First a general comment: I only found TGS two days ago as I was looking for interviews of Iain McGilchrist. I found your second interview with him and it was the first one I clicked on - I was stunned! Apologies for my prior ignorance of your work! It was clear from even just a part of that conversation that you have your fingers on SO many pulses of things I care deeply about! That's astonishingly rare for one person individual!
So here is a general "Thank you SO much!" and know I am diving into TGN with enthusiasm! But, even further, to see everything you care about come together today with this conversation with Kristine Tomkins - just WOW. I *was* also ignorant of her work. [My interest in deep ecology has been self-guided, thus haphazard. And much of the investigation/exploration has been at a hyper-local level.] But what an inspiring, challenging, clear-eyed conversation you had!
A HUGE thank you to you and the TGS team for getting this essentially-needed conversation out to the public! I only have an itty-bitty readership, but I will be passing this along to them!
Without a doubt this conversation is something *everyone* in the developed world needs to hear.
I’ve come to accept that a lot of people either can’t or won’t step up and “do something”. So, I’m grateful for those who do.
I get the frustration that Tompkins relates about “hope”, and beyond that, complacency. But for me, hope is never enough on its own anyhow, it’s more of “I have hope IF x y z happen/ continue to happen”.
I’d be interested to see a conversation between Tompkins and Katherine Hayhoe, who (I think) prefers to give people a reason to hope so that they are inspired to action.
The question becomes, do you see hope as a reason to justify complacency, or as a reason to get up and out the door and use your talents?
Just watched this morning. Been for decades admirer of Doug and Kris. Super tragic how and when Doug died. The only thing I’d like to add is that it’s is the Sierra Club idea of saving wild spaces when it’s the human space that needs to be saved first to allow wilderness to be secure
the greatest way we have is to redefine wealth to WELLth -from asset based profit driven growth to wellbeing and wellness for all of us as a flourishing living system. thank you again for a great conversation
This is the great simplification at its best! Excellent conversation. I wish this woman was in my local orbit, lots of wisdom, lots of shared values. I too am coming from a similar Corporate background as I launch into the wild.
Great talk, what an awesome guest. I love her no bullshit attitude and take on things, especially her comments on hope. Thank you!
This was an amazing episode that I am going to need to process. What a call to action.
The earning of hope really spoke to me.
Honestly the whole conversation was full of insights that I am eager to unpack and integrate
Dear Nate,
First a general comment: I only found TGS two days ago as I was looking for interviews of Iain McGilchrist. I found your second interview with him and it was the first one I clicked on - I was stunned! Apologies for my prior ignorance of your work! It was clear from even just a part of that conversation that you have your fingers on SO many pulses of things I care deeply about! That's astonishingly rare for one person individual!
So here is a general "Thank you SO much!" and know I am diving into TGN with enthusiasm! But, even further, to see everything you care about come together today with this conversation with Kristine Tomkins - just WOW. I *was* also ignorant of her work. [My interest in deep ecology has been self-guided, thus haphazard. And much of the investigation/exploration has been at a hyper-local level.] But what an inspiring, challenging, clear-eyed conversation you had!
A HUGE thank you to you and the TGS team for getting this essentially-needed conversation out to the public! I only have an itty-bitty readership, but I will be passing this along to them!
Without a doubt this conversation is something *everyone* in the developed world needs to hear.
With much gratitude and best wishes,
-Lance
I’ve come to accept that a lot of people either can’t or won’t step up and “do something”. So, I’m grateful for those who do.
I get the frustration that Tompkins relates about “hope”, and beyond that, complacency. But for me, hope is never enough on its own anyhow, it’s more of “I have hope IF x y z happen/ continue to happen”.
I’d be interested to see a conversation between Tompkins and Katherine Hayhoe, who (I think) prefers to give people a reason to hope so that they are inspired to action.
The question becomes, do you see hope as a reason to justify complacency, or as a reason to get up and out the door and use your talents?
Hope is followed by so. Hope is not an object, but a subject, a subject is to verb an activity.
Brilliant conversation ❤️
Just watched this morning. Been for decades admirer of Doug and Kris. Super tragic how and when Doug died. The only thing I’d like to add is that it’s is the Sierra Club idea of saving wild spaces when it’s the human space that needs to be saved first to allow wilderness to be secure
the greatest way we have is to redefine wealth to WELLth -from asset based profit driven growth to wellbeing and wellness for all of us as a flourishing living system. thank you again for a great conversation
This is the great simplification at its best! Excellent conversation. I wish this woman was in my local orbit, lots of wisdom, lots of shared values. I too am coming from a similar Corporate background as I launch into the wild.