I listened to this podcast today and I feel so inspired and hopeful for the first time in a very, very long time. Halfway through I just knew this should be shared here hope it can inspire you too.
The indomitable human spirit is capable of so much there is much hope.
Don't just consume the disaster driven media and find hope!
It's a long one but we'll worth the listen!
https://www.richroll.com/podcast/doug-abrams-655/
"As we grapple with a global pandemic, experiential climate change, mass species extinction, and many other dire calamitiesβit can feel like the world has lost its moral center. But every solution begins with hopeβthe antidote to what ails us. Famed primatologist, climate activist, and global icon Jane Goodall has devoted her life to better understanding our natural world and preserving its majesty. As one can expect, the 87-year-old has some thoughts about our enduring climate crisisβthoughts that donβt revolve around cynicism, anger or pessimismβbut instead are all about hope. A hope that is fierce. A hope underscored by action, empathy, and optimism.
How can someone who has studied the climate crisis for the better part of her life maintain such a positive disposition in the face of humanityβs self-destructive trajectory? What does hope even mean? And why is it desperately incumbent upon all of us to cultivate hope as a strategy to best evolve as humans and a global community?
Todayβs guest Douglas Abrams wanted answers to these questions. Needed answers. So he sought out Jane and spent countless curious hours with her, culminating in the Book of Hope, a beautiful and intimate look into the heart and mind of a woman who has truly revolutionized how we view the world around us."
is it a good one or not pls be honest-
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I very much so love this book. Iβve been feeling very hopeless about what to tell my parents and my child about the crisis with the world right now (and at age level because my son is 6 so) but I felt this book really touched on all my points of contention and literally gave me a clear defined map on how to do my part to exist in a sustainable world that my child wouldnβt have to fix. I just want to know everyone elseβs thoughts and have some discussions on the different ways we are affected and maybe come to some conclusions on where we can effect change where itβs needed in our communities based on the teachings in this book. Anybody and everybody is encouraged to answer, even those opposing. We learn as much from our own growth amongst similar thinkers as we do from those opposed to it.
So I was listening to the Marc Maron Podcast with Jane Goodall, 95% of which was nothing Bigfoot related. Then in the last 5 min, he asks her about the big guy.
She goes to tell a story about how she went to Ecuador for an outreach program to save the forests. She flew to a village on a plane over pure rainforests for two hours to reach the village.
While there she asks if the villagers encountered a monkey with no tail. Later she heard from three separate hunters who told her they have encountered a hairy upright walking monkey with no tail before and it's about 6 foot tall. She explained that this remote village had no concept of what we know to be Bigfoot and if she had the grant money she would love to explore this subject further.
Jane Goodall is such a saintly figure and to hear her talk about the subject without ridicule is sobering. She was criticized herself for the way she studied chimps by the scientific community at the time. She dare to name the chimps instead of numbering them and even went against the grain by saying that chimps emote like we do.
Anyway def worth a listen.
