114) Reaching that tipping point when sustainability will break into the mainstream with documentary filmmaker Jordan Osmond
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
Kaméa Chayne
4.8 • 694 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
How can awareness of sustainability—even if just among a minority group of people—eventually reach a tipping point when it can then create a ripple effect and break into the mainstream? What does it take to create stories and documentaries that leave people feeling deeply inspired, empowered, and moved to action?
Sharing his wisdom here is Jordan Osmond, documentary filmmaker and Co-Founder of Happen Films. You'll hear about why fear may not an effective motivator for sustainable behavioral change, how we can learn from localized and indigenous knowledge, how to inspire and activate people through film, and more. Let's dive in!
HIGHLIGHTS
[6:46] The difference between using cold facts versus using stories when sharing information and motivating others to take action.
[18:37] Jordan: "There's still time to heal the damage that has been done."
[19:45] Why leading by example may be more effective than trying to force change upon others.
[22:46] What first got Jordan interested in regenerative agriculture.
[27:06] Jordan: "There is so much knowledge from indigenous cultures... that is sadly being lost but is also being relearned. And that's all permaculture is really. It's nothing new."
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| 0:00.0 | I have a quick but important ask. As you're probably aware, Green Dreamer is an independent |
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| 0:47.6 | grateful for whatever form or level of support that you're able to share with us. |
| 0:54.0 | We're nothing without plants and animals and insects and microbes and clean air and clean water. |
| 1:01.0 | No matter how smart we think we are without those things, we're nothing. |
| 1:07.0 | How can awareness of sustainability, even if just among a minority group of people, |
| 1:14.6 | eventually reach a tipping point when it can then create a ripple effect and break into the mainstream? |
| 1:21.6 | What does it take to create stories and documentaries that leave people feeling deeply, inspired, empowered, and moved to action. |
| 1:30.3 | That's just the tip of the iceberg of what you'll hear today. |
| 1:33.3 | To sign up for Green Dreamers' weekly highlights that I write myself and send every Sunday, |
| 1:37.3 | just head to GreenDreamer.com. |
| 1:39.3 | We now also share three social and environmental wins to know for the week, |
| 1:43.3 | and personally, I've really enjoyed getting to know for the week, and personally, |
| 1:48.1 | I've really enjoyed getting to know the cool things people are doing, breakthroughs we're having, |
| 1:51.8 | and positive actions being taken that we can take inspiration from. |
| 1:57.1 | To join me in staying in the loop, again, you can just head to greetingdreamer.com to sign up with your email. |
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