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Date | Event |
May 16 2023 |
Aquarius 50 Forest Activism
Great to share the stage with 3 of my heroes at the Aquarius 50
Forest Activism panel -
Nan Nicholson,
Dailan Pugh &
Susie Russell
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May 13 2023 |
Experiential Deep Ecology with
John Seed & Skye Mandozay
"I just did a zoom webinar on Experiential Deep Ecology
with my Melbourne colleague Skye Mandozay for the Work That
Reconnects Network -100 people showed up, exciting event."
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May 6 2023 |
Yasuhiro Hamano interview with John Seed
"A
Japanese TV program interviewed me on rainforests and deep ecology
in 1992."
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Apr 23 2023 |
"The Elder Tree Podcast", Sacred Herbalism segment.
Stephanie Hazel interviews John Seed April 5 2023:
Episode 27, Apr. 5, 2023 |
Apr 19 2023 |
Our Little House
Our little house, owner-built by my wife Megan, is taking shape.
First photo shows a team from our community having hoisted 160kg
lintel on top of the thermal mass wall running down the centre of
the house made from locally made compressed mud bricks it takes a
village! I’m the bald head foreground. Second photo a couple of
weeks later..
Click Photo for Full Size
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Apr 18 2023 |
WTR Conversation Cafe
I'm excited to be joining my friend Skye Mandozay in this WTR
Conversation Cafe,
May 6 and 7, 2023
exploring the EXPERIENCE of Deep Ecology and how these processes,
synchronous with ceremonies and rituals practiced by all indigenous
peoples, end the illusion of separation between humans and the rest
of the natural world. |
Feb 2023 |
Bob Brown and John Seed in conversation We met at Salamanca Place’s Wild Gallery to ponder the nature of being. Here is that conversation – please feel free to share it. Bob Brown.
Online:
Listen to Full
Video |
Feb. 23 2023 |
Great couple of weekends on Bruny Island Tasmania
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Feb. 17 2023 |
"DEEP ECOLOGY AND MENTAL
HEALTH"
Online:
Watch the Video |
Feb. 15 2023 |
A Conversation between John
Seed and Julien Tempone-Wiltshire Feb 2023
Online:
Link to PodCast |
Jan 15 2023 |
Deep
Ecology
workshops
in Melbourne in November
2022
Online:
See Large Photo |
Jan 7 2023 |
The Cicadas interrupt the Dharma Talk
Published in November 2022, Living and
Working Together tracks the 50-year-old history of the Dharmananda
Community in The Channon, near Lismore, NSW Australia. Online: Listen to Full Talk
PDF: Transcript & Links |
Dec 1 2022 |
Great day in Melbourne yesterday. I emailed
one of my heroes, Tyson Yunkaporta, author of the brilliant
"Sand Talk" and asked him if we might have a yarn on his
podcast "The Other Others".
https://anchor.fm/tyson-yunkaporta Lo and behold he
replied at once, "how about between 1 and 2 to-day?" So ...
we had a great rave together and at 5.30 he emailed me "Yau,
here's the link bruz"
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Sept 22 2022 |
Interesting to look back at the podcast I did for Derrick
Jensen’s “Resistance Radio” in 2018. PDF: Transcript of Derrick Jensen’s “Resistance Radio”
Actual Podcast:
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Sept 11 2022 |
Some great music fell into my life this week. |
Sept 9 2022 |
HOW I CAUGHT DEEP ECOLOGY - REFLECTIONS ON THE 4Oth
ANNIVERSARY by John Seed |
Sept 6 2022 |
"Deep Ecology" by Daniel Mirante
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Sept 3 2022 |
Memoirs of the Rainforest Information Centre
Andy Caffrey’s video also has a short but sweet deep ecology rave (7m40s) as introduction to “Expanding Universe” and The Wallies singing “Lay
Down Your Whopper Baby” inside a Vancouver
Burger King to protest BK destroying rainforests in
Costa Rica for cattle pasture (30m15s). |
Sept 1 2022 |
Workshop in the forests of the Arcoora Arts and Ecology
Training Ground
https://www.facebook.com/events/1018409028786726
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Aug 17 2022 |
Skye Cielita Flor shared a post:
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Aug 8 2022 |
DEEP ECOLOGY AND THE CONSERVATION OF ECUADOR RAINFORESTS: John Seed is offering 2 deep
ecology workshops on the N Coast this year
near Kyogle (August 26-28) and near
Nimbin
(October 21-23). 25% of proceeds support the
protection of Ecuadorean
rainforests. |
July 12 2022 |
Deep Ecology Online: Practices for Awakening & Resilience in a
Changing World |
July 12 2022 |
John Seed recites Poem by Drew Dellinger
"Word to the Mother" |
July 11 2022 |
John Seed Sings "Born To Be Wild" Music by John Seed |
July 9 2022 |
John Seed Excerpts from Redwood Summer 1990 |
July 9 2022 |
A letter from Divish Petrof (1st installment)
I had a visit a couple of weeks ago from Divish Petrof, an activist
who worked with us at the Rainforest Information Centre but we
hadn’t been in touch since the ‘90’s. We sat around the fire and I
was amazed how well he remembered stuff that I had long forgotten.
He agreed to write some of his memories down for our archives and
today I received the first instalment. |
April 29 2022 |
River and John |
Dec. 2 2021 |
Los Cedros Biological Reserve Dec. 2, 2021
Click to View Story in THE GUARDIAN:
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Dec. 1 2021 |
Los Cedros Biological Reserve Dec. 1, 2021 |
Nov. 10 2021 |
“Interview by Steven Wyatt, ex Financial Review journalist and ex China correspondent for that paper, for his alternative history of Byron Bay" Click Here to View: |
Nov. 1 2021 |
Photos of John and his Son River. Click Here to View: |
Aug. 25 2021 |
Some photos from the last couple of years Click Here to view: |
Nov 19 2019 |
Deep Ecology and Psychedelics Presentation to "Rebel Herbal" |
Jan. 16 2019 |
Update: "Actually, I have to
credit Acacia courtii and some sweet friends for assisting the
immunotherapy" Click Here for: link from "Acacia
courtii and some sweet friends" |
Jan. 16 2019 |
“We’re doing well, River just turned 5 and is a
delight. |
Jan 15 2019 |
Johns Son River and Grand daughter Jala
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Dec. 31 2018 |
Click Photo for Full Size |
Oct 2018 |
John Seed on Deep Ecological Identity |
Aug 5 2018 |
This could be the game-changer we’ve been waiting for. A court in the Azuay Province of Ecuador has rejected the Government’s appeal and the Chinese-owned Rio Blanco gold mine has been stopped! See the excellent article about this issue written last week before this historic decision. |
Aug 3 2018 |
Megan left for a workshop yesterday leaving River (RIVER GALAXY) for a week for the first time. Next Wednesday he and I will fly to Cairns. Friday we’ll pick Megan up at Cairns airport and drive to my first gig with the families at Kowrowa, a small indigenous -community out of Kuranda, (out of Monamona Mission in the 60's). Next morning we head to the Coalessence Festival, Mission Beach for a deep ecology workshop and to meet Bodhi and family (IMAGES 6008, 6012, 6014, 6016) there for the weekend before we repair to a week together at Cape Trib then deep ecology gigs in Kuranda and Cairns and home again jiggety jig. |
Aug 1 2018 |
Melbourne RAG's superb research into the Aussie miners who hold the lions share of the contested concessions threatening to lay Ecuador's rainforest biodiversity to waste |
July 16 2018 |
Important article on the economic damage caused by the mining industry, written by Alberto Acosta Ecuadorian economist former Minister of Energy and Mines. Former president of the Constituent Assembly. Former candidate for the Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador. ENGLISH..... ESPAÑOL. |
July 15 2018 |
Thanks to Davide Nicastro, the Hope St Warehouse residents and all the musicians for last night’s rave party which raised $11,000 for Los Cedros legal defense |
July 11 2018 |
About 40 activists from Students of Sustainability, Friends of the Earth and the Melbourne Rainforest Action Group descended up BHP's headquarters in downtown Melbourne today, locking down the lifts and blockading the main entrance for an hour until police intervened. We held Ecuador-related campaign signs and handed out leaflets. Several TV news networks came to cover the action, with the ABC (the national broadcaster) covering all the various student actions targeting various government agencies |
July 8 2018 |
Great deep ecology workshop, 40 participants, first time I’ve had to turn people away from a full workshop in 20 years, booking 2 more in Nov-Dec, $1900 raised for Los Cedros. Thanks so much Mycelium Studios for donating this incredible space. Melbourne rocks! Afterwards, one of the Mycelium gang, Ivanna, took some great portraits of me |
July 7 2018 |
Brendan Condon from The Cape Ecovillage near Melbourne recently gave a talk at our Narara Ecovillage where he described the totally passive (open source) designs that they have created and started building down there which now achieve over 9 NatHERs stars and require minimal cooling OR heating. Today Brendan showed a couple of us around his project and we went to visit some of the houses they have built . We were stunned by the comfort on a wild weather day in July and particularly by the economics – they can now build one of these houses with zero energy bills at a tiny 3% premium over the cost of a well-build conventional house costing $3000 to $3,500/year in energy bills (ie 3 year pay-back period and then no energy bills for the life of the building). This is the future. |
July 1 2018 |
Students of Sustainability are a totally kick-ass group of uni students from around the country that get together at a different campus each winter, this year in Melbourne. They organise direct actions following each of their conferences and I was able to negotiate for this years actions to include one at BHP’s HQ in Collins St – they want to attack BHP around Aussie uranium mines among other things and happy to include Ecuador in the mix. I’ve gone to 6 or 8 of their gatherings during the last 20 years and will once again give a deep ecology workshop at this one next week. |
April 28 2018 |
John Plays Guitar for the Kids Click to view Full Size Photo Here or (See the FB link) >> Click Here |
Sept 24 2017 |
Los Cedros Summary Update Click Here |
Sept 3 2017 |
A weekend of deep ecology events in Bathurst NSW to
benefit Los Cedros. Friday night a talk on deep ecology for “Green
Drinks” organised by the Sisters of Mercy “Rahamim
Ecology Centre”. They posted a
video of my
talk onto youtube as well as a
5-minute clip and the two Drew Dellinger raps I opened and
closed with:
The
Universe Jam and
Word
to the Mother. Then a gorgeous
weekend of experiential deep ecology. The best part is that, in
spite of being the facilitator, I’m able to fully
participate as well and, just as for the other participants, I get
to soak in the healing and empowerment returning so refreshed to my
family and work. |
May 10 2017 |
My old friend, the permaculture legend
Jeff Lawton, posted my
Los Cedros rave to his news site and also filmed a passionate
7-minute video which went out to some 60,000 subscribers to his
“Friday Five” |
April 2017 |
Los Cedros, the Biological Reserve in NW Ecuador which we
launched back in the late ‘80’s with the help of a grant from the
Australian Government’s development assistance bureau is facing its
most serious threat – The Ecuadorean government has secretly signed
a mining agreement covering Los Cedros and other “protected” areas
with the Canadian company “Cornerstone
Capital Resources inc”. Many of the international scientists who
have worked at Los Cedros have signed a letter attesting to the irreplaceable
scientific value of this, the best -forested watershed in
Western Ecuador. You can support this fight by signing the
petitition here: http://rainforestinfo.nationbuilder.com/save_los_cedros |
Jan 2015 |
John Seed Rad Activist
8 minute clip by Emma Carrol |
Sept 16 2014 | My son River (9 months) and granddaughter Jala (4 months) |
July 12 2014 | “Megan River and I have joined the Narara Ecovillage. Click here for YouTube Video |
June 7 2014 | “One month old today, my granddaughter Jala Star Seed, welcome, blessings of the Universe pour upon you endless from the eternal fountain” Here’s her 6-month old uncle, my son River with his mama and nagymama |
May 17 2014 | Me and River at his first blockade the day before the NSW Government caved in in the face of people power and suspended Metgasco's licence to frack and their share price plumetted to 5c. www.flickr.com/photos/csgfreenorthernrivers/sets/72157644077911055/ |
May 7 2014 | Hallelujah! My grand-daughter was born this morning. |
April 24 2014 | A glorious Easter in the rainforest and some memories sparked by the death of Neville Wran.. con't > |
Apr 9 2014 | Photos of our son River 6 weeks to 4 months Note* When the page opens-Doubleclick top left photo, click on "slideshow" top middle, move cursor to bottom of screen and hit play |
Feb 11 2014 | River is 2 months old today, endless delight, plenty to keep us both busy. Booked my first gig since his birth - offering some deep ecology at the Regrowth Festival March 1-2 - hope they dont schedule me while Bodhi Seed is playing - Saturday 11.30am DJ SeeD, 1.30pm with Lub Dub and midnight with Syren link |
Feb 3 2014 | “The naming of our son “River" |
Dec 23 2013 | Wedding lunch Megan and John |
Dec 11 2013 | 11/12/13 The birth of our son. Hallelujah! |
Nov 26 2013 | Organised a great evening with world-leading Amazon rainforest conservationist - Atossa Soltani at the University of Technology and launched Amazon Watch Allies Australia |
Nov 23 2013 | Beautiful 8-minute piece on ABC's 7.30 Report last night about the launch of the events celebrating the 60th anniversary of my 93 year old mother, Judy Cassab's first painting exhibition.Nov 14 2013 organised fund raising for sustainable agriculture in Zimbabwe and screening "The Chikukwa Project" film premiere in Sydney July 8 2013 With Dana Lyons and NEO, the great band that he somehow persuaded to come down from Darwin, at our benefit for food security in Zimbabwe at Chapel by the Sea, Bondi Beach link photo dana |
Nov 23 2013 | Beautiful 8-minute piece on ABC's 7.30 Report last night about the launch of the events celebrating the 60th anniversary of my 93 year old mother, Judy Cassab's first painting exhibition. |
July 8 2013 | With Dana Lyons and NEO, the great band that he somehow persuaded to come down from Darwin, at our benefit for food security in Zimbabwe at Chapel by the Sea |
May 31 2013 | Book Launch - Stories of the Great Turning What a great night, 120 people celebrating The Great Turning, Sydney Rocks! |
Nov 22 2012 | Raised over $6000 (see Oct 24 post) . Crowdfunding rocks! Thanks Do Gooder. |
Oct 24 2012 |
Please help
us to stop invaders from destroying the Los Cedros Biological Reserve in the Amazon headwaters of Ecuador ![]() |
Sept 12 2012 |
Some reminiscences upon AID/WATCH’s 20th birthday
|1980 documentary first eco-blockade in the world
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Aug 25 2012 | John Seed and Megan Wallace marry. |
July 16 2012 |
Do you think that humanity can find a way past the current global
environmental and social crises? GLOBAL CHORUS: rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/seed/global-chorus.pdf |
June 28 2012 | CLIMATE CHANGE, DESPAIR & EMPOWERMENT, JOHN SEED & RUTH ROSENHEK Social Alternatives Vol. 31 No.1, 2012 |
June 8 2012 | After our great experiential deep ecology workshop at Mooncourt, Glenys and Taffy recorded “Child of the Universe” which I had sung to accompany the Cosmic Walk . |
June 4 2012 | completed due diligence and funded tree planting in Kenya |
April 2012 | engaging with food security in Zimbabwe |
Feb 6 2012 |
keynote address to APNEC: “Deep Ecology & The Conservation of
Nature” now posted
to youtube.
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Nov 22 2011 | Council of All Beings to-day, my last event in Taiwan.. Yesterday keynote address to APNEC: “Deep Ecology & The Conservation of Nature”. Earlier, an Ecopsychology and Eco-Spirituality panel and before that Ecophilosophy and Council of All Beings at Providence University. Also delivered some money I raised for the aboriginal communities I met last time I was here, to stop the dams that threaten their lands and way of life. |
Oct 30 2011 | uploaded a bunch of my music |
July 2 2011 | UWS publishes SOCIAL ECOLOGY including my chapter The Religion of Economics |
May 8 2011 | Deep Ecology Mandarin website |
April 17 2011 | Ecology or Extinction? Raise your voice! Nothing short of a revolution in consciousness can now prevent the demise of the Cenozoic Era and all of complex life. Is it really that bad? Find out. Check out Chris Hedges, “This Time We’re Taking the Whole Planet With Us” Derrick Jensen, “Beyond Hope” Clive Hamilton, “Requiem for a Species” John Greer “The Long Descent” and Reg Morrison “Plague Species“. What to do? I reckon its time to get annoyed, I’m organising a series of “Climate Change, Despair and Empowerment” workshops around Australia and see who else is feeling annoyed. And you? |
March 31 2011 | 2011 Deep Ecology tour of Taiwan, photo essay |
March 21 2011 | Sydney action against the Borneo timber Mafia photos |
Feb 28 2011 | Writing an article about my great few days with kick-ass activists at the Southern Forests Convergence in Tassie. |
Jan 25 2011 | Played music with my son Bodhi at the most excellent Rainbow Serpent festival. Also gave some deep ecology talks and workshops and sang the World Bank song. Loaded some of my music to Reverbnation. A friend made a slideshow to ”Word to the Mother”. Getting ready for gigs in Tasmania next month and Taiwan in April. |
Aug 2010 |
Great news: following the 3000 emails which you sent to environment
minister Jairam Ramesh, news is in to-day that Vedanta’s
controversial bauxite mine on Dongria Kondh tribal land at Niyamgiri
in India has been stopped. You can see the story
in The Guardian or
theMinistry
of Environment and Forests decision
itself on the ministry website. Furthermore, Ramesh has been quoted
as saying that Vedanta had committed ” very serious violations of
environment act and forest right act,” and that his department was
looking at taking punitive action against the company. The news sent
Vedanta shares down 6%.
For more on this issue, see the amazing 10-minute film: “Mine:
Story of a Sacred Mountain“ or
this great 5
minute clip and
a couple of recent
articles one
by Arundhati Roy
A great
new painting for
Arunachala (the sacred mountain we’ve been reforesting
for 20 years)
.
First music gig in 20 years with my son Bodhi.
Draft chapter ”The
Religion of Economics”
for”Handbook of Social Ecology”.
Indian Journal of Ecocriticism interview
with Swarna
3rd exhibition of “The
Two of Us”
– my sculptures along
with paintings by
my mother Judy
Cassab,
Canberra
July 31
Recent interview on
ABC Radio National “The Spirit of Things” – transcript
Have you been wondering what the “Maoist insurgency” in India is
about. Great
article by Arundhati Roy and interview
by Tehelka. |
July 21.1989 |
John Seed's Rainforest Road Show, Takilma, OR
A Video by Andy Caffrey |