Kirsten Bradley: Cultivating active hope through small daily actions
From Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration by Kaméa Chayne
June 4, 2026 · 56 min · Episode 476
About this episode
Kirsten Bradley discusses how small daily actions can cultivate active hope and the relationship between permaculture principles and social change.
How do we cultivate active hope through engaging in small, daily actions? What can we learn about social organizing and community building from looking at it through a permaculture lens? And what does it mean to re-establish our connections with land, water, and community — whether we live in the heart of cities or in more rural contexts? In this episode, Green Dreamer’s Kaméa Chayne speaks with Kirsten Bradley, the co-founder of Milkwood and the author of The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook. Join us as we chat through how the permaculture principles relate to social change — and how we might dig our hands in the dirt to participate in that action. We invite you to… tune in and subscribe to Green Dreamer via any podcast app; tap into our bonus extended and video version of this conversation on Patreon here ; and read highlights from these conversations via Kaméa’s newsletter here . Episode song feature: “Grandmother” by Ayla Schafer
People in this episode
Host: Kaméa Chayne
Guest: Kirsten Bradley
Topics covered
- active hope
- permaculture
- community building
- social organizing
- sustainability
- connection to land
Keywords
- active hope
- permaculture
- community
- sustainability
- social change
- daily actions
- land connection
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Milkwood
Books & works: The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook, Grandmother
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