65 What Do College Students Think Their Future Holds?

<p class="p1">OK, boomers, you blew it. Our best hope is that younger generations are aware and smart enough to save the planet. What do they know, and what are their planet-saving intentions? We went straight to the source, and sat down with a University of Denver Ecological Economics class to get their perspective. This conversation explores awareness and solutions – for inequity, poverty, hunger, and overconsumption, but mainly for the climate crisis and overshoot.</p> <p class="p1">A very big thanks to Professor Paul Sutton and the members of his Ecological Economics class:</p> <p class="p1">Angie<br /> Cody<br /> Tim<br /> Uma Baysal<br /> Taynah Fernandes<br /> Matt Gartland<br /> Christian Giles<br /> Katie Johnson<br /> KJ Jumper<br /> Melissa Kreppein<br /> Juanlin Lin<br /> Zein Massoud<br /> Ava Moin<br /> Katherine Sweeney<br /> Gui Zeng</p> <p class="p1"><strong><br /> MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Engagement/Outreach Part-Time Position Open at GrowthBusters<br /> <a href= "https://www.growthbusters.org/part-time-position-open-join-the-growthbusters-team/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.growthbusters.org/part-time-position-open-join-the-growthbusters-team/</a></p> <p class="p1"><em>Climate Anxiety in Children and Young People and Their Beliefs About Government Responses to Climate Change: A Global Survey<br /></em><span class="s1"><a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2542-5196%2821%2900278-3" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2542-5196%2821%2900278-3</a></span></p> <p class="p1"><em>World Leaders COP Out</em> - Episode 62 of the <em>GrowthBusters</em> podcast<br /> <a href="https://www.growthbusters.org/world-leaders-cop-out/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.growthbusters.org/world-leaders-cop-out/</a></p> <p class="p1"><em>Keeping Human Rights in Family Planning Policy as Depopulation Fears Mount</em> – by Sam Sellers<br /> <span class="s1"><a href= "https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2022/01