How Permaculture And Regeneration Can Lead To A Better World With Starhawk

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Science, Self-improvement, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Education

5.0 • 22 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Permaculture is a unique agriculture approach that mimics natural patterns to meet human needs while keeping the environment on a healthy regenerative cycle. Corinna Bellizzi sits down with author and activist Starhawk who shares how this particular farming technique can save the world from further degeneration and help rebuild the soil. She also shares how the concept of permaculture translates to the work of activism, helping in the fight against a patriarchal society and taking politics out of conversations about the common good. About StarhawkStarhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess and the ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, and its sequel City of Refuge. Starhawk founded Earth Activist Training, teaching permaculture design grounded in spirituality and with a focus on activism. She travels internationally, lecturing and teaching on earth-based spirituality, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism. Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/star-starhawk-1325b37Guest Website: https://starhawk.orgPrograms Launching Soon! November 17, 2023: https://earthactivisttraining.org Show Notes:00:00 – Introduction02:40 – Discovering modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism09:07 – Difference between permaculture and regenerative organic agriculture11:34 – Rebuilding the soil22:17 – Addressing the skepticism26:31 – Earth Mother/Pagan Goddess29:31 – The Fifth Sacred Thing41:58 – Reaching a collaborative approach44:37 – Starhawk’s courses48:58 – Fundraising for refugees53:20 – Closing Words Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://caremorebebetter.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetterFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebetter Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More Be Better answers only to our collective conscience and aims to put more good into the world. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show: https://caremorebebetter.com/donate.

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0:00.0	there's a lot that's actually happening on the ground, people just getting together to care
0:04.8	for each other and care for community. And I think we often miss that when we're just looking
0:10.6	at how polarized the politics have been. And for me, permaculture is one of the places
0:15.7	where people actually do connect across some of those barriers around, you know,
0:22.0	what we usually think of is our political orientation because we can just go back to saying,
0:29.2	well, look, this is how we can care for the land, and this is how we can care for the community,
0:35.8	and this is how we care for the future.
0:38.7	Those are the core ethics of permaculture.
0:41.4	And we all have a vested interest in that,
0:44.0	no matter how we define ourselves or see ourselves.
0:48.7	Welcome to Care More Be Better,
0:50.7	a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies
0:56.0	and everyday heroes. Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit
1:02.1	and personal gain. You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved
1:07.3	today. Here's your host, Karina Belize.
1:29.4	Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi. Today, I'm honored to continue the conversation about all things as it relates to our food procurement and the protection of our environments as I'm joined by Starhawk.
1:36.6	You heard from her directly when I showcased a moment from the Soil and Health Forum back in September in Petaluma, California. There, Starhawk spoke on her work in permaculture. She helped us understand the concept, talked through its definitions, and made sense of how
1:50.5	and why regenerative farming, permaculture, really, is our only path forward to feed this
1:56.5	generation and all that follow.
1:59.0	Let me just share her bio.
2:04.1	Starhawk is an author, an activist,
2:10.0	permaculture designer, and teacher. She's also a prominent voice in modern, earth-based spirituality and eco-feminism. She's the author or co-author of 13 books, including the spiraliral Dance, A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of
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