The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Share Your Story: A Call for Responses to The Great Simplification | Frankly 84

Feb 7, 2025

Listeners are encouraged to share their personal stories of transformation in response to global challenges. The call for video testimonials highlights inspiring community actions and innovative solutions, like educators embracing systems thinking and entrepreneurs driving local carbon initiatives. This initiative aims to weave a rich tapestry of experiences that can spark collective action and inspire others to engage in impactful change.

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The podcast emphasizes the transformative impact of community engagement, encouraging listeners to share personal stories that inspire collective action against global challenges.

It illustrates a significant shift in personal values toward sustainability, highlighting examples like community gardens and careers prioritizing environmental well-being.

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The Call for Community Contributions

The episode emphasizes the importance of community engagement by inviting listeners to share their personal responses to the insights gained from the show. This initiative aims to create a visual montage showcasing diverse actions taken by people worldwide, highlighting various nationalities, ages, and cultural backgrounds. The host believes that this compilation can inspire others, demonstrating that they can undertake similar initiatives in their own communities. By sharing these experiences, the project seeks to foster a sense of collective action and possibility in addressing the challenges faced by society today.

A Call for Community Responses and Shared Experiences

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A Call for Personal Testimonials and Community Action

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Link to record and submit your story

There are further directions on the video submission site to set you up for success when recording. Most of all, we are looking for real stories from real people. We ask that you simply show up as yourself.

The link to submit videos will only be live for a few weeks, so if you’d like to share your story for this project, the time is now.

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(Recorded February 5th, 2025)

In an era of compounding global challenges, many ask “What can we do?” While The Great Simplification podcast explores the systemic nature of our predicament, some of the most creative and impactful responses are emerging directly from our audience. From educators weaving systems thinking into their curricula to entrepreneurs redirecting carbon project revenues to local communities, TGS viewers are already cultivating meaningful change in diverse and inspiring ways.

In this special Frankly, Nate launches a community-driven project to capture and share these stories and examples of transformation - from small to large scales, with personal and global impact. We invite you to submit a short video (maximum three minutes) sharing how engaging with TGS has influenced changes in your life – whether through community projects, career shifts, consumption habits, or local initiatives. These submissions will be compiled into an upcoming episode, creating a tapestry of responses to, in turn, creatively inspire others to imagine how these ideas might 'rhyme' with possible changes in their own lives and communities.

What paths are you forging in response to what you’ve learned? How might witnessing the diverse responses of fellow viewers spark new ideas for your own action? And what emergent responses to our cultural/ecological challenges might arise when we share our stories of transformation and change?

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