Chiron Communications

Steven McFadden
Author, Keynote Speaker, Workshop Leader

Steven McFadden.

Respectfully, I offer my skills as keynote speaker, group facilitator, and workshop leader. Over thirty years I have worked with groups, both large and small, from coast to coast, and abroad

I've spoken and facilitated with success at conferences, workshops, seminars, and in banks, insurance and high-tech companies, hospitals, investment houses, libraries, government agencies, colleges and high schools. My gift is to inform, enliven, and uplift audiences from all walks of life.

As a certified yoga instructor, I am qualified to bring movement, stretches, and breathwork to any presentation or conference, to help keep participants mentally and emotionally energized, and positive.

A career journalist, I am the author of eight non-fiction books, including: Legend of the Rainbow Warriors; Profiles in Wisdom; The Little Book of Native American Wisdom; Teach Us To Number Our Days; Farms of Tomorrow; and Farms of Tomorrow Revisited, as well as the epic, nonfiction saga, Odyssey of the 8th Fire (2006-07) and The Call of the Land: An Agrarian Primer for the 21st Century (2009).

After founding Chiron Communications in the 1980s, I rested the enterprise in the 1990s to serve as National Coordinator for the annual Earth Day Celebration (1993) and as director of The Wisdom Conservancy at Merriam Hill Education Center.

I maintain an active interest in farming in general, and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in particular, having reported on the growth and development of CSA in America since its inception in 1986.

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Here are some representative topics. I shape every presentation for the specific audience that is gathering. - SM

Odyssey of the 8th Fire

- Positive Pathways in an Era of Change -

An intensive adventure exploring the traditions and the possibilities of North America. Together, out of our highest and our best, we will strike sparks to further illumine our understanding of the 8th Fire.

In concert with the 2012 teachings arising from the south, another thread of long-ago prophesied insights – the 8th Fire teachings -- are unfolding from the north of our American continent. From within a circle, this workshop offers a dynamic group exploration of the possibilities unfolding for spiritual pilgrims of all paths, acknowledging the places where the paths intersect.

With chant, nonfiction storytelling, classic spiritual exercises, and a contemplative journey, we will engage the heart of our accelerating pilgrimages.

One 8th Fire understanding –- arising from the ancient and authentic North American oral tradition known as the Seven Fires -- is that a time would come when the earth would enter into transition marked by a great number of signs including smudged skies, poisoned waters, sick land, animals, and human beings. When this conflagration of troubles arose, ‘new people’ (people of all colors and faiths) would gather to seek insight, direction and positive action. In the midst of the chaos of planetary change, the new people would bear potential to ignite a long era of wisdom and respect -- an era symbolized by the 8th Fire.

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Explore the epic, nonfiction saga of North America
Odyssey of the 8th Fire

The Call of the Land -
Agrarian Ethos for the 21st Century

Our relationship with the land will determine the future of our earth. The problems of agriculture belong not just to a small minority of farmers, they are the problems of all humanity. Worldwide, our systems of food production and our staple diets are mutating at warp speed while our climate wobbles, creating a troubling prospect for land, plants, animals and, inevitably, for us. Many people recognize this, yet lack a sense of how they might respond. This book offers a broad perspective, and also serves as a map: pointing out models and specific steps leading forward on our land.

Agriculture is the foundation of our civilization. Everything else depends on our meeting our primary needs of clean food and water.

The natural and economic worlds are mutating around us. Inescapably, immediately, we must mobilize our will, intelligence, and strength on the essential matter of producing clean food for ourselves in a way that stabilizes and heals the land. This is the most basic and necessary idea of 21st century agrarianism.

As a matter of survival, the land is calling out to us. As a matter of survival, we must listen and respond. We have the potential to do this with a wisdom that will reverberate for generations to come.

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Agrarian Safety 101:
Yoga for Yeomen and Yeowomen

A yeoman is a farmer, or other worker, who diligently cultivates the land, working constantly with his or her body, and also with the forces of nature, and machines.

A farmer’s body must be properly cared for over the years – for it is the most valuable piece of farm equipment, and it eventually absorbs tremendous wear and tear. In this experiential workshop, we will talk about basic body safety for farmers, then learn and practice gentle stretches to keep our bodies strong, limber, and uninjured while we attend to farm and garden chores.

To inquire please send e-mail: Steven McFadden