Archive - The Good Energy Project

Breaking the middle class bubble

Loo talks to David Hanna, director of Wesley Community Action, about the buried traumas in Pākehā culture and working with local communities to create…

Jul 11 •

1:02:16

June 2025

Speaking to the spiritual heart of our economic and environmental crises

Loo chats to therapist, writer and spiritual teacher Pip Ranby about trauma, industrial scale forces and the pathways she's discovered to healing

Jun 10 •

1:02:17

May 2025

An audio zine of blessings from Gathering at the Gate

A collection of poems, prayers, incantations, and blessings to honour the earth and mark special moments in life

May 27 •

1:03:07

Sparking communities from debt to abundance

Loo talks to Makerita Makapelu from Te Hiko Centre for Community Innovation, about supporting people to break free from debt and use their own skills…

May 12 •

58:55

April 2025

Loo's journey to find home

Loo shares her learnings and epiphanies from her year exploring the economics of homes and kāinga.

Apr 13 •

1:01:43

February 2025

A pan-political movement to transform our economy

Loo talks to Gareth Hughes, director of Wellbeing Economies Alliance Aotearoa about the groundswell of support to re-shape our economy to care for our…

Feb 12 •

1:00:45

January 2025

Decolonisation as a joyful creative act

Loo chats with Pākehā Project co-founder Rebecca Sinclair about stepping outside the rigid furrows of old thinking to reconnect with the living world…

Jan 13 •

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Rebecca Sinclair

56:06

December 2024

Bridging a cultural divide we pretend isn't there

Loo talks to independent academic and researcher Paul Tapsell (Te Arawa, Tainui) about the illusion of our harmonious bi-cultural society and how we…

Dec 14, 2024 •

58:55

October 2024

Rematriating our homes and food systems

Loo talks to queer activist, scholar, researcher and farmer Dr Jessica Hutchings (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Huirapa, Gujarati) about growing kai and re-weaving…

Oct 29, 2024 •

52:48

August 2024

Two mamas share their journey of creating a co-housing village

Loo chats with Simone Woodland and Sarrah Jayne - two of the three women in the core team behind the Takaka co-housing village.

Aug 26, 2024 •

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Simone Woodland

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1:00:11

July 2024

A personal reflection on the theme of scarcity and belonging

Loo ponders the idea that our economic system has been installed in our bodies and minds and become so pervasive, we don't even notice it.

Jul 30, 2024 •

Finding home in a colonised land

Loo talks to Elli Yates and Wren Blundell about Gathering at the Gate, a course offering a kind space for Pākehā to explore colonial legacies…

Jul 24, 2024 •

1:02:30

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