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The Visionary Activist Show – Beauty Out of Darkness (Archive Show)

Originally Broadcast October 27, 2011 – this ever-pertinent interview with Lily Yeh is the medicine and dedication we need now in the world – Beauty Out of Darkness. … invoking Akhilandishvara! the goddess of the power that comes from being broken! Caroline welcomes Lily Yeh, author of “Awakening Creativity,” founder of Barefoot Artists whose encouraging … Continued


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The Visionary Activist Show – Stop the Money Pipeline and Defund Formosa

Stop the Money Pipeline and Defund Formosa, by uniting with with formidable, dedicated Women: Caroline welcomes Sharon Lavigne and Long-time ally Diane Wilson.   Sharon Lavigne is the Founder and Director of RISE St. James, a Black-led community organization based in St. James, Louisiana, dedicated to prevailing over environmental racism. Unite with them to defeat/dissolve … Continued


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The Visionary Activist Show – Underworld Ministry

Caroline is delighted to welcome the return of Susan Shannon, as we honor the radiant resilience of the “former lifer” community, those “Returning Citizens” who have completed their sentence, and are now part of the team of Mentors, having much earned medicine to contribute – to us all… Inner work allows for synchronicity. Power of … Continued


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The Visionary Activist Show – Animism as Manners

Animism is not a belief – but manners. Caroline hosts Carl Safina through whom our animal kin convey their beautiful community complexity; from knowledge comes respect – on to reverent collaborative intimacy…. Carl Safina’s lyrical non-fiction writing explores how humans are changing the living world, and what the changes mean for non-human beings and for us all. … Continued


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The Visionary Activist Show – Astro*Animism allying with Nature’s Trickster Genius

Grief as compost for Resilient Human Goodness. Caroline welcomes the return of Jerome McGeorge, astro*animist*enviro-farmer-wizard, co-founder Organic Valley, founding member of Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool (CROPP), for another spirited romp of applied pragmatic mysticism for collective well being, allied with Nature’s Trickster Genius, we can, and we gotta, do impossible things…   Support The … Continued


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The Visionary Activist Show – Cooling Mists on the Conflagration

*Replay from August 20, 2020*  As so much life is at risk, Caroline welcomes award-winning science journalist, Judith D Schwartz, whose latest book The Reindeer Chronicles, & other inspiring stories of working with Nature to Heal the Earth, proffers myriad heartening stories of devastating deserts than can return to blooming, as can our hearts… Judith … Continued


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The Visionary Activist Show – Cooperation Composts Control

This month is the 25th Anniversary of The Visionary Activist Show! See the Radio Collection Offering in exchange for Donations   Caroline hosts Molly Chester, co-creator of “The Biggest Little Farm,” (whose husband, John co-crafted the film, with human, animal, plant guiding Mentors…)   Woman Hero makes Beauty, Food and Story, does something wonderful, that … Continued


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The Visionary Activist Show – Pouring Cool Waters on the Conflagration…

Pouring Cool Waters on the Conflagration… Caroline welcomes the return of collegial Celtic Wizard Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue, author of “The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are – Connecting to the Living Medicine of Wild Plants” that we may cool the fever dream of the world If All war is a failure of imagination Then All … Continued


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The Visionary Activist Show – Allying with Ocean

Caroline welcomes the return of Michael Stocker, emissary from the Ocean World to human culture, alerting us to the danger of currently ill-designed off-shore wind farms, having not-yet-considered the harm to Whales etc… Venus design Council… Biomimicry… Let’s become like the Ocean to protect the Ocean… Ocean scientist, Marine acoustician, jazz musician – Michael is … Continued