EPISODE · Sep 30, 2023 · 32 MIN
S2 Ep89.The Ecological Catastrophe. Part 3. The wider elements of the ecological crisis aside from climate
from The Quest: Vision in an Age of Crisis. Jungian Psychotherapy · host Alan Mulhern
This episode identifies the other elements of the ecological crisis aside from climate: Biodiversity loss Chemical pollution into land, air, rivers, and oceans Particle pollution of the atmosphere Deforestation and land use Freshwater scarcity The phosphorous and nitrogen cycle # The episode continued by identifying Business Civilization as the immediate source of the contemporary ecological disaster. # Next it introduced the Dasgupta Review with its investigation of the contemporary trauma of global biodiversity reduction. # Finally it explored Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind.
What this episode covers
Climate crisis is only one of the planetary thresholds that we are crossing after which we are in unpredictable territory. Other thresholds include: biodiversity loss, chemical pollution, particle pollution of the atmosphere, deforestation and land use, freshwater unsustainability, the phosphorous and nitrogen cycle .The episode ends with an exploration of the Romantic poet Shelley and his poem Ode to the West Wind.
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