All Together Now

All Together Now - Good Urbanism - 02/28/13

A talk with Nan Ellin, author of Good Urbanism, about her six-step path for participatory solutions to problematic urban sites or situations, plus examples of where it has been put into effect; poem by Linda Hogan, plus a Dineh healing chant and their Way of Beauty blessing

All Together Now - Cradle to Cradle - 02/21/13

A talk with Michael Braungart, coauthor of Cradle to Cradle: Rethinking the Way We Make Things, about going beyond merely "doing less damage" to designing and making products and buildings that are "eco-effective" and enhance users and surroundings [braungart.com]; the Cradle to Cradle Certification program; poem by Wislawa Szymborska

All Together Now - Cultivating Citizen Leadership for Sustainability - 02/14/13

A talk with Sara Parkin, a founding director of Forum for the Future (London), former head of the UK Green Party, and author of The Positive Deviant: Sustainability Leadership in a Perverse World; also the Forum's pioneering M.A. degree in Leadership for Sustainable Development (forumforthefuture.org); also the recent shift to renewable sources of energy in Australia; poem by Dorothy Parker

All Together Now - Relational Being - 02/07/13

A conversation with Kenneth Gergen, author of Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community, about escaping our received concept of "the bound self" and realizing that we are selves constituted of and by relationship; on decision-making as coordinating relational dynamics; on conflict resolution as building relational bridges among multiple moralities; on the Taos Institute he heads to spread relational insights to various professions and grassroots groups [taosinstitute.net]; poem by Seamus Heaney

All Together Now - Spiritual Wisdom Regarding Work, Money, and Career - 01/31/13

A talk with Marianne Williamson about her new book, The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles; also her Sister Giant project to get more women to run for political office and on a new kind of politics; poem by Kay Ryan

All Together Now - Spiritual Wisdom Regarding Work, Money, and Career - 01/31/13

A talk with Marianne Williamson [marianne.com] about her new book, The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles; also her Sister Giant project [SisterGiant.com] to get more women to run for political office and on a new kind of politics; poem by Kay Ryan

All Together Now - Ethical Markets - 01/24/13

With guest Hazel Henderson, author of Ethical Markets.

All Together Now - Action on the Global Climate Crisis - 01/17/13

A talk with Anna Goldstein, US Campaigns Manager for 350.org, about the dynamic interrelatedness driving climate change; also, 350.org's divestment campaign, the Climate Forward demonstration in DC on Presidents Day weekend, and the Global Power Shift event in Istanbul in June; poem by Mary Mackey

All Together Now - Life Rules! - 01/10/13

A talk with Ellen LaConte about her book Life Rules: Nature's Blueprint for Surviving Economic and Environmental Collapse about the planetary Critical Mass of interrelated crises, Earth's "steep economic learning curve," creating lifeways that mimic Life's ways, and transitioning to "Earthonomical communities and regions"; poem by Mary Oliver

All Together Now - The Millionth Circle - 01/03/13

A talk with the Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen about her books on activist women's circles, including Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World (jean.bolen.com); also her efforts through the United Nations to get a UN 5th World Conference on Women in or before 2020 (5wcw.org); the successful carbon tax in Ireland; the "Pray-In for the Climate" in front of the White House on Rev. MLK, Jr's 84th birthday; poem by Elizabeth Spires.