25 Dec 2025
15m

The spiritual wisdom we need for a planet in crisis | Tariq Al-Olaimy

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TED Talks Daily

This podcast episode features a TED Talk by Tariq Al-Olaimy, who discusses how faith traditions offer tools for navigating environmental collapse. He shares insights from working with global faith communities, emphasizing faith as a navigation system, the importance of radical honesty in addressing contradictions, the concept of the "systemic sacred" where values and economics converge, and the power of beauty to guide and inspire action. Al-Olaimy argues that these principles, rooted in spiritual wisdom, can help individuals and societies rise to their best selves in the face of climate challenges. The episode also includes advertisements for TUI, American Express, Solidime and Commerzbank.

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