Earthmates

Earthmates

Welcome to Earthmates where we explore how to find your path from climate anxiety to community action. Despite the vast majority of people feeling concerned about our planet, the question “What can I do? 🤷🏽” is collectively stuck on repeat. So I think it’s about time we start asking a much more curious set of questions like, “Who are you? And how do you show up in relationship?” Because that matters! Yep, it’s gonna get raw and real (but also playful and silly) as together we discover how your sense of being and belonging with planet, self, and others can help you imagine and create what's possible through the lens of the 5 Earth Archetypes. Host Amber Peoples chats with her friends about what it means to inhabit their archetype, waxes poetic about her own, and sits with elders that break the mold in wonderful ways. Who will you resonate with? Who will stretch you to think differently? Who will inspire change? Join us to find out. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/earthmates--6154535/support.

Episodes

August 27, 2024 16 mins
What is your Earth Archetype?  Take the Quiz!
https://quiz.eartharchetypes.com/

On this last episode of Earthmates Season 1, Amber gets meta on you by telling stories about telling stories.

In this bare bones, direct to camera style, join this 3 act journey with me.  

Act 1:  Six Plot Lines
Act 2:  Climate in all Six
Act 3:  What happens when we change the middle?



If you like this episode, listen to how the Earth Archetypes came to be in ...
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https://quiz.eartharchetypes.com/

Youth voices are vital in climate and environmental justice.  

What they’ve inherited is the advancement of things like smart phones and also the destabilization of most natural systems.  

On this penultimate episode of Earthmates’ first season, we look to the future with 19 year old Mari Dela Cruz.  

Taking the quiz during the recent Youth Climate Summit at...
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What is your Earth Archetype?  Take the Quiz!
https://quiz.eartharchetypes.com/

Each episode has a unique journey to get to you.  This one required some gestation.  For you.  For me.  For Kawenniiosta.  For the season. For tech.  For a life force of its own.  

When Earthmates was still just an idea, some potential partners guided me to a video of Kawenniiosta Jock speaking at the Waterfall Unity Festival where she emphasized the power...
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https://quiz.eartharchetypes.com/

Mischief is in the air as Amber and Jurgis Didziulis explore the role of artists in cultural change.  

Just like the jesters and poets of old shaped the decisions of kings and queens…
And the bards and musicians brought the public together to imagine…

Today’s Metaphor Archetypes envision and transform ideas into reality through expression.  As they spread, “...
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“You have to meet my friend, Tim!”  

“Cool.  Who’s Tim?”

A week later, I was on the road to find out...

This is my start of a beautiful friendship with Tim Corocoran and relationship with the land he cares for in Northern California.  There at Headwaters Outdoor School, Tim has taught nature awareness, wilderness skills, and earth philosophy for 30 or so yea...
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What is your Earth Archetype?  Take the Quiz!
https://quiz.eartharchetypes.com/

Have you gotten your quiz results from the latest version of the quiz?  The one where you score from 0 to 4 on 28 questions and get your results for all 5 Archetypes?

Well, I’m happy to say that Weavers Sej Saraiya & Anabelle Munro, Filmmakers & Co-Directors of the World Culture Film Festival, have.  So we got to dive deep into the specifics of the...
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When I ran across the “Illuminating Climate Era Mindset” report, it was similar to when I discovered the scientific study of emergence and awe.  A deep curiosity of what science could tell me about experiences I’ve had for decades.  This time about creativity.

Created for COP28, it showed the correlation between optimism and creativity – specifically for e...
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Does your life follow a pattern or do you design it? 
Either way, is it on purpose?

Do you have conversations or connections?
Why the heck does that matter?

What role does ambiguity and curiosity play in your life?
How did such a question become an important one on the Earth Archetype quiz?

These are just some of the questions I got to ponder with friend and W...
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July 2, 2024 5 mins
What is your Earth Archetype?  Take the Quiz!
https://quiz.eartharchetypes.com/

Have you always wondered what Climate of AWE would be like in 57 secs or less?

Perfect!

Because here it is
 
So why is the episode 5:16 minutes?

Guess you’ll have to listen to find out!


To watch the video, go to the Youtube Channel

Curious to learn more?  Check out the Climate of AWE webpage

And if you liked this episode, listen to this one next: 5 Earth Arch...
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The root word “eco” is Greek for home.  So ecology is really the study of home, and economics is the management of home.  For Network Type AJ Schlenger, these two aspects came together as he studied ocean systems.  

Why?  Because the current greatest impact on natural systems is how humans assign value – which is mostly through money.  So AJ now focuses on...
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Filmmaking has a powerful effect on cultures worldwide.  It shapes the conversations we have, what we perceive as true, memes and buzz words we circulate, and more.  Heck, it got Americans to wear seatbelts.  

Climate has been noticeably absent even though we’ve known it’s been affecting our lives for over 50 years.  What’s getting in our way?  And what’s ...
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June 11, 2024 14 mins
What is your Earth Archetype?  Take the Quiz!
https://quiz.eartharchetypes.com/

Compared to fear, joy, and other such emotions….

Awe has only been recently studied.

Heck, the word didn’t even enter common language until the 1980’s. 

(Thanks surfers and “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”)

Yet, the feeling has been a core part of humans’ relationship with the Earth since before we could even speak.  

Check out this 15 minute solo episode to get...
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Natalie Cutsforth and I are no strangers to talking together online about embodied concepts, but this convo upped the ante.

As an intuitive healer, Natalie shares the transformational journey she’s been on to get to this point and how she now helps others do the same.  Whether tapping into the patterns of the nervous system or grounding through her lavende...
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After criss-crossing at climate events on both coasts, Isaias Hernandez, also known as Queer Brown Vegan, sits down with Amber to discuss being an environmental content creator. 

Growing up in poverty in LA, Isaias played in nature but had an a-ha moment when he realized he IS nature.  And he’s been breaking down barriers ever since.  

Together, we wind our...
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When I first talked with Bernadette about being on the show, she wasn’t necessarily a fan of being classified as a Molecule Earth Archetype.  

My response was, “Cool, you are under no obligation to agree with me.  Let’s just explore.”  Thankfully she was willing to give it a go 🙂

What we found out surprised us both!  

From imagination to light…

Planets far a...
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To listen to part 1 first, start here:  https://www.spreaker.com/episode/following-the-threads-with-weaver-type-stephanie-zhong-pt-1--59678750 

Picking up where last week’s cliffhanger left off, Amber answers Stephanie’s question which brings us full circle to the quick version of how Earth Archetypes came to be.  

Then in true Weaver fashion, Stephanie fin...
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In this podcast episode, Weaver Archetype Stephanie Zhong and I talk about how to weave together all the parts of our lives to create things that don’t exist yet.

Whether writing an environmental blog in 2006 when only 2 blogging platforms existed and caring about the environment seemed like you could only wear burlap sacks…

Or pulling together hunches, deep instincts, and cutting edge NAS...
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Earth what?  
Earth Archetypes.  
Huh!  What’s that?  
Well let me tell you a story…

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In this podcast episode, Network Archetype Freddie Davis III and I sit down for a reunion chat.  

After kicking things off with his trademark laugh, Freddie shares about how he connects the dots as a forester by finding commonality with people – especially when trying to discuss things that aren't relatable to everyone.  

As the Director of the Rural Training and Research Center at the Fed...
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In this conversation, Amber connects with elder, song carrier, and grief tender Laurence Cole.  Like a fine 80 year old wine, his complexity extends beyond any one Earth Archetype. 
 
In Laurence’s own words, “I have had one abiding thread of interest throughout my life; that is, when, where and how have human beings lived in a respectful, sacred, equitable relationship with each other and...
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