About Vita Sapien

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Guy Lane is an environmental scientist, author and entrepreneur. He conceived in 2016 the idea of a non-theistic spiritual philosophy that was grounded in the science and needs of the age, and began to write down the ideas and build a team to advance the cause. Guy is Vita Founder, Chairman of Vitae-planeta Ltd (the corporate vehicle that underpins Vita) and a Vitan Minister.
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Karen Adams has extensive experience in merchandising within corporate retail that involved big data analytics, product life cycle management, information architecture and demand forecasting. Karen is bringing these powerful skills to the Circular Economy model, seeking sustainability in the fashion industry and beyond. More recently, Karen has pivoted toward projects that focus on sustainability and climate mitigation, which include an award-winning  B-Corp; KAIA Clothing, a sustainable clothing brand founded in 2020.

Peter Fiekowsky is an MIT-educated physicist and engineer, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and a social innovator. He has worked at NASA and the Fairchild/ Schlumberger Artificial Intelligence Lab in Palo Alto, Calif; taught at MIT; and developed his own machine vision company, Automated Visual Inspection LLC (AVI).  He holds 27 patents and is on the board of Climate Capex, a fintech company to help complete the global transition to 100 percent clean energy by 2040 by tripling the rate of investment in solar projects.  A decade ago, when it became clear that global warming would endanger all our futures, Fiekowsky turned his energies to restoring a climate that will promote the flourishing of humanity and the Earth’s current ecosystems. He launched the Foundation for Climate Restoration in 2017 to work with top scientists, innovators, policymakers, and others, to create the understanding and policy needed to further climate restoration, and served as its Board Chairman until 2020.   

Vita Sapien interview with Peter Fiekowsky

Liam Kavanagh is a cognitive scientist who studies how our body and feelings interact with our thoughts, both within the individual and within social groups. Liam studied Economics at Cambridge University, and holds a PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science from UCSD. Liam is co-founder of Life Itself organization that seeks a wiser, weller world, and he advises Vita on Zen Buddhist tradition. 

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In his years as a physician, Dr Peter Carter involved in the development of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Today, Peter is UN IPCC Expert Reviewer of science reports. He also serves as Director of the Climate Emergency Institute which provides an up-to-date clearing-house of climate science data. Peter is a public speaker on climate and ecological issues and the author of Unprecedented Crime: Climate Change Denial and Game Changers for Survival.

Vita Sapien interview with Peter Carter Part 1

Vita Sapien interview with Peter Carter Part 2

 Bron Taylor is Professor of Religion, Nature and Environmental Ethics at the University of Florida, Editor in Chief of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, and the author of Dark Green Religion.  Professor Taylor’s central scholarly interest and personal passion is the conservation of the earth’s biological diversity and how human cultures might evolve rapidly enough to arrest and reverse today’s intensifying environmental and social crises.

Vita Sapien interview with Bron Taylor