 11, 2008. Meredith is raw with honesty about how and why she could have been better prepared, what stopped her from taking "disaster preparation" advice from her peer group and what she learned about the importance of self-responsiblity in dealing with black-outs, evacuations and smoke inhalation.
Andre Angelotoni, Post Peak Living and Natural Disaster Preparation expert, engages with Meredith' about her "in the moment" twitter feeds from the evening as reviewing a "stickies" MAC note of "things to remember" for the future that Meredith compiled while listening to her battery powered radio to she when it was time to evacuate her home. The play-by-play account of the experience combined with Andre's expert how to's and next steps, are so intimate and transformative, they will inspire and empower you to create the motivation you need to prepare yourself, immediately, for potential challengese your community and planet are facing as our nation becomes more familiar with devistation from fire, floods, earthquakes and natural disasters. Forget "conspiracy theory" and the world ending - this is about right NOW - an in-depth focus on real information and personal account of this 5 acre fire which raced to over 1900 acres, creating over $5.7 million dollars damage and needing attention from 750 firefighters and support personnel to bring it to containment.
Archived Episodes
Episode 42: Host of LivingGreenShow.com Shares Four Success Secrets to Launch Your Vision - LIVE from the Pescadrome
Recorded live in Santa Barbara from the Pescadrome, an experiential incubator which is eminiscent of the 19th century Parisian salon features interaction with a few audience members - named the Fishbon community, who believe in the power of collaboration between artists, scientists, engineers, writers, performers and participants to create compelling aesthetic experiences that would have been difficult to achieve in isolated individual working environments. Fishbon's purpose is to provide a forum, education and support for creative collaboration, mentorship and the visceral experience of visual, aural and performance-based art. In the episode, Meredith Medland, host of LivingGreenShow.com shares a story of hope and inspiration with this emerging community.
You'll learn about the beginning of the LivingGreenShow.com podcast, 4 steps for success in doing what you love and what two young audience members have to share with adults about how to move forward in these challenging times. "The world isn't going to end" says nine year old Rachel while speaking with Meredith on stage -- You'll be inspired, engaged and understand why children play such a strong role in the format behind living green.
Learn more about the vision for the show, how you might be able to create your own podcast and hear a few excerpts from past episodes while getting a taste for Meredith's personal journey through sensuality, web marketing, martial artistry and the ultimate choice that cultivated her passion for Living Green. Special thanks to Personal Life Media for this unique broadcast.
more.Episode 41: Go-Bags, Disaster Kits & Peak Oil Preparation How To’s with Post Peak Living Expert
You’ve heard of Peak Oil and understand the potential impact on our nation. Now it’s time to delve deeper into some of the major impacts and learn how to prepare. This valuable episode and written transcript outlines what resources are available to educate you on food storage, go bags and product purchases that are an essential investment for your future.
Learn about the new occupations that are arising in this new economy and why a return to farming, medical knowledge and basic life skills are becoming crucial for the next evolution of our planet. This episode is full of detailed information and lots of educational URL’s and resources to allow you to become your own decision maker in this often controversial topic.
more.Episode 40: How To's of Home Schooling - Everything You Need to Know From the Learning Success Institute
Home schooling -- all the web links, resources and how-to's of getting you and your child prepared for an exceptional educational journey of a lifetime. You'll learn how to transition your child from traditional schools to home schooling and what easy steps you need to take to make sure that the process is legal and prepares your student for success at the college level. You'll experience the vast depth of knowledge provided by Mariaemma Pelullo-Willis, co-founder of LearningSuccess(tm) Institute, and co-author of Discover Your Child’s Learning Style. You'll understand why home-schoolers generally have more confidence in themselves, believe they can go for what they want, and become motivated, life-long learners.
Mariaemma believes that green communities and homeschooling are made for each other - learn how your child can get “school” credit for anything he or she is passionate about. Families who live green have thousands of topics that fit under various subjects: history, cultures, science...even reading, writing, and math. Plus, environmental projects or normal daily routines centered around living green can themselves be counted as subjects, electives, community service, or even work experience. Home schooling, you'll learn, is incredibly easy, creates a stronger bond with your children and truly prepares them for the future in a way that will have them be able to navigate our changing social, political and spiritual structures.
This podcast will educate you and literally give you all the resources you need to start homeschooling your child immediately. You'll even enjoy $5 off a $25 learning skills assessment by typing code "RLGREEN" at www.learningsuccessprofile.com, after you click on Purchase. Take it online today or subscribe to Living Green by clicking here!
Episode 39: Mandalas - Emerald Installations Teaches How to Create Sacred Natural Art - Live from Lightning in a Bottle
Recorded live from Lighting in a Bottle, this episode features the sacred art collective, Emerald Installations of Berkley, California. Learn about the history of the sacred mandala, how you can create nature based artwork at home and why regular summer festival attendees anticipate the creation of these mandalas to enhancement ritual, prayer and community play.
You'll get a sense of the various spiritual traditions which feature mandalas as spiritual teaching tools which establish sacred spaces to enhance meditation. The psychoanalyst Carl Jung saw the mandala as "a representation of the unconscious self," and believed his paintings of mandalas enabled him to identify emotional disorders and work towards wholeness in personality. This is a short and sweet episode that completes the 4-part series recorded live from Santa Barbara at the Lighting in a Bottle Festival.
more.Episode 38: Project-Peace on Earth and the "Peace has Begun" Bus Tour - Transforming Global Consciousness through Music - Recorded live at Lightning in a Bottle
Peace Has Begun and The Living Green Show is part of it! Tune into this live broadcast from the the bright pink, double decker bus positioned for peace at Lightning in Bottle. Learn how this exciting project was created and why people all over the United States are asking the question, "How are you creating peace in your life?"
Project—Peace on Earth is a globally-telecast, Live Aid-like event featuring Superstar musicians performing Sacred music from the world’s most mystical concert venues, to reach over 2 billion people, to raise awareness, to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to address pressing issues affecting children worldwide. While the scope of Project—Peace on Earth is ambitious, at the same time, it is clearly doable. Learn how Executive Director, Steve Robertson and his team are spearheading this daring idea to transform global consciousness through sacred sound all across the planet.
more.Episode 37: The Do Lab makes Financial Sacrifices to get greener at Lightning in a Bottle - a 3-Day Green Music Festival
Jedi Wright, Assistant Director of Sustainability and Shena Turlington, Environmental Director for Lightning in a Bottle share the top three lessons learned while producing a 3-Day Green Music Festival at Live Oaks Park in Santa Barbara, California. Learn how you can integrate green into anything you do, why this festival has become an evolutionary ground for important information exchange and why this open source community is making financial sacrifices to get greener.
Get ready to push your boundaries and learn how you can express your creative energy at next year's Lightning in a Bottle by getting prepared in advance. Eavesdrop on this inspiring "backstage" conversation about 2012, biodiesel, alternative transportation ideas and most importantly, get some insight on big plans for next year right from The Do Lab Environmental Team.
more.Episode 36: Primo Water Bottles - A New "No Crude Oil" Choice for Thirsty Drinkers
Going "green" is often signified by the transition from plastic water bottles and paper coffee cups to stainless steel bottles and reusable coffee mugs. In this episode, you'll learn about a new option for bottled water drinkers that features bottle made from plants, as opposed to crude oil. Even if you're not a bottled water drinker, it's imperative that you listen to this episode and educate yourself on the bottled water choices that are available for your bottle drinking friends, co-workers and corporate event planners.
Dave Burke, the COO of Primo To Go, offers a window into his personal life story as well as offers a "no" pitch interview that will leave you understanding why conventional PET bottles use limited and depleting reserves of oil and natural gas as their feedstock source. Learn why Ingeo™ emits less carbon dioxide and why it uses renewable resources as a feedstock. This episode offers a solution for water bottles drinkers, opportunities for large scale bottled water carriers and perhaps an opportunity for you to bring PRIMO water into your home, workplace or next community event.
more.Episode 35: Finding Community: EcoVillages and Intentional Community with Diana Leafe Christian
Interested in Community Living? Diana Leafe Christian, former editor of "Communities" magazine, published by Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) helps define and deepen the types of questions as well resources you need to guide you to your optimal community living research project and perhaps, new living situation!
You'll learn more about the launch of her new online Ecovillage newsletter, Ecovillages as well as get an overview her first book on Finding Community. In this episode you will learn the distinctions between Ecovillages, cohousing neighborhoods, rural homesteading communities, spiritual communities and Christian communities. Diana shares her insights, resources and over 25 years of community experience in this 24 minute episode filled with the information you need to determine the values, locations and work opportunities that are important to you and available in communities all over the world.
Episode 34: Children's Eco-Album, with "HugTrees.org" guy - Tom Freund - recorded live at the Living Green Community Center
Recorded with a live audience from the Living Green Community Center, Tom Freund, the "Hug Trees" guy shares his inspiration and motivation for writing his new Children's music album with Living Green Host, Meredith Medland. Learn more about Tom's relationship to God and Mother Nature, what martial art form motivated him to spend more time being still and how his daughter, Delilah and his wife, Francie fuel his passion for singing, family and enjoying the outdoors.
You'll hear about Tom's "adult" music albums, how he met Ben Harper and why Ben is producing his next album. You'll want to join in the audience applause as Tom candidly answers deep questions, strums fun melodies and wraps up the show with his latest "adult" single.
Guest artists on “HugTrees” include the ever-amazing Victoria Williams, who adds her beautiful voice and childlike playfulness to "Seashells." Rising star Brett Dennen pulls double duty by penning and singing on the rowdy "Party in the Yard" and the lovely and talented Abra Moore brightens up "Apple From The Tree." Go to www.hugtrees.org to learn more.
more.Episode 33: Your Eco-Community Questionaire - Duane Light
Duane Light, a holistic attorney and eco-community consultant, gives you access to the questions that need to be addressed when considering developing or participating in an eco-community. You’ll hear about Duane’s unique, spiritually-based approach to law as well as why written agreements create foundation for good communication, relationship, commitment, clarity in eco-projects.
You'll learn how to evoke your highest spiritual values, while dealing with your eco-issues and how to ground your visions in reality. Attached to this podcast is Duane's community questionnaire to empower you to deepen your focus and consider what is most important to your future.
more.Episode 32: Peak Oil : Participate in “The New Game for Humanity”
André Angelantoni, founder, Inspiring Green Leadership, hosts the free, bi-weekly Peak Oil, Climate Change and Business Online Executive Briefing, which educates businesses and individuals on the coming oil shock and how they can prepare for it.
In this episode Andre explains what peak oil is, how to educate yourself so you can take a position on this issue and how you can prepare for peak oil at an individual, family and community level. We discuss the emotional changes by discussing the 5-stage grief process as well as Andre’s personal experience with ecological awakening.
Learn about the “New Game for Humanity” and the four types of players involved in this new game. Access and learn what your role is in our changing world.
more.Episode 31: Envision 2050 – National Eco-Literacy and Urban Living with Stacey Frost, founder, Urban Re:Vision
Stacey Frost, founder of Urban Re:Vision, launches national eco-literacy campaign, Envision 2050 with enthusiasm and inspiration. Learn how students are creating posters that represent the way see their world in the year 2050. With such partners as the Natural World Museum, The Earth Day Network, Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak and eco-activist Van Jones, the program is a bridge and a new content for the younger generation.
Stacey extends this bridge in the second portion of this intimate interview by sharing about her spiritual life, her beliefs and how she imagines what can be. You’ll understand how urban dwellers can create a different kind of community, why environmentalists like Paul Hawken are supporting the paradigm change in the urban living experience.
more.Episode 30: Creating Sustainable Communities with Brian Weller
Meet Brian Weller, co-founder of WELL, Willits Economic Localization, a rural community in Northern California moving off the grid. Think monk, businessman, artist and psychologist who knows not to take himself too seriously.
Learn how to enter into community contracts such as land purchases for eco-communities and listen to a 4-point system for building a sustainable community. Meredith Medland, your host and founder of 3outcomes.com, asks usually insightful questions that reveal strategies to help you navigate the deeper level of intimacies required for sustaining community.
more.Episode 29: Sprout-About.com: Local CSA Owner, Frinee Warren’s Tasty Success
During one of the last times Frinee cooked as a personal chef, a friend saw her
kitchen table full of beautiful, locally grown organic produce and said, "If you can get more of that I'd love to buy some from you." Creative juices swirling she researched the possibility of delivering organic veggies and found the opportunity to deliver locally grown produce to the Santa Barbara and Ventura area.
In this episode you’ll hear Frinee’s success story, how she got started and why participating in a local CSA is a very important part of living a conscious life today. Meredith Medland, your host, is also a CSA subscriber of Sprout-about.com and shares what it is like to interact with Frinee on a weekly basis and get close to the farmer through her personal deliveries.
You’ll learn how to improve your diet and health, bring your family together over the dinner table and you’ll be inspired by Frinee’s desire to enhance the lives of the people around her through food and her spiritual practice.
more.Episode 28: “The Transition Generation: Finding our Way Forward in the 21st Century” with Shane Metcalf
Shane Metcalf, an inspirational 23 year old at the forefront of the intersecting youth and sustainability movements, opens the door to more education with a review of his recent thesis,: “The Transition Generation: Finding our Way Forward in the 21st Century.” He demonstrates how educating generation Y about the world they are soon to inherit and the challenges and opportunities it presents is one of the most critical undertakings for the transition to a sustainable world.
We’ll talk about the overlap between orgasm and ecology as well as the role that every day spiritual practices play in members of the youth culture who are ready to take on the toughest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.
You’ll learn about the personal journey that led Shane to become a passionate champion for a new breed of environmentalists who believe that high technology, capitalism and human ingenuity can work together to create a bright green future.
more.Episode 27: Biomimicry: Janine Benyus is Honored by TIME – part 2
Janine Benyus, honored as one of TIME International's Heroes of the Environment for her innovative work in biomimicry discusses why treating nature as model and mentor will change your daily life.
In part two of this two part series you’ll learn about the Biomimicry Guild and Biomimicry Institute in Montana. Janine shares about educational courses Costa and Peru that are designed to teach individual how to apply biomimicry to sustainable architecture and design. To illustrate the history and theory of biomimicry she discusses case studies from her book, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature.
This is a very personal interview that is evocative, sensitive and warm. You’ll enjoy listening to her the whole way through as she calls in from her home in Montana. You’ll be surprised how sustainability challenges are being addressed with bio-inspired solutions.
more.Episode 26: Biomimicry: Janine Benyus is Honored by TIME
Janine Benyus, honored as one of TIME International's Heroes of the Environment for her innovative work in biomimicry is joined by Al Gore, David Attenborough, Mikhail Gorbachev, Robert Redford, George Schaller, Amory Lovins, and others in bringing extraordinary change to the world.
In part one of this two part series, Janine talks about receiving the phone call from TIME magazine, why biomimicry allows us to see how nature’s best ideas are evolving the human spirit and some deep and soulful suggestions on how you can evolve your spirit.
Be prepared for a very intimate conversation that is unlike any interview Janine has ever done with the press. You’ll hear new stories, new questions and amazing insights that will forever shift the way you experience nature.
more.Episode 25: Anna Lappe: Climate Change at the End of Your Fork
Anna Lappe, author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen and the national bestselling, Hope’s Edge talks about the impact of food and farming on climate change.
In this show, you’ll learn about the climate crisis on the end of your fork. This episode leaves you with 3 outcomes – You’ll understand the connection between your food and the climate crisis, you’ll feel empowered to make choices about your health and diet and be prepared to “go beyond your plate” to make boarder social change in the area of food and health .
Learn about CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture) and many other tips about how you can support climate-friendly farming. Your soul will be fed and nourished as you learn how Anna’s defines hope, where she finds hope within the environmental and health crisis conversation and how biotechnology and biofuels impact us.
more.Episode 24: New Green Family – Home schooling, Web commuting & Martial Artistry! with Sean Daily
Sean Daily, the host of Green Talk and CEO of Green Living Ideas tells us how he made the switch from the technology and publishing industry, to working from home, home schooling his children and teaching martial arts at his home based school.
If you're looking for the next step in creating more intimacy with your family, home schooling options for your children and making a living doing what you love, this is the show for you!
Listen to stories that inspire you and your family to take to live a greener lifestyle, consider the challenges facing parents today in educating children and how families can incorporate a spiritual practice into their lifestyle.
Episode 23: Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, & Courage in a World Gone Mad with Frances Moore Lappé
Frances Moore Lappé, discusses her latest book, Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, & Courage in a World Gone Mad as well Diet for a Small Planet. Frances became the fourth American to receive the Right Livelihood Award and revered for her vision and ability to help others heal our planet.
Learn how "Clean Elections" create everyday Superheros and how you can use cultivate political power to bring more green to the mainstream. Take notes on how you can recognize a living democracy while being inspired by creative stories.
Shift your fear into "Internal Applause" while listening to Frances engage you in personal stories, such as her experience with Al Gore at "Inconvenient Truth" and much more.
more.Episode 22: Soul-Full Eating with Maureen Whitehouse
Episode 21: Wiggly Wigglers: The Digital Farmer & The Spiritual Practice of Urban Composting with Heather Gorringe
Episode 20: Live from Burning Man: Mushrooms Clouds, The American Dream and Our Dependence on Oil
Episode 19: Flames, Fireworks, Worship and Oil: Live, On the Scene Reporting
Episode 18: EcoWisdom Part 2: A Brief Overview of Episodes 9-16 - the Summer in Review
Episode 17: EcoWisdom Part 1: A Brief Overview of Episodes 1-8 - a Guide through the Series
Episode 16: "America the Green" Podcast Show Hosts: The Role of Independent Media in the Green Movement with Carolyn Parrs and Irv Weinberg
Episode 15: Ideal Bite co-founder, Jen Boulden talks Green Sex Lube, National Television and Horse "Yoga"
Episode 14: Entrepreneurship - The Spiritual Path of Ecology through the lens of Money with Brent Kessel
Episode 13: Money and the Eco-Archetypes: “Living Green” – A How To Story with Brent Kessel
Episode 12: Get to Know Meredith Medland, Host of Living Green
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