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Peace Is Here explores the deep architecture of a life unweaponed with a light-hearted touch and a scholar’s heart. Join Avis Kalfsbeek, writer of feisty fiction, for a daily curriculum of peace. We explore historic treaties, nature’s quiet wisdom, and the creative art-vision required for #TheGreatDisarmament. From deep-dive series on peace heroes to fiction stories and personal riffs, we look beneath the surface to see the peace that is already here.
Episodes
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 3. This first chapter ends with the sentiment that our life’s memories of nature we experienced may be our greatest peace. It is an exuberant and proud accounting of the over 200 bird descriptions and bird songs W.H. Hudson can remember from his distant homeland of Argentina and his reasons why. He also answers the question: “What is the charm which you find or say you find in nature?” and imagines how wonderful it would be to be able to magically transport his mind’s beautiful visions of all the birds he has seen “at their best” into the mind of the other… “the unimaginable loveliness, the sunlit color, the grace of form and of motion…” This first chapter ends with the sentiment that our life’s memories of nature we experienced may be our greatest peace.
“‘What asketh man to have?’ cried Chaucer, and goes on to say in bitterest words that ‘now with his love" he must soon lie in "the coldë grave—alone, withouten any companie.‘ What he asketh to have, I suppose, is a blue diamond—some unattainable good; and in the meantime, just to go on with, certain pleasant things which perish in the using.” W.H. Hudson
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.
Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
Read W.H. Hudson’s Birds and Man at www.gutenberg.org.
More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it.
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog
Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
A reading of Lucy Thoumaian’s 1914 manifesto of peace, A Manifesto to Women of Every Land, a Pillars of Peace episode.
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.
Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
Read Lucy Thoumaian’s A Manifesto to Women of Every Land in the book Documenting First Wave Feminisms edited by Maureen Moynagh, Nancy Forestell. https://www.amazon.com/Documenting-First-Wave-Feminisms-Collaborations-ebook/dp/B007O0UQB2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2DCSSQ4OIHPOP&keywords=documenting+first+wave+feminism&qid=1645832913&s=books&sprefix=%2Cstripbooks%2C140&sr=1-2
More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it.
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog
Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 2. Can we recall bird images and birdsongs from memory like it was yesterday? W.H. Hudson says yes.
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.
Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
Read W.H. Hudson’s Birds and Man at www.gutenberg.org.
More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it.
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog
Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 1. Birds are best viewed in nature, not stuffed in a museum.
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.
Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
Read W.H. Hudson’s Birds and Man at www.gutenberg.org.
More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it.
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog
Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Why Kant There Be Peace? Excerpts from Immanuel Kant’s essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch.” Comforting, practical, brave, and clear.
First Section, Which Contains the Preliminary Articles for Perpetual Peace among States:
- “No peace settlement which secretly reserves issues for a future war shall be considered valid.”
- “No independently existing state (irrespective of whether it is larger or small) shall be able to be acquired by another state through inheritance, exchange, purchase or gift.”
- “Standing armies (miles perpetuus) shall gradually be abolished entirely.”
- “The state shall not contract debts in connection with its foreign affairs.”
- “No state shall forcibly interfere with the constitution and government of another state.”
- “No state shall allow itself such hostilities in wartime as would make mutual trust in a future period of peace impossible. Such acts would include the employment of assassins, poisoners, breach of surrender, incitement of treason within the enemy state etc.”
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike and The Red Kite by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
The version of Immanual Kant’s book Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L. Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek’s Amazon affiliate link to purchase the book is: https://amzn.to/3oL3t82
More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it.
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog
Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 3. Glaciers, flexible as the wind, yet hard-tempered as steel, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology.
The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club’s site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/.
Or find the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores.
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it.
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog
Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 2. Cleavage, glaciers, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology.
The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club’s site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/.
Or find the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores.
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it.
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog
Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
A reading of John’s Muir’s Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 1. Glaciers, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology.
The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club’s site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/.
Or find the the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores.
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog
Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio.
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
A reading on peace: “A confederation of Native peoples seek peace with the United States, 1786.”
The full writing can be found at The American Yawp, A Massively Collaborate Open U.S. Textbook, www.americanyawp.com.
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog
Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio
People v Fossil Fuels: https://peoplevsfossilfuels.org/
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Enjoy this planet-inspired mother-daughter interview with van-life adventurer-poet, Jessie Leonard with topics of solo female travel, van building, small vans, remote work, living a small footprint, minimalism, ethical consumerism, fast fashion, traveling with a dog and more.
Jessie Leonard: Follow @StrayWithMe; Get the poetry book, Journey to Find my Broken Pieces and buy beautiful naturally-dyed products: www.StrayWithMe.co.
Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Javier "Peke" Rodriguez on Bandcamp. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
Get the Books! The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller.
Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog
Get the Audio Book! One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio