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conscient podcaste140 saturation - how can we tap into our boundless streams of love, connection and meaning?my response to a colleague’s concern about feeling saturated by the omni presence of eco-awareness informationTRANSCRIPTION OF EPISODE(bell and breath)(sound of two climate shows at once then fade out)I was talking with a colleague recently about how few people listen to ‘end of the world as we know it’ podcasts, such as this one.And I think it’s because they’re so … fucking, depressing and grim. We are constantly reminded how awful things are and how much more awful they will become, with no credible...
2023-10-0107 min
conscient podcaste112 listening - how can listening help ?(various layered excerpts from my soundscape compositions throughout this episode) Conclusion 1 : we need to face reality and learn how to unlearnMayer Hillman, e01: ‘We’re doomed. The outcome is death, and it’s the end of most life on the planet because we’re so dependent on the burning of fossil fuels. There are no means of reversing the process which is melting the polar ice caps. And very few appear to be prepared to say so.’Joan Sullivan, e01 terrified ‘even if we are doomed, and I think we are, I refuse to do nothing...
2023-03-1908 min
conscient podcaste106 fire - what can we do about our collective indifference?(bell and breath)(sound of campfire)I invite you to slow down, or maybe stop, what you’re doing and listen to a campfire storyWe’re sitting in the snow, by the Preston River in Duhamel, Québec. The snow absorbs the sound here but it is also slightly amplified by the cottage and frozen trees. It's raining so you also hear drops of water, snow and ice falling in between the fire crackles. Sometimes, when I get discouraged about the ecological crisis, I build a campfire like this to lift m...
2023-02-0505 min
conscient podcaste96 joan sullivan – the liminal space between what was and what’s next'We find ourselves in a liminal space right now and liminal space means it's that time between what was and what's next. That's where we are. It's a place of not knowing and unless all of us humans, and not just artists, recognize that we are already in a transition - not just an energy transition - but a cultural, a democratic, a social transition. There is an end. We will come out of this. No one knows how, but we will pass through. It's inevitable and what waits on the other side is up to us to design.'
2022-01-0839 min
conscient podcaste96 joan sullivan – the liminal space between what was and what’s nextMy conversation with photographer and writer Joan Sullivan whose work is focused exclusively on climate change and the energy transition. We spoke about her roots in science, her work as a columnist for Artists and Climate Change, how we are the climate emergency and liminal space between what was and what's next.
I’ve been wanting to have Joan on the conscient podcast since season 1 but she is a very busy artist and writer, plus we wanted to record our conversation in situ on her farm near Rimouski, Québec however COVID-19 did not allow that, so we sett...
2021-12-2039 minconscient podcaste96 joan sullivan – the liminal space between what was and what’s nextMy conversation with photographer and writer Joan Sullivan whose work is focused exclusively on climate change and the energy transition. We spoke about her roots in science, her work as a columnist for Artists and Climate Change, how we are the climate emergency and liminal space between what was and what's next.
I’ve been wanting to have Joan on the conscient podcast since season 1 but she is a very busy artist and writer, plus we wanted to record our conversation in situ on her farm near Rimouski, Québec however COVID-19 did not allow that, so we sett...
2021-12-2039 min
conscient podcaste01 terrified – triggering my climate denial bubble to burstWhat triggered my climate denial bubble to burst? I feel compelled to share this personal experience, in the hope that it might help others who are also struggling with the current sustainability crisis and searching for a path forward…In this first episode of the conscient podcast I narrate my 'terrified' essay, about his climate change anxiety and the role of arts and culture in raising environmental awareness.This episode is an audio version of my May 2019 blog, terrified (see original blog in the transcript of this episode).terrified is the touchstone of conscient, where I shar...
2020-05-0115 minconscient podcaste01 terrified – triggering my climate denial bubble to burstWhat triggered my climate denial bubble to burst? I feel compelled to share this personal experience, in the hope that it might help others who are also struggling with the current sustainability crisis and searching for a path forward…
Claude Schryer
This episode is an audio version of my May 2019 blog, terrified (see original blog below).
terrified is the touchstone of conscient, where I share my anxiety about the climate crisis and my belief that arts and culture can play a critical role in raising public awareness about environmental issues and to move from awareness to actio...
2020-05-0118 minconscient podcaste01 terrified – triggering my climate denial bubble to burstWhat triggered my climate denial bubble to burst? I feel compelled to share this personal experience, in the hope that it might help others who are also struggling with the current sustainability crisis and searching for a path forward…
Claude Schryer
This episode is an audio version of my May 2019 blog, terrified (see original blog below).
terrified is the touchstone of conscient, where I share my anxiety about the climate crisis and my belief that arts and culture can play a critical role in raising public awareness about environmental issues and to move from awareness to actio...
2020-05-0118 min