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Reclaim social media from the influence of billionaires with Eric Holthaus

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Eric Holthaus is a meteorologist, author, and leading journalist on all things weather and the climate crisis, based in Minneapolis.
Most recently, he's the founder of a weather service called Currently, and Project Mushroom - the largest #climate-focused server on Mastodon.

Project Mushroom is quickly becoming a safer place to accelerate organising around justice and human rights on an overheating planet.
Eric is focused on spotlighting climate justice, driving transformative change, and creating digital communities in an era that's in need of collective action to reclaim social spaces away from the influence of billionaires.

We covered so much in this 30 minutes, including; what creativity means to Eric, imagining a world that works for everyone, Eric's career as a meteorologist, reimagining weather services, reclaiming social spaces away from Twitter, serving the needs of the community, eco-anxiety and burnout, Eric's book, The Future Earth, The Inflation Reduction Act, the joy of being in nature, and Eric's unwavering optimism for the future.

Find out more about Eric here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericholthaus/
Join Project Mushroom here - https://projectmushroom.social/@projectmushroom
Find out more about Currently here - https://currentlyhq.com/

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2:00 - Meet Eric
2:50 - What does creativity mean to Cat?
4:40 - Eric's career as a meteorologist, author, and climate journalist
7:00 - Currently and Project Mushroom
13:00 - The biggest challenge Eric is facing
14:50 - How does Eric stay motivated?
16:30 - On publishing Eric's book, The Future Earth
20:00 - On hope and the future of our planet
22:36 - Being in nature
24:15 - On taking action
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Episode produced by Billy Truswell. Brand design and episode artwork by Holly Whitaker.

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