Full-length interview with Charles Eisenstein from the film Living the Change

Charles is a speaker and writer focusing on themes of human culture and identity. He is the author of several books, most recently Sacred Economics and The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible. His background includes a degree in mathematics and philosophy from Yale, a decade in Taiwan as a translator, and stints as a college instructor, a yoga teacher, and a construction worker. He currently writes and speaks full-time. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and four children. 

“Going around New Zealand making a film … like that’s not gonna get you anywhere, that’s irrational, impractical, unrealistic…” Lots of people have asked about our interview with Charles Eisenstein for Living the Change – only a few minutes of the awesome 1.5-hour interview made it into the film so we thought we’d share it all with you. Have a listen to get the full picture of that quote.

Below is a list of questions we asked Charles and the timecode they are answered in the video:

• 1:06 – What are the ‘old story’ and ‘new story’ that you describe in your writing?

• 14:37 – Where does the sense that a better world is possible come from?

• 19:16 – What guides us in the space between stories to creating the new story?

• 21:11 – How did the world get to where it is now?

• 28:20 – Do you think advancements in technology can solve the problems we’re facing?

• 33:50 – Do you see the current money system as a symptom of separation?

• 37:50 – What could an alternative system look like? Would the current system need to collapse to make way for the new?

• 43:24 – Can individual action create big change?

• 48:14 – What is the wound of separation and how do we see it expressed in society?

• 54:32 – What do you advise people to do in times of not knowing what to do?

• 1:01:33 – Can doing nothing take you to a place of knowing what to do?

• 1:06:39 – When you imagine the new story, what does it look like?