Two features this week dealt with ideas that can change our outlook on life. First, Brittany Boychuk speaks with Mike Nickerson, the author of Life, Money and Illusion: Living on Earth as if we want to stay. They discuss problems with our market-driven economy and current societal focus on money, as well as positive ideas about how we can bring about a cultural transformation of these patterns.
Then, Carol interviews Diego Martino from the Latin American Centre for Social Ecology (CLAES) about what kind of a place urban areas have (and could have) within Biosphere Reserves that have been designated by the United Nations. Diego draws on his doctoral research in Banados del Este, Uruguay to argue that including cities within core protected areas could bring benefits for both conservation and development goals. Further, it could radically change the way that urban residents think of the relationship between humans and nature.
