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Juliette Deseilligny is based in Paris. She is an ecosophist, an artist, a writer, a zero-waster, a rewilding advocate. With Juliette, we talked about being homeschooled and the opportunities it offered, art as a way to respond to big questions, upcycling, movement, sedentary living and its implications on sustainability, low tech lifestyle, the necessity of anger to take action, and the importance of dialogue and having conversations in a caring environment.

Lis Dingjan has a background in design, international development and law, and community building. She splits her time between several organisations she founded - the experience design studio Identity Division, a community centre in Cambodia, a social enterprise Nowhere and Everywhere where she advocates for climate change, biodiversity, systemic issues, waste and climate justice, and Skwoodle, a children environmental and social teaching platform. With Lis, we talked about nurturing creativity, the shift to new business models, ecogrief, friendships in times of climate crisis, the population debate, space mining, and the greenwashing of Amazon. Full transcript and references mentioned in this episode: http://www.gosimone.org/episode-23-lis-dingjan-systems-thinking-response-to-the-climate-crisis

Sarah Hanson-Young has been senator for South Australia since 2008, representing the Australian Greens. With Sarah, we talked about human rights activism, feminism, what a Green New Deal should look like, systemic greed in today's world, and being real. The transcript and references mentioned in this episode can be found on Go Simone's website: www.gosimone.org/episode-22-sarah-hanson-young-addressing-climate-change-australian-political-bubble

Corinna Dengler studied Economics, Development Studies, and Socio-ecological Economics and Policy in Vienna, Moscow and Quito. Her research focuses on making degrowth more feminist and on how care can be organized in a degrowth society. With Corinna, we talked about why degrowth is ecologically necessary, the need for a gender-equitable society transformation, degrowth and the Global South and the need to find out what a good life is. All the references mentioned in this episode can be found on Go Simone's website: http://gosimone.org/episode-21-corinna-dengler-feminist-degrowth-care-full-radical-transformation/

Heather Alexander is an assistant professor in forest ecology in Auburn University, United States. She is an expert in the areas of forest, fire and disturbance ecology. She studies the impacts of changing fire regimes of forest succession, dynamics influence of tree traits on forest flammability and the consequences of changing forest composition on forest ecosystem function. With Heather, we talked about the impacts of increasing wildfire severity on forests, how the melting permafrost affect them, the Sergei Zimov experiment and the Pleistocene Park project in Siberia, the benefits and cons of reforestation and offsetting programs, "playing God" with the environment and ecosystems, and scientists and the activism dilemma. Transcript and references of this episode are available on Go Simone's website: http://gosimone.org/episode-20-heather-alexander-forest-ecology/