As I begin planning this year's garden, I look at what my focus is with plants: food and medicine, native plants and staying organic despite the pressure from corporate interests.

In this episode, I talk about some of the issues with the economy that hinder us from having a good quality of life. It's clear that we need change, but how do we implement it collectively?

People have a lot of strong feelings about gender roles, identity and sexuality. I give my 2 cents about my own issues with gender and how I think we need to get smarter about the direction we've been headed over the last decade or so. I also give an update on the tarot card reading I did last year.

In this episode I give an overview of an area of research that I've been focused on for many years: overpopulation, including a few misconceptions around it.

Colonialism is an overwhelming force in our cultures andspecies, and I go over some of the aspects of it that get overlooked as many of us try to decolonize in different ways.

People often disagree because they don't have the same values, and they place significance on different things. I take a look at the fundamental differences in perspective that hold people back from understanding each other.

Why doomers are probably right and not as pessimistic as youmight think. The signs of collapse are everywhere if you recognize them.

My contribution to the growing discussions on bringing backwhat's best about matriarchy to create an egalitarian society.