UCLA LiveWell
Dr. Wendy Slusser of UCLA's Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center interviews leading experts about new perspectives on health and wellbeing. LiveWell champions an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to health equity-- from food and climate, to social justice and emotional wellbeing.
With guests like Evan Kleiman, Peter Sellars, and Bob Thurman, we've set out to explore the many facets of what it means to live well.
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UCLA LiveWell
#65: Why is Nature’s Beauty a Tool for Human Healing? With Louie Schwartzberg
Turns out, we need more wonder in our lives, beauty is a survival tool, and mushrooms are the greatest carbon-sequester solution for climate change. Learn about this and more through the words and wisdom of our guest today, Louie Schwartzberg. Louie Schwartzberg is an environmental activist, UCLA graduate, and award-winning artist, director, cinematographer. In this episode, Louie says that the messaging of the environmental movement has failed. Why? Because instead of just laying facts on the table, you have to tell a really good story to move people. And Louie tells the story of nature by capturing its abundant beauty in his breathtaking photography and videography seen on Netflix and Disney.
Visit our website to explore other episodes, suggest guests, offer feedback, or invite Wendy to be a guest on your podcast!
Episode Resources + Mentions:
- Louie Channel
- Moving Art by Louie Schwartzberg
- Louie’s Ted Talks
- NYT article about Dacher Keltner’s research on awe
- The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center is partnering with Louie’s Moving Art for a research project on UCLA campus. If you would like to install Moving Art in your campus building or department, please email kruller@conet.ucla.edu.
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