I am excited to have Charles Eisenstein on this podcast. He is an author and eloquent speaker who speaks on how modern society approaches ecology and each other, and what shifts we must make to connect more deeply to the world again.
He is the author of “The Ascent of Humanity”, “Sacred Economics”, “The more beautiful world that we know is possible”, and the book “Climate”. In “Climate” he outlines the importance of water to climate.
Here are some quotes from his book:
“While most of the discourse around climate change focuses on temperature, water is the climatic factor that most directly impacts life. Life flourishes throughout the hot equatorial zone because of the presence of abundant rainfall, while deserts, because they receive little precipitation, are comparatively barren whatever their temperature.”
“..the water cycle and the carbon cycle are closely entwined. We cannot speak of one without speaking of the other. The shift of emphasis I am about to offer is nothing as simplistic as “Water is more directly impactful, so we should forget about carbon.” What we will see is that by putting water first, the carbon problem and the warming problem will be solved as well.”
“The paradigm shift [is] …… a shift from a geomechanical view to a Gaian view, a living systems view. Whether we are looking through the lens of carbon or water, from the living systems perspective we see that climate health depends on the health of local ecosystems everywhere.”
In this podcast, we discuss the paradigm of a living earth, and the roles water plays in this living earth. He speaks about the shifts humanity can make to heal its relationship to the environment and climate at a systems level, and also at a heart-based consciousness level. He discusses the role of trees and water, wetlands in slowing water, biodiversity, systems approach to nature, including other species wants in our deliberations, ceremonial approaches to water, intelligence and information embedded in the ecosystem, shifting our food and agricultural systems, local bioregional approaches to water, and economic shifts we can make to help the environment.
His website is https://charleseisenstein.org/ . Here is his chapter about water in the book “Climate”.
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I met Charles many years ago when we were working to grow the gift economy. My efforts to build local gift economy communities are outlined in his book “Sacred Economics”…….. Its awesome to connect with again, this time around water.
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You can also listen to the podcast with Charles Eisenstein on the “Climate Water Project” channel on Spotify and Apple podcasts.
Charles Eisenstein: Water and the Living Earth