We keep hearing that human extinction is possible in our lifetimes. That if we don't change course quickly, de-carbonise our economies, plant trees, and suck carbon from the air, that human civilization could end. But what if that's not true? What if we can survive? What kind of world are we summoning? A concrete world, or a living world? Cut from 'Easter Island, Population Overshoot, and a Global Choice', by Charles Eisenstein. Edited by Matthew Neary. Watch video

"I see a lot of encouraging signs that civilization is returning to an understanding of a living Earth. One of the most hopeful is the permaculture and regenerative agriculture movement, which is not anymore about how do we extract what we want from the land, but how do we take care of the soil and how do we take care of the community of life, knowing that if we do that, it will take care of us too? But really oriented, not just on yields or what we can measure, but it is very much grounded in … Watch video