What Could Possibly Go Right?

Kristin Ohlson is a writer living in Portland, Oregon. Her newest book is Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World. Her last book was The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet, which the Los Angeles Times calls “a hopeful book and a necessary one…. a fast-paced and entertaining shot across the bow of mainstream thinking about land use.” She appears in the award-winning documentary film, Kiss the Ground, speaking about the connection between soil and climate health. She answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:- “Cities and human societies are marvels of cooperation”- “There are a lot of people in journalism… who are looking for the solutions and looking for positive examples to spread around”- That “every living thing has a mutualism, a mutually beneficial relationship with other living things”- That “a big part of it is storytelling… when something brilliant has happened in these small incremental steps of healing relationships or the natural world; to tell the story, multiplies it”Support the showComplete Show Notes

Douglas Rushkoff makes another appearance on our podcast, sharing his latest thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right?  Listen to his previous interviews in episodes 28, 52, and 83.Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. Rushkoff's work explores how different technological environments change our relationship to narrative, money, power, and one another. Named one of the “world's ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, his twenty books include Team Human, based on his podcast. Others include bestsellers Present Shock, Throwing Rocks and the Google Bus, Program or Be Programmed, Life Inc, and Media Virus. He also made the PBS Frontline documentaries Generation Like, The Persuaders, and Merchants of Cool. As 2022 comes to a close, enjoy this casual chat between Douglas and Vicki.The need to “adopt and invent alternative narratives of success that involve mutuality, rather than singularity; that are collective and communal, rather than alienated and isolated”The importance of tolerating ambiguity, having a tender heart and embracing differenceThe “idea of asking the right questions at the right times… to reduce the cognitive harm imposed by propagandists and media people who don't have our best interests at heart.”Support the showComplete Show Notes

Kritee Kanko is a climate scientist, Zen priest, Educator & founding spiritual teacher of Boundless in Motion. She is an ordained teacher in the Rinzai Zen lineage of Cold Mountain, a co-founder of Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center and faculty for many organizations for courses at the intersection of Ecology and spirituality. She has served as a scientist in the Climate Smart Agriculture program at Environmental Defense Fund. She answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The sense of belonging that comes from taking time to slow down and share your authentic truthThe need for healing our collective trauma, to allow us to bond and move forwardThe emergence of ancestral resilience that can bring us togetherThe tension between freedom and boundaries in belongingConnect with Kritee KankoWebsite: boundlessinmotion.orgSupport the showComplete Show Notes

Geneen Marie Haugen, PhD, grew up as a free-range wildish kid with a run amok imagination. She is a guide to the experiential, intertwined mysteries of nature and psyche with the Animas Valley Institute, and is on the faculty of the Esalen Institute, Schumacher College, and the Fox Institute for Creation Spirituality. Her writing has appeared in many journals and books, including Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth; Thomas Berry: Dreamer of the Earth; Parabola Journal; Ecopsychology Journal; DailyGood.org; High Country News; and others.She answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:- The power in our unique creativity and imagination as human beings- The value of becoming more receptive to the dreams and consciousness of the community, earth and universe around us- The increasing awareness of traditional Indigenous and ecological knowledge in the Western worldviewSupport the showComplete Show Notes

Gwendolyn Hallsmith is the Executive Director of Global Community Initiatives, a non-profit organization she founded in 2002, and has just celebrated their 20th anniversary. She is the author of six books on sustainable community and economic development and has worked with communities all over the world to foster caring communities, vibrant local economies, good governance, efficient services, and healthy ecosystems. She founded Vermonters for a New Economy to work on economic solutions at the state level, and the Headwaters Garden and Learning Center, an ecovillage in Cabot, VT. She answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:Transitioning away from capitalism into new ways of thinking; a “caring economy”Alternative examples for money and ownership, such as timebanking, neighborhood caring models, universal basic income, and sharing economyThe need to make changes in three systems of food, energy and moneyResourcesSong: “The End of Capitalism Rag” by Global Community Initiatives https://youtu.be/BK_MgvD7QAc www.global-community.org www.neweconomyvt.org www.headwatersvermont.org www.facebook.com/TheNewEconomistas Support the showComplete Show Notes

Hear from our host Vicki Robin in another solo episode, as she shares a topical theme for “What Could Possibly Go Right?” including:Ideas for creative solutions and alternative arrangements to address America's housing issuesRecognizing the intersection of population pressures, the wealth gap, and the climate crisisTransforming the idea of the American dream, that “we can discover the freedom of belonging as we end isolation as a symbol of wealth and privilege.”Support the showComplete Show Notes

Per Espen Stoknes, a psychologist with PhD in economics, is a TED Global speaker, and serves as the director of Centre for Green Growth at the Norwegian Business School. An experienced foresight facilitator and academic, he's also serial entrepreneur, including co-founding clean-tech company GasPlas. Author of several books, among them Learning from the Future (2004, in Norwegian), Money & Soul (2009) and the “Outstanding Academic Title of 2015” award winning book: What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming (2015). Per Espen has also served as member of Norwegian Parliament.He answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The work of Earth4All in encouraging a change to systems thinking to address the multiple threats to our survivalThe need to shift our identity beyond self-interested individuals, to earthlings sharing a commons in need of preservationThe call to let go of American exceptionalism and recognize the innovation taking place across the globeResourcesBook: Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity (2022) https://www.earth4all.life/book Support the showComplete Show Notes

With the mid-term election underway in US this week, we feature a replay of our interview with Heather Cox Richardson, as heard on episode 8 in July 2020. Heather Cox Richardson is Professor of History at Boston College and an expert on American political and economic history. She is the author of six books on American politics and is a national commentator on American political history and the Republican Party. She is also a leading #Twitterstorian, explaining the historical background of modern political issues through Twitter threads, the co-editor of We're History, a web magazine of popular history, and the author of Letters from an American, a chronicle of the Trump presidency since the Ukraine Scandal broke. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune.Heather addresses the question of What Could Possibly Go Right? with a political focus. Her insights include:- That the current condition is waking people up from autopilot and creating the realization they need to pursue change personally to create the society in which they want to live.- A reminder that the beauty of a democratic system is getting to choose which direction to go.- That the desire for equality of opportunity and access should no longer be pushed to the narrative of special interest in politics.- The potential to innovate and create change through crowdsourcing government and society.- That the American dream needs to be rewritten and move away from the heteronormative nuclear family as its centerpiece, to a more community-centered and diverse view.Support the showComplete Show Notes

Sherri Mitchell is the Founding Director of the Land Peace Foundation, an organization dedicated to the global protection of Indigenous land and water rights and the preservation of the Indigenous way of life. Sherri is an author and cohost of the syndicated radio program Love (and revolution) Radio, which focuses on real-life stories of heart-based activism and revolutionary spiritual change. She was born and raised on the Penobscot Indian reservation (Penawahpskek). She speaks and teaches around the world on issues of Indigenous rights, environmental justice, and spiritual change. After her previous appearance on episode 68, Sherri returns to the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:“Start thinking about who are we beyond the stories that we tell”, including the narratives carried forward from problematic pasts.Learning to “sit in a space of rootedness and visualize the world that we most want to inhabit, then become a citizen who is able to live there, in a peaceful, just and equitable way”Getting energy from aligning ourselves with “those energies that were creating something new, that were about imagining and building the possibility of a new reality”Being conscious of our use of technology and aiming to “reconnect our bodies to the earth” and its teachingsSupport the showComplete Show Notes

Joanna Macy, Ph.D, author & teacher, is a scholar of Buddhism, systems thinking, and deep ecology. A respected voice in movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship with learnings from six decades of activism. Her wide-ranging work addresses psychological and spiritual issues of the nuclear age, the cultivation of ecological awareness, and the fruitful resonance between Buddhist thought and postmodern science. The many dimensions of this work are explored in her thirteen books, which include three volumes of poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke with translation and commentary.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:Choosing “to be starkly present in this moment and now” is a radical act“Don't be afraid of your sorrow or grief or rage. Treasure them. They come from your caring.”These emotions “will nurture in you a fierce clarity for what can be done”“There's so much joy and courage… in finding a purpose”Support the showComplete Show Notes

Janine Benyus is the co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8 and Biomimicry Institute. She is a biologist, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Since the book's 1997 release, Janine's work as a global thought leader has evolved the practice of biomimicry from a meme to a movement, inspiring clients and innovators around the world to learn from the genius of nature.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The inspiration we can take from systems in nature for ourselves and communitiesThe value of a biomimetic approach to infrastructure development and business operationsThe difference in designing systems for positive output, beyond simply net zeroResourcesBiomimicry 3.8 www.biomimicry.netBiomimicry Institute www.biomimicry.orgSupport the show

Phoebe Barnard is an environmental and societal futures analyst and sustainability strategist, global change ecologist, biodiversity conservation biologist, climate risk and resilience specialist, policy wonk, and film co-producer. She is the chief executive officer at the Stable Planet Alliance and an affiliate professor at UW Bothell and UW Seattle. Phoebe works at the intersection of science, society, sustainability, policy, planning, and media storytelling.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:“Soldiering on through times of profound ecological angst” to make our positive contributionsThe importance of surrounding ourselves with “wonderful people… that are like-minded in their determination to make that positive future, that kinder, wiser, more humble, more sustainable civilization ahead happen.”That “these times call upon us to be the best kind of person that we can be” and “to bring out our most profound humanity”.Support the show

Kinari Webb, MD, is the founder of Health In Harmony, an international nonprofit dedicated to reversing global heating, understanding that rainforests are essential for the survival of humanity, and a co-founder of Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI). Dr. Webb graduated from Yale University School of Medicine with honors and currently splits her time between Indonesia, international site assessments, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Guardians of the Trees is her debut.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The interconnectedness of nature and humanity, that rainforest health is linked to planetary and human healthThe importance of reciprocity and gratitude towards the communities living in and protecting our forestsUsing radical listening to respect and understand what communities truly need to solve problemsThe value of “recognizing there is enough for us all to thrive, but only when we all thrive. That it is actually the belief in not enough that creates the scarcity.”ResourcesBook: Guardians of the Trees: A Journey of Hope Through Healing the Planet (2021) - Kinari Webb, M.D. www.guardiansofthetrees.orgSupport the show

Seth Godin is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. He has written 20 best-selling books, including The Dip, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, and What To Do When It's Your Turn (And It's Always Your Turn). Most recently, he organized the all-volunteer community project, The Carbon Almanac.By focusing on everything from effective marketing and leadership, to the spread of ideas and changing everything, Seth has been able to motivate and inspire countless people around the world. He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The Carbon Almanac project and book, is “a powerful tool to help us create change, right here and right now”That humanity finds ways to solve problems and live with situations, and perseverance is our best (and only) optionThat we're not just in the audience; we're participants with powerThe Rogers Curve of idea adoption and how it applies to activismThat systemic change will come not from solo personal action, but from organizing groups toward common goalsResourcesBook: The Carbon Almanac: It's Not Too Late (2022) thecarbonalmanac.orgConnect with Seth GodinWebsite: sethgodin.comTwitter: twitter.com/thisissethsblog Facebook: facebook.com/sethgodinSupport the show

Please check out our newest podcast, Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival featuring Richard Heinberg. How have humans become powerful enough to disrupt the world's climate, trigger the sixth mass extinction, and cause serious harm to the biosphere? And with all the abilities and technologies we've accrued, why do we so often oppress instead of uplift one another? Join us as we explore the hidden driver behind the converging crises of the 21st century. It all comes down to power - our pursuit of it, overuse of it, and abuse of it. Learn how different forms of power arose, what they mean for us today, and why giving up power just might save us.Support the show

Bonus episode: With the recent passing of Hazel Henderson, Vicki Robin revisits her April 2020 interview with Hazel as part of her CoVida Conversation series. This earlier series inspired the What Could Possibly Go Right? podcast.Hazel Henderson (1933-2022), D.Sc. Hon., FRSA, went virtual (her own words) on May 22, 2022, at the age of 89.  A prolific writer, Henderson authored nine books and hundreds of articles leading to what is now known as sustainability and growing the “green” economy. Henderson is best known as a Lifelong Futurist who 40 years ago forecasted the need for the current transition from the fossil fuel era to the 21st century green economy worldwide in her groundbreaking book, The Politics of the Solar Age, (Doubleday, 1981) which was the lead review in the New York Times Book Review on Sept. 13, 1981.  Her passion for the environment and her grasp of finance led to her creation of the global socially responsible investment industry single handedly. Her accomplishments are valuable and current going forward especially her advocacy to hold polluters accountable to the world's stakeholders, not just the stockholders.Read the full tribute on Hazel's website at https://hazelhenderson.com/See also Vicki's tribute at https://vickirobin.com/hazel-henderson/Support the show

Douglas Rushkoff makes a third appearance in our series, sharing his latest thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right? Listen to his previous interviews in episodes 28 and 52.Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. Rushkoff's work explores how different technological environments change our relationship to narrative, money, power, and one another. Named one of the “world's ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, his twenty books include Team Human, based on his podcast. Others include bestsellers Present Shock, Throwing Rocks and the Google Bus, Program or Be Programmed, Life Inc, and Media Virus. He also made the PBS Frontline documentaries Generation Like, The Persuaders, and Merchants of Cool. Before our season break, enjoy this casual chat between Douglas and Vicki which included themes of:Exposing “the false premise of winning at capitalism”Exploring that life often gets better, not worse as we avoid consumerist comfortsRebuilding non-monetary social capital and being careful of the “transactional bias in the way human beings relate to each other”Complete show notes HEREConnect with Douglas RushkoffWebsite: rushkoff.comTwitter: twitter.com/rushkoffFollow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show

Margaret Klein Salamon, PhD, is the Executive Director of Climate Emergency Fund. She is a clinical psychologist turned climate activist whose work helps people face the truth of the climate emergency and transform their despair into effective action. She founded and directed The Climate Mobilization from 2014-2020, advocating an all-hands-on-deck, whole society mobilization to protect humanity and the living world from climate catastrophe. She is the Founding Principal of Climate Awakening, a project to unleash the power of climate emotions through scalable small group conversations. She is the author of Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth, a radical self-help guide for the climate emergencyShe addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The need for a widescale consciousness shift to prioritize climate mobilizationThe psychological defenses being used during this climate emergency, such as compartmentalization, wilful ignorance and intellectualizationThe drive to action from the “combination of morality with something new…like enlightened self-interest.”Complete show notes HEREConnect with Margaret Klein SalamonWebsite: https://www.climateemergencyfund.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimatePsychFollow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show

Betsy Taylor is president of Breakthrough Strategies & Solutions LLC. For over thirty years, she has built a solid reputation as a philanthropic advisor, social change leader, motivational speaker, and problem solver. For the past four years, Betsy has worked to build the field of regenerative agriculture through grant-making, network development, global convenings, and general cheerleading about the potential of our lands to sequester carbon pollution while boosting food security and habitat protection.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The increased resilience of healthy soil farms against climate change impactsThe boost to food production and bio-diversity offered through regenerative agriculture practices. “It's phenomenal what the land will do if you just give it a break.”The value in shifting to bio-regional production and supply chainsComplete show notes HERERegister for The Dirt on Soil HEREConnect with Betsy TaylorWebsite: https://www.breakthroughstrategiesandsolutions.com Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show

Helaine Olen is an award-winning opinion writer for the Washington Post Opinion section. An expert on money and society with a deep understanding of public policy, she writes, speaks and consults on issues including Social Security, retirement, healthcare, student loans and women's financial issues. Helaine has appeared on The Daily Show, Frontline, C-Span, the BBC, MSNBC, All Things Considered, Marketplace and more to share her forward-thinking commentary on politics, economics and consumer and regulatory issues. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The “Great Resignation” and Americans' changing relationship with workThe need to insist on dignity in our working livesThe call “to not confuse your needs, with corporate needs or government needs”The benefits of building better social safety nets and increased government supportComplete show notes HEREConnect with Helaine OlenWebsite: http://helaineolen.com Twitter: twitter.com/helaineolen Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show

Dr. Britt Wray is a Human and Planetary Health Fellow at Stanford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on the mental health impacts of the ecological crisis. She is the creator of Gen Dread, the weekly newsletter about “staying sane in the climate crisis” and the author of Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis (2022). She has hosted several podcasts, radio & TV programs with the BBC and CBC, and is a TED speaker.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The “profound moment of collective wake up” and the eco-anxiety we find ourselves inThe impacts of the climate crisis on young people and their feelings of despair and betrayalThe importance of acceptance and “leaning into that vulnerability and lack of control” for outcomes, while still taking actionComplete show notes HEREConnect with Britt WrayWebsite: www.brittwray.comNewsletter: gendread.substack.com Instagram: instagram.com/gen_dreadTwitter: twitter.com/brittwray Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show

Stacy Mitchell is co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a national research and advocacy organization that fights corporate control and works to build thriving, equitable communities. She directs its initiative to decentralize economic power and level the playing field for independent businesses. She has produced many influential reports and articles, designed local and federal policies, and collaborated to build effective coalitions and campaigns.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The problems of monopoly power by big corporationsThe positives in the current shifts to reign in of corporate powerThe reimagining of what the economy could be and how it could serve usComplete show notes HEREConnect with Stacy MitchellWebsite: www.ilsr.orgWebsite: www.stacymitchell.comTwitter: www.twitter.com/stacyfmitchellInstagram: www.instagram.com/stacyfmitchellFacebook: www.facebook.com/localselfreliance Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show

Sarah Crowell is a dancer and choreographer who has taught dance, theater, mindfulness and violence prevention for over 35 years. She founded the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company, which was the subject of two documentary films, and won the National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award. Sarah has facilitated arts integration, violence prevention, cultural humility, and professional development sessions with artists and educators since 2000, both locally and nationally, and is the recipient of many awards including the KPFA Peace award.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That choosing to feel joy despite "the world's madness" is an act of revolution and of serviceThe value of providing spaces for young people to be heard and upliftedThe subtle difference between supremacy and hierarchyComplete show notes HEREConnect with Sarah CrowellWebsite: www.destinyarts.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/sarah.crowell.378 Instagram: www.instagram.com/sarahcrowell65Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show

Christina Baldwin is a writer, wanderer, and teacher on the trail of community and story; she is co-founder, with Ann Linnea, of PeerSpirit, Inc. and The Circle Way Process, bringing modern structure and application to the human heritage of circle. Christina is the author of 7 books, including (with Ann) The Circle Way, A Leader in Every Chair; Storycatcher; Life's Companion; Calling the Circle; and The Seven Whispers, Spiritual Practice for Times Like These. She works cross-culturally and internationally instilling circle process wherever it can flourish and in the Art of Hosting network.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The “need for story to survive” and to capture our humannessThat journal writing and archiving allows us to process experiences for greater understandingThe role of story in healing trauma and organizing our insightsComplete show notes HEREConnect with Christina BaldwinWebsite: https://peerspirit.comFollow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Stephanie Rearick is the Founder and former Co-Director of the Dane County TimeBank (DCTB) – a 2800-member time exchange, and Creative Director of Mutual Aid Networks, a new type of networked cooperative. In addition to her work in timebanking and growing grassroots-up economic and community regeneration, Rearick is co-owner of Mother Fool's Coffeehouse.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That “mutual aid networks are found throughout all living systems”That by contrast, our money system “widens the gap between the haves and have nots, and causes a competitive situation”That systems of mutual aid and care are the key safety nets in times of disaster Complete show notes HEREConnect with Stephanie RearickWebsite: https://www.mutualaidnetwork.orgWebsite: http://stephanierearick.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.rearickTwitter: https://twitter.com/stephanierearic Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Nate Hagens is the Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future (ISEOF), which focuses on educating and preparing society for the coming cultural transition. Allied with leading ecologists, energy experts, politicians, and systems thinkers, ISEOF assembles road-maps and off-ramps for how human societies can adapt to lower throughput lifestyles. Nate holds a Master's Degree in Finance from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont.  He teaches an Honors course, Reality 101, at the University of Minnesota.He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:Learning how to thrive, think positively, and sharpen your “sword” to be more effective in the things that you care aboutThe importance of coping mechanisms to deal with the frenetic stimulation, stress and worry of our current timesThat we can be examples of people living differently, away from conspicuous consumption and towards a higher standard of ethics, empathy and kindness. “Those people in turn then act as a stabilizing force for the entire community when things get tough.”Complete show notes HEREConnect with Nate HagensWebsite: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NJHagens Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Kristi Nelson, Executive Director of A Network for Grateful Living, is also the author of Wake Up Grateful: The Transformative Practice of Taking Nothing for Granted. Her life's work in the non-profit sector has focused on leading, inspiring, and strengthening organizations committed to progressive social and spiritual change. Being a long-time stage IV cancer survivor moves her every day to support others in living and loving with great fullness of heart.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The place of gratefulness in intersectionality and finding a way through polarizationThat “living gratefully opens us to that granularity”, that makes space for more to be understood, seen, heard, and reckoned withThe relationship between grief and gratefulness “honors and recognizes the beauty and truth of what is being shifted”Complete show notes HEREConnect with Kristi NelsonWebsite: https://kristinelson.net Website: https://gratefulness.orgFollow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Stephen Dinan is an author, speaker, and the founder and CEO of The Shift Network, an organization that delivers virtual summits, courses, and trainings on spirituality, peace, holistic health, psychology, parenting, enlightened business, shamanism, indigenous wisdom, and sustainability.Stephen helped create and directed the Esalen Institute's Center for Theory & Research, and is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council and Evolutionary Leaders. He is the author of Sacred America, Sacred World: Fulfilling Our Mission in Service to All and Radical Spirit.He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:How small efforts and initiatives inspire others and create a larger scale for changeThe growing mainstream traction of psychedelics will help shift consciousness and generate innovationRecognizing dysfunctional polarization and seeking synthesis that “respects some of the wisdom that might be held on both sides”Complete show notes HEREConnect with Stephen DinanWebsite: https://www.stephendinan.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/StephenDinan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephendinan Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Hear from our host Vicki Robin in this solo episode, as she reflects on the themes emerging from “What Could Possibly Go Right?”, including:The challenges of cultural scouting and remaining open to seeing the whole picture within “growing social insanity”The limiting nature of polarized thinking, seeing things in binaries, and overgeneralizationThat navigating this unraveling together requires empathy and “leaning on the insights from all points of view”Local examples of what's going right, including in food resilience, climate crisis action, and social responsibility within the FIRE communitySupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Akaya Windwood facilitates transformation. She advises, trains, and consults on how change happens individually, organizationally, and societally. She is on faculty for the Just Economy Institute and is founder of the New Universal, which centers human wisdom in the wisdom of brown womxn. She was President of Rockwood Leadership Institute for many years and directs the Growing Roots Fund, which supports young womxn's finance and philanthropic learning and leadership based in generosity and interconnectedness. Akaya is deeply committed to working for a fair and equitable global society while infusing a sense of purpose, delight, and wonder into everything we do. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The notion of individualistic leadership being a “toxic myth” and that we can't create change aloneThat aging brings a certain responsibility, to mentor the next generations of leaders and assume that power of eldershipThat acknowledging our individual calling and attending to our particular work will reduce overwhelm as our communities work together on issuesComplete show notes HEREConnect with Akaya WindwoodTwitter: https://twitter.com/AkayaWindwood Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akaya.windwood Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Peter Lipman is the former (founding) chair of Transition Network and Common Cause Foundation. He also chaired the UK government's Department for Energy and Climate Change's Community Energy Contact Group. He's been a teacher, a co-operative worker, an intellectual property lawyer, and worked at UK charity Sustrans, latterly as external affairs director, before setting up Anthropocene Actions, a community interest company that promotes fair, loving, and ecologically regenerative societies. He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That cultural change towards empathy and connection will help address challenges and “be an enormously important part of that having a go, that holding that belief that we can do better”The call to experiment more, “take more risks and be much more loving, and see where it gets us”The need to find peace with paradox; “it's about acting now with urgency… from a place of calm and not seeking to control outputs, outcomes; of kind of going with what emerges”Complete show notes HEREConnect with Peter LipmanWebsite: https://www.anaction.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/peteralipmanFollow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Helena Norberg-Hodge is a linguist, author, filmmaker, the founder of the international non-profit organization, Local Futures, and the convenor of World Localization Day. A pioneer of the ‘new economy' movement, she has been promoting an economics of personal, social, and ecological well-being for more than thirty years.In addition to authoring her latest book Local is Our Future, Helena produced and co-directed the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness, and is the author of Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh, described as “an inspirational classic”.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That localization offers people a better connection with nature and each other; smaller, slower, more satisfying, and human scaleThe call to resist the dominant trend of “top-down pressure towards monoculture, a competitive, ever faster, ever-larger scale global economy”The growth of local food movements, including farmers' markets and small scale agricultureComplete show notes HEREConnect with Helena Norberg-HodgeWebsite: https://www.localfutures.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LocalFutures.TheEconomicsofHappiness Twitter: https://twitter.com/localfutures_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/localfutures_Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Sherri Mitchell is the Founding Director of the Land Peace Foundation, an organization dedicated to the global protection of Indigenous land and water rights and the preservation of the Indigenous way of life. She was born and raised on the Penobscot Indian reservation (Penawahpskek) and teaches around the world on issues of Indigenous rights, environmental justice, and spiritual change. She is also a co-host of the syndicated radio program Love (and revolution) Radio, an author, and a Post Carbon Institute board member.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The return to the land and reparations movements that are “really about reconnecting to the sources of our survival”That young mentors can facilitate our understanding of “newly emerging language that's helping us identify all of the places where we've been stuck”That binary thinking no longer serves us and “limits us from becoming all of who we have the potential to be”Complete show notes HEREConnect with Sherri MitchellWebsite: https://sacredinstructions.life Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Billy Wimsatt is founder and Executive Director of the Movement Voter Project, an organization that works to strengthen progressive power at all levels of government by helping donors – big and small – to support the best and most promising LOCAL community-based organizations in key states  – with a focus on youth and communities of color. Billy has 20 years of experience in journalism (published in Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, etc), social entrepreneurship (co-founded several organizations including the League of Young Voters, Ready for Warren, Solidaire, and Rebuild the Dream), philanthropy (co-founded Solidaire and consults for individual donors and family foundations), and consulting (Obama Campaign, MoveOn.org, Rock the Vote, Ohio Democratic Party, Green For All).He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The growth of a "multifaceted movement of movements", recognizing the intersectionality of current issuesThe dual aims of campaigning to win elections and (more importantly) to win at reconnecting as humans. "Our greatest tool has to be love and building beloved community, because we can never actually change things sustainably with fear."Complete show notes HEREConnect with Billy WimsattWebsite: https://billywimsatt.wordpress.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/billywimsatt Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillyWimsatt Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Tami Simon hosts the popular Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge, which has been downloaded more than 20 million times. With its guiding principle “to disseminate spiritual wisdom”, Sounds True has grown into a multimedia publisher that has produced over 6,000 titles, has been included twice in the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing companies, and is North America's leading publisher of spoken-word spiritual teachings. She is also the founder of the Sounds True Foundation, which is dedicated to bringing spiritual education to people who would otherwise not have access. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The power in our reservoirs of energy and health, “the potency and glory of the very right, present moment”The translation of worry and grief into “constructive action, or letting go”That we should lean into what we're each inspired by and called to doThe connection we create by using devotional vocabulary and other bridging languageThe transformation of business leadership and “unleashing of human potential at work” through wisdom-based educationComplete show notes HEREConnect with Tami SimonWebsite: https://www.soundstrue.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soundstrue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soundstrue Twitter: https://twitter.com/soundstrueSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and a renowned lecturer who has keynoted conferences and led workshops on the impact of commerce upon the environment. Hawken has consulted with governments and corporations throughout the world and has appeared in numerous media including the Today Show, Bill Maher, Larry King, Talk of the Nation, and has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Washington Post, Business Week, Esquire, and US News and World Report.He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The dysfunction of capitalism, and its distinction from the ancient human values of commerceThat the climate conversation is often exclusive and uses “othering language” and concepts that are not easily understoodBy contrast, “regeneration is innate to being a human being” and “provides a sense of purpose, meaning and dignity to people's lives everywhere in the world”Complete show notes HEREConnect with Paul Hawkenhttps://paulhawken.com https://regeneration.org https://www.instagram.com/paulhawken https://www.instagram.com/regenerationorg https://www.facebook.com/regenerationorg Support the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Toyia T. Taylor is the Founder and Executive Director of We.APP and is a highly sought-after educator and motivational speaker, who has used her voice to inspire audiences nationally and internationally. Toyia has dedicated her life to community service, social justice and performing arts. Her awards have included the Wonder of Women (WOW) Award, the National Council of Negro Women Incorporated, Style and Substance Award, and the Education for Social Justice Award from Girls for Gender Equity, Incorporated. Her original poems, Brooklyn Love and Blue Note Room, have had classical selections composed to them that were debuted at Carnegie Hall. She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That today's young people are creating self-authored identities, “claiming who they see themselves to be, and how they don't want to be put into boxes.”That in encouraging the younger generations “to speak their truth and to speak with purpose”, we are reminded to do this in our own lives.That “there's power in gathering”, allowing us to “work on the inner connection, self reflection, being vulnerable with others, in a space that is brave and healing”The call to show up and do the work, “even when I don't feel like it. The hopes of what is to come are greater than the sum of me as an individual.”The aspirations for the E1-T1 (Each One-Teach One) Global Citizen Academy for children of all backgrounds, communities, and cultures.Connect with Toyia TaylorWebsite: theweappstudio.com Facebook: facebook.com/weappSeattle Instagram: instagram.com/weapp_act_present_performYouTube: youtube.com/c/WeappStudio1218Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Pat McCabe (Weyakpa Najin Win, Woman Stands Shining) is a Diné (Navajo) mother, grandmother, activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader, and international speaker. She is a voice for global peace, and her paintings are created as tools for individual, earth, and global healing. She draws upon the Indigenous sciences of Thriving Life to reframe questions about sustainability and balance, and she is devoted to supporting the next generations, Women's Nation and Men's Nation, in being functional members of the “Hoop of Life” and upholding the honor of being human.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The exploration of the “perfect design for thriving life as human being here”The responsibility to understand the consequences of humanity's actions on our interconnected worldThe realization that the “modern world paradigm is a choice” The co-witnessing of today's issues and retelling of our old stories can “change the trajectory into the future”The reconciliation between the masculine and feminine, and that “men are not the patriarchy; the paradigm is the patriarchy”Connect with Pat McCabeWebsite: www.patmccabe.net Facebook: facebook.com/womanstandsshining Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Since 1967, Dr. Susan Campbell has been a couple's therapist, relationship coach, speaker, workshop leader, trainer of professional coaches, college professor, certified Radical Honesty trainer, and founding teacher of the Getting Real work. The Getting Real work is a body of communication and awareness practices that foster personal healing and social evolution. She has written eleven books on relationships, including several best-sellers.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That “you can't solve the problem at the level of problem was created”Examples of “relational technologies” that can address polarizationThat sharing our vulnerabilities creates human connection, relationship, and respect; needed in order to influence and find resolutionThat often, “it's the most marginalized people who have the best perspective on the problem”That “people getting perspective on their filters is another way of getting above the level of the problem”That through “creative problem solving, energy gets released”Connect with Susan CampbellWebsite: www.susancampbell.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/drsusan99 Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Miki Kashtan is a “practical visionary”, exploring the application of the principles and tools of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to social transformation. She is an author, certified NVC trainer, and co-founder of Bay Area NVC (baynvc.org). Miki teaches and works with organizations, visionary leaders, activists, and others to support the transition to a world that works for all.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That having big practical problems to face will bring us together, against our conditioning towards “scarcity, separation and powerlessness” That finding the noncontroversial “essential nugget” of agreed principles will create goodwill between opposing sides and pave a way to find solutions.That “if you come to a togetherness about solving a problem, it doesn't matter what your opinion is any longer because you know that you have to come up with a solution that isn't going to work only for you.”That collective wisdom will enable us to solve big problems, especially through mutual influencing. “I hear what's important to you. I don't yet know how to do it, but I now care about it and I'm changed.”Resourcesconvergentfacilitation.orgthefearlessheart.orgSelf-study NVC course: Making Life Work. For You. For Everyone. No Exception.  Book: The Highest Common Denominator: Using Convergent Facilitation to Reach Breakthrough Collaborative Decisions by Miki KashtanConnect with Miki KashtanWebsite: mikikashtan.org/ Twitter: twitter.com/MikiKashtan  Facebook: facebook.com/MikiKashtan/ Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

In another solo episode, our host Vicki Robin shares her recent reflections on themes emerging from the “What Could Possibly Go Right?” inquiry, including:The lessons from studying polarization in ourselves and in wider societyThat “we need to soften the animosity and find cracks where the light comes in”, negotiating and learning so we can work together on the big problems we are facingThat “we are a nation of neighborhoods”, adapting to change as best we can in our communitiesThe fact that “life goes on, is what is always going right, no matter what”Connect with Vicki RobinWebsite: vickirobin.comTwitter: twitter.com/vicki_robin Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Ann Randolph is an award-winning writer and performer. She has performed her solo shows in theaters across the U.S, garnering awards along the way including the Los Angeles Ovation Award for “Best Solo Show” and the San Francisco Bay Critic's award for “Best Solo Performer.” Mel Brooks produced her first big hit, Squeeze Box, Off-Broadway.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That in these times, more people are feeling compelled to tell their stories and speak their truths That our stories of flaws and shame can give others permission to live authentically and to be fully themselvesThat healing, integration, and transformation can come from sharing storiesThat preaching rarely works when trying to change minds, but vulnerable story-telling will create impactThat finding commonality in our human experience allows for unity in conflictResourcesOnline non-religious church of sharing stories: www.happycockchurch.com Connect with Ann RandolphWebsite: www.annrandolph.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/annrandolph12 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ann.randolph.56 Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

John de Graaf is an author, award-winning documentary filmmaker, speaker, and activist “with a mission to help create a happy, healthy and sustainable quality of life for America.” He was the Executive Director of Take Back Your Time and co-founder of The Happiness Initiative. Since 1977, he has produced more than 40 documentaries, and dozens of shorter news stories and films. He is the author of books including international best-seller Affluenza, Running Out of Time and Hot Potatoes.He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That beauty in nature and the built environment can be a uniter in our polarized communities.That greening local neighborhoods can have broader positive implications, like reducing violence and having a healing influence.That experiments in increasing vacation time or introducing four day workweeks can make workers healthier, happier and more productive.That movements towards simplicity, sustainable living and getting outdoors has been boosted during the pandemic.Connect with John Website: https://www.johndegraaf.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.degraaf.71 Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Sky Nelson-Isaacs is a physics educator, speaker, author, and musician. He brings together the connection between synchronicity, physics, and real-life using research and original ideas. An educator with nine years of classroom experience, with experience in the industry as a software engineer, Nelson-Isaacs is also a multi-instrumentalist and professional performer of award-winning original musical compositions.He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The importance of wholeness in synchronicity; “from the whole, we get solutions from unexpected places.”The need for “a certain mindset of openness and receptivity” to see opportunities through the noise.The understanding that many of our “systems entice us, not towards wholeness, but towards separateness”.The value of vulnerability in creating connection; “If I sit with you, and you have a different view from me, and I want to understand and expand my view, I have to sit with insecurity and uncertainty.”Resources“Wholeness: Transforming Our Relationship to Power” (Part 1 & 2) https://synchronicityinstitute.com/blog/2021/7/15/wholeness-transforming-our-relationship-to-power-part-1 and https://synchronicityinstitute.com/blog/2021/7/20/wholeness-transforming-our-relationship-to-power-part-2“How do we define Wholeness?” https://synchronicityinstitute.com/blog/2021/1/18/to-be-whole“How a Science of Wholeness Can Change Leadership” https://synchronicityinstitute.com/blog/2021/8/13/how-a-science-of-wholeness-should-change-leadershipConnect with SkyWebsite: https://synchronicityinstitute.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynelsonisaacs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynelsonisaacs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nelson_sky Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Kamea Chayne is a Hakka-Taiwanese creative, writer, the author of Thrive, and the host of the Green Dreamer podcast. Known for her perceptive commentary and incisive questioning, she's interviewed over 200 sustainability, social justice, and public health thought leaders.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That "we just have to constantly reiterate and hone and create synergies with other people who have diverse different views."That "collectively we might be able to come up with new ideas that wouldn't have happened if we were to think and ideate separately in silos."That we are "increasingly waking up to the reality that infinite economic growth is fundamentally incompatible with supporting circularity and the regeneration of life".That "when we orient growth towards the right things, whether that be relationships, intimacy, or complexity, that is what actually can bring us stability".That there's a growing awareness of the need to "realign our deep yearnings as people, as interconnected communities, as Earth".ResourcesGreen Dreamer Podcast: greendreamer.com/podcast-1 Book: Thrive by Kamea ChayneConnect with Kamea ChayneWebsite: greendreamerkamea.com Instagram: instagram.com/greendreamerkameaTwitter: twitter.com/kameachayne Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

William Ury, co-founder of Harvard's Program on Negotiation, is one of the world's best-known practitioners of negotiation and mediation. William is co-author of Getting to Yes, a fifteen-million-copy bestseller translated into over thirty-five languages, and most recently author of the award-winning Getting to Yes with Yourself.He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That anger is a fuel essential for change, but the key is in whether it is deployed constructively or destructively.That there's a third side that unites us in conflicts.That zooming out and changing your perspective to the "balcony" can rechannel your energy.That there are three transformations needed to reframe and address conflict.The working through of a live example of these mediation techniques with Vicki.ResourcesThe power of listening - William Ury, TEDxSanDiego https://youtu.be/saXfavo1OQo Connect with William UryWebsite: www.williamury.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/williamurygtyFollow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

In this bonus episode, Post Carbon Institute brings together the hosts of its two podcasts: What Could Possibly Go Right?  and Crazy Town. Our host Vicki Robin sits down with the guys from Crazy Town to cover climate change, empathy, the stages of grief, and other related topics.Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Roman Krznaric is a public philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to change society. His latest book is The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World. His previous international bestsellers, including Empathy, The Wonderbox and Carpe Diem Regained, have been published in more than 20 languages.Kate Raworth is a renegade economist focused on making economics fit for 21st century realities. She is the creator of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries and co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab.Together, they address the one core question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That Doughnut Economics offers a model to “meet the needs of all people within the means of the Living Planet”.That “one of the ways that the world changes is through empathy”, which can overcome our social divides.That we need to be good ancestors and “step into the shoes of people in tomorrow's world as citizens of the future.”That recognizing and respecting boundaries is good for our own and the planet's health, while also being a means to unleash our creativity.ResourcesEmpathy Museum - www.empathymuseum.com Doughnut Economics Action Lab doughnuteconomics.orgConnect with Roman KrznaricWebsite: www.romankrznaric.com Twitter: twitter.com/romankrznaric Connect with Kate RaworthWebsite: www.kateraworth.com Twitter: twitter.com/kateraworth Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn More: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Our host Vicki Robin takes a turn in the hot seat, asking herself “What Could Possibly Go Right?” After more than 50 episodes in the program, Vicki reflects on the emerging themes and shares thoughts as a cultural scout, including:The four acceptances she is making to find more serenity and avoid burnout in activismThe benefits of returning to ritual, connection, and cultural liveliness That "we're all working against an outdated, outmoded paradigm, that must fail to liberate the creative energies of humanity"That "the capacity for empathy and compassion for spaciousness and calm is the missing piece in this struggle with our climate, environmental and social circumstances"That intersectionality is now firmly anchored in movements for justice and positive changeConnect with Vicki RobinWebsite: vickirobin.comTwitter: twitter.com/vicki_robin Follow WCPGR on Social MediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcast​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn more: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Douglas Rushkoff makes a return appearance to the series with fresh insights on our core question of What Could Possibly Go Right? Listen to his previous interview on episode 28.Douglas Rushkoff is an author, documentarian, and host of the popular podcast, Team Human. Rushkoff's work explores how different technological environments change our relationship to narrative, money, power, and one another. He addresses our question a second time with thoughts including:The importance of contentment in “just less” and acknowledging the enoughness we have alreadyThe striving for connection with others, in a context where the “human organism has reached its peak of loneliness and is trying to find itself again”That the “digital realm is so much about choice” and we can use technology for light or darkThe need for real-life interactions as an antithesis to technologies which “are intentionally decalibrating; they destabilize you and your nervous system”Connect with  Douglas RushkoffWebsite: rushkoff.comTeam Human: www.teamhuman.fmTwitter: twitter.com/rushkoffFollow WCPGR on Social MediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcast​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn more: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Dany Sigwalt, Executive Director at Power Shift Network, has spent much of her career moving between movement building and youth leadership development, working to marry the two into one cohesive strategic reality. She cut her organizing teeth providing solidarity childcare for housing rights advocates in DC, fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and with the Occupy DC movement. She joined Power Shift Network in 2016 as Operations Director and has been supporting the organization in exploring better distribution of leadership energy for long term sustainability ever since.She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The reflection time during the pandemic supporting being more “thoughtful and intentional in our activism”The legacy of Black feminists in identifying language and providing analysis of the intersectionalities in systems causing harmThe growing collective consciousness in activism and the “willingness not to leave anybody behind in the work that we're doing”That “young folks have always been at the forefront of social movements”, understanding that they'll live the longest in whatever reality we build, while also having had “less time to be indoctrinated”The benefits of policies that have impacts across different issue areas, such as the Green New DealThe power-building of mutual aid, through developing relationships and local resiliency; reducing “the level of control that the normative economy has over our lives”.Connect with Dany SigwaltWebsite: powershift.org Facebook: facebook.com/powershiftnetworkTwitter: twitter.com/powershiftnetTwitter: twitter.com/danysiggyInstagram: instagram.com/power_shift Instagram: instagram.com/danysiggy Follow WCPGR on Social MediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcast​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn more: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)