Podcasting is an important component in the educational work of OneEarth Living. Each month we interview someone who works with alternatives to MultiEarth living and shows ways for us to deepen our commitment to compassionate, essential OneEarth living. In the 2020s, we all need to be training one another in the more radical changes that Earth is requiring of us to keep the planet livable. The episodes are created in collaboration with Simple Living Works, hence the name Simpler OneEarth Living. Gerald Iversen and Lee Van Ham are co-hosts.
Before we called our podcasting Simpler OneEarth Living Podcast, we called it The Common Good Podcast.
In this episode, banker Pat Trahan speaks about growth economics, the Great Recession of 2008-09, Wall Street, and investing in our neighborhood. His perspective differs from many in the banking world. Pat tells why his family sold their suburban home in a gated community of Lafayette, Louisiana (city of 127,000) and moved into a mixed…
Today we feature a conversation with Adam Mason about a strategic campaign in Iowa led by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (ICCI). They want a moratorium on any new and expanded hog farms where thousands of hogs are confined in very small pens. AND, if you love eating a meal with some tasty pulled pork or bacon,…
The fault of our economic system these days is that it doesn’t know what enough is. That is, enough is never enough unless it involves a little bit more. So goes the logic of the economic thought for the last century and more, particularly in America. Unfortunately, there are few checks and balances on…
The absolute common denominator of being human is that one day we meet our deaths. It stirs the full spectrum of our emotions, engages our spiritual selves, and can cost a lot economically. The costs of caring for a deceased family member can quickly become inflated because of decisions made in grief. Such decisions…
How are business majors being trained for the marketplace in the new context shaped by Earth’s pushback on unlimited growth business models? That’s where The Common Good goes in this episode with guest Harry Watkins, Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at the Fermanian School of Business, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego. Harry held marketing…