Our Lives Matter S1E47: A Generation of Heroes

12/26/24 • 23 min

The environmental crisis, and the destruction it’s bringing, are part of life now. How do we adapt to that? Where do we find role models for adapting? We’ve all seen heroes in movies. What qualities do they have that help them succeed at their goals, and that we admire? What can we learn from them that we can use in our own lives? ACT I Scene 1 [112 bpm] The environmental crisis is part of life now. Carbon dioxide has risen to levels it’s only reached a few times in the history of our planet, and that it’s...

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Classical economics treats money as if it’s the foundation of economic systems. But that doesn’t explain why people want things in life that money can’t buy. Environmental economics is the study of how organisms try to get energy and resources they need to live and that they can use to grow and reproduce. Human economics is a subset of environmental economics, where we all try to get the things we need to live and prosper. Money is a very complex social development that’s built up around a simple technological development. The real value of money comes from an interaction...

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And now, for our season finale... Our story of Being Human on Planet Earth needs one last thing. How do we use it to plot a new course into the future? What can young activists start doing now that will add up to a future they want? What opportunities do young people have that they can take advantage of? ACT I Scene 1 How is the story of Being Human on Planet Earth supposed to end? There’s only one way that story can end, and we don’t want that. That’s what Extinction Rebellion is rebelling against. As...