LOVING THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH: ORWELL'S ROSES, with REBECCA SOLNIT
Rebecca Solnit is a writer, historian, and activist. Her long bibliography epitomizes her wide ranging humanitarian interests – from...
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- Feb 16
THE UPLIFTING OF UJAAMA, BONNETTA ADEEB & NATHAN KLEINMAN
Now more than halfway from the winter solstice to the spring equinox, many of us have seeds of spring and summer foods on our minds (and...
- Feb 9
THE LOVE STORIES OF ABRA LEE, CONQUER THE SOIL & OAKLAND GARDEN CEMETERY, ATLANTA
Love is already a theme in the work of Cultivating Place, to be sure, but with last week’s loving work around the restoration of historic...
- Feb 2
FOR THE LOVE OF APPLES: MONTEZUMA ORCHARD RESTORATION PROJECT
February is upon us and we turn from a love letter to one place, to a labor of love in conserving some of the fruits of human’s labors in...
- Jan 19
THE YUROK TRIBE'S REVEGETATION PLAN & UNDAMMING of the KLAMATH BROOK THOMPSON & JOSHUA CHENOWETH
Seen in overview, the 30 x 30 conservation efforts at federal and state levels are tremendous, but as the last two weeks’ conversations...
- Dec 22, 2022
TO BE A GARDENER, COMMUNITY-RESTORATION ECOLOGIST, CRIS SARABIA
This episode is dedicated to the remarkable and beloved P-22, the mountain lion who made LA his home, captured our imaginations, and...
- Dec 15, 2022
A WINTER SOLSTICE OFFERING: THE MARGINALIAN IN THE GARDEN, with MARIA POPOVA
In the garden, we are "kneeling between the scale of seeds and the scale of stars...." - Maria Popova This week, a pre-Solstice offering...
- Oct 27, 2022
NOWNESS & THE SENESCENT SEASON: PUNK IKEBANA, LOUESA ROEBUCK
Approaching All Hallow’s Eve/Halloween, Samhain, and Day of the Dead, we are entering into the season of gratitude - running from now...
- Sep 22, 2022
REGENERATION FROM AN INTENTION OF DEEP JOY AND FUN, FARMER RISHI
Photos courtesy of Farmer Rishi and the Sarvodaya Institute, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. This week on...
- Aug 4, 2022
BEST OF: ADVENTUROUS DESIGN & CIVILIZATION BUILDING, DAVID GODSHALL, TERREMOTO LA
The Dog Days of Summer call for a reprisal - please enjoy this week's revisit of our conversation with David Godshall! David Godshall is...
- Jul 21, 2022
CONNECTION & DIVERSITY FROM A LAND PERSPECTIVE, CHEETAH TCHUDI of TURKEYTAIL FARM
It’s the height of summer farmers markets as community hubs, and this week we're in conversation with Cheetah Tchudi co-founder with his...
- Jun 30, 2022
THE GENEROSITY & MUTUAL CARE OF SEEDS: KEN GREENE OF HUDSON VALLEY SEED COMPANY
Ken Greene – who goes by K - is a seed person. He is the co-founder of the Hudson Valley Seed Library, which in 2004 became the first...
- May 12, 2022
GETTING GARDENFIT FOR LIFELONG GARDENING, WITH MADELINE HOOPER & JEFF HUGHES
In the interest of maintaining my own lifelong love of gardening until the very very last moment possible, and all of you gardeners out...
- Apr 14, 2022
THE INDIAN EDIT - NITASHA MANCHANDA
Nitasha Manchanda is a genetic scientist, a mother, a wife, a gardener and the creator and host of a podcast series entitled The Indian...
- Mar 24, 2022
A SCIENTIST'S QUEST FOR NATURE'S NEXT MEDICINES, DR. CASSANDRA QUAVE
In today’s world of synthetic pharmaceuticals, Dr. Cassandra Quave believes our connection to the natural and plant world is in fact our...
- Mar 10, 2022
GARDENS BY & FOR REFUGEES: IRC's DENVER-BASE & REGENERATION NOW
This week, a timely and rich with agency conversation on gardens by and for refugee populations.Areti Athanasopoulos is a Denver,...
- Dec 23, 2021
A CONSERVATION OF GENEROSITY & RELATIONSHIPS, GARY PAUL NABHAN
Gary Paul Nabhan is a gardener, an agricultural ecologist, an ethnobotanist, and an ecumenical Franciscan brother based in Patagonia,...
- Nov 18, 2021
REMEMBER: KINSHIP & BELONGING IN A WORLD OF RELATIONS
As a gardener and a human in this exact time on our planet, and in this specific season of the year - a season of communal gathering and...
- Sep 23, 2021
PLANTING A BRIDGE FOR OUR WORLD, with ERNESTO ALVARADO
Ernesto Alvarado is a Mexican-born, Southern-California based native plant and seed teacher and student. He is currently the Native Plant...
- Sep 16, 2021
SEASONS OF OUR JOY (BREATH OF LIFE), RABBI ARTHUR WASKOW
September, October, and November are traditional harvest celebration months in the Northern Hemisphere from variations on Octoberfests to...
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