Earth Charter Podcast: Turning Conscience Into Action

Nov 30 2023 2
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Hosted by Mirian Vilela, Earth Charter International’s Executive Director. This podcast seeks to generate some new insights and inspire informed action. Through these conversations, we aim to help interested people expand their understanding of the worldview that is articulated in the Earth Charter, the current challenges humanity faces, education for sustainability, new paradigms of education, and more.

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Jeremy Lent | Ecological Civilization, Deep Transformation and the Web of Meaning

Nov 30 2023 42 mins  
In this interview, Jeremy Lent starts by offering an overview of some key ideas he articulates in his book “The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe.” He emphasizes the importance of generating an alternative worldview based on the understanding of our deep interconnection, and the notion of flourishing, particularly flour

Mamphela Ramphele & Nolita Mvunelo | African Self-Liberation and New Narratives of Hope

Nov 09 2023 58 mins  
Almost thirty years after the end of apartheid, Black South Africans still fight for African liberation from colonial narratives. While previous generations struggled to end apartheid, younger generations now face the task of reimagining themselves, their communities, and the world. Mamphela Ramphele and Nolita Mvunelo discuss the need for intergenerational collaboration to combine

Nicholas Robinson | Environmental Law, The Earth Charter, and Ecological Civilizations

Oct 27 2023 43 mins  
Professor Nicholas Robinson first explains the history of environmental law and the role of the IUCN in its development. He then continues to discuss the importance of the Earth Charter, its connection to environmental law, and its current relevance. Dr. Robinson believes that the Earth Charter is unique because of the diversity and number of people involved in its drafting. This r

Vandana Siva | Earth Democracy and Ecological Civilization

Oct 12 2023 42 mins  
Dr. Vandana Shiva shares key ideas from her book Earth Democracy and discusses the need to establish an Earth Democracy where we acknowledge that we are all part of the Earth, and that everything, including trees and rivers, have a right to exist. She connects this to the idea of Ecological Civilizations, democracies based on ecological oneness. These stand in opposition to today�

Tu Weiming | Confucianism, the Earth Charter, and Ecological Civilization

Sep 27 2023 42 mins  
Tu Weiming, one of the most influential Confucian thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries, contributed to the drafting process of the Earth Charter bringing Confucian thoughts of the importance of interconnectedness and community into its principles. In this conversation he talks about Confucianism, how it can apply to our current societal and environmental challenges, and how it r

Douglas Bourn | Education as a driver of social change

Sep 08 2023 47 mins  
Dr. Bourn shares some key ideas he addressed in his latest book and discusses education’s role in society and social change, particularly the purpose of higher education. Given that it can be difficult to differentiate between themes like education for sustainable development, global citizenship, and peace education, Bourn advocates for understanding the context and how the peopl

Carol Anne Hilton | Indigenous worldviews and the Indigenomics approach

Aug 15 2023 34 mins  
Carol Anne Hilton is the founder of the Indigenomics Institute and the Global Center of Indigenomics and author of Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economics Table. Her work centers on rebuilding and strengthening Indigenous economies to combat Canada’s history of oppression against them. In her work, Hilton addresses the economic impacts of this history by shaping a new space

Thomas Legrand | The Politics of Being, when basic needs having been met and mindful eating

Aug 04 2023 42 mins  
In the episode, author, social scientist, and sustainability practitioner, Thomas Legrand speaks with Mirian Vilela about his new book, The Politics of Being, and his work with the UNDP Conscious Food Systems Alliance. Legrand believes that we must move away from a development model based on economic growth and instead to one that ties directly into the Earth Charter’s idea of �

Edgar Gutiérrez Espeleta | Gobernanza Ambiental Global y Nacional, Sostenibilidad y Liderazgo

Jul 04 2023 71 mins  
En esta entrevista Edgar Gutierrez, incluye una reflexión sobre el papel de la Asamblea Ambiental de Naciones Unidas, la UNEA por sus siglas en inglés, creada en 2012, de brindar un sistema más eficaz de gobernanza ambiental internacional. Comenta su experiencia, como presidente de UNEA en dos periodos, en hacer que este ente tuviera un papel político, además de técnico. Y co

Michelle Maloney | Reflections on the Rights of Nature, Earth Laws, and Earth-centered Governance

Jun 19 2023 46 mins  
In this episode, Dr. Michelle Maloney discusses the need for systems change toward an Earth-centered culture where people re-consider their relationship to the Earth and their place within it. She sees Earth Jurisprudence and Earth Law as effective tools to make this cultural shift and to protect the environment from human destruction. In this conversation she reflects on the shift