The Fulcrum Podcasts By David Gomme

Listen to a captivating conversation with Sander Funneman, the author of Electric Life - The Hidden Radiance of Everything; and Mark Ballabon, author of Home - My Life in the Universe. Delving into the future of children education, offering uncommon perspectives our from their rich experience of their best-sellers and engaging the young as well as people from all ages in the realms of natural education.

This Fulcrum Insight touches upon the alternation between the brighter and darker aspects of human process, in the context of developing a winning mindset. How can we come out winning in ourselves inside of the flow of incessant demands and acidic electrics of an unhinged world?

Today we know that wonder has a positive influence on our health, well-being, and resilience. More than a fleeting feeling, it is a stance toward life – one that grounds us in the present. As we grow older, wonder can serve as a regenerative force, renewing our connection to the here and now. How relevant this theme is for our time was just echoed by the US-edition of National Geographic Magazine, which titled a September 2025 article “The Life-Changing Power of AWE.”

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This thought-provoking podcast delves into how the subject of electrical ecologies impressed itself in the process of creating the graphic novel Electric Life, opening up one of several futuristic living sciences that are being touched upon in the book, and now in developing dialogues around what it points to in the context of the future of life on Earth.

Here is the link to the Future Forward website / Electric Life practical workshops: https://futureforward.net/

Mark Ballabon is a philosopher, author, speaker, environmentalist, well-known for his riveting books and engaging workshops, in this podcast conversation exploring with Mark the future of children's education.