Permaculture designer by day and master of ceremonies by night, Ethan Holzer works hard to implement sustainable farming and forestry practices in the US but found that socioeconomic and political obstacles drained his energy and now lives and works in Colombia, focusing on community-scale food systems and spiritual healing using an understanding of internal alignment to implement material changes in the world. Using the cycles of giving to and receiving from our ecology, Ethan dedicates his work to sustaining life through the practice of gratitude and acceptance.
Some of the topics we discuss are
Permaculture
Therapeutic environmental interactions
reintegration of lives with cycles of creation, abundance, and scarcity
Ecological consciousness
Human leadership in the biological realm
Balances of nature
intentions and unintended consequences in conservation
community action, “Not in my backyard, or in your backyard.”
getting out of your own way
the shadow side of individual accomplishment and the anxiety of fulfillment
healing and accepting change
mentality of scarcity
loosening the grip on understanding and control
environmental guilt
contributing to society
the inevitability of pain - the choice of suffering
the idea of ownership
going inside: the final frontier
and much more
I hope you enjoy this first episode. Ethan and I had a great time recording. The conversation was fairly organic and we covered a lot of ground, really diving into the personal experience of one's own nature as a key to not only wellness but also to increase our effectiveness in the world.
