David Wann On How To Create Simple Prosperity Through Sustainable Living
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
What does simple prosperity look like, and why should it be the new normal we aim for? In this episode, host Corinna Bellizzi sits down with an environmentalist, filmmaker, and author, David Wann. David illustrates the ideal of sustainable living and simple prosperity in his new book that pushes for change with the power of story and fiction. Tickling the Bear: How To Stay Safe In The Universe portrays that small band of colorful change-makers on the cusp of building a new society. Tune in as the two dissect the story, the characters, and the important lessons you can learn. David also shares his experience living in a cohousing community and offers insights on the healthy change we need to make to save the future against the climate crisis. Stay tuned.
About David Wann
David Wann is an environmentalist, filmmaker, and author. Dave has written ten books and produced five TV documentaries about sustainable lifestyles and designs. He’s a proud dad and husband, an amateur musician, and provides organic vegetables for neighbors in the cohousing neighborhood he’s lived in for 25 years. His most recent work, “Tickling the Bear: How To Stay Safe In The Universe” aims to push for change with the power of story and fiction.
Website Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-wann-77a03b4/
https://web.facebook.com/davidwann.author?_rdc=1&_rdr
Show Notes:
00:00-02:54: Introduction
02:55-09:31: David on Co-Housing Communities
09:32-13:26: Affluenza: How Overconsumption is Killing us—and How to Fight Back
13:27-20:51: David’s Message of Hope For Facing the Climate Crisis
20:52-25:18: Tickling The Bear
25:18-34:10: Developing The Characters of Tickling The Bear
35:00-42:56: Sustainable Agriculture and Healthy Eating For The Future
42:57-54:05: Achieving and Inspiring a Sustainable Minimalist Lifestyle
54:06-56:09: Contact Information
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| 0:00.0 | What we are as people, in our psyche, in our gut, in our hands, in our hearts, we haven't designed a world where we can actually fit in well. |
| 0:10.4 | And we sort of refuse to make any changes. So my mission has been as a salesman for sustainability. |
| 0:18.7 | How can I convince you that if we slow down a little bit, if we begin to look at what it is we're dismantling, we'll begin to see that if we keep from dismantling it, that's all we really need. All we really need to be happy in this world is a strong culture where people work together and nature that is on the rebound. |
| 0:40.7 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact |
| 0:46.8 | of conscious companies and everyday heroes. Hear inspiring stories from those who put people |
| 0:52.6 | in planet before profit and personal gain. You'll learn |
| 0:55.8 | how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today. Here's your host, |
| 1:01.5 | Karina Belizzi. Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi, an activist who's |
| 1:08.8 | passionate about building a better, more sustainable, |
| 1:11.6 | and truly regenerative future. Every week, I invite you to care a little bit more so that together |
| 1:17.5 | we can all be a little better. Building a community of do-gooders is a big part of our aim here, |
| 1:23.9 | and I've already had the pleasure of connecting with people all over the globe. |
| 1:32.4 | If you want to learn more about what you can do to get involved and be a part of the change that you hope to see in the world, I encourage you to visit care more be better.com. |
| 1:37.7 | Sign up for our newsletter. You'll receive a five-step guide to help unleash your |
| 1:42.5 | interactivist as your welcome gift. If you have thoughts you'd |
| 1:45.9 | like to share, I encourage you to reach out. Send me a note through the website, or you can even |
| 1:50.6 | click the microphone button in the bottom right hand corner and leave me a voicemail. Ask any question, |
| 1:57.0 | suggest a topic, or introduce me to someone that you think we should see featured on this show. |
| 2:02.8 | Because without community suggestions, several of the guests that we've featured, you would never have heard from. |
| 2:09.2 | This will be the second episode that explores the power of fiction to move for positive change as we connect with the environmentalist, filmmaker, and author |
| 2:20.4 | Dave Wan. Dave has written 10 books and produced five TV documentaries about sustainable |
| 2:27.0 | lifestyles and design. He's a proud dad and husband, an amateur musician, and provides |
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