Veteran Environmental Journalist Eugene Linden applies a compelling historical perspective to Climate Change in his new book, The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations. He says, "Some of the harshest Environmental laws in history were back in the time of Hammurabi." LISTEN (10 min)
Journalist Julia Whitty broadly analyzes global unsustainability and what she says is its antidote, The 13th Tipping Point. There’s an equally compelling article of the same name in the current issue of Mother Jones Magazine.
PART 1 (11 min), PART 2 (8 min)
Buddhist teacher, writer, and radio personality Wes "Scoop" Nisker is a fount of "Crazy Wisdom", and his thoughts on Buddhism and life on this Earth have much to offer an ecologically caring person. LISTEN (11 min)
NRDC‘s Daniel Hinerfeld interviews Amy Domini of the Domini Social Equity Fund. "If you invest blindly, " she says, "your future will be blindly created." LISTEN (7 min)
Energy (of the non-fossilized variety) is a recurring theme here on EcoTalk, but we rarely have a guest as well-versed in all types of renewable energy as Craig Morris. His new book, Energy Switch, makes very useful comparisons between practical, workable models in Germany, and what we need to do right here in the US of A. LISTEN (12 min)
Marty Hayden, VP of Policy and Legislation at Earthjustice, offers a nuanced and insightful view of what the recent mid-terms will and will not bring our good green Earth. "I think we’ll see the President veto more than one bill, for starters." LISTEN (8 min)
Scott Parkin of Rainforest Action Network says that there is a bombing campaign right here in the United States, as the people of West Virginia lose their habitat and culture to mountaintop mining. Just one of the many things that may be wrong with Wells Fargo.
West Virginia Activist and true hero Larry Gibson has seen mountains destroyed on every side of his home, but has repeatedly refused to sell off his land to destructive industry: "How do you walk away from your heritage and your past?" Gibson has endured violence and harrasment as he has refused to walk away, and has fought tooth and nail to protect his home and his people. LISTEN (7 min)
If you would like to visit Larry Gibson and see from a private airplane
the destruction wrought by mining companies purely for profit, call him
at 304-925-4978.
Daily Telegraph Environmental Editor Charles Clover joins us from London to discuss his comprehensive new book The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and What We Eat.
LISTEN (12 min)
This week Treehugger correspondent Simran Sethi has a roundup of green winnings and losses after last week’s elections, China’s dubious global warming mantle, new coal-powered plants in Kansas, one of the best inventions of 2006, and Organic Valley’s 100-mile Thanksgiving Challenge (no, silly, you don’t have to run 100 miles; it’s about eating). LISTEN (8 min)
