Bernard, Marianne, and Peter discuss sustainable living and whether it's greed or population growth that's destroying the planet (hint: at the Bruderhof we love people). Then a conversation about the feast day of St. Lucy or Santa Lucia and associated customs, some of which Marianne finds unsavory.
Here are some of the links and references from this episode:
* Are the Amish right about new technology? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/nov/03/are-the-amish-right-about-new-technology-oliver-burkeman
* Our relentless consumption is trashing the planet https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/22/black-friday-consumption-killing-planet-growth
* Where the small town American dream lives on https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/13/where-the-small-town-american-dream-lives-on
* Who Will Take Care of the Elderly? https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/09/who-will-take-care-of-americas-elderly/380147/
* Councils may cut social care provision due to underfunding, LGA says https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/30/councils-social-care-provision-cut-warning-local-government-association
* A Trip to St. Kilda, Scotland’s Lost Utopia in the Sea (article about prehensile toes) https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/a-trip-to-st-kilda-scotlands-lost-utopia-in-the-sea
* More about the Kelabit people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelabit_people
* "Community Answers Social and Political Problems" by Eberhard Arnold https://www.plough.com/en/topics/community/communal-living/community-answers-social-and-political-problems
* Life of Robert Southwell https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert-southwell
* New Heaven, New War by Robert Southwell https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50634/new-heaven-new-war
* Benjamin Britten’s setting of New Heaven, New War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Tux6tixN0
* Santa Lucia song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2-Q_ObdE-4
* John Crist's Comedy http://www.johncristcomedy.com/
* "Legacy of Spies" by John Le Carre http://a.co/7VrAzBA
* "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" by John Le Carre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spy_Who_Came_in_from_the_Cold
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