In Episode 6 we welcome our first external guest, Jamie Bristow, to discuss an issue that sits at the heart of the ‘Science for the Anthropocene’ initiative: mindfulness and the ‘inner’ dimensions of sustainable transition. Specifically, we discuss the landmark report released in May 2022 by Jamie and co-authors, Rosie Bell and Professor Christine Wamsler, on ‘Reconnection: Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out’ (which can be easily accessed on the Mindfulness Initiative’s website). We discuss what ‘mindfulness’ is (and is not), what taking it seriously opens up regarding more promising ways to do climate action, its deep compatibility (despite more superficial incommensurability) with scientific enquiry and a new agenda for science and how we do it in responding to the problems of the Anthropocene.
