Author Archives: Philippe Boucher

The Sierra Club, the nation’s
largest environmental organization is holding a conference and expo in San
Francisco next month, the "Sierra Summit", to launch "the third phase of the environmental movement".
Our guests include Lisa Renstrom, the newly inducted 51st president of the
Sierra Club, and two Summit speakers.  LISTEN (11 min)

Chad Pregracke, founder and president of
Living Lands and Waters, will tell us how he went from pulling garbage from the
Mississippi River ten years ago to creating a model for cleaning up rivers across
America.
LISTEN (14 min)

We’ll also hear from Sarah Craven who runs the Washington DC office of the
United Nations Population Fund (a department defunded by Bush Jr.) to learn about
"The Population Balm".

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We’ll start with the ocean which is
where planet protectors may feel like heading after hearing about the energy
bill passed by Congress this week and awaiting signature from the evildoer
himself. David Helvarg, author of “The War Against The Greens” will join us to
talk about the release by Island Press of a “Blue Movement Directory”, a new ocean and coastal
conservation guide of groups working to protect our oceans.  LISTEN (17 min)

We’ll hear what’s
wrong with this ‘bad energy’ bill (almost everything!) from the NRDC’s policy
director, Karen Wayland.  LISTEN (11 min)

We’ll also check in with Greenpeace’ director of
research, Kurt Davies, for comments on this week’s announcement that the U.S. is
spearheading a five nation pact (the big ones missing in action from Kyoto) that
will develop new technologies to limit greenhouse gases, thus proving the Bush
administration will stop at nothing –
including, perhaps, addressing climate
change in a nuclear sort of way – to get Karl Rove off the front pages! LISTEN (4 min)

In the the last segment Betsy talks with filmmaker Dale Djerassi who directed the documentary Oil on Ice now available  in a DVD format with a grassroots action toolkit. LISTEN (2.30 min)

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This week-end on EcoTalk we’ll meet Patrice O’Neill whose film "The
Fire Next Time" is now showing on PBS . She tells the story of a small Montana town, Kalispell in Flathead Valley, divided by competing
interests; economic growth and environmental protection.

We’ll learn what
happens when a right wing radio host comes to town and enflames and distorts an
already tense situation by calling for the burning of green swastikas.
LISTEN (17 min)

We’ll
also meet Jill Robinson, the founder of the Hong Kong based Animals Asia Foundation. She works to protect from torture Asian Bears -whose bile is used for
traditional medicinal purposes.  LISTEN (11 min)

Finally we’ll learn more about the recently
launched Exxpose Exxon boycott  with Kevin Knobloch, President of the Union of Concerned Scientists. The picture on the left was taken last week in New York and the picture on the right two years ago in … Paris.   LISTEN (7min)

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What if the world were warming and W’s stubborn streak let it
happen?
G-8 came and went and George held strong, refusing to agree to caps
on greenhouse gas emissions, something even oil-thirsty India and China appeared
ready to do in Scotland.
How long can the leader of the biggest contributor to
climate disruption keep his head in the sand?  Mark Hertzgaard,
environmental correspondent for The Nation tells us what’s at stake :  LISTEN  (11 min)

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels who has led 170+ cities in signing on to Kyoto-like
guidelines speaks about this initiative while attending the conference taking place in Utah:
LISTEN (6 min).

Michele Weiman, Executive Director of the International Council for Local Evironmental Initiative is a co-host of this 3 day event: LISTEN (11 min)

And Earth Day co-founder Denis Hayes will join us to remember the
late great Gaylord Nelson. LISTEN (7 min)

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