Genevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate Silence and affiliate faculty at The New School, where she sits on the board of the Tishman Environment and Design Center. While writing the End Climate Silence newsletter, Dr. Guenther advises NGOs, corporations, and policymakers on fossil-fuel disinformation and climate communication, and she serves as an Expert Reviewer for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Her research has appeared in both scholarly journals and media outlets such as Scientific American, The New Republic, and MSNBC, and she has been invited to speak about climate and language to audiences at Duke, Columbia, and Harvard, among other universities. She lives in New York City with her family.

Links _______________________ Genevieve Guenther: ⁠https://genevieveguenther.com/

The Book: The Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Language-Climate-Politics-Fossil-Fuel-Propaganda/dp/0197642233

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0:00 - Intro

2:40 - How words construct our political imaginations

6:21 - Language is used and abused to influence how we think about the climate crisis

12:27 - Everything we experience is shaped by language

16:29 - The Language of Climate Politics

19:01 - A quick word game - How is the term ‘alarm-ism' being misused?

32:22 - Facing the climate crisis with courage

35:20 - What language should we use to fight the climate crisis?

40:45 - Closing words

Dr Camelia Dewan is an environmental anthropologist focusing on the anthropology of development. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology and Environment from the University of London (SOAS/Birkbeck) and is an Associate Senior Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology examining the socio-environmental effects of shipbreaking in Bangladesh. Dr Dewan is the author of Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh (University of Washington Press, 2021). Links _______________________ Camelia Dewan: https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-orga...

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Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - What does it mean to be an anthropologist? 5:25 - Climate discourse about Bangladesh 13:29 - Climate victimisation and Bangladesh’s environmental history 26:25 - Climate reductionisms in Bangladesh 36:15 - The politics of climate change 47:35 - Parting thoughts 52:22- Key takeaways Credits ____________________ Thumbnail: Headshot Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X #anthropology #climatechange #bangladesh

Hello All,

In this episode, I have a candid chat about where I have been and what you can expect going forward.

Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - Hello 1:08 - Where have I been? 9:59 - An update on the podcast

Links _______________________ Contact me: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com

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Dr Jeff Rotman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing and co-director of the Better Consumption Lab at Deakin Business School. He is the recipient of the 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award for Career Excellence. He specialises in research on consumer psychology with a specific focus on the areas of ethics, emotion, and sustainability. Links _______________________ Jeff Rotman: https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/jeffrey-rotman Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - Teaser 1:34 - Our minds handle risk strangely – and that’s partly why we delayed climate action so long 12:46 - What is motivated reasoning and why is it crucial to understand? 22:18 - Group identity and survival 33:07 - Us vs. them morality, selective reasoning, and green beard traits 46:19 - What are the ways we can shift our perception to mitigating climate change? 53:28 - Is shame an effective motivator in mitigating climate change? 1:03:12 - Status seeking as a strategy for encouraging green solutions 1:09:28 - The one marketing insight that everyone should know 1:12:50 - What is Jeff’s Utopia? Credits ____________________ Thumbnail: Headshot Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X

Professor Harini Nagendra is the Director of the Research Centre at Azim Premji University in Bangalore, India, and leads the University’s Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability. Nagendra is known for her research spanning over 30 years on forest conservation, and urban sustainability, with several seminal publications in both areas of work. Her interdisciplinary work on forests combines remote sensing, biodiversity studies, and institutional analysis, and is recognised for elucidating the link between pattern and process in the human-dominated landscapes of South Asia.

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Timestamps

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0:00 - Teaser 1:06 - Introduction 13:30 - If you could share one thing about India, what would it be? 15:03 - How much does India’s ecological history inform India today? 18:01 - Western vs Eastern mismatch of environmental problems and solutions 28:13 - How is India experiencing Climate Change? 32:15 - How is the Indian government responding to environmental & climate-related disasters? 35:04 - Transdisciplinarity, cognitive dissonance, and growth vs environmentalism 50:41 - The importance of culture, art, and literature in creating change 58:19 - Harini Insights as an author of fictional novels? 1:05:32 - Is a Green Party viable in India?< 1:10:40 - Outlook of India's environment

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#ecology #climatechange #india

Donnie Maclurcan Ph.D. leads the Post Growth Institute, an international organization exploring how we thrive within ecological limits. Believing purpose-driven enterprise is at the heart of a healthy market economy, he has consulted to over 500 not-for-profit projects and businesses, across 32 countries. His own initiatives include leading the development of the Offers and Needs Market, the Post Growth Fellowship, the Post Growth Alliance, Free Money Day, the (En)Rich List, the Not for Profit Way training, and the globally active #postgrowth hashtag. Affiliate Professor of Economics at Southern Oregon University and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Donnie is working on his fourth book: How on Earth: our future is not for profit.

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Timestamps

_________________ 0:00 - Teaser 0:41 - Who is Donnie? 6:50 - An introduction to post-growth 11:04 - Is emotional resonance a good way to evaluate the ‘correctness’ of an idea? A brief digression on debt 18:48 - The role and value of not-for-profit businesses & mutual banks 26:44 - The tyranny of numbers 31:28 - A story on non-for-profits 37:59 - The ethical tension between growth & purpose 43:35- Do for-profit businesses have a place in future society? 48:41 - What is Donnie’s Utopia for a post-growth world?

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Chris has more than 15 years of experience in researching climate policy and climate communications. Chris is also a contributing author for the IPCC Working Group I Sixth Assessment Report, serves as a Non-Executive Director of the award-winning environmental news organization DeSmog, is an Associate of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and holds the position of Research Associate in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. Chris's new book is titled Liberalism and the Challenge of Climate Change, which is the subject of the following podcast.

Links _______________________ Tim Buckley: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/christopher-shaw-a5554214 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - Teaser 0:32 - Chris’s Story 9:21 - What is liberalism and why is it a challenge to climate change 16:36 - Previous movements have brought about change, why can’t individuals bring about change to climate change action as well? 23:04 - Liberalism is complacent to catastrophe 28:12 - Are anti-liberal solutions to climate change a dog whistle for left-wing politics to thrive? 39:26 - What are some non-liberal solutions to climate change? 50:19 - Can the West give up liberalism in favor of mitigating climate change? 1:00:46 - Final takeaways Credits ____________________ Thumbnail: Headshot Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X #liberalism #climatechange #freedom