Howdy!
My name is David Valerio and this is Discern Earth, the podcast and newsletter that seeks to understand why nature professionals do what they do. In the podcast, I will interview friends and colleagues who work in the industry to understand their motivations for doing so. In the newsletter, I will write about my own views on how to engage in this work well.
Why am I doing this? Because currently there isn’t a place for people who work for nature to explore the deeper questions that underly their everyday work. There is a lot of discussion about what we should do to save the planet and how we should do it, but there is not a lot of discussion about why we should do anything at all. To ask why is inherently a philosophical, spiritual, and religious question—one that science or business are unable to answer on their own. It is important that we know why we care, so that what we do actually addresses the problem we are trying to solve.
I’m excited to have you as a member of the Discern Earth ecosystem and I invite you to share the podcast and newsletter with friends who might enjoy exploring these ideas with us. If you want to come on the podcast for a conversation, have an idea for something I should write about in the newsletter, or just want to chat you can shoot me an email at david@discern.earth.
I’m looking forward to discerning Earth with you, and we’ll talk soon!
