Imagination, Communication and Key Actions for a Better World with Luke Schroeder Art

It's quite a time to be alive, and in this episode with incredible artist Luke Schroeder (@lukeschroederart) we explore ways to use imagination, clear communication and truth seeking, and key actions to create a better world. The transition won’t be easy, but it will be incredibly rewarding! In 10 years we can be living in systems that are healthy, rewarding, regenerative - if we orient towards a future where that can come forth. We have a lot of the ideas we need as a culture, it's time to bring them into the forefront of our minds and take action on them.  In this episode you will find key ways to re-engage with life, community and connection, such as:  Acknowledging we are ecosystems ourselves, and honoring our microbiomes Meeting in person and having open, longer form conversations Using Nonviolent Communication - not sure where to start? Order the book! Accessing the rich plethora of plant medicines and psychedelics that exist to heal our minds and our bodies Confronting our own cynicism. Realizing that everything we buy or participate in is a vote for that thing to keep persisting. Our individual choices matter - we have so many grassroots things we can do. Don’t wear polyester, don’t buy from factory farms, but also know that no one is perfect.  Coordinating an open flow of information, and using that to turn the marketplace we live in to a democratic system by working together in this way.  Coming up with a precise set of demands of things that we want to see happen so that when we protest, we get the full spectrum of changes we want because we’re so clear on our deeper set of demands and our plans.   Meditation and nature connection practices. Books and Podcasts Luke recommends to help understand and navigate these times:  Guns, Germs and Steel - how did the continent of Europe come to dominate the world the way it has? Overview of the society and situation we find ourselves in.  The Closing of the Western Mind by Charles Freeman - Explores the rise of Christianity and fall of philosophical paradigms of Rome and antiquities.  Unruly Americans Woody Holton  Elinor Ostrom - Environmental writer and researcher analyzing how people solve the problems of the commons and communal resources use.   Podcast - What is Politics? Great for analyzing and dissolving a lot of the dualisms that beset us.  Follow Luke on Instagram  Follow Jennings on Instagram Follow the Podcast on Instagram