Hello! Chris Searles is director of BioIntegrity Partnerships. In this podcast he reads his blog on how to make the UN's annual climate conferences more meaningful, for all parties. Read the blog here.Select Quotes"Redefine Wealth to Wellth. Wh

Earth vs. The Universe: Biosphere Wins

Apr 28th, 2023 14m 27s

A reading of The Value of Biosphere Earth, part 4: "Earth vs. The Universe" by researcher/author, Chris Searles. In two short paragraphs, and with two simple graphics, Chris dismantles the idea that science fiction is real. In other words, We c

Civilization’s Life-Support System: Biosphere Earth

Apr 14th, 2023 11m 43s

A reading of The Value of Biosphere Earth, part 3: "Ecosystem Services" by researcher/author, Chris Searles. From brain formation to oxygen supply, Earth's other life is responsible for just about everything that makes our lives possible. (Scro

The Life Timeline: Biosphere Earth

Mar 31st, 2023 10m 39s

A definitive summary of the history of Life on Earth, according to the scientific record, from our series, The Value of Biosphere Earth. (Scroll down for citations.) What is the value of Earth's biodiversity to modern Civilization, technology,

It Builds Itself: Biosphere Earth

Mar 17th, 2023 9m 24s

We are rebooting The Value of Biosphere Earth podcast series, starting with a focus on the meaning of the word, biosphere. In this episode, author/researcher Chris Searles reads an extremely-well cited synopsis of the academic research on why o

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Harrison's Week & Big Picture

Jul 22nd, 2022 16m 27s

We're helping "Permaculture Man" Harrison Aron, founder of K'Aron Community Farm in Kenya, raise funds for a fence this week and we need your help! He's very happy after all the support our community has given in the last two weeks. This audio

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Harrison Aron on Water Tanks, Pipes, and a Fence

Jul 14th, 2022 5m 20s

This audio is a segment from several hours of interviews with Harrison Aron, by BioIntegrity founder/director Chris Searles. Unfortunately the video and audio were too inconsistent to present as a whole, so instead we share this important piece

What Do We Do Now?

Apr 28th, 2022 1h 1m

From the Austin Community College Honors Program and Office of Sustainability's Earth Week celebrations, in Austin, TX, Earth Day, 2022: "What do we do now?" presented by Chris Searles, director of BioIntegrity.net. [Watch the Zoom video of thi

Value of Biosphere Earth, 3-Ecosystem Services

Nov 23rd, 2021 13m 57s

Biosphere Earth is the composition of life and living ecosystems that make human life possible. This series, "The Value of Biosphere Earth", seeks to connect people of all backgrounds to a greater relationship with that reality by sharing synop

Value of Biosphere Earth, 2-A Self-Generating "Stack"

Oct 21st, 2021 10m 11s

Value of Biosphere Earth, 1-The Life Timeline

Oct 19th, 2021 6m 52s

Value of Biosphere Earth-Intro

Oct 19th, 2021 5m 4s

Our First Priority. "How are we going to shift our focus from climate change being a technological problem to climate change and the biodiversity extinction crisis being a life-support system problem?" This is the core question that led to the

Speed reading of Earth's "Ecosystem Services"

Oct 7th, 2021 2m 1s

In this podcast, BioIntegrity founder/director Chris Searles offers a kind-of, somewhat, funny reading of a partial list of Earth's Ecosystem Services. This list comes from the new series, "The Value of Biosphere Earth" (VOBE). The VOBE series

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Janene Yazzie on Next Steps

Sep 2nd, 2021 10m 54s

Janene Yazzie is an entrepreneur, community organizer and human rights advocate from the Navajo Nation. She has an extensive bio. Janene is perhaps best known as co-founder/CEO of Sixth World Solutions, a consultancy focused on rights-based app

"The Value of Biosphere Earth"

Aug 24th, 2021 44m 49s

BioIntegrity founder / director, Chris Searles, reads his paper, "The Value of Biosphere Earth" -- an academic consideration of Earth's life-support system as our primary economic, social, climate, and cultural-advancement priority this decade.

Thoughts on Bezos & the Biosphere (A Fundraising Ask)

Jul 23rd, 2021 13m 17s

"We have built our society on a number of paradigms that are not rooted in Life-support system reality." In this podcast, BioIntegrity founder Chris Searles shares on the idea that wealth monarchies have propagated the paradigms that whatever's

BioIntegrity's Six-Legged Table

Jul 8th, 2021 18m 25s

In this podcast BioIntegrity director Chris Searles provides a brief overview of what each table leg means to BioIntegrity's new organizational model and identity, and proposes the world's .1% wealthiest entities (individuals, corporations, fun

Fundraising Ask + Big Thoughts on Drought Response

Jul 8th, 2021 12m 7s

Donate to BioIntegrityDonate to BioIntegrity here! Covered in this podcastThank you Jane Lowrimore, Linda Miller-Raff and Dr. Anne-Marie Thomas for their recent donations! Thank you also to CJ Abdo, new monthly contributor!The fundraising ask (

Response to "The Amazon used to be the lungs of the planet. Not anymore"

Mar 11th, 2021 9m 32s

Thoughts on the severity of the day — biospheric recession and becoming the “next” generation. This podcast is re: the recent Fast Company article, "The Amazon used to be 'the lungs of the planet.' Not anymore" and related academic research. Sc

Response to "UN says World has 10 months," and an update on BioIntegrity 2.0

Mar 4th, 2021 18m 42s

On Feb. 26, 2021, The United Nations published a report which clarified that nations have 10 months to get serious on their climate pledges. Here's a response to that, for the BioIntegrity community, from BioIntegrity founder/director, Chris Se

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