Next Stop Now is a podcast about experiments in re-purposing life. We are a production of the Ecological Citizen’s Project, which grows citizen-led campaigns to build a more just, healthy, democratic and sustainable way of life. Produced by Isabel Angell.
Next Stop Now is transforming into an exploration of stories of people who are pioneering more just, healthy, democratic and regenerative futures by changing the ways they live and how they work with others to change their communities.
In this episode, listen to Julia Tortorello-Allen, the ECP’s Programming and Communications Steward, host this conversation with Nick Jackson, a dedicated dancer, fierce activist, and one of the past Regenerators from the ECP's Regenerative Communities program. The Regenerative Communities program is building community-owned solar that redirects solar profits towards training new farmers, building public food spaces, and achieving food sovereignty.
20 Jul 2019
Episode 9: Women Together
So much can happen when you make the decision to take that leap to change your life. Anu Anandaraja did just that and is now leading a global public health organization that brings women from different cultures together and empowers them to connect with each other, share skills and knowledge, and form networks so that they can build solidarity. We hope you are as inspired as we were listening to Anu's story.
15 May 2019
Episode 8 Earth Designs Worker-Owned Cooperative
Aja Hudson discusses turning her landscaping business Earth Designs into a worker-owned cooperative and the power of sharing work more equitably as an unexpected path towards healing.
8 Apr 2019
Episode 7: Rich on Empathy
Hear Rich Gamarra talk about empathy, and how his work with the NYC DOH's new co-response program is trying to build bridges between our health and criminal justice systems.
16 Jan 2019
Episode 6: Transformation
In Episode 6, Jason Angell, co-founder of the Ecological Citizen's Project, talks with Michael Edwards. Michael, a former director at the Ford Foundation, discusses his journey from the philanthropy sector to moving to Upstate New York and starting the online journal Transformation, and his belief that personal and political change must be fused together.
Next Stop Now is a podcast about experiments in re-purposing life, telling the personal stories of people that embrace life changes to achieve happiness and sustainable living. We are a production of the Ecological Citizen’s Project, which grows citizen-led campaigns to build a more just, healthy, democratic and sustainable way of life. Produced by Isabel Angell.
Music from this episode is by Podington Bear. Learn more about Michael Edwards' project at https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation.
21 Nov 2018
Episode 5: Truth Alone Clothing
In Episode 5, Don Taffurelli and Christopher Jara talk about their decision to start their own clothing company after decades working in the fashion industry.
Next Stop Now is a podcast about experiments in re-purposing life, telling the personal stories of people that embrace life changes to achieve happiness and sustainable living. We are a production of the Ecological Citizen’s Project, which grows citizen-led campaigns to build a more just, healthy, democratic and sustainable way of life. Produced by Isabel Angell.
Music from this episode is by Podington Bear and Lee Rosevere. You can learn more about Truth Alone Clothing at truthalone-clothing.com.
24 Oct 2018
Episode 4: Tiny House
In Episode 4, Rick McNerny and Leah Melcarek share why they decided to leave their Brooklyn apartment for a tiny house on wheels.
Next Stop Now is a podcast about experiments in re-purposing life, telling the personal stories of people that embrace life changes to achieve happiness and sustainable living. We are a production of the Ecological Citizen’s Project, which grows citizen-led campaigns to build a more just, healthy, democratic and sustainable way of life. Produced by Isabel Angell.
Music from this episode is by Podington Bear and Lee Rosevere. You can learn more about Rick and Leah's journey and see photos of their tiny home at Rick's website rickstsm.wordpress.com.
19 Sept 2018
Episode 3: Peekskill Health Center
In Episode 3, Ecological Citizens Project founder Jason Angell talks with Reverend Jeannette J. Phillips and Alan Steiner about how they started the Peekskill Community Health Center in the 1970s in Peekskill, New York to fill a big need for local, affordable health care that still exists to this day.
Next Stop Now is a podcast about experiments in re-purposing life, telling the personal stories of people that embrace life changes to achieve happiness and sustainable living. We are a production of the Ecological Citizen’s Project, which grows citizen-led campaigns to build a more just, healthy, democratic and sustainable way of life. Produced by Isabel Angell.
Music in this episode by Roger Plexico, Podington Bear, and Lee Rosevere. Special thanks to Anne Kauffman Nolan, CEO of Hudson River Health Care, which oversees the Jeannette J. Phillips Peekskill Community Health Center.
22 Aug 2018
Episode 2: New York Heartwoods
In Episode 2, Megan Offner tells the story of how she left a career where waste was inherently part of the job to start a business that’s all about increasing forest sustainability.
Next Stop Now is a podcast about experiments in re-purposing life, telling the personal stories of people that embrace life changes to achieve happiness and sustainable living. We are a production of the Ecological Citizen’s Project, which grows citizen-led campaigns to build a more just, healthy, democratic and sustainable way of life. Produced by Isabel Angell.
Music in this episode by Podington Bear. You can learn more about New York Heartwoods at www.newyorkheartwoods.com.
25 Jul 2018
Episode One: Longhaul Farm
Next Stop Now is a podcast about experiments in re-purposing life, telling the personal stories of people that embrace life changes to achieve happiness and sustainable living.
In Episode 1, Ecological Citizen's Project founders Jason Angell and Jocelyn Apicello talk about their big move -- from young professionals living in Brooklyn to running an organic farm on family land in New York's Hudson Valley.
Next Stop Now is a production of the Ecological Citizen’s Project, which grows citizen-led campaigns to build a more just, healthy, democratic and sustainable way of life. Produced by Isabel Angell.
Music in this episode by Podington Bear and Jazzhar.
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