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Mycelial
I don’t need to tell you Mother Earth is indicating to take better care of her or that the the gap between super rich and majority is widening by the day. Im sure you know that war and aggression is still raging in many parts of the globe or at this moment just short of a billion people live in starvation. Im guessing you’ve heard by now, scientists and thought leaders warning us to make big drastic change less we face a point of no return whilst our lawmakers trudge us to a red line in the dirt with no meaningful progress.
But what if WE THE PEOPLE could affect this change for ourselves? What if we could finally find unity in our diversity and organise to create new systems, representing something that is truly for the all?
A podcast embodying mycelium, threading together wisdom, movements, practices, technology and ideas, old and new, to help in weaving an emergent world centring Earth and Humanity.
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I am Nikkita Ra and I am grateful you’re here.
And so it is.
Mycelial
Ep14 - Localisation, Radical Hope & Building Resilient Communities in a Fragile World w/ Techa Beaumont
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On the 14th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Techa Beaumont.
Techa has a background in creative arts and law and advocacy and for a decade worked on the frontlines as an activist in solidarity with remote communities (mostly indigenous) fighting Australian mining companies in places like Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Africa.
For the past 10 years she has reoriented her activist efforts locally and has been supporting the cultural, environmental and community-led regeneration of our region here in Bundjalung/Northern Rivers NSW, Australia. She founded and runs 'Kulchajam' which is a not for profit artist run venue, Co-founded the 'Mullum Food Cooperative' and is the Executive Director of 'Seed Northern Rivers' which is a local organisation linking and supporting local groups that take action for healthy people, places and planet.
In Techa’s own words "I seek my work at Seed as continuing what has been a decolonial practice and whats been inspiring and motivating me most is how we truly move beyond our conditioning to a deeper act of collaborative practice, interbeing and relationality in how we chart our future together.''
In this Episode, we talk about what localisation is, how vulnerable the global economy is to environmental disasters and geopolitical circumstances like we have seen in the Strait of Hormuz and how much more stable and fortified localised communities/economies are in the face of chaos and crisis.
Techa also shares about how rigged the system is in favour of the extractive global economy vs Earth-centred local systems and about what we unlock when we move from siloed existences into synergies - Unlearning individualism and moving into community.
Lastly, we talk radical hope and how to pass that on to the next generation; Stretch collaboration and how to cooperate for a better world even when we don’t necessarily agree on everything and 'doing conflict well' while working in groups. Even reframing it as regenerative. And much more…..
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Massive Gratitude and Respect to Techa for her time, wisdom and action.
You can get more info on Seed and its various projects through the website https://seednorthernrivers.org.au, @seednorthernrivers on instagram and Seed Northern Rivers on Facebook
If you feel you are receiving something from the podcast, a way you can give back is to follow and give us a 5 star rating or review on podcast platforms. Also, following on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mycelialpodcast and Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@mycelialpodcast helps its growth and message. If you feel others could receive something from it too, please share an episode with a friend or on social media.
At this point, this project is 100% self funded by me and my recycled clothing business NIRANIA so you can also support my business on instagram https://www.instagram.com/nirania_collective
Also big thanks to Juman for the music
https://open.spotify.com/artist/77pkM8fFPgStKyD3G2Qr4B
This podcast is broadcast from the First Nation ancestral sacred lands of Bundjalung in so called Australia. I would like to pay my respects to the Elders, past, present and emerging, and any indigenous Elders listening in. I’d also like to acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded in this country. Always was, always will be aboriginal land.