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247: Balancing jobs and junk
Episode 247
People resist environmental projects to protect jobs, even to keep producing products that pollute.
My absurd proposal to balance jobs with junk: put …
6 years, 3 months ago
246: The Emotions Around Environmental Action
Episode 246
What emotions do you associate with environmental action?
I find people associate shame and guilt with it. I find these emotions lead people to suppre…
6 years, 3 months ago
245: Tia Nelson, part 1: Earth Day
Episode 245
One of my main goals for this podcast is to bring people who love acting on one's environmental values, seeing stewardship not as an obligation but a…
6 years, 3 months ago
244: Lessons from extinction
Episode 244
Learning that humans only recently developed the concept of extinction. Much of the West, for example, believed in a Great Chain of Being, spontaneou…
6 years, 3 months ago
243: Confusing distinct modes of acting
Episode 243
Tired of people saying what you do doesn't matter? Or personal action in general?
They're confusing different types of action. In this recording I dis…
6 years, 3 months ago
242: Florida Mayors Jerry Demings and Buddy Dyer, part 1: United States government officials acting
Episode 242
I talk a lot about the lack of leadership in the area of the environment. Many people talk about change but don't lead it. Many others judge but don'…
6 years, 4 months ago
241: Lt. General Paul Van Riper USMC, part 1: Thoughtful strategy before technology
Episode 241
Why a military general? Isn't the US military one of the greatest polluters on the planet?
My goal is to bring effective leadership to the environment…
6 years, 4 months ago
240: Fred Krupp, part 1: Helping where it will help most
Episode 240
The loudest voices these days seem to come from protesters because they design their actions for attention. They aren't necessarily the most effectiv…
6 years, 4 months ago
239: The Enemy
Episode 239
Here are the notes I read this episode from:
I see human population decreasing the Earth's ability to sustain life and human society.I have a goal of …6 years, 4 months ago
238: The Worst Problem in the World and the Environment
Episode 238
Here are the notes I read from for this episode. I've talked about what I call The Worst Problem in the World for about ten years, so I'm used to it …
6 years, 4 months ago