{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64913e28-7031-4ea6-9bef-fddf46dfed87/29adcda2-abeb-4c04-80a7-c382ee27dced?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#52 Creating Accidental Activists to Improve Health in a Post Pandemic World with George Monbiot","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/613910d92449a85aeebc9e4c/1668019823429-2e8eb617aa32eadda37cbb4633339133.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><br></p><p>Today on the podcast I welcome along&nbsp;<strong>George Monbiot</strong>&nbsp;- who is&nbsp;is an&nbsp;<strong>author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>George cowrote the concept album&nbsp;<em>Breaking the Spell of Loneliness</em>&nbsp;with musician Ewan McLennan; and has made a number of viral videos. One of them, adapted from his 2013 TED talk,&nbsp;<em>How Wolves Change Rivers</em>, has been viewed on YouTube over 40m times. Another, on&nbsp;<strong>Natural Climate Solutions, that he co-presented with Greta Thunberg, has been watched over 50m times.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>As we witness an improvement in the crisis and anticipate the relaxation&nbsp;of social distancing, I wanted to talk about the&nbsp;<strong>opportunities to learn and&nbsp;reform our political systems</strong>&nbsp;that globally have been woefully unprepared&nbsp;and slow to respond.</p><p><br></p><p>As we try to&nbsp;<strong>recuperate the losses both emotionally, physically and&nbsp;financially</strong>&nbsp;I’m trying to cultivate the opinions of thinkers from around the&nbsp;world who have long documented the unfolding crises in society that&nbsp;have now spectacularly revealed themselves to us.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we talk about:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>How to harness intrinsic human values of kindness to&nbsp;foster better wellbeing in society</li><li>How cooperation and altruism is hardwired in our neurobiology</li><li>The evolution of humans would have required&nbsp;community and kindness to survive rather than the&nbsp;prevailing narrative of individualism and inequality</li><li>Neoliberalism in politics and how we have evolved over&nbsp;the 20th and 21st century</li><li>The impact of immersing ourselves in a virtual world</li><li>How we address alienation and loneliness, which are the defining conditions of our&nbsp;time.</li><li>The rise in social initiatives and Accidental activists</li><li>What will we reward in a post pandemic era? Those with material wealth and social&nbsp;influence or those who seek to build community and foster relationships?</li><li>Is this an opportunity to build a doughnut economy?</li><li>Big Organising in the wake of the Pandemic</li></ul><p><br></p><p>And&nbsp;don't forget to&nbsp;<a href=\"https://thedoctorskitchen.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=376357f628d9301811a694295&amp;id=cb56a42d52\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>subscribe to The Doctor's Kitchen newsletter</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong>where we will be continuing to share&nbsp;weekly science based recipes and tips to help you&nbsp;live the healthiest and happiest lifestyle possible.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guest Social Media Links</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.monbiot.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/georgemonbiot\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/georgemonbiot/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p>","author_name":"Dr Rupy Aujla"}