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Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

189) Dr. M. Jackson: The multifaceted stories of our glaciers and the people who live alongside of them

Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

Kaméa Chayne

Earth Sciences, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.8694 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Dr. M. Jackson is a geographer, glaciologist, and National Geographic Society Explorer. She was also a 2018 TED Fellow and is the author of the nonfiction books, The Secret Lives of Glaciers, and While Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climate Change.

In this podcast episode, M. sheds light on the dangers in oversimplifying the story of glaciers; what the perception of sentience in our glaciers, held by various Nordic Indigenous communities, can teach us about mending our collective relationship with nature; and more.

 

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0:22.3

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0:26.8

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0:30.7

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0:47.6

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0:56.8

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1:01.2

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1:06.7

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1:09.6

If you're already a patron, I see you,

1:12.2

and I thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

1:15.8

I want people to go out and find the thing they care about and fight for it.

1:20.0

We all need advocates.

1:22.8

People don't all have to love the glaciers,

1:24.3

but they've got to love something,

1:26.0

and they need to be willing to fight for it.

1:30.2

That was Dr. M. Jackson, a geographer, glaciologist, and a National Geographic Society

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explorer.

1:37.6

She's also the author of the nonfiction books, The Secret Lives of Glaciers, and While

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