Good ideas become truly great when we back them with a solid foundation of practice. As part of our “Sustainability” show, Cecily Pingree describes her experience with Maine’s Own Organic Milk farmers while filming the documentary “Betting the Farm,” and TEDx Dirigo presenter Seth Silverton explores the idea of self-reliance as espoused by The Wood Chop School. Tune in and learn more!
Guests
Cecily Pingree
Our first featured guest is Cecily Pingree, independent filmmaker of “Betting the Farm” with Pull-Start Films.
Cecily Pingree is an independent filmmaker who began her film work with Big Mouth Productions as an assistant editor and production assistant on Arctic Son and Beyond the Steps: Alvin Ailey American Dance. She has worked on stories ranging from the controversy surrounding media consolidation, to rural health in Africa, to fishing and farming issues in Maine. She has also done commissioned work for clients such as The New York Times, Angela Adams Design and the Small Planet Institute. Cecily also teaches video classes to youth.
Seth Silverton
Seth Silverton is interested in people’s future sustainability. As Founder and Director of The Wood Chop School, he has created a way to further the goal of connecting people to a sustainable future. He founded The Wood Chop School as an answer to the most pressing challenge of our age, resource scarcity and the paradigm shift that accompanies it. A product of Brooklyn Friends School and Brooklyn College, Seth spent the bulk of his professional career in New York on Wall Street before moving to Maine and changing everything.
Seth’s vision of the future embraces the concept of a positive paradigm shift, first within the individual and then within communities. This transformation is driven by individuals whose actions are informed by healthy worldview. Through The Wood Chop School, Seth is setting the conditions necessary for people and communities to approach the coming age of dramatic change as leaders of sustainability.