183. Alessandro Pelizzon: On the EU adopting ecocide laws, & media to believe in

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Earlier this year, Associate Professor in Law, Alessandro Pelizzon, was on the podcast talking about some of the latest global paradigm shifting developments in our legal systems. A couple of weeks ago, there was another such development. The EU is going to criminalise severe environmental harms ‘comparable to ecocide’. And related to that, it’s also broaching post-growth economies. All part of broader shifts in deciding what we value most, and how our systems can best change to reflect that.
With this in mind, we also go on to talk about what Alessandro is observing in our media systems - the emergence of a new phase of ‘climate-denialism’, and from some people who have great appeal to many of us, and in a variety of ways, from Elon Musk to Jordan Peterson. How to make sense of that? And to what extent might this be related to the paradigm shifts above?
That leads us to the broader question, what do we do about media? We compare notes on what’s been brewing on and around the podcast lately. And to close, we get a brief update on the Resonant Earth project that Alessandro has co-founded and talked about last time.
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This was recorded on 24 November 2023.
Title slide: from a media release about the EU agreement (source).
Music:
Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, off the soundtrack for the film Regenerating Australia.
Find more:
Hear more from Alessandro, most recently on episode 159 in the northern rivers in April of this year (with further links): on the collapse & renewal of universities, the education we need, & latest on Rights of Nature.
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Chapters

1. Preview, Introduction & Supporter Thanks (00:00:00)

2. Ecocide's Context & Implications in the European Union (00:02:30)

3. This Has Been Brewing in Europe for a Decade (00:05:30)

4. EU Broaching Post-Growth Economies (00:08:40)

5. Observing A New Phase of ‘Climate-Denialism’ Emerging (00:12:45)

6. Dangers of Demagogues and Echo Chambers (00:22:51)

7. What Do We Need to Do With Media? (00:29:20)

8. An Idea for Media Based in Place & the Community Independents Movement (00:34:00)

9. Resonant Earth Update (00:37:30)

10. Music & Outro (00:42:27)