The GreenplanetFM Podcast with Tim Lynch

So how does a human live on a planet or should I say a human being - live on a planet - because we are not really ‘being’ are we? Growth has become the secular religion of our time. What Stephen answered with is that the so called ‘dominant culture’ and materialism is now in an extremely problematic phase. That growth in its many ways has become the secular religion of our time.  This desire for consumerism is also consuming our future, yet ‘growth' - and even the ‘personal growth’ industry is exponentialising itself - as an idea that ‘inner growth and awareness can be sold as a commodity to people. This preoccupation of ‘increase’ - which can be easily seen in the consumer culture, is becoming predominant. Stephen who has worked in palliative care in what he called the 'death industry' he talks about - oncology, the study and treatment of tumours. He said they have a word that is a synonym for tumour and it is called - ‘a growth’ which is as a word widely used outside the industry too and it is called just ‘