Something Different This Way Comes

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/

3.2 Eating Well - three courses to plenty

Imagining the three courses serving plenty of food in the kindness economy: grown, kept and shared. Inspired by The Parachute Club’s Rise Up! Feeding and healing ourselves and our home; many hands make light work; and good work in good company is good. Investing in the essentials, harvesting joy and security. By Heather McLeod in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
 
Script, score and more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca
 
Referencing:
Braiding Sweetgrass - Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
https://foodsystemreportcard.ca/food-production/
Rise Up by the Parachute Club https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNwuB76pBcc
The Blindboy Podcast (seed bombs) https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/mental-health-biodiversity-and-mythology
Methane-eating Grassland Microbes need grazing ruminants: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-021-00068-2
Central Canada’s White Pine Grandmother Tree harvest https://www.ancientforest.org/the-past-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/

3.1Imagining the Stories We Tell in the Kindness Economy

Imagining story-telling industries, mechanics and touch stones in the Kindness Economy. With a scientifically-sound genesis story to start, some classic Joni Mitchell, a reboot of marketing, journalism, academia and accountability, plus a new-born tune. By Heather McLeod. Script, score and more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca
Referencing:https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/made-of-honor/HumanKind by Rutger BregmanBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmererhttps://www.gbgplc.com/en/blog/digital-identity-in-practice-estonia/https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-grasslands-protection-1.6788647
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks
https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/the-hashish-eater-of-booly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxBol61ngHE   Joni Mitchell performs Shadows & Light 
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/science_of_the_story?fbclid=IwAR326fWP2FEuinuyvqrIrQGsjFwg-3NdbPmwDSYUcAfhv0mLPkSY9DCWfO8

2.10 Season Two Finale - Summary in Song

Reaching for what Good Looks Like; the four keys to happiness; envisioning fossil-fuel freedom & local autonomy; System Justification Instincts & how to manage them; towards cosier, homier neighbourhoods; restoring our relationships to the wild; Costa Rica’s enduring systemic overhaul valuing education, nature and equality; Margaret Mead Citizen groups; the Paulo Friere two-step & honouring our Caterpillar Fears.
 
Details, transcripts and more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca Written, Produced, Financed and Composed by Heather McLeod in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
 
Referencing:
https://thecostaricanews.com/costa-ricathe-country-without-an-army-that-leads-the-war-against-climate-change/
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674244658
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/chttphandler.ashx?id=32441&p=0

2.9 Do What You Can Do - solar power, heat pumps & wind

Learning from the pros: installing solar power and a heat pump in our home; guests Kevin Bowes of PowerTec Solar, Richard Lazlo of CutYourHomeCarbon.Com & my son Ben. Weighing pragmatic worries with energizing vision. A how-to for home & business owners, with a what-more-to-do for us all. And a bit of the tell-it-like-it-is blues. By Heather McLeod in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Lyrics, chords, transcript and more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca