Published July 16, 2017

Ethical Cannabis Alliance Kick off Event with Emma Chasen, Ashley Preece, and Laura Day Rivero. More info here. (March 2017)

Part 4 focuses on

Published July 16, 2017

Ethical Cannabis Alliance Kick off Event with Emma Chasen, Ashley Preece, and Laura Day Rivero. More info here. (March 2017)

Part 4 focuses on Q/A. 

Since the event, The #Cannabis Certification Council has been established representing a merger of Ethical Cannabis Alliance & Organic Cannabis Association. Ashley Preece was named the Exec. Director.

In order to address the current state of the industry, and the need for robust labor and environmental standards, ECA Executive Director Ashley Preece was joined by two outstanding guest presenters. Hear from Laura Day Rivero, who has extensive experience implementing sustainable practices in the cannabis industry, most recently as Operations Director at Yerba Buena, one of the first OLCC licensed cannabis cultivators in Oregon;  Dr. Elizabeth Bennett, Assistant Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Political Economy Program at Lewis & Clark College, as well as a Research Associate at the Center for Fair and Alternative Trade (CFAT) at Colorado State University.

Produce/videotaped by Barry Heidt and curated by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv.

Part 3 here on EarthSayers.tv. 

I was moved and provoked by Neil Theise's unsettling/comforting/unsettling keynote at the SustainableBrands conference last week, so of course I invited him to join us for this month's Living

I was moved and provoked by Neil Theise's unsettling/comforting/unsettling keynote at the SustainableBrands conference last week, so of course I invited him to join us for this month's Living Between Worlds conversation for possibility.

Neil is an MD, Zen Buddhist, professor of pathology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, pioneer of adult stem cell plasticity and the anatomy of the human interstitium, and author of Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being. https://amzn.to/3YcvmXk

As Maria Popova wrote in The Marginalian, Neil "endeavors to bridge the mystery out there with the mystery of us, bringing together our three primary instruments of investigating reality — empirical science (with a focus on complexity theory), philosophy (with a focus on Western idealism), and metaphysics (with a focus on Buddhism, Vedanta, Kabbalah, and Saivism) — to paint a picture of the universe and all of its minutest parts “as nothing but a vast, self-organizing, complex system, the emergent properties of which are… everything.”

I was glad for the chance for a deeper conversation with him about what that all means for the challenges of sustainability, regeneration, and the world we want—and to be able to share it with you.

Have a look, see where the conversation went, and let us know:

What, if anything, shifted for you while absorbing this conversation? What, if anything, is showing up differently in your life?

And join us next time, on the third Wednesday of every month from 12:00-1:30pm Pacific time. Register at https://bit.ly/LivingBetweenWorlds. 

Successfully getting to net zero goals requires not only the actions of government policymakers, but also the active support of the private sector. This talk will discuss how to secure corporate

Successfully getting to net zero goals requires not only the actions of government policymakers, but also the active support of the private sector. This talk will discuss how to secure corporate buy-in for a broad-based carbon tax, ensuring that workers have sufficient green skills, and allaying concerns that climate initiatives will undermine business competitiveness. Jamus Lim is an associate professor of economics at ESSEC Asia Pacific and a member of the 14th Parliament of Singapore, representing Sengkang. Previously, he was the chief economist of the ThirdRock Group, an investment management and wealth advisory, a lead economist at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority–where he oversaw economic inputs underlying tactical and strategic asset allocation for the sovereign fund's multi-hundred-billion dollar portfolio–and before that, a senior economist with the World Bank, where he led a number of initiatives on macroeconomic forecasts, along with analysis of trade, finance, and governance issues in East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. His research expertise and interests lie at the intersection of international macro-finance, political economy, and development economics, This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx