The Book Exchange is full! Many gifts for all… including a poster about Sabrina Mathews’ Winter Solstice Lantern Walk this Sunday 5pm…

Death as a Natural Transformation with Azul Carolina Duque, Kenneth Newby and Wendelin Bartley and producer Darren Copeland. wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/s...

e243 francisco rodriguez – amazon awareness conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e24... My conversation with Francisco Rodriguez who with his wife Sylvia, manage the Anaconda Lodge near Tena, Ecuador, about his relationship with the Amazon and his work with the Kichwa people.

e242 roundtable - dissolving boundaries conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e24... This panel was part of Dissolving Boundaries on October 4, 2025 co-presented by Global Centre for Climate Action at @ocaduniversity.bsky.social and the European Union (EU), through its Delegation to Canada

erasure, audio excerpt

erasure emulating sand mandalas conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/a-c... I’ve erased all 81 postings on my Substack. I first launched it in February 2024. It was successful but these snapshots in time quickly become outdated. So… I decided to emulate the sand mandala process...

FYI www.deepadaptation.info/my-arcanum/

This is my narration of ‘my arcanum’ a calm presence Substack. conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/a-c... My learning and unlearning journey with conscient podcast and balado conscient has come full circle and it is time to let all that knowing settle, consolidate and metabolize.

é170 chantal dumas - une certaine douceur balado-conscient.simplecast.com/episodes/e17... Ma conversation avec l’artiste sonore Chantal Dumas à propos de sa création électroacoustique, Oscillations planétaires, une évocation géologique qui explore les mouvements ondulatoires de la terre.

é169 joan sullivan et robin servant voie de disparition balado-conscient.simplecast.com/episodes/e16... Joan Sullivan et @robinservant.bsky.social sur leur installation participative, La voix des glaces, qui vise à nous immerger au cœur des enjeux écologiques par la vue, l’ouïe et le toucher.

se recroqueviller balado-conscient.simplecast.com/episodes/a-c... à l’écoute de David Suzuki, Seth Klein, Joanna Macy et Thich Nhat Hanh Remarque : la version écrite de cet article se trouve sur le Substack a calm presence.

hunkering down is inspired by interviews with and writings by David Suzuki, Seth Klein, Joanna Macy and Thich Nhat Hanh. You can find the written version on my a calm presence Substack: acalmpresence.substack.com/p/hunkering-....

e241 roundtable – everyday habits for transforming systems conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e24... My second conversation with Adam Kahane (also see e219) and an engaged audience at the Ottawa launch of Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems about what it all means.

e240 claudia salguero – community, beauty, nature conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e24... My conversation with Claudia Salguero, a Colombian Canadian community engaged artist based in Ottawa about The Wisdom Mural inspired by the teachings of Ottawa based knowledge keepers.

e239 roundtable – imagining in public e2 - artist perspectives on social impact conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e23... This roundtable is presented by the Public Imagination Network about how artists contribute to social change and how the evaluation of art can shape public life.

e238 roundtable – sonic research group - low tech conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e23... Featuring Sonic Research Group members Aaron Lui-Rosenbaum, Barry Truax, Jacek Smolicki, Kathy Kennedy, Lindsey French, Natalie Dusek, Sabine Breitsameter, Vincent Andrisani and myself.

e237 helen yung – art as refuge conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e23... My conversation with interdisciplinary artist, researcher, consultant Helen Yung who leads the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence, a research group that specializes in reimagining how things work in the world.

e236 keiko torigoe – the power of listening conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e23... Hear Japanese musicologist and soundscape researcher Keiko Torigoe talk about soundscape culture in Japan and improving relations between human and more-than-humans. Voice over by Sabrina Mathews.

e235 lallan – art from the soil conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e23... Imagine an artist who champions rural wisdom, bridging ancient traditions with contemporary art to spark cultural and ecological movements. Discover how Lallan is building vibrant arts ecosystems in India.

é168 emily séguin – dénoncer les injustices balado-conscient.simplecast.com/episodes/e16... Ma conversation avec Emily Marie Séguin, artiste interdisciplinaire bispirituelle d'origine française et Anishinaabeg sur Éclore et son projet G’zaagiin maleńki – je te promets une forêt.

e234 emily séguin – a sense of community conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e23... Emily Marie Séguin, a 2-spirited performer, musician, theatre and visual artist of French and Anishinaabeg descent, talks about Éclore and her work as an indigenous artist. Aussi voir é168.

e233 andrew freiband – care as artistic practice conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e23... My conversation director of the Artists’ Literacies Institute, Andrew Freiband about his Systems Thinking for Socially Engaged Artists project and more.

e232 meghan moe beitiks - angles of consequence conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e23... My conversation with Meghan Moe Beitiks about the Angles of Consequence project created with reflected sunlight in key sites of climate advocacy and destruction.

e231 kelly wilhelm – what can we contribute? conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e23... My conversation with consultant and strategist in public policy, arts, culture and creative industries, Kelly Wilhelm, about leadership, equity, institutions and the resilience of the arts sector.

Thx @robcruickshank.bsky.social for sharing this conversation that was recorded at your house in Tkaronto for conscient podcast. It’s a good example of #sciArt but also #bees culture.

e230 sarah peebles – how can we reciprocate? conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e23... My conversation with Sarah Peebles a Toronto-based installation artist, composer and music improvisor about digitally manipulated found sounds and unconventional methods of amplification.

e229 don hill – amplifying voices conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e22... My conversation with sound designer, immersive & multimedia artist, science journalist, broadcaster & public speaker Don Hill about technology, spirituality, listening, hope and how to amplify underheard voices.

e228 rafael zen – artists as dreamers conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e22... My conversation with Rafael Zen, a Vancouver based queer Latinx video and sound artist and performer, Vancouver about their work in new media, performance art, dreaming and decolonial resistance.

e227 judith marcuse – spiritual strengthening conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e22... My second conversation with arts producer, choreographer, teacher and mentor Judith Marcuse about energy, imagination, spiritual strengthening and courage.

e226 roundtable - listening in relation conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e22... Featuring Lara Felsing, Adrian Avendaño, Hildegard Westerkamp, Toni-Leah C. Yake as part of the Listening in Relation at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

e225 hildegard westerkamp – when we were young   conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e22...   My 2nd conversation with composer and acoustic ecologist Hildegard Westerkamp about her childhood in post war Germany, how her upbringing affected her work as an artist and listener.

e224 sarah heynen – food as a solution that invites people in   conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e22...   Meet Sarah Heynen, a strategic systems-thinker, is ED of the Canadian Centre for Food & Ecology. We talked about food, artfulness, inspiration and prophecies.

“You are not a separate being. You belong to the living body of Earth. You are the Earth, looking up at the stars. You are the Earth, becoming conscious of itself.” –Joanna Macy RIP

ENCORE é55 france trépanier– un petit instant   balado-conscient.simplecast.com/episodes/enc...   Une réédition de l’épisode 55 avec l’artiste, commissaire et chercheure Kanien’kéha:ka et française, France Trépanier, enregistrée en 2021 sur l’art et les perspectives autochtones.

e223 anonymous - #downtowncritters   conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e22... My conversation and walk with an anonymous artist under the Gardiner Expressway in Tkaronto to discover the downtown critters project : large printed drawings of local animals, birds, insects and amphibians.

e222 wendalyn bartley – restoring our connection with nature conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e22... My conversation with composer, sound healer and performer Wendalyn Bartley about her Buried River Soundworlds and a song for Grenadier Pond, High Park, Tkaronto.

e221 annais linares and ben finley – arts-based kin making conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e22... Meet annais linares and Ben Finley, artists and sound makers about Alchemizing Earthfullness exploring self-rootedness, community connectedness and earth intimacy.

e220 tina pearson – what is art anyway? conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e22... Meet composer, sound artist, media artist and facilitator Tina Pearson, whose work explores nuanced sonic investigations of perception, presence and place. Tinas suggests we slow down and listen.

e219 adam kahane – radical engagement conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e21... Meet Adam Kahane and discover Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems, the Catalytic Power of Radical Engagement : seven habits that enable ordinary citizens to become extraordinary agents of transformation.

e218 roundtable - surviving the future conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e21... A group conversation about the 'Surviving the Future' 2025 course led by Shaun Chamberlin. I asked five of my fellow learners to share some of their most impact stories and how to apply this knowledge.

e221 devora neumark - sitting with emotions conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e21... My conversation with interdisciplinary artist-researcher, educator, and community-engaged practitioner Devora Neumark. #art #performance #healing #communityarts

conscient podcast listeners I will be publishing 1-minute excerpts from conscient podcast e217 to 241 (season finale) as well as from balado conscient. That’s 26 promos in 52 days! I invite you to listen to those episodes that resonate with your needs, interest and spirit in your own time.

From 'a sense of communion' my latest 'a calm presence' posting, about courage, serenity and emptiness, informed by what I learned from Brian D. McLaren’s book ‘Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart’ and my conversation with Stephen Huddart in conscient e213 – so much to do.

youtu.be/Ch1dKM2TWDs Hello, Bonjour   This is an update about conscient podcast. I'm going to be wrapping up season six this summer (2025). * Ceci est une mise à jour sur le balado conscient. Je vais terminer la sixième saison cet été (2025).

It’s my pleasure to invite those in the Ottawa-Gatineau region to the Ottawa launch of Adam Kahane’s latest book Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 7-8.30pm at Perfect Books, 258A Elgin Street, Ottawa. I will be recording this conversation for conscient podcast.

Hi Here is my latest ‘a calm presence’, inspired by a quote from Indy Johar’s May 12th, 2025 Substack posting, The Stickiness of Want - And the Systemic Amnesia Behind It Written : acalmpresence.substack.com/p/a-painfull... Audio : conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/a-c...