It Is Good
A quarterly conversation between two friends on their journey to become good stewards of the earth and its abundant resources. Formerly Food/Water/Shelter.
Episodes
16 episodes
Spring '24: Building Better Bioregions
In this episode we zoom out from the micro (Will's maple counter, John's bullet journal) to the macro: bioregionalism! When it comes to practicing stewardship, scale matters. Who we build relationships with, how far we go to meet our basic need...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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1:02:20
Preparation & Restoration: A Conversation with Adam and Sunghee of Hundred Fruit Farm
We are thrilled to bring you this podcast's first interview! In this episode we talk to Adam Dusen and Sunghee Kim, the owners and operators of Hundred Fruit Farm where we took our permaculture de...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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1:21:20
Winter '24: Mend Your Fences, Prepare Your Larder
On this episode we announce a new format for our quarterly podcast: stewardship challenges! This quarter's challenge: "Mend Your Fences, Prepare Your Larder." How can we take advantage of the winter months to begin preparing for spring? We intr...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:07:55
Fall '23: Learning Self-Stewardship
Despite the shocking sound quality (sorry listeners!) we persevere in our journey of stewardship with some updates on Will’s farm projects, John’s Philadelphia move, and the quest to be better stewards of ourselves.
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:27:07
Summer '23: Finding Freedom in Limits
In this episode we explore the liberation of limits, the challenges of building and leading community, and the joys of growing mushrooms and making compost.Also, we have a substack! You can find a link to this episode and the other twel...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:23:16
Spring '23: A New Direction
This episode we are taking the podcast in an entirely new direction with a new name, a new logo, and a new groove. We get into that in the introduction, followed by a discussion of what we've been learning about and what we're working on....
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:25:34
Rediscovering Stewardship, Pt. 3
In this episode we round out the topic of stewardship through a more personal lens, namely, our Christian faith.
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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59:43
Rediscovering Stewardship, Pt. 2
In this episode we continue the conversation from Ep. 8 and talk through how to build an ethic of stewardship into our personal lives and trace out some steps on the journey to get there.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:30:33
Rediscovering Stewardship, Pt. 1
In this episode we look at the historical and philosophical underpinnings of our modern global economy and begin to imagine a world oriented around stewardship rather than consumption.
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:18:05
Unwasteful, Pt. 2
In this third and final installment on waste we’re going off the script, shooting from the hip, and speaking from the heart about how we personally interact with materials and waste for better or worse.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:10:38
Unwasteful, Pt. 1
Waste is mounting higher and higher, but there is still time to learn how to be unwasteful before the world looks like the opening scene of WALL-E. In this episode we explore the potential for regenerative market-based solutions to hit the brak...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:01:52
Why We Waste
In this episode we dive into... waste: why we make so much of it and how we can start to think differently about it in order to produce less.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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38:33
Homesteading Together
More and more homesteaders are going into it as a team. On this episode we discuss the benefits of doing homesteading in community.
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Episode 4
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38:04
How to Get Started Homesteading
On this episode we discuss practical steps to start planning your homesteading venture, whether that’s in your back yard or your back forty.
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Episode 3
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46:41