EP51: How the health of the planet relates to the health of humanity - Nat Geo's Dr. Enric Sala
Guest
Dr. Enric Sala
Role
National Geographic’s Explorer-in-Residence and the founder of Pristine Seas
His new Book
Background
Most of us recognize that complex ecosystems connect as one on Earth, and at the center of almost each of them is humanity. Yet the irony of advanced intelligence is we’ve unwittingly exploited each of those ecosystems to the brink of destruction.
Why we need the wild
In his new book, THE NATURE OF NATURE: Why We Need the Wild, Dr. Enric Sala makes the case for why protecting our ecosystems is crucial not only to our economic health but our very survival.
Episode Brief
National Geographic’s Explorer-in-Residence and the founder of Pristine Seas, Dr. Enric Sala, joins us on this week’s episode to discuss:
The irrefutable link that binds human and economic health to the health of the planet
The top offenders destroying the world around us
How to get people to change their everyday behaviors
His upcoming book, THE NATURE OF NATURE: Why We Need the Wild
How garbage in the Andaman Sea affects a family in Minnesota?
COVID and nature’s great recovery
The three key opportunity areas businesses and policymakers should focus on
Credits
HOST
Peter Levin
PRODUCTION
Dan Mahoney
MUSIC
Eddie Knuckles