Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
Published by Kaméa Chayne
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Green Dreamer with kaméa chayne explores our paths to collective healing, biocultural revitalization, and true abundance and wellness *for all*. Curious to unravel the dominant narratives that stunt our imaginations and called to spark radical dreaming of what could be, we share conversations with an ever-expanding range of thought leaders — each inspiring us to deepen and broaden our awareness in their own ways. www.greendreamer.com
What does it mean to practice detachment while staying deeply engaged in the work of collective transformation? What is the significance of cultivating a discipline of care? And how might we understand our breath as a foundational practice? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Norma Ryuko Kawelokū Wong Roshi, a Native Hawaiian and Hakka life-long resident of Hawaiʻi and an 86th generation Zen Master. Join us as we explore the courage, wisdom, and Aloha that this timeplace of collapse is asking of us, and more. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . This episode's musical feature is "I am" by Beautiful Chorus ft. India Arie
How do we hold the tension between automation advancements intended to make everyday life easier, with the intimacy that can only come through the work of our hands? What can we learn from Cree worldviews and ways of living? And what does it mean to navigate hardships that arise from systemic injustice next to the ones that come from a deeper participation in life? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chane speaks with Adrian Sutherland, a roots-rocker-with-heart from Attawapiskat in Ontario’s Far North. Join us as Adrian offers a glimpse into the Cree traditions, crafts, and worldviews that have influenced his life as a musician, and more. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . The musical offerings in this episode are "Notawe" and "Precious" by Adrian Sutherland.
What do we know about the oldest surviving textiles of the world? How might learning about the biocultural history of fibers transform how we relate to fashion? And what does it mean to remember the sacredness of the cloth — in conjunction with questions around access and affordability? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Carry Somers, the Co-founder of Fashion Revolution and the author of The Nature of Fashion . Join us as we reconnect with the origins of textiles and what they teach us about the inseparability of culture and ecology. This episode's musical feature is “Novo Amanhecer” by Nessi Gomes .
How do we cultivate active hope through engaging in small, daily actions? What can we learn about social organizing and community building from looking at it through a permaculture lens? And what does it mean to re-establish our connections with land, water, and community — whether we live in the heart of cities or in more rural contexts? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Kirsten Bradley, the co-founder of Milkwood and the author of The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook. Join us as we chat through how the permaculture principles relate to social change — and how we might dig our hands in the dirt to participate in that action. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Episode song feature: “Grandmother” by Ayla Schafer
How does the outdoor industry profit off of “the wilderness” as an extractive, consumable experience? How have outdoor apparel companies benefited from sanitizing the history of national parks and public lands? And what does it mean to recognize the colonial mentality behind certain forms of exploration — bagging peaks, checking off trails, and securing photographs of scenic spots without going any deeper? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Joseph Whitson, a political ecologist and the author of Marketing the Wilderness . Join us as we peel back the layers of the recreation-industrial complex — politicizing the idea of “protecting the wilderness” often portrayed as a bipartisan interest — and sit with what it means to travel, hike, and recreate in the “great outdoors” while confronting questions of complicity. Episode musical feature: “Eden” by Ryne Meadow
"There is an uncanniness, a way in which [fungi] were not behaving perfectly, in which it's hard to study them in a petri dish… They upset that wish that everything would fall into binaries and categories that have made sense." – Maria Pinto This episode features Maria Pinto , an author and educator who teaches for the literary nonprofit GrubStreet. Her book of lyric essays about mushrooms, Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival, was published by Great Circle Books at UNC Press. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Episode artwork: Paul Lewin Song features: “If You Want To, You Will” by Lemon Myrtle
What does belonging mean within a fractured world? How do we liberate ourselves from systems that attempt to turn us into mere cogs in a machine? What can sitting with the paradoxes of being human teach us? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Sophia Kai of Journey of the Soul, whose work lives at the crossroads of world, folk, and medicine music — blending languages, poetry and healing into musical journeys that transcend borders and open the heart of humanity. Join us as we unravel the messiness of being human in these troubled times, and contemplate where journeying toward a collective remembrance may lead us. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Musical features: “Touchée” (Live in Corfu) and “Ultima Luz” by Sophia Kai
What is the role of language in shaping our worldviews and webs of relations — beyond simply serving as tools of communication? How can the revitalization of Indigenous languages “disrupt the glue for colonial thinking”? And what does it mean to navigate tensions around cultural change and cultural continuity? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Anton Treuer, an Ojibwe author, professor, and public speaker dedicated to Indigenous language revitalization, education, and cultural understanding. Join us as we explore collective healing through working with land-based languages, deepening dialogue between the oppressor and the oppressed, and more. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Song feature: “Let it Shine” by Adrian Sutherland
How do we navigate questions around staying to resist, versus relocating to find home — in a time when certain places may no longer feel safe for certain bodies? What might it look like to push back against gentrification as a community? And how do we confront the complicity of our entanglement in systems of oppression, extraction, and displacement? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Solaris J. Capehart, a Liberian poet who works alongside their neighbors to nurture The Garden Abolitionist Bookstore & Community Well. Join us as we explore how gentrification is wrapped up in particular ideals of advancement and particular visions of quality of life that are not neutral; how we can continue showing up for ourselves and our communities during precarious times; and more. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Song feature: “I Am” ft. India Arie by Beautiful Chorus
What is the “watershed death spiral” that has led to the vicious cycle of more droughts and floods at the same time? How might learning about the water cycle expand our perspectives on climate change? And how can restoring watersheds support the sovereignty of land-based communities? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Zach Weiss, who founded Water Stories to help empower as many people as possible to revive their local waters and lands. Join us in this conversation as we explore the humility of working with ecosystems that resist formulas and master plans, how people can support the revitalization of their own local water cycles, and more. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Song feature: “Honor the Water” by Ayla Schafer
How do we sit with our fears and discomforts around collapse? What might we miss when we demand quick fixes, takeaways, and summaries — without allowing our bodies to ferment and feel through the practices and experiences that could move us more deeply? And what does it mean to retune our literacy of the languages of the Earth? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, whose latest book is Outgrowing Modernity: Navigating Complexity, Complicity, and Collapse with Accountability and Compassion. Join us as we hold up a mirror to reflect on questions of complicity and collapse — while sensing into what these fractured times may be asking of us. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Song feature: Goodnight Moon Child by Beautiful Chorus
Where do our senses of disgust come from? What does it mean to interrogate and unsettle the ways that our senses of disgust may have been shaped? And how has the Standard American Diet limited curiosity while reinforcing certain social hierarchies? In this episode, we welcome Matthew Wolf-Meyer, the author of American Disgust: Racism, Microbial Medicine, and the Colony Within. Join us as we explore the social and biological histories of our most visceral emotion, how disgust has been used as a tool of settler colonialism, and more. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Song feature: “Peaches” by Isla Greenwood ( @islagreenwood on Instagram )
Why have the majority of coconut trees across the Hawaiian islands not been allowed to bring coconut fruit into maturity? What does it mean to nurture communities of sharing and caring that are more relational, less transactional, and therefore less taxable? And how do Hawaiian ways of knowing — situating the intellectual and sensorial in the biocultural — fundamentally differ from Western epistemologies? In this conversation, Green Dreamer’s kaméa chayne is joined by Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer, the author of Hoʻopono: Mutual emergence , and co-director of NiU Now!, a community cultural agroforestry movement emerging to affirm the importance of niu (coconut) and uluniu (coconut groves). Tune in as we explore the biocultural significance of coconut groves in Native Hawaiian culture, how the ongoing work of revitalizing uluniu supports community food sovereignty in Hawaiʻi, and more. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Song feature: “E ʻOlu” by Pohai (ft. Pulama) , via Ohana Records
Today, we are doing an episode swap with Dean Spade's podcast, Love in a F*cked Up World, featuring his conversation with adrienne maree brown! Dean’s show rests on this acknowledgment that social and resistance movements are rooted in relationships and are only as strong as they are — so he explores what it means to build the skills we need for creating and sustaining strong relationships. If you enjoy this episode, please go check out his podcast, book of the same title, and Patreon as well where they do live events and some bonus content not shared on other more hostile platforms. You can learn more at patreon.com/deanspade Thanks for tuning in, and I’ll look forward to catching you again next week with our regular programming!
What does it mean to bypass formalized structures of change-making and to engage in mutual aid? How does the philanthropy-nonprofit-industrial complex itself discourage systemic change? And how do we balance participation in immediate care response with the less visible, longer term, more mycelial work of rewiring community power? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s kaméa chayne speaks with Dean Spade of Mutual Aid and Love in a Fucked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up and Raise Hell Together. Join us as we explore what it means to honor difference and expertise in activism without replicating oppressive hierarchy, reflect on lateral conflicts within the messy terrains of movement building, and more. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Song features: “Earth Dog” and “Peaches” by Isla Greenwood ( @islagreenwood on Instagram )
How do we stay rooted when experiencing stories of injustice, one after another, while navigating a world that often wants to suppress our grief and anger? What is sacred about rage, and what kinds of rage are sacred? And what do we reorient ourselves towards when the dominant systems of extraction and exploitation tend to discourage acts of radical care, reciprocity, and shared abundance? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s kaméa speaks with Dr. Jennifer Mullan, a major disruptor in the mental health industrial complex and the author of Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma and Politicizing Your Practice. Join us as we explore what it means to stay human during times of fracture, honoring our dynamic range of emotions from joy to heartbreak, and to tether our sacred rage to movements greater than ourselves. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Music credits: “New song old prayer,” by Johanna Warren
What have been the impacts of colonial time on individual well-being and community dynamics? What does it mean to reclaim the state of flow as a birthright? And how can rethinking our perceptions of time enable us to experience life with deeper attunement, responsiveness, and senses of aliveness? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s kaméa is joined by Ixchel Lunar, an Indigenous-Time Ecologist and medicine guide, who guides us to explore the challenges of burnout in a fast-paced world and the historical context of how colonialism has shaped our perception of time. Join us as we unravel the historical, biocultural layers of decolonial time, and ask ourselves: In such heavy times often demarcated by urgency, purpose, and overwhelm, what can we learn from slowing down and quieting our minds, honoring space for play and pleasure? We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Song features: “Time” by Kolinga feat. Booboozzz' All Stars “Grandmother (I am the Earth)” by Ayla Schafer
Why is it that cuisines have historically been dismissed as a serious field of study? How have social factors, such as cultural norms and class, influenced people’s perceptions of the prestige or disgust of different foods across different times? And how are acquired tastes and market demands for food shaped by the broader food landscape that people are situated within? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s kaméa chayne speaks with Thomas Parker, whose latest book is Paranatures in Culinary Culture: An Alimentary Ecology. Join us as we explore what is possible when we deepen our connections with the sources of our foods, and what it means to understand taste as multi-sensorial, experiential, and context-dependent — not just based on the objective biochemical compositions of what we ingest. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Song feature: “I am the Earth” by Olivia Mancuso ( @oliviamancusomusic )
What does it mean to cultivate “nestedness” for young children, infants, and future generations? What can we learn from how other species care for their offspring? And what is the importance of recognizing that our desires and cravings are often socially and culturally shaped? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Darcia Narvaez, whose recent books include Restoring the Kinship Worldview and The Evolved Nest. Tap in as we explore the re-integration of care into community life, how we move beyond theories of change towards embodied practices of change, and more. We invite you to: tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Song features: “ Novo Amanhecer (Emilio Dias Cover) ” by Nessi Gomes (Check out Nessi’s voice work here ) “We Belong to Life” by Ayla Schafer and Maneesh de Moor
What are the psychological aspects of how military combat personnel are often socialized in training to feel more comfortable with carrying out acts of violence? Why is it important to note that many people, not just those in positions of power, actually desire fascism and power imbalance, and aren't simply operating from states of being deceived? In this episode, we speak with John Protevi of Regimes of Violence: Toward a political anthropology . Join us as we explore the nuances of violence in regimes and their roots, while landing on what it means to partake in joyful, rhizomatic acts of mutual empowerment. We invite you to: tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Episode song features: “The Valley Below” by Zoë & Nessi Gomes (Check out Nessi’s voice work here ) “ Sisters of Winter ” by MILCK
