{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"99: Unless Someone Like You Cares a Whole Awful Lot","description":"Who can we count on to make the dramatic changes needed in a civilization in ecological overshoot? Will it have to be the leaders of tomorrow? And are they up to it? We take the pulse of students at the University of Denver just wrapping up an ecological economics class. The class conversation took place in May, 2025. &amp;nbsp;Special thanks to Professor Paul Sutton for devoting a class period to this conversation (incidentally, Paul has since retired from teaching and joined the board of GrowthBusters). MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Is the Colorado River in a Climate Doom Loop? - by Gary Wockner Gary was a guest on episode 91 of the GrowthBusters podcast a year ago: Growth Addiction and Water in the American Southwest Bright Future Project \u2013 Dave Gardner\u2019s presidential campaign platform GrowthBusters Campus Tour  Give Us Feedback:  Record a voice message for us to play on the podcast: 719-402-1400 Send an email to podcast at growthbusters.org  The GrowthBusters theme song was written and produced by Jake Fader and sung by Carlos Jones. On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society\u2019s growth addiction (economic\/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture\u2019s obsession with, and pursuit of, growth. Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared \u201ccould be the most important film ever made.\u201d Co-host, and self-described &quot;energy nerd,&quot; Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law &amp;amp; Policy. Join the GrowthBusters online community GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth \u2013 free on YouTube Join the conversation on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Bluesky Make a donation to support this non-profit project. Archive of&amp;nbsp;GrowthBusters podcast episodes Subscribe to GrowthBusters email updates Explore the issues at&amp;nbsp;growthbusters.org View the GrowthBusters channel on YouTube  Follow the podcast so you don't miss an episode:  &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"GrowthBusters","author_url":"http:\/\/www.growthbusters.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42347710\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/8dcddf\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/204857965"}