156. Daniel Christian Wahl
On living technologies & cultures
Daniel Christian Wahl is the world-renowned author of Designing Regenerative Cultures, still being translated into various languages years after release. Daniel’s also called himself a consultant, educator, activist, speaker, blogger, weaver, catalyst - he’s also become a farmer of sorts, which you’ll hear more about today, along with some other very interesting and entirely relevant parts of his life – like marine biology, martial arts, permaculture, his ongoing learning with elders, and how he looks to live it all, in what has become his home in Mallorca, Spain.
Daniel Christian Wahl in the Tramuntana mountains near Lluc (source).
“ It will only be transformative if it is what I believe and we believe it is, which is, it’s part of life’s evolutionary regenerative impulse. It’s realigning with our own ancestry. And, as you alluded to, we are so distracted by distraction from distraction, that we don’t know how powerful we can actually be when we work in that way.”
Daniel's blog on Medium is followed by over 25,000 people, and his online advocacy has a combined audience of over 850,000 people around the world. He was an RSA Bicentenary Medal recipient for Regenerative Design in 2021, a Volans Fellow in 2022, and was previously the Director of Findhorn College.
Daniel actually first reached out to me a few years ago, with kind words after my conversation with the late Hazel Henderson, someone we both admired a lot. And for him, as for many, the years since have included some tumult and burn out. All of which made this a doubly cherished conversation, as Daniel talks publicly in a way he never has before, in a moment of great reflection about the state of things and how to approach it.
This conversation was recorded online with Daniel at home in Mallorca, on 15 March 2023.
Find more:
Daniel’s highly acclaimed book, translated into multiple languages, Designing Regenerative Cultures.
Daniel with Satish Kumar on his YouTube channel recently.
Daniel’s ongoing writing on Medium.
Join me with special guests at Regenerating Country, this weekend, a live podcast conversation at the World Science Festival Brisbane on 26 March 2023.
Music:
Regeneration, composed by Amelia Barden, from the soundtrack of the film Regenerating Australia, available for community screenings now.