Solutions Pod

Dr. Jason Snyder & The End of Civilization As We Know It! (+ reasons to be optimistic)

Episode Summary

Solutions Pod episode 007 welcomes Dr. Jason Snyder, a professor at Appalachian State's Department of Sustainable Development to talk about bioregional regeneration, metamodern localism, homesteading, the end of civilization as we know it, and why he's optimistic. In this episode, we ask Jason why he's optimistic even as civilization continues to break down and explore how movements like permaculture can act as bridges between politically divided people. Jason also explains what bioregional regeneration and metamodern localism are and how these can be valuable tools for transitioning into a better type of civilization.

Episode Notes

Solutions Pod episode 007 welcomes Dr. Jason Snyder, a professor at Appalachian State's Department of Sustainable Development to talk about bioregional regeneration, metamodern localism, homesteading, the end of civilization as we know it, and why he's optimistic. 
In this episode, we ask Jason why he's optimistic even as civilization continues to break down and explore how movements like permaculture can act as bridges between politically divided people. Jason also explains what bioregional regeneration and metamodern localism are and how these can be valuable tools for transitioning into a better type of civilization. 

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8:21 - What is bioregionalism and why it’s important? 
11:37 - Without the support of the government, how can people initiate bioregionalism? 
16:09 - Cosmo-localism 
19:40 - What communities start doing community agriculture and homesteading? 
23:42 - Power-centralisation and ecomodernism 
28:30 - Jason’s personal story Ironically for a localist to align you need to have a planetary vision. 
37:55 - Cosmopolitanism and cosmo-localism 
41:40 - Meno-modernism or meno-modern-localism 
46:30 - Community bottom-upwards 
48:45 - The difference between left- & right-localists and what unites them 
53:54 - How do you live well within the limits of the Earth 
56:14 - Concluding thoughts 

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