EPISODE SUMMARY
In this special episode of Reboot Business, we revisit a powerful conversation with Paul Watson, the legendary captain and founder of Sea Shepherd. Paul, currently imprisoned for his activism, discusses his biocentric worldview, the importance of ocean conservation, and the role of aggressive nonviolence in environmental activism. This episode is a reminder that the business world can only thrive if the living world does.
What do we talk about ?
0:00 Intro
02:16 Biocentrism: if the oceans die we die
06:30 The forms of activism
08:18 Why pirates
10:32 Aggressive nonviolence
15:59 The moving concept of law, the role of lobbies and governments
21:19 Successes
24:42 The Captain Paul Watson Foundation
30:41 Back to the forms of activism
32:36 Dealing with Climate Change
36:44 The economics of extinction
38:24 Paul’s tipping point
40:45 Are you ready to die to save a whale?
42:01 Homo Arrogantis
44:23 Why bees, worms and trees are more important than humans
45:04 Looking back
48:20 There is no such thing as sustainable fishing
49:12 The essential role of the oceans
50:49 The shifting baseline
51:39 The responsible: back to lobbying
53:00 There is no such thing as hope
54:16 The Planet Ocean
55:35 Outro
Impact
Lorsque l’on réimagine la finance comme centrée sur les citoyens et dirigée par les entreprises, elle peut créer des impacts sociaux et environnementaux significatifs, à condition que les cadres politiques et juridiques le permettent.
Un système écoféministe est un système qui prend en compte l’ensemble des parties prenantes, un système inclusif
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