Stephen Nachmanovitch performs and teaches internationally as an improvisational violinist, and at the intersections of music, dance, theater, and multimedia arts. He is the author of Free Play (Penguin, 1990) that has been in circulation for over 30 years. This month, Stephen is releasing his new book, The Art of Is: Improvising as a Way of Life. Yo-Yo Ma, world renounced cellist described The Art of Is as a philosophical meditation on living fully in the present and a co-creation that arises out of listening and mutual attentiveness, out of a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity.
Stephen will be doing a reading and book signing on Thursday, May 2nd, and then leading an interactive workshop at the Violet Owl on Saturday, May 4th.
Enjoy this one-hour Living well with Stephen who shares how we can be more present and engaged in our lives, learning to improvise with the ever-changing nature of our lives.
Living Well with Stephen Nachmanovitch on AshevilleFM, April 29, 2019
A mathematics teacher for 18 years, Rudy is currently the Director of The Parsons Mathematics Assistance Center at UNC-Asheville. Rudy is also president of the Blue Ridge Electric Vehicle Club, a local non-profit with the mission of promoting widespread adoption of electric transportation through education and advocacy.
Rudy shared about the history of electric cars and the many benefits and some challenges to owning an electric car. He also discussed the major electric vehicle show, “Drive Electric Earth Day“, happening in Asheville on April 28th at the Asheville Outlet Mall.
Enjoy this one-hour Living Well as Rudy enlightens listeners about the value and growth of electric cars and transportation.
Living Well with Rudy BeharrySingh on AshevilleFM, April 8, 2019
Living Well with Dayna Reggero on AshevilleFM, April 1, 2019
Dayna Reggero is an award-winning filmmaker, creative entrepreneur, and connector. She is the founding director of the Climate Listening Project that not only focuses on our changing climate, but how we are changing as individuals. Dayna believes when we listen to and share our own realities, overcome our fears and stereotypes, heal ourselves, and become whole. Her work showcases how real change is not just about acknowledging and adapting to our changing weather – it is about changing the climate of our political, social, inclusion, and economic realities. Dayna believes we all have unique and important stories, contributions, experiences, and perspectives as we listen, learn, change, and grow.
In 2018, Dayna’s work was selected by National Geographic to be featured as an Open Explorer Expedition and in Woman’s Day Magazine as an “Earth Mother: an Artist Activist who isn’t just fighting for cleaner air and water, but protecting a community’s most precious resources – its people.” The Climate Listening Project has reached more than 10 million people and won several awards, including “Best Short Documentary” at the Belize International Film Festival. One CLP episode features two women in Stokes County, N.C., who are using their local resources and their voices to fight against the harmful effects of coal ash and fracking.
Enjoy this special one-hour Living Well with Dayna shares about her journey learning to listen and grow through the impactful and powerful Climate Listening Project.
Danielle Hanna is a junior at SILSA high school and active in environmental and social justice issues. She and her family went to Standing Rock, South Dakota for a week to join other Water Protectors in protest the route of the Dakota Access Pipeline that was being built just upstream from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. In 2017, Danielle participated in the People’s Climate March in Washington, DC along with an estimated 200,000 people.
Along with her father and a friend, Danielle recently participated in the Climate Reality Project in Atlanta, Georgia. Led by former US Vice President Al Gore, CEO & President Ken Berlin, and Rev. William Barber II, CRP empowers everyday people to become activists, equipped with the tools, training, and network to fight for solutions and drive change planet-wide. The result is over 19,000 Climate Reality Leaders mobilizing communities in over 150 countries.
Enjoy this special Living Well where I get a chance to talk with my daughter, Danielle, about climate change and her meaningful experience with the Climate Reality Project!
Living Well with Danielle Hanna on AshevilleFM, March 25, 2019
 Heather is an artist, educator, and has been in practice as a pelvic physical therapist for the past 15 years in Haywood County. She is also a sexuality counselor and leaps at opportunities to bring sex-positive education and discussion into western North Carolina.
In 2015 she founded Vino & Vulvas which prides itself on “edgy, inclusive, and informative” content in the form of live, local events with (mostly) local experts. She teaches transgender pelvic health nationally through Pelvic Guru. She is also the author and Illustrator of Important Parts: A Coloring Book for the Crotch Enthusiast which seeks to bring education and enjoyment of genital anatomy to everyone regardless of gender… but especially to those who have a more complicated relationship with their own anatomy.
Enjoy this one-hour Living Well with Heather who talks about the monthly Vino & Vulvas meeting and the important and entertaining conversations that take place about sex-positive education!
Living Well with Heather Edwards on AshevilleFM, March 18, 2019
Andrew Jones is a Founder and Co-Director of Climate Interactive, named the 2017 “Best U.S. Energy and Environment Think Tank” by Prospect Magazine. An expert on international climate and energy issues, his quotes and simulations appear frequently in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and other media. Climate Interactive creates interactive, scientifically rigorous tools that help people see connections, play out scenarios, and see what works to address the biggest challenges we face. Based on a long tradition of system dynamics modeling out of MIT that explores the interplay between social and planetary systems, our simulations cover a range of topics, from climate change and clean energy to disaster risk reduction and resilience. Our work is guided by principles of transparency, collaboration, and staying action-oriented,.
Andrew was trained in system dynamics modeling at Dartmouth College and through a M.S. at MIT. He teaches Systems Thinking and Sustainability at UNC Chapel Hill’s Kenan Flagler Business School.
Andrew has lived for twenty years in Asheville; his son attends Asheville High School and his daughter is a freshman at Appalachian State.
Enjoy this one-hour Living Well where Andrew shares how Climate Interactive is a powerful tool to help people understand what needs to be done in order to prevent global temperatures from exceeding 2.0C.
Living Well with Andrew Jones on AshevilleFM, March 11, 2019
Over the past 17 years, Meredith Leigh has worked as a farmer, butcher, chef, teacher, non-profit executive director, and writer, all in pursuit of good food. She is the author of The Ethical Meat Handbook: A Complete Guide to Home Butchery, Charcuterie (Char-cootery), and Cooking for the Conscious Omnivore, (3rd place, MFK Fisher Award 2015) and in 2017, Pure Charcuterie: The Craft & Poetry of Curing Meats at Home.
Meredith works part time for Living Web Farms, and she travels extensively teaching charcuterie and food production and processing. She also pursues other writing, namely poetry and nonfiction focused on the intersection of land and people, and land and the culinary sphere. She lives with her partner and four children in Asheville, NC.
As part of the Organic Growers School (OGS) 26th annual Spring Conference, Meredith is doing a full day pre-conference workshop on Integrating Animals into Agriculture and two Conscientious Omnivory workshops covering economics, systems thinking, and cooking. The conference begins Friday, March 18th thru Sunday, March 10th at Mar Hills University.
Enjoy this one-hour Living Well with Meredith as she shares how we can approach eating healthy, ethical food and transforming our agricultural systems to bring more justice and harmony with the land. Enjoy!
Living Well with Meredith Leigh on AshevilleFM, March 4, 2019
 Along with his wife Besty, Love Batista is the co-founder, of Goodness in Action Global Initiative. He empowers people to take passionate, purpose-full, productive and profitable actions directly in alignment with their soul’s purposes. His work is grounded in three pillars: self-authority, self-initiation, and self actualization.
Love has been blessed with many amazing mentors along his spiritual journey but he found that there was no teaching or existing blueprint for how to walk this earth as a Sacred Man. He has committed his life to helping others champion the shift to Sacred Masculinity, and to fostering growth of strong communities that honor all beings.
Enjoy this one-hour Living Well with Love who describes how we can manifest our sacred masculinity and reach our full potential.
Living Well with Love Batista on AshevilleFM, February 25, 2019
Jim worked for 28 years as a consultant leading environmental cleanups for corporate clients across the United States. He served as the project manager and senior scientist for the evaluation of sediments along the Tittabawassee River that were impacted with chlorinated dioxins and furans down stream from Dow Chemical Company’s original plant in Midland, MI; He was the senior scientist for the evaluation of impacts from Enbridge’s Line 6B crude oil release into the Kalamazoo River after the 800,000 gallon spill in 2010; and most recently, he served as Project manager and lead scientist for the evaluation of a closed Hooker Chemical plant (now Occidental Chemical Corporation) site in Montague, Michigan.
In 2013, Jim left his job in consulting to focus his time on climate and energy policy. To this goal, he has been affiliated with Citizens’ Climate Lobby since 2014 and in July of 2017 accepted a position on staff leading their outreach to conservatives. The Asheville Chapter of CCL meets regularly on the 3rd Monday of each month.
Enjoy this one-hour Living Well where Jim shared how the carbon fee/dividend can have an impactful reduction in carbon emissions and the work CCL is doing to make it a reality!
Living Well with Jim Tolbert on AshevilleFM, February 18, 2019
Ash Devine is an accomplished vocalist and multi-instrumentalist and she has recorded and self-produced two albums of original Americana-folk-world fusion music and is currently working on her third. Ash plays a variety of styles including original folk-americana, old country, traditional Appalachian, classic rock and favorite jazz songs of the Era. For over 10 years, Ash has developed research based innovative music and arts programs for elders in senior living, health care, home care and community settings. Her performances inspire fond memories, joyful interaction and community engagement with participants and facility staff. Ash’s musical programs are connective, entertaining and based in current research regarding the use of multi-sensory music and activities to enhance brain health and improve the quality of life of elders and their caregivers.
Ash specializes in spreading joy through the art of clowning. She learned this craft from the revered Patch Adams, an American physician, social activist, clown, and author who founded The Gesundheit! Institute in 1971. He led groups of volunteers dressed as clowns to the darkest corners of the world in an effort to bring love and laughter to those who needed it most. Ash joined Patch on a trip to Haiti while she was attending college and witnessed the happiness the group spread in just a short time. They visited distressed regions where people live in isolation and engaged them in play, music, and art.
After seeing the success of the work done by The Gesundheit! Institute, Ash was inspired by the potential for changes in society’s treatment of the disenfranchised. Over the years, she took similar trips to other countries, including Vietnam, Costa Rica, and Mexico, and visited hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons. Upon her return, she began visiting nursing homes around Asheville, integrating her folk tunes with clowning. She saw the incredible amount of joy these activities brought to participants locally. It wasn’t long before she realized the value of teaching children this transformative art.
Ash is performing this Saturday, February 16th, 7-9pm at The Flood Gallery in the River Arts District. It will be an evening of original music that features songs to be released on her upcoming album, set to be released in Fall 2019.
Enjoy this one-hour Living Well with Ash who shares about how she uses music and community engagement to enhance the quality of life of our elders, family caregivers and of the entire community of multi-generational groups.
Living Well with Ash Devine on AshevilleFM, February 11, 2019
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