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October 29, 2009
Ed Morler, Chris Stanton and Andrea Isaacs The 'old game" of business is disintegrating. People are fed up with the soul-deadening aspects of many workplaces dominated by top-down ineffective leadership, obsolete rules, and devastatingly unsustainable profit/growth greediness. Many individuals and organizations are diligently striving to develop a new set of operating procedures--"new game" business--that encourage greater innovation and ingenuity, deeper care and nurturing of each other and the natural world, and triple bottom-line prosperity (business-community-planet). But crossing the canyon between the old and new is difficult. Status quo business practices are so ingrained and forceful that individuals and organizations need to cultivate new and enhanced capabilities to navigate through these densities to become more collaborative, transparent, caring AND prosperous.
The Five Accountabilities are: Care & Appreciation, Soul-Goal-Role Clarity, Personal Responsibility, Creative Effectiveness, and Dynamic Collaboration. Scientific organizations such as The Institute of HeartMath (www.Heartmath.org) have proven that states of care and appreciation (as well as kindness, compassion, joy, love) decrease stress and have profoundly positive impacts on the quality of our personal and professional lives and the coherence of organizations. Simply put, these "heart" states are the access code to transformation. Clarity is the second precondition for success. By clarifying what one's purpose, objectives and role are, individuals and teams are far better prepared to perform optimally. The third Accountability - personal responsibility - is far easier to develop when one has a clear roadmap and understands what results one is actually accountable for. So the more we take responsibility for the consequences of our actions, the impact we have on others (and the planet), and our own energetics, the easier (and more beneficial) successful performance becomes. Creative effectiveness is the result of care, clarity and accountability expressed with the commitment to discover and apply our uniquely creative capabilities. Dynamic collaboration - the fifth Accountability - is the culmination of the first four and describes a higher frequency of cooperation and interdependence that creates better outcomes, more effective relationships and synergistic joy and satisfaction.
October 8, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton with his guest, Kellie Terry-Sepulveda, the Executive Managing Director of THE POINT, as they dialogue about service on the front lines of the South Bronx, building community, the power of ordinary people, street-level collaboration and more.
THE POINT, where Kelli oversees program development, fundraising, environmental justice campaigns and community development projects, is a non-profit organization dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. They work with their neighbors to celebrate the life and art of their community, an area traditionally defined solely in terms of its poverty, crime rate, poor schools, and sub-standard housing. They believe the area's residents, their talents and aspirations, are The Point's greatest assets. Their mission is to encourage the arts, local enterprise, responsible ecology, and self-investment in the Hunts Point community.
A native daughter of the Bronx, Kellie was born and raised in Highbridge where she first discovered the power of community organizing. At age 11, Kellie joined the Take Charge be Somebody youth group and learned the foundation of civic engagement from experienced mentors, including her parents, as well as youth leaders from the community. She later received the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship to attend Holy Cross College. In 2000, Kellie graduated Cum Lade, as a member of the National Jesuit Honors Society and the National Political Science Honor Society. During her time at Holy Cross, she authored a thesis entitled “Flipping the Script on the Dominant Discourse: Hip Hop as a Subversive form of Political Discourse.” Upon graduation, Kellie served as a student representative on the Board of Trustees. Committed to social service within the urban context, Kellie served two years with Teach for America as an eighth grade Language Arts teacher in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Following a strong desire to serve young people from her own community, Kellie returned to the Bronx and found her way to THE POINT CDC, where she served as The Youth Program Coordinator. She worked with a talented team to implement an arts and educationally based youth development program for Hunts Point children. Currently, Kellie is the Executive Managing Director of THE POINT CDC, where she oversees program development, fundraising, environmental justice campaigns and community development projects under the direction of the agency’s President and co-founder Maria Torres. Since her tenor as Executive Managing Director, Kellie has completed an Executive Leadership Development course with Colombia University’s Institute for Non-Profit Management.
October 1, 2009
Ed Morler, Chris Stanton and Andrea Isaacs will co-host a three-way dialogue about “what we need to know” to live more joyous and responsible lives.
As this is Ed Morler’s farewell show, we will gather around the “fire” and share insights and highlights of our grand experiences riding the radio waves, weaving our varying perspectives into a web of stories about “what we have learned this past year” and “what we think we all need to know”.
Please join us for an exploration of authentic curiosity about each other, our radio guests over the past year, and you the ever-present listener.
September 24, 2009
With a background in social psychology Mary has been a corporate and personal coach for over 25 years.
She is co-author, with Clarence Thomson, of the highly acclaimed first Enneagram coaching book, Out of the Box: Coaching with the Enneagram. She finds the Enneagram Personality model helpful in accelerating change for by knowing an individual’s personality style, we are better able to understand and differentiate the key patterns holding their particular worldview in place.Additionally,she is the author of several coaching workbooks as well as a collection of poetry, Into the Wind.
Mary chose Out of the Box Coaching as her company name, and breakoutofthebox.com as her web site’s URL, because "stepping out of the box" is her principle coaching metaphor. We all live in "boxes" of persistent, habitual responses. The parameters of those boxes are sustained by a view of the world that is self-fulfilling and limiting -- we interpret our experiences in ways that keep us stuck "in the box."
Mary provides a safe environment for clients to dive deep, coaching them to observe the patterns that sustain their worldview, identify the greatest leverage for change, and engage in playful, pattern-breaking experiments that often result in significant changes relatively quickly. Join us and learn how you too can move "out of the box."
September17, 2009
Relationships, Feedback and Conflict The key to successful relationships of any kind is healthy communication.
The best way to increase healthy communication is to elevate the individual’s emotional intelligence level. The most effective way to do this is by using the Enneagram Personality System. The Enneagram teaches individuals how to know oneself and others on a deeper, more connected level. This deeper understanding enhances our ability to give feedback that can help stop or resolve conflict. People with emotional intelligence have a more realistic self assessment, have greater self acceptance, experience less stress, demonstrate better relational skills, and have a "real" awareness of the concept of "personal responsibility."
Listen while Andrea and Dr. Deborah Ooten discuss how we can increase our communication skills by using the Enneagram.
September10, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton and his guest Kate Stohr, the co-founder and managing director of Architecture for Humanity, as they dialogue about building community and lasting positive change through innovative design, and groundbreaking ways to catalyze the construction of safer, saner and more sustainable structures for people in need worldwide.
Architecture for Humanity is a nonprofit design services firm founded in 1999 dedicated to building a more sustainable future through the power of professional design. By tapping a network of more than 40,000 professionals willing to lend time and expertise to help those who would not otherwise be able to afford their services, they bring design, construction and development services where they are most critically needed. Each year 10,000 people directly benefit from structures designed by Architecture for Humanity. Their advocacy, training and outreach programs impact an additional 50,000 people annually. They channel the resources of the global funding community to meaningful projects that make a difference locally. From conception to completion, they manage all aspects of the design and construction process. Their clients include community groups, aid organizations, housing developers, government agencies, corporate divisions, and foundations.
Kate Stohr is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Architecture for Humanity where she has been instrumental in coordinating design services and bringing in more than $4 million for reconstruction and community development around the world. Stohr has also led the development of the organization's online platforms, including the Open Architecture Network, and edited the book Design Like You Give a Damn. Her work with Architecture for Humanity has been profiled on NPR, CNN and Frontline/World, and she has served as a panel moderator and guest speaker at "Live from the New York Public Library," the Aspen Ideas Festival, and many other design conferences and events.
Stohr brings a background in project management, website development and a strong understanding of urban planning issues to the organization. Prior to co-founding Architecture for Humanity, she was a journalist and producer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Business Week, U.S. News and World Report and on MSNBC, A&E, and PBS. She developed a number of websites for Time Inc., Gruner+Jahr and other clients. Stohr received her bachelor's degree magna cum laude from New York University and her master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She is the recipient of Wired magazine's 2006 Rave Award for Architecture and serves on the board of the Center for Architecture and Design in San Francisco. Together with co-founder, Cameron Sinclair she accepted the 2008 Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Patron Award in honor of the work of Architecture for Humanity, its chapters, volunteers and design fellows.
September 03, 2009
Are you enjoying your life? Do you find emotional change difficult? If you want more ease, balance and joy in your life, join two alternating hosts of What We Need to Know, Andrea Isaacs and Ed Morler, both experts on the Enneagram, share how understanding of this personality topology system can expand emotional intelligence and help people embody more of what they find harmonious, joyful or sacred. Andrea integrates movement, based in the latest brain science, to create new neural pathways useful in re-patterning dysfunctional thoughts, feelings and actions. Ed's emphasis is to develop one's ability to assess and facilitate emotional maturity. Join us and learn how these two powerful, complementary approaches, integrated with the Enneagram, can assist you to empower yourself.
September 24, 2009
With a background in social psychology Mary has been a corporate and personal coach for over 25 years.
She is co-author, with Clarence Thomson, of the highly acclaimed first Enneagram coaching book, Out of the Box: Coaching with the Enneagram. She finds the Enneagram Personality model helpful in accelerating change for by knowing an individual’s personality style, we are better able to understand and differentiate the key patterns holding their particular worldview in place.Additionally,she is the author of several coaching workbooks as well as a collection of poetry, Into the Wind.
Mary chose Out of the Box Coaching as her company name, and breakoutofthebox.com as her web site’s URL, because "stepping out of the box" is her principle coaching metaphor. We all live in "boxes" of persistent, habitual responses. The parameters of those boxes are sustained by a view of the world that is self-fulfilling and limiting -- we interpret our experiences in ways that keep us stuck "in the box."
Mary provides a safe environment for clients to dive deep, coaching them to observe the patterns that sustain their worldview, identify the greatest leverage for change, and engage in playful, pattern-breaking experiments that often result in significant changes relatively quickly. Join us and learn how you too can move "out of the box."
August 27, 2009
Tom Pitner
In this day and age, ever wonder why women still live longer than men? After much contemplation and observation, the Reverend Fugen Tom Pitner thinks he has two simple answers. Women are more consistent in taking care of themselves (at least when it comes to eating nutritionally, exercising regularly, tending to hygiene and getting enough sleep) and they seem to gravitate more naturally to support groups. Join Andrea and Tom as they have a lively discussion about how Tom applied these same principles to get a group of well-intentioned men to follow through on their commitments to better health and well-being. See how flossing teeth, talking regularly over the phone, and journaling can say just as much about men, mentoring and well being as it does to women doing similar kinds of activities.
tom@zenfour.com
www.zenfour.com
August 20, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton and his guest, Burr Snider as they dialogue about such wide-ranging topics as the infinite mystery of writing and storytelling, the sources of inspiration, the complimentary nature of reverence and irreverance, spirituality from a "reporting" perspective and anecdotes from the front lines of "the shift.
Burr Snider began his journalistic career in 1969 in Germany, writing for "The Overseas Weekly," a muckraking tabloid that took on the American military. The "Weekly" acted as an ombudsman for the GIs, and as an investigative irritant to the top brass. He was arrested several times while reporting stories on various European bases, and was considered such a threat to good order that a senior military judge once threatened to have him expelled from Europe for his inflammatory writing. Returning to the States in 1972, he worked for Esquire magazine, covering such stories as the incipient fall of Vietnam, an expose of a fat farm, and profiles of Stevie Wonder and movie director John Milius. In the '70s he was also a contributing editor for Oui magazine, in which capacity he posed as a Chippendale dancer and as a client at a bondage and discipline parlor. In 1980 he joined the staff of the San Francisco Examiner as a general assignment features writer and for 12 years he covered the fringes of the Bay Area cultural scene. Besides acting as something of a beat writer for the Grateful Dead, he wrote major stories on the likes of Tim Leary, Paul Krassner, Gary Snyder, Ram Dass, Wavy Gravy, Ken Kesey, George Plimpton, rock climbing pioneer Warren Harding and San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo. Upon leaving the newspaper business, he wrote for Wired, Playboy, San Francisco Magazine and Edutopia on topics ranging from the making of the movie "Toy Story" to start-ups in the video gaming industry to profiles of ex-S.F. mayor Willie Brown (for Playboy) and radical criminal attorney Tony Serra. He currently lives in Fairfax California where he continues to explore the mysteries of writing in both journalism and fiction, struggling to stick to the keyboard as the outside world beckons with promises of hikes, swims, dogs and other pleasures."
August 06, 2009
CONSCIOUS MEN AND RELATIONSHIPS
STEVEN JUDITH, currently the International Operations Director and Past Vice-Chairman of The ManKind Project (MKP), is a certified leader and leader trainer of MKP workshops and trainings. Involved in the organization since 1994, he has served in various leadership capacities providing facilitation, mentoring, leadership development, emotional literacy and conscious awareness. Inspired to attend a training after his own marriage dissolved, he quickly learned the value in doing this kind of work and found a deep level of commitment among the thousands of world-wide volunteers who support men becoming more conscious. He’ll answer questions like, “What do men need to know in order to be conscious?”, and “How can ‘being conscious’ help a relationship?” As you listen, you’ll notice that most everything discussed could be true for women as well. We can all learn how to be more conscious. Questions? Call: 877-230-3062 or 425-644-5620 on Thursday, August 6th, 11:00-noon Pacific Time.
Steven@mkp.org
www.ManKindProject.org
July 9, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton and his guest, Sim Van Der Ryne--Architect, Author,Teacher, Visionary--as they dialogue about the Ecological Revolution, ecological principles, the pro's and cons' of the Green movement, and explore Sim's fascinating life story.
Sim Van der Ryn is a visionary, author, educator, public leader, and internationally distinguished pioneer in ecological design. For more than 40 years, Sim has been at the forefront of integrating ecological principles into the built environment, creating multi-scale solutions driven by nature’s intelligence. He has served as California’s first energy-conscious State Architect, authored seven influential books, and won numerous honors and awards for his leadership and innovation in architecture & planning. Sim’s collaborative approach and meta-disciplinary accomplishments help show the way to an evolving planetary era that values both the integrity of ecological systems and the quality of life.
A recent New York Times profile writes, “Long before sustainability became the buzzword du jour, there was Sim Van der Ryn, the intrepid pioneer on the eco-frontier”. The 70-year-old architect is part of a generation of visionaries who are more interested in the long term value of their their work than in self promotion. Sim emphasizes, “We are engaged in an Ecological Revolution , every bit as profound as the preceding Industrial Revolution.”
Native to the Netherlands, at the age of 5 Sim’s family fled war torn Europe in 1939 to the outskirts of New York City. There, in nearby deserted marshes, vacant lots, and pocket parks, began Sim’s innate fascination and respect for the natural world. He found an inner calm in the midst of unfamiliar orderly life forms. Looking back at this time, Sim writes in his latest book, Design for Life, “What I found in that haggard slice of nature was myself.” The unspoken tragedy that he and his family left behind along with his experiences in nature imprinted him with a lifelong concern for social justice, equity and ecology. “When you escape one holocaust, you don’t want to be part of creating another.”
June 25, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton and his guest, Dr. Lee Lipsenthal, as they dialogue about the future of Western medicine, the latest discoveries and practices regarding heart health and heart intelligence, the role of spirit in taking care of ourselves, and many other fascinating topics that impact our individual states of health, well-being and heartfulness.
Lee Lipsenthal, M.D. is the Founder of Finding Balance in a Medical Life. He has served as Medical Director of Lifestyle Advantage and HeartMath LLC as well as being Vice President and Medical Director of The Preventive Medicine Research Institute, with Dr. Dean Ornish, in Sausalito, California. He also serves as the President of the American Board Of Holistic Medicine. He is a board-certified internist with postgraduate training in cholesterol disorders and cardiac rehabilitation. He received his BS from George Washington University and his M.D. from Howard University, both in Washington, D.C. He completed his internship and residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Lipsenthal offers a profoundly optimistic vision of the breakdowns now occurring in Western medicine, which are clearing space for medical practices that are better for the patient, healthier for the practitioner, and even more economical. He shares how integral practitioners are now referring patients to a broad range of alternative modalities, often informed by the patient’s own intuitive knowing. Top medical students are starting to treat Chinese medicine and other systems with respect. And spirituality and religiosity is coming to the foreground. Those leading the way in integrating these changes are creating healthier, more successful outcomes. Join us as we discover effective pathways to more vitality, care and appreciation.
June 11, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton and his guest, Ed Morler, as they dialogue about leadership, integrity, accountability and the kinds of personal and interpersonal attributes being called forth by today's many challenges.
Dr. Ed Morler, MBA & PH.D, is the co-host of "What We Need To Know" and an award winning author, keynote speaker and executive trainer. He is CEO of Morler International, www.morler.com, a management training firm specializing in interpersonal and organizational effectiveness. His specialties are integrity-based negotiation skills training and leadership development. His focus is on helping to create emotionally mature environments of integrity. He is the author of the award winning book, The Leadership Integrity Challenge: Assessing and Facilitating Emotional Maturity and the recently released Finally Growing Up: Living an Authentic Empowered Life
Chris and Ed will explore such questions as: what is leadership, what does it mean to be an effective leader, how can we take more leadership in our own lives and situations, why are integrity and accountability such critical attributes, what are some specific ways we all can live more responsibly that don't require huge shifts in our behavior. We hope you will join us on this program and call in with your questions and comments: 877-230-3062.
May 28, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton and his guest, Dr. Fariba Bogzaran, as they dialogue about dreams and the remarkable lucidity one can attain by learning to "wake up" to our extraordinary dreaming capacity.
Fariba Bogzaran, PHD., is an internationally renowned authority on dreams who is also Associate Professor and founder of the Dream Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University. She is the co-author of "Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them". Fariba has trained students and professionals in dreamwork internationally since 1984. She worked for the Lucidity Project at Stanford and served on the board for the Lucidity Association and the International Association for Study of Dreams. She is the President of the Lucid Art Foundation www.lucidarts.org. Her publications also include "Images of the Lucid Mind", and "Lucid Art and Hyperspace Lucidity".
She begins her latest book by distinguishing extraordinary dreams from ordinary ones. Ordinary dreams usually reflect our recent daily experiences. Extraordinary dreams have a creative component: "They seem to help us prepare for the future, generate a new idea, or provide helpful insights to our waking life. They may provide the breakthrough that is needed in articulating a new personal myth, rather than reflecting myths that already exist. We have referred to these dreams as 'extraordinary' because they are strange and unusual, yet precious and beautiful".
May 14, 2009
Join Chris Stanton and his guest, Norman Solomon, as they discuss a wide array of politics and how the media influences our reactions/responses to the world. How do big companies, mainstream media and the government conspire to spawn and distribute the seeds of war that make the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan palatable to the masses? How can we navigate through all the noise of the 24 hour cable news cycle dominated by opinionated pundits and celebrity/crisis-dominated headlines" Why is it so important to work at the grassroots level right now to move the center of political gravity in progressive directions? And what are some ways we all can learn to speak more truth about power without necessarily having to defend or vilify President Obama.
Norman Solomon is a nationally syndicated columnist who continues to be a leading progressive voice about politics and media in America. He has been writing the weekly "Media Beat" column since 1992. His latest book is "Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State" (2007). Solomon's book "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death" was published in 2005. The Los Angeles Times called the book "brutally persuasive" and "a must-read for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee, or to arm themselves for the debates about Iraq that are still to come." The newspaper's reviewer added: "Solomon is a formidable thinker and activist." The Humanist magazine described the book as "a definitive historical text" and "an indispensable record of the real relationships among government authorities and media outlets." A documentary based on the book was released in 2007 to excellent reviews.
Solomon is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a national consortium of policy researchers and analysts. His book "Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn’t Tell You” (co-authored with foreign correspondent Reese Erlich) was published in 2003 by Context Books. "Target Iraq" has also been published in German, Italian, Hungarian, Brazilian and South Korean editions.
A collection of Solomon’s columns won the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language. The award, presented by the National Council of Teachers of English, honored Solomon’s book "The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media." His website is www.normansolomon.com
April 30, 2009
Join Chris Stanton and his guest, Craig Chalquist, as they dialogue about deep encounter with Nature and the healing potential of Ecotherapy. They will consider such questions as: Why have so many indigenous cultures insisted that the world is “alive”? How we can be more aware of our connection to plants, animals, our environment, and our own bodies? How can we open our inner selves to the “soul” of place and the wisdom of “ground”? How can we counter our human tendency to make war on nature?
Depth psychologist Craig Chalquist, MS PhD is a core faculty member of the School of Holistic Studies at John F. Kennedy University. He is the author of "Terrapsychology: Re-engaging the Soul of Place", "Deep California", "Storied Lives", and co-editor of with Linda Buzzell, MFT, of "Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind". He is also a Master Gardener through a partnership of the University of California with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Professor Chalquist trains psychotherapists, oversees thesis and dissertation work, and teaches graduate classes in psychology, mythology, ecopsychology, dream studies, qualitative research, and Jungian psychology on various Bay Area campuses. He has been published in AlterNet, HopeDance Magazine, The Journal of Critical Psychology, Spring, Dream Network Journal, and Psychological Perspectives, has contributed to three anthologies, and has been interviewed by KUBO, Shrink Rap, The Meria Heller Show, and University of Guelph Radio. Recent presentation venues include the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, Sonoma State, the California Institute of Integral Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute , and Santa Rosa Community College. He is also a member of the Foundation for Mythological Studies and on the editorial board for the new journal Ecopsychology.
April 16, 2009
Join Chris Stanton and his guest, Richard Shankman, as they dialogue about Buddhism, mindfulness, meditation, silence, what it's like to serve the disadvantaged and imprisoned, and other aspects of living compassionately on this planet.
Richard Shankman is the author of “The Experience of Samadhi: An In-Depth Investigation of Buddhist Meditation.” He has been a meditator since 1970 and teaches regularly at dharma centers and groups throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as nationally. Richard is a co-founder of both the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and a non-religious program bringing mindfulness training into inner city and low income schools. He has sat many silent, intensive meditation retreats for periods up to eleven months long.
Richard began meditation practice in a Hindu oriented yoga tradition, and spent several years living in an ashram engaged in concentration-based meditation practices. He transitioned to Buddhist practice in the late 1970’s and has been a vipassana meditator ever since.
Richard has been active in bringing dharma and meditation practice into prisons, jails and drug rehabilitation programs in California. In the 1970’s he taught meditation in San Quentin State Prison, the Marin County jail and a San Francisco drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Although no longer actively teaching in the prisons, programs that he started are continuing in both the Salinas Valley State Prison and the Men’s Correctional Training Facility, both near Soledad, California.
Richard holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and an MA degree in Philosophy and Religion, with an emphasis in Buddhist Studies.
April 2, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton and his guest Brian Weller as they dialogue about "returning to scale--reimagining sustainable local living" and the "Localization" movement--how communities can respond healthily to all the stresses of our current fractured society.
Brian Weller is a pioneer of the Localization movement and co-founder of WELL--Willits Economic Localization, a leading edge community in Northern California dedicated to preparing for the imminent effects of peak oil and climate change www.willitseconomiclocalization.com. Well-known as an innovator, creativity consultant and strategic thinker, Brian has co-founded two international consulting firms specializing in brain/mind learning technologies and organizational development. He is one of the originators of mind mapping and has consulted to a substantial number of Fortune 500 clients, including the British Broadcasting Corporation, Lloyds Bank International. Brian has contributed to 2 books on the themes of learning and critical social change, including “The White Hole in Time” by Peter Russell. In 2006 Brian was one of 112 invited specialists at the international forum ‘Dropping Knowledge’ in Berlin.
March 19, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton and his guest, David Johnston, as they explore such territories as sustainability, green building, future-proofing your home, and radically transforming the entire construction industry.
Author and green building expert, David Johnston, is a leading thinker behind the green building movement, transforming the way we think about the American home. His approach to green building has been embraced by municipalities, homeowners, building professionals and sustainability advocates nation-wide. Johnston’s latest book, “Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time” has been hailed as the definitive guide to green remodeling techniques.
Johnston is a much sought after lecturer and keynote speaker and has represented the United States at International Energy Efficiency meetings to develop international research agreements in the area of sustainable construction. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious “Corporate Excellence Award for Sustainable Development” from the University of Colorado, and the “Environmental Hero for 2004” title by Interiors and Sources Magazine. As founder of What’s Working, Inc. (www.whatsworking.com), a green building consultancy that provides socially and ecologically responsible guidance to businesses, agencies and communities around the world, Johnston is committed to radically transforming the way America builds.
March 5, 2009
Join Chris Stanton and his guest, Anodea Judith, as they explore humanity's current rite of passage "from the love of power to the power of love."
Will we survive into the next age? If so, what will it look like and what will it take for us to get there? For the first time since the planet cooled five billion years ago, humanity is capable of influencing––for better or worse––the trajectory of evolution. This requires a tremendous amount of responsibility and maturity of the heart and emotions. Anodea Judith, Ph.D. is the founder and director of Sacred Centers, and a groundbreaking thinker, writer, and spiritual teacher. Her passion for the realization of untapped human potential matches her concern for humanity’s impending crises—her fervent wish is that we “wake up in time.” Her most recent award-winning book-- “Waking the Global Heart: Humanity’s Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love”-- charts the history of human development into our present crisis and necessary transformation, with an inspiring message of hope for our future.
She holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in Psychology and Human Health, is a registered yoga teacher, and a lifelong student of healing, mythology, history, sociology, systems theory, and mystic spirituality. She is considered one of the country’s foremost experts on the combination of chakras and therapeutic issues and on the interpretation of the Chakra System for the Western lifestyle. She teaches across the U.S., Canada, Europe and Central America. To learn more about Anodea visit www.sacredcenters.com
February 19, 2009
Join Chris Stanton and his guest, Leza Danly, in an exploration of "Navigating Your Personal Spiritual Awakening”. Leza, MCC & CPCC, is the founder of Lucid Living and an extraordinary teacher who offers practical paths to awakening and new ways to harness our emotions to create the lives we want.
We invite you to participate in our discussion about the fundamental paradigm shift we must all navigate as part of our spiritual awakening: the choice between fear and hope, between an orientation to the past or to the future. We wil address such questions as: How are the current world crises part of your personal spiritual awakening? What clues do they offer to your deepest, most fulfilling joy?
Lucid Living is an organization which offers workshops and teleclasses for people who are ready to set down struggle and begin the adventure of receiving with ease and joy. Visit their website at www.lucidliving.net
February 5, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton and his guest, Duncan Campbell, this Thursday for a dialogue about dialogue.
Duncan is the host of the radio show Living Dialogues which features pioneers in new paradigm thinking in a broad variety of fields. Some of his recent guests include such luminaries as Deepak Chopra, Coleman Barks, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, Paul Hawken. Duncan weaves together compelling perspectives on our shared experience from his own rich background and that of the extraordinary range of people from around the world he dialogues with as personal friends. Dialogue is a fire-keeping space where together, we can ignite each other's unique creative spark to bring forth our individual transformation and the evolution of our global community. We invite you to participate as a deep listener.
January 22, 2009
Join host Chris Stanton and his guest, Mark Dowie, this Thursday for a revealing conversation about wilderness, what it is, and where humans fit in this system. Mark is a former publisher and editor of Mother Jones magazine. His investigative journalism has won dozens of major awards, including four National Magazine Awards. Mark is the author of four books, including Losing Ground: American Environmentalism at the Close of the Twentieth Century, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and American Foundations: An Investigative History. His forthcoming book is entitled Conservation Refugees: The 100 Year Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples, which explores his thesis that international conservation efforts are doing real and significant damage to the lands they are sincerely trying to protect.
Mark and Chris will dialogue about the environment, indigenous wisdom, and the cruel irony that many of our good intentions about conservation continue to destroy the very people who have been living sustainably in a relatively healthy environment for thousands of years. Join us as we examine what we need to learn from those who depend on the environment for their livelihood?
January 8, 2009
Ed Morler & Chris Stanton
With pleasure we introduce Chris Stanton, former CEO and current management consultant and executive coach who will join What We Need to Know as alternate weekly host. In this show, Ed and Chris will join forces to dialogue about the fundamental crises we humans are facing while laying out their thoughts about priorities, solutions and issues of resistance to change.
Despite our technological advances, human behavior as indicated by continuing wars, holocausts, environmental degradation, political and economic corruption has not shown significant growth over the millennia. All can ultimately be traced to the lack of responsibility/emotional maturity in our leaders and in our selves.
The intention of the January 8th show is to solicit as well as suggest fundamental means and models to help raise the level of human responsibility and in so doing our capacity to implement needed change. Audience call-in is invited and encouraged.
Join us in an exploration of how we humans can become more responsible . It is time to grow up.
