Satish Kumar: Spiritual Ecology (In Conversation) by Upstream published on 2016-03-29T20:36:22Z In this interview we hear from Satish Kumar: former monk, author, editor of Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine, long-time peace & environmental activist, founder of Schumacher College, and TED Talk alumnus. We spoke about going upstream, the fallacies of economic growth & consumption, the principles of Buddhist and Gandhian economics, what a real sharing economy looks like, and dream time. Intermission music by "a million creatures". Genre Interview Comment by Eden Cope Capitalism and hierarchy are the cause of the problem. Our view of dominion over and commodification of nature, rather than being equal and a part of nature itself. Wage labor and private ownership of land or factories are hierarchies that are a part of capitalism. 2018-05-14T22:31:04Z
