Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything | Bioneers

The award-winning Canadian journalist, international activist and best-selling author (The Shock Doctrine, No Logo) depicts climate change as more than an “issue.” It’s a civilizational wake-up call delivered in the language of fires, floods, storms and droughts. It demands that we challenge the dominant economic policies of deregulated capitalism and endless resource extraction. Climate change is also the most powerful weapon in the fight for equality and social justice, and real solutions are emerging from the rubble of our failing systems.

This speech was given at the 2014 Bioneers Annual Conference.

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[pascoett]

Fair enough. But on the other hand, middle class consumerism has for many people in different nations just started. Young people have more travel miles than my whole family had in two generations, and the people at the Bioneers gathering may have used an airplane too. Branson is not the drug, he's the dealer, giving to people what they want - that's why he's rich. We all want and need cheap technology, mobility and education. But there's a story behind everything: from our food, to our clothing, to our homes, from our education to our work. We're not the better guys because we listen to good speeches or may have something to do with natural environment. We are at once perpetrators and also individuals who chose a certain lifestyle - in many regards completely ignoring our own ecological footsteps. If we want to change the world, we also need to change ourselves.

[jessedouglas]

One of the most POWERful presentations that I have seen / heard / watched on the subject of climate change.
How can we dispute this? 
Thank you, Naomi.

[williammoessinger]

People who are rushing to Branson's defense need to read Klein's book. He has promised to redirect most, if not all of the profits he's accumulated from his most climate-intensive activities into renewable energy. Not only has he failed to do that, he's incentivized customers to use his airlines and fought environmental regulations tooth-and-nail. He is part of the problem.

[benny]

Her book, This Changes Everything, is the most important book written in recent history.  We should heed it's message, now! 

[JasonDeveau]

I respect her views, own all her books...ect. When it comes to Nuclear, we cant afford to ignore Nuclear as a valuable part of the energy of the future.

[aybee]

"Our economic model is at war with life on Earth!" ~ Naomi Klein

[summondadrummin]

We need to Challenge Big Money at its Root- which is the Structuring of the Monetary System. Corporate Dominance is implicit in the how the monetary system is structured.

[curtisgrantham]

Can we build structures in outer space to block sun light from getting to the earth.

[kreatemajik]

Check out Mark Passio's presentation titled
" Tesla and Humanity's Missing Paradigm Shift". Very Important

[miischaqi]

The people that are dismissing Klein's claims should actually read the book. Then do some research on your own. Facts are facts, and science is rarely lies.

[chavruta]

I think it's a little unfair to call Branson a major polluter. Nobody has really come up with an alternative to air travel. And we all need to fly sometimes. It's not like the auto industry where alternatives have been available for decades.

[MilardoWellnessCenterVancouver]

Had me interested until the part where you put down Richard Branson. Stay focused and positive. Richard is a great Inspiration. If we want to change the world, we also need to change ourselves.

[eduardoparra]

Man, I really wonder what happened after this...

[Thaddeus]

Yes... indigenous people will change the world....these movements are winning?

[KnightBiologist]

Come to Blockadia and join the warriors on the front-lines, or grow the food to feed them, or write the letters and send the funds to support them... we need the breakers, the garden growers, and the organizers. Check out  #BXE  and #FERCus  for actions in Washington, DC that will shut the bastards down.

[georgelarson]

Of course she's right.  But try convincing a Republican.  They will never change their minds; they will never think differently about anything.  

[leealexander]

If you happen to be Christian you should know that God told us to be good custodians of the planet. We are failing to do that.

[michaeltreiman]

My anti-primitivist sense is tingling... but she is a good speaker.

[Thaddeus]

Her influence is negligible...she keeps announcing these MOVEMENTS that never arrives!

[nottees]

Alberta just voted in the traditional scapegoat NDP to take the blame for the Conservative's many years and many sins there.