Environment, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Regeneration, Sustainability, Nature, Politics, Circular Economy - One Planet Podcast 2021-2022

(Highlights) ADA LIMÓN

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"This poem was written when I was having a real moment of reckoning, not that I hadn't had it earlier, but where I was doing some deep reading about t...

ADA LIMÓN

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her book Bright ...

(Highlights) KYLE HARPER

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Thinking about the future of the environments more broadly and the challenges of global development, we need to remember that freedom from infectio...

KYLE HARPER

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Advisor to the President, and...

(Highlights) CLAUDIA BUENO

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Nature is my home because. It doesn't matter where I am. It’s available and it's there and it's always giving me the same sort of nourishment. Al...

CLAUDIA BUENO

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Claudia Bueno is an internationally recognized Venezuela born artist renowned for creating immersive technological wonders using light, sculpture, pai...

(Highlights) GAURAV GUPTA

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“How do you get people to have a sense of urgency to actually take action and do something different? What we're finding is the learnings from busin...

GAURAV GUPTA

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gaurav Gupta is Director of Kotter International · Change Management & Strategy Execution and co-author of Change: How Organizations Achieve...

(Highlights) RICHARD D. WOLFF

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“You can criticize many things in the United States, but there are taboos and the number one taboo is that you cannot criticize Capitalism. That is ...

RICHARD D. WOLFF

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Richard D. Wolff is Founder of Democracy at Work and host of the show Economic Update. Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachuset...

(Highlights) ROB NIXON

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“There are some recurrent threads in indigenous cultures across the world. One of those is–We don’t own the land. The land owns us. It’s not s...

ROB NIXON

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Nixon is a nonfiction writer and the Barron Family Professor in Environmental Humanities at Princeton University. He is the author of four books, ...

(Highlights) ROB PRINGLE

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“For nature and natural beauty to survive, people have to want it. If they don’t ever experience it, why should they want it? What could you see o...

ROB PRINGLE

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Pringle is a professor of ecology, biodiversity, and conservation at Princeton University. He’s fascinated by nearly all facets of ecology and c...

(Highlights) SETH M. SIEGEL

01 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“On average in advanced societies, about 70% of freshwater that’s consumed is consumed by agriculture. In less developed countries, sometimes as h...

SETH M. SIEGEL

01 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Seth is a lawyer, activist, entrepreneur, public speaker and New York Times Bestselling Author. He is an expert in water management and conservation. ...

(Highlights) BRIAN WILCOX

26 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“The kelp plant itself can grow to 30 meters easily, and sometimes 40 meters, so it’s a huge plant…When people look around the world today, seei...

BRIAN WILCOX

26 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Wilcox is the chief engineer and co-founder of Marine BioEnergy, Inc.  Marine BioEnergy was founded to grow plants in the open ocean to pro...

(Highlights) GAIA VINCE

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“The good thing about our species is that we create our own environment. What we’ve been doing so far is creating an environment where we’re muc...

GAIA VINCE

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gaia Vince is a science writer and broadcaster interested in the interplay between humans and the planetary environment. She has held senior editorial...

(Highlights) MARY EDNA FRASER & ORRIN H. PILKEY

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I think any time we are closer to the earth, we can feel the struggles of other human beings as well. I encourage young women to find whatever it is ...

MARY EDNA FRASER & ORRIN H. PILKEY

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Duke University Professor Emeritus Orrin H. Pilkey is one of the rare academics who engages in public advocacy about science-related issues. His colla...

(Highlights) JANE MADGWICK

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Wetlands naturally absorb twice the amount of carbon than all the world’s forests combined.“I think everybody at school learns about the water cyc...

JANE MADGWICK

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jane Madgwick is an ecologist and author with 30 years of experience of working internationally on the science, policy and practice of wetlands and wa...

(Highlights) DR. JOERI ROGELJ

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“A key part of how I go about doing my research is being involved in policy discussions, policy conversations, and also by following the internation...

DR. JOERI ROGELJ

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Joeri Rogelj is Director of Research at the Grantham Institute at Imperial College and also at the International Institute for Applied Systems Ana...

(Highlights) OSPREY ORIELLE LAKE

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“There’s a wide range of reasons that we really need to understand the root causes of a lot of our social ills and environmental ills. I think we ...

OSPREY ORIELLE LAKE

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founder and Executive Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International dedicated to accelerat...

(Highlights) MERLIN SHELDRAKE

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Humans have been partnering with fungi for an unknowably long time, no doubt for longer than we’ve been humans. Whether as foods, eating mushrooms,...

MERLIN SHELDRAKE

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and bestselling author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures. Merlin r...

(Highlights) PROF. BAYYINAH BELLO

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Bayyinah Bello is a Afrodescendant Ourstorian, Educator, Writer and Humanitarian. With over 50 years of wisdom and extensive research, Profe...

PROF. BAYYINAH BELLO

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Bayyinah Bello is a Afrodescendant Ourstorian, Educator, Writer and Humanitarian. With over 50 years of wisdom and extensive research, Profe...

(Highlights) DR. FARHANA SULTANA

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“We are always students. We are students of the earth. We need to do better and we can do better because the capacity of the human spirit is quite e...

DR. FARHANA SULTANA

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Farhana Sultana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affai...

(Highlights) JEAN WEINER

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“We’re coming out of one of the worst times for resource exploitation, waste and everything related to that waste of resources, so trying to set t...

JEAN WEINER

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Born and raised in Haiti, Jean Weiner has worked on coastal and marine since 1991.  In 1992, Jean founded Haiti’s first coastal and marine envi...

(Highlights) AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I think something happened in 2016, where I just snapped. There was a lot of a hateful news going around with American politics, and I didn’t kno...

AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of the NYTimes best-selling illustrated collection of nature essays and Kirkus Prize finalist, World of Wonders: I...

(Highlights) PETER SINGER & ANANTHA DURAIAPPAH

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"“74 billion animals, according to the United National Food & Agriculture Organization, that we raise and kill each year on this planet. If we c...

PETER SINGER & ANANTHA DURAIAPPAH

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Singer, author of seminal books Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics and The Life You Can Save, helped launch the animal rights and effective alt...

(Highlights) SAMUEL MYERS MD, MPH

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I think the environmental community has been guilty of a lot of catastrophism, a lot of statements like ‘Game Over for the Planet’, and we’ve...

SAMUEL MYERS MD, MPH

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Samuel Myers, MD, MPH studies the human health impacts of accelerating disruptions to Earth’s natural systems.  He is a Principal Research Scie...

(Highlights) TIEMEN TER HOEVEN

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I think the next crisis is going to be a materials crisis. The whole point of moving from a zero-sum game–like who makes the best cheapest produc...

TIEMEN TER HOEVEN

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tiemen ter Hoeven is founder and CEO of Roetz, a manufacturer of circular bicycles and e-bikes. In the Netherlands alone, about 1 million bicycles are...

(Highlights) MASTER SHI HENG YI

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“You and me talking right now, the people who are listening right now, in a hundred years none of us will be here on this earth anymore. When it com...

MASTER SHI HENG YI

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For more than 30 years, Master Shi Heng Yi has been studying and practicing the interaction between mind and body. His strength is the ability to smoo...

(Highlights) GARY GRIGGS

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gary Griggs received his B.A. in Geological Sciences from the University of California Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from Oregon State Uni...

GARY GRIGGS

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gary Griggs received his B.A. in Geological Sciences from the University of California Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from Oregon State Uni...

(Highlights) ANA CASTILLO

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“One of the things that is dying is our planet. We hear these sirens every single day. We’re being warned daily by experts and concerned people ho...

ANA CASTILLO

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Xicana activist, editor, poet, novelist, and artist Ana Castillo, was born and raised in Chicago. She is known for coining the term “xicanisma” wh...

JENNIFER MORGAN

06 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Morgan took the helm of Greenpeace International in April 2016. She was formerly the Global Director of the Climate Program at the World Reso...

(Highlights) JENNIFER MORGAN

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Morgan took the helm of Greenpeace International in April 2016. She was formerly the Global Director of the Climate Program at the World Reso...

(Highlights) INGRID NEWKIRK

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"They’re not human traits. They’re all shared traits because, of course, we all love. We all love our families, or not. We all grieve if somebody ...

INGRID NEWKIRK

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ingrid Newkirk is the founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)—the largest animal rights organization in the worl...

(Highlights) MARTIN VON HILDEBRAND

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I went to the Amazon and I got a canoe and I started rowing into the forest. It was absolutely like going back into the 17th century! I went around...

MARTIN VON HILDEBRAND

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained t...

Highlights - Kathleen Rogers · President of EARTHDAY.ORG

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“The history of Earth Day is pretty remarkable. The net result is 20 million people came out on the streets. It remains the largest civic day of act...

Kathleen Rogers - President of EARTHDAY.ORG

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kathleen Rogers is the President of EARTHDAY.ORG. Under her leadership, it has grown into a global year-round policy and activist organization with an...

(Highlights) PETER SINGER

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“This generation really does hold the future of the planet in its hands.”Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosoph...

PETER SINGER

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics...

(Highlights) DR. SUZANNE SIMARD

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Think of yourself as a tree. You’ve got neighbours that you live beside for hundreds if not thousands of years, and none of you can move around, ...

DR. SUZANNE SIMARD

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Suzanne Simard is a professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia. In 2016, she gave a TED talk about her groundbreaking disco...

(Highlights) RON GONEN

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“We live in buildings and cities because that’s what generates a living for a lot of people, but where we’re most comfortable as humans is when ...

RON GONEN

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ron Gonen is the Founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, a New York Based investment firm that focuses on building the circular economy. In his fulfi...

(Highlights) MECHTILD RÖSSLER

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"The idea of this convention is really unique because it is about heritage of outstanding universal value, which is to be preserved not for us, but fo...

MECHTILD RÖSSLER

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mechtild Rössler is the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and has worked at the organization for almost 30 years holding different positio...

(Highlights) GIULIO BOCCALETTI

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“The problem doesn’t really reside there. The problem is that people have gotten used to thinking about water as a technical issue that can be sol...

GIULIO BOCCALETTI

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Giulio Boccaletti, Ph.D., is a globally recognized expert on natural resource security and environmental sustainability. Trained as a physicist a...

(Highlights) MIKE DAVIS

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Davis has been the CEO of Global Witness since 2020, having previously served as Director of Campaigns, Planning and Evaluation for three years. ...

MIKE DAVIS

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Davis has been the CEO of Global Witness since 2020, having previously served as Director of Campaigns, Planning and Evaluation for three years. ...

(Highlights) HANS-JOSEF FELL

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Climate scientists forecast that we will see more pandemics, more sickness in people. We have about 8 million people from air pollution every year ...

HANS-JOSEF FELL

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hans-Josef Fell was a member of German Parliament from 1998 to 2013 where he drafted the 2000 Renewable Energy Sources Act. This law has since been re...

(Highlights) HANS BRUYNINCKX

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I'm a deep believer in the values of democracy, human rights, and the system where civil society and people play a key role in the discussions about ...

HANS BRUYNINCKX

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hans Bruyninckx is the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency. He is a political scientist and international relations scholar speciali...

(Highlights) IBRAHIM ALHUSSEINI

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Is it okay that you benefit at the expense of everyone and everything else? Is that a way that you really feel like you are winning at life? If not...

IBRAHIM ALHUSSEINI

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ibrahim AlHusseini was born in Jordan and raised in Saudi Arabia by parents who are Palestinian refugees. He emigrated to the United States in the 199...

(Highlights) ANDERS LEVERMANN

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“A lot of people think climate change is about avoiding the extinction of mankind. In my opinion, climate change is about putting pressure on societ...

ANDERS LEVERMANN

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“A lot of people think climate change is about avoiding the extinction of mankind. In my opinion, climate change is about putting pressure on societ...

(Highlights) JASON W. MOORE

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“We’re not waiting for the disasters to happen. They have happened. They are happening, and the disasters aren’t natural. They involve climate, ...

JASON W. MOORE

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jason W. Moore is an environmental historian, historical geographer, and professor of sociology at Binghamton University.  He is author or editor...

(Highlights) JANE ALEXANDER

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I came to conservation as a lover of nature, as a young girl growing up outside of Boston, Massachusetts. We just had a tiny backyard. But I was enth...

JANE ALEXANDER

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jane Alexander is an actress, writer, and conservationist. She chaired the National Endowment for the Art from 1993-1997. A Tony Award winner and memb...

(Highlights) DIANA CHAPLIN

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“We planted over 10 million trees in 2020 alone. And it’s one tree planted for every dollar donated, so we make it as simple as possible, but when...

DIANA CHAPLIN

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Diana Chaplin is the Canopy Director of One Tree Planted, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to make it simple for anyone to help the environment by p...

(Highlights) JESS WILBER

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"When I was in highschool, I recognized that climate change was going to be the largest problem facing my generation and future generations, and I cou...

JESS WILBER

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jess Wilber is a graduate of Oberlin, where she double-majored in Environmental Studies & East Asian Studies. She’s been working with Citizens’...

(Highlights) CARLOS SOUZA, JR.

27 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Find a balance. Use technology. And connect with nature. I think that’s really critical. There is big hope for your generation because you have b...

CARLOS SOUZA, JR.

27 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spatial analyst specialist Carlos Souza Jr. is a senior research associate at the Institute of People and the Environment of the Amazon, otherwise kno...

(Highlights) TIES VAN DER HOEVEN

20 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“The story behind The Weather Makers and the whole intention is that five years by accident, I was working in a dredging company and one of the comm...

TIES VAN DER HOEVEN

20 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ties van der Hoeven is Creative Director and Co-founder of The Weather Makers, a company which uses holistic engineering to create Watershed Wide Ecos...

(Highlights) PATON MILLER

13 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“When we moved back to Hawaii and lived on Molokai. I was teaching at the Kalaupapa Leprosy Colony, we had no money. And I was spearfishing, not for...

PATON MILLER

13 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After leaving his home in Hawaii to journey through Asia in 1974, Paton Miller arrived on the East End of Long Island with a collection of travel insp...

(Highlights) NICK MEYNEN

06 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Now with this crisis even the IMF, even the economists are saying we’re not going to go back to the neoliberal era. And they were defending this ...

NICK MEYNEN

06 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Through his work as the Senior Policy Officer Economic Transition at the European Environmental Bureau (the largest network of environmental citizens’...

The Midnight Sky & Collaborating with GEORGE CLOONEY - MARTIN RUHE on The Art of Cinematography - Highlights

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“The Midnight Sky is a film with big scopes. We have big vistas, we’re in space, we are on the moon, in the Arctic. Also, it’s a very intimate ...

MARTIN RUHE

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Ruhe is the internationally-acclaimed German cinematographer behind the Netflix film The Midnight Sky directed by and starring George Clooney. ...

The Lonliest Whale with Cinematographer ALAN JACOBSEN - Highlights

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I hope that film and the story can help people get their heads around these huge ideas that are pretty terrifying and almost hopeless to think abou...

ALAN JACOBSEN

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Director of photography Alan Jacobsen photographs narrative and documentary projects with an authentic, natural eye and sensitive curiosity. His camer...

The Ice at the End of the World with JON GERTNER - Highlights

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I don’t think there is anything in our history that prepares us for what we have to do next. I think we have a lot of promising signs. It seems l...

JON GERTNER

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Gertner is a journalist and historian whose stories on science, technology, and nature have appeared in a host of national magazines. Since 2003 h...