The Third World War Is Under Way, and It's a Short Turf for You, but There We Go

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We have 25 years before the oceans are dead, and 50 % of the oxygen in the air. Most people find solace in the natural world if they are not so triggered that they can't relax at all. Connecting with the web of life is a way to tap into something that gives us agency. i often wonder whether it will be possible to solve long-term global problems until we can overcome collective denial. We may not become conscious until we grapple with personal myths. And so as we are heading down towards a close, i be really interested in your take on grappling with personal myths andou nyour view of the green print of eco psychology.

How can we use the leading edge of design thinking to create climate activism that really works? Dave Johnson is a lawyer, teacher, writer and design thinker who is bringing his breadth of understanding to bear on the climate and ecological emergency.

Dave Johnson began his career as a trial lawyer in the courtrooms of Miami. After a decade, he came to Stanford to study design, tech and environmental law. He has worked for several Silicon Valley companies, with an increasing focus on teaching, first at Stanford Law School and then the Hasso Plattner Institute for Design at Stanford (a/k/a the d.school). His most recent articles are Design for Legal Systems, to be published by the Singapore Academy of Law, Mar/Apr 2021, and Designing Online Mediation: Does “Just Add Tech” Undermine Mediation’s Ownmost Aim?, published in 2019 by FGV Direito, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Dave is currently working on a book entitled: Climate Activism by Design, bringing design principles to bear on citizen activists responding to corporate and governmental inaction on this immediate, existential crisis facing all of humanity.

In this episode, we discuss the foundations of his book - how a trial lawyer shifted to design principles and thence to the design concepts behind climate activism: what it is and how to frame it such that we can find the best possible modes of action as the emergency becomes ever greater.

Dave's website and blog
https://climate-activist.com/designing-a-greenprint-elements-for-a-personal-eco-philosophy/
Battle for Seattle - wiki
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Freya Mathews books
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