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Spring Creek Podcast
by Spring Creek Project
This podcast is produced by the Spring Creek Project, an organization at Oregon State University that sponsors readings, lectures, conversations, residencies, and other events and programming on issues and themes of critical importance to the health of humans and nature. Our mission is to bring together the practical wisdom of environmental science, the clarity of philosophy, and the transformational power of the written word and the arts to envision and inspire just and joyous relations with the planet and with one another.
Episodes
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Luminaries Watershed Edition: Caitlin Scarano with Rena Priest
This special edition of our Luminaries series focuses on creative work about watersheds. Today, in the final episode of these watershed-focused conversations, guest host Caitlin Scarano talks with Indigenous author and poet Rena Priest. Rena served as the 6th Washington State Poet Laureate and is...
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Luminaries Watershed Edition: Caitlin Scarano with Christian Murillo
This special edition of our Luminaries series focuses on creative work about watersheds. Today, in part three of these watershed-focused conversations, guest host Caitlin Scarano talks with Christian Murillo, an award-winning photographer. Christian has worked with National Geographic, Harvard...
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Luminaries Watershed Edition: Caitlin Scarano with Amy Gulick
Welcome back to the special edition of our Luminaries series that focuses on creative work about watersheds. Today, in part two of these watershed-focused conversations, guest host Caitlin Scarano talks with author and photographer Amy Gulick. Amy's images and stories have been featured in...
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Luminaries Watershed Edition: Caitlin Scarano with Lynda Mapes
Welcome to the first episode of a special four-part edition of our Luminaries series that focuses on creative work about watersheds. This special edition has been curated by Caitlin Scarano, a recipient of the 2024-25 Public Humanities Collaboratory Watershed Fellowship. Caitlin is a writer and...
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The Art of Reconnection: Daniela Naomi Molnar and Danielle Vogel
In the final episode of "The Art of Reconnection" series, co-host Daniela Naomi Molnar speaks with poet and ceremonialist Danielle Vogel about the scope, power, and possibility of language. Danielle is an experimental poet who is committed to an embodied, ceremonial approach to poetics and relies...
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The Art of Reconnection: Lee Emma Running and Ben Goldfarb
In part three of "The Art of Reconnection," series co-host Lee Running speaks with guest Ben Goldfarb to take us on an exploration of roads. Their conversation invites us to see these in-between places in new ways. Ben is a conservation journalist and award-winning author. His writing has…
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The Art of Reconnection: Daniela Naomi Molnar and Marcia Bjornerud
In part two of "The Art of Reconnection," series co-host Daniela Naomi Molnar speaks with guest Marcia Bjornerud about the narratives, notions of time, and deep wisdom embedded within rocks. Marcia is a writer and a structural geologist whose scientific research, which focuses on the physics of...
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The Art of Reconnection: Lee Emma Running and Daniela Naomi Molnar
In part one of "The Art of Reconnection" our series hosts, Lee Emma Running and Daniela Naomi Molnar, engage in a rich conversation about the ways their place-based practices of artmaking have transformed the quality of attention they bring to a place and their appreciation for the deep memory…
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The Art of Reconnection: Series Trailer
Welcome to "The Art of Reconnection," a new podcast series produced by the Spring Creek Project, an initiative of the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts at Oregon State University. The series was created in collaboration with The Arts Center in Corvallis, Oregon. During this...
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Collective Climate Action: Osprey Orielle Lake on women leading the way in climate justice organizing
Because of unequal gender norms globally, women are impacted first and worst by climate change, and yet, one of the untold stories is how incredibly vital women are to local and global solutions. In this episode, Osprey Orielle Lake joins colleague Ashley Guardado to explore the ways in which...
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Collective Climate Action: Diego Arguedas Ortiz on lessons from climate journalism as we look for climate hope
Where is the space for hope in a world where it is almost impossible not to feel hopeless and broken? In that "almost," argues journalist Diego Arguedas Ortiz. In this episode, Diego argues that climate hope is linked with action: both ours and that of others alongside us. He follows the case of...
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Collective Climate Action: Francesca Polletta on three misconceptions about social movements
People often think that social movements emerge when people get so frustrated with the state of things that they cannot not act. They think that only people who really believe in the cause join social movements. And they think that social movements only have an impact when they change the hearts...
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Collective Climate Action: Aisha Shillingford on audacious visioning to shape the future
In this episode, Aisha Shillingford invites us into a practice of imaginative world-building that involves thinking far into the future, deep intuition, and bold dreaming. She says we have the right and the responsibility to imagine another future, and what comes next depends on our ability to...
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Collective Climate Action: Jeremy Lent on climate breakdown as a symptom of a deeper malaise
While we need urgent responses to climate breakdown, we will only make meaningful progress once we recognize that it is a symptom of a deeper underlying malaise affecting our society. Climate must be understood as one aspect of a multifaceted process of global ecological degradation caused by...
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Luminaries: Fred Swanson on Robert Michael Pyle's essay "The Long Haul"
Today's "Luminaries" guest is Fred Swanson, a former research geologist with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, and a Senior Fellow of the Spring Creek Project. He is co-editor of the books "Forest Under Story: Creative Inquiry in an Old-Growth Forest" and "In the Blast...
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Collective Climate Action: Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. on immersive storytelling and intersectionality in climate justice organizing
In this episode, Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. addresses the interconnected issues of climate change, poverty, economic injustice, and other social injustices affecting vulnerable communities. He explains that it takes collective organizing around the deeper problems of inequality to effectively…
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Collective Climate Action: Peter Friederici on reframing the possibilities of climate breakdown
In this episode, Peter Friederici explains that societal responses to climate breakdown have been closely tied to the dominance of large-scale narratives that promote passivity and inaction. Close examination shows that these narratives follow the structure of classical tragedy as they support…
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Collective Climate Action: Tory Stephens on collective visioning for a just future
Climate change often feels overwhelming, leaving us with a sense of despair. To move forward, we need positive visions of a clean, green, and just world — yet these depictions are often lacking. In this episode, Tory Stephens explores why collective visioning and hopeful climate storytelling is a...
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Luminaries: Brooke Kuhnhausen on Joy Harjo's poem "Remember"
Today's "Luminaries" guest is Brooke Kuhnhausen, a psychologist who deeply values creativity and collaboration as portals of transformation and imagination so vitally needed for new ways of being together and caring for our living Earth. She practices depth and relational therapy in her private...
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Collective Climate Action: Emily Johnston on using our social nature to work for a thriving world
In this episode, Emily Johnston explains that the life we're living now isn't just on a collision course with Earth's limits; it's also historically abnormal in the extreme. How can we ensure that our social nature begins to work far more for a thriving world, than against one? Emily Johnston is…
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Collective Climate Action: Jennifer Atkinson on channeling eco-anxiety into climate action
In this episode, Jennifer Atkinson explains that the age of climate consequences is upon us, and anxiety and despair are rising along with global temperatures. To successfully face the challenges ahead, we need to build more than solar panels and sea walls — we also need to build the emotional...
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Collective Climate Action: Series Trailer
Welcome to "Collective Climate Action: Inspired Organizing for Our Future," a speaker series produced by the Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University. This series includes talks from a wide range of speakers. They invite us to imagine a world that centers climate justice and inspire us to...
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Luminaries: Robert Michael Pyle on Ann Haymond Zwinger's "Beyond the Aspen Grove"
Today's "Luminaries" guest is Robert Michael Pyle, a renowned environmental writer, conservation biologist, butterfly expert, and Guggenheim Fellow. Bob is the author of nearly 30 books, including "Sky Time in Gray's River," "Chasing Monarchs," "Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest, "and...
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Luminaries: Leah Wilson on Bill Viola's "The Crossing"
Today's "Luminaries" guest is Leah Wilson, a place-specific visual artist and writer. Leah's artwork is informed by physical engagement with the environment, keen observation, and a curiosity toward ecological research. Her art has been exhibited at galleries throughout the West Coast and her…
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Luminaries: Kathleen Dean Moore on W. S. Merwin's "Unchopping a Tree"
Our inaugural guest on "Luminaries" is Kathleen Dean Moore, a climate activist, philosopher, celebrated environmental writer, and one of the co-founders of the Spring Creek Project. She co-edited the collection "Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril" and is the author of several…
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Luminaries: Series Trailer
Welcome to "Luminaries," a new podcast series produced by the Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University. Sometimes we come across a piece of writing, art, or music so vivid and brilliant it leaves us unequivocally changed. "Luminaries" invites guests who love the planet to share a personal...
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Inner Nature: Erin Geesaman Rabke and Leilani Navar
This episode of Inner Nature is a warm exchange between old friends, Erin Geesaman Rabke and Leilani Navar, who, throughout this hour, weave together deep ecology, taoist cosmology, and the wondrous physical and emotional experience of being alive in a living world. Erin Geesaman Rabke describes...
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Inner Nature: Lyla June Johnston and Riane Eisler
In this episode of Inner Nature, we join Lyla June Johnston and Riane Eisler. Their conversation takes us across the globe and throughout the annals of time, from a deeply ancient, harmonious, Neolithic settlement to the devastation of Nazi Europe, and from the pre-colonial mound-building…
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Inner Nature: Patricia Jennings and Owsley Brown
In this episode of Inner Nature, Patricia Jennings, who goes by "Tish," and Owsley Brown offer insights on their work as collaborators for the Compassionate Schools Project, a curriculum that integrates empathy and mindfulness into elementary school education. Youth today, they say, are facing...
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Inner Nature: Dekila Chungyalpa and Mary Evelyn Tucker
In this episode of Inner Nature, Dekila Chungyalpa speaks with long-time friend Mary Evelyn Tucker about a much-needed paradigm shift that would allow us to better hold space for the mystery and sacredness of our deeply interconnected planet. The mystery we're immersed in on this planet is...
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Inner Nature: David James Duncan and Fred Bahnson
In this episode of Inner Nature, David James Duncan talks with Fred Bahnson. Both David and Fred developed and deepened their own contemplative practices among the peaks of mountains and on the banks of western rivers, which in turn led them to lives of activism and advocacy. During this...
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Inner Nature: Kaira Jewel Lingo and Kritee Kanko, Part 2
In the second episode of Inner Nature, which is part 2 of a 2-part conversation, Kritee Kanko and Kaira Jewel Lingo highlight the importance of creating small, local communities for processing grief and anger, practicing mindfulness, and taking climate action. The conversation also invites a...
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Inner Nature: Kaira Jewel Lingo and Kritee Kanko, Part 1
In the first episode of Inner Nature, which is part 1 of a 2-part conversation, Kritee Kanko and Kaira Jewel Lingo set a foundation for understanding the mutuality and reciprocity of contemplative practice and environmental action. They invite us to consider many questions: How might we meet and...
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Inner Nature: Series Trailer
Welcome to the Inner Nature series—a collection of conversations between thought-leaders exploring the intersection of contemplative practice and environmental action. Over eight episodes, released once a month, we'll explore how we can tend to our inner lives so we have the creativity and…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This podcast is produced by the Spring Creek Project, an organization at Oregon State University that sponsors readings, lectures, conversations, residencies, and other events and programming on issues and themes of critical importance to the health of humans and nature. Our mission is to bring together the practical wisdom of environmental science, the clarity of philosophy, and the transformational power of the written word and the arts to envision and inspire just and joyous relations with the planet and with one another.
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