Podcasts about Ecological crisis

David Loy is a Zen teacher, author, and scholar whose work bridges Buddhism, social justice, and ecology. He is a founding member of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center, near Boulder, Colorado, and sits on the advisory boards of Buddhist Global Relief, the Clear View Project, Zen Peacemakers, and the Ernest Becker Foundation. He's the author of many books, including Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis, and ecodharma is the topic that we explore today. https://www.davidloy.org/

If you've ever cracked open a sweet, succulent blue crab in the United States, you know how beloved this shellfish is across the East Coast. But in Italy, the story of the blue crab is far more complicated—and, until recently, largely untold. This invasive species, once a stranger to the Mediterranean, is now causing ecological upheaval and threatening Italy's prized seafood industry. In this episode, I spoke with marine biologist and entrepreneur Carlotta Santolini, co-founder of BluEat and the all-women initiative Mariscadoras, to learn about the growing blue crab Italy crisis and how a creative, sustainable food supply chain may hold the solution.

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In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Matthew Segall to explore the 'meaning crisis' in Western culture. The conversation covers historical forces and cultural transformations, responses to the crisis, the return of religious interest, and the insights of the process-relational framework. We touch on issues such as the role of the market, individualism, disenchantment, and the importance of a compelling cosmology. Along the way, they discuss the transformative potential of Christ's story, pluralism, and the need for a renewed cultural life. This episode promises a thoughtful and nerdy discussion that blends philosophical depth with practical implications for our shared future. You can WATCH the conversation on YouTube Dr. Segall is a transdisciplinary researcher and teacher who applies process philosophy to various natural and social sciences, including consciousness. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. Make sure you check out SubStack Footnotes to Plato, his YouTube channel and recent book. Previous Podcasts with Matt Processing the Political  Cosmology, Consciousness, and Whitehead's God. Science, Religion, Eco-Philosophy, Etheric Imagination, Psychedelic Eucharist, Ecological Crisis and more… A Five-Week Online Lenten Class w/ John Dominic Crossan Join us for a transformative 5-week Lenten journey on "Paul the Pharisee: Faith and Politics in a Divided World."This course examines the Apostle Paul as a Pharisee deeply engaged with the turbulent political and religious landscape of his time. Through the lens of his letters and historical context, we will explore Paul's understanding of Jesus' Life-Vision, his interpretation of the Execution-and-Resurrection, and their implications for nonviolence and faithful resistance against empire. Each week, we will delve into a specific aspect of Paul's theology and legacy, reflecting on its relevance for our own age of autocracy and political turmoil. . For details and to sign-up for any donation, including 0, head over here. This episode is sponsored by the Upper Room's Disciplines: A Book of Daily Devotions As this new year unfolds with all its challenges and opportunities, are you longing for daily spiritual renewal with God? A daily practice to ground yourselves in God's presence and nurture a resilient spirit for the work ahead? Each year, The Upper Room publishes its popular lectionary-based devotional called Disciplines: A Book of Daily Devotions. Written by 53 diverse thought-leaders, The Upper Room Disciplines provides daily scripture, meditations, and prayers following the Revised Common Lectionary to help you pause and connect more deeply with God. Disciplines also includes a Guide to Daily Prayer and a Small Group Leader's Guide. Experience the spiritual renewal you've been looking for this year with The Upper Room Disciplines … and join thousands of others “praying the lectionary” and meeting God anew each day. Use promo code HBCD25 to get 20% off this popular resource now. Visit store.upperroom.org/disciplines to take advantage of this offer! _____________________ Join our class - TRUTH IN TOUGH TIMES: Global Voices of Liberation This podcast is a Homebrewed Christianity production. Follow the Homebrewed Christianity, Theology Nerd Throwdown, & The Rise of Bonhoeffer podcasts for more theological goodness for your earbuds. Join over 80,000 other people by joining our Substack - Process This! Get instant access to over 45 classes at www.TheologyClass.com Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nancy Fraser discusses her understanding of capitalism as an integrated social order and explores its implications for envisioning a desirable postcapitalism.   --- If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help: Democratic planning – an information website https://www.democratic-planning.com/ Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1   Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construction International Network for Democratic Economic Planning https://www.indep.network/ Democratic Planning Research Platform: https://www.planningresearch.net/ Democratic Planning Forum: https://forum.democratic-planning.com/ --- Shownotes Remarque Institute https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/remarque.html Nancy Fraser at The New School for Social Research: https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty/nancy-fraser/ Fraser, N. (2023). Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet and What We Can Do About It. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2685-cannibal-capitalism?srsltid=AfmBOopHZ8reXaCDUToeZsbdoTqnXb-wbejQdYin2J_bsa9tAu36oQCQ Ivkovic, M., & Zaric, Z. (2024). Nancy Fraser and Politics. Edinburgh University Press. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-nancy-fraser-and-politics.html Fraser, N., & Jaeggi, R. (2023). Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2867-capitalism Fraser, N. (2022) Benjamin Lecture 3 – Class beyond Class (Video) https://youtu.be/jf6laSf6Eko?si=iWL-Za4pPPwF0xvb on social differentiation as discussed in sociology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiation_(sociology) Rodney, W. (2018). How Europe underdeveloped Africa. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/788-how-europe-underdeveloped-africa?srsltid=AfmBOoqKZ6g4j8UpPJD6qC5yEmKuP0h6sFTvcEX5qjBF7CtPSzedUtcP on Marx's account of surplus value: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplus_value Robaszkiewicz, M. & Weinman, M. (2023) Hannah Arendt and Politics. Edinburgh University Press. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hannah-arendt-and-politics.html Vančura, M. (2011) Polanyi's Great Transformation and the concept of the embedded economoy. IES Occasional Paper No. 2/2011 https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/83289/1/668400315.pdf Elson, D. (2015). Value: The Representation of Labour in Capitalism. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/159-value?srsltid=AfmBOooSko5DiXwMNN2NjSay4BP4n9cM-4y53r7G90VPbvE6itl5rxKT Robertson, J. (2017) The Life and Death of Yugoslav Socialism. Jacobin. https://jacobin.com/2017/07/yugoslav-socialism-tito-self-management-serbia-balkans Moore, J. W. (2015). Capitalism in the web of life: Ecology and the accumulation of capital. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/74-capitalism-in-the-web-of-life Patel, R., & Moore, J. W. (2018). A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/817-a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-things?srsltid=AfmBOoqMnr0nAUfdHOxlQPTXsnGfQtMkDKgFtJsMQ3mtk7Jcyd3Wjqko Brand, U., & Wissen, M. (2021). The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/916-the-imperial-mode-of-living?srsltid=AfmBOopUs15MsSgvJ7TRVfwmo330sHvjQIAST_UymD-90i3VIfCw6vg8 Bates, T. R. (1975) Gramsci and the Theory of Hegemony. Journal of the History of Ideas Vol. 36 No. 2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2708933 Bois, W. E. B. Du. (1935). Black Reconstruction. An Essay toward a History of the Part which Black Folk played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880. Harcourt, Brace and Company. https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/w-e-b-du-bois-black-reconstruction-an-essay-toward-a-history-of-the-part-which-black-folk-played-in-the-attempt-to-reconstruct-democracy-2.pdf Trotsky, L. (1938) The Transitional Program. Bulletin of the Opposition. https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1938/tp/ Morris, W. (1890) News from Nowhere. Commonweal. https://www.marxists.org/archive/morris/works/1890/nowhere/nowhere.htm Hayek, F. A. von. (1945). The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review, 35(4). https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/hayek-use-knowledge-society.pdf Schliesser, E. (2020) On Foucault on 17 January 1979 On the Market's Role (as site) of Veridiction (III) Digressions & Impressions Blog. https://digressionsnimpressions.typepad.com/digressionsimpressions/2020/06/on-foucault-on-17-january-1979-on-the-markets-role-as-site-of-veridiction-iii.html Foucault, M. (2008). The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the Collège De France, 1978-1979. Palgrave Macmillan. https://1000littlehammers.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/birth_of_biopolitics.pdf Marx, K. (1973) Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. Penguin. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/grundrisse.pdf on Bernard Mandeville and “Private Vice, Public Virtue”: https://iep.utm.edu/mandevil/ Kaufmann, F. (1959) John Dewey's Theory of Inquiry. The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 56, No. 21. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2022592 on Habermas: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/habermas/ on “Neurath's boat”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurath%27s_boat   Future Histories Episodes on Related Topics S03E24 | Grace Blakeley on Capitalist Planning and its Alternatives https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e24-grace-blakeley-on-capitalist-planning-and-its-alternatives/ S03E19 | Wendy Brown on Socialist Governmentality https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e19-wendy-brown-on-socialist-governmentality/ S03E04 | Tim Platenkamp on Republican Socialism, General Planning and Parametric Control https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e04-tim-platenkamp-on-republican-socialism-general-planning-and-parametric-control/ S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planning https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/ S03E02 | George Monbiot on Public Luxury https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e02-george-monbiot-on-public-luxury/ S02E51 | Silvia Federici on Progress, Reproduction and Commoning https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e51-silvia-federici-on-progress-reproduction-and-commoning/ S02E33 | Pat Devine on Negotiated Coordination https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e33-pat-devine-on-negotiated-coordination/ S03E23 | Andreas Malm on Overshooting into Climate Breakdown https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e23-andreas-malm-on-overshooting-into-climate-breakdown/   Future Histories Contact & Support If you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories Contact: office@futurehistories.today Twitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/ Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories English webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords #NancyFraser, #JanGroos, #Podcast, #Socialism, #PostCapitalism, #Capitalism, #MarketPower, #Markets, #EconomicDemocracy, #PatDevine, #WorkingClass, #WelfareState, #CriticalTheory, #Markets, #Veridiction, #Foucault, #Governmentality, #Care, #CareWork, #Labour, #Labor, #Race, #Imperialism, #DemocraticPlanning, #EconomicPlanning, #SocialReproduction, #PostcapitalistReproduction, #Ecology, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #Boundaries, #CannibalCapitalism, #Socialism  

In the 2024 Seamus Deane lecture, acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh, hosted by Field Day, the Derry Playhouse, and the School of Law, explores themes from his book 'The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis.' Ghosh places colonialism, the ecological, and cultural legacies of the West at the heart of understanding climate change, describing it as humanity's most profound cultural challenge. He intertwines Irish history with the story of the Banda Islands, highlighting the relentless exploitation and the resultant ecological crises, urging for a recognition of non-human agency and the political and moral urgency to address the climate catastrophe. With an Introduction by Stephen Rea.  Thanks to Stephen Ray of Field Day, musician Neil Martin, Kevin Murphy of The Playhouse and his producer Gary McCrossan and the University of Notre Dame, Dublin

According to UN-Habitat, a global housing affordability crisis is underway, with 1.6 billion people currently in need of adequate, affordable homes. That number could rise to three billion in just a few years. Home prices in urban markets have reached "impossible" levels of unaffordability while temperatures continue to rise as a result of climate change. On this third episode of the Mongabay Explores podcast season on the circular economy — the effort to design goods to be less resource-intensive, from their manufacture to disposal and recycling — Louise Dorignon, a postdoctoral research fellow and housing circularity expert at RMIT University in Melbourne, details this housing reform plan to address sustainability in the most unaffordable housing market in the English-speaking world: Australia. Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne have devised a framework for combatting this housing shortage, improving housing circularity, and reducing emissions from construction to help alleviate the housing sector's contributions to climate change. "Our goal was to find out how implementing a circular economy approach can lead to a more sustainable housing system. And we didn't want to juxtapose sustainability and circular economy as two different things. But instead, we wanted to see how they work together," Dorignon says. Listen to the first two episodes of Mongabay Explores the Circular Economy here and here. Mongabay Explores is a podcast series investigating some of the biggest environmental issues of our time, and the people working to solve them. This conversation is the third episode of the fifth season. To listen to them all, simply subscribe to or follow Mongabay Explores wherever you listen to podcasts, from Apple to Spotify, and you can also listen to all episodes here on the Mongabay website. Image credit: Die Sonnenblumenhäuser is a housing project in Vienna's Wildgarten neighborhood. The 11-building plan is an evolution of an award-winning project from the Europan 10 competition, which values "sustainable projects capable of creating urban intensity while taking care of the environment." Arenas Basabe Palacios built 82 units as commissioned by the Vienna city council, which owns the land. Image courtesy of Kurt Hoerbst. Timecodes (00:00) A more sustainable and affordable housing system (02:18) How do we make housing circular? (07:36) Curious case studies (12:57) First pillar: Reappraising value (18:23) Second pillar: Shaping markets with regulation (22:06) Third pillar: Tilting investment flows (23:57) Fourth pillar: Building capacity and skills (27:38) Australia's housing affordability crisis (34:54) The problem with using housing as an investment (38:57) Addressing vacant homes (40:53) Which nation is 'getting it right?' (44:39) One thing to change right now

In 2016, Finland became the first nation to design a circular economy roadmap, in an effort to design goods to be less resource-intensive, from their manufacture to disposal and recycling. Tim Forslund of the Finnish Innovation Fund (SITRA) was one of its architects and joins this episode of Mongabay Explores to detail his nation's circularity plan and the challenges ahead. Over 50 nations now have such plans in development, and while Finland is years ahead of them all, it hasn't yet seen a reduction in its economy's resource consumption so far. Forslund explains why, and how policies implemented today may only produce results much later. “We're seeing a lot of these policies being implemented, but it will take more [time] to see the change.” Read more on Finland's circular economy roadmap by Mongabay contributor Sean Mowbray here: Lessons from Finland's attempt to transition to a circular economy Subscribe to or follow Mongabay Explores wherever you listen to podcasts, from Apple to Spotify. You can also listen to all episodes here on the Mongabay website. Image Credit: Finland has produced innovative solutions seeking to increase circularity in the textile sector. For example, a pilot project incentivizing textile collection in the city of Lahti claimed a 500% increase in recycling rates. Companies such as Spinnova are adopting methods that use renewable resources, such as wood. Other circular solutions, including expanding markets for recycled materials, increasing circularity in design, and reducing consumption, are required, experts say. Image courtesy of Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto. Timecodes (00:00) Introduction (02:17) It's Not Just Finland (05:58) Sector by Sector, Country by Country (11:30) Roadblocks and Challenges (17:16) Policy and Market-Based Solutions (20:17) A ‘Greenlash' to Mandates? (25:37) Slowing Down Fast Fashion (29:07) Plastics Recycling (31:33) Transforming Education (33:50) Designing Solutions for People (36:41) Credits

ปฏิเสธไม่ได้ว่า ‘คนรุ่นใหม่' คือตัวแปรของโลก ไม่ว่าจะเป็นมิติเศรษฐกิจ สังคม การเมือง สิ่งแวดล้อม ความยั่งยืน รวมถึงทุกประเด็นที่เกิดขึ้น ณ ปัจจุบัน และอนาคต เครือเจริญโภคภัณฑ์ จึงให้ความสำคัญกับการสร้างคนรุ่นใหม่ที่มีศักยภาพ ทั้งการพัฒนา โครงการต่างๆ เพื่อยกระดับคนภายในองค์กร และเปิดโอกาสให้มีส่วนร่วมกับพื้นที่ระดับโลกอย่าง ‘One Young World' ซึ่งขึ้นชื่อว่าเป็นเวทีคนรุ่นใหม่ที่ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุดในโลก ในปี 2567 "One Young World Summit 2024” เครือซีพีฯ ส่งคนรุ่นใหม่ 20 คนของไทยไปร่วมทำกิจกรรมกับคนรุ่นใหม่จาก 196 ประเทศทั่วโลก ณ เมืองมอนทรีออล ประเทศแคนาดา ในช่วงวันที่ 18 - 21 กันยายน 2567 โดยเป้าหมายการสร้างความร่วมมือผ่านความท้าทายทั้ง 5 ประเด็นซึ่งเป็นแนวคิดหลักของปีได้แก่ 1.Indigenous Voices เสียงของคนพื้นเมือง 2.The Climate and Ecological Crisis การเปลี่ยนแปลงของสภาพภูมิอากาศ 3.Artificial Intelligence ปัญญาประดิษฐ์ หรือ AI 4.Health Equality ความเท่าเทียมทางสุขภาพ 5.Peace สันติภาพของโลก สำนักข่าวออนไลน์ไทยพับลิก้า มีโอกาสพูดคุยกับ 2 ตัวแทน ‘ผู้นำแห่งอนาคต' ได้แก่ “นันทิช อัคนิวรรณ” (ปูน) จาก CP LAND และ “นวมลลิ์ เมธาทรงกิจ” (โบว์) จาก CP Axtra (Makro) “คนไม่รู้จักกันที่ภาษาและวัฒนธรรมต่างกันมารวมตัวกัน แต่สามารถพูดคุยกัน เพื่อให้บรรลุวัตถุประสงค์ร่วมกันได้ มันเป็นสิ่งที่พิเศษมาก ไม่ใช่ว่าจะมีโอกาสแบบนี้ได้ง่ายๆ บางคนอาจสื่อสารไม่เก่ง แต่ก็หาวิธีการให้สื่อสารได้” นันทิช อัคนิวรรณ (ปูน) จาก CP LAND กล่าว “ถ้าเราเป็นคนที่มองเห็นปัญหา และไม่อยากปล่อยปัญหาไปถึงคนรุ่นหลัง หรือทิ้งปัญหาให้เป็นภาระของคนรุ่นถัดไป One Young World คือเป็นโอกาสที่ดีมาก เป็นเน็ตเวิร์คที่หาไม่ได้จากที่ไหน มันคืองานที่รวมตัวคนจากทั่วโลกไว้ในสถานที่เดียว” นวมลลิ์ เมธาทรงกิจ (โบว์) จาก CP Axtra (Makro) กล่าว ‘ปูน' และ ‘โบว์' จะฉายภาพให้เห็นว่า หลังจากร่วม One Young World แล้ว คนรุ่นใหม่จะนำตัวเองไปอยู่ในสมการการพัฒนาโลกอย่างไร และนำองค์ความรู้ วิธีการ หรือไอเดียต่างๆ มาเปลี่ยนแปลงโลก ประเทศ หรือยกระดับองค์กรได้อย่างไรบ้าง คุณผู้ฟังสามารถ อ่านบทสัมภาษณ์ฉบับเต็ม ในหัวข้อ ‘นันทิช-นวมลลิ์' 2 ตัวแทนจากเครือเจริญโภคภัณฑ์ เล่าพื้นที่เปลี่ยนโลก พลังคนรุ่นใหม่สร้างโลกยั่งยืน ได้ที่เว็บไซต์ไทยพับลิก้า https://thaipublica.org/2024/11/one-young-world-cp-group-2024/ อย่าลืม Subscribe กดติดตาม ที่ช่องทาง Facebook,Youtube, Soundcloud, Apple Podcast,Google Podcast,Spotify

What comes to mind when we think about toxicity in everyday life? It could be toxic relationships or masculinity – through to consumption, waste, governance and environmental harm. Alice Mah joins Uncommon Sense to discuss toxic expertise, waste colonialism and more.The author of “Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation” and “Plastic Unlimited: How Corporations are Fuelling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do About It”, Alice reflects on what the petrochemical industry has to do with sociology. From the impact on marginalised communities often having no choice but to live in a toxic environment through to the concept of “waste colonialism”.She also introduces us to the work of Dr Max Liboiron and their work CLEAR (Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research) – an interdisciplinary plastic pollution laboratory whose methods foreground humility and good land relations. Alice explains how the work of CLEAR has impacted her and made her think a little differently when approaching her own work.Guest: Alice MahHosts: Rosie Hancock, Alexis Hieu TruongSeries Executive Producer: Alice BlochEpisode Guest Producer: Emma HoultonSound Engineer: David CracklesMusic: Joe GardnerArtwork: Erin AnikerFind more about Uncommon SenseEpisode ResourcesBy Alice MahPetrochemical PlanetPlastic UnlimitedToxic ExpertiseFrom the Sociological Review FoundationDeep Time, Intergenerational Knowledge, and Socio-Ecological Futures – The Sociological Review Annual Lecture 2024 by Alice MahInto the abyss: Monsters, minerals and deep-sea mining in Norway's blue economy – Jennifer E. TelescaClimate Justice – magazine issueFurther resources“The Climate of History in a Planetary Age” – Dipesh Chakrabarty“Pollution Is Colonialism” – Max Liboiron“Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution” – Gerald Markowitz, David Rosner“The Unknowers: How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World” – Linsey McGoeyCivic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR)“The Blue Planet” – documentary TV series presented by David Attenborough“Dark Waters” – film directed by Todd Haynes – based on Nathaniel Rich's New York Times article “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare”Production Note: This episode was recorded in July 2024.Support our work. Make a one-off or regular donation to help fund future episodes of Uncommon Sense: donorbox.org/uncommon-sense

Creationtide III Liturgy of the Word Old Testament: Book of Wisdom 7:26-8:1 26 For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness.  27 Although she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God, and prophets;  28 for God loves nothing so much as the person who lives with wisdom.  29 She is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every constellation of the stars. Compared with the light she is found to be superior,  30 for it is succeeded by the night, but against wisdom evil does not prevail. 1She reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and she orders all things well.   Psalm: Psalm 19 1 The heavens declare the glory of God, *        and the firmament shows his handiwork. 2 One day tells its tale to another, *        and one night imparts knowledge to another. 3 Although they have no words or language, *        and their voices are not heard, 4 Their sound has gone out into all lands, *        and their message to the ends of the world. 5 In the deep has he set a pavilion for the sun; *        it comes forth like a bridegroom out of his chamber;        it rejoices like a champion to run its course. 6 It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens    and runs about to the end of it again; *        nothing is hidden from its burning heat. 7 The law of the Lord is perfect                               and revives the soul; *        the testimony of the Lord is sure                               and gives wisdom to the innocent. 8 The statutes of the Lord are just                               and rejoice the heart; *        the commandment of the Lord is clear                               and gives light to the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean                               and endures for ever; *        the judgments of the Lord are true                               and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold,                               more than much fine gold, *        sweeter far than honey,                               than honey in the comb. 11 By them also is your servant enlightened, *        and in keeping them there is great reward. 12 Who can tell how often he offends? *        cleanse me from my secret faults. 13 Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins;    let them not get dominion over me; *        then shall I be whole and sound,        and innocent of a great offense. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my                               heart be acceptable in your sight, *        O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.   Epistle: James 3:1-12 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.2For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle. 3If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies. 4Or look at ships: though they are so large that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! 6And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, 8but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God.10From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. 11Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? 12Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh. Gospel: Mark 8:27-38 27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” 30And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him. 31Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” 34He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. 36For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 37Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? 38Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

In this conversation, Dr. Samuel B. Lee interviews Daniel Pinchbeck, a world-renowned author and spiritual mystic, about his book 'The Return of Quetzalcoatl' and the merging of spirit and matter. Pinchbeck discusses his experiences with psychedelic substances and their potential to expand consciousness. He also shares a prophecy he received from the deity Quetzalcoatl, which predicts the end of time and the unveiling of hidden truths. The conversation touches on the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, particularly MDMA, and the challenges faced in gaining FDA approval for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Pinchbeck expresses concerns about the ecological crisis and the rise of right-wing movements, highlighting the need for global cooperation and borderless societies. The conversation explores the potential of psychedelics to lead to compassionate and empathic systems thinking. It also discusses the concern that the psychedelic movement has become too self-focused and entrepreneurial. The conversation touches on the future of human consciousness, the impact of technology on the human brain, and the dangers of merging AI with the human brain. The importance of returning to a balance with nature and embracing a multi-dimensional organic reality is emphasized. The concept of love is discussed as universal compassion and caring for everyone and everything.Story Notes:Exploring the Merging of Spirit and MatterPsychedelics and the Expansion of ConsciousnessThe Prophecy of Quetzalcoatl and the End of TimeThe Therapeutic Potential of MDMAChallenges in FDA Approval for MDMA-Assisted PsychotherapyConcerns about the Ecological Crisis and Right-Wing MovementsPsychedelics and Compassionate Systems ThinkingConcerns of the Psychedelic MovementThe Future of Human ConsciousnessThe Impact of Technology on the Human BrainWant to experience calm presence and clarity within 5 minutes?Check out the Focus Blend by Practical Peptideshttps://www.practicalpeptides.com/products/focus-blenduse code:  DRLEE for 10% offThe best 1 day GI/Parasite/Liver cleanz -it fucking works.  https://zencleanz.com/?ref=SAMUELLEE5% discount code:  DRLEEACTIVATE YOUR INNER CHRIST/12 STRAND DNA ACTIVATION PROGRAM(Utilize the original celestial human language Anuhazi to rapidly activate your inner Christos)https://www.transcendencementalhealth.com/course75% discount code: INJOYDo you feel called to experience the multi-dimensional wisdom, unconditional love, and safety of your own soul?Introducing The Heart Protocol:  a revolutionary ceremonial experience that can help you catalyze your highest timeline:To find out more visit:www.transcendencementalhealth.com and click begin your journey to book your free 15 minute call to see if this is calling you.#Psychedelics #ConsciousnessExpansion #MDMATherapy #QuetzalcoatlProphecy #FutureOfHumanity #SpiritualAwakening #AIAndConsciousness #EcologicalCrisis #SystemsThinking #HumanConsciousness #PsychedelicHealing #MDMAFDAApproval #CompassionateLeadership

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 47. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be! Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/047-baikal   Located in southern Siberia and covered in thick ice for almost half of the year, the colossal Lake Baikal reaches depths of 1600m making it the oldest, and deepest lake in the world. With hydrothermal vents, methane seeps and vast swathes of endemic species, this ancient lake was too tempting not to talk about.   We speak with Professor Marianne Moore, a Limnologist who has been working on the lake for over 2 decades. She guides us through its incredible ecosystems and species such as the world's only freshwater seal, deep water insects and foot-long flatworms!   We're really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here's a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us!   Thanks again for tuning in, we'll deep-see you next time!   Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan's beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...    Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We'd love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!   We are also on  Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic  Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic   Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:  Alan - @Hadalbloke (https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke) Thom - @ThomLinley (https://twitter.com/ThomLinley)  Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://twitter.com/geeinthesea)    Instagram:  Georgia - @geeinthesea Thom - @thom.linley    Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com FURTHER RESOURCES LAKE BAIKAL READING Intro to Lake Baikal and lakes: Mogolov, L.S. 2017. The Soul of Siberia at Risk. Wellesley Magazine. p.16-22. Moore, M.V., S.E. Hampton, L.R. Izmest'eva, E.A. Silow, E.V. Peshkova, and B. Pavlov. 2009. Climate change and the world's ‘Sacred Sea' – Lake Baikal, Siberia. BioScience 59:405-417 Thomson, P. 2007. Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal, Oxford University Press. 320 p. Vincent, W.F. 2018. Lakes. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press. 146 p. Vents and seeps: Crane, K., Hecker, B. and Golubev, V., 1991. Hydrothermal vents in Lake Baikal. Nature, 350(6316), pp.281-281. Zemskaya, T.I., Sitnikova, T.Y., Kiyashko, S.I., Kalmychkov, G.V., Pogodaeva, T.V., Mekhanikova, I.V., Naumova, T.V., Shubenkova, O.V., Chernitsina, S.M., Kotsar, O.V. and Chernyaev, E.S., 2012. Faunal communities at sites of gas-and oil- bearing fluids in Lake Baikal. Geo-Marine Letters, 32, pp.437-451. Fish: Sideleva, V.G. 2003. The Endemic Fishes of Lake Baikal. Backhuys Publishers. Sideleva, V.G. 2004. Mysterious Fish of Lake Baikal. Science First Hand 3:N2. (Note: ‘black umber' and ‘white umber', mentioned in this article, are two endemic varieties of the Siberian grayling Thymallus arcticus.) Sideleva, V.G., 2016. Communities of the cottoid fish (Cottoidei) in the areas of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps of the abyssal zone of Baikal Lake. Journal of Ichthyology, 56, pp.694-701. Seal: Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., Iakunaeva, V.N., Emelianova, I.A., Baginova, E.A. and Pastukhov, M.V., 2013. People and seals at Siberia's Lake Baikal. Journal of Ethnobiology, 33(2), pp.259-280. Watanabe, Y.Y., Baranov, E.A. and Miyazaki, N., 2020. Ultrahigh foraging rates of Baikal seals make tiny endemic amphipods profitable in Lake Baikal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(49), pp.31242-31248. Environmental threats: Moore, M.V., S.E. Hampton, L.R. Izmest'eva, E.A. Silow, E.V. Peshkova, and B. Pavlov. 2009. Climate change and the world's ‘Sacred Sea' – Lake Baikal, Siberia. BioScience 59:405-417. Timoshkin, O.A. 2015. Ecological Crisis on Lake Baikal: Diagnosed by Scientists. Science First Hand 41:N2. Timoshkin, O.A., D.P. Samsonov, M. Yamamuro, M.V. Moore, O.I. Belykh, V.V. Malnik, M.V. Sakirko, A.A. Shirokaya, N.A. Bondarenko, V.M. Domysheva, G.A. Fedorova, A.I. Kochetkov, et al. 2016. Rapid ecological change in the coastal zone of Lake Baikal (East Siberia): Is the site of the world's greatest freshwater biodiversity in danger? Journal of Great Lakes Research 42:487-497. doi: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.02.011   PEOPLE MENTIONED Professor Marianne Moore & Marianne's excellent paper on interdisciplinary work   CREDITS Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Edited by - Georgia Wells

With the UN reporting on acts of genocide in Gaza and the ongoing violent colonisation of multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-ethnic Palestine continuing, a global understanding and response to the situation is vital.  Eight million of the 15 million Palestinians are refugees or displaced peoples, excluded from their historical homeland by Zionist leaders whose actions indicate the desire for an ethnically cleansed state. Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh joins the podcast and explains that despite the popular naming of the conflict as incredibly complex, the model is simply settler colonialism, the same motivation and mechanisms experienced by the Indigenous people of Australia. Professor Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian scientist and author, founder and Director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University. The Rev'd Dr Greg Jenks joins Dom and Sue in this important truth-telling conversation, listening and reflecting on some of the flawed narratives that dominate this conversation in the Church and the lack of political will to work for a just peace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Located in southern Siberia and covered in thick ice for almost half of the year, the colossal Lake Baikal reaches depths of 1600m making it the oldest, and deepest lake in the world. With hydrothermal vents, methane seeps and vast swathes of endemic species, this ancient lake was too tempting not to talk about.   We speak with Professor Marianne Moore, a Limnologist who has been working on the lake for over 2 decades. She guides us through its incredible ecosystems and species such as the world's only freshwater seal, deep water insects and foot-long flatworms! Plus, we hear about the myths and mysteries of the lake: from scientifically testing whether the mafia can use amphipods to effectively dispose of bodies, to whether there really is 1600 tonnes of gold hiding at the bottom of the lake.    The Professor is back on land after a succession of crazy adventures which includes writing a paper on backwards swimming in deep sea fish, finding the worlds deepest nudibranch (possibly) plus discovering his friends live in the most metal place ever.  There's no Coffee with Andrew segment this month as he is taking a well deserved break (and is possibly touring the country looking for the strangest milks he can find), but we do hear from Kakani Kajita about the recent release of FathomVerse - the mobile game helping to contribute to deep sea citizen science. Kakani tells us about how it's doing in its first month of release, and how it's already making an impact in training deep sea AI models.   We're really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here's a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Elinor Wahl | Andrew Stewart | KJ Quintanilla | Thomas Brattheim Thanks again for tuning in, we'll deep-see you next time!   Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan's beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...    Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We'd love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!   We are also on  Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic  Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic   Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:  Alan - @Hadalbloke (https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke) Thom - @ThomLinley (https://twitter.com/ThomLinley)  Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://twitter.com/geeinthesea)    Instagram:  Georgia - @geeinthesea Thom - @thom.linley    Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com FURTHER RESOURCES Triton submarines are building a new submarine to visit the Titanic to show that deep sea exploration is safe Robotic Explorers Uncover Unexpected Ancient Origins of Strange Seafloor Formations  Deep-sea sponge's 'zero-energy' flow control could inspire new energy efficient designs    LAKE BAIKAL READING Intro to Lake Baikal and lakes: Mogolov, L.S. 2017. The Soul of Siberia at Risk. Wellesley Magazine. p.16-22. Moore, M.V., S.E. Hampton, L.R. Izmest'eva, E.A. Silow, E.V. Peshkova, and B. Pavlov. 2009. Climate change and the world's ‘Sacred Sea' – Lake Baikal, Siberia. BioScience 59:405-417 Thomson, P. 2007. Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal, Oxford University Press. 320 p. Vincent, W.F. 2018. Lakes. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press. 146 p. Vents and seeps: Crane, K., Hecker, B. and Golubev, V., 1991. Hydrothermal vents in Lake Baikal. Nature, 350(6316), pp.281-281. Zemskaya, T.I., Sitnikova, T.Y., Kiyashko, S.I., Kalmychkov, G.V., Pogodaeva, T.V., Mekhanikova, I.V., Naumova, T.V., Shubenkova, O.V., Chernitsina, S.M., Kotsar, O.V. and Chernyaev, E.S., 2012. Faunal communities at sites of gas-and oil- bearing fluids in Lake Baikal. Geo-Marine Letters, 32, pp.437-451. Fish: Sideleva, V.G. 2003. The Endemic Fishes of Lake Baikal. Backhuys Publishers. Sideleva, V.G. 2004. Mysterious Fish of Lake Baikal. Science First Hand 3:N2. (Note: ‘black umber' and ‘white umber', mentioned in this article, are two endemic varieties of the Siberian grayling Thymallus arcticus.) Sideleva, V.G., 2016. Communities of the cottoid fish (Cottoidei) in the areas of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps of the abyssal zone of Baikal Lake. Journal of Ichthyology, 56, pp.694-701. Seal: Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., Iakunaeva, V.N., Emelianova, I.A., Baginova, E.A. and Pastukhov, M.V., 2013. People and seals at Siberia's Lake Baikal. Journal of Ethnobiology, 33(2), pp.259-280. Watanabe, Y.Y., Baranov, E.A. and Miyazaki, N., 2020. Ultrahigh foraging rates of Baikal seals make tiny endemic amphipods profitable in Lake Baikal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(49), pp.31242-31248. Environmental threats: Moore, M.V., S.E. Hampton, L.R. Izmest'eva, E.A. Silow, E.V. Peshkova, and B. Pavlov. 2009. Climate change and the world's ‘Sacred Sea' – Lake Baikal, Siberia. BioScience 59:405-417. Timoshkin, O.A. 2015. Ecological Crisis on Lake Baikal: Diagnosed by Scientists. Science First Hand 41:N2. Timoshkin, O.A., D.P. Samsonov, M. Yamamuro, M.V. Moore, O.I. Belykh, V.V. Malnik, M.V. Sakirko, A.A. Shirokaya, N.A. Bondarenko, V.M. Domysheva, G.A. Fedorova, A.I. Kochetkov, et al. 2016. Rapid ecological change in the coastal zone of Lake Baikal (East Siberia): Is the site of the world's greatest freshwater biodiversity in danger? Journal of Great Lakes Research 42:487-497. doi: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.02.011   PEOPLE MENTIONED Professor Marianne Moore & Marianne's excellent paper on interdisciplinary work Kakani Kajita   SOUNDTRACK OF THE MONTH Frightening Fishes CREDITS Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - Vereshchagina et al (2021), Sitnikova et al (2018), Teterina et al (2010) Edited by - Georgia Wells  

The climate crisis and the ecological catastrophe are an existential threat to Homo sapiens especially when combined with other crises of the 21st century. This is of immense evolutionary and even metaphysical significance. As our species gained in technological power the exploitation of nature became more extensive and under business civilization this has become a world wide phenomenon. The competitive state of the world economic and political system prevents adequate international cooperation on climate matters. Psychiatry and psychoanalysis have provided diagnostic terms that are useful when describing negative aspects of business civilization such as psychopathic, addictive, manic-depressive, and schizoid. They have also provided insight into climate denial as a defence against anxiety. But the more obvious source of problems is in our values systems, our beliefs about ourselves, nature and even the cosmos. There is in the human psyche a combination of opposites – god-like powers and a demonic destructiveness.

This episode features Mark Porter, PhD, research associate at the University of Erfurt, in Germany. With a background in ethnomusicology, his current work focuses on Christian musical innovation and changing ecological relationships, based at his university's department for theology and religious studies. We discuss his work at the intersection of music, religion and ecology, particularly in light of his forthcoming book, For the Warming of the Earth: Music, Faith, and Ecological Crisis (due out in June 2024 with SCM Press). Some of the topics covered include climate albums, music and acts of protest, song festivals, ecological Requiems, and the future of ecomusicology. You can learn more about his work on his website: https://markporter.co.uk

The final episode of season 4 and my conclusion from my sounding modernity learning and unlearning journey featuring an exchange with Catherine Ingram about 'a calm presence'.See the web version of this site on a laptop or desktop computer for a complete transcription of this episode.*  *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

In the 21st century, we sit in the driver's seat to determine the technosphere and ecosphere we inhabit, in turn reshaping what it is to be human today. Stefan Brunnhuber, the head of an initiative of the World academy of Art and Science, aims to answer this pivotal question in relation to species losses, pandemics and global heating on the one side, and disruptive new technologies, namely AI and BIG DATA, on the other.Visit the World academy of Art and Science website: worldacademy.orgRead the original research: springer.com/book/9783031481123

The Bureau of Land Management estimates that western ecosystems can support about 30,000 wild horses. The problem? There's almost triple that. And that number rises by 10-20% every year. Too many wild horses – just like too many cows – is bad for the fragile, arid rangelands of the West. The horses can overgraze the native grasses and destroy creeks and riparian areas that provide critical habitat for the Greater Sage-Grouse and other creatures. To find out what this looks like on the ground, Ashley heads to Nevada, the state with the most wild horses in the U.S., and gets out in the sagebrush with biologists there. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Ashley spends some time getting to know her skinny, scared mustang and wonders what the hell she's gotten herself into.

In this final episode of Season 7, Rhea Mahanta, founder of The Peacebuilding Project, shares her story. She describes how climate change affects her work as a peace activist and reflects on new multidisciplinary strategies to address the climate-peace nexus. "I feel that not only should issues of economic growth, political and social inequality be dealt with simultaneously, but we also need a radical change in strategy of our current models of growth." The Peace Corner Podcast is a joint initiative of interns at GPPAC, UNOY & CSPPS

The Global Ecological Crisis That We're Facing Stacy Malkan • https://usrtk.org/• Book - Not Just a Pretty Face #StacyMalkan #CosmeticDangers#EnvironmentalHealthIssues Stacy Malkan is co-founder and managing editor of U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit investigative research group focused on promoting transparency for public health usrtk.org.  She began working on environmental health issues in 2001 and has researched food and agriculture, with a focus on agrichemical industry misinformation campaigns, since 2012.Stacy is author of the award-winning book, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry. The book  Is a The girls' guide to giving the cosmetics industry a makeover.Lead in lipstick? 1,4 dioxane in baby soap? Coal tar in shampoo? How is this possible?Simple. The $35 billion cosmetics industry is so powerful that they've kept themselves unregulated for decades. Not one cosmetic product has to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration before hitting the market. Incredible? Consider this: The European Union has banned more than 1,100 chemicals from cosmetics. The United States has banned just 10.Only 11% of chemicals used in cosmetics in the US have been assessed for health and safety – leaving a staggering 89% with unknown or undisclosed effects.More than 70% of all personal care products may contain phthalates, which are linked to birth defects and infertility.Many baby soaps are contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical 1,4 dioxane. It's not just women who are affected by this chemists' brew. Shampoo, deodorant, face lotion and other products used daily by men, women and children contain hazardous chemicals that the industry claims are "within acceptable limits." But there's nothing acceptable about daily multiple exposures to carcinogenic chemicals-from products that are supposed to make us feel healthy and beautiful. Not Just a Pretty Face delves deeply into the dark side of the beauty industry and looks to hopeful solutions for a healthier future. This scathing investigation peels away less-than-lovely layers to expose an industry in dire need of an extreme makeover.Stacy Malkan is also a co-founder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition of health groups that exposed hazardous chemicals in nail polish, baby products, make-up and hair products and pressured companies to reformulate to safer products. Her work has been published in Time magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, Nature Biotechnology and many other outlets. She has appeared in Teen Vogue, Good Morning America, Wall Street Journal, San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Democracy Now! and documentary films including The Human Experiment produced by Sean Penn, Pink Skies and Stink Movie (now playing on Netflix). Stacy was media director for the California Right to Know ballot initiative to label genetically engineered foods.For eight years, she served as communications director for Health Care Without Harm, an international coalition of health groups working to transform health care, so it is no longer a source of environmental harm. Prior to that role, she worked for a decade as a journalist, editor, and newspaper publisher in Colorado. She now lives in the California Bay Area with her husband and son.To Contact Stacy Malkan go to usrtk.org Disclaimer:Medical and Health information changes constantly. Therefore, the information provided in this podcast should not be considered current, complete, or exhaustive. Reliance on any information provided in this podcast is solely at your own risk. The Real Truth About Health does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, procedures, or opinions referenced in the following podcasts, nor does it exercise any authority or editorial control over that material. The Real Truth About Health provides a forum for discussion of public health issues. The views and opinions of our panelists do not necessarily reflect those of The Real Truth About Health and are provided by those panelists in their individual capacities. The Real Truth About Health has not reviewed or evaluated those statements or claims. 

This week's guest is fast becoming a friend of the Podcast. In the first part of what is now an ongoing series, Dr Simon Michaux outlined for us the nature of the materials crisis - the fact that there is simply not enough stuff, not enough copper or cobalt or lithium to continue to manufacture at the levels we have been - and there's not even enough to make the renewable (or, as Nate Hagens would call them, rebuildable) technology to replace the fossil fuel power we're going to have to stop using. If you haven't listened to these two, please do, because lot of this conversation is predicated on that one, and on our second podcast where we looked at Michaux's hierarchy of needs and really delved into power generation in more depth. I had planned that we'd look more at the remaining five of Simon's hierarchy of needs in this conversation, but - like most of these podcasts - the plan went out of the window when I asked how he was doing and it was clear that he'd been having some really interesting conversations. And so we went with this - because it seems to me that if the people who get it are multiplying, then it's useful for us to know this - we can support the narratives that unpick the 'business as usual' dynamics and begin to look forward to what will work.  That's the core of this podcast - what can we do, how can we do it - and how can we ensure that enough people get this to create a global movement. We had to cut off faster than we'd like, so there will be (at least) a podcast four!Simon Michaux Podcast 1 https://accidentalgods.life/transforming-industry-to-create-a-genuine-green-revolution/Simon Michaux Podcast 2 https://accidentalgods.life/drawing-humanity-out-of-the-cave-with-dr-simon-michaux/Gail Tverberg 'Our Infinite World: https://ourfiniteworld.com/William Rees: https://www.postcarbon.org/our-people/william-rees/GOES REPORT http://goesfoundation.com/news/posts/2021/june/plastic-and-toxic-chemical-induced-ocean-acidification-is-causing-a-plankton-crisis-and-will-devastate-humanity-in-the-next-25-years/

The high point of Left electoral success represented by Corbynism, the Sanders campaign, Mélenchon and others seems to have passed. Meanwhile, the climate and broader ecological crises intensify and much of the mobilisation around these issues – from XR to the school climate strikes to Just Stop Oil – originates outside of the conventional Left. […]

The high point of Left electoral success represented by Corbynism, the Sanders campaign, Mélenchon and others seems to have passed. Meanwhile, the climate and broader ecological crises intensify and much of the mobilisation around these issues – from XR to the school climate strikes to Just Stop Oil – originates outside of the conventional Left. […]

This episode is an excerpt of a past Science & Wisdom LIVE dialogue, 'Reconnecting with Nature and our Inner Being'.Watch the full episode here: https://www.sciwizlive.com/videos/david-loy-zen-ecodharma-interview/Subscribe to our newsletter: www.sciwizlive.comDavid R. Loy is a professor of Buddhist and comparative philosophy, a prolific writer, and a teacher in the Sanbo Zen tradition of Japanese Buddhism. His books include Money Sex War Karma, A New Buddhist Path, and most recently Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis. He is especially concerned about social and ecological issues. In addition to offering workshops and meditation retreats, he is one of the founders of the new Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center, near Boulder, Colorado.  In June 2014, David received an honorary degree from Carleton College, his alma mater, during its 2014 Commencement. April 2016 David returned his honorary degree, to protest the decision of the Board of Trustees not to divest from fossil fuel investments.*****Science & Wisdom LIVE brings meditation practitioners in conversation with scientists to address the problems of contemporary society and come to new possible solutions.Our events touch upon specific themes where science and contemplative traditions intersect, such as the ethics of artificial intelligence, gender equality, climate change, and the benefits of mindfulness and meditation for mental health.We believe that the dialogue between science and contemplative traditions can inspire positive action and inform an ethical response to the challenges of our times, grounded in the human values of cooperation, compassion and equality.Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.sciwizlive.comFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sciwizliveFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scienceandw...Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sciwizlive

In this Season 1 (2021) of Birdsong we have Skye and Miraz joining us. We go deep into a number of themes exploring the culture of separation that plagues the collective sphere we all find ourselves in, the re-orientation of our perception to animistic worldviews, their many years in the amazon jungle studying amazonian shamanism, the frameworks that the indigneous shipibo people passed onto them to assist in the relating with a living breathing jungle, and extrapolating from that, a living breathing planet, and how this path interrelates into the work that they're currently doing, known as deep ecology, aka, the work that reconnects. Skye was raised on (and by) a farm on the edge of a wildlife reserve in South Africa. Her early childhood was spent wandering barefoot, immersed in the imaginal worlds that emerged between her senses and the touch of lion's roar, river song, and rolling thunderstorms across the bushveld. Her teen years were spent hand-raising and rehabilitating wildlife, she later became a wilderness guide, she trained in traditional Taoist healing practices for three years, became a qualified yoga instructor, and this was all before travelling to the Peruvian Amazon to undergo an in-depth apprenticeship in Amazonian curanderismo. Miraz also grew up close to nature, but attempted to ‘civilize' himself through higher education and for a few years as a corporate lawyer, but through the good fortune of an existential crisis he wound up in the jungle, where he and Skye met, and where there was a remembrance in what it felt like to belong to the world. Along the way he trained as a counsellor, a psycho-therapeutic journey practitioner, alongside breathwork and bodywork practices. They now apprentice themselves to the deep ecological movement arising in response to the darkness of the modern industrial growth culture, which includes the work of John Seed and Joanna Macy: The Work that Reconnects. Their offerings are a synthesis of plant medicine practice and ecological awakening, including the facilitation of study groups, retreats and intensives, and one-on-one sessions.   TIMESTAMPS: [5:14] Opening the Container: Skye opens the container with an acknowledgement of the beauty and pain that exists in the land and a gratitude to the world that supports us in this moment [11:06] Going real with gratitude [12:39] Disconnected perspective [18:28] Personal development vs social activism [25:32] Cultural duality [33:25] Skye's crisis [38:30] Miraz's journey [47:35] The jungle apprenticeship [51:54] A re-introduction to animism [52:32] A new perspective on an oak tree [53:40] Dietas [58:49] Reconnecting to our wild senses [1:08:49] Challenges on the path [1:12:00] A beautiful passionflower story [1:20:17] The emotion medicine in plants [1:25:00] How do we become fully human? [1:27:49] The Work That Reconnects [1:30:29] Back to civilization [1:39:30] Starting to reconnect [2:03:00] Closing the Container: Miraz closes the container with a very interesting poem about whales...and you'll have to see and hear it

IT'S EPISODE 97, and today we'll be talking about plastics, a familiar circular economy topic, from someone with a someone with a less familiar background… Alice Mah is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, in the UK, and she'll help us unpick the propaganda about plastics and their role in a circular economy I came across Alice's work when IEMA's Transform magazine interviewed her about her latest book, Plastic Unlimited: How Corporations are Fuelling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do About It. I'm a member of IEMA, which is the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment. Alice unpacked some of the ways the plastics industry is trying to improve our perception of plastics, including how it tries to reframe the circular economy as a recycling issue. She highlighted other worrying aspects of how the petrochemicals industry is operating, and we'll hear some of those. Spookily, a few weeks later, on the same day I'd emailed Alice to invite her on, I was in the kitchen half-listening to BBC Radio 4's sociology programme, Thinking Allowed, and up popped Alice, being interviewed about the ways the plastic industry uses its corporate power to influence our thinking around plastics. Alice Mah holds a PhD in Sociology from the London School of Economics and was Principal Investigator of the large-scale European Research Council project “Toxic Expertise: Environmental Justice and the Global Petrochemical Industry” from 2015-2020. Her research focuses on environmental justice, corporate power, and the politics of green industrial transformations. Her next book the is Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation. In today's conversation, I've asked Alice to help bust some myths around plastics and their potential role in a circular economy… Myth #1 Plastics can support a Net Zero economy Myth #2 Plastics are safe – in other words, it's wrong to link plastics to health issues Myth #3 Plastics are essential for our quality of life Myth #4 Exporting plastic waste to low-income countries helps the country, and/or the local people, create value from that plastic Myth #5 Plastic recycling can play an important role in the circular economy.

In this episode, first aired on December 23, 2020 , Zen teacher David Loy shares his thinking about EcoDharma: combining the teachings of Buddhism with ecology . In this fascinating discussion, David explore the ecological implications of Buddhist teachings with insights into how to embody that understanding in the kind of eco-activism that is needed in the world today. David explains that in Buddhism, while there aren't prescriptive steps or writings from the Buddha on how to solve modern problems, we can follow the spiritual path of Buddhism to deal with our grief over climate change and move past it to feel empowered and grounded, part of the larger community of sentient, living beings. He outlines the Ecosattva Path, a path of liberation and salvation for all beings and the world itself. David Loy is a professor, writer, and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Zen tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is a prolific author, with his most recent books including Ecodharma, Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis. He has also published in major journals such as Tikkun and Buddhist Magazines, and a variety of scholarly journals. In his lectures and teaching he focuses on comparative philosophy and the encounter between Buddhism and modernity. He is one of the founding members of the new Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center, near Boulder, Colorado. 

How should we understand the ecological crisis accelerating around us? In a book that has sparked debate on the European left, Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen trace the origins of the Western mode of production and living, which is now spreading around the world. They connect such resource and emissions-intensive consumption to the political instability of our times, and point to alternatives beyond capitalism. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen, The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism Verso, 2021 The post Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism appeared first on KPFA.

Paris Marx is joined by Adrienne Buller to discuss how the tech and finance industries are selling us false solutions to the climate crisis that are designed for their own benefit.Adrienne Buller is the Director of Research at Common Wealth and the author of The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism. Follow Adrienne on Twitter at @adribuller.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, support the show on Patreon, and sign up for the weekly newsletter.The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.Also mentioned in this episode:Adrienne originally wrote about the problem with the finance industry's approach to climate change for Novara Media. She recently wrote about the failure of green capitalism for the Guardian and the power BlackRock wields for Jacobin.Common Wealth recently produced a report on Asset Management Capitalism.Elon Musk called ESG a scam after Tesla was booted from the S&P 500's ESG fund.Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen wrote The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism.Support the show

Ecosocialism and the Ecological Crisis Faced with the worsening ecological crisis caused by capitalism, what's the ecosocialism we should aim for and what climate justice reforms should we fight for in the here and now? How should ecosocialists relate to degrowth politics? How should we respond to the immediate concerns of working-class people as the cost of living rises? A discussion of these and other questions with Sabrina Fernandes and Gareth Dale. Some sources mentioned in the episode and other resources: Sabrina Fernades' project Tese Onze https://teseonze.com.br/ Gareth Dale, "Degrowth and the Green New Deal" https://theecologist.org/2019/oct/28/degrowth-and-green-new-deal "For an Ecosocialist Degrowth" coauthored by Sabrina Fernandes https://monthlyreview.org/2022/04/01/for-an-ecosocialist-degrowth/ Jack Copley, "Decarbonizing the Downturn: Addressing Climate Change in an Age of Stagnation" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10245294221120986 Julian Allwood, "Closing the Rhetoric-Action Gap on Climate Mitigation" https://www.youtube0.com/watch?v=j1-laRQC0lQ&t=268s Book launch, David Hughes on "Who Owns the Wind? Climate Crisis and the Hope of Renewable Energy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frxyHxXstyo&t=269s Climate and Capitalism https://climateandcapitalism.com/ Order Future On Fire here: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/future-on-fire (in Canada) https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1263 (everywhere else)

How can witchcraft help us participate in re-enchanting the world? How do we reclaim our strength and power to enable us to listen to the messages from the spirit of the earth? What is the danger in magic?To many in the magical world, my guest in conversation today, Amanda Yates Garcia, needs no introduction. Amanda is the author of Initiated: Memoir of a Witch - one of the most dearly beloved text in the community. Gorgeously written, Amanda's book has accompanied many, myself included, through powerful rites of passages - ones that our overculture and conventional education systems never prepared us for. Amanda is also the host of the incredible podcast Between The Worlds. In our conversation, we dove right into the deep end, discussing Amanda's creative process, what her witchcraft practice means to her, the connection between capitalism and depression, and what it means to re-enchant the world and to re-connect ourselves with the spirit of earth. The depth of Amanda's contemplation and the fullness of Amanda's presence are so deeply inspiring to me, and this whole conversation had me at the edge of my seat. This conversation is a must-listen. It's my deep honor to share this conversation and Amanda's brilliance with you.Here's Amanda's bio:Amanda Yates Garcia is a writer, witch, and the Oracle of Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The LA Times, The SF Chronicle, The London Times, CNN, BRAVO, as well as a viral appearance on FOX. She has led rituals, classes and workshops on magic and witchcraft at UCLA, UC Irvine, MOCA Los Angeles, Cal Arts, The Hammer Museum, LACMA, The Getty, Human Resources, MOCA Tucson and many other venues. Amanda hosts monthly moon rituals online, and the Between the Worlds podcast, which looks at the Western Mystery traditions through a mythopoetic lens. Her book, Initiated: Memoir of a Witch, received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus and has been translated into six languages.You can find her:On Instagram: @oracleoflaBuy her book: Initiated: Memoir of a WitchBook an appointment with her: www.oracleoflosangeles.comSubscribe to her newsletter.Listen to her podcast: Between the WorldsJoin me and Britten LaRue in a year-long astrological learning container, Astrology as Praxis! Our curriculum explores various portals to approaching and integrating astrology into our lives - as a practice for unlocking creativity, questioning consensus reality, and remembering our participation in the cosmic body. We begin our journey on Sep 10, 2022, and registration will open on Aug 26-28, 2022.This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @nate_qi, my music, and click here to book an astrology reading with me. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

*Available now, wherever books are sold!*Today's reading is taken from The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis,by Jean-Claude LarchetISBN: 978-0-88465-481-0pp. 14 - 16Show notes and full archive at OrthodoxLife.org/podcast© 2022 Holy Trinity Monastery, Inc.First published May 20, 2022

*Available now, wherever books are sold!*Today's reading is taken from The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis,by Jean-Claude LarchetISBN: 978-0-88465-481-0pp. 12 - 14Show notes and full archive at OrthodoxLife.org/podcast© 2022 Holy Trinity Monastery, Inc.First published May 19. 2022

*Available now, wherever books are sold!*Today's reading is taken from The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis,by Jean-Claude LarchetISBN: 978-0-88465-481-0pp. 10-12Show notes and full archive at OrthodoxLife.org/podcast© 2022 Holy Trinity Monastery, Inc.First published May 18, 2022

*Available now, wherever books are sold!*Today's reading is taken from The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis,by Jean-Claude LarchetISBN: 978-0-88465-481-0pp. 7 - 9Show notes and full archive at OrthodoxLife.org/podcast© 2022 Holy Trinity Monastery, Inc.First published: May 17, 2022

*Available now wherever books are sold!*Today's reading is taken from The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis,by Jean-Claude LarchetISBN: 978-0-88465-481-0pp. 5 - 7Show notes and full archive at OrthodoxLife.org/podcast© 2022 Holy Trinity Monastery, Inc.First published May 16, 2022

Today's episode concludes our interview with Professor Jean-Claude Larchet. In this final installment, Dr Larchet discusses his new book on Ecology, another recent book that we hope to publish in the future as What is Theology?, and how he views his own legacy as a transmitter of “the mind of the Fathers,” to borrow a phrase from Fr. George Florovsky, the subject of another of Larchet's books.Before we turn to the conclusion of our conversation, two quick reminders: the book you'll hear discussed in the first 10 minutes of this episode is The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis and it will be officially published next Tuesday, May 17th. It's available to order now as a paperback or ebook, wherever you get your books. You can also order directly from our online store, HTP Bookstore, or from the monastery's retail shop, Holy Trinity Church Supplies. Links to both will be in the show notes.And you may have seen an announcement about a lecture Dr. Larchet gave in the seminary hall during his visit last week. The talk was titled, “Divinization as the Christian Project and Model of True Transhumanism.” I'm happy to report that a video recording of the lecture has now been posted on Holy Trinity Seminary's Youtube page. It runs for about an hour and a half and I'm sure you will not be dissapointed. We'll also put a link to that video in the show notes.Show notesThe Spiritual Roots of the Ecological CrisisPublisher listing: https://www.holytrinitypublications.com/larchet-ecologyHTP Bookstore: https://bookstore.jordanville.org/9780884654810Holy Trinity Church Supplies: https://churchsupplies.jordanville.org/9780884654810/What is Theology? (in Russian)https://sretenie.com/book/element.php?ID=89902Lecture: Divinization as the Christian Project and Model of True Transhumanismhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL1PIdJqAyEFirst published May 13, 2022.

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Today's reading is taken from The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis,by Jean-Claude LarchetISBN: 978-0-88465-481-0pp. 14 - 16Show notes and full archive at OrthodoxLife.org/podcast© 2022 Holy Trinity Monastery, Inc.

Today's reading is taken from The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis,by Jean-Claude LarchetISBN: 978-0-88465-481-0pp. 12 - 14Show notes and full archive at OrthodoxLife.org/podcast© 2022 Holy Trinity Monastery, Inc.

Today's reading is taken from The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis,by Jean-Claude LarchetISBN: 978-0-88465-481-0pp. 10-12Show notes and full archive at OrthodoxLife.org/podcast© 2022 Holy Trinity Monastery, Inc.

Today's reading is taken from The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis,by Jean-Claude LarchetISBN: 978-0-88465-481-0pp. 7 - 9Show notes and full archive at OrthodoxLife.org/podcast© 2022 Holy Trinity Monastery, Inc.

Today's reading is taken from The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis,by Jean-Claude LarchetISBN: 978-0-88465-481-0pp. 5 - 7Show notes and full archive at OrthodoxLife.org/podcast© 2022 Holy Trinity Monastery, Inc.

Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!Today's episode concludes our interview with Professor Jean-Claude Larchet. In this final installment, Dr Larchet discusses his new book on Ecology, another recent book that we hope to publish in the future as What is Theology?, and how he views his own legacy as a transmitter of “the mind of the Fathers,” to borrow a phrase from Fr. George Florovsky, the subject of another of Larchet's books.Before we turn to the conclusion of our conversation, two quick reminders: the book you'll hear discussed in the first 10 minutes of this episode is The Spiritual Roots of the Ecological Crisis and it will be officially published next Tuesday, May 17th. It's available to order now as a paperback or ebook, wherever you get your books. You can also order directly from our online store, HTP Bookstore, or from the monastery's retail shop, Holy Trinity Church Supplies. Links to both will be in the show notes.And you may have seen an announcement about a lecture Dr. Larchet gave in the seminary hall during his visit last week. The talk was titled, “Divinization as the Christian Project and Model of True Transhumanism.” I'm happy to report that a video recording of the lecture has now been posted on Holy Trinity Seminary's Youtube page. It runs for about an hour and a half and I'm sure you will not be dissapointed. We'll also put a link tothat video in the show notes.Show notesThe Spiritual Roots of the Ecological CrisisPublisher listing: https://www.holytrinitypublications.com/larchet-ecologyHTP Bookstore: https://bookstore.jordanville.org/9780884654810Holy Trinity Church Supplies: https://churchsupplies.jordanville.org/9780884654810/What is Theology? (in Russian)https://sretenie.com/book/element.php?ID=89902Lecture: Divinization as the Christian Project and Model of True Transhumanismhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL1PIdJqAyE

The co-hosts discuss Brendan's just-published review-essay on John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark's 2020 book, The Robbery of Nature: Capitalism and the Ecological Rift, which Brendan found to be dishonest, inconsistent, irrelevant, and embarrassing. After summarizing their theory of capitalism's ecological crisis, Brendan explains that it fails to fit the facts: contrary to what Foster & Clark argue, the crisis is the product of economic growth, not economic stagnation. He then pinpoints important theoretical problems that plague their account, emphasizing that all the problems have a single source, the authors' need to shoehorn the ecological crisis into the Monthly Review school's framework. The resulting theory is inconsistent and it ignores critical dimensions of the crisis such as climate change. Brendan then contrasts Foster & Clark's account to MHI's “Marxist-Humanist Perspective on Capitalism and the Ecological Crisis,” which is grounded in Marx's theories of value and capital accumulation, not underconsumptionism. While Foster & Clark contend that their theory is an elaboration of Marx's own theory of metabolic rift, Brendan argues that the passages from Marx that they cite have nothing in common with their theory except for the word “metabolism.” Finally, he and Andrew discuss the tendency to overlook or excuse such problems for the sake of “building the left,” and why we need to resist that tendency. Plus current-events segment: “Who's Calling Whom a Pawn?” As the Ukrainian people heroically resist Putin's bloody invasion, RT contributor Rick Wolff portrays them as pawns.