23. Philip Clayton - Ecological Civilization

Episode 23 of the Western Friend Podcast features a conversation with teacher, speaker, author, scholar, and activist Philip Clayton. He is president of the Institute for Ecological Civilization ("EcoCiv") and the Institute for Postmodern Development of China.  On this Episode with community, he examines questions like: Is it simple to live simply? And just how complicated, or simple, it is to attain ecological civilization?

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:30 What are "ecological civilization" and "EcoCiv"?
• 5:05 Quaker values and ecological civilization
• 8:50 Towards an ecological civilization
• 11:30 The business point-of-view
• 18:06 Counter-cultural practices and values of Friends
• 28:18 Why are Friends so slow to protect the planet?
• 33:28 About "truth to power" and partnering with industry
• 35:55 Mainline reform versus radical action
• 45:14 Individual change versus policy change
• 48:48 Potential patterns of global change . . . and local change
• 58:25 Closing comments