What Could Possibly Go Right?
In this interview series sponsored by Post Carbon Institute, Vicki Robin, activist and best-selling author on sustainable living, talks with provocative thought leaders about emerging possibilities and ways humanity might step onto a better, post-pandemic path.
What Could Possibly Go Right?
#92 Per Espen Stoknes: Addressing Inequality to Support the Earth for All
Per Espen Stoknes, a psychologist with PhD in economics, is a TED Global speaker, and serves as the director of Centre for Green Growth at the Norwegian Business School. An experienced foresight facilitator and academic, he’s also serial entrepreneur, including co-founding clean-tech company GasPlas. Author of several books, among them Learning from the Future (2004, in Norwegian), Money & Soul (2009) and the “Outstanding Academic Title of 2015” award winning book: What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming (2015). Per Espen has also served as member of Norwegian Parliament.
He answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:
- The work of Earth4All in encouraging a change to systems thinking to address the multiple threats to our survival
- The need to shift our identity beyond self-interested individuals, to earthlings sharing a commons in need of preservation
- The call to let go of American exceptionalism and recognize the innovation taking place across the globe
Resources
- Book: Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity (2022) https://www.earth4all.life/book
