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S5 E11: Change Everything

December 15, 2021·56 min·5 clips

Dirk Philipsen reveals how GDP values cutting down trees over preserving them, exposing a system driving ecological collapse.

This final episode of Scene on Radio's season on climate and culture explores how societies must undergo profound cultural and economic transformations to address the climate emergency. It critiques GDP-driven capitalism, proposes alternatives like the common good economy, and connects these changes to racial justice, reparations, and indigenous land stewardship, emphasizing the need for democratic, multi-generational action.

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A wide-ranging case for structural reform, grounded in climate pressure and a stark pay-gap example.

Scene on Radio treats this episode as a serious argument for epoch-level change, moving from U.S. politics to climate emergency and then to Christian Felber's idea of an economy for the common good.

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Follow a sharp turn from political instability into a proposal for economic rules that reward democracy.

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