Stephen Lezak's guest appearances

Stephen Lezak

How to Save the World

Emergence Magazine Podcast

How to Save the World | The Psychology & Science of Environmental Behavior

Kyodo williams

Emma Marris

Jake Skeets

Sandor Katz

Martin Shaw

Dietmar Offenhuber

David Zilber

Joanna Macy

Michael McCarthy

Robert Macfarlane

Nick Hunt

Thomas Merton

Lia Purpura

Carl Phillips

Paul Elie

OwlTail

Stephen Lezak is a PhD Candidate in the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. His work focuses on the politics of climate change in the context of communities and landscapes in the North American Arctic. In this essay, Stephen explores the paradoxical human narratives that overlay the Arctic landscape—a frontier, a paradise, a marker of our destruction of the planet—as he bears witness to a place that is teetering in an uneasy balance between eternity and loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Lezak is a PhD Candidate in the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. His work focuses on the politics of climate change in the context of communities and landscapes in the North American Arctic. In this essay, Stephen explores the paradoxical human narratives that overlay the Arctic landscape—a frontier, a paradise, a marker of our destruction of the planet—as he bears witness to a place that is teetering in an uneasy balance between eternity and loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Meltwater: A Timepiece for the Arctic – Stephen Lezak

Why do some people seem to consider environmental issues deeply, while others glance over our greatest earthly challenges and seem to hardly care? Our capacity for a “systems thinking” mindset can help tell us to answer why. Today’s guest, research psychologist and geographer Stephan Lezak, conducted a study that measured people’s tendency towards systems thinking and how this correlated to their environmental values. He found that people who rank higher as systems thinkers substantially consider environmental issues to be more important. In this fascinating conversation, we discuss what it takes to see the grey areas and the vast interconnectedness in a complicated world, the mistakes we make in our reasoning, and how we can build a new generation of systems thinkers in schools and universities today.  Sign up to join the live "Fitbit for the Planet" group calls at katiepatrick.com/fitbit. Follow Stephan Lezak Twitter @StephenLezak  Follow Katie Patrick Get a copy of How to Save the World on Amazon katiepatrick.com Twitter @katiepatrick Instagram @katiepatrickhello LinkedIn Support the podcast Contribute a monthly donation at patreon.com/katiepatrick to help me continue to make these episodes possible. Thank you to Jordan, Nader, Mike, Gary, Alex, Ben, Dee, and Ian for contributing! Xx

Why do some people seem to consider environmental issues deeply, while others glance over our greatest earthly challenges and seem to hardly care? Our capacity for a “systems thinking” mindset can help tell us to answer why. Today’s guest, research psychologist and geographer Stephan Lezak, conducted a study that measured people’s tendency towards systems thinking and how this correlated to their environmental values. He found that people who rank higher as systems thinkers substantially consider environmental issues to be more important. In this fascinating conversation, we discuss what it takes to see the grey areas and the vast interconnectedness in a complicated world, the mistakes we make in our reasoning, and how we can build a new generation of systems thinkers in schools and universities today. Sign up to join the live "Fitbit for the Planet" group calls at <a href="http://katiepatrick.com/fitbit" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">katiepatrick.com/fitbit</a>. Follow Stephan Lezak <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenLezak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter @StephenLezak</a> Follow Katie Patrick <a href="https://amzn.to/2Z4jivL" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get a copy of How to Save the World on Amazon</a> <a href="https://katiepatrick.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">katiepatrick.com</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/katiepatrick" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter @katiepatrick</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katiepatrickhello/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram @katiepatrickhello</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-patrick-4474499/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> Support the podcast Contribute a monthly donation at <a href="https://patreon.com/katiepatrick" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/katiepatrick</a> to help me continue to make these episodes possible. Thank you to Jordan, Nader, Mike, Gary, Alex, Ben, Dee, and Ian for contributing! Xx

Why Systems Thinkers are Better for the Planet, Stephen Lezak PhD Ep3