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Reflections on the Voluntary Carbon Market

Takeaways from a few years in a strange industry
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Nature, Climate, or Justice
Occasionally in harmony, often at odds.
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David Valerio
What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him?
Catholic Social Teaching's Anthropological Response to Artificial Intelligence
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David Valerio
Candice Ammori on Community Building, Climate Tech, and Accepting Reality
"Capitalism in its current form will not survive both AI and climate change."
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David Valerio
59:50
Grant Mulligan on Absurdism, Wildlife Biology, and Positive-Sum Environmentalism
"Zero-sum thinking says if we let anything get built, we've lost nature for good. Positive-sum thinking lets human ingenuity and nature's resilience…
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David Valerio
1:06:27
Silas Mähner on Catholicism, Climate Tech Recruiting, and Stewarding Earth
"I believe that we're given certain skills for ourselves, but the things we do are meant to give back to others and bring them to God."
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David Valerio
1:03:08
Max Joshua on Space Science, Methane Monitoring, and LGBTQ+ Advocacy
"We're connected to each other and to the world in ways which are somewhat inexplicable by science. There is more than just science. There's more than…
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David Valerio
1:02:18
Heidi Steltzer on Earth Science, Mysticism, and Theology
"The solution can't only be in the material world. It has to include other ways of knowing and being, a reintegration of the magical, the mystical, the…
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David Valerio
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