Nick Estes, Ph.D. (Kul Wicasa/Lower Brule Sioux), is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Oak Lake Writers Society, a group of Dakota, Nakota

Nick Estes, Ph.D. (Kul Wicasa/Lower Brule Sioux), is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Oak Lake Writers Society, a group of Dakota, Nakota and Lakota writers. In 2014, he was a co-founder of The Red Nation in Albuquerque, NM, an organization dedicated to the liberation of Native people from capitalism and colonialism. He serves on its editorial collective and writes its bi-weekly newsletter. Nick Estes is also the author of "Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline" and "The Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance".

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If we don't begin to instill the new seed, a seed of the heart, based on being connected, not separated and do this at the global level then we will keep

If we don't begin to instill the new seed, a seed of the heart, based on being connected, not separated and do this at the global level then we will keep spending money on programs that don't work.

Nick Jankel is the founder of an influential global community of 1500+ ethical innovators called RadicalReinvention.org (formerly Disruptive Social Innovators.) He is Nick is a practical philosopher -- and the thinking man's life coach -- who blends together enlightening and enabling scientific insight, sharp political and social thinking and a treasure trove of psychological and spiritual wisdom researched over 20 years of personal exploration and professional commitment.

Nick was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, the voices of sustainability.