The Garrison Institute Presents: The Common Good

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Latest Episodes:

Bill McKibben: Sustainable Economics, Solar Energy, and the Race against Climate Change Sep 15, 2025

Dive into a captivating conversation with environmentalist Bill McKibben, founder of Third Act and author of The End of Nature and Here Comes the Sun, as we explore the emerging potential of sustainable economics. Bill explains how the global economy must adapt to renewable energy, and why rapid solar expansion in places like California and China signals a pivotal moment in our energy systems.

We discover how climate solutions can support both economic growth and sustainability, while also recognizing that the window to act is closing. This conversation offers both practical insights and a grounded sense of hope for how communities, nations, and economies can transition toward a sustainable, equitable future through regenerative energy solutions.

We’d love to hear your thoughts about the podcast, please send us a note at podcasts@garrisoninstitute.org to let us know what you think.

Produced by The Garrison Institute and The Podglomerate.

Paul Hawken: Regenerative Wisdom and the Interconnected Universe Sep 15, 2025

Join us for a transformative conversation with Paul Hawken, visionary environmental thinker, author of Carbon: The Book of Life, and co-founder of Project Drawdown. Together we learn how stepping beyond a human-centered perspective can reveal the profound interconnections that bind all living systems. Along the way, Paul invites us into a richer awareness of complexity, carbon, and consciousness, and explores how life and mind are deeply entwined.

What emerges is a call to unlearn outdated ways of knowing and to cultivate new practices of attuning to the intelligence of nature. This episode offers profound insights into regenerative action, ecological resilience, and how shifting our perception can help us live in reciprocity with the planet and one another.

We’d love to hear your thoughts about the podcast, please send us a note at podcasts@garrisoninstitute.org to let us know what you think.

Produced by The Garrison Institute and The Podglomerate.

Introducing The Garrison Institute Presents: The Common Good Jul 28, 2025

What does it mean to live for the common good? To explore the threads that bind us all, the ⁠Garrison Institute⁠, a non-profit organization exploring the intersection of contemplation and engaged action in the world, offers the new podcast series, The Garrison Institute Presents. Hosted by Garrison Institute co-founder, urban visionary and award-winning author ⁠Jonathan F.P. Rose⁠, the show’s debut season, titled The Common Good, journeys into the nature of life, mind, and compassionate action. The show focuses on integrating the interdependent nature of life, the nature of the mind, and compassion in action.