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652: Carl Erik Fisher: The Urge: Our History of Addiction
Episode 652
I almost couldn't believe someone could write a book like Carl Erik Fisher's The Urge: Our History of Addiction. It tells the histories of addiction in human society since antiquity and of him, addic…
Published on 3 years ago
651: Noah Gallagher Shannon, part 2: Uruguay is an environmental role model
Episode 651
The second part of my conversation with Noah, going into more detail about Uruguay and sustainability. The first part was episode 646.
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Published on 3 years ago
650: Brian Merchant: your phone's hidden environmental impact
Episode 650
The more I learn about electronic waste, the more disgusted I feel at how huge the problem is that we are exacerbating, often in the name of increasing efficiency or reducing waste. I've watched many…
Published on 3 years ago
649: Listener Questions 04: What Started Me Acting Sustainably, Kids, and What to Do If You Don't Have Time
Episode 649
In this episode, I answer a question a listener emailed:
Can you share more details on what exactly prompted you to make the switch to acting more sustainably and if it was abrupt or gradual. And perh…Published on 3 years ago
648: Michael Herz, part 1: The United States Constitution, Sustainability, and Pollution
Episode 648
Regular listeners know I'm thinking about applying Abraham's Lincoln solution: a constitutional amendment banning pollution. Here's an earlier episode on it: 613: Our Next Constitutional Amendment.
It…
Published on 3 years ago
647: Kris de Decker, part 1: Low and No Tech Magazine: We believe in progress and technology
Episode 647
Kris created and runs what I consider one of the top sites online. It has influenced my behavior and expectations to enjoy living more sustainably, including unplugging my fridge, which led to unplug…
Published on 3 years ago
646: Noah Gallagher Shannon, part 1: Uruguay is an environmental role model
Episode 646
I see our environmental problems and lack of effective solutions as a failure of imagination, as regular listeners of this podcast and readers of my blog know. If we can't imagine a world without pol…
Published on 3 years ago
645: Hamilton Souther, part 1: Living Among the Matsés in the Peruvian Amazon
Episode 645
Suggest to people in our culture that we consider not growing the GDP nonstop and most react with fear at what they see as the inevitability of recession leading to depression leading to the tax base…
Published on 3 years ago
644: Janet Allacker, part 1.5: Joy first
Episode 644
In our second conversation, Janet reveals that she did part of her commitment, but found traveling not by car took longer than she expected and didn't do it often.
At one point in this conversation, s…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
643: Gaya Herrington, part 3: Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse
Episode 643
At the end of our second conversation, Gaya was finishing her book, leaving KPMG, and soon starting at Schneider Electric. The book just came out, Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse: What a 5…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago