Season 9 · Episode 109 · 28 Jan 2026
109 - B. Lorraine Smith
With B. Lorraine Smith
“"I am holding a vision of an economy that works in service of life. That means that any industry, company and activity is designed to serve our human wellness within a biosphere that is thriving."”
Reflections
Q1: Place
If we could do a flypast on any part of the world that is significant to you, which place, city or country would it be and why?
Montreal in Canada, There, which is here.
Q3: Reset
Where on earth is your place or reset or re-charge?
Under water into Lake Manitou on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada.
Q4: Wonder
What wonder of the natural world excites you the most?
Winged migration.
Q5: Hopefulness
What is your story of hopefulness (not your own) about a person, business or non-profit who are doing amazing things for the world?
Possible Futures is a collection of folks based in the global south who are providing content and guidance around what it really looks like to break out of colonial patterns, these broken narratives that serve the current sustainable development world that serve the current mainstream business and industry model. Step out of those and see what it looks like to end the harmful models. I am in awe. Of what Possible Futures is doing and I'm very grateful for their dogged determination. Even when it's abrasive and difficult to allow in, I think it is some of the most hopeful, promising and frankly, necessary work out there.
Q6: Insight
As we prepare to re-enter, what insight, wisdom or question would you like to share with us?
As we transition towards an economy that works in service of life? How can I participate in what I refer to as industrial healing, which is the kind of collective process of seeing how harm is done, where it has happened and what it looks and feels like.
Location
Flyover
Montreal in Canada, There, which is here.
Guest
🇰🇿 Montreal in Canada