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Jeff Clements: How People, Not Money, can Govern America

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Corporations, wealthy donors, and special interest groups have always had a disproportionate impact on elections, but their sway has dramatically increased since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision of 2010 with negative repercussions for the fight against political corruption and American democracy itself.

Today’s guest is Jeff Clements, who serves as President of American Promise, a fast-growing, cross-partisan network of Americans working to win the next amendment to the US Constitution so that people, not money, govern America. Jeff has practiced law for three decades in public service and private practice and is the author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy From Big Money and Global Corporations, a must-read for anyone who is sick and tired of the reign of corporate super-citizens in American politics.

In this discussion, Jeff outlines the strange history of the Citizens United ruling, the ongoing destructive effects that it is having, and the growing movement to reverse it. We take a look at the damage done to America and its people by the concentrated political power of billionaires and global corporations that spend money to dominate debate and influence election outcomes. We also explore some of the creative strategies and tools that the American people are using to renew democracy and curb unbalanced corporate power. Make sure to tune in today to learn more!

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Key Points From This Episode:

  • Insight into Jeff’s legal background and what led him to American Promise. [0:03:24]

  • Examining the broad support for a bipartisan constitutional amendment to get big money out of politics and restore democratic power to the people. [0:08:55]

  • A non-partisan look at the massive, multibillion dollar operation that we call elections. [0:14:06]

  • The real threat of oligarchy as the ‘donor class’ becomes increasingly concentrated. [0:20:18]

  • Attainable timelines and outcomes for American Promise that transcend politics. [0:22:24]

  • Writing the 28th Amendment and American Promise’s strategy for earning support. [0:26:45]

  • How to join American Promise’s network of civically responsible business leaders. [0:32:18]

  • Understanding why we require a systemic solution for a systemic problem. [0:37:41]

  • The deeper significance of working toward a shared bipartisan vision for America. [0:38:53]

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Tweetables:

“Free speech [and] equal representation in our political system are both values that belong to all Americans. We have the ability and the right to enact reasonable, effective regulations of corporate money and other money in elections.” — @ClementsJeff [0:08:17]

“In a very divided time, you have to unite republicans, democrats, independents. You have to get wins along the way. [You have to] build massive pressure to overcome the immense obstacle that is Congress; and we are doing that. We’re doing all those things.” — @ClementsJeff [0:13:40]

“The level of cynicism and nastiness of this stuff is not just to be bemoaned because it’s ridiculous or offensive. It actually has an impact on our political system.” — @ClementsJeff [0:19:28]

“The concentration of the money is as big a problem as the amount and how it’s spent.” — @ClementsJeff [0:22:19]

“Some of our most impactful advocates are local and national businesspeople who are managing their businesses for impact and improvement of environment and society.” — @ClementsJeff [0:33:03]

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Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jeff Clements on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-clements/

Jeff Clements on Twitter: https://twitter.com/clementsjeff

Corporations Are Not People: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781626562103

American Promise: https://americanpromise.net/

American Promise Business Network: https://americanpromise.net/business-network/

National Citizen Leadership Conference: https://nclc.info/

High Conflict: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781982128562

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MBA Series (Ep. 2) - Intro to the Next Economy II

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We may not be to blame for climate change, systemic racism, and damaging levels of debt, but we are responsible for doing whatever we can to turn the tide on these issues that currently plague our world.

Over the course of 18 episodes, we are going to discuss the key themes that we explore in our Next Economy MBA program. This program is focused on educating the people who are going to drive the Next Economy forward by creating systems that benefit all life. With people like you, there is hope for the future of our species on this planet.

In this episode of the MBA series, we delve into the problem with interest-bearing debt, why access (not availability) is the reason that 800 million people are chronically hungry, and how historical systems perpetuate inequalities across the world today, as well as why the Genuine Progress Indicator is a better measure of progress than Gross Domestic Product. We hope you’ll join us!

Key Points From This Episode:

  • Exploring the destructive nature of our relationship with money. [0:03:35]

  • Debunking the myth that there is a scarcity of food in the world today. [0:07:39]

  • Examples of how a scarcity mindset manifests itself. [0:10:56]

  • The benefits of a shorter workweek. [0:11:55]

  • How historical systems perpetuate current inequalities. [0:13:56]

  • Delving into the fallacy of progress. [0:22:03]

  • Surprising factors that lead to the increase of GDP. [0:23:18]

  • Genuine Progress Indicator; a more holistic measure of progress and an alternative to GDP. [0:24:36]

  • The limited power of money and the unlimited power of human connection. [0:28:03]

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Tweetables:

“Before you can talk about what works, you have to have a shared idea of what perspective you’re coming from and your shared values.” — Phoenix Soleil [0:02:00]

“One of the core problems around how the economy operates right now is that money is the primary or, in some cases, the exclusive way that people meet their human needs.” — Erin Axelrod [0:03:42]

“Creating debt creates this artificial need for continual growth.” — Erin Axelrod [0:06:13]

“What is chronically keeping 800 million people hungry today is not a lack of calories; it’s our economic systems and distribution systems and the fact that money is the roadblock to accessing calories.” — Erin Axelrod [0:08:33]

“If you’re constantly looking at things from an individual point of view and you don’t look at the history and forces of the culture and the politics and how they work together to create conditions, then you’re not going to see the whole picture.” — Phoenix Soleil [0:21:03]

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Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Next Economy MBA: https://lifteconomy.com/mba 

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6207096/ 

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What would a business education look like if it was completely redesigned for the benefit of all life? This is why the team at LIFT Economy created the Next Economy MBA (https://lifteconomy.com/mba).

The Next Economy MBA is a nine-month online course for folks who want to learn key business fundamentals (e.g., vision, culture, strategy, and operations) from an equitable, inclusive, and regenerative perspective.

Join the growing network of 350+ alumni who have been exposed to new solutions, learned essential business skills, and joined a lifelong peer group that is catalyzing a global shift towards an economy that works for all life.

Learn more at https://lifteconomy.com/mba.

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Robin D.G. Kelley: Disrupting the Dominant Capitalist Ideology

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Today on the Next Economy Now Podcast, we welcome esteemed public intellectual and author Professor Robin D.G. Kelley. Robin is the Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA and has researched and published extensively on the history of social movements in the US, the African Diaspora, and Africa. He has also spent time focusing on Black intellectuals, music and visual culture, Surrealism, and Marxism.

We get to cover a few of these areas of expertise, spread across his wide range of articles and books, with Robin opening up about racial capitalism, the role of the state, his personal background, and what we should expect of private companies. He also talks about reimagining some of the commonly held views of the market economy, and how this can enable us to build a healthier future for a larger portion of the world. 

One of the biggest takeaways from our chat is the idea of refocusing on communal needs, and how this might best be achieved in a realistic manner. Join us to catch this high-level, yet approachable exploration of what it means to build a successful economy, the roots of anti-capitalism, and a whole lot more, with Professor Robin D.G. Kelley.

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Key Points From This Episode:

  • Some of Professor Kelley's background and route into his particular area of expertise and research.  

  • The theories that began the disruption of the dominant capitalist ideology.  

  • Understanding the role of the state; balancing utopianism with the need for realistic change. 

  • Examples of the kinds of community initiatives that are sustainable and socially empowering.

  • Working with private companies; how business can evolve to benefit a larger number of people.  

  • A new definition and a fuller depiction of success. 

  • The intersection of racism and capitalism; Professor Kelley talks about the links.  

  • Professor Kelley's perspective on society's pressing need for further education.

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Tweetables:

“There are solutions, some of them are short-term, some of them are long-term, sometimes the short-term solution creates the conditions for long-term vision .” — Robin D.G. Kelley

“You don't need to bring in a high-paid consultant to figure it out, people are figuring it out on the ground, and that, to me, is way more important.” — Robin D.G. Kelley

“There are ways to make companies more amenable to the needs of communities and consumers.” — Robin D.G. Kelley

“We are being assaulted by, not just misinformation, but a kind of ideological, neoliberal common sense which is really, really dangerous. This idea that there is only one way to think about the economy.” — Robin D.G. Kelley

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Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Robin D. G. Kelley — https://history.ucla.edu/faculty/robin-d-g-kelley

UCLA — https://www.ucla.edu/

Africa Speaks, America Answers https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780674046245

Thelonious Monkhttps://www.indiebound.org/book/9781439190463

Freedom Dreamshttps://www.indiebound.org/book/9780807092460

Hammer and Hoe https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781469625485

Black Bodies Swinging https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250805430

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa — https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781788731188

Kwame Ture — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stokely-Carmichael

Cedric Robinson — https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cedric-robinson-essays/

Black Marxismhttps://www.indiebound.org/book/9780807848296

Lauren Halsey — https://www.davidkordanskygallery.com/artist/lauren-halsey

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What would a business education look like if it was completely redesigned for the benefit of all life? This is why the team at LIFT Economy created the Next Economy MBA (https://lifteconomy.com/mba).

The Next Economy MBA is a nine month online course for folks who want to learn key business fundamentals (e.g., vision, culture, strategy, and operations) from an equitable, inclusive, and regenerative perspective.

Join the growing network of 350+ alumni who have been exposed to new solutions, learned essential business skills, and joined a lifelong peer group that is catalyzing a global shift towards an economy that works for all life.

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Show Notes + Other Links

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MBA Series (Ep. 1) - Intro to the Next Economy

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To kick off our new MBA Series, LIFT Partners Erin Axelrod and Kevin Bayuk sit down to give a run down of what our listeners can expect in the following podcasts, how it relates to the Next Economy MBA program, and to introduce some important terms and concepts that will be explored in future episodes. Much of this is about different ways to think about fundamental ideas, supporting the development of the next economy, and the significance of our use of the words 'next', and 'economy'. 

One of the founding principles of our organization is our need to imagine what comes next, and the utmost importance of this to the planet as a whole. Thus, spearheading a progressive and impactful critique, and getting away from the confines of the default, business-as-usual economy is a big part of what we do.

Tuning in today, you will hear a little about rethinking ownership and profit-making, links between reduced energy consumption and improved quality of life, ways to break free from the damaging effects of exploitative norms, and better models for healthy scaling and necessary replication. So if you want to come on this journey to imagine a healthier and more equitable future for all, start here.

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Key Points From This Episode:

  • The broader meaning of 'economy' in the context of this work.

  • Escaping the confines of the 'business-as-usual' economy.

  • The inability to separate the economy from the legacy of oppression and inequality. 

  • Unpacking the core idea of the 'next economy' and the significance of the usage of the word 'next'.  

  • The central roles of land, housing, and access in birthing the next economy. 

  • Reframing ownership and the inspiring example of Our Table Cooperative.

  • Introducing the concept of enterprises as part of movement networks that can transform systems. 

  • Situating new technologies in these ideas for the future and reduced energy usage. 

  • The fundamental points of critique of the business-as-usual economy. 

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Tweetables:

“Economy, to us, encompasses much more than interest, debt, and dividends.” — Erin

“A lot of the choicefulness that entrepreneurs and individuals are able to step into is defined by legacies of harm and oppression.” — Erin

“A lot of the techniques, strategies, and approaches that we explore in the Next Economy MBA are actually really old. So they are not new, and they come in most part from indigenous wisdom, traditions, and lifeways.” — Kevin

“There is such an abundance of innovative ways to look at how we truly relate to land and housing.” — Erin

“If you take away the orientation towards profit-making, you can have better practices!” — Kevin

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Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Next Economy MBA Online Course - https://lifteconomy.com/mba

Our Table Cooperative — https://www.ourtable.us/

Robin Wall Kimmerer — https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/

Erin Axelrod — https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinaxelrod

Kevin Bayuk — https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinbayuk

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 Show Notes + Other Links

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Patagonia Case Study [4 of 4] – Operations (Rebroadcast)

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This is the final episode in a rebroadcast of our four part interview series with Vincent Stanley from Patagonia.

Tired of all the rebroadcasts? We have been working on a new project that will be launching 8/22/22. More info to come very soon…

Vincent Stanley, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of "The Responsible Company", has been with Patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing. More informally, he is Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller. Vincent helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Partnership; and Patagonia Books. He currently serves as the company’s Director, Patagonia Philosophy, and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is also a poet whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry. He and his wife, the writer Nora Gallagher, live in Santa Barbara.

Interview Highlights:

  • How Patagonia thinks about social, environmental, and financial goal setting and key performance indicators

  • The thought process behind how Patagonia sets prices for its products

  • Internal and external reporting practices, including the B Impact Assessment and the “Footprint Chronicles'“

  • How Patagonia baked its values and benefit purposes into its company bylaws

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Next Economy MBA

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What would a business education look like if it was completely redesigned for the benefit of all life? This is why the team at LIFT Economy created the Next Economy MBA (https://lifteconomy.com/mba).

The Next Economy MBA is a nine month online course for folks who want to learn key business fundamentals (e.g., vision, culture, strategy, and operations) from an equitable, inclusive, and regenerative perspective.

Join the growing network of 350+ alumni who have been exposed to new solutions, learned essential business skills, and joined a lifelong peer group that is catalyzing a global shift towards an economy that works for all life.

Learn more at https://lifteconomy.com/mba.

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Show Notes + Other Links

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Patagonia Case Study [3 of 4] – Strategy (Rebroadcast)

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This is the third episode in a rebroadcast of our four part interview series with Vincent Stanley from Patagonia.

Tired of all the rebroadcasts? We have been working on a new project that will be launching 8/22/22. More info to come in the coming weeks!

Vincent Stanley, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of "The Responsible Company", has been with Patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing. More informally, he is Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller. Vincent helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Partnership; and Patagonia Books. He currently serves as the company’s Director, Patagonia Philosophy, and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is also a poet whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry. He and his wife, the writer Nora Gallagher, live in Santa Barbara.

Interview Highlights:

  • Patagonia’s approach to marketing and how it’s evolved over time

  • Exploration of the thinking behind Patagonia’s feature-length films

  • How Patagonia intentionally cultivates their brand community

  • Standing up for what you stand for might mean standing against or alienating potential customers and strategic partners

  • Doing what’s right and authentic is good business

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Next Economy MBA

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What would a business education look like if it was completely redesigned for the benefit of all life? This is why the team at LIFT Economy created the Next Economy MBA (https://lifteconomy.com/mba).

The Next Economy MBA is a nine month online course for folks who want to learn key business fundamentals (e.g., vision, culture, strategy, and operations) from an equitable, inclusive, and regenerative perspective.

Join the growing network of 350+ alumni who have been exposed to new solutions, learned essential business skills, and joined a lifelong peer group that is catalyzing a global shift towards an economy that works for all life.

Learn more at https://lifteconomy.com/mba.

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Patagonia Case Study [2 of 4] – Culture (Rebroadcast)

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This is the first episode in a rebroadcast of our four part interview series with Vincent Stanley from Patagonia.

Tired of all the rebroadcasts? We have been working on a new project that will be launching 8/22/22. More info to come in the coming weeks!

Vincent Stanley, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of "The Responsible Company", has been with Patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing. More informally, he is Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller. Vincent helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Partnership; and Patagonia Books. He currently serves as the company’s Director, Patagonia Philosophy, and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is also a poet whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry. He and his wife, the writer Nora Gallagher, live in Santa Barbara.

Interview Highlights:

  • Maintaining consistent culture across geographies through values alignment and shared purpose & sense of agency in serving customers

  • Creating the conditions to allow people to show up as their full self and pursue the passions outside of work that enhance their value when present for Patagonia

  • Enacting purposeful business activism to influence the market, supply web, and policy in ways that are core to the mission and operations

  • Patagonia’s efforts and stance with regard to racial and gender equity, diversity, and inclusion

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Next Economy MBA

This episode is brought to you by the Next Economy MBA.

What would a business education look like if it was completely redesigned for the benefit of all life? This is why the team at LIFT Economy created the Next Economy MBA (https://lifteconomy.com/mba).

The Next Economy MBA is a nine month online course for folks who want to learn key business fundamentals (e.g., vision, culture, strategy, and operations) from an equitable, inclusive, and regenerative perspective.

Join the growing network of 350+ alumni who have been exposed to new solutions, learned essential business skills, and joined a lifelong peer group that is catalyzing a global shift towards an economy that works for all life.

Learn more at https://lifteconomy.com/mba.

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Show Notes + Other Links

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If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It really helps expose these ideas to new listeners: https://bit.ly/nexteconomynow

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Music by Chris Zabriskie: https://chriszabriskie.com/

Patagonia Case Study [1 of 4] – Vision (Rebroadcast)

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This is the first episode in a rebroadcast of our four part interview series with Vincent Stanley from Patagonia.

Tired of all the rebroadcasts? We have been working on a new project that will be launching 8/22/22. More info to come in the coming weeks!

Vincent Stanley, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of "The Responsible Company", has been with Patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing. More informally, he is Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller. Vincent helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Partnership; and Patagonia Books. He currently serves as the company’s Director, Patagonia Philosophy, and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is also a poet whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry. He and his wife, the writer Nora Gallagher, live in Santa Barbara.

Interview Highlights:

  • Four critical moments in Patagonia’s history: rock climbing with petons, the Ventura River, organic cotton, and “Don’t Buy This Jacket.”

  • How Patagonia developed its new mission statement

  • The Stockholm Resilience framework and how Patagonia thinks about planetary boundaries

  • The company’s approach to growth and why they should (or should not) grow

  • The eight business philosophies that guide the company’s decision-making and operations

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LIFT Economy Newsletter

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Next Economy MBA

This episode is brought to you by the Next Economy MBA.

What would a business education look like if it was completely redesigned for the benefit of all life? This is why the team at LIFT Economy created the Next Economy MBA (https://lifteconomy.com/mba).

The Next Economy MBA is a nine month online course for folks who want to learn key business fundamentals (e.g., vision, culture, strategy, and operations) from an equitable, inclusive, and regenerative perspective.

Join the growing network of 350+ alumni who have been exposed to new solutions, learned essential business skills, and joined a lifelong peer group that is catalyzing a global shift towards an economy that works for all life.

Learn more at https://lifteconomy.com/mba.

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Show Notes + Other Links

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If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It really helps expose these ideas to new listeners: https://bit.ly/nexteconomynow

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David Holmgren: RetroSuburbia – The Downshifter's Guide to a Resilient Future (Rebroadcast)

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David Holmgren is best known as the co-originator with Bill Mollison of the permaculture concept following the publication of Permaculture One in 1978. Since then he has developed three properties, consulted and supervised in urban and rural projects and presented lectures, workshops and courses at a wide variety of events and venues in Australia and around the world. His writings over those three decades span a diversity of subjects and issues but always illuminating another aspect of permaculture thinking.

At home (Melliodora in Hepburn, Central Victoria), David is the vegetable gardener, silviculturalist and builder. Within the international and growing permaculture movement, David is respected for his commitment to presenting permaculture ideas through practical projects and teaching by personal example, that a sustainable lifestyle is a realistic, attractive and powerful alternative to dependent consumerism.

As well as constant involvement in the practical side of permaculture, David is passionate about the philosophical and conceptual foundations for sustainability, the focus of his seminal book Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability.  This book has been significant influences on the development of Transition Initiatives around the world. More recently his Future Scenarios work has seen him recognized as a significant thinker about the “Energy Descent future.” After a decade of significant international travel, David is no longer flying but continues to do some international presentations by Skype and pre-recorded video including receipt of the recent award by Italian environmental organisation.

Interview Highlights:

  • From the co-originator of the permaculture concept, David shares his definition of what permaculture is and what it is not

  • Discussion of David’s new book, RetroSuburbia: The Downshifter's Guide to a Resilient Future

  • An unpacking of many economic ideas based around what David Holmgren argues is the basic economic unit of society: the household.

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Kris Lin-Bronner: The Magic of Dr. Bronner's (Rebroadcast)

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Kris Lin-Bronner is Strategic Adviser and CSR Manager for Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, the top-selling brand of natural soaps in North America. She is responsible for overseeing and managing many diverse projects under the umbrella of sustainability and social responsibility.

Kris advises the Special Operations Team and affiliated Fair Trade projects on financial and operational matters, provides integrated risk assessments on new business ventures, and works to institutionalize Dr. Bronner’s sustainability efforts across multiple levels of the company, from operations to governance. Prior to joining Dr. Bronner’s, she worked in the non-profit sector for programs serving recently resettled refugee and immigrant youths in San Diego.

Kris earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a graduate degree in International Economic Development from UCSD. She is a former hospice volunteer, as well as a design enthusiast, and she enjoys adventure travel. She was born in 1974 in Taiwan and currently lives in Encinitas, California with her husband David and their daughter Maya.

Some highlights from Kevin’s interview with Kris include:

  • How Dr. Bronner’s models what’s possible for companies in addressing climate change

  • The rippling impact of Dr. Bronner’s leading edge strategy around mitigating climate change impacts by engaging with the land use practices in their supply stream

  • Dr. Bronner’s goal to get enough people to care to create the critical mass to shift away from the extractive economic model to a more regenerative model and how they pursue that goal

  • The success of the Fair Pay Today program where Dr. Bronner’s and a consortium of businesses advocated for fair living wages for workers and their ongoing efforts to address income inequality

  • Dr. Bronner’s excitement about Project Drawdown and how to use it as a tool to assess what role Dr. Bronner’s can play within their scope of influence

  • As a top scoring B Corp, Kris shares how Dr. Bronner’s attracts new talent

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Frederic Laloux: Reinventing Organizations for the Next Stage of Human Consciousness (Rebroadcast)

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A former Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company, Frédéric Laloux holds an MBA from INSEAD, and a degree in coaching from Newfield Network in Boulder, Colorado. He has traveled widely and speaks five languages fluently. Frédéric Laloux works as an adviser, coach, and facilitator for corporate leaders who feel called to explore fundamentally new ways of organizing.  His work draws on two strands: his deep understanding of the inner workings of organizations, and his longstanding fascination with the topic of human development and his own joyful journey of personal and spiritual growth.

His research in the field of emerging organizational models, published in his book Reinventing Organizations, has been described as “groundbreaking” and “a leap in management thinking” by some of the most respected scholars in the field of human development and management. The book focuses on how a currently emerging, new form of consciousness is bringing forth a radically more soulful, purposeful, and productive management paradigm.

Some highlights from our interview include:

  • A brief overview of the concepts and inspiration behind Reinventing Organizations

  • What Laloux would change if he could write the book over again today

  • What is was like for Laloux to present his findings to the Dalai Lama

  • How the election of Donald Trump has affected Laloux’s worldview

  • The book he most often gives as a gift

  • What’s next for him in the next 6-12 months

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Resources:

Reinventing Organizations Wiki

Translations of Reinventing Organizations

Enlivening Edge: News from Next-Stage Organizations

Participatory Budgeting

Center for Courage & Renewal

The Center for Nonviolent Communication

The Mankind Project

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john a. powell: Othering, Belonging, and Expanding the Circle of Human Concern (Rebroadcast)

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john a. powell is Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Professor of Law, African American, and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He was previously the Executive Director at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University and the Institute for Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota. Prior to that john was the National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He is a co-founder of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council and serves on the boards of several national and international organizations.

john led the development of an “opportunity-based” model that connects affordable housing to education, health, health care, and employment and is well-known for his work developing the frameworks of “targeted universalism” and “othering and belonging” to effect equity-based interventions. john has taught at numerous law schools including Harvard and Columbia University. His latest book is Racing to Justice: Transforming our Concepts of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society.

Some highlights from Ryan Honeyman’s Conversation with john a. powell include:

  • How john first got interested in the work he is doing today

  • The emergence of “white anxiety” and how this anxiety shapes our current political dialogue

  • john’s views on Anand Giridharadas’s book “Winners Take All” and companies who believe they are “doing good” (while actually reinforcing our broken system)

  • His work around a New Social Compact

  • john’s opinions on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Justice Democrats

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Amelia Swan Baxter: Building The Next Economy With WholeTrees (Rebroadcast)


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Amelia Baxter believes that the 21st century built environment is filled with opportunities for trees. Baxter co-founded WholeTrees in 2007 to develop and sell products and technologies that would scale the use of waste-trees in commercial construction, increasing forest revenues, and offering green construction markets a new material for the 21st century. Amelia has led project teams in over $2M in USDA research grants working toward the commercialization of the tree's natural engineering. By raising equity investment for her company, attracting national executive talent, and pinpointing nascent urban markets for trees as structure, Baxter has participated in the growth of a truly conscious and regenerative company.

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Interview Highlights:

  • How WholeTrees provides an ecological, economic, social, and aesthetic benefit

  • Coming from a place of heart as well as a place of necessity to attract great staff and business culture

  • How the character and inner work of company leaders ripples throughout the entire organization

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Bayo Akomolafe: The Consequences of Anthropocentrism

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Today we host a deeply inspiring and perspective-shifting chat with the one and only Bayo Akomolafe. Bayo grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, and is a father, son, brother, life partner, author, poet, teacher, public intellectual, international speaker, post-humanist thinker, and so much more. He is also the visionary founder of the Emergence Network and the host of the online course We Will Dance with Mountains.

Our guest is committed to rethinking how we engage with crisis and agency and exploring new ways to conceive of what it means to be human. Tuning in, listeners will get a hearty, digestible taste of Bayo's work and philosophy, and where his inspiration for a better, less anthropocentric world stems from.

In our conversation, we talk about the inherent tendencies of an individualized and human-centered worldview, the links between shadows and fears, and how embracing a less binary conception of good and bad can unleash their transformative power. We also touch on what fatherhood means to Bayo and his experience of intergenerational effects in tension with agency and determination. Join us to hear it all from this wonderful guest. 

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Key Points From This Episode:

  • Bayo's story of growing up; early years in Lagos, and his journey to a different understanding of his life. 

  • Unpacking Bayo's use of the terms 'crystal-centrism' and 'posthumanism.’

  • The enlightenment-era roots of the way humans engage with the world and crisis.

  • Escaping dangerous kinds of individualized thinking.

  • Bayo's excitement about the book he is currently writing.

  • Teaching and learning in new ways; Bayo introduces how he thinks about the idea of a 'next economy.’  

  • Bayo talks about fear, fatherhood, and intergenerational effects. 

  • Some thoughts on misconceptions about recycling, and the failure of our solution-mindset. 

  • How to get involved and engage with the work that Bayo is doing!

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Tweetables:

“The things that I talk about are secreted by my attempts to be a father to my daughter, and attempts to meet my son.” — @BayoAkomolafe

“Humans are not all that, we are not going to solve our way out of this crisis.” — @BayoAkomolafe

“The way we think about the crisis is often the crisis.” — @BayoAkomolafe

“These days I'm thinking about the ways that the human is supported and perpetuated by post-human or monstrous arrangement.” — @BayoAkomolafe

“It is very humbling to revisit the human, not as this magisterial decree of independence but as something that is quite organic and creaturely and fragile.” — @BayoAkomolafe

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Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Bayo Akomolafe — https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/

These Wilds Beyond Our Fences — https://www.powells.com/book/-9781623171667/1-0

We Will Tell Our Own Story — https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780982532768

The Emergence Network http://www.emergencenetwork.org/

We Will Dance with Mountains — https://course.bayoakomolafe.net/

Bayo Akomolafe on Twitter — https://twitter.com/bayoakomolafe

The Problem with Jon Stewarthttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_problem_with_jon_stewart 

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Jesse Brown: Rethinking Local Storytelling

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The media landscape is changing, and there are fewer and fewer resources going toward telling local stories. Today’s guest, however, believes that there is so much to explore and honor in our own backyards. In this episode, Shawn Berry speaks with Jesse Brown, a serial founder and entrepreneur with over 20 years of media production and storytelling experience. Jesse believes deeply in the power of place and brings a comprehensive set of skills to the table, from content creation to advertising, sales, and event production.

Jesse loves to connect people and organizations in ways that help everyone realize their goals, and he is currently channeling that passion into local streaming platform, HUDSY, which features stories made in the Hudson Valley, about the Hudson Valley, and is challenging the usual tech playbook with its egalitarian business model. HUDSY is a non-traditional business, cooperatively owned and delivered by a small group of locals who are dedicated to protecting and celebrating the Hudson Valley’s talent, diversity, and culture. HUDSY empowers its members by providing a path to ownership and by keeping funds in the local economy.

Tuning in, you’ll learn how Jesse is leading the way forward in local storytelling, cooperatives, and next economy development in the Hudson Valley, New York, as well as how HUDSY is providing skill building and direct access to capital for filmmakers to bring local stories to life, plus so much more!

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Key Points From This Episode:

  • What led Jesse to start his first business at the intersection of localism and storytelling.

  • The inspiration behind HUDSY: honoring the stories that already exist while building a platform to create new narratives.

  • How HUDSY builds upon the cultural legacies of regional magazines.

  • The valuable role that local storytelling can play in stimulating local economies.

  • Understanding how HUDSY is founded on the principles of platform cooperativism.

  • Original creative content that viewers can look forward to seeing on the HUDSY App.

  • How HUDSY provides skills and direct access to capital for the next generation of filmmakers.

  • What Jesse has learned about the power of collectivity from some of his greatest challenges.

  • Who has influenced Jesse to build new systems and models in the ‘niche platform world’.

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Tweetables:

“[HUDSY builds] upon the cultural legacies of other magazines that have represented regions before and [takes] it into video streaming. [It takes] it into the innovation of equity and thought around creatives and artists in the fact that it’s also structured as a cooperative.” — Jesse Brown

“I don’t know if we all realize that, by shifting our attention to more local models, there’s real value there. That value can create a regenerative form of income that can continue to spur local economies.” — Jesse Brown

“This is such a competitive word, but [we want to see] some ‘big wins’ in the co-op space because, if we see those, it could give us more energy and more excitement and continue to usher more people into this space.” — Jesse Brown

“We’re super excited to help give the skills and the resources to the next generation of filmmakers—and it only helps us, because our platform will be better because of it.” — Jesse Brown

“There’s no shortage of capital in the world. We need to start putting capital into places and investing in people who are really committed to making a difference, not just creating more wealth for a small group of people.” — Jesse Brown

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Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jesse Brown on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-brown-5ab8b214/

Jesse Brown on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/digi_ranch/

HUDSY — https://hudsy.tv/

HUDSY Community Content Fund — https://hudsy.tv/grants/

Good Work Institute — https://goodworkinstitute.org/

Trebor Scholz — https://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/faculty/trebor-scholz/

Platform Cooperativism Consortium — https://platform.coop/

Means TV — https://means.tv/

kweliTV — https://www.kweli.tv/

Revry — https://www.revry.tv/

BRIC — https://www.bricartsmedia.org/

DCTV — https://dctv.org/

Start.coop — https://www.start.coop/

Zebras Unite Co-Op — https://zebrasunite.coop/

Bloc by Block News — https://blocbyblocknews.com/

Wild Earth — https://wildearth.org/

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