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The Story Connective
by The Story Connective
The Story Connective is dedicated to documenting and sharing inspiring stories of possibility, resilience, and cooperation.
Episodes
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022-SB Magical Moments & Synchronicities
In this episode we start off with a tale about the hidden folk from Norway. The recording was done live with an audience of friends & regenerative farmers. After hearing the story, the group was inspired by the story of to tell tales from their own lives related to synchronicity & magic. SPECIAL...
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021 Rhapsody and Loxley Talk Story About Their Travels and Inspirations
In this episode, Loxley & Rhapsody interview each other about what has inspired us to share stories, getting personal about our inspirations & motivations behind Story Connective. We share about some of the amazingly resilient & cooperative communities we got to experience during our Winter trip…
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020-RM Songs For Change
In this episode, you'll hear how the children at an elementary school became rock stars. Pōmaikaʻi Elementary School has become a model for how to use the arts to inspire children to reach their highest potential in the classroom, in the community, & beyond. We sat down with 2 educators, Melinda...
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019 Money-Wise Woman – Crystal Arnold
Crystal Arnold helps others define financial success in their own terms & cultivate true wealth. She is the founder of Money-Morphosis, the director of education at the Post Growth Institute, & is a money-wise woman & mother. Isn’t it odd that as important as money is in shaping our lives & the...
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018-SB Grow Some Good – Story Bridge
Here are some stories that come straight from the garden – the school garden. We collected these stories when The Story Connective was invited to do a Story Bridge workshop with Grow Some Good, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating hands-on, outdoor learning experiences in schools. Our...
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How To Think Like A Plant with Harriet Witt
Astronomer & primal scientist Harriet Witt presents us with a way to view the evolution of life on Earth through the lens of Hawaiian knowledge. CREDITS: Story & narration by Harriet Witt at PassengerPlanet.com Audio recording, audio & video production by Loxley Clovis at StoryConnective.org...
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017-SB Stories of Food – Story Bridge
In this episode, we asked folks to talk about a significant moment in their lives around food, eating, & meals. We brought the Story Bridge Method to a local acting class for senior citizens in our community. Story Bridge is a community storytelling & performance method that has been used for...
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016-RM Designing for Food Security with Common Ground Collective
A lot of land is legally zoned to be producing more food than it currently is. If these properties had the support to be in food production, they could literally add tons of food to the food system. Common Ground Collective is a non-profit that has been designed to make it easy for people grow…
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015 Wild Wisdom, Wild Weeds - Katrina Blair
Katrina Blair is the author of The Wild Wisdom of Weeds, a forager’s guide to ultimate food security. Few people have sparked my imagination more about what it means to be resilient than Katrina Blair. In her book she identifies 13 global survival plants – commonly considered weeds in American...
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014-SB Story Bridge - Connecting Stories of Change
There is something really special about stories that come from our own geography - from the people with whom we share a culture of place. How amazing would it be if every town & city had a practice of gathering to share stories?! Well, for this episode, we used the Story Bridge Method to guide a...
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013-FT The Nightingale - a story told by Rebecca Rhapsody
In this episode we tell you a lesser-known fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen about a melodious songbird during the Industrial Revolution. “The Nightingale” was originally published in 1843, as the machines of the Industrial Revolution were appearing in greater numbers around the…
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012-RM Connecting Local: Music, Food, Community
This podcast episode is about music & how it can inspire a regenerative way of life. Enjoy the music & manaʻo (thoughts) of these amazing artists & farmers: Pat Simmons Jr, Paul Izak, & Evan Ryan. Learn about what inspires them, their community work, & about how Maui's Central Valley could be...
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Cooperatives: Concern for Community
Curious about cooperatives? Annie Hoy has been outreach director at the Ashland Food Co-op for the last 20 years. The cooperative business model brings with it all sorts of possibilities for creating a resilient, thriving, local community. She & Rhapsody talk about how coops are enterprises by…
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011-SA Social Artistry - Past and Future
Social Artistry is a field of study & set of practices that evokes the potential of individuals & groups. Social Artists engage with others to create more resilience & possibilities in their community. You are about to hear a candid & delightful conversation between four Social Artists of…
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010 Seeds of Inspiration - Don Tipping
Don Tipping is a leader in the movement of saving seeds and protecting genetic biodiversity for generations to come. Don talks about why he does what he does, and he shares real stories and useful suggestions for those that want to contribute to supporting the resiliency of life. Don is a...
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009 Amazing Is Your Birthright - Noah Rattler
Noah Rattler takes us on a journey into ourselves & beyond. We talk about everything from science fiction, to ancient Rome, to mental illness, to shifting society. Noah has some incredible ways of cultivating resilience in possibility in his own life. A few years ago he walked 1,800 miles from...
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What is Story Connective?
The Stories we see & hear shape what we think is possible. We tell inspiring stories of resilience, possibility & cooperation. We also tell myths & folktales that connect us with deeper ways of being. This video is a short description of what we are seeking to do with our content. If you support...
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008 Free Food - a story by Rebecca Rhapsody
People come together & volunteer to feed the hungry free of charge in cities across the world based on idea that another world is possible. Rebecca Rhapsody of the Story Connective tells her experience with the Houston, Texas chapter involved in this global movement that shares donated food with...
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007-RM Planting Forests: Growing Hope - Art Medeiros
Hear the inspiring story of a group of people working together to reforest part of the island of Maui. Art Medeiros & the Auwahi Forest Restoration Project are protecting tracts of highly endangered forest as biological and cultural sanctuaries. Hawaiʻi is home to some of the rarest plant species...
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Abundance Circle
Vicki Levin is a champion of locally grown food & community. She gathers up excess food produced by her friends' & neighbors' gardens & distributes it among them all. It's called the Abundance Circle. For example, when one member of the Abundance Circle has too many ripe oranges from their tree…
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006-SA Social Artistry Success Story - Joy Jinks
Joy Jinks used storytelling, community theater, & enthusiasm to help revive her rural town's economy. Joy was concerned about all the young people leaving her beloved Georgia town & moving to the big cities for work. So she & her allies mustered up their strength & charming networking skills to...
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005-RM What Jobs Can We Create Now? - Jenny Pell pt. 2
In pt. 2 of our interview with Jenny Pell, she focuses on the local food economy. We talk about what it could look like to create thrivelihoods for people - jobs & ways of life that are financially sustainable, while also in balance with our natural resources & the needs of the Maui community.…
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004-RM What Can We Grow Now? - Jenny Pell pt. 1
Now that Maui isn't growing sugarcane, could we grow food, soil, & jobs while making Maui’s central valley healthier & more productive than ever? Permaculture designer Jenny Pell has created a plan for the 36,000 acres of Maui’s central valley that could be bountiful agriculturally &…
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003-RM Chef Turns Regenerative Farmer - James Simpliciano
We hear the story of chef turned farmer James Simpliciano. He is the founder of Simpli-Fresh Produce Farms in Lahaina, President of the Hawaii Farmers Union United Mauna Kahalawai chapter, & Vice President of Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers Association. In this second episode of the Re-envision…
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002-RM Re-envision Maui - Before and After Sugar
We take an in depth look at Maui’s past, from its mythic origins & indigenous ways of life, through colonization, & finally to its modern incarnation. The island of Maui is at a crossroads. Industrial sugarcane production on Maui has come to an end after 150 years & the future of tens of…
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001 Cultivating Resilience in Schools - Doug Banner
Doug Banner is a long time Social Artist, with many stories to tell of his well lived, mythic life. He is an educator, researcher, woodworker, & more. He is the executive director of The Flow Project, which defines & studies the applications of the flow state of artists in their creative process....
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