{"id":23477,"date":"2011-09-07T09:59:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T16:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=23477"},"modified":"2011-09-08T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T20:58:30","slug":"frances-moore-lappe-urges-activists-to-change-mental-frames-develop-an-ecomind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2011\/09\/07\/frances-moore-lappe-urges-activists-to-change-mental-frames-develop-an-ecomind\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Moore Lapp\u00e9 Urges Activists To Change Mental Frames, Develop an &#8220;Ecomind&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-090711\/2011_09_07_lappe.mp3\">Listen to this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-090711\/2011_09_07_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=35% src=\"http:\/\/images.betterworldbooks.com\/156\/Ecomind-Moore-Lappe-Frances-9781568586830.jpg\" alt=\"Frances Moore Lappe\" \/>With the increased intensity of hurricanes this season &#8211; a predicted outcome of global warming, the future of our planet looks grim. For those of us who embrace environmental justice, driving hybrid cars, recycling as fervently as possible, shopping for locally produced foods, or even working actively through political organizations, times are discouraging. We&#8217;re past the tipping point on global warming we&#8217;re told, and now is the time to not only stop fossil-fuel consumption, but also adapt to our changing climate. But Frances Moore Lapp\u00e9, acclaimed author of the best-selling Diet for a Small Planet, says in her latest book EcoMind, &#8220;central to our ability to solve a problem is how we perceive the challenge, how we frame it\u2014 that \u201cseeing\u201d determines our capacity for doing, and certainly for effective doing.&#8221; The award-winning thinker and philosopher takes on the seven most common frames for viewing the world that she says &#8220;trap&#8221; us into being less effective activists. Among the &#8220;thought traps&#8221; are using phrases like &#8220;economic growth and consumerism is bad for the planet,&#8221; that &#8220;the earth is running out of resources,&#8221; that &#8220;human beings are selfish and greedy and we have to overcome our human nature to save the planet,&#8221; etc. Frances Moore Lapp\u00e9 challenges the frames and language we use to offer positive solutions that can help us develop what she calls an &#8220;EcoMind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: Frances Moore Lapp\u00e9 is the author of EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want (Nation Books, 2011) and 17 other books including the best-selling Diet for a Small Planet which sold 3 million copies. She is the co-founder of three national organizations that explore the roots of hunger, poverty and environmental crises, as well as solutions now emerging worldwide through what she calls Living Democracy. With her daughter Anna Lapp\u00e9, she co-directs the Small Planet Institute based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Frances Moore Lapp\u00e9 will be discussing her book Ecomind on Wednesday September 7th at 7 pm at All Saints Church in Pasadena, 132 North Euclid Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the increased intensity of hurricanes this season &#8211; a predicted outcome of global warming, the future of our planet looks grim. For those of us who embrace environmental justice, driving hybrid cars, recycling as fervently as possible, shopping for locally produced foods, or even working actively through political organizations, times are discouraging. 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