SOUNDSCAPES OF LIFE * with Dr. Mike Edwards

In a world in crisis, we’re not listening to each other, not listening to the larger world in which we live. Yet listening is key to solving the very crises humanity faces. >>> LISTEN NOW! @ www.ConsciousSHIFTNow.comREGISTER at www.ConsciousSHIFTShow.com(IT'S FREE)[Receive Show Details + Access to GIFT > Genius Guide + Audio] Julie Ann explores with her ConsciousSHIFT Show guest Dr. Mike Edwards, global climate change adviser, author of Soundscapes of Life, & world-class didgeridoo player, how listening to the "soundscapes" of life can help us restore peace in a turbulent world. Soundscapes encompass the auditory frequencies of the human and more-than-human natural worlds that surround us, influence us, and impact us internally and externally.Mike is Chief Listening Officer (CLO) at Sound Matters and co-founder of Innerdigenous, a movement dedicated to helping people reconnect with themselves and nature for personal and planetary healing. He holds a PhD in the links between climate change and human security. Mike has over 25 years’ experience as a sustainability consultant and climate change advisor. He was appointed global Climate Change Advisor to The Elders Foundation, where he provided expert advice to the likes of UN SEC GENERAL Kofi Annan and President Jimmy Carter. His career began with research on climate change in the Southwest Pacific. His early work was cited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and explored "ecocolonialism," or how powerful interests manipulate climate discourse. He lived in Australia for 11 years while he completed his PhD, where he also learned how to play the didgeridoo - a hollow tube of eucalyptus that produces mesmerizing earthy tones and natural rhythms. Mike is also a musician and is considered one of the world’s most accomplished didgeridoo players having performed at festivals around the world and released four CDs to international acclaim. Since completing his PhD, Mike has dedicated himself to music and teaching. Over the past 17 years, he also has roamed the world playing didgeridoo and teaching people why it is crucial to love nature. Now lives & teaches in the UK. His new book, ‘Soundscapes of Life’, which explores a new theory and practice of listening - Integral Listening (IL) - is due for publication in 2025. Join Julie Ann and Mike to discover how sound shapes our understanding of place and presence, and how deep listening to each other and the world around us just might save the very world we live in.