Discussing the documentary: 8 Billion Angels, with Terry Spahr
Channel: Inside Ideas
Date: 2021-06-24

Terry Spahr is my guest on Episode 106 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.

Terry is the Executive Director of Earth Overshoot, a nonprofit dedicated to making nature and its resources central to all personal and public decision-making through targeted education and advocacy. 

Terry, a filmmaker, naturalist, and environmental activist is an expert on sustainability and the intersection of human consumption and population as the primary drivers of environmental destruction. 

Spahr is the producer of the 2020 documentary, 8 Billion Angels, which establishes the connection between unsustainable population growth and our global environmental emergencies including climate change. Through compelling stories, the film lifts the veil on a critical topic often purposely relegated to the shadows of our personal, political, and international conversations. 

Spahr is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts & Sciences and The Fels Center of Government. He had a 25-year career in the insurance, investment, and real estate industries and is a former board member of the Long & Foster Companies as well as their philanthropic arm. A sought-after speaker. He has presented at numerous conferences and forums, spoken on radio and podcasts, and is a contributor to environmental publications and blogs. 

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00:00 - Discussing the documentary: 8 Billion Angels
00:41 - Introduction Inside Ideas guest Terry Spahr on Episode 106 with Marc Buckley
01:20 - Producer of the documentary 8 Billion Angels
03:17 - How have you weathered this crazy time?
06:45 - Substantial changes in the environment
07:30 - Human impact crises 
09:45 - Behind the scenes 
10:00 - Earth overshoot day - Mathis Wackernagel on episode 99: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2wkQftEoWU
11:55 - Global footprint network www.footprintnetwork.org
15:30 - Planetary systems are failing
17:58 - Sustainable population growth
18:49 - Do you feel like a global citizen? 
22:45 - Human condition
25:05 - Population is a sensitive subject
28:10 - A sustainable lifestyle globally
29:59 - Social justice issue
30:40 - India 
32:15 - Steve Pinker, Hans Rossling on data
36:18 - Grow smaller gracefully
39:05 - Educate girls 
40:11 - Empower woman and girls 
41:35 - Infrastructure that provides basic needs
43:10 - Civilisation frameworks
45:04 - Foresight and wisdom
50:14 - W.E.I.R.D society
51:46 - Emotions moves people 
53:35 - Showing all sides in the documentary
58:40 - Sustainable Development Goals 
59:30 - What's the Future plan? 
1:02:52 - Shift the narrative
1:05:52 - Educational journey
1:06:19 - Dystopian visions 
1:09:17 - Describe Hope
1:15:21 - The burning question, WTF - What’s the Future?
1:16:56 - Sustainable Takeaway
1:17:32 - What should young persons in your field think about?
1:18:34 - What I wished I knew from the start