THE GREAT TURNING: RECONNECTING WITH THE NATURAL WORLD: Part 4 Deep Ecology for the 21st Century
Guest: Joanna Macy, Ted Roszak, Edward Wilson, Helena Norberg-hodge Program 2719
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 10/1/1998 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: In our heart of hearts, we know there is something crazy about what we're doing to the environment-and yet we continue to destroy it. In this program, author Theodore Roszak describes how to stay sane by restoring our wonder and connection with the natural world. Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist E. O. Wilson describes his "biophilia hypothesis:" that we have an inherent desire for close association with the natural world, and for a habitat that resembles our original one. Helena Norberg-Hodge shares secrets from Ladakh, where people have lived sustainably for centuries in the harsh desert climate of northern Himalayan India. And systems theorist Joanna Macy describes "the great turning" that is underway-a social, political and economic shift as significant as the development of agriculture, as impactful as the Industrial Revolution. Through all these perspectives, we begin to see our way to becoming a sane species that has remembered how to live gracefully on this planet. 1 hour
Topics explored in this dialogue:
The link between contact with nature and child development
Why saving endangered species is missing the point
Who was really responsible for the Exxon Valdez eco-disaster?
Pets and mental health
"Biophilia," the human in nature-a daily requirement
How 40,000 years in the wilderness still powerfully shapes our lives
The voice of the Earth-what is it saying?
Ladakh, where women are strong and family comes first
