Environmental and social breakdown from intersecting crises is accelerating, but how can we navigate it? Asher Miller and Rob Dietz of the Post Carbon Institute join us to discuss their latest report, Welcome to the Great Unraveling. Highlights include:

Why human supremacy and ecological overshoot are the root causes of the unfolding 'great unraveling';
How global suffering could increase with the threat of rising polarization, techno-solutionism, and conflict;
Why embracing complexity, uncertainty, and competing priorities is key to maintaining social cohesion and international peace;
How seeking wisdom and knowledge from communities who have experienced collapse and suffering can help us build household and community resilience for this precarious time.

See episode website for show notes, links, and transcript: https://www.populationbalance.org/podcast/asher-miller-rob-dietz

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OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward Abundance [Formerly The Overpopulation Podcast]

OVERSHOOT tackles today’s interlocked social and ecological crises driven by humanity’s excessive population and consumption. The podcast explores needed narrative, behavioral, and system shifts for recreating human life in balance with all life on Earth. With expert guests from wide-ranging disciplines, we examine the forces underlying overshoot: from patriarchal pronatalism that is fueling overpopulation, to growth-biased economic systems that lead to consumerism and social injustice, to the dominant worldview of human supremacy that subjugates animals and nature. Our vision of shrinking toward abundance inspires us to seek pathways of transformation that go beyond technological fixes toward a new humanity that honors our interconnectedness with all beings.

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