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City to Building his Eco-Village: Joshua Kwaku Asiedu's Journey Across Continents

Episode Summary

Join us as we explore an incredible journey from Italy to the heart of Ghana's jungle. Our guest, Joshua Kwaku Aseidu shares his inspiring story of building a self-sufficient ecovillage and the invaluable skills he learned along the way. We delve into the profound impacts of colonization on the Global South and celebrate the richness of indigenous wisdom. Don't miss this episode filled with adventure, resilience, and deep cultural insights!

Episode Notes

Join us as we explore an incredible journey from Italy to the heart of Ghana's jungle. Our guest, Joshua Kwaku Aseidu shares his inspiring story of building a self-sufficient ecovillage and the invaluable skills he learned along the way. We delve into the profound impacts of colonization on the Global South and celebrate the richness of indigenous wisdom. Don't miss this episode filled with adventure, resilience, and deep cultural insights!

 

What You'll Learn: 
🛖 Impacts of colonization 
🛖 How to self-build an eco-village 
🛖 Living the off-grid life 
🛖 Challenges of tropical forest life 
🛖 How to travel across continents and gain valuable skills

Time stamps 
00:00:00 - Introduction 
00:01:25 -Secret of Joshua’s infectious smile
00:02:47 - Background Story 
00:04:13 - Facing racism in Milan and consumerist culture 
00:07:47 - One way ticket to Greece 
00:08:09 - Modelling life in London 
00:09:40 - Living alone on the Australian Beach with the crocodiles 
00:16:08 - Meeting Indigenous people on the beach 
00:22:34 - MMA in USA, and India 
00:23:25 - Landing in New Zealand with 50 dollars 
00:26:28 - Learning being self-sufficienct on the Samoan island 
00:31:38 - Back to Europe, Desire to have my own land, writing a book 
00:37:32 - Queenstown Airport incident 
00:41:42 - Colonisation of the Global South and finding the right land 
00:44:35 - Early Days and challenges, Building the house, Malaria 
00:59:12 -Eco-colonisation 
01:05:56 - Law of attraction and manifestation 
01:08:10 - Loneliness vs Solitude 
01:14:00 - Joshua’s message to the dreamers

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