What are we here for?  Where does our heritage step into our potential? How can we build a genuinely ecological civilisation that sees people and communities flourish within the means of the living planet?  Jeremy Lent, author of 'The Patterning Instinct', explores the answers to life's biggest questions. Jeremy is an author whose writings investigate the patterns of thought that have led our civilization to its current existential crisis. His recent book, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning, explores the way humans have made meaning from the cosmos from hunter-gatherer times to the present day. He is founder of the nonprofit Liology Institute, dedicated to fostering an integrated worldview that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on the Earth. His upcoming book, The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe, will be published in Spring 2021 by New Society Publishers (North America) and Profile Books (UK & Commonwealth).In this podcast, we explore the thinking behind the idea of an Ecological Civilisation - and how we might get there. Links: Jeremy's site: https://www.jeremylent.com/about.htmlJeremy's blog: https://patternsofmeaning.com/2018/10/10/we-need-an-ecological-civilization-before-its-too-late/Liology Institute: http://www.liology.orgJeremy at XR in October 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBYiEI5pl5A