What does it mean for humans to live sustainably on the earth? Andrew Schwartz, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of The Institute for Ecological Civilization, a non-profit promoting long-term solutions for the wellbeing of people and the planet, helps us pull apart that question. Andrew is also the Executive Director of the Center for Process Studies and Assistant Professor of Process and Comparative Theology at Claremont School of Theology. In this conversation, we’re talking about fundamental shifts in many of our most basic assumptions about our relationship with each other and the environment, and the role each of us plays in the way forward towards a worldwide, life-supporting community.  
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Topics Covered:
How Andrew came to his interest in ecology through religion
How The Institute for Ecological Civilization came into being
Explanation of The Institute for Ecological Civilization and its mission
The Centrality of the Human Experience
Genesis as a directive for the human role in the web of creation
Deep Ecology
Are we fighting for human survival or earth's survival?
EcoCiv partners and programs
Where are the solutions? Does change happen from within the system, outside the system or from the top down?
Who is getting it right? Who do we support?

Resources Mentioned: 
https://share.descript.com/view/5LF2OK9aqP3 (Rose of Sharon Sacred Harp Hymn 254)
https://www.blueflame.com/artist/don-shiva/ (Don Shiva)
https://davidkorten.org/ (David Corton)
https://www.jeremylent.com/ (Jeremy Lent)
https://bookshop.org/a/4727/9780553375404 (Ishmael) by Daniel Quinn
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/ (Aspen Institute)
https://www.philipclayton.net/ (Philip Clayton)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Cobb (John Cobb)
https://bookshop.org/a/4727/9781940447414 (What is Ecological Civilization) by Andrew Schwartz and Philip Clayton
https://cst.edu/for-such-a-time-as-this/?gclid=CjwKCAjwrNmWBhA4EiwAHbjEQCdUQPnlMXJ9cQsAQPOnhTug5VW9skXv8b3h3fjwkR9fUsavPL0rrBoC6RMQAvD_BwE (Claremont School of Theology)
Willamette University
https://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/salvas-story (Water for South Sudan)
https://weall.org/ (Wellbeing Economy Alliance)

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EcoCiv website: https://ecociv.org/ (https://ecociv.org/)
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Original music by John Kingsley @jkingsley1026
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