Something Different This Way Comes

4.3 Dave Spies Protects Our Winter

Dave Spies is the Thunder Bay Chapter Lead of Protect Our Winters Canada and  a third year law student at Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law. His research focus is on the intersection of environmental law, Indigenous rights, public lands defense and international law. He will be coming to the Northwest Climate Gathering 2023: Hope & Action.
Lyrics & more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca
Referencing:
https://www.protectourwinters.ca/david_spies
https://www.nwclimategathering.ca/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/a-journey-from-homelessness-to-a-room-of-ones-own

4.2 Hope & Action Gathered In

From gathering a harvest, to gathering momentum and attention. Considering how fear hunts us, and hope needs to be reached for. Proposing the power of community.  Hoping for utopia and savouring joy. Lyrics & more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca
Referencing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_for_Realists
https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/you-2-0-make-the-good-times-last/
https://www.youthclimatelab.org/fxc-blog/2020/3/26/community-activator-series-madison-van-dyck
https://thewilldowntown.com/in-conversation-with-bekeme-masade-olowola/
 

Songs for Courage & Clarity - seasons 2&3, music only

Just the songs composed and recorded for seasons two and three. No words, no theme, just the songs. Raw, unpolished and recorded the day they were composed. All but one by Heather McLeod - that one co-composed and co-performed with Shy-Anne Hovorka for a yet-to-be published episode.
Find Lyrics, chords and context at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca

3a Gathering: Framework & curing anxiety

Two dozen gather to toast the podcast so far and seed the coming seasons envisioning what change they most want to see happen. With a detour to explore humbleness and hard conversations, cows as a cure, smoke as a trigger, and the power of frames. By Heather McLeod
Transcript, full list of references & more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca
 
References include:
How are Indigenous youth thinking about reconciliation? Ft. Riley Yesno – Matriarch Movement
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/oct/11/it-felt-like-a-funeral-william-shatner-reflects-on-voyage-to-space#:~:text=I%20love%20all%20the%20questions,was%20death%2C%E2%80%9D%20Shatner%20wrote.
https://shows.acast.com/blindboy/episodes/speaking-to-a-psychologist-about-drug-laws-in-ireland
https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_hayhoe_the_most_important_thing_you_can_do_to_fight_climate_change_talk_about_it?language=en https://zerocarbon-analytics.org/archives/economics/international-financial-institutions-reform-bridgetown-agenda
https://omny.fm/shows/zero/jigar-shah-lpo-department-of-energy-zero
The cow cure for anxiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB5IX-np5fE

3.8 Songs of the Kindness Economy

Summarizing Season three's seven episodes imagining the Kindness Economy with the songs each episode inspired, and a bit about how the rant or conversation fed the composition. By Heather McLeod in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Season Four planned for October & November 2023 with one or two specials to watch for in the meantime.

3.7 Breath with Curniss McGoldrick

City as home, where you can breath, slow down, connect, relax. The importance of difficult conversations. Many hands make for light work. Budget to support your priorities. Choices must be made. Set boundaries,  speak up. Lyrics and more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca By Heather McLeod
Referencing:
https://icleicanada.org/#:~:text=Canadian%20ICLEI%20members%20are%20part,equitable%2C%20resilient%20and%20circular%20development.https://www.strongtowns.org/http://www.urbanabbey.ca/the-habit-coffee-and-bakeshophttps://www.thunderbay.ca/en/city-hall/resources/Documents/EarthCare/Thunder-Bay_Net-Zero-Strategy_WEB-VERSION_Accessible.pdfhttps://lakeheadca.com/watershed/climate-change/climate
 

3.6 Judi Vinni Digs In

Conversation with Judi Vinni of https://willowspringscreativecentre.ca/ Care of our Elders; mixed ages & hands-on learning; therapeutic gardening; needs-inclusive employment; trust and relationships; Lappe Nordic Ski Centre collaborating with social & community circles; embracing immigration; community gardens & multicultural feasting. By Heather McLeod in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Lyrics, references and more at: www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca

3.5 Kindness. Economy. Good & Messy

Considering the psychology of change - honour vs. dignity cultures, the kindness paradox; how to unlock capital, human and $: universal basic income, justice systems, no skin in the game loans & truly supporting micro-businesses, multigenerational planned densification, raising corporate expectations; Ireland’s Citizen’s Assemblies; Youth Climate Action Corp. By Heather McLeod. References, lyrics and more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca

3.4 Thora Cartlidge - green growing city

Stewarding the land, honouring our ecosystems: imagine, intercept, invest, integrate, innovate, infrastructure. Conversation with city planner Thora Cartlidge. Revitalize the East End - the opportunity and economy of investing in historic neighbourhoods; Sustainable development necessities in Parkdale, abutting the William Bog; local urban food - the opportunity and urgency on building on good foundations. By Heather McLeod
More at: www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca
Referencing:https://foodsystemreportcard.ca/food-production/ Thunder Bay’s local food planhttps://the-carbon-connection.captivate.fm/ Interview with Doug TallamyNature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqjIaaCQx8g Dr. Tallamy Earth Day 2023Italians of Fort William’s East End 1907-1969 by Roy Piovesana

3.3 Drawing Circles with Cindy Crowe

Cindy Crowe of Blue Sky Community Healing Centre & Cindy Crowe Consulting with a conversation for those who feel overwhelmed and just want something do-able; protecting and witnessing the wild; the healing power of kindness, of circles, and of focusing on the gifts we bring one another; people and the planet need respect, love and time. Call out the bullies. Lend a hand. Lead by example. Cherish the land. Grief, Dignity, Grace and Dementia.
Find lyrics & more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca
Referencing:
http://www.blueskycommunityhealingcentre.ca/bios/