Maison de Pneus with Benoit Deschamps || Superhero Academy Podcast Ep. #13

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03/24/15 • 61 min

Valhalla Movement Podcast (Formerly Superhero Academy)

Superhero Academy Podcast Benoit Deschamps - Maison de Pneus Mauricie For full notes and key points, please visit LINKSOON Summary In this podcast, Marc Coppola interviews Benoit Deschamps who not only designed and built his own Earth-ship greenhouse but also is now gearing up to build his personal home for him and his family beginning in Spring 2014. He has been able to put together a wealth of information worth it's weight in gold and then some about making an Earth-ship build come together but also all the considerations, scientific data and info you need to make this a reality for you. He also has an eBook that gives a detailed Earth-ship Biotecture in many ways. There's a whole level of innovation that came out of this idea of building out of tires, and bottle, and cans. Earth-ships are one of many ways to achieving self-sustainability and advocating the sustainability movement as a whole. Main Questions Asked • How did you start working on earth-ships? What inspired you to do this? [01:42] • Are there things that you would've done differently in the construction of your earth-ship? [07:10] • What is the next step to building an earth-ship after finding a suitable land for it? [16:30] • What are you doing? Are you scavenging for used materials? What's your game plan? [24:30] • Who is building your earth-ship? [29:50] • What do you do for a living? [33:47] • What are your thoughts on radical energy sources such as Tesla towers? [35:51] • Will you be using concrete? [37:40] • What do you think is the biggest criticism, other than the concrete, of earth-ships? What are you worried about? [42:18] • How are you dealing with the ventilation and humidity in Quebec? [44:31] • What heating sources will you put in the greenhouse? [49:20] Links Mentioned Mike Reynolds earthship.com earthship.com/blogs/author/biotecture Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ) rbq.gouv.qc.ca Earthship-Style House Planning Guide by Benoit Deschamps http://bit.ly/QmBYyK Contact Information for the Guest, Benoit Deschamps facebook.com/benoit.deschamps maisondepneusmauricie.over-blog.com Come check out more of what we do on www.valhallamovement.com www.superheroacademy.net

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Daniel Vitalis - Surthrival || Superhero Academy Podcast Ep. 15

Superhero Academy Podcast Daniel Vitalis - Surthrival For full notes and key points, please visit LINKSOON Summary In this podcast, Marc Coppola interviews Daniel Vitalis about his shop Surthrival, an online store of products that are geared to becoming more sustainable. They talk about Daniels' idea of rewilding and how we need to shift from living in a farm to that of a zoo in order to achieve true freedom. We live in a world that's very controlled. The more that we try to control things it becomes harder to maintain. We also live in constant competition with one another, rather than working together. We are always stressing ourselves to keep up with one another. We should create a habitat where we could really live in, not bound by what society dictates and the labor we are forced to make just to make a living. To change our habitats, we need to alter four elements in our habitats, earth, water, air and fire. Rather than presenting people with the problems and issues, we should focus on presenting solutions and we should just do the solutions others are presenting. When we transition from a farm to a zoo, we can truly achieve freedom and move towards true self-sustainability. Main Questions Asked • What are you working on? [01:51] • What do you attribute the growth of your idea of rewilding to? What has helped you spread about this idea?[02:50] • What are some of the solutions people can do? [1:10:00] Powerful Quotes • "Civilization's a zoo for people." - Daniel Vitalis [25:26] • "We're living in a factory farm." - Daniel Vitalis [27:50] • "It's insane, the amount of work we're expected to do on this farm to sustain a food creation system that is so horribly inefficient, that not only does it barely supply our own needs nutritionally, but eventually collapses on itself." - Daniel Vitalis [59:49] • "Think more ape, less angel." Daniel Vitalis [1:18:30] Links Mentioned Find A Spring findaspring.com Contact Information for the Guest, Daniel Vitalis and Surthrival danielvitalis.com surthrival.com Come check out more of what we do on www.valhallamovement.com www.superheroacademy.net

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Taking Collaborative Action on Climate with Kartik Madiraju || Superhero Academy Podcast Ep. 16

Superhero Academy Podcast Kartik Madiraju - Insight Collaborative For full notes and key points, please visit LINKSOON Summary In this podcast, Marc Coppola interviews Kartik Madiraju, an expert in conflict resolution. He is working with Insight Collaborative, a conflict management, non-profit organization based in Boston. It was founded on the idea that the best outcome in any interaction is where people can create value for each other, while strengthening the relationship that matters to them the most. It allows people to pursue personal development and humanitarian contributions. It wants people to have the skills on conflict resolution without having to worry about the cost. They also talk about how climate change is a big issue in conflict resolution. Although climate change is a global problem, it would be difficult for every nation to agree on something altogether to come up with one single solution that all nations agree upon. As environmentalists, our goal should be making sustainability mainstream, making it cool and fun, for more people to support it. Our goal is to excite people, not to make them feel bad. If we focus on the benefits of the actions we want people to make, we can truly make a change and see the difference. Main Questions Asked • What is conflict resolution? How is it applied? [13:02] • What is happening with conflict resolution regarding climate change? [19:36] • Tell us more about the training that Insight Collaborative conducts and how people can be a part of it. [43:46] Powerful Quotes • "The power of knowledge and knowing about environmental issues gives you the responsibility to pursue a way, it challenges you to pursue a way to solve those problems even if it means you have to be outside your comfort zone." [06:52] Links Mentioned Greenpeace greenpeace.org Contact Information for the Guest, Kartik Madiraju and Insight Collaborative facebook.com/KSMInsight insightcollaborative.org Come check out more of what we do on www.valhallamovement.com www.superheroacademy.net