Growing Our Future

Ep. 54 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Our Space World

SSG Lacy "Mc" McDonald is joined by Nicole Reese and Jae Flower. Our Space World has a mission to cooperatively educate, organize, and support squads of land stewards and Earth healers. They do this…

Ep. 53 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Global Gardens Chicago

SSG Lacy "Mc" McDonald is joined by Hailey LeRand with Global Gardens Chicago. Global Gardens Chicago is a vacant lot turned into a productive garden growing fresh, organic vegetables for home…

Ep. 52 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Gardopia Gardens and West Broad Street YMCA

SSG Lacy "Mc" McDonald is joined by David Cason (West Broad Street YMCA) and Ashton Ellis (Gardopia Gardens). The Y brings people together and nurtures potential by connecting people of all ages and…

Ep. 51 Rooted in Style: Sustainable Fashion with Larissa Leath & Saige Thomas

In this episode, we sit down with Larissa Leath and Saige Thomas to talk all things sustainable fashion, creativity, and community. Larissa and Saige share more about their backgrounds in fashion,…

Ep. 50 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Mohammed Schools

SSG Lacy "Mc" McDonald is joined by Sister Terri Ali and Sister Tazar Gissentanner. They are part of Mohammed Schools of Atlanta, which sits on four acres of urban land located in the inner city of…

Ep. 49 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Cultivate-Collective & ModGarden

SSG Lacy "Mc" McDonald is joined by Kris De la Torre and Aamar Khwaja. Kris De la Torre is with Cultivate Collective, which unites education, wellness, sustainability, and economic vitality to…

Ep. 48 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Melosong C.I.T.Y. and Clayton Early Learning

SSG Lacy "Mc" McDonald is joined by Vickie Woodard of Melosong C.I.T.Y. and Sydney Futrell with Clayton Early Learning. Melosong C.I.T.Y., a community dedicated to growing healthy food sustainably,…

Ep. 47 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Rustic Roots Sanctuary

SSG Lacy “Mc” McDonald is joined by Janett Lewis with Rustic Roots Sanctuary. Her involvement in Spanish Lake began as a business investment but became a calling. She quickly fell in love with the…

Ep. 43 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Mo'Betta Green (Ivory)

Check out this podcast from the @biggreen DAO 2024 Annual Conference 🌱Stephen Lucke is joined by Ivory Sambula. She works for Mo'Betta Green, a farmer's market in Denver, Co’s Historic Five Points.…

Ep. 42 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Rebels in the Garden & Mo'Betta Green (Ms Bev)

Stephen Lucke and SSG Lacy "Mc" McDonald are joined by Rebels in the Garden and Mo'Betta Green, Beverly Grant and James Grevious. Beverly Grant’s gift to her hometown is about more than a few plants,…

Ep. 44 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Growing Hope

Stephen Lucke is joined by Julius Buzzard with Growing Hope. Julius found his home in Ypsilanti in 2013, and never looked back. He spent the formative years of his career within the local nonprofit…

Ep. 46 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: OGs

Ep. 45 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Project Sweetie Pie Mr. Michael Chaney

Stephen Lucke is joined by Project Sweetie Pie with Mr. Michael Chaney. Project Sweetie Pie works with neighborhood residents, non-profits of all sizes, universities, members of faith communities,…

Ep. 41 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Catherine Burns

Stephen Lucke and SSG Lacy "Mc" McDonald are joined by Catherine Burns, a story midwife and consultant, keynote speaker, and former artistic director at The Moth.#sustainability #SanAntonio…

Ep. 39 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Gardeneers

SSG. Lacy “Mac” MacDonald is joined by Paris Monaghan and Joseph Campos of Gardeneers. They work with Chicago’s South- and Westside schools and communities to contribute positively to the larger food…

Ep. 40 Big Green DAO 2024 Annual - Power Plant Podcast: Integrative Development Initiative

Stephen Lucke is joined by Elinor Crescenzi and Ellie O’Bosky of Integrative Development Initiative, a nonprofit that highlights and affirms the importance of initiation and organized initiatives in…

Ep. 38 Inside the Gardopia Internship with Lilah Wheat

In this episode of the Growing Our Future Podcast, host Stephen chats with Lilah Wheat, Gardopia Gardens' Education, Health, and Environment Intern and a senior at Trinity University. Lilah shares…

S1E37 Ep. 37 Learning, Leadership & Life Lab with John Fisher

In this episode of the Growing Our Future Podcast, host Stephen is joined by John Fisher from Life Lab, an organization dedicated to garden-based learning and environmental education. John shares his…

S1E36 Ep. 36 Indigenous Nutrition with Keianna “Kat” Cachora

In this episode of the Growing Our Future Podcast, host Stephen sits down with Keianna “Kat” Cachora, Traditional and Nutritional Food Specialist at Hardin School District in Hardin, Montana. Kat…

S1E35 Ep. 35 The Garden Experience at Charlottesville Highschool

In this episode of the Growing Our Future Podcast, host Stephen is joined by Peter Davis, an urban farming educator, and Justin Malone, principal of Charlottesville High School in Virginia. Peter and…