Resetting Humanity's Relationship With Nature: Tim Christophersen On Ecological Restoration
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Tim Christophersen joins us to discuss how to rebuild our relationship with nature through collective action in his latest book, Generation Restoration: How to Fix Our Relationship Crisis with Mother Nature. As a Vice President of Climate Action at Salesforce, Tim has more than 25 years of international experience across the public and private sector, including 15 years with the United Nations Environment Programme.
Drawing from his experiences as a father, farmer, diplomat, and executive, he has dedicated his entire career to achieving harmony between humanity and nature…
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The underlying causes of today's global environmental "polycrisis."
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The dangers of maintaining an extraction-based relationship with nature.
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The ways in which wildlife has suffered at the hands of humans.
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How collective action, technology, and local empowerment can drive large-scale ecological restoration.
Want to learn more about how Tim is inspiring others to reset their relationship with Planet Earth? Listen to this insightful conversation now!
You can follow along with Tim by visiting his website.
Keep up with Tim Christophersen socials here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tim.christophersen/
🛍️ Recommended Books from this Epsiode:
📖 Generation Restoration: How to Fix Our Relationship Crisis with Mother Nature – A powerful call to action on healing our bond with the Earth and restoring the natural world for future generations.
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📘 The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries from a Secret World – A fascinating look into the secret, interconnected world of trees and the wisdom they quietly share.
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📙 The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative – A science-backed exploration of how time in nature improves mood, creativity, stress levels, and overall well-being.
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📕 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants – A beautifully written blend of Indigenous teachings and ecological science that invites deeper connection with the living world.
👉 Discover it here
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| 0:30.3 | This is the Finding Genius podcast with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:37.3 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. My guest today is Tim |
| 0:42.5 | Christofferson. He's the author of Generation Restoration. He sent some time in the |
| 0:47.8 | forests of Northern Europe. He was a child in rural Germany, and he followed his grandfather, |
| 0:52.2 | a forest ranger on walks amongst the trees. He's been many fishing trips and mushroom hunts. So that instilled observation of what his later career would be. Just brief sketch of his bio, but we'll have him talk about the rest. So welcome to him. Thank you. Thank you, Richard. Pleasure to be here. From your intro, you would never guess that I'm now a vice president at a global technology company. |
| 1:12.2 | But yeah, I did have a great childhood in nature. |
| 1:15.2 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:15.8 | All right. |
| 1:16.1 | Well, good. |
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