What Could Possibly Go Right?

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#24R Thom Hartmann Reflection: On Being a Political Animal Nov 26, 2020

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Our host Vicki Robin reflects on “What Could Possibly Go Right?” episode 24 with author and America's #1 progressive talk show, Thom Hartmann. She shares that despite any reluctance we might have, we are all political animals with a duty to engage and learn. In Thom’s words, "Democracy begins with you. Get out there. Get active. Tag, you're it!"
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YouTube: youtube.com/user/thomhartmann

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#24 Thom Hartmann: Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport Nov 24, 2020

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For more than a decade, Thom Hartmann has been the #1 progressive talk show host in the United States. His show, The Hartmann Report, is aired on hundreds of radio and television stations across the country. He is also a New York Times best-selling author of 24 books and the founder of numerous commercial and charitable organizations.
Recorded in the lead up to the US presidential election, Thom shares his thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right? including:

The Supreme Court decisions in the 1970s that paved the way for corporate money to influence political parties for decades since.
The more obvious use of voter suppression as a tactic in this year’s election.
The coalitions that exist in each party and how they interact.
The “general misapprehension of the role of a politician, even among some politicians”.
The “great man theory of history” doesn’t serve us well and we should look to elect towards a movement, rather than individual leader.
That “democracy is not a spectator sport. It's about all of us getting involved, that everybody needs to get active and, Tag. You're it!"

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Website: thomhartmann.com
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#23R Vanessa Andreotti Reflection: Awakening to the Collective Heart Nov 19, 2020

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Our host Vicki Robin ponders her interview with Vanessa Andreotti on “What Could Possibly Go Right?” She reflects on Vanessa’s perspective that there is an awakening and return to the essence as other elements of our lives are stripped away and we uncover the tender, painful places of our hearts.
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Website: decolonialfutures.net
Website: ubc.academia.edu/VanessadeOliveiraAndreotti

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#23 Vanessa Andreotti: The Collapse of the House That Was Built Through Colonialism Nov 17, 2020

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Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti holds a Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She has extensive experience working across sectors internationally in areas related to global justice, global citizenship, and Indigenous and community engagement. Drawing on different critiques of colonialism and human exceptionalism, her research examines the interface between historical, systemic and on-going forms of violence, and the material and relational dimensions of unsustainability within modernity. Vanessa is one of the founding members of the Gesturing Decolonial Futures Collective (decolonialfutures.net) and “In Earth’s CARE”, an international network of Indigenous communities located mostly in Canada and Latin America.

Vanessa provides her insight on What Could Possibly Go Right? including:

The analogy of flood and that it is only when rising waters reach your “bum” that we can swim; seeing the possibilities and relating to our surroundings differently than when water is at the knees and we still walk. The teachings from high stakes, high-risk struggles are very different from low-intensity struggles.
The gradual disillusionment and dissatisfaction we’re experiencing, as we realize “our comforts, enjoyments, securities, and consumptions are actually based on violence and unsustainability somewhere else.”
That there is difficulty, pain, and discomfort to come for many people to come; and “unless we develop the capacity to face this with stamina, maturity, sobriety, accountability, responsibility, and humility - we may end up in a very destructive place.”
The understanding from Indigenous teachings that living well is not separated from dying well; “not being haunted by pain but also seeing pain as an inevitable teacher in all of this.”
That we should declutter the distractions and addictions, especially of consumption; not only consumption of stuff but also relationships, experiences, critique, and ideas about the world as we know.
That “this collective pain can only be held with collectivized hearts. An individual heart is overwhelmed by collective pain.” We need to shed individual arrogance and narcissism, and see ourselves as “cute and pathetic in this enormity of what's going on”.
That language is a living entity that moves the world. “By saying what we observe, but also what needs to move, we are moving it in many ways.”
The call for maturity in our young civilizations, for growing up, for showing up differently to each other into the world at large.

Connect with Vanessa
Website: decolonialfutures.net
Website: ubc.academia.edu/VanessadeOliveiraAndreotti

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#22R Kumi Naidoo Reflection: Lifelong Dedication to Social Movements Nov 12, 2020

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Our host Vicki Robin reflects on her conversation with long-time activist Kumi Naidoo, as heard on episode 22 of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”

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Website: kuminaidoo.net
Twitter: twitter.com/kuminaidoo

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#22 Kumi Naidoo: A Broken Economic System, the Power of Intersectionality, and Why Giving Up Is Not An Option Nov 10, 2020

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"Let's not let those that brought humanity to this point of destruction get away with the injustices that it created."
Kumi Naidoo is recognized internationally as a forceful advocate for human rights, gender equity, economic justice, and environmental justice. A seasoned activist in South Africa during its struggle against apartheid, his long career of deep commitment to people and the planet has included serving as Executive Director of Greenpeace International and as Secretary General of Amnesty International.

Kumi’s current roles include Professor of Practice, Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University; Global Ambassador, Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity; Visiting Fellow, Oxford University, and Honorary Fellow, Magdalen College.

Kumi shares his thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right? including:

That we need to reassess how we measure wealth as GDP, a broken system for measuring the value of people and work.
That we suffer from affluenza, “an illness where we have come to believe that a meaningful, prosperous, decent, dignified life comes from more and more material acquisitions.” and that climate change “is fundamentally a problem of consumption and inequality”.
That activism needs humility and to “listen more to people on the ground”. Instead of appealing to those in power, activists should support the powerless to speak for themselves, whose “voices bring an urgency that only those that suffer an injustice can bring, with the kind of eloquence, power and passion that makes it hard for the media, policymakers and those in power to ignore.”
That we need more genuinely democratic systems across the world with a fair chance to run for office, instead of displaying only “the form of democracy without the substance of democracy”.
That the analogy of the spider and the starfish shows the strength of decentralized versus centralized forms of organizing and mobilizing.
That understanding the biggest contribution we can make to the cause of humanity is “not giving your life, but giving the rest of your life,” with perseverance, stamina, and courage to see those injustices dislodged.
That it’s not good for mental health for us to see injustice and not express it and to bottle it up inside of us.
That even “the pessimism of our analysis can be overcome by the optimism of our action”.

Resources

Book - The Spider and the Starfish: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom

Connect with Kumi Naidoo
Website: kuminaidoo.net
Twitter: twitter.com/kuminaidoo

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#21R Lynne Twist Reflection: The Stories of Healing Nov 05, 2020

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Our host Vicki Robin considers Lynne Twist’s insightful response to “What Could Possibly Go Right?”, especially the importance of the stories we choose to tell ourselves.

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Website: soulofmoney.org
Twitter: twitter.com/lynne_twist
Facebook: facebook.com/TheSoulOfMoneyInstitute
Instagram: instagram.com/soulofmoney
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#21 Lynne Twist: Seeds of a Breakthrough Nov 03, 2020

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Lynne Twist is the Founder of the Soul of Money Institute and author of the best-selling book "The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life.” Over the past 40 years, Lynne has worked with over 100,000 people in 50 countries in the areas of fundraising with integrity, conscious philanthropy, strategic visioning, and having a healthy relationship with money.

She is a Co-Founder of The Pachamama Alliance — a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to preserve their lands and culture. In addition, Lynne serves on a number of nonprofit boards including the Fetzer Institute, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Bioneers, Conscious Capitalism, and Women’s Earth Alliance.

Lynne brings a soulful connection to the question of What Could Possibly Go Right? including:

That we need to move from a “you or me” mindset of scarcity, to a “you AND me” paradigm of enoughness; that our institutions, governance and even religion are rooted in this scarcity we need to shake off.
That as in Marianne Williamson’s words, "The rehearsal is over. The curtain is up."
That this pandemic is like “a morning sickness, for a civilization that's pregnant with a new birth of itself.”
That there are links between our current transition in time, with Baha’i prophecies and predictions by shamans of the Andes and Amazon
That in every breakdown, there are the seeds of a breakthrough - though they can be hard to find.
That we are starting to see through a pinhole of awareness, “an aperture that is opening as things fall apart. It gets wider and wider and wider.”
That we should consider young people as “our elders in universe time” and appreciate the wisdom they bring.

Resources

Marianne Williamson marianne.com
Buckminster Fuller bfi.org/about-fuller

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#20R Tzeporah Berman Reflection with Richard Heinberg: We Have Aggregated Too Much Power Oct 28, 2020

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Our host Vicki Robin is joined by Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute and one of the world’s foremost educators on the need to transition away from fossil fuels. They reflect on the interview with Tzepora Berman, as heard on Episode 20.
Connect with Tzeporah
Website: Tzeporahberman.com
Website: stand.earth
Facebook: facebook.com/Tzeporah
Facebook: facebook.com/standearth
Twitter: twitter.com/Tzeporah
Twitter: twitter.com/standearth
Connect with Richard Heinberg
Website: http://richardheinberg.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richardheinberg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardheinberg
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#20 Tzeporah Berman: Racing Against the Clock Oct 27, 2020

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Tzeporah Berman has been designing environmental campaigns and working on environmental policy in Canada and beyond for over twenty years. She currently is International Program Director at Stand.Earth. She is an Adjunct Professor of York University Faculty of Environmental Studies and works as a strategic advisor to a number of First Nations, environmental organizations and philanthropic foundations on climate and energy issues.

Tzeporah’s thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right? include:

That we have the highest level of engagement around climate change than ever, as the former “invisible threat for the future” becomes tangible with impacts in our daily lives.
That recent changes in technology, renewable energy pricing and engagement from civil society is creating political space for decision makers to actually act and stand up to the fossil fuel industry.
The creation of a new global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, “a campaign for something that is commensurate with the scale of the actual problem” and addresses fossil fuel production, not only emissions.
That moving to renewable energy is also about redistributing power; an entirely different model than that of fossil fuels on which industrial society was built.
That social change isn’t linear and many great moments in history happen at tipping points.
That more people lose their homes today as a result of climate change than war.
“We need big bold breakthroughs, because we are racing against the clock… This is our moment to propose some significant bold shifts and new ideas to change the landscape.”

Resources

FossilFuelTreaty.org

Connect with Tzeporah
Website: Tzeporahberman.com
Website: stand.earth
Facebook: facebook.com/Tzeporah
Facebook: facebook.com/standearth
Twitter: twitter.com/Tzeporah
Twitter: twitter.com/standearth
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