Episode 48: Nando García Ferreiro, experienced beginner

To what end?

Nando has been on an existential inquiry since childhood. Which has led to an ‘obsession of competence’, to prepare for judgement and be in service to others.  A path which has included being the Director of Health and Wellbeing with the European Commission.  And confirmed by the death of his beloved mother, a calling to be of service to dying people and collapsing communities.

We talk about death and eternity, facing our fears, the 4 power animals and authentic relationships in organisations, praying to the earth, valuing time and credibility, and going beyond the more than human community. And the aspirations of being an elder.

We end with a little poem and meditation.

EPISODE EXTRAS

Is Sustainability Realistic: Inner Green Deal Podcast with Nando (25/11/2020): https://podcast.ausha.co/inner-green-deal/issustainabilityrealistic

Transalquimia who Nando mentioned (I interviewed Diana on episode 12 and it is this course where we met) https://www.transalquimia.org/vivir-y-morir

Plum Village https://plumvillage.org

Transition Towns https://transitionnetwork.org

Deep Adaptation (Jim Bendell) https://www.deepadaptation.info/about

Frederic Laloux's Reinventing Organizations https://www.reinventingorganizations.com

Bill Plotkin (I interviewed Bill on episode 40) https://www.animas.org

The work of Charles Eisenstein https://charleseisenstein.org

Life in Reverse, By George Carlin

Tom LA books: Dante's Divine Comedy canto by canto https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Se0davqIVb5KsQ1ruCZ_Q

Video version of our conversation on the #earthconverse #youtubechannel:📺 https://youtu.be/IsgWzrkNy10

(When we were recording, I wasn’t aware that the building noise was so audible. Apologies)