All Together Now

Eleanor LeCain interviews Susan Collin Marks, Vice President of Search for Common Ground, about transforming the way we handle conflict, away from adversarial approaches and violence, and toward cooperative solutions. Peace is possible!

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Charlene Spretnak talks with Pat Mooney, Executive Director of ETC Group, in Ottawa, about  the push by many governments for "techno fixes" (instead of burning far less fossil fuel), such as "solar radiation management," GHG sequestration, and weather modification -- and the corporate push for various types of synthetic biology [ETCgroup.org]; poem by Mary Oliver

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Charlene Spretnak talks with Rob Dietz, coauthor of Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources, about rethinking the destructive assumptions of "always more" (beyond a reasonable level of comfort) and transitioning to the beneficial effects of "enough" in various areas [dalynews.org]; poem by Seamus Heaney

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Eleanor LeCain begins with reflections on her personal experience of the Boston Marathon tragedy, and then interviews Michael Shuman of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.

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Charlene Spretnak talks with Marcia Beauchamp, US Education Manager of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation (London), about their Faith to Face program (linking two classrooms of students aged 12-17 in distant countries to facilitate discussions about pressing planetary ecosocial issues and cultural/religious values and perspectives), tonyblairfaithfoundation.com; poem by Annie Finch

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Eleanor LeCain interviews Ron Kaufman, to speak about overcoming autism and other seemingly insurmountable life challenges.

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A talk with Eleanor LeCain, author of Breakthrough Solutions, about her 20-year study of innovative, successful solutions to long-standing problems in nine areas that are low-cost, replicable, and resilient over time [thebreakthroughway.com]; CS's announcement that she has invited Eleanor LeCain to be co-host, hosting the ATN program in alternate weeks; poem by Kay Ryan

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A talk with Elizabeth Wholey, author of Sustenance: Food Traditions in Italy's Heartland; the Slow Food Movement's role in invigorating the local food culture in the Upper Tiber Valley; poem by Shelley

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A conversation with Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over, Peak Everything, and The End of Growth, as well as being co-editor of the photo book Energy and author of influential reports from the PostCarbon Institute; the falling Return on Investment re drilling now; the shift to renewables and to using less energy [postcarbon.org]; poem by William Blake

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