Today we present an anthology episode with SAND speaker, Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris (1936-2024) who passed in December 2024.
Internationally known as a dynamic speaker, Dr. Sahtouris was an evolution biologist, futurist, professor, author and consultant on Living Systems Design. She taught the relevance of biological systems to organisational design in business, government and society. She was a Fellow of the World Business Academy, an advisor to EthicalMarkets.com and the Masters in Business program at Schumacher College, also affiliated with the Bainbridge Graduate Institute’s MBA program for sustainable business.
Dr. Sahtouris convened two International Symposia on the Foundations of Science and written about integral cosmologies. Her books include A Walk Through TIme: from Stardust to Us, Biology Revisioned, co-authored with Willis Harman, and EarthDance: Living Systems in Evolution.
Topics
- 00:00 Introduction to Elisabet Sahtouris
- 01:11 Indigenous Science and Wisdom
- 04:02 The Living Universe Concept
- 07:04 Western vs. Vedic Science
- 09:16 The Evolution of Scientific Assumptions
- 11:47 Mechanism vs. Organism in Biology
- 12:45 Genetic Engineering and Its Pitfalls
- 15:56 The Role of Consciousness in Evolution
- 17:33 Dying to Live: Evolution through Recycling
- 28:22 The Metaphor of the Butterfly
- 33:58 Advice for Future Generations
- 39:29 Closing Thoughts and Reflections
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