Radio Show Lineup This Week + Next!
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MON APR 6 VISIONARY CULTURE
8 PM PST / 11 PM EST
FOOD FOREST FARMING
WED APR 8 RAW INSPIRATIONS
7 PM PST / 10 PM EST
NOMI SHANNON + EVITA RAMPARTE
FRI APR 10 MUSIC OF AWAKENING
12 Noon pst / 3 PM est
DEEP LIGHT CAFE :: JACQUELINE CLEMONS,
DAVID GUNDERLOY
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The Original Crystal Blanket at Visionary Culture!
I love this blanket! It is now part of my ongoing product line, just because I want you to have access to the Best Stuff. I hope you can get one!
You know, as I travel on this path, I am coming into contact with some of the most amazing, helpful items on the planet.
One of them, a blanket made of spun crystal, will be available at 2012 Quantum Leap this weekend at the Visionary Culture booth! I am very excited to begin offering Arthur Franklin's galactivated creation.
Once you have one of these vibrationally cozy blankets over your shoulders, you'll see why I'm so excited! The blanket is made of crushed quartz crystals in a poly-fiber made of recycled bottles. You know how poly-fleece is so cozy. This poly-fleece is eco-sustainable as well. Let's use all those plastic botttles to create something good! I love it. It feels soft and warm, much better than regular polyfleece with the crystals in it.
The crystals act as little mirrors, reflecting your own energy and light back into your body for circulation, assisting in energy movement, blood and lymphy circulation and a truly high vibe! I have had the best night's sleep ever in these blankets made by my friend Arthur.
For questions and more information, please email me ::
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Nomi Shannon on Raw Inspirations!
The Raw Gourmet 
www.rawgourmet.com
Laura's Note :: Listen in to Raw Inspirations Radio Wednesday night April 8 at 7 pm pacific time! I am really looking forward to speaking with Nomi, who recently found me at ExpoWest! We really connected and it was one of those meetings that finally happened, as I had been wanting to meet her and interview her on Raw Inspirations for years.
Nomi won Best Raw Educator and more at this year's Best of Raw competition.
by Nomi Shannon
I was
introduced to raw food in 1987 ago by a holistic physician. At that
time, I had serious digestive problems and felt ill no matter what I
ate. For the first time in my life, I was gaining weight and had begun
to develop an alphabet of maladies. With my physician's encouragement,
I began to eat about fifty percent of my food raw. Most of us already
eat quite a bit of raw food, such as fruit, salads, coleslaw and even
smoothies, so I found it quite easy to expand on that theme; I carried
around a pocket full of raw almonds for snacks. I began to feel better
almost immediately.
But it wasn't until
sometime later that I became really serious about eating raw food and
went on a three week one hundred percent raw food and juices program,
including wheatgrass juice. I lost eleven pounds in 14 days and
couldn't believe how physically and mentally well I felt. It made me
realize that the degenerative process was so very subtle and slow that
I simply had forgotten how it felt to be healthy.
From
that moment on, I embraced a 100% raw food program, and over a matter
of several weeks said good riddance to fibromyalgia, hypoglycemia, mood
swings, allergic sinusitis, digestive disorders, including acid reflux,
and in time rid myself of candida (a systemic yeast infection that has
multiple symptoms). My physical, emotional and mental energy was so
high I had never experienced anything like it. It would be a lie to say
that, in my mid-forties, I felt as though I were in my twenties again.
I had never felt as good in my twenties.
Read full story here
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Deep Light Cafe :: Jacqueline Clemons + David Gunderloy on Music of Awakening
My friend Jacqueline co-created in the Visionary Culture Booth at 2012 Quantum Leap. This gorgeous multi-talented goddess has beautiful hip-positive music to share
Friday, April 10
Music of Awakening Noon PST, 3 PM est
Hip-Positive Music-- is at the heart of what DEEP LIGHT CAFE is all about.
Adult Contemporary Music that unapologetically crosses over to all ages and races.
With a sound evolving from the "Old-School" vibes of
artists such as Macy Gray, Sade, Sting, The Brand New Heavies,
Spearhead, Sly Stone, Earth Wind & Fire - Deep Light Café arrives
into the new soundscape that is being explored by artists such as Pink,
Natasha Bedingfield, Black Eyed Peas, India Arie, Justin Timberlake and
the like.
The self-titled debut album by Deep Light Café features
a unique signature blend of classical guitars with deep-in-the-pocket
drums and bass, providing the perfect setting for Jacqueline Clemons'
amazing, one of a kind voice and the band's positive message of
universal love.
Deep Light Café fills a gap in the musical marketplace,
populated by like-minded people who crave music that fits a lifestyle
of social, ecological and spiritual consciousness.
Once the band members created their sound, they began
playing their new tracks for everyone who wished to listen - fans,
friends, family, people on the street, people in clubs and restaurants.
The response was immediate, positive, and always went something like
this -------
"I want the CD! Where can I get it?"
Well here it is!
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Cleansing with Evita
I met Evita at Au Lac restaurant in Anaheim. She is a striking Polish woman who is rawkin the planet in her own way...
Evita will be my guest on Raw Inspirations Radio
Wednesday, April 8 at 7 pm
www.visionaryculture.com
A European actress, journalist and life coach, Evita Ramparte is a natural-born actress and artist, designing her own reality and relating in unique ways. She trained in American Method Acting in Warsaw, Poland and coached students of American Method Acting School in Paris. A native of Poland; grew up in Israel, studied in Switzerland; lived in Warsaw, London and Paris. Studied with shamans of Hawai and Ukraine, NLP Masters and European energy healers. She is holds double MA in Anthropology and Mass Communication. She is a journalist and life-coach.
After healing her cancer in 2000 through natural means, she has launched a private health-awareness campaign in media. She has been interviewed by MTV Europe, Polish Public TV, National Dutch TV, and many women's magazines including Cosmopolitan Magazine. She sees her acting as world leadership in our global neighborhood.
Evita arrived in Los Angeles, California, on Dec 18, 2008. She is currently exploring feminine strategies in the jungle of business, establishing TigerWomanClub, and launching a community based lifestyle program called Angel City Cleanse. She offers shamanic coaching sessions, workshops and public meditations.
www.angelcitycleanse.com
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RawUnion :: Matt and Angela's Wedding is a Festival!
Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes invited me to help produce the RawUnion Festival which includes their wedding!
Wow this is going to be fun! Come on out to join us at RawUnion! We just heard David Wolfe is among the presenters too. We have spots for fifty vendors, and will have raw vegan education, music, dancing, celebration, conscious speed dating and yes, a wedding!
Fun Yung Moon and I will be Emcee'ing! Rawk the house!
You can get your tix now. Choices of camping, nearby hotels. It's on an organic farm in a gorgeous setting. Can't wait to see everyone there!
www.rawunion.com
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Greetings!
Aloha!
"Just let go" is such a common saying, but do we really know how to do it, or what it's value is?
When I attended Damen Easton's Se Re Ma workshop this weekend, we experienced 'letting go' to a whole new level.
Though
typically we wouldn't think of letting go as an art or a science, from
my experiences this weekend, I'm seeing how it is both. There is a
kinesthetic feeling related to "letting go," as well as physics related
principles to it's functionality and results.
When an inner or
outer circumstance grips us mentally, emotionally or physically, it
sometimes feels challenging to let go. Likewise, when we want something
very much, it can also be challenging to let go of it, we tend to grasp.
The
teachings in Self Realization Manifestation - Se Re Ma - helped me to
really experience letting go and it's value. I have been a long time
student of reality creation and manifesting, including the work of
Esther and Jerry Hicks with Abraham. They talk often about the art of
letting go, and what happened this weekend in Se Re Ma, is I ACTUALLY
EXPERIENCED IT, what it felt like, and the absolutely profound effect
it has on me when I do it. Paradoxically, it is non-active action.
There are steps to do inwardly in order to REALLY RELEASE the situation
or image, and it feels REALLY GOOD!
There are very deep
spiritual truths behind all of this about which I'll be writing more in
issues to come and on my blog. And for now, suffice it to say that
Letting Go in the real sense is now recognized by moi to be the
source-origin point of any teachings about forgiveness, which have
gotten twisted up in ego and misunderstanding over the centuries to
varying degrees depending on who is describing it.
Forgiveness
doesn't mean someone did something wrong as much as "I'm now going to
fully release all energies, images and anything within me associated
with this experience, without resistance, with total love, and total
peace!"
I totally recommend Damen's training. His spiritual
teaching and skill work is profound and life changing. He will be my
guest again on May 4.
My thought for you for the week ::
What
does letting go feel like? What would happen if you were to let go
completely of any given scenario? What happens if we totally allow any
experience to be, even if it is something we didn't want, or if it is
something we desire to create, and then without resistance, totally
relax, allow and let it go while feeling at One with all possibilities
and all things?
I would LOVE to post your responses in next week's e-zine if you care to share! If you want info on Se Re Ma training, just let me know. laura@visionaryculture.com
This year's Harmony Festival will signal another aspect of Lift-Off. Definitely come on out and join Jay Ma of Living Mandala and I at this year's Harmony Festival, June 12-14 in Santa Rosa!
I
am super stoked that Daniel Pinchbeck will be joining me for a show on
May 11, and Caroline Casey on May 18. Both of these fab superheroes
will be at Harmony Festival along with Michael Franti as a headliner.
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Many blessings and endless love!
Laura Fox
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Food Forests Across America on
Visionary Culture Radio!
Food Forest Gardening can solve a lot of ecological issues, 'stacking a lot of functions,' as permaculturists would say...
Note from Laura :: Aloha! Jay Ma, who is producing this year's Harmony Festival
Eco Village, June 12-14 in Sonoma County, has pulled together an
awesome collective activation on Food Forests education. You may
remember that I produced the Eco Village at Harmony last year, which
was very potent. This year I've passed the baton to Jay with Harmony
Fest blessings, and I will be Emceeing. I look forward to seeing you
there!
This activity around Food Forest Education and Action is very
exciting for permaculturists AND anyone interested in sustainble,
regenerative food practices. I'm super stoked to be having six of the
world's Food Forest Teachers on Visionary Culture Radio Monday night,
April 6. Check it out!
Story by Jay Ma of Living Mandala
In an uncertain economy and changing world, local food security is
an essential element to becoming sustaibable in this emmerging Green
Economy. Join the campaign for local food security and learn how you
can help to transform gardens, lawns, parks, and empty spaces into
thriving edible landscapes that are beautiful, regenerative, and
produce an abundance of delicious, locally grown food!
Food Forests Across America on Visionary Culture Radio!
Monday April 6th, 8:00 pm PST
Tune into Visionary Culture Radio
with Laura Fox on Monday for a show on Food Forests Across America with
special guest permaculture teachers from the east to west coasts of the
U.S.
Call In :: 646-649-1957
Or Log In or Listen :: www.visionarycultureradio.com
Special Guests Include ::
Erik Ohlsen - Founder & Director - Permaculture Earth Artisans
Ethan Roland - Founder & Director - AppleSeed Permaculture
Marisha Auerbach - Founder & Director - Herb 'n Wisdom
Max Meyers - Director - Mendocino Ecological Learning Center
Jay Ma - Co-Founder, Director of Programs & Development - Living Mandala
John Valenzuela - Veteran Permaculture Designer, Educator & Consultant
What is a Food Forest Garden?
Imagine a forest where every single tree is dripping with fresh
fruits and ripening nuts. Every shrub is packed with delicious berries,
and every other plant is a medicinal herb, culinary spice, or beautiful
edible flower. Tubers and root crops are abundant underfoot, gourmet
mushroom logs sprout in the shade, and hardy kiwi vines climb back up
through the layers of this multi-functional forest of food.
Food forests are diverse gardens modeled after natural ecosystems
designed to mimic the way a forest thrives and regenerates. A forest
continuously nourishing all elements in the system and produce a vast
diversity of outputs, but requires little or no inputs to sustain
itself. By recognizing the self-supporting, mutually beneficial
relationships of the elements in a forest - from tall trees, smaller
trees, shrubs, herbs, ground covers, vines, nitrogen fixers,
insectaries, fungi, animals, and more, the food forest garden designs a
similar system but replaces the components that are in a common forest
with species that are preferred edibles and more useful for humans. The
forest then becomes a Garden of Eden, in which edible or useful plants
are found from head to toe, where something in season is always ready
to eat, and the system requires little or no maintenance to sustain and
regenerate.
Where Can I Learn About Forest Gardens?
We recommend the book - Edible Forest Gardens, by Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier, www.edibleforestgardens.com
as well as Permaculture resources, practices, and philosophies.
The best way is to learn how to design and install a Food Forest Garden is by taking a hands-on course.
Check out the Living Mandala Website for information.
Upcoming Forest Garden Courses:
Forest Garden Immersion Course - April 23-26, 2009
Food Forest & Agroforestry Workshop in Maui April 14-18
Forest Garden Immersion Course - April 23-26
Hands-on Training to Design and Implement Edible Landscapes
April 23-26, 2009
High Falls, New York at Camp Epworth Permaculture Demonstration & Education Center In Association with Appleseed Permaculture
Visit the Course website for More information Including FOREST GARDENING, FOREST ECOLOGY, PERMACULTURE, PLANT PROPAGATION,
PLANTING & MULCHING, GRAFTING, SOIL ECOLOGY, BASIC BOTANY,
MUSHROOM, INOCULATION, FORAGING & WILD EDIBLES, DESIGN TOOLS, FRESH
FOREST GARDEN COOKING, AND MORE
Course Description
This course immerses participants in the hands-on reality of
designing and co-creating edible forest gardens. During the 4-day
(Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun) course, participants learn how to design, establish,
and maintain such Edible Forest Gardens of Eden.Together we will engage
in the practical skills of forest gardening: propagation, grafting,
planting & mulching, soil ecology, basic botany & horticulture,
management & maintenance, plant identification, mushroom
inoculation, foraging & wild edibles, community preparation of
local medicines, and fresh forest garden cooking. Daily plant walks
connect participants on a deeper level with a diversity of
multifunctional herbs, trees, and vines. Participants share stories of
their own forest gardening explorations, and a visit to an 11-year old
local forest garden shows the evolution of these systems. We learn to
weave forest gardening into our communities as well as into the soil.
Forest Gardening in the Northeast
This course functionally interconnects with other Forest Garden
courses taught in the Northeast this season by providing cultural
mentoring in the hands-on joys and challenges of starting and
maintaining forest gardens. Our connection to the local community will
culminate in adding another quarter-acre of forest garden to last
year's acre-planting, and a celebration with the local permaculture
community before returning home.
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Food Forest Agroforestry Workshop & Retreat in Maui
April 14-18, 2009
Maui, Hawaii
Hale Akua Garden Farm
Food, Fodder, Forage, Fuel, Fiber, Fungus, Fertility, Functional
Farmaceuticals, Fertility Focusing on Pacific Island Tropical and
Subtropical Forest Systems
Facilitators & Instructors
Penny Livingston-Stark
Doug Bullock
John Valenzuala
additional special guests
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Organize and Install a Forest Garden Course in Your Town!
To organize a Food Forest Garden Immersion Course in your town contact:
forestgarden@livingmandala.com
All shows will be archived within the hour for your ongoing listening pleasure.
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Who Are These Food Foresters?
Check out these six permaculturists who will share their wisdom and knowledge about Food Forest Gardens on Visionary Culture Radio April 6
Erik Ohlsen - Founder & Director - Permaculture Earth Artisans
Ethan Roland - Founder & Director - AppleSeed Permaculture
Max Meyers - Director - Mendocino Ecological Learning Center
Marisha Auerbach - Founder & Director - Herb 'n Wisdom
Jay Ma - Co-Founder, Director of Programs & Development - Living Mandala
John Valenzuela - Veteran Permaculture Designer, Educator & Consultant
Erik Ohlsen - Founder & Director - Permaculture Earth Artisans
Erik Ohlsen is a Permaculture designer, and teacher. He's also a Community organizer, and activist. He is the director and owner of the Permaculture design and installation business called Permaculture Earth Artisans. Erik has extensive field experience in water harvesting/storm water management, Food Forests, perennial polyculture, erosion control systems, market gardens/farms, ponds, integrated Pest management, sustainable forestry, irrigation systems, grey water/bioremediation, use of and influence to microclimates, urban agriculture, community gardens, watershed restoration, operating heavy machinery, and facilitating crews. Erik has taught courses in Permaculture and related subjects throughout the US, Canada, and the UK. He currently teaches with the Earth Activist Training, the Regenerative Design Institute and guest teaches with The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. Internationally, Erik has worked on campaigns for global Justice. He has founded numerous nonprofits over the years. The following are organizations Erik has cofounded or founded: Planting Earth Activation, PA, an organization dedicated to planting community gardens, growing and saving heirloom and open pollinated seed, and educating the community about sustainable agriculture. PA planted over hundred gardens in under three years. The RITES Project (Return Intentions Toward Ecological Sustainability), this organization has initiated gardens and ecoliteracy programs in schools. Also, The RITES project organizes Permaculture and bioremediation courses locally and abroad. The Green Bloc, this group of Permaculture Activists organize solution oriented actions at the WTO, G8, FTAA, and Biotech meetings. Adopt-an-Activist, An organization dedicated to fundraising for activists, to enable full time stints for people dedicated to this work.
Ethan Roland - Founder & Director - AppleSeed Permaculture
Ethan is a permaculture designer, teacher, and researcher based in the Connecticut and Hudson river valleys. He studies and practices regenerative design in all corners of the world, from the wild apple forests of Kazakhstan to the tropical monsoon ecosystems of Thailand. Ethan builds resilience for local and global communities through the ecological design & development firm AppleSeed Permaculture ( www.appleseedpermaculture.com <http://www.appleseedpermaculture.com/>), and helps to organize the Northeastern Permaculture Network (www.northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com <http://www.northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com/>). He holds an M.S. in Collaborative Eco-Social Design from Gaia University, and is currently working for the university in Organizational Development and to grow the Bachelor's program. Ethan is a joyfully dedicated plant geek, and works closely with Dave Jacke (www.edibleforestgardens.com), Eric Toensmeier, and Jonathan Bates on the Board of the Apios Institute (www.apiosinstitute.org) to further the art and science of Edible Forest Gardens. He has planted forest gardens all over the northeast, and is eager to share is passion and experience with developing these incredible ecosystems of abundance.
Max Meyers - Director - Mendocino Ecological Learning Center
Maximillian Meyers is an Ecological Designer, Permaculture Teacher, Farmer and Director of the Mendocino Ecological Learning Center (www.melc.us), a nonprofit educational organization and ecological reserve that offers green job training and practices sustainable stewardship of land, plants, animals and energy systems. He has been studying, practicing and teaching Permaculture and Ecological Design for 11 years. In addition to the work at MELC, Max provides Ecological design services to the public, organizations and schools. He is passionate about all things related to a more just and sustainable world. Since graduating from New College of California's Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Communities B.A. program and Santa Rosa Junior College's Sustainable Agriculture Program, Max has become a certified Permaculture designer/teacher, Aquaponics system installer and sustainable water systems specialist. He has been fortunate enough to study with people like Bill Mollison, Geoff Lawton, Sepp Holzer, Tom Ward, Jude Hobbs, Penny Livingston and many others in places like the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Hawaii. Some of his fields of study and practice include: Natural Building, Biodynamic Farming, Integrated Rainwater Collection and Storage, Alternative Transportation, Mushroom Cultivation, Sustainable Forestry, Beekeeping, Animal Husbandry, Renewable Energy, Biogas Production and use, Greywater Systems design and installation, Vermiculture, seed saving and many other sustainable technologies, methods and skills. Max has experience teaching Permaculture, Natural Building, Cob Construction, Renewable Energy, Organic farming, Beekeeping and others. Maximillian Meyers lives with his wife and partner Maria Luisa in Willits, California.
Marisha Auerbach - Founder & Director - Herb 'n Wisdom
Marisha Auerbach has been practicing, studying, and teaching permaculture in the Pacific Northwest for the past eight years. Marisha is working to share knowledge and educate others on a variety of topics including: permaculture, flower and gem essences, local economics, community building, ethnobotany, herbalism, edible landscape design, organic gardening, and others. She is enthusiastic about and building local community through the power of gardens, local economics, and creating perennial forage systems . Marisha's interest in local economics and creating useful items using her resources manifests as several projects. Marisha works on a local community marketplace in Olympia WA; she founded and operates Queen Bee Flower and Gem Essences, a business which produces and herbal products she makes from her gardens; Herb 'n Wisdom , a permaculture design consulting service; and Growing Greetings, a business which produces plantable greeting cards and other products. Marisha also operates a plant nursery which focuses on edible flowers and other gourmet specialty food items. Marisha graduated from the Evergreen State College in 1998 where she focused on ethnobotany, ecological agriculture, and sustainability studies. She continues to interact with students from the Evergreen State College by offering internships as well as on-going events and workshops at the beautiful permaculture gardens she caretakes in Olympia, WA.
Jay Ma - Co-Founder, Director of Programs & Development
Living Mandala
Jay Ma is a permaculture designer, facilitator, and community organizer committed to cultural healing through Peacemaker Principles. He received his first permaculture design certification through Naropa University in 2001, a B.A. through New College of California in Culture, Ecology, and Sustainable Community with a concentration in Eco-Dwelling/Natural Building, and is a graduate of the pioneering two-year training intensive in Regenerative Design & Nature Awareness. Since then Jay has been developing educational programs, retreats, workshops, and events as well as community land development projects with organizations including the Regenerative Design Institute (www.regenerativedesign.org), the Institute of Noetic Sciences (www.ions.org), Earth Circle (www.earthcircle.org), Divine Joy (www.divinejoy.org), Gaia University and others. Jay is co-founder and director of programs and development of Living Mandala (www.livingmandala.com) - an emmerging collective of educators, designers, and consultants, and works with others organizing educational courses, workshops, and events for eco-social regeneration in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. He is currently pursueing a Master's degree with Gaia University (www.gaiauniversity.org) in Organized Learning for Eco-Social Regeneration, and working on the development of a regional Center of Gaia University in the San Francisco Bay area.. Jay is also a certified Permaculture Teacher, a Fire Walk Instructor through Sundoor International (www.sundoor.com), and is passionate about renewing Rites of Passage experiential programs for people of all ages.
John Valenzuela - Veteran Permaculture Designer, Educator & Consultant
John Valenzuela is a horticulturist, consultant, and veteran permaculture educator with experience teaching and consulting a wide range of people including children, students, professionals, owners, renters, institutions, businesses, displaced sugar workers, and more. John has been a lead permaculture design course instructor at the Bullock Family Homestead in Orcas Island Washington for 10 years, and also has experience teaching in Costa Rica and throughout urban and rural California. Living in Hawai'i for 15 years, John has studied and practiced tropical permaculture and taught extensively in the Islands. His special interests are home gardens, plant propagation, rare fruit, food forests, agroforestry, ethnobotany, and native ecosystems. John is now based in his home state of California, where he maintains a small nursery and shares his passion for plants.
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