30 min
#09 Connecting with a Tree with Dr. Laura Pustarfi The Meaning Quotient
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- Society & Culture
In Davos 2020, the world leaders pledge to plant 1 trillion trees to save forests and climate. However, when we looked around Davos around 1/3rd of the trees were dying.
William Blake said, "The trees that move some to the tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way." It is not enough to plant the trees but also to develop a new relationship with them so that we can develop a new relationship with ourselves.
In this candid conversation with Dr. Laura Pustarfi, we will learn why connecting with a tree is important, and how we can foster this connection. Interwoven with her own personal story, this interesting conversation opens a portal to see how trees can provide the meaning of life.
Laura Pustarfi, Ph.D., is a writer, creative, and integral ecologist. Her work is at the intersection of philosophy, ecology, and religion. She earned her doctorate at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and her dissertation is titled Arboreality: Revisioning Trees in the Western Paradigm. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her website is laurapustarfi.com.
In Davos 2020, the world leaders pledge to plant 1 trillion trees to save forests and climate. However, when we looked around Davos around 1/3rd of the trees were dying.
William Blake said, "The trees that move some to the tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way." It is not enough to plant the trees but also to develop a new relationship with them so that we can develop a new relationship with ourselves.
In this candid conversation with Dr. Laura Pustarfi, we will learn why connecting with a tree is important, and how we can foster this connection. Interwoven with her own personal story, this interesting conversation opens a portal to see how trees can provide the meaning of life.
Laura Pustarfi, Ph.D., is a writer, creative, and integral ecologist. Her work is at the intersection of philosophy, ecology, and religion. She earned her doctorate at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and her dissertation is titled Arboreality: Revisioning Trees in the Western Paradigm. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her website is laurapustarfi.com.
30 min