Lester Brown founded the World Watch Institute in 1974, and since 1975 they have been publishing the most comprehensive and instructive policy environmental reports in the world. This year’s State of the World Report was released yesterday, and the report’s over-arching theme is Our Urban Future. State of the World Project Director Molly O’Meara Sheehan chats with Betsy about population density, urban innovations in Brazil, and even quotes Plato! LISTEN (10 min)
Author Archives: William Craven
The World Watch Institute’s State of the World Report 2007
- Thursday, 11 January 2007 16:30
- Written by William Craven
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Decorating JunkMarket Style
- Thursday, 11 January 2007 16:26
- Written by William Craven
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Sue Whitney and Ki Nassauer– the JunkMasters— have combined good taste, an unabashed love for the discarded gems found at garage sales and the spirit of conservation in their new book Decorating JunkMarket Style. There’s beauty in the texture and tactile sense of so many of the things we throw out. Junk, Vintage, Shabby Chic, whatever you want to call it: Let’s live within our means in style. LISTEN (10 min)
“Everything’s Cool” Premieres at Sundance
- Monday, 08 January 2007 18:32
- Written by William Craven
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Directors Judith Helfand and Daniel Gold are set to premiere their toxic comedy Everything’s Cool at the Sundance Film Festival next week. You’ll laugh until you cry. Or vice versa. In the film, Helfand and Gold follow some of Global Warming’s highest-profile messengers like Bill McKibben, Heidi Cullen, and Ross Gelbspan to see if they can bridge the almost comical chasm between the threat and our response to it. LISTEN (12 min)
2007: The hottest year ever?
- Monday, 08 January 2007 18:31
- Written by William Craven
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Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research Scientist Mark Chandler says that the accumulation of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere as well as a predicted El Nino could make 2007 the hottest year on record. He speaks to us from Madison, Wisconsin, where the lakes might go unfrozen in winter for the first time on record. LISTEN (6 min)
Mia Hanak & the Natural World Museum
- Monday, 08 January 2007 18:30
- Written by William Craven
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We in the Environmental Movement spend so much of our time focused only on the very literal: soil quality, CAFE standards, international agreements, etc. But what insights might be gleaned from a more artistic perspective on the earth and our place in it? Mia Hanak, Executive Director of the Natural World Museum, tells Betsy how she connected a love for art with her care for the planet, and putting on an exhibit on the world’s biggest stage: The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. LISTEN (11 min)