Where was Michelle Nijhuis all my life? She lived off the electric grid for fifteen years and I was about two months in, so we shared stories of the experiences. She did it much longer and her fiance had to assemble everything…
My proposal and rationale for the next amendment for the United States Constitution. It will sound crazy, impossible, and too hard at first, as it did with me. But the more you consider it, the more the objections will fade. It is…
When I wrote up my experiment to live with my apartment off the grid in Manhattan for a month, I looked up what I did the morning I started. My library records show I borrowed and listened to Sebastian’s book Tribe, then…
In this sixth conversation between an Extinction Rebellion Rebel and a home-grown sustainability leadership (I hope) leader, we explore more of the life of someone who has devoted himself to solving our environmental problems. We continue comparing and contrasting the approaches, learning…
Here are the notes I read from: 40% of pregnancies are unplanned. Overpopulation is a major problem for environment so it’s a topic for this podcast. Girlfriend who pressured me into unprotected sex and got pregnant Not only women’s issue. Men have…
Having just started month three of living off the electric grid in Manhattan, technical issues led me to stop the experiment. I’m not sure the problem, but connecting the solar panels to the power station, it doesn’t charge. I don’t know how…
Here are the notes I read from: Yesterday my mom suggested I move away from the city if it makes me feel so bad. Last week my dad reaffirmed that he wouldn’t appear on the podcast without some vague conditions he was…
Mike committed to a year-long task. Few guests go for so long. Since we’re in a writing group together, I’ve seen him in between, but since I want you, the listeners, to hear guests’ results first, I didn’t ask him if he…
Nakisa shared about the intersection of nature and its disappearance growing up, as well as her growing awareness of it, family, community, and a polluting cement factory appearing in her neighborhood. We recorded shortly after the Buffalo shooting of May 2022, and…
In Etienne and my continued exploration of each other’s work, we look at my leadership work from his perspective. What are the differences between leadership and protest? What’s the difference between a purity test and living by your values? How do my…
We start by my reading the emails where I invited Whitney to this podcast by cursing with a few f-bombs, showing how we started our interactions. Before recording our first episode we met in Washington Square Park and picked up litter together.…
You’ve heard of The Chicken Soup for the Soul book and series. I had to start this conversation by apologizing that I did the opposite of the advice everyone knows: “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Something about the title and…
Listen to the difference between Ash’s tone, her level of engagement, and her type of engagement between what she talks about in the first few minutes and about fifteen minutes later. In both cases she shows a high magnitude of emotion. At…
Since Bill visited the Hadza in modern-day Tanzania, and I’ve been learning about cultures that have lived for tens to hundreds of thousands of years, I asked him about how they lived. We talked about their religion, rituals, dancing, singing, fashion, textiles,…
Following up last conversation with Etienne, on Extinction Rebellion’s mission, strategy, and tactics, this time we talk about his path from disengagement to becoming a Rebel—that is, playing a significant role in Extinction Rebellion and committing a major part of his life…
Here are the notes I read from for this post: Walking through park 2017, pandemic “Thanks” Not thankworthy Restored faith / Nobody does / interrupting / construction worker Office Continual improvement Enjoying Fat / “Titty twister!” / salt “I can’t” See meth,…
I indulge in asking Bill about his and his wife Laurie’s passions, filmmaker friends, goals, and so on. He talks about passionate peers he’s worked with like Michael Pollan and Paul Stamets. The names Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen come up too,…
Josh Martin started to do his commitment to shop at the farmers market, but it didn’t connect. I think we didn’t connect it to his experience of the environment. We decided to find a new commitment by connecting more intrinsically. We spoke…
Sandra took responsibility when she didn’t have to, as the Executive Director of NYC Pride, to respond to my requests to talk to an organizer. Longtime listeners and readers of my blog know that last year, I was disgusted by the garbage…
Watch Jason’s Not Just Bikes videos. I’ve watched them all. They’re informative, engaging, funny, researched, provocative, and keep you coming back, but not like Netflix stuff designed to addict. After you watch a few, listen to our conversation. In our conversation he…