Hey there, this is your host, Kamea. I hope you had a restful holiday season and that your start to this

new year has been all of the things that you might need during this time. As we move deeper into

2025, first of all, I'm so excited to share the many conversations we already have in the pipeline

for you this season, so definitely stay tuned

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And I also just want to share that our call for your direct support continues as well, because

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we invite you to join our Patreon or Substack membership or contribute a gift of any amount

at greendreamer.com slash support. If you need a planner for the new year, you can also check

out our fundraising green dreamer planners at greendreamer.com slash shop. Thank you so, so much for

whatever forms of support you're able to share with us. For now, enjoy the show. Hey, this is Green Dreamer, and I'm your host, Kamaya Shane.

I wanted to first send my deepest gratitude to you for being with us on this ever-learning

journey.

As you can see, we recently hit our 400th episode and celebrated our podcast's fifth year

anniversary.

These are huge milestones for us, and we're so proud of how far we've come together as we couldn't still be here today without your

direct support and the support we've received from this community. To be honest, if you've been

engaged with our work for a while, you might know that funding has kind of always been a challenge for us because we've wanted to remain untethered to corporate interests by not accepting corporate ad sponsors or partnerships.

And if you've listened to our few episodes critiquing philanthropy or maybe through your own learnings, you might also be aware

of the host of issues, challenges, and conflicts of interest in that world. As I've been doing

more research on more foundation grant opportunities that we could possibly apply to, most of the

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