Beyond Berkeley: Animal Rights Activism for All
January 10, 2018
Hosted by Lisa Tremont Ota
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Episode Description
Animal liberation activists, Reilly Gardine and Robin Housley, offer perspective on the importance of being vegan in 2018. Living in Berkeley, California, the epicenter of social and political activism, they help us understand the sacred within seemingly dark acts. Why do animal lovers still eat meat, fish, fowl, dairy products, and eggs? A nutrition student at UC Berkeley, Gardine stresses the need to include the animals’ perspective when discussing nutrition. And what forms of activism are effective when trying to influence people to stop eating animals? Housley, a self-proclaimed ecological anarcho-communist who spent 20 hours inside a cage for animals, sheds light on the relationships between eating plants instead of animals and affording the houselessness with food. No matter the reason one chooses to avoid eating animal foods and products, it is the animals' lives that are spared in the end. Not ready to give it all up? Explore what it means to be ImperfectlyVegan.
Sacred Exploration
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Are you making the most of your experience as a spiritual being in physical form? Do you want to increase your vibration on the planet? Do you want to live with greater levels of peace and integrity? Sacred Exploration with Lisa Tremont Ota extends an invitation to chart your course to self discovery. A shamanic soul coach, Lisa embraces symbolism and storytelling to reveal timeless spiritual wisdom. Learn about tools to help discover, uncover, and recover lost or hidden parts of yourself. Receive simple tips and strategies for making the most of your inherent gifts and daily activities. Topics focus upon aspects that are available to all of us, including food and nutrition, dreams and dreaming, sex, love, and romance, and spiritual healing. In shamanic style, Lisa’s unique ability to bridge the worlds of health and spirituality will bring forth transformation even as you listen. Join Lisa for a nourishing co-creative experience. Oh, the places we’ll go!
Lisa Tremont Ota
Lisa’s passion about the unbreakable links between health and spirituality is the result of over 20 years of academic, professional, and personal exploration. A registered dietitian nutritionist with advanced degrees in public health (UC Berkeley) and spirituality (Holy Names College), Lisa is uniquely qualified to help us heal our complicated and dynamic relationship with food. Serving up a much more expansive view of what it means to eat, Lisa is the author of The Sacred Art of Eating. Her book and ImperfectlyVegan(tm) brand highlight our relationship with food as a spiritual path that is both exciting and necessary for individual well-being and planetary sustainability. A shamanic soul coach with certification from the Integrative Arts Institute, Lisa brings this sacred healing practice into mainstream culture through her presentations, workshops, and retreats.
Lisa has developed wellness programs for non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and corporations, including Pacific Bell, Advanced Fiber Communications, and Barbara's Bakery. In addition to her media appearances, she has provided hundreds of customized presentations to a wide variety of audiences. Lisa inspires healthy living around the world as an enthusiastic representative of The JuicePlus Company.
Lisa is the proud mother of two adult children whom she homeschooled for six years. She is a proud native of the San Francisco Bay Area and considers the whole planet to be her home.
