Futuresteading

11/08/2024

It's legends like Maz who are literally paying the bills to ensure the futuresteading pod keeps landing in your ears every week. Her comments are spot on too...so many great people changing their lives in everyday ways to show us how that it can be done and how. 16 more episodes in the can and ready to roll out for season 10 from next week. Thanks for your support Maz xx

11/08/2024

August 2024... our podcast is just 1,000 downloads away from reaching half a million listens.

Given the niche nature of these conversations ) if only this wasn't true) it feels as heady as this sunrise is pink to imagine the good ideas, inspiration and solidarity going out into the hearts and minds of good folks who are making a difference.

To bust through the niche glass ceiling we're asking for your help in getting to our goal of 500,000 by the end of the week.

Do you have a fave ep worth sharing in your socials, have you left a 5 star rating on your casting platform, have you subscribed to our weekly episodes, have you sent us to a friend who might love us as much as you do?

Next week we will begin season 10. 16 episodes of incredible individuals doing courageous, curious, interesting things in their lives to create a steady future. So so so hear lifting and hopeful.

Thanks for your support futuresteading community. We owe you ###

09/06/2024

A couple of goodies have dropped. Sarah Andrews who guides us on huddling by design and Jane Stevens who shares her poly passions of astrology, gardening a day herbalism.
Powerful yet gentle women.
Happy listening x

29/05/2024

In a world of consumption & content this chat ponders which containers for connection are going to hold us in relationships that are strong enough to navigate sickness & health, vitality & misery & how we build bridges to thread our significant worlds into one place so we can be ‘whole’. Over & above the individual, we ask ‘how do we build cultures where ‘welcome’ is the default & division is not normalised.

Casper TerKuile is an articulate, poetic communicator who believes that ritual holds the key for much of this transition work. Where we buck the system, going beyond the prioritising of comfort at the expense of belonging. Casper lyrically leads us through making everyday things deeply intentional, shared moments of magic that change our attitude to the mundane & bring magic to the small threads of potential delight.

In a desire to move beyond the morass of 'MEH' we consider that whatever the problem - community is the answer & how we might build bridges to connect everyone's efforts to create the necessary structures. What ever they are - you can’t treat community like a shopping centre - waiting to serve your every whim but with nothing offered in return.

In an unexpected twist we ask: How would someone farm humans? - a lot more singing & dancing & a lot less sitting behind a desk

21/05/2024

Next ep is up... she's one of your faves!!!
Illustrator extraordinaire is back to chat! Brenna's talent lies in taking hairy, complex systemic issues and distilling them into bite-sized, actionable messages using just her pencil (& of course her magnificent capacity for critical thought). We check in with her latest updates from life on the road with her partner Charlie McGee touring with his band and they're latest project, building a strawbale small home in Denmark Western Australia.
We unpack why being a purpose-led creative who's her own boss can be tough but shine a light on the delight of living a life that is cobbled together with many small magic opportunities.
We get the low down on what life is like in an intentional community - “By being consistently kind and loving, the soul of my community is full of gifting, generosity and a vibrant sharing economy”

We lamented the state of deep division we're all experiencing and talked frankly about how she's breaking down these divisions in her own world by finding a higher goal to focus on which allows you to set aside your ideological and ethical differences, focusing on the overlap areas instead.
There is often truth on both sides of peoples belief coins - deep valid beliefs that justify both sides of the coin.
It's a winding conversation - join us!

13/05/2024

New pod ep drop.

Join Billa, co founder of the Wild School, as we navigate back into our custodial selves. Where we use head, hands & heart to rebuild the connective processes that help us become deeply connected people to place & each other. This process requires us to not only think but to really feel, 'It needs to be remembered in the body at a cellular level. “In our bones as women we have generations of wisdom & the sisterhood brings this to life”
'We are designed to live in tribal sized groups & to take care of country but we lack the skills so it's time to unlearn & relearn.'
The right environment will trigger the hard wired settings to make us what we are designed to be & the process of relearning how to live together will be more than just building houses & spaces or owning land.
Billa & her husband Chief have been doing this earth connection & village making work their entire lives & she is measuring her experiences against something in her bones. She is doing this via 5 sacred pathways - these being food as medicine, nature connection, ceremony & ritual, village making & art is medicine. A pedagogy you cannot be schooled on, you need to embody them through experience.
The most potent experience of all she says is to have gratitude for the mother. Us two-legged humans form a story - “we are merely the current fruiting mushroom of the ancestral mycelium”. its time to be reminded of this in our modern day story.

09/05/2024

New pod drop. JAMIE LOVEDAY
The majority of us are living in cities, and the sad truth is that these highly inhabited hubs are food deserts. Places where food certainty is uncertain and what we do have available is a rapidly homogenising food landscape. The Food Lab is a program based in Sydney and designed to find ways to bring people closer to the soil that grows our food. Creating networks that cross disciplinary boundaries and support the birthing of language and connection points for the influx of migrants unable to translate our food culture.

We chat about ways of introducing people from communities who have different cultural backgrounds. Finding catalysts to move outside of their communities to share knowledge, culture and business capability.

At the foundation of all of this food culture building is TRUST. Jamie says 'You can’t go and eat at someone’s table without trust". TRUST is at the centre of everything. When someone cooks a meal for you, you build trust. You can’t love someone without trust first.

"I have the faith that my brother loves me when he cooks for me"

Finally, his key advice is 'If you aren’t blessed with enough resources to travel, consider connecting to the cultural pockets in your own city".

04/05/2024

Heya Melbourne futuresteaders. I'm chatting in Preston on Thursday eve if you want to come and say gday.

Join Jade Miles, author of Futuresteading, for inspiring ideas about reconnecting to nature, food and a simpler existence.

29/04/2024

Ep drop - BRINGING RITUAL AND NOURISHMENT TO YOUR KIN.
Maria Konecsky refers often to her ancestral memory. For her the way back to those who came before her has been through food. She says “Our food lines, hold our story, no matter what it is, whether its pretty or ugly, grand or humble it holds richness and grit and love and loss” It’s such a beautiful way to unpack our heritage - through food, in her case it’s sometimes ugly food made with love by her OMA who instilled equal part ritual and boredom into her childhood in just the right doses.

Wherever you are right now, I encourage you to find the thread that links you to your own heritage and give it a tug - dive deeply to understand how the patterns of the past are influencing the behaviours of today to form our own individual stories as part of the collective.

21/04/2024

Did you know we were back....yep... the episodes into series nine. Get us back in your ears! Find us wherever you get your pods

07/04/2024

THE POD IS BACK - series nine LIVE

Kirsten Bradley from Milkwood kicks us off for our HUDDLE themed season with chatter about community building, protecting the commons and taking our duty of care for our ecosystem seriously.

She shares what life on the apple isle is like and encourages us to upskill...stat!

Get her in your ears folks wherever you find your podcasts.

25/01/2024

11/09/2023

Remember we interviewed Charlie Arnott for our pod...well he just interviewed me... have a listen

11/09/2023

Sometimes I'm on the other side of the question asking. Check out the Irish accent.... it's worth listening for that alone

In this week’s captivating episode, we delve into the fascinating world of sustainable farming with author and co-founder of Black Barn Farm, Jade Miles. Black Barn Farm, is a biodiverse orchard, nursery and workshop space in north east Victoria which is a magnet for visitors to learn about permac...

15/11/2022

To celebrate the release of Rosemary Morrows latest book Earth Restorers Guide Melliodora publishing is offering the futuresteading community the chance to win a range of recently published books.. to their your hat in the ring... follow this link https://melliodora.com/melliodora-giveaways/earth-restorers-guide-to-permaculture-giveaway-fs/?utm_campaign=Futuresteading-giveaway&utm_source=Futuresteading-giveaway&utm_term=Futuresteading-giveaway live until the 18th. Goodluck!!

27/09/2022

Let's blame the tardy Facebook attention on the endless winter of rain... meanwhile on the pod, we've had a whole season of chewy, charry, intellectual, joyful, tearful, hopeful conversions with some bloody amazing folks. Have you popped any in your ears?
Find these ripper convos in all good pod locations ###

26/09/2022

How did you spend your spring equinox? We celebrated with mates of the feathery kind.

07/07/2022

FREE EVENT at our JERSEY CITY STORE! Special Time: Sunday, July 10th at Noon ​About the Book

05/07/2022

Heading to rhode island from Vermont right now ahead of this tonight.

05/07/2022

Pinch me! Polyface are hosting me for my book tour next Saturday. X

07/06/2022

Futuresteading meets the Back Yard Adventurer.

Siblings Jade and Beau Miles are coming together for one session on stage to speak intimately about their books, childhood, adulthood, values, ideas... actually who the heck knows what they'll talk about but if you're in or near West Gippsland, this event is a deeply personal one for them both. Held in their dads gallery they will share an informal conversation with a limited audience over pastries and coffee for breakfast on Saturday the 18th June. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cuppa-and-conversation-w-miles-siblings-tickets-347830208517

24/05/2022

If you're in west gippsland, I'd love to see you at my Dad's gallery for brunch x

In-conversation with siblings on their childhood turf. Unpredictability is the only guarantee for this gig - join us!

24/05/2022

heya Adelaide futuresteader... I'm heading to your hood! On Sunday the 5th June I'll be at the beautiful Greenhill wines. See you there xx

28/04/2022

Ever been to Tumbarumba? I've not... but I'm off to this pretty little town next week to share an afternoon tea with the glorious team at nest cafe... wanna join me? Still a ticket or two to be had I'm told.. via their website. Xx

30/03/2022

Something pretty special about being invited to loyal community group gatherings. They feel intimate and personal and the conversations are always so exciting as the ideas are shared. Thanks for hosting me indigo creek landcare group x