Awakening Lands

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Welcome to Awakening Lands, an unfolding collection of conversations and storytelling around bioregional regeneration. In Awakening Lands, we share the stories of Landscape Leaders to try and magnify the impacts of their devotion to regenerating the Earth, their community, their place. We also intend to peer into and beyond their stories to also begin seeing the inspiring process of whole bioregions coming to life.

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Sylvin Ashbrook - Cultivating love of place and land connection in Erie Niagara, Buffalo, New York

Feb 22 2024 31 mins

Sylvin Ashbrook is a true a weaver in the Erie Niagara region. They are a Land Stewardship Coordinator at Grassroots Gardens WNY, working directly with community members across a network of community gardens in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. This experience aligns well with their dream of community-owned regeneration, and allows them to embed themselves in the area. They also focus the

Lynda Schneekloth - Feeling that life is so much bigger than we originally imagined it to be from Erie Niagara, Buffalo, New York

Feb 08 2024 51 mins

In this episode, we speak with Lynda Schneekloth, one of the founding members of Friends of the Buffalo River (now Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper), founder of the Western New York Environmental Alliance, and Professor Emerita at the University at Buffalo. She came to Buffalo to teach landscape architecture at UB in the 80s, and fell in love with the city. Lynda is a placemaker, provid

Margaret Wooster - Finding wonder and connection even in contaminated places while inspiring ongoing regeneration from Erie Niagara, Buffalo, New York

Jan 30 2024 45 mins

Margaret Wooster is a Buffalo native who embodies regenerative leading and weaving. She has used her PhD in English and Master's degree in Urban and Environmental Planning to teach at the local University at Buffalo, write 3 books about restoring waterways in Western New York, and to inform her life of advocacy. Margaret has been central to several efforts in the revitalization of

Marcus Rosten - Forming ecological connections in a place defined by them, from Buffalo Niagara, Western New York

Jan 20 2024 36 mins

In this episode, we’re talking to Marcus Rosten, an accomplished, young, and outgoing regenerative leader and weaver bringing a whole lot of love and pride to the Erie Niagara bioregion. Marcus was the recipient of the 30 under 30 award from the American Association of Environmental Education for the long list of hats he’s worn over the years: ecology teacher, interpretive park

Richard Coates - Learning to live through values and championing belonging to people and place in Purley on Thames, UK

Jan 10 2024 34 mins

Richard Coates works in healthcare, regeneration, and community co-creation in Purley-on-Thames in the River Thames watershed.He is a neuropsychologist and works as an independent practitioner with clients with severe traumatic brain injuries and their families. His discovery of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) transformed the way he delivers services to his clients by helpi

Jay Burney - Celebrating stories of migration across the Niagara River Strait, Buffalo, New York

Jan 08 2024 12 mins

In this episode, we’re talking to Jay Burney, someone who is very well-known for the work he does in and around Buffalo, NY. He is a writer, photographer, educator, naturalist, husband and father, project and business developer and manager with over 40 years of experience in media, ecology, habitat, community engagement, and education. He has been called "the region’s most impo

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