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#41 Andrew Revkin: Beware of Narrative Capture

#41 Andrew Revkin: Beware of Narrative Capture

FromWhat Could Possibly Go Right?


#41 Andrew Revkin: Beware of Narrative Capture

FromWhat Could Possibly Go Right?

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
May 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Andrew Revkin is one of America’s most honored and experienced environmental journalists and the founding director of the new Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at Columbia University's Earth Institute.  He has held positions at National Geographic and Discover Magazine and won the top awards in science journalism multiple times, along with a Guggenheim Fellowship. Revkin has written acclaimed books on the history of humanity’s relationship with the weather, the changing Arctic, global warming, and the assault on the Amazon rain forest.He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That we need to be aware of narrative capture and being misled by stories or avoiding truth.That we should engage in more conversations with others who have different views, and stay in curiosity rather than debate. That we need to work through the trauma of recent times and “look for compassionate intervention in our traumatized psyches”.That the resilience of an ecosystem to environmental stress is a function of the diversity of responses and species; we need the “edge pushers”That like the “Serenity Prayer”, we should embrace “the perfect imperfectness of our nature as humans”.ResourcesArticle: “Complicating the Narratives” Article: My Climate ChangeVideo: We are perfect*: Andrew Revkin at TEDxPortland Article: My Lucky StrokeConnect with Andrew RevkinWebsite // Facebook // Twitter // InstagramFollow WCPGRFacebook // Twitter // InstagramJoin our Patreon Community to receive bonus conversations with guests and "backstage" conversations between Vicki and other podcast hosts.Learn more: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show
Released:
May 25, 2021
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In this interview series sponsored by Post Carbon Institute, Vicki Robin, activist and best-selling author on sustainable living, talks with provocative thought leaders about emerging possibilities and ways humanity might step onto a better, post-pandemic path.