Bionic Planet: Reversing Climate Change by Restoring Nature

About Bionic Planet: Reversing Climate Change by Restoring Nature

We've entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene, and nothing is as it was. Not the trees, not the seas – not the forests, farms, or fields – and not the global economy that depends on all of these. What does this mean for your investments, your family's future, and the future of man? Each week, we dive into these issues to help you Navigate the New Reality.

Publisher

Steve Zwick

Category

science · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Apr 2016

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 141 episodes have a transcript.

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   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   123 | A Science Paradox: Would Francis Bacon Have Survived Greenpeace and Exxon?

   Host Steve Zwick explores the historical scientific discoveries that underpin climate change understanding and the challenges of acting under uncertainty in this interview.

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   24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   122 | How Climate Solutions Lost the Megaphone — and How to Take It Back, with Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley

   Host Christopher Clary interviews Reverend Dr. Gerald L. Durley about applying civil rights movement strategies to effectively communicate and organize for climate solutions.

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   6 Oct 2025

   121 | Michael Greene: Carbon Cowboy or Lone Ranger Part 2 – The $200 Million Land Heist in the Amazon

   In this episode of Bionic Planet, we finally catch up with Michael Greene — the carbon developer branded a “land grabber of epic proportions” in The Washington Post, and now at the center of an unfolding saga that feels more like a political thriller than a conservation story. When Greene began building carbon projects in the Brazilian Amazon, he didn’t expect to end up battling organized crime, corrupt officials, and a $220 million land grab. But that’s exactly where the trail has led. You’ll hear how a businessman who thought he was protecting forests found himself targeted by powerful interests — his properties invaded using forged documents, his bank accounts frozen, and his reputation attacked by the very institutions meant to enforce the law. Along the way, Greene describes the human cost of the fight — from schools he built that became flashpoints for local politics to community programs twisted by rumor and manipulation. This is a story about how conservation collides with corruption — and how one man’s attempt to save forests spiraled into a struggle for survival in one of the most dangerous frontiers on earth.

Inside a recent episode

123 | A Science Paradox: Would Francis Bacon Have Survived Greenpeace and Exxon?

Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But science keeps moving. better data become available, methods improve, and suddenly somebody is judging yesterday's work by tomorrow's standards. If every improvement becomes grounds for dismissing everything that came before it, when is it safe to begin? You could wait for the perfect methodology, but you'll be waiting forever, while the forests you're trying to protect disappear. The practical question is how to act responsibly with the knowledge we have and how to improve what we're doing as the knowledge grows. That takes scrutiny. It takes honest arguments about what we can measure, what we have to estimate, and how much confidence the evidence supports. […]

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• Reverend Dr Gerald L Durley
• Mustafa Mohamed Libin
• Peter Lekurtut
• Peter Kilesi
• Mohamed Shibia

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