{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/5e757762792c74b07dab1f87?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"310: The Start and End of Any Serious Conversation on the Environment","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/1584756569984-c26b52301431add00b05f644641a14b3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This episode puts together the most important and fundamental considerations about the environment:</p><ul><li>What works</li><li>The basic cause contributing to all environmental problems</li><li>Earth's carrying capacity</li><li>An attainable bright future</li><li>A means to reach it that has worked on a smaller scale</li></ul><p>It feels to me like a solid TED talk.</p><p><br></p><p>On Alan Weisman:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/250-why-talk-about-birthrate-and-population-so-much\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">250: Why talk about birthrate and population so much?</a></li><li><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/248-countdown-a-book-i-recommend-by-alan-weisman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">248: Countdown, a book I recommend by Alan Weisman</a></li><li><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/258-the-world-without-us-by-alan-weisman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">258: The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman</a></li><li><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/251-lets-make-birth-control-only-a-finance-issue\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">251: Let’s make overpopulation only a finance issue</a></li><li><a href=\"http://joshuaspodek.com/guests/alan-weisman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">My conversation with Alan</a></li></ul><p>On Mechai Viravaidya, the Thai man who transformed Thai's birth rate through fun, not coercion</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.ted.com/talks/mechai_viravaidya_how_mr_condom_made_thailand_a_better_place_for_life_and_love\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TED: How Mr. Condom Made Thailand a Better Place for Life and Love</a></li><li><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/279-role-model-and-global-leader-mechai-viravaidya\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">My episode 279: Role model and global leader Mechai Viravaidya</a></li><li><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/294-population-how-much-is-too-much\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">294: Population: How Much Is Too Much?</a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Joshua Spodek: Author, Speaker, Professor"}