All Together Now

All Together Now - Recent Discoveries of Interrelatedness - 09/20/12

Charlene Spretnak presents examples of recent discoveries, made in 2012, about the fact that physical reality is far more dynamically interrelated than we had assumed, all of which are contributing to the Relational Shift; poem by Jennifer Michael Hecht.

All Together Now - EcoMind: The Ecology of Democracy - 09/13/12

A talk with Frances Moore Lappé about her newest book, EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want, which identifies 7 "thought traps" that keep us from taking effective action to solve collective problems, as well as 7 "thought leaps" that free us from constraining assumptions; campaign finance reform; also an update on fracking; also posting about ATN on FB; poem by Seamus Heaney

All Together Now - Environmental Toxins / Fracking - 09/06/12

A talk with Sandra Steingraber, author of Living Downstream and Raising Elijah; the environmental damage wrought by fracking, and the compliant government officials who receive large campaign donations from the fracking corporations; also her essay "The Fracking of Rachel Carson" in Orion magazine; example of local activism against fracking; poem by Mary Oliver

All Together Now - Women, Voice, and Language - 08/30/12

A talk with Terry Tempest Williams about her new book, When Women Were Birds; also the work of the French feminist Claudine Hermann; also several of Terry Tempest Williams's experiences in activist campaigns; poem by Marya Grathwohl

All Together Now - Active Hope - 08/23/12

A talk with Joanna Macy about her new book, Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're In Without Going Crazy, coauthored with Chris Johnstone; her  technique called "The Work that Reconnects": a wider sense of self, a different kind of power, a more interrelated sense of community; poem by Rilke, translated by Joanna Macy (with Anita Barrows)

All Together Now - Political Metaphors - 08/16/12

16 August:       The Power of Political Metaphors -- a talk with the linguist and cognitive scientist George Lakoff about his new book, The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic, coauthored with Elizabeth Wehling; linguistic suggestions for Democratic and Green campaigns this fall; poem by Adrienne Rich

All Together Now - Among the Goddesses - 08/09/12

Poets Theater -- a live performance in the PRN studios of an excerpt from the play Among the Goddesses, written by the poet Annie Finch; live music, as well as some music recorded in the Temple of Isis, is included; the play is introduced by the poet and the director and is also discussed afterward.

All Together Now - Restorative Justice - 08/02/12

Restorative Justice -- a talk with Bonnie Wills, a certified facilitator in a 9-month program in Restorative Justice within San Quentin Prison; also, a program in Restorative Justice that  operates in middle schools and high schools in Oakland, CA, to break the schoolyard-to-jailyard pipeline; impressive success rates here and abroad; Insight Prison Project (insightprisonproject.org) and Restorative Justice for Oakland's Youth (rjoyoakland.org); poem by June Jordan

All Together Now - da Vinci - 07/26/12

The Relational Thought of Leonardo da Vinci -- a talk with Fritjof Capra on his book The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance, in which he illuminates Leonardo's discoveries and projects in art, science, and design by highlighting Leonardo's core fascination with the processes, patterns, and transformations of nature; also an excerpt from Vasari's chapter on Leonardo in his Lives of the Artists.

All Together Now - The Lived World of Place and Urban Design - 07/19/12

The Lived World of Place and Urban Design -- a talk with David Seamon, editor of the journal Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology, about relational dynamics between humans  and their built environment; also featuring Mindy Fullilove, author of Root Shock and Urban Alchemy about the destructive effects of post-war urban renewal projects on African-American communities and about how we can restore joy to "our fragmented cities"; arch.ksu.edu/seamon/EAP; poem by Mary Oliver