Smockettes Muralists
The Smockettes are an artistic collaboration between Stella Greendeer, Natalie Hinahara, and Anna Kimm. Together they design and create beautiful murals and today we talk about why public art is important and how it benefits communities. We also discuss their design...
Past Lives
A short list of my favorites
Thoreau College Podcast
Episode 13 - Willie E. Jones III on Shakespeare, The Classics, and Theatre Education Willie Jones joins the podcast for an earnest discussion on the importance of the classics in the theater, in education, and in the pursuit of truth and knowledge. Willie E. Jones III...
Plants for the People-People for the Plants #26
Apples
The Crystalline Bed of St. Peter-October 13, 2022
Smitten with the layers of limestone and sandstone that line these Wisconsin hills. these loveliest of golden layer cakes, how does one person swelling the Driftless Area protect the land and waters?
The Nearly Noon News-Tuesday October 11, 2022
Invocation: Call it Home October 6, 2022
Invocation: Call it Home is from Catherine's poetry collection Geosmin and it was begun in 2007 in response to the first wave of devastating floods in our Driftless regions-as a way to speak what is beloved and why we stay. It was published as a poster with artwork by...
Honoring the Contemplative with Troubadour Larry Long & Storyteller Tom Thibodeau
Contemplation is the opposite of reaction. It’s the ability to pay attention. Wherever your attention goes your energy flows. Silence is the language of intimacy. Where words are not spoken, yet everything is understood. I am yours and you are...
Thoreau College
Episode 12 - “Bridget O'Brien, Dr. Charlie Brennan - Permaculture, Praxis, and Play” Jacob speaks with Bridget O'Brien and Dr. Charlie Brennan of the Garden Juju Collective, as they take us on a foray into the world and practice of Permaculture: in agriculture,...
Thoreau College Podcast
Episode 11 - “David W. Orr - Ecological Literacy in Higher Education” This week on Microcollege, David Orr makes his case for the importance of a higher education that keeps the Earth in mind. David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental...