Today we present an anthology episode with SAND speaker, Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris (1936-2024) who passed in December 2024.

Internationally known as a dynamic speaker, Dr. Sahtouris was an evolution biologist, futurist, professor, author and consultant on Living Systems Design. She taught the relevance of biological systems to organisational design in business, government and society. She was a Fellow of the World Business Academy, an advisor to EthicalMarkets.com and the Masters in Business program at Schumacher College, also affiliated with the Bainbridge Graduate Institute's MBA program for sustainable business.

Dr. Sahtouris convened two International Symposia on the Foundations of Science and written about integral cosmologies. Her books include A Walk Through TIme: from Stardust to Us, Biology Revisioned, co-authored with Willis Harman, and EarthDance: Living Systems in Evolution.

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Topics

00:00 Introduction to Elisabet Sahtouris

01:11 Indigenous Science and Wisdom

04:02 The Living Universe Concept

07:04 Western vs. Vedic Science

09:16 The Evolution of Scientific Assumptions

11:47 Mechanism vs. Organism in Biology

12:45 Genetic Engineering and Its Pitfalls

15:56 The Role of Consciousness in Evolution

17:33 Dying to Live: Evolution through Recycling

28:22 The Metaphor of the Butterfly

33:58 Advice for Future Generations

39:29 Closing Thoughts and Reflections

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