003: Consumer Culture and Resilient & Sustainable Communities with Laird Christensen of Green Mountain College
09/17/15 • 36 min
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Laird Christensen has dedicated his life to environmental activism and finding ways to create more sustainable communities. He has been an author, activist and educator during his career and that is how I came to know Laird, through his courses at Green Mountain College, where received my Masters in Environmental Studies. Laird is the Director of GMC’s latest masters program in Resilient and Sustainable Communities and in this episode we discuss his upbringing and his inspiration for developing the program.
Long-standing Habit- Mindfulness, learned from the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, which focused on awareness and compassion
- Laird learned from his students what it means to build community in different places all around the country.
- Post Carbon Institute – Empowers people to live healthier lives by covering research and education to change consumer habits.
- A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold
- Green Mountain College Masters of Science in Resilient & Sustainable Communities (MRSC)
- MRSC Facebook Page
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Laird Christensen has dedicated his life to environmental activism and finding ways to create more sustainable communities. He has been an author, activist and educator during his career and that is how I came to know Laird, through his courses at Green Mountain College, where received my Masters in Environmental Studies. Laird is the Director of GMC’s latest masters program in Resilient and Sustainable Communities and in this episode we discuss his upbringing and his inspiration for developing the program.
Long-standing Habit- Mindfulness, learned from the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, which focused on awareness and compassion
- Laird learned from his students what it means to build community in different places all around the country.
- Post Carbon Institute – Empowers people to live healthier lives by covering research and education to change consumer habits.
- A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold
- Green Mountain College Masters of Science in Resilient & Sustainable Communities (MRSC)
- MRSC Facebook Page
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002: Sustainable Burial Practices with Katrina Spade of the Urban Death Project
After being disappointed with the options available for non-traditional burial Katrina Spade sought out ways to lay your loved ones to rest without wasting burial materials or contaminating the soil. With a background in architecture and anthropology she came up with the idea for The Urban Death Project for which she has received an Echoing Green Fellowship.
Longstanding Habits
- Jogging, to increase clarity
- Downtime with friends and family
- Yestermorrow Design/Build School offers hands-on workshops in sustainable design, construction, woodworking, and architectural craft.
- The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
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Anne-Marie grew up learning the DIY mentality from her father. She now puts it to use in the kitchen making all her food from scratch, from sourdough to kombucha and everything in between. She also hosts webinars to empower others to do the same. In this fun episode we discuss talking the talk and walking the walk in regards to sustainable living.
What is one question your younger self would ask you?- How can I get to where you are sooner? How can I start now?
- Attend lectures, learn something new and meet new people
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
- The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food by Dan Barber
- The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard
- Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Bufford
- The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Katz
- ZeroWasteChef.com (including webinar calendar)
- Fermentation vs. Canning
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