How do we live at a time like this? You are in for a treat in today's episode, hearing John Seed's answer to this question, and especially in hearing about how he's come to his answer. 

If you don't recognize his name, John Seed is a wise elder, activist and well-loved leader based in Australia, and a beautiful human being who's a lot of fun to talk with. He's made core contributions to Deep Ecology and the Work that Reconnects, and to the protection of life on Earth, for more than 40 years. I'm so thankful to have had the opportunity to speak with him, and to share our conversation with you.

Click Play to hear us explore:

• how John found his calling in rainforest protection (part psychedelics, part being willing to help a neighbor, and part lucky accident)
• why he likes to attend a group Experiential Deep Ecology workshop about 10 times a year (like all of us, he still needs to remember to remember)
• one practice that you can easily do on your own
• the recent Rights of Nature win in Ecuador
• how he's able to relate to this ecologically "on the brink" time with passion, but without hysteria
• and a glimpse through his words of what it's like to expand your identity through time, through the cosmos, and through different life forms on Earth

This conversation has made a lasting and very welcome impact on my heart and mind. Listen in to receive John's insights for yourself, and please do share this with the people in your life whose hearts and minds would benefit from it too.

It's such a special opportunity to hear from John Seed, especially after his 6-year struggle with cancer, when he couldn't engage in leading workshops or activism like he had been. I feel blessed to have had this conversation, and I hope it's a blessing for many.

Visit the show notes at turningseason.com/episode17 for more about John Seed, useful links, and related recommended books. Thank you for being here, and for all the ways you play your part.

Turning Season Podcast is here to offer you up regular doses of Active Hope in the Great Turning, bringing you news and deep conversations about our adventure toward a life-honoring, life-sustaining way of being human on Earth. This show is for every one of you who's awake to our multiple crises, feels your love for life on Earth, and chooses to participate in cultivating ways of life we can believe in.