Solutions Rewind: David Orr on Saving Democracy—and the Planet
About this episode
David Orr discusses the intersection of democracy and environmentalism, advocating for a biophilic approach to governance.
In a time of deep political division and environmental crisis, what would it look like to design a democracy that’s truly in harmony with the natural world? In this episode, we revisit a powerful 2022 conversation with David Orr, Professor of Practice at Arizona State University, editor of Democracy in a Hotter Time, and one of the leading voices at the intersection of ecology, education, and politics. Orr challenges us to think beyond short-term fixes and consider how a “biophilic democracy”...
Topics covered
- democracy
- environment
- politics
- ecology
- education
- biophilia
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