As the climate crisis continues to escalate, viable solutions might seem more and more unattainable. Our guest is Philip Clayton, Co-Founder and President of the Institute for Ecological Civilization, talking about the great hope in on-the-ground solutions showing up all over the world that reflect the values of living in harmony with the earth. Philip describes EcoCiv as a place where "big ideas meet the local project." With his extensive background in academia, including a PhD from Yale University and guest professorships at top universities, he has refocused his efforts at the intersection of the environment and humanity, helping others in living ecologically and in ways that foster the thriving of our one and only planet earth. Philip provides three crucial steps that anyone can take to transform their habits and explores how each of us can affect positive change in a world that is increasingly in need of ecological solutions.

Topics Discussed

• The Institute for Ecological Civilization

• The Climate Crisis

• Finding a Piece of Earth

• Reconciling Theology and Ecology

• Our Home Ecosystem

• Panentheism & Spirituality

• Centering Nature over Humanity

• Honoring the Sacred Aspect of Nature

• The Anthropocene

• How Humanity's Dominance Over Nature Shows Up In Our Day-to-Day

• Transforming Our Habits

• Promising Changes Happening Today

• The Three Phrases to Help Anyone Get Started

• Incremental Lifestyle Choices

Episode Resources

• Listen to Our New Podcast "Slow Living Through the Seasons"

• Listen to The Good Dirt "An Ecological Civilization for All with Andrew Schwartz of EcoCiv"

• Visit The Lady Farmer Marketplace

• The Ecociv Podcast.

• "Is It Too Late?: A Theology of Ecology" by John B. Cobb

• "The New Possible: Visions of Our World beyond Crisis" by Philip Clayton and Kelli M. Archie

• This Changes Everything with Naomi Klein

• "Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth" by David C. Korten

• Kiss the Ground Film

• Humanity as a Geologic Force with Michael Osborne of Generation Anthropocene

• Greta Thunberg

• Jainism

• Deep Ecology

• Religious Society of Friends.

Connect with Philip Clayton:

• Website: https://www.philipclayton.net/

• Institute for Ecological Civilization: https://ecociv.org/member/clayton-philip/

• Instagram @ecociv_: https://www.instagram.com/ecociv_/

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Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production.