Episode 4 - Doughnuts and Phytoplankton will Save the Environment

John & JT engage in a multi-disciplinary approach to history’s toughest questions. In this episode, our co-hosts reflect on the topic of the environment, after the best environmental year in recent times. Key topics discussed in this episode include the reasons we are so divided on climate change and whether capitalism is inherently linked to a worsening planet Earth.

Time Stamps

2:54 - Personal anecdotes with the environment

9:53 - 10 Quick Fires

23:46 - Why are we so divided over climate change?

34:20 - Can climate change and capitalism get along?

Additional Links

Air Quality Index (AQI) - https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/

Pollution in China - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution_in_China

AUSMAP: Australian Microplastic Assessment Project - https://www.ausmap.org/

Top 10 most polluting companies in the world in 2018 - https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/coca-cola-pepsico-nestle-are-named-worlds-top-plastic-polluters-for-third-year-in-a-row-9101891.html

Who is responsible for climate change? - https://youtu.be/ipVxxxqwBQw

Phytoplankton and oxygen production - https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/save-the-plankton-breathe-freely/

Climate change quiz - https://www.earthday.org/the-climate-change-quiz/

Scientific consensus on climate change - https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/

Doomscrolling - https://www.healthline.com/health-news/doomscrolling-during-covid-19-how-you-can-avoid-it

Pfizer Halts Research Into Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Treatments - https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/08/576443442/pfizer-halts-research-efforts-into-alzheimers-and-parkinsons-treatments

Doughnut Economics, by Kate Raworth - https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/

Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuine_progress_indicator