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Are we near the end? Can humanity survive climate change, pandemics, and other catastrophes? "Our only hope lies in nature-inspired leadership," claims podcast host Dr. Victor Shamas. NATURE AM I connects listeners with thought leaders who are generating nature-inspired solutions & strategies to urgent global problems. We feature advances in fields like biomimicry & biomimetics that are taking cues from nature. Also, we discuss ways to assure that future generations can thrive in balance with nature. Our conversations touch on holistic health, sustainable design, integrative learning, & other forms of nature-inspired innovation. Guests include visionaries who are leading the way towards a more peaceful, sustainable, balanced way of life. We also look at tools and techniques that facilitate the process of nature inspiration. "In this process, nature reveals its secrets," says Shamas, a psychologist who studies creative inspiration. "If we let it, nature can show us how to thrive."
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Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
On this episode, Richard Heinberg of the Post Carbon Institute discusses strategies for increasing sustainability and building community resilience. He touches on many of his seminal writings, including his books, Our Renewable Future, The End of Growth, Power Down, and Memories and Visions of Paradise, as well as his award-winning Museletter. Our conversation covered the following topics:
Immanuel Velikovsky's World in Collision (4:30)
Visions of Paradise (6:53)
Paradise as connection to Nature (9:08)
Global disturbances caused by unsustainable practices (11:09)
The need for community resilience (14:09)
Balancing global and local perspectives (15:56)
Protecting information in a post-carbon age (18:39)
How our energy use is destroying the natural world (21:00)
Making society more sustainable (23:15)
Shifting away from unlimited growth (23:54)
Steady-state economies (27:14)
Time banking and income disparity (29:14)
Coalition-building (30:37)
Making non-profits more resilient (32:52)
Building community resilience (34:55)
Opportunities for idealists (36:35)
Practices and principles of sustainability (38:34)
Profit vs. Beauty as sources of motivation (41:39)
Learn more about Richard Heinberg and the Post Carbon Institute.
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