We’ve all heard the cries echoing from climate marches: “SYSTEM-CHANGE, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE!”. But what does that actually mean?
This investigative mini-series explores how our society has been built, uncovers the flaws in its foundation, and asks: how might we change things for the better?
Investigative journalism. Talks with world-leading experts. Complex social, historical, and scientific concepts explained simply. At a time when the headlines can seem so alarming and random, The Water We Swim In is here to give you a better understanding of what they really mean.
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We’ve all heard the cries echoing from climate marches: “SYSTEM-CHANGE, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE!”. But what does that actually mean?
This investigative mini-series explores how our society has been built, uncovers the flaws in its foundation, and asks: how might we change things for the better?
Investigative journalism. Talks with world-leading experts. Complex social, historical, and scientific concepts explained simply. At a time when the headlines can seem so alarming and random, The Water We Swim In is here to give you a better understanding of what they really mean.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our fifth episode opens at an ‘EcoArt’ performance night, held at the Working Men’s club in Bethnal Green. Showcasing how alienating the ‘hippy eco-warrior’ protest movement can be – with its drastic actions, and dramatic generalisations (“people power vs. corporate greed”) – we ask: why do some of us feel that extreme protest is the only option?
To investigate this, we follow the battle between a small group of claimants and the Oil and Gas Authority and start to uncover a seemingly symbiotic relationship between the government and the fossil fuel industry.
Which leads us to some uncomfortable questions: have corporations impacted our democracy, how did this happen…and were the hippies right after all?
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