Mind & Life

Vandana Shiva - Earth Democracy


Listen Later

In this bonus episode, we're sharing a special presentation from environmentalist, physicist, and eco-feminist Vandana Shiva. This session is from our Summer Research Institute, held in June of this year, entitled The Mind, the Human-Earth Connection, and the Climate Crisis. We're adding this to the podcast feed because Vandana speaks powerfully about how the mind contributes to so many of the world's current emergencies, including health, hunger, poverty, climate, extinction, and injustice, exclusion, and inequality. Countering these outcomes of disconnection, Vandana offers Earth Democracy as a worldview, paradigm, and practice based on the recognition that everything is interconnected. She covers a lot of ground, touching on topics such as:

  • the intellectual architecture of disconnection;
  • the many ramifications of Cartesian dualism;
  • the colonialist mindset of conquest and mastery;
  • mistaken frameworks that try to dominate nature;
  • how dead carbon leads to wars;
  • food and our microbiome;
  • quantum physics and interconnectedness;
  • statistics and updates on the science of climate change;
  • the economy of earth care;
  • and the power of self-organizing systems within nature to heal ourselves and our world.
  • Full show notes and resources

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    Mind & LifeBy Mind & Life Institute

    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7

    4.7

    274 ratings


    More shows like Mind & Life

    View all
    The One You Feed by Eric Zimmer

    The One You Feed

    2,551 Listeners

    Tara Brach by Tara Brach

    Tara Brach

    10,542 Listeners

    Tricycle Talks by Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

    Tricycle Talks

    364 Listeners

    The Wisdom Podcast by The Wisdom Podcast

    The Wisdom Podcast

    330 Listeners

    Untangle by Untangle

    Untangle

    823 Listeners

    Good Life Project by Jonathan Fields / Acast

    Good Life Project

    3,310 Listeners

    Sounds True: Insights at the Edge by Tami Simon

    Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

    1,862 Listeners

    Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield by Be Here Now Network

    Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

    1,471 Listeners

    Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg by Be Here Now Network

    Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

    699 Listeners

    Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein by Be Here Now Network

    Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

    957 Listeners

    On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

    On Being with Krista Tippett

    10,168 Listeners

    10% Happier with Dan Harris by 10% Happier

    10% Happier with Dan Harris

    12,722 Listeners

    Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson by Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Forrest Hanson

    Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

    2,503 Listeners

    Living Myth by Michael Meade

    Living Myth

    986 Listeners

    The Way Out Is In by Plum Village

    The Way Out Is In

    1,327 Listeners