Utopia is Now Xavier Logan-Sievers

Dr Jeff Rotman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing and co-director of the Better Consumption Lab at Deakin Business School. He is the recipient of the 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award for Career Excellence. He specialises in research on consumer psychology with a specific focus on the areas of ethics, emotion, and sustainability.

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Jeff Rotman: https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/jeffrey-rotman
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3
Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr
Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow

Timestamps
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0:00 - Teaser
1:34 - Our minds handle risk strangely – and that’s partly why we delayed climate action so long
12:46 - What is motivated reasoning and why is it crucial to understand?
22:18 - Group identity and survival
33:07 - Us vs. them morality, selective reasoning, and green beard traits
46:19 - What are the ways we can shift our perception to mitigating climate change?
53:28 - Is shame an effective motivator in mitigating climate change?
1:03:12 - Status seeking as a strategy for encouraging green solutions
1:09:28 - The one marketing insight that everyone should know
1:12:50 - What is Jeff’s Utopia?

Credits
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X


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Dr Robin Lamboll researches what humans emit into our atmosphere, what effects it will have on us, and what we can do about it. Robin completed a PhD in the physics of solar cells at the University of Cambridge, modeling the behavior of new designs of solar cells, and has an MSci in Natural Sciences from Cambridge. Robin has previously worked as a quantitative consultant and successfully represented the UK in multiple international poetry slams.


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Robin Lamboll: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/r.lamboll
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3
Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr
Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow

Timestamps
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0:00 - Teaser
0:59 - Why do we need to limit average warming to 1.5°C?
4:06 - What is the importance of limiting every fraction of a degree past 1.5°C?
5:33 - The frightening reality of climate science
10:14 - Robin’s research on the latest carbon budget
13:39 - If every country implemented its current policy commitments, would we limit warming to 1.5°C?
16:20 - How accurate is the current carbon budget assessment?
20:01 - How do we assess how much (CO2) to emit annually?
25:25 - Implementing the insights of the carbon budget
27:05 - The curious effect of dust and aerosols on global temperatures
35:31 - What are tipping points and why are they critical to the climate discourse
41:23 - What is the punchline of Robin's research?

Credits
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X

#carbonbudget #climatechange #climateaction

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Professor Harini Nagendra is the Director of the Research Centre at Azim Premji University in Bangalore, India, and leads the University’s Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability. Nagendra is known for her research spanning over 30 years on forest conservation, and urban sustainability, with several seminal publications in both areas of work. Her interdisciplinary work on forests combines remote sensing, biodiversity studies, and institutional analysis, and is recognised for elucidating the link between pattern and process in the human-dominated landscapes of South Asia.



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Harini Nagendra: https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/people/harini-nagendra
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3
Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr
Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow



Timestamps

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0:00 - Teaser
1:06 - Introduction
13:30 - If you could share one thing about India, what would it be?
15:03 - How much does India’s ecological history inform India today?
18:01 - Western vs Eastern mismatch of environmental problems and solutions
28:13 - How is India experiencing Climate Change?
32:15 - How is the Indian government responding to environmental & climate-related disasters?
35:04 - Transdisciplinarity, cognitive dissonance, and growth vs environmentalism
50:41 - The importance of culture, art, and literature in creating change
58:19 - Harini Insights as an author of fictional novels?
1:05:32 - Is a Green Party viable in India?
1:10:40 - Outlook of India's environment



Credits

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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X

#ecology #climatechange #india


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Donnie Maclurcan Ph.D. leads the Post Growth Institute, an international organization exploring how we thrive within ecological limits. Believing purpose-driven enterprise is at the heart of a healthy market economy, he has consulted to over 500 not-for-profit projects and businesses, across 32 countries. His own initiatives include leading the development of the Offers and Needs Market, the Post Growth Fellowship, the Post Growth Alliance, Free Money Day, the (En)Rich List, the Not for Profit Way training, and the globally active #postgrowth hashtag. Affiliate Professor of Economics at Southern Oregon University and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Donnie is working on his fourth book: How on Earth: our future is not for profit.

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Contact: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com 

Post-Growth Institute: https://www.postgrowth.org/

Paper Mentioned: https://bit.ly/3gg6E6B

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3

Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ

Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr

Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow



Timestamps

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0:00 - Teaser
0:41 - Who is Donnie?
6:50 - An introduction to post-growth
11:04  - Is emotional resonance a good way to evaluate the ‘correctness’ of an idea?  A brief digression on debt 
18:48 - The role and value of not-for-profit businesses & mutual banks
26:44 - The tyranny of numbers
31:28 - A story on non-for-profits
37:59 - The ethical tension between growth & purpose
43:35- Do for-profit businesses have a place in future society?
48:41 - What is Donnie’s Utopia for a post-growth world?



Credits

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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X








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Chris has more than 15 years of experience in researching climate policy and climate communications. Chris is also a contributing author for the IPCC Working Group I Sixth Assessment Report, serves as a Non-Executive Director of the award-winning environmental news organization DeSmog, is an Associate of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and holds the position of Research Associate in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. Chris's new book is titled Liberalism and the Challenge of Climate Change, which is the subject of the following podcast.



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Tim Buckley: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/christopher-shaw-a5554214
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3
Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr
Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow

Timestamps
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0:00 - Teaser
0:32 - Chris’s Story
9:21 - What is liberalism and why is it a challenge to climate change
16:36 - Previous movements have brought about change, why can’t individuals bring about change to climate change action as well?
23:04 - Liberalism is complacent to catastrophe
28:12 - Are anti-liberal solutions to climate change a dog whistle for left-wing politics to thrive?
39:26 - What are some non-liberal solutions to climate change?
50:19 - Can the West give up liberalism in favor of mitigating climate change?
1:00:46 - Final takeaways

Credits
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X

#liberalism #climatechange #freedom


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Tim Buckley, Director, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has 30 years of financial market experience covering the Australian, Asian and global equity markets from both a buy and sell side perspective. Tim was formerly Director Energy Finance Studies, Australia/South Asia, IEEFA, and was a Managing Director, Head of Equity Research at Citigroup for 17 years until 2008.


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Contact: Tim Buckley: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-buckley-0a654313

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ

Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr

Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow



Timestamps

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0:00 - Why is Finance important for mitigating the ecological crisis?

9:30 - How is the green energy transition going?

29:23 - Are we decarbonising fast enough?

36:49 - Tim on governments being captured by fossil fuel interests

43:52 - How can financial analysts justify investing in fossil fuel companies?

54:59 - Parting thoughts





Credits
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X




#renewableenergy #climatechange #finance


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