Exploring Sustainability With A Blue Mind | Dr. Scott Ramsey
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
We all have a connection to water. More than the reason that it keeps us alive, we are also connected to nature and its bodies of water. Corinna Bellizzi sits down with Dr. Scott Ramsey, core faculty for Prescott College, who shares how he integrates Blue Mind science in their Sustainability Education doctoral program. They explore how our unique connection to water transcends emotional, cultural, and economic aspects. He also talks about his foundation of the Alaska Outdoor Science School that offers multi-day programs centered on social and environmental justice. Corinna and Dr. Scott also take time to remember Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, marine biologist, author, and creator of Blue Mind science, who recently passed away. Together, they celebrate his efforts that inspired both of them to take care of the environment.
About Dr. Scott Ramsey
Dr. Scott Ramsey (he/him) is core faculty for Prescott College's Sustainability Education doctoral program, teaching a wide range of courses including Climate Advocacy and Praxis, Sustainability Principles and Practice, and Academic Writing.
As a lifelong learner, Scott’s passion for the natural world fuels his desire to teach, engage, and inspire students to create a sustainable and just future through education and stewardship.
Scott’s decades of involvement as a wilderness guide and environmental educator compelled him to start the Alaska Outdoor Science School, which celebrates the wisdom of nature through multi-day programs that highlight the nexus between social and environmental justice.
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https://www.wallacejnichols.org
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| 0:00.0 | What would you say to those naysayers from the dark green side of the aisle? |
| 0:04.0 | Oh, I think there's a lot of wisdom in that, particularly when you think about, like you're saying, what are we sustaining in? |
| 0:09.6 | For who are we sustaining it? |
| 0:11.6 | Are we continually to marginalize groups so that we can sustain privileges, systemic privileges? |
| 0:19.4 | That doesn't seem to be the right word, if that's what |
| 0:22.5 | the goal is. I think it does serve a purpose, however, when you think about, like, if you have two |
| 0:28.1 | extremes, the wording of sustainability and the principles behind sustainability, have certainly moved |
| 0:33.2 | some of those peripheries towards the center, which has been helpful, right? So people just even think about sustainability where in the past they didn't. |
| 0:40.4 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social |
| 0:46.1 | impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:49.8 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:55.1 | You'll learn how you can make a difference. |
| 0:57.0 | Vote with your dollars and get involved today. |
| 1:00.0 | Here's your host, Karina Belizey. |
| 1:04.6 | Hello and welcome to another interview episode of Care More Be Better. |
| 1:09.9 | I have some news to share with all of you today. |
| 1:12.7 | And then we're going to dig into the topic of sustainability education with yet another |
| 1:17.6 | inspiring professor from Prescott College. Okay, it's a bit of story time here. This winter, |
| 1:23.9 | I met Dr. Wallace J. Nichols after having been introduced by a former guest on |
| 1:29.2 | the show, the co-founder of Bioners, Nina Simons. These two incredibly talented and dedicated |
| 1:36.8 | individuals both got me thinking about my personal journey and about what I wanted from the rest |
| 1:42.7 | of my work life. Nina Simon's approach to |
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