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Transforming Misfortune

From: A World of Possibilities
Length: 00:55:02

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It’s clear that the economic collapse of 2008 – the second “September shock” after 2001 – will have a more enduring impact than most of us once supposed. Today we’ll meet two individuals who’ve pursued and long advocated ways of life based not on lifestyles of the rich and famous but on our enduring capacities for creativity, imagination and love. And, they’ve traced how what we choose to do as individuals can reshape the nature of the larger world. Read the full description.

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Piece Description

It’s clear that the economic collapse of 2008 – the second “September shock” after 2001 – will have a more enduring impact than most of us once supposed.   Today we’ll meet two individuals who’ve pursued and long advocated ways of life based not on lifestyles of the rich and famous but on our enduring capacities for creativity, imagination and love.  And, they’ve traced how what we choose to do as individuals can reshape the nature of the larger world.
Guests:
John Robbins, Author, The New Good Life and Diet for a New America; social activist, and humanitarian.
Betsy Taylor, Breakthrough Strategies & Solutions; Founder and former CEO, Center for a New American Dream; Founder and Board President of 1Sky  

Additional Credits

Host & Executive Producer: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Naihma Deady, Matt Fidler
Distribution: Stacey Winslow