We trek into the ancient old-growth forest where the trees reveal an ecological parable: A forest is a mightily interwoven community of diverse life that runs on symbiosis. With: Doctors Suzanne

We trek into the ancient old-growth forest where the trees reveal an ecological parable: A forest is a mightily interwoven community of diverse life that runs on symbiosis. With: Doctors Suzanne Simard and Teresa Ryan, ecologists whose work has helped reveal an elaborate tapestry of kinship, cooperation and mutual aid.


This is an episode of Nature’s Genius, a Bioneers podcast series exploring how the sentient symphony of life holds the solutions we need to balance human civilization with living systems. Visit the series page to learn more. (https://bioneers.org/natures-genius/)


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Dr. Sm’hayetsk Teresa Ryan is Gitlan, Tsm’syen. Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Science Lecturer at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry, Forest & Conservation Sciences. As a fisheries/aquatic/forest ecologist, she is currently investigating relationships between salmon and healthy forests.


Dr. Suzanne Simard, Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia and author of the bestselling, Finding the Mother Tree, is a highly influential, researcher on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence.


Resources


Forest Wisdom, Mother Trees and the Science of Community (https://bioneers.org/forest-wisdom/)  | Bioneers Podcast


Suzanne Simard – Dispatches From the Mother Trees (https://bioneers.org/suzanne-simard-dispatches-from-mother-trees-zstf2112/)  | Bioneers 2021 Keynote


Suzanne Simard – Dealing with Backlash Against Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change (https://bioneers.org/suzanne-simard-backlash-against-nature-based-solutions-climate-change-zstf2404/)  | Bioneers 2024 Keynote


The Wood Wide Web: The Intelligent Underground Mycelial Network  (https://bioneers.org/the-wood-wide-web-the-intelligent-underground-mycelium-network/) | Bioneers interview with Suzanne Simard


Unraveling the Secrets of Salmon: An Indigenous Exploration of Forest Ecology and Nature’s Intelligence (https://bioneers.org/unraveling-the-secrets-of-salmon-an-indigenous-exploration-of-forest-ecology-ztrz2405/)  | Bioneers interview with Teresa Ryan


Teresa Ryan: How Trees Communicate (https://bioneers.org/teresa-ryan-bioneers-2017/)  | Bioneers 2017 Keynote


Deep Dive: Intelligence in Nature (https://bioneers.org/intelligence-in-nature-media-collection/)


Earthlings: Intelligence in Nature (https://bioneers.org/earthlings/)  | Bioneers Newsletter


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Robert Reich and Mark Zandi debate Glenn Hubbard and Arthur Laffer on the topic: The Rich Are Taxed Enough. Moderated by John

Robert Reich and Mark Zandi debate Glenn Hubbard and Arthur Laffer on the topic: The Rich Are Taxed Enough. Moderated by John Donvan.

How do we fix the economy? The U.S. government's budget deficit is nearing a trillion dollars for the fourth straight year and unemployment remains high. With the Bush-era tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of 2012, what is the best move for continued economic recovery? President Obama says we should raise taxes on those making more than $250,000 to reduce the deficit. Others say that the richest 1% already pay more than a quarter of all federal taxes and higher taxes for job creators would slow economic growth. Are the nation's wealthiest not paying their "fair share," or should tax breaks be extended for everyone in the name of job creation?

(March 10, 2022) An example of a neighborhood association calling together to discuss the location of a Safe Rest Village in the Downtown neighborhood. Safe Rest Villages provide shelter and case

(March 10, 2022) An example of a neighborhood association calling together to discuss the location of a Safe Rest Village in the Downtown neighborhood. Safe Rest Villages provide shelter and case management with wraparound behavioral and mental health services. Presently the sidewalks of Downtown and Old Town have grown crowded with people "living" in tents. SRVs are seen as a more humane alternative. 

PDNA-sponsored Q&A session focused on the proposed Safe Rest Village Naito Parkway site.

Panel included Portland City Commissioner Dan Ryan and Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran. Questions were submitted by neighborhood residents in advance of this session.

Invitation to attend the SEED Institute's Wisdom from the Origins Conference, The Mayan Calendar, and other Prophecies on the Future of Humanity on September 13-17, 2012. (

Invitation to attend the SEED Institute's Wisdom from the Origins Conference, The Mayan Calendar, and other Prophecies on the Future of Humanity on September 13-17, 2012. (Schedule) The video features video clips from videos of conference presenters Gregg Braden, Grandmother Flordemayo (Mayan), LeRoy Little Bear (Blackfoot), Barbara Marx Hubbard, Sequoyah Trueblood (Choctaw), Tata Pedro Cruz (Mayan), and footage from a Dancing Earth performance, Of Bodies of Elements.

Produced by Ruth Ann Barrett, EarthSayers.tv, Portland, Oregon.