Welcome to Overshoot: Have a Nice Day - 2020 Edition
The best scientific estimates tell us human civilization is in overshoot. Were you aware of this? Do you know what overshoot is? Earth Overshoot Day i...
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For the first time in history, the activity of human civilization reaches into every corner of the globe. So significant is the role we play that our time has been dubbed the Anthropocene Epoch. This calls for self-examination at a new level. Conversation Earth presents insightful dialog with the leading thinkers of our time. Philosophy, ethics, science, psychology and economics, at a macro level, and all focused on humankind’s relationship with the planet.
Welcome to Overshoot: Have a Nice Day
Since 1972, study after study, and report after report, has warned we are in overshoot – the sum total of human activity is too much for the Earth’s e...
End of Ponzi Economy: Jerry Mander (Encore)
Was globalization a temporary state that has run its course? That’s the case made by Jerry Mander, who believes there is plenty of evidence that the p...
Moral Revolution: Tom Shadyac Pt 2 (Encore)
Hollywood director Tom Shadyac traded a mansion and private jets for a mobile home and a bicycle. He had found the traditional trappings of success we...
Survival of the Kindest (Encore)
Tom Shadyac is a successful Hollywood comedy director who found the traditional trappings of success were not the key to happiness. He traded a mansio...
Why This May Be Our Last New Episode
Host Dave Gardner explains why we'll be sharing encores from the 2nd season of Conversation Earth in the coming weeks, and why there are likely to be ...
Reinvent the Economy: Gus Speth 118 (Encore)
While world leaders wring their hands over forecasts of timid GDP growth, a growing list of visionaries around the world are collaborating to redefine...
A Not So Big Life: Sarah Susanka (#117 Encore)
How we inhabit our homes, our lives, and the planet. Architect Sarah Susanka observed that houses in the U.S. were getting larger – but some rooms wer...
Limits to Growth: Dennis Meadows (#116 Encore)
“Our computer-generated scenarios all showed this growth stopping in the early decades of the 21st century, and, I must say, looking back now, it seem...
Durable Future: Bill McKibben (#115 Encore)
Relocalization may be the most important strategy for minimizing climate change. According to Bill McKibben, “working as communities is the most impor...