65 What Do College Students Think Their Future Holds?

OK, boomers, we blew it. Our best hope is that younger generations are aware and smart enough to save the planet. What do they know, and what are their planet-saving intentions? We went straight to the source, and sat down with a University of Denver Ecological Economics class to get their perspective. This conversation explores awareness and solutions – for inequity, poverty, hunger, and overconsumption, but mainly for the climate crisis and overshoot.

A very big thanks to Professor Paul Sutton and the members of his Ecological Economics class:

Angie
Cody
Tim
Uma Baysal
Taynah Fernandes
Matt Gartland
Christian Giles
Katie Johnson
KJ Jumper
Melissa Kreppein
Juanlin Lin
Zein Massoud
Ava Moin
Katherine Sweeney
Gui Zeng

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Engagement/Outreach Part-Time Position Open at GrowthBusters
https://www.growthbusters.org/part-time-position-open-join-the-growthbusters-team/

Climate Anxiety in Children and Young People and Their Beliefs About Government Responses to Climate Change: A Global Survey
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2542-5196%2821%2900278-3

World Leaders COP Out - Episode 62 of the GrowthBusters podcast
https://www.growthbusters.org/world-leaders-cop-out/

Keeping Human Rights in Family Planning Policy as Depopulation Fears Mount – by Sam Sellers
https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2022/01/keeping-human-rights-family-planning-policy-depopulation-fears-mount/

Is Parenthood an Entitlement? - Episode 64 of the GrowthBusters podcast
https://www.growthbusters.org/is-parenthood-an-entitlement/

The Causes and Consequences of Depopulation - Conference
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/calendar/conferences/the-causes-and-consequences-of-depopulation

YouTube Playlist of conference
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNxGCu8j-xgKN3nm8oiqOeB6-KkVAvlFj

When Baby Well Runs Dry
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/special-reports/2259507/when-baby-well-runs-dry

Will Rotterdam Make Way for Jeff Bezos, Lord of the Seas?  https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/02/what-will-happen-to-the-bezos-superyacht.html

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