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From the 2011 archives Mari Margil describes how communities, cities, and nations are expanding the box of allowable activism by extending the right to be to nature and as a result benefiting all life.

An updated living world Conversation with Michael Mead explaining “in mythology they say there is always abundance, if people are able to imagine it. We live under the rule of scarcity, it rules everything. And it really rules the cultural dialogue right now and scarcity becomes greater when people lose their imagination for how abundant life is.”

Art Goodtimes explains, When we have the opportunity to pay attention and listen, listen to our elders and our young people and hear what they are saying - we grow wiser and reach that critical mass of wisdom that helps a community grow, thrive and sustain themselves.

Art explains the challenge of living in a time of huge changes, the challenge of listening to people on all sides and coming to some sort of balance with ourselves, with those around us, and with our Watershed.

Fred Haberlein, inspires us with explaining the big event of the year for the Yacqui people - the New Year comes in the spring with the return of life and the triumph of good over evil. That is what happens in their ceremonies.

Art Goodtimes continues explaining his living world story and desire to go forward on as balanced a path and playful a path as he can.

Art Goodtimes is a Colorado poet, basketweaver, former Green Party elected San Miguel County Commissioner and Western Slope Poet Laureate. This is the first in a series of artful conversations with Art where he explains how much fun it can be when listening changes a relationship, if the listening is reciprocal.

There are places where nature and democracy meetCarbondale protected the Thompson divideTelluride kept the valley floor Forever WildAs kindred communities we remember ourcommitment to a living world story

On this episode of Shifting Gears, host Will Evans and Bill Kight revisit a conversation they had in 2015 about Arthur Carhartt.

The Terra Firma Rainwater Collective is weaving together the gathering and storing of rainwater for household use with the prevention of destructive erosion undercutting the foundation of people dwelling in two large cities along the Congo River. Distributing this healing story is a dance of local circles; people conversing in council on how to best benefit the community they live in.