by Len Fisher | 24 Sep 2021 | News, Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing
Very excited to have been invited to speak at the Eighth International Conference on Humanistic Buddhism. I am not a Buddhist per se, but I have great sympathy with many of its aims, and especially with the all-permeating idea of interconnectedness. I will be talking...
by Len Fisher | 24 Sep 2021 | Food & Gastronomy: Media and Writing, Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing
A talk delivered at the meeting “Food Futures in the Anthropocene” (University of Tasmania, November 7-10 (2020)). One of a number of talks and articles where I have been trying to bring people’s attention to the importance of interconnectedness...
by Len Fisher | 17 Jan 2020 | Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing
Very proud to have been invited to do a long “Heroes of Mother Earth” podcast interview, where I argued that the problems the world is facing are interconnected in such a way that sudden large changes are not only inevitable, but also largely...
by Len Fisher | 30 Nov 2019 | My Broadcasts, Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing
The natural environment is a web of connected systems. Change one element and you impact on other elements. The human impact on earth systems is becoming increasingly obvious. In my latest programme for Australian ABC Radio National’s Science Show...
by Len Fisher | 6 Apr 2019 | Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing
This was my entry to a NESTA-sponsored competition on what we may hope for in the way of scientific advances and developments in the next ten years. Didn’t make the final ten, sadly, but I hold by every word. I argue the need for a new Integrated Global Systems...
by Len Fisher | 12 Dec 2018 | Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing
I was proud to be a finalist (14 finalists out of 2702 entrants from 122 countries; https://globalchallenges.org/en/our-work/the-new-shape-prize/finalists) in the recent Global Challenges New Shape competition , which sought suggestions for new approaches to the...