Podcast 
No Comments Plastic: People & Planet
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After two episodes focusing on technology and its’ implications for society, SotE begins to explore another of its’ philosophical pillars: humanities’ impact on our environment. This episode features an engaging speech and interview with Michelle Lambert of the Kanata Environmental Network. Michelle has been tracking the consumption of plastic in her home for 3 months and finding ways to avoid and replace the plastic. Listen and laugh as she recounts some of the obstacles, successes and failures her family of four encountered — from children bent over backwards with glass dishes containing plastic-free lunches to finding the perfect wooden toothbrush.
The Podcast pick of the month is the Alan Watts Podcast. Alan is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century and perhaps “best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience.” He also recognized the integrated nature of individual and environment.
We do not “come into” this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean “waves,” the universe “peoples.” Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.
Show Notes
- Kanata Environmental Network
- Ottawa Citizen article about Michelle’s 3-month plastic free adventure
- Hawaii – Message in the Waves
- Life Without Plastic
- No Plastic
- Addicted to Plastic
- Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in Three Months
- No Plastic Project – Focused on getting plastic out of our lives, landfills, and oceans…starting with our own homes and neighbourhood. They also have a petition to ask that the fruit producers and retailers stop using plastic packages which are not safe to re-use and cannot be recycled.
Music for this Episode
- The Earth Is My Church – Panu Moon
- Sunday Morning – Goasia
- Suzy and Johnny Save The Planet – DWB
- Radhe – Lost At Last
- The Secret of Hope – T vs T and Dreamers Thread
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