How to Solve the Big Problems of Modern Democracy | Leonora Camner

The Nick Halaris Show

This week on The Nick Halaris Show we are featuring civic leader, Leonora Camner. Leonora is the Executive Director of ClimateSafe Villages, an innovative non-profit focused on helping communities build resilience, and the former Executive Director of Abundant Housing LA. As a civic activist with an impressive track record of success, she’s fast becoming one of the most important voices for those looking to make the world a better place.

When I reached out to Leonora to invite her to the show, I thought we’d have an important conversation all about housing but as we got into the episode so many fascinating topics kept coming up that we barely covered housing. Animated by her experiences pushing for much-needed housing policy reforms, Leonora has become a passionate advocate for a whole suite of big ideas including leveraging the power of community to deal with all the potential consequences of climate change and pushing for innovative reforms to democratic processes. In this fascinating episode, we cover:

• Why waking up to the true dangers of climate change is something we should be doing right now
• What resilience looks like in the context of urban living in the age of climate disaster
• Why politicians are so reluctant to talk to voters about the whole truth
• Why Leonora came to believe that our big policy failures are a function of broken democratic processes
• Why citizens’ assemblies might be the answer to our intractable political problems

Stay tuned to the end to hear how being a mother infused even more meaning into her already purpose-driven existence.

As always, I hope you all enjoy this episode. Thanks for tuning in!

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