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Coconut Thinking

Benjamin Freud, Ph.D.

The Coconut Thinking podcast brings educational provocateurs and practitioners in the regenerative space together to ask: what would it take to create the conditions for all life to thrive? Conversations are as diverse as the guests, but each one participates in the ecosystem, and each one questions the dominant narrative. This is a show for those who are curious about learning, systems, and contributing to the bio-collective—all life that has an interest in the healthfulness of the planet.

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48:40

Dean Bragonier: Learning from a place of abundance

Coconut Thinking ·

2023/02/20

In this episode, I speak with Dean Bragonier. Dean is an entrepreneur, public speaker, and advocate for people with dyslexia. He is the founder of NoticeAbility, a non-profit organization that aims to empower students with dyslexia to recognize and use their unique strengths to achieve success in education and life. This is a conversation about what happens when we approach learning—and life!—from abundance, not scarcity. It also speaks to what can happen when we appreciate the unique gifts and

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41:58

Pavel Cenkl: Learning with the landscape

Coconut Thinking ·

2023/02/13

In this episode, I speak with Pavel Cenkl, Head of College at Schumacher College, Devon, England. Previously, Pavel was a Professor of Environmental Humanities and Associate Dean at Sterling College, Vermont. With more than 25 years of experience in higher education, Pavel's goal is to continue to interweave a life-long passion and professional dedication to higher education teaching and administration in an organization dedicated to progressive transdisciplinary approaches to contemporary

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47:29

Tom Rippin and Oliver Matikainen: Are the SDGs a...

Coconut Thinking ·

2023/02/06

In this episode, I speak with Tom Rippin and Oliver Matikainen. I came across their article Are the SDGs a dangerous distraction? a few of weeks ago. It asks "Are we addicted to quick-fix painkillers – and still failing to address the underlying causes of our ailing economy?" In this conversation, we explore whether the worldview that created the SDGs is born from the same paradigm that created today's major problems.Tom is the CEO of On Purpose, an award-winning social enterprise developing

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52:18

Curtis Ogden: Creating a bigger WE

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2023/01/30

In this episode, I speak with Curtis Ogden. Curtis has served as Senior Associateat the Interaction Institute for Social Changesince 2005 and brings to IISC his experience in education, community building, leadership development, and program design, as well as an abiding passion for work at the intersection of racial justice and environmental sustainability. For the past several years he has built a robust practice in support of numerous multi-stakeholder collaborative change networks. We discuss:🥥

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45:27

Vlad Glăveanu: Thinking of possibilities rather than...

Coconut Thinking ·

2023/01/06

In this episode, I speak with Vlad Glăveanu. Vlad is Full Professor of psychology in the School of Psychology, Dublin City University, and Professor II at the Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology, University of Bergen. He is the founder and president of the Possibility Studies Network (PSN). His work focuses on creativity, imagination, culture, collaboration, wonder, possibility, and societal challenges. He edited thePalgrave Handbook of Creativity and Culture(2016) and theOxford

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46:15

Karen O'Brien: You matter more than you think

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/12/05

In this episode, I speak with Karen O’Brien. Karen is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo. Karen’s research emphasizes the social and human dimensions of climate change and implications for human security. Her recent books include You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World and Climate and Society: Transforming the Future. Karen has been named by Web of Science as one of the world’s most influential researchers of

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54:08

Zachary Stein: Who gets to decide the stories we tell...

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/11/27

In this episode, I speak with Zachary Stein. Zak has published two books: Social Justice and Educational Measurement,which traces the history of standardized testing and its ethical implications, and Education in a Time Between Worlds, which grapples with the relations between schooling and technology more broadly. Zak is a co-founder ofThe Consilience Project, which is dedicatedto improving public sensemaking and building a movement toradically upgradedigital media landscapes. He is a scholar at

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43:29

Conrad Hughes: Capturing the stories of learning

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/11/23

In this episode, I speak with Conrad Hughes, Campus and Secondary Principal at the International School of Geneva, La Grande Boissire, the oldest international school in the world. Conrad led two major projects with UNESCO to rethink the guiding principles for learning in the 21st Century and preventing violent extremism through education. He has published three books on different aspects of 21st Century learning. Conrad is a member of the advisory board for the University of the People, senior

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43:02

Jon Ardern: Calling time on human exceptionalism

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/11/19

In this episode, I speak with Jon Ardern, designer, artist and technologist. As Co-Founder and Director of Superflux he develops long term visionand strategy for the Studio alongside constant, and deliberate, prototyping and material investigation.Overthe last 14 years Jon has developed pioneering design, technology and foresight projects, projects, andexhibitions receiving critical acclaim, awards, and press internationally. His work has been exhibited at the MoMANew York and V&A London on

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01:02:25

Nora Bateson: We are all crooked trees

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/11/14

In this episode, I speak with Nora Bateson. Nora is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute, based in Sweden. Her work asks the question “How we can improve our perception of the complexity we live within, so we may improve our interaction with the world?” Yet Nora opens us up to understanding that we are so much more than any label that binds us. This was a truly inspiring conversation, one that left me humbled, hopeful, and

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54:24

Rachel Musson: Learning is a journey of meandering

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2022/11/11

In this episode, I speak with Rachel Musson is an international speaker, educator, facilitator, and thought-leader on regenerative education and wellbeing in schools. Rachel was recently listed as Natwest WISE100 most influential women in social enterprise. She is the Founding Director of ThoughtBox Education CIC and the pioneer behind their award-winning curriculum and training, currently accessed by 5,000+ educators in 76 countries. Rachel is currently working with global industry leaders and

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44:56

Jack Miller: Taoism, teaching and learning: A Nature...

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2022/11/01

In this episode, I speak with Jack Miller. Jack is Professor of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning atOntario Institute for Studies in Education(OISE) atUniversity of Toronto. Jack's work is focused on holistic education, curriculum and spirituality. He is an author of over 20 books including and his most recent book is Taoism, Teaching and Learning: A Nature Based Approach to Education. In 2009, Jack was one of 24 educators invited toBhutanfor the orientation of Bhutan's educational system towards

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56:56

Helena Norberg-Hodge: Connecting to the local,...

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2022/10/23

In this episode, I speak with Helena Norberg-Hodge. Helena is a linguist, author and film maker, and the founder and director of the international non-profit organization, Local Futures, a pioneer of the new economy movement, and the convener ofWorld Localization Day. She is the author of several books, including‘Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh’, and, together with afilm of the same title, Ancient Futures has been translated into more than 40 languages, and sold half a million copies. Her

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44:09

Charlotte Hankin: The WISR Framework: Special Episode

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/10/17

In this special episode, Charlotte and I introduce the WISR Framework, which was designed to help educators create spaces in which a regenerative world might emerge. It is takes us from that instant where awe is a released and embodied experience to a mindset and paradigm shift where we respect the unique essence of all life. WISR is not meant to be a prescriptive model, rather it is an invitation to take learning deeper through embodied and connected experiences in and with the natural world. A

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53:08

Larissa Raymond: Agency is not about giving students...

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/09/30

In this episode, I speak with Larissa Raymond. Larissa is a designer and leader of professional learning at EdPartnerships International. Prior to joining EdP she was a Head of Teaching and Learning at Caulfield Grammar School. Larissa has extensive experience supporting teachers to design and trial new forms of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Larissa pushes us to ask questions from different perspectives, including what can't be seen. She speaks thoughtfully about what agency really is (beyond

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48:54

Bayo Akomolafe: Sitting with the pain

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/09/18

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Bayo Akomolafe. Bayo is a philosopher, psychologist, professor, and poet. He is a teacher and public intellectual renowned for his unconventional views on global crises, activism, and social change. (These are labels that Bayo may reject because posthumanism is also post-identitarian—we are processes of becoming that cannot be labeled.) Bayo speaks of the experiences of colonialism, extraction, climate disaster, multi-species relations, assemblages and

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51:37

Penny Hay & Alex Soulsby: We need to be imagination...

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/09/14

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Penny Hay and Alex Soulsby. Penny is an artist, researcher and educator. She is a Reader at Bath Spa University in Creative Teaching and Learning and Senior Lecturer in Arts Education at Bath Spa University School of Education, and also Research Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries. Penny has worked extensively in arts education across the UK and co-ordinated the professional development program for the National Society for Education in Art and Design

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01:03:48

Jennifer D. Klein and Kapono Ciotti: The learner is...

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/08/29

In this episode, I speak to Jennifer D. Klein and Kapono Ciotti, authors of The Landscape Model of Learning. Jennifer is the founder of Principled Learning Strategies, which provides professional development to support authentic student-driven global learning experiences in schools. She has a broad background in global education and partnership development, student-driven curricular strategies, inclusivity, and experiential, inquiry-driven learning.Kapono has worked internationally in educational

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41:56

Maggie Favretti: The Decomposition of school and...

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/08/17

In this episode, I speak with Maggie Favretti. Maggie Maggie Favretti has spent over 35 years happily helping her students to ask, “why not now?”Maggie has won scholarship and teaching awards from three professional historical organizations (WHA, AHA, OAH), a national organization of bankers (Sallie Mae Foundation Teacher of the Year), and a national organization of student leaders (21st-century Teacher of the Year).She has been recognized by President Obama for her work in environmental education,

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47:33

Giles Hutchins: Leading by nature: Being transparent...

Coconut Thinking ·

2022/08/08

In this episode, I speak with Giles Hutchins, pioneering practitioner, keynote speaker and executive coach at the forefront of regenerative leadership and organizational development. Through his executive leadership coaching he applies advanced adult developmental psychology, regenerative leadership practices, consciousness raising techniques, deep-dive nature immersions, embodiment work, ancient wisdom tradition insights, and cutting edge research on leadership consciousness. He is currently

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