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In this episode we talk about how to lead people, but I can’t help notice on listening afterward how quick and easy it is for him to fly his whole family across the country several times a season, but impossible to pitch a tent in his back yard. Whatever effect I’ve had on other guests, it’s not happening with Chad. What he shares about leadership, I agree with and his[…] Keep reading →

I used to think polluting was an inevitable consequence of living. The best we could do was minimize it. But thinking about our ancestors who lived for hundreds of thousands of years in a region, they weren’t polluting. It seems to me the concept of pollution must be recent. I’ve been challenging people with the following question: can you pollute without fossil fuels? Or a similar question: could people before[…] Keep reading →

Prepare to be awed at Rick’s stories of adventure, discovery, nature, and humanity. He has summited K2, Everest, and more. He’s visited places possibly no other human has. And he’s an experienced, brilliant storyteller, so shares his experiences with a vitality that can only come from living it. Hear what it’s like for animals that have never seen humans to approach him. His interactions with people show up too, including[…] Keep reading →

I’ve written about the San bushmen from southern Africa. Lately I’ve been learning about the Hadza, who live in Tanzania. They’ve both lived on the order of 100,000 years gathering and hunting. I’ll write about the Hadza, but it applies to all cultures we drill for oil and mine for resources. Here’s a trailer for a documentary I recommend to learn about them: Here is a link to the full[…] Keep reading →

Does anyone else see the trend? Compassionate conservative Clean coal Green growth Moral majority Free market Take your biggest criticism and put the reverse in front. Without changing anything about yourself, you make yourself impervious to criticism. Only one thing: coal isn’t clean and growth isn’t green, no matter how much anyone says they are. Liberals and other groups might use the technique. I haven’t noticed. If you know of[…] Keep reading →

Many people and mainstream society seem to view technology as the solution to our environmental problems—and the more and the newer the better. Abdal Hakim and I agree technology isn’t the glowing solution many believe. It can play a role, but as part of a mix, including low-tech and non-tech components. This topic led to the new green mosque in Cambridge that he helped make happen, how to mix technologies[…] Keep reading →

If you believe that nonstop growth of the economy and population is impossible on a finite planet, you expect that either we have to stop growing deliberately or nature will cause both to collapse. If you further believe we have have overshot what Earth can sustain, you expect that even if we stop now, nature will cause both to collapse. Growing onto other planets doesn’t help because even if we[…] Keep reading →