Since many years, Dougald Hine is engaged in thinking about ways to address climate change and the multiple crisis we are in. But some years ago, he realized that we might not find the answers in the place we are looking at, like science and politics as we know it. In his book “At Work in the Ruins” he explores how we can maneuver meaningfully in this challenging time without becoming hopeless. He is fueled with the conviction that we can all start to make a difference right where we are. In an interview with evolve, he says:

“I do believe it's the starting point of political possibility today: gathering around tables, sharing food together, both literally and metaphorically, because that is starting from the most deeply human, oldest, most common needs. Thes are the places where the polarized identities of today's politics dissolve in the face of our humanness, our simple, undeniable bodily needs to grow and eat food and be human together in each other's company. That's where I tend to see the seeds of hope, and also the nourishment that's needed for those who do go into the heart of existing systems in order to try to limit the damage. Those people need to be sustained by the same things that we experience when we gather around the table together.”

In this episode of Radio evolve, which is the recording of an evolve LIVE! Webinar from 2025, we explore with Dougald Hine how to find a meaningful place together in a time of multiple crisis.

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