Religion & Ecology Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Religion and Ecology Podcast is one component of the larger Transformational Media Program run by an education-based non-profit organization (501c3) called the Deep Water Initiative. The goal of the podcast is to engage with thought-leaders in the field of Religion and Ecology (POD), provide an alternative medium for community-based education (AE), and to function as a platform for creative expression through original music and soundscape recordings (MUS).
POD- Podcast Interview AE- Audio Essay MUS- Original Music
Topics Include: Achdut and the unity of Israel, the Land as a “holobiont,” and the relationality of tribal blessings in the spatial equilibrium of nested ecosystems
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: The wisdom of Torah watering the seeds of life, song as liberatory moments, and defending the harmony of creation
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: Selichot and the New Year for the Animals, responsibility and standing together as a community, Shmita and an ecological consciousness
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: Giving away some of our labor as a form of thanksgiving, the transformation of “strategic weakness,” and living in service of the Land
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: Sending away a mother bird, considerate foraging practices, and avoiding the “second death” of nature
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: Promotion of the law and nature imagery, the biblical commandment of Bal Tashchit, and devoting oneself to embodied change as a form of environmental justice
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: Choosing life in the Anthropocene, supporting the holiness of the Land, earth-based tzedakah, and finding strength in times of crisis
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: The link between climate and theology, spiritual sustenance from food, and the momentum of positive change
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: Eretz Yisrael and Gaia Consciousness, the Land as animate space, and our material responsibilities as part of a spiritual life
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Topics Include: Teshuva and a “land ethic,” healing metaphysical geographies, and the importance of plurality
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Selichot for the month of Elul Cover of Eitan Katz's L'Maancha
English Translation: For thine own sake act, our G-d, and not for ours. Behold our position, impoverished and empty. The soul is thine, and the body is thy work: O have compassion on thy labor.
The Deep Water Initiative works to capture soundscapes in nature. The preservation - through audio recordings - of various habitats, individual species, and wildlife sounds are a form of environmental activism. Soundscapes tell the story of a place, and we aim to share that music with the world.
Park City, UT
Topics Include: Balaam’s reincarnation into a rock, nature as a medium for tikkun, and the open spaces of Levitical Cities.
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: The role of zealousness in action, ‘green shaming’ as a reflection of our own faults, and social justice
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
The Deep Water Initiative works to capture soundscapes in nature. The preservation - through audio recordings - of various habitats, individual species, and wildlife sounds are a form of environmental activism. Soundscapes tell the story of a place, and we aim to share that music with the world.
Black Sand Beach Depoe Bay, OR
The Deep Water Initiative works to capture soundscapes in nature. The preservation - through audio recordings - of various habitats, individual species, and wildlife sounds are a form of environmental activism. Soundscapes tell the story of a place, and we aim to share that music with the world.
Black Sand Beach Depoe Bay, OR
Topics Include: Water in the wilderness, integrating our ecological activism with gratefulness, and reducing the suffering of all living creatures
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: The autonomy of the earth in the Rebellion of Korach, the earth swallowing the mutineers and their possessions, and the proper integration of material wealth into our lives
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Topics Include: Finding the essence of G-d through nature, fighting against those who cause us to fall, and the analogy between a tzaddik and a tree.
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: The dysfunctionality of global systems revealed during Covid-19, the analogy between mitzvot and renewable energy technologies, the dissatisfaction with manna and the danger of nostalgia
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: “Lifting up” the world, the Ordeal of Bitter Waters, and the eco-feminism of Torah
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Topics Include: The role of wilderness after the exodus, the nature and culture divide, and the ecological lesson in the prohibition against counting directly
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In this episode, I am joined by Paige Bardolph, who is the Director of the Global Museum at San Francisco State University, where she also teaches graduate courses in Museum Studies. Paige recently worked with graduate students to curate an exhibition on the impacts of climate change on indigenous communities. She was formally an Associate Curator at the Autry Museum of the American West and lead curator of the California Continued exhibit. She has held positions at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Academy of Sciences. Paige served as consulting producer and co-producer for multiple KCET projects, including “Tending Nature,” “Tending the Wild,” and “The Art of Basketry” episode on “Artbound.”
The “Tending Nature,” and “Tending the Wild,” series shines light on the environmental knowledge of indigenous peoples across California by exploring how they have actively shaped and tended the land for millennia, whilst in the process developing a deep understanding of plant and animal life. These series examine how humans are necessary to live in balance with nature and how traditional practices can inspire a new generation of Californians to tend their environment.
In this conversation Paige and I explore the role of museums and curators in decolonizing and re-curating cultural space.
For additional resources to our conversation, please visit the DWI website. https://www.dwinitiative.org/post/theoldway-decolonizing-and-re-curating-cultural-space-a-conversation-with-paige-bardolph
In this episode I am joined by Dr. Frédérique Apffel-Marglin who is Professor Emerita at the Dpt. of Anthropology at Smith College and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the College of the Environment at Wesleyan University (2013-14). In 2009 Frédérique founded Sachamama Center for Biocultural Regeneration (SCBR) in the Peruvian High Amazon, which is the current focus of her theoretical, social and spiritual work.
For additional resources on Frédérique work please visit the Deep Water Initiative website. https://www.dwinitiative.org/post/theoldway-podcast-with-dr-fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9rique-apffel-marglin
Topics Include: The relationship between the Sabbath, Shemittah, and Yovel; the tendency of the natural world to move towards greater complexity; and, how forms of human action can disrupt the balance of the natural world
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: Speech and its relationship to environmentalism, the animal soul and ‘optional’ potentiality, and honoring all of creation through activism
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Topics Include: Finding a balance between our spiritual and material obligations, communal and individual varieties of atonement, loving one’s fellow, and the environmental intendment that are innate to mitzvot
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Topics Include: The Hebrew word for blood (dam) in both Adam (the first human) and adamah (earth), the eco-theological relationship between human blood and the blood of the earth, and how the laws of chukim can help us rethink material healing
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For more information of Rabbi Ellen Bernstein’s work, please visit: http://www.ellenbernstein.org https://www.thepromiseoftheland.com
Themes discussed in the podcast: Shomrei Adamah – “Keepers of the Earth” Creation myths in Genesis The space and atmosphere created by ritual The academic field of Religion and Ecology
Topics Include: The category of chukim and the kosher laws, the parallel between dietary restrictions and spiritual development, and eating sustainably to live a healthy spiritual life.
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In this episode, I talk to Indian born transdisciplinary feminist scholar Monica Mody, Ph.D., MF.A., B.A. LL.B. (Hons.). Monica’s research interests include borderlands, transnational feminisms, decolonization, embodied relational paradigms, and genre. Her academic writing has been published in numerous journals and anthologies. Monica has been the recipient of the Kore Award for Best Dissertation in Women and Mythology, as well as the Nicholas Sparks Postgraduate Writing Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame. Monica holds a Ph.D. in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame. Monica’s dissertation is entitled, “Claiming Voice, Vitality, And Authority In Post-Secular South Asian Borderlands: A Critical Hermeneutics And Autohistoria/Teoría For Decolonial Feminist Consciousness”.
Topics Include: the aish tamid and the continuous fire, ridding our lives of negativity to help the suffering of all living creatures, and the thanksgiving-offering
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Topics Include: The universal nature of sacrifice, humility and the small aleph in Vayikra, and sacrifice as a moral principle
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: Ecology and the sanctuary of time, artisanship and modern industry, Shabbat as an ecological commandment
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Topics Include: How to use materiality appropriately, the environmental lesson of the golden calf, and reinstating the sacred in the material
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: the Mishkan as an earthly residence for G-d, the human heart and our inner sanctuary, those who belong to the altar of copper or the altar of gold, and being like the earth
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: motivations of the heart, symbolism of the Tabernacle, the Ark of acacia wood and the etymology of the word “folly”
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In the second episode of the Old Way, we are joined by Dr. Melinda Micco of the Seminole (tribal member), Creek and Choctaw tribes. Dr. Micco is Associate Professor Emerita of Mills College. Her research has focused on multiracial identity in American Indian and African American communities, primarily in the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Dr. Micco is the author of numerous articles and books, as well as a filmmaker and community activist. She is a member of the Idle No More SF Bay Solidarity Group that is dedicated to affirming treaty rights for First Nations peoples in Canada and American Indian peoples in the US. She is also a signer to the Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty to honor and protect the planet.
For those looking to contribute to the completion of Melinda's latest film visit. https://www.gofundme.com/f/inspiring-film-every-step-is-a-prayer
To hear more from Melinda join us in SF on the 19th of March https://www.dwinitiative.org/events/indigenous-storytelling-in-film-as-a-new-form-of-subtle-activism
Topics Include: What it means to be a ‘paid guardian’ of the earth, four prototypes of damages as they relate to the earth’s property, beri’ah and yetzirah
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The Deep Water Initiative works to capture soundscapes in nature. The preservation - through audio recordings - of various habitats, individual species, and wildlife sounds are a form of environmental activism. Soundscapes tell the story of a place, and we aim to share that music with the world.
Charlottesville, VA
Topics Include: The Revelation at Sinai and levels of holiness, the link between a geographical position and a spiritual condition, ascent and descent, and Tu Bishvat (the New Year for the Trees)
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Topics Include: G-d’s disclosure through nature, time in the wilderness to lay the foundations of faith, ecofeminism and song.
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Topics Include: Leaving Egypt and our narrow-mindedness, Rosh Chodesh and time as a component of geography, Jewish lifecycle and a renewal during spring
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In the first episode of this long format podcast series, the Old Way, I interview astrologer, diviner, writer, and teacher Laura Michetti, where we discuss her dissertation research, which is titled, Divining Ecology: The Sami Shaman Drum.
Music included by Mari Boine, "Gula Gula".
Topics Include: G-d’s providence in nature, warning signs, and a healthy partnership with the earth
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Welcome to the the Old Way, a Deep Water Initiative podcast series hosted by myself Chantal Noa Forbes. This podcast will feature artists, academics and educators whose work highlights the present ecological significance of Indigenous traditions, customs and former ways of life.
The Old Way is a reference made by the Kalahari Bushmen of Southern Africa, to an environmentally centered way of life, which they followed for tens-of-thousands of years. This podcast is a tribute to the memory of their traditions. It further pays tribute to the legacy of the Marshall family as told by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas in her 2007 publication The Old Way: A Story of the First People, where she details her and her family’s anthropological experiences living with the Kalahari Bushmen at the end of an ecological era.
Topics Include: Moshe’s name as it relates to water, nature and Tselem Elohim, learning the names of local flora and fauna
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Topics Include: Willful subjugation to the earth as an approach to navigating climate change, Jacob’s blessings of the tribes and their relationship to agricultural responsibilities, and the sword and bow as metaphors for instruments to interact with the land
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Topics Include: Kal vachomer and climate action, using tshuva to discern the truth, and the relationship between food security and personal power
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: the metaphysical relationship between famine and the seven sick cows, nakedness of the land and song of the land (zimrat ha’aretz), tshuva as a stimulant for chochmah and binah
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: beauty and the superficialities of life, dreams in relation to exile, the physical and metaphorical significance of clothing, and the theme of slavery
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: Valuing material items, anti-consumerism (wealth vs wholeness), multivalence as a foundation for appeasement, and conflict as a catalyst for change
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Topics Include: The story of Jacob’s ladder, healing broken spaces, the earth as a “companion species,” and “place-making”
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Topics Include: inter-generational patterns, conflict over water, treatment of natural resources, animal studies and the tension between Jacob and Esau
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Topics Include: Transformation of barrenness, the limits of suffering, the demonic roots of things that are ‘free’, orientation to the land, respect for other peoples’ property, being a resident alien
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: Chesed as an instrument for expressing kindness towards the earth, seeing the divine reality of nature, and the value of transience
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Topics Include: Ecological crisis preceding spiritual development, geographical locations reflecting spiritual conditions, and the relationship between time and action
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In partnership with this week's "Torah for the Earth" audio essay on Parashat Noach, we have uploaded a speech given by Deep Water Initiative founder Charlie Forbes on the parallels between the Age of the Anthropocene and the Antediluvian Era. The speech was given during a symposium for graduating Masters Degree students at the California Institute of Integral Studies on May 16, 2019.
The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
Topics Include: The Seven Noachide Laws, Noah as a “man of the earth,” and righteousness for the earth
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Topics Include: The letter bet and the mystery of creation, being made from the dust of the earth, and the association between prayer, rain, and vegetative growth
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The Torah for the Earth Podcast and Audio Essays are Copyrighted to Charles Scott Forbes Jr, 2019.
This episode features Josh “Bones” Murphy- an award winning director and producer- to discuss a feature documentary he recently directed for Patagonia titled: Artifishal. Artifishal is a film about wild rivers and wild fish that explores the high cost—ecological, financial and cultural—of our mistaken belief that engineered solutions can make up for habitat destruction. The film traces the impact of fish hatcheries, and the extraordinary amount of public money wasted on an industry that hinders wild fish recovery, pollutes our rivers and contributes to the problem it claims to solve. On the back of a successful screening of Artifishal last month at the California Institute of Integral Studies, the Deep Water Initiative team wanted to hear a bit more from Josh and spread the word about a powerful film that has much to say about our relationship to wildness.
For more information on the film, please visit: www.patagonia.com/artifishal.html
Josh's production company: https://www.liarsandthieves.tv/josh-murphy
Artifishal will be available to view on iTunes, YouTube and Amazon at the end of October 2019.
Lyrics:
Staring into the eyes of the blind Wondering what you might not find Cover me while I take this Into your eyes
Wandering through the mountain high War and peace are on divided sides Cover me while I take this Into your eyes
I open my hands to show you the way Grab it and I swear that you will stay Cover me while I take this Into your eyes
Copyright 2019 Charlie Forbes
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Lyrics:
I once spoke to a tree He reached out to teach me About memories of a lost time When plants and people could Dance hand in hand Beneath the starry skies
Ancient medicine of an age When human beings weren’t afraid To feel what science keeps lost And keeps us stumbling in the Dark, dark hallways of shadows set ablaze
I said Even if I can learn to see The challenge at hand, it still tortures me The plants and people of our sweet mother Earth Are crying for love, crying out ‘cause they’re hurt
Strong with your roots in the ground Listen close don’t hear a sound Not even a car will pass by All through the years you’ll abide In blissful, tranquil states of life
I say thank you to the tree I healed you, you healed me We are one through the fight Working together for the light Of universal harmony
If I’m doubting the way Drop a branch so I’ll pray You’re my wishing tree I’m your sun We’re both warriors, we are one
Copyright 2019 Charlie Forbes
This episode features Dr. Ken Otter, an associate professor in the Master’s of Arts in Leadership and Co-director of the Leadership Center at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California. He has taught over 150 classes at the university level, and has more than twenty five years experience teaching, studying, and developing cutting-edge programs in transformative learning and leadership.
For more information regarding upcoming events and workshops on surfing and leadership, please visit Ken's website at: https://www.wisdominthewaves.co/
One of Ken's recent blog posts on surfing and leadership: http://smcleadershipblog.org/2019/02/wisdom-waves-surfing-art-leadership/
Ken's faculty profile at St. Mary's College: https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/node/142966?back=node/6405
Lyrics:
Even if God’s nothing but a dream I’ll close my eyes and wish to fall asleep To find myself in a forest made of clouds Where I can rest my weary soul somehow
I’ll wash my soul in the monsoon summer rains Like Jesus and John did before we came I’ll build a boat like Noah for the storm And watch the desert of my life transform
I’ll live on honey that I find in the trees And build my bed of grass and fallen leaves So I can feel my heart close to the ground Touch the Earth and pray that we don’t drown
4am I rise to meet the day Chant a Psalm and sing to praise His Name Fill my heart with love and taste the Word That floods the sea, the sky, the stars, the world
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Copyright 2019 Charlie Forbes
This episode features Dr. Elizabeth McAnally, a graduate of the California Institute of Integral Studies. Elizabeth discusses her work on an integral water ethic and its extensions into daily life. She has recently published a book titled “Loving Water Across Religions: Contributions to an Integral Water Ethic” whereby she explores the relationship between humans and water within three world religions Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism. In addition to serving as the newsletter editor for the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale, Elizabeth has been creatively imagining how to expand her academic work into other contemplative practices, which she hopes to use to help foster compassion for water and change how humans interact with the natural world.
For Purchase of Loving Water Across Religions from Orbis Books (Ecology & Justice Series): https://www.orbisbooks.com/loving-water-across-religions.html
Forum of Religion and Ecology at Yale: http://fore.yale.edu/
Elizabeth featured in the March Newsletter of FORE: https://mailchi.mp/yale/forum-newsletter-march-2019