The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planet podcast

The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planet

We all know about the doom and gloom associated with environmental issues. We need to tell ourselves a new story. Instead let's talk about energy independence, green jobs, livable cities, clean water, clean air, and healthy children. This is where politics, perceptions, and life-style meet the catastrophe that is unfolding in front of our eyes. Here's a suggestion — subscribe, tune-in, and stop doom-scrolling.

We all know about the doom and gloom associated with environmental issues. We need to tell ourselves a new story. Instead let's talk about energy independence, green jobs, livable cities, clean water, clean air, and healthy children. This is where politics, perceptions, and life-style meet the catastrophe that is unfolding in front of our eyes. Here's a suggestion — subscribe, tune-in, and stop doom-scrolling.

 

#124

PLASTIC PLANET: How Big Oil Created our Next Addiction (Part 3 of 3)

SHOW NOTES You've been recycling for years, diligently sorting your bins and feeling good ... more

09 Dec 2025

35 MINS

35:59

09 Dec 2025


#123

PLASTIC PLANET: The Visible Crisis – When the World Woke Up (Part 2 of 3)

EPISODE SHOW-NOTES For decades, we knew plastic was a problem. Scientists published papers... more

02 Dec 2025

33 MINS

33:02

02 Dec 2025


#122

Plastic Planet: From Miracle to Menace (Part 1 of 3)

SHOW-NOTES WHY THREE EPISODES ON PLASTIC? You already know plastic is bad. You've heard ab... more

25 Nov 2025

38 MINS

38:10

25 Nov 2025


#121

GOLD — AFTER THE SHINE

Gold has been an object of desire forever. Why? It's shiny! Some birds and humans like shi... more

12 Nov 2025

23 MINS

23:27

12 Nov 2025


#120

Electrify Everything: The Path to Zero Carbon

In this episode, we explore one of the most powerful tools in the fight against climate ch... more

23 Oct 2025

33 MINS

33:29

23 Oct 2025


#119

Shrinking Trump - Performance, Pathology, and the Presidency (Part 3 of 3)

The Real-World Costs What happens when psychological dysfunction meets ultimate power? In ... more

16 Oct 2025

34 MINS

34:49

16 Oct 2025


#118

Shrinking Trump: Performance, Pathology, and the Presidency (Part 2 of 3)

SHOW-NOTES How does individual psychological dysfunction become mass contagion? This episo... more

08 Oct 2025

39 MINS

39:52

08 Oct 2025


#117

Shrinking Trump: Performance, Pathology, and the Presidency (1 of 3)

SHOW-NOTES Something disturbing is happening in real time, and mental health experts are s... more

02 Oct 2025

34 MINS

34:06

02 Oct 2025


#116

The Last War - Why Humanity's Oldest Problem is Finally Solving Itself (Part 2 of 2)

Modern Warfare has Evolved Beyond Recognition                                             ... more

24 Sep 2025

33 MINS

33:23

24 Sep 2025


#115

From Nuclear Nightmares to Digital Warfare: How We Traded Apocalypse for Algorithms Part 1 of 2

SHOW-NOTES From Cold War Terror to Algorithm Anxiety  In 1983, 100 million Americans watch... more

18 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:11

18 Sep 2025


#114

Torching the Future: From Cooking to Catastrophe (Part 3 of 3)

The Quintessential Question – Why is the Human Brain so Extraordinary? Fire made us human ... more

04 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:39

04 Sep 2025


#113

Torching the Future (Part 2 of 3): Living in the Age of Fire

Fire has transformed from the simple chemistry Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman once des... more

28 Aug 2025

33 MINS

33:20

28 Aug 2025


#112

Torching the Future: Part 1 of 3 – How Fire Forged Human Civilization

For thousands of years, humans and fire had a deal. Fire exists because of the oxygen gene... more

23 Aug 2025

41 MINS

41:26

23 Aug 2025


#111

Our Sweet Future Lives After we Solve Climate Change

How should we think about a world that doesn’t yet exist?                                 ... more

13 Aug 2025

21 MINS

21:28

13 Aug 2025


#110

Climate Denial: Are you a Luke-Warmer?

Most people are not climate deniers.  It is an unreasonable and frankly, a stupid position... more

06 Aug 2025

34 MINS

34:56

06 Aug 2025


#109

Rationing Paradise: How Permits and Fees Create Sustainable Tourism

From Colorado's Blue Lakes Trail limiting hikers to 40 per day, to Bhutan charging tourist... more

16 Jul 2025

36 MINS

36:45

16 Jul 2025


#108

The Travel Paradox: How Mass Tourism Destroys What It Claims to Celebrate (Part 2 of 3)

SHOW NOTES Flight shame is dead. Despite a brief pause during COVID, global aviation emiss... more

10 Jul 2025

37 MINS

37:59

10 Jul 2025


#107

The Travel Paradox: How Mass Tourism Destroys What It Claims to Celebrate (Part 1 of 3)

SHOW NOTES The summer vacation isn't just leisure—it's become deeply woven into how we thi... more

03 Jul 2025

30 MINS

30:02

03 Jul 2025


#106

Playing God with the Planet: Engineering Our Way to Disaster

This episode explores geo-engineering - humanity's most audacious attempt to technological... more

12 Jun 2025

29 MINS

29:19

12 Jun 2025


#105

CAR-FREE and Loving It — The Future is Here

What if everything we've been told about cars and freedom is backwards? Journey into Ameri... more

03 Jun 2025

32 MINS

32:44

03 Jun 2025


#104

The Progress Paradox- Technological Power Without Perspective

Have you noticed how we often rush to create new technologies just because we can, without... more

24 May 2025

33 MINS

33:36

24 May 2025


#103

Becoming Earth: How Life Transformed a Rock into a Living Planet

Ever wonder how our planet became the only known celestial body teeming with life? Our lat... more

15 May 2025

29 MINS

29:41

15 May 2025


#102

From Hyper-Consumer to Active Global Citizen: Rediscovering Community in a Changing Climate

As Trump's tariff policies trigger economic uncertainty, consumer confidence is dropping. ... more

08 May 2025

37 MINS

37:25

08 May 2025


#101

Transforming America: The Coming Storm of Trump's Second Term: Part Three (Eco-Edition)

NOTE: This episode from November 2024, just before he took office, predicted Trump's impac... more

23 Apr 2025

28 MINS

28:54

23 Apr 2025