Host Taylor Weech shares an interview from January 2016 with Laurence Brahm, international crisis mediator, activist, and author about his work in Asia, his return to work in the U.S. and the need for pragmatic changes within our systems as climate disruption unfolds.

The hour also includes a portion of a 1980 speech by Native American activist and poet John Trudell which ties in some of the philosophy behind such work, and a short summary of the past weekend’s “Cultivating Cooperative Roots Conference” held here in Spokane by local organizer Kenny Barney.

Resources and further information shared on the show below:

Full Yes! Magazine interview with Brahm shared in part: http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/can-local-economies-revolutionize-united-states-laurence-brahm-china-20151014

John Trudell 1980 Thanksgiving address audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2WEVdNQAxE

and transcript:http://www.interference.cc/john-trudell-thanksgiving-address-1980-they-deal-in-violence-and-repression-we-are-power/

Information on the Northwest Cooperative Development Center: http://nwcdc.coop/

Information on the Grove Community: https://www.facebook.com/TheGroveCommunitySpokane/?fref=ts