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Episode #25 – What is Ecological Civilization?: Philip Clayton and Wm. Andrew Schwartz
Jeremy Fackenthal speaks with Philip Clayton and Andrew Schwartz about their exciting new book, What is Ecological Civilization: Crisis, Hope, and the Future of the Planet. As you will hear in their conversation with Jeremy, Philip and Andrew wrote this book as an accessible introduction to the idea of ecological civilization by asking eight major questions
EcoCiv Korea 2019 Events
EcoCiv President, Philip Clayton and Executive Vice President, Andrew Schwartz joined our EcoCiv Korea leaders Gunna Jung and Yunjeong Han for four consecutive events in September and October. First was the 2nd Transition City Seoul conference on the theme, “Beyond GDP Toward Ecological Transition.” In collaboration with Mayor Park Wonsoon and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Prof. Gunna
Episode #24 – Ernst Conradie: Ecotheology & the Global Water Crisis
Philip Clayton speaks with Ernst Conradie, who is senior professor of religion and theology at the University of Western Cape in South Africa. Ernst is also one of the task team conveners for the first W12 Congress: a meeting of cities from around the world to address the escalating global water crisis. This event—which EcoCiv is
Episode #23 – Kelli Archie: Climate Change Adaptation
Philip Clayton speaks with Dr. Kelli Archie, who is an environmental social scientist and senior research specialist at EcoCiv. Kelli’s research interests focus mainly on climate change adaptation, specifically on reconciling the supply and demand of climate information, how attitudes and beliefs about climate change affect adaptation decisions, household-level adaptation decisions in vulnerable areas, and overcoming
EcoCiv Podcast #21 – Devon Hartman: Locally Grown Power
Philip Clayton speaks with Devon Hartman, who focuses full-time on fighting global warming in the building sector – the largest contributor to greenhouse gas proliferation. Now retired from his 35 year role as President and CEO of HartmanBaldwin Design/Build Inc., a full service Architecture and Construction company, he has created CHERP – the Community Home Energy
EcoCiv Gathers Vermont Leaders at Middlebury College
Vermont leaders gather at Middlebury College to build a long-term vision for sustainable, thriving urban-rural relationships in the state For questions, contact Jesse Knapp at jknapp@ecociv.org September 12, 2019 – The Institute for Ecological Civilization (EcoCiv) and the Middlebury College Departments of Environmental Studies and Environmental Affairs on September 15 will facilitate a charrette-style forum on
EcoCiv Podcast #20 – Michael Hogue: ‘Democracy for an Uncertain World’
Jeremy Fackenthal speaks with philosopher and religious ethicist Michael Hogue about his work on political theology and the Anthropocene. Michael’s most recent book is titled American Immanence: Democracy for An Uncertain World, which was published in 2018 by Columbia University Press. Michael is a creative and rigorous scholar who has an impressive ability to work across numerous
EcoCiv Podcast #19 – Manda Brookman: Extinction Rebellion
Jeremy Fackenthal speaks with activist and social entrepreneur, Manda Brookman about Extinction Rebellion. Those of you who follow EcoCiv on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter will already have some familiarity with Extinction Rebellion, as we often share news stories about the important work that they are doing. Extinction Rebellion describes itself as “an international movement that uses nonviolent civil
EcoCiv Podcast #18 – Eileen Crist: Restoring Abundant Earth
Jeremy Lent returns to the podcast to host a fascinating dialogue with Eileen Crist. As listeners of this podcast will recall, Jeremy is a well-known author and a leading theorist of ecological civilization. He was a previous guest on episode 2 and episode 13, so be sure to check those out if you haven’t already done
EcoCiv Podcast #17 – Matthew Segall: Whitehead, Marx, and Ecological Civilization
Andrew Schwartz speaks with Matthew Segall, who is a philosopher at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and a popular blogger at Footnotes2Plato.com. He is also the author of a number of books, including The Physics of the World-Soul: The Relevance of Alfred North Whitehead’s Philosophy of Organism To Contemporary Scientific Cosmology. Throughout his work, Matthew consistently