Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

Originally published in 2021, this conversation with philosopher, writer, and poet, Dr. Bayo Akomolafe explores our crisis in form.
Bayo's latest book is Selah: A Báyò Akómoláfé Reader (Ayin Press, March 2026).
Our round two discussion will be coming up next. Stay tuned!

Jon Jandai of Pun Pun Organic Farm and I sat down for an in-person dialogue when I visited Chiang Mai, Thailand, back in March of this year.
It builds on our podcast conversation from years ago, during which he shared about how he grew up in rural Thailand, was told by people on TV that rural people are backwards and poor, and consequently moved into the city to work a job to make more money.
But that led to an eventual revelation.
As Jon reflected in our conversation: "I thought, ‘Why did I work 10 hours per day in the city, yet not make enough to feed one person, but when I came back to the land, I worked only half an hour per day and I had enough food to feed six people?”
Thus seeded Jon's pathway to simple living.
Join us in this discussion as we chat about a different kind of wealth and security, how Jon views GDP growth as a sign of what we've lost, and more.
Show notes and transcript: https://www.greendreamer.com/podcast/jon-jandai-pun-pun-organic-farm
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This full video episode is now live on our YouTube channel! Watch now at youtube.com/greenreamer.
The audio version will be published here in the podcast feed next week.

Back in March, when I visited Chiang Mai, Thailand, I got to sit down and dialogue with Gregory Pettys and Ramphai Noikaew of Panya Forest, as well as Thai Elder Jon Jandai of Pun Pun Organic Farm.

This is the second of those three live-recorded conversations — during which Ramphai and I chat about her connection to the Pgakenyaw culture, how living at Pun Pun village helped her regain her sense of self and purpose, and more.
*Watch this video episode now at youtube.com/greendreamer*

The featured music in this episode is "Elephant Tribe" by Klee Bho — a Pgakenyaw artist collaborator of Greg and Ramphai.

This full video episode is now live on our YouTube channel! Watch now at youtube.com/greenreamer.
The audio version will be published here in the podcast feed next week.