One Planet Podcast · Climate Change, Politics, Sustainability, Environmental Solutions, Renewable Energy, Activism, Biodiversity, Carbon Footprint, Wildlife, Regenerative Agriculture, Circular Economy, Extinction, Net-Zero
The story of our environment may well be the most important story this century. We focus on issues facing people and the planet. Leading environmentalists, organizations, activists, and conservationists discuss meaningful ways to create a better and more sustainable future.
Participants include United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, European Environment Agency, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, European Commission, EARTHDAY·ORG, Greenpeace, IPCC Lead Authors, WWF, PETA, Climate Analytics, NASA, UN Development Program, Solar Impulse Foundation, 15-Minute City Movement, Energy Watch Group, Peter Singer, 350.org, UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Global Witness, Global Institute for Water Security, EarthLife Africa, Planetary Health Alliance, Ocean Protection Council, among others.
Interviews are conducted by artist, activist, and educator Mia Funk with the participation of students and universities around the world. One Planet Podcast Is part of The Creative Process’ environmental initiative.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 44
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Who Defends the Defenders? UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders MICHEL FORST
“My mandate focuses on the protection of those trying to protect the planet. Protection of defenders is my main topic. When I'm speaking to states or companies, it's always related to cases of defend…
00:12:44 |
Sun 19 Jan 2025
Why is it a Crime to Protest the Destruction of Our Planet? with MICHEL FORST
Who Defends the Defenders? In many countries, the state response to peaceful environmental protest is increasingly to repress rather than to enable and protect those who wish to speak up for the envi…
00:39:43 |
Sun 19 Jan 2025
How to change our extractive mindset to a regenerative mindset? PAUL SHRIVASTAVA - Highlights
“Climate change is here. It's already causing devastation to the most vulnerable populations. We are living with an extractive mindset, where we are extracting one way out of the life system of the E…
00:15:00 |
Tue 14 Jan 2025
The Club of Rome & The Limits to Growth w/ Co-President PAUL SHRIVASTAVA
Less than two weeks into the new year and the world’s wealthiest 1% have already used their fair share of the global carbon budget allocated for 2025. 2024 was hottest year on record. How can we chan…
00:44:15 |
Sat 11 Jan 2025
Can We Redefine Our Relationship with Nature? Scientists, Writers & Activists Share Solutions
What can we learn from whales, the ways they communicate, and how their life cycle affects whole ecosystems, absorbing carbon and helping cool the planet? How have we contributed to the ecological de…
00:14:13 |
Fri 27 Dec 2024
Voices for the Planet: Scientists, Activists, Farmers & Filmmakers Speak Out
How can we learn to speak the language of the Earth and cultivate our intuitive intelligence? What lessons can we learn from non-human animals about living in greater harmony with nature? How have …
00:14:12 |
Mon 16 Dec 2024
Examining Technology’s Impact on the Environment, Art & Society - Philosophers, Scientists & Artists discuss the Future
How can we shape technology’s impact on society? How do social media algorithms influence our democratic processes and personal well-being? Can AI truly emulate human creativity? And how will its pur…
00:11:06 |
Sun 01 Dec 2024
Climate Change, Creativity & The Power of Storytelling to Shape Our World w/ Neil Gaiman, Ada Limón, Jericho Brown, E.J. Koh, Marge Piercy & Max Stossel
This episode explores the enduring power of storytelling to shape our world and illuminate the human experience. Writers Neil Gaiman, Ada Limón, Jericho Brown, E.J. Koh, Marge Piercy, and Max Stossel…
00:25:35 |
Fri 22 Nov 2024
JULIAN LENNON on Art, Empathy, Creativity & Mother Earth - Highlights
“I think a lot of joy comes from helping others. One of the things that I've been really focusing on is finding that balance in life, what’s real and what’s true and what makes you happy. How can you…
00:18:34 |
Fri 08 Nov 2024
Life’s Fragile Moments with JULIAN LENNON - Photographer, Environmentalist, Musician, Filmmaker
What is the power of photography? How do images and songs bookmark our lives, reminding us of what we care about, who we love, and what it means to be alive?
Julian Lennon is a Grammy-nominated sing…
00:55:58 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
The New Indonesian Regime & Revitalizing the Decolonial Critique
Today, Sunday morning, October 20, former general Prabowo Subianto is being sworn in as Indonesia’s new president. In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu and Aze…
01:10:12 |
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers & Out of the Darkness: The Germans 1942 to 2022 w/ FRANK TRENTMANN
"Consumption is a tricky business. We've moved ourselves into a situation where on the one hand, we now recognize that possessions are an important source of identity. Most of us believe people shoul…
00:17:03 |
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Consciousness, AI & Creativity with DUSTIN O’HALLORAN - Emmy Award-winning Composer
What will happen when Artificial General Intelligence arrives? What is the nature of consciousness? How are music and creativity pathways for reconnecting us to our humanity and the natural world?
Du…
00:51:02 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
Songs of Nature - Musicians, Writers, Ecologists, Philosophers on the Mysteries of the Natural World
“The natural world has its own sonic language. Its own fingerprints. And that's one of the beautiful things about being out here. There is another acoustic environment, another sort of sonic fingerpr…
00:09:25 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
BRIAN DAVID JOHNSON - Author of The Future You: How to Create the Life You Always Wanted - Futurist in Residence, ASU’s Center for Science & the Imagination
Brian David Johnson is Futurist in Residence at Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination, a professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and the Director …
00:47:15 |
Fri 03 Nov 2023
APRIL GORNIK - Artist, Environmentalist, Co-founder of The Church: Arts & Creativity Center
April Gornik is known for her large scale landscape paintings which embrace the vastness of sea and sky. Her imagined landscapes, built up through a series of underpaintings are meditations on light …
00:52:12 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Actress CATHERINE CURTIN (Stranger Things) & Artistic Director KATE MUETH (Neo-Political Cowgirls)
Why do we make art? What can the performing arts teach us about how to engage in dialogues to overcome conflict and division?
Our guests today are actress Catherine Curtin and artistic director Kate…
00:19:21 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
DAVID FENTON - Founder of Fenton Communications, Author of The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons From 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator
How can we effectively communicate that we're moving beyond climate change to a state of climate crisis? The trapped heat energy on Earth is equal to a million Atomic bombs going off every single day…
00:49:41 |
Thu 03 Aug 2023
SERGEI GURIEV - Economist - Provost of SciencesPo - Co-author of Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
What is a spin dictator? What does tyranny look like in the 21st century? Why is populism on the rise? And how do we reinvent democracy?
Sergei Guriev is the co-author of Spin Dictators: The Changin…
00:38:42 |
Tue 04 Jul 2023
What Kind of World Are We Leaving for Future Generations? - Part 3 - Activists, Environmentalists & Teachers Share their Stories
Listen to Part 3 of this Special Series with music courtesy of composer Max Richter.
Voices on this episode:
PAULA PINHO, Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General …
00:17:00 |
Tue 02 May 2023
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