The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planet
Rico Verde
125 episodes
6 days ago
SHOW NOTES Think we're doomed? The data tells a different story. More than half of young people worldwide believe humanity is headed for extinction, but when researchers examine the actual numbers, they find something surprising. Death rates from natural disasters have fallen tenfold since the 1920s. Child mortality dropped from 43% to 4% globally. And in 2012, something remarkable happened that most people still don't know about—the world hit peak per capita carbon emissions, and they've bee...
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SHOW NOTES Think we're doomed? The data tells a different story. More than half of young people worldwide believe humanity is headed for extinction, but when researchers examine the actual numbers, they find something surprising. Death rates from natural disasters have fallen tenfold since the 1920s. Child mortality dropped from 43% to 4% globally. And in 2012, something remarkable happened that most people still don't know about—the world hit peak per capita carbon emissions, and they've bee...
PLASTIC PLANET: The Visible Crisis – When the World Woke Up (Part 2 of 3)
The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planet
33 minutes
1 month ago
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. Environmentalists raised alarms. But knowing and seeing are two very different things. In 2015, a sea turtle with a plastic straw lodged in its nostril changed everything. That eight-minute video of agony went viral with over 110 million views, and suddenly plastic pollution wasn't just data—it was undeniable suffering you couldn't scroll past. This episode explores the moments when plastic's invisibil...
The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planet
SHOW NOTES Think we're doomed? The data tells a different story. More than half of young people worldwide believe humanity is headed for extinction, but when researchers examine the actual numbers, they find something surprising. Death rates from natural disasters have fallen tenfold since the 1920s. Child mortality dropped from 43% to 4% globally. And in 2012, something remarkable happened that most people still don't know about—the world hit peak per capita carbon emissions, and they've bee...
