Episode 7

Conspiracy of Goodness - Living a Regenerative Life with Paul Hawken

SUMMARY

This episode of The Carbon Connection explores how ecological regeneration, optimism, and collective action can help solve the climate crisis. 

Living a Regenerative Life: Falling in Love With a sustainable Future is part of the Conspiracy of Goodness podcast hosted by Dr. Lynda Ulrich. In this episode, Dr. Lynda talks with Paul Hawken, the founder of Project Drawdown– the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse climate change

This episode is a great starting point for people who want to learn more about climate change and are also searching for possible solutions. Dr. Lynda and Paul discuss a wide range of topics, from ecological regeneration to managing climate anxiety and using stress as a tool for action. They also talk about shifting the conversation from conceptual to experiential and moving beyond theory to solutions. 

Brimming with optimism and possibility, this episode will make you smile and give you hope. And where there is possibility and hope, there is a catalyst for action–collective action for a better world.

Related Links in The Carbon Almanac

Drawdown p. 158; footnote 245

Talking About Climate Change p.261; footnote 162

Eco-anxiety p. 154; footnote 252

What is climate change? p. 20; footnote 364

CONTRIBUTORS

Special Acknowledgment: Dr. Lynda Ulrich, Conspiracy of Goodness

Episode Producer: Katherine Palmer

Editor: Tania Marien

Production Team: Manon Doran, Barbara Orsi, Tonya Downing

Senior Producer: Tania Marien

Supervising Producer: Jennifer Myers Chua

Music: Cool Carbon Instrumental, Paul Russell, Musicbed

Episode Art: Jennifer Myers Chua

Network Voiceover: Olabanji Stephen

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When it comes to the climate, we don’t need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action.

The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not opinions. Insights, not statistics. And a shift from thinking about climate change as a “me” problem to a “we” problem.

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