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1282: God Has Empowered All of Us in Different Ways

"The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy… and to deal with those we need a spiritual and cultural transformation and we, (Lawyers) and scientists, don't know how to do that." - Gus Speth / God has empowered all of us in different ways (the politician has a role and the monk…

1282: God Has Empowered All of Us in Different Ways

"The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy… and to deal with those we need a spiritual and cultural transformation and we, (Lawyers) and scientists, don't know how to do that." - Gus Speth / God has empowered all of us in different ways (the politician has a role and the monk…

Lesson 2.4: The Story of Stuff, with Kurt

Spending is not only about personal finance, but also environmental destruction. FF1 alumni Kurt talks about the connection between personal consumption and climate change. People who believe in climate change have higher carbon footprints than those who don't believe in believe change because, sim…

#252 Rethinking Climate Change - a spiritual perspective

This is a talk at the Black Spark Cultural Center in Melbourne, Australia. I feel that a lot of attention is being put on what I would describe as the symptoms of climate change, but few people are focused on the underlying root cause. We don’t want to do that because it makes us too uncomfortab…

Going Toward the Fire: Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire

Isaiah 43:1-7 Psalm 29 Acts 8:14-17 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 1. What stands in the way of having a deeper faith? On August 5, 1949 a crew of fifteen elite US Forest Service smokejumpers, or airborne firefighters, stepped out of their plane above a remote wildfire in Montana. Within an hour all bu…

#272 Karma Yoga: Selfless Action in a Selfie World

In this talk we discuss Karma Yoga as a spiritual pathway in the context of a self-centered world. Self-centeredness is the enemy of self-realization and modern society's focus on the fulfillment of individual desires as being of paramount importance has led to unprecedented levels of unhappiness,…

Is Capitalism Bad for the Environment? Part 2

In this episode, Cal Beisner takes on a common claim at the heart of modern environmental debates: that capitalism is inherently harmful to the natural world. Engaging directly with leading environmental critiques—especially those of Gus Speth—he examines whether capitalism is truly indifferent to …

Gus Speth on the U.S. government's 50-year role in causing the climate crisis

This week, world leaders are gathered at the United Nations' COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss what to do about the climate crisis. Gus Speth knows what brought us to the edge of this climate emergency. President Carter and all the presidents who followed knew, too. The United States g…

Looking Back and Looking Forward: VLGS Environmental Leaders Reflect on a 50-Year Legacy

As part of the VLGS's celebration of its 50th commencement year, the Environmental Law Center (ELC) gathered past and present VLGS environmental leaders to participate in a roundtable discussion reflecting on VLGS’s record of leadership in environmental law and policy, reckoning with unmet challeng…