Articles Tagged ‘ global warming ’

Barbara Kingsolver, FLIGHT BEHAVIOR & James Howard Kunstler TOO MUCH MAGIC

November 29th, 2012

Barbara Kingsolver talks about her new novel, FLIGHT BEHAVIOR. It’s about what happens when a rural community in Tennessee is confronted with a bizarre phenomenon — caused by global warming. And futurist James Howard Kunstler says we’d better dispense with our penchant for magical thinking. His book is NO MORE MAGIC: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation.

Jonathan Koomey, COLD CASH, COOL CLIMATE & Philip Warburg, HARVEST THE WIND

June 7th, 2012

Jonathan Koomey talks about COLD CASH, COOL CLIMATE. It’s about how we could ignite a new era of entrepreneurship with good, domestic jobs for a cleaner, cooler planet. And Philip Warburg naysays the skeptics in his book HARVEST THE WIND: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability.

Amy Seidl, FINDING HIGHER GROUND & Matthew Stein, WHEN DISASTER STRIKES

March 22nd, 2012

Amy Seidl talks about FINDING HIGHER GROUND: Adaptation in a Warming World & Matthew Stein talks about When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide for Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival.

Jim Motavalli, HIGH VOLTAGE & James Hoggan, CLIMATE COVER-UP

February 29th, 2012

Journalist Jim Motavalli talks about the electric car revolution. His new book is HIGH VOLTAGE: The Fast Track to Plug In the Auto Industry. And WV airs a 2010 interview with James Hoggan of DeSmogBlog about his book, CLIMATE COVER-UP.

James Workman, HEART OF DRYNESS & Christine Shearer, KIVALINA

December 6th, 2011

James Workman talks about his book, THE HEART OF DRYNESS: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought. And journalist Christine Shearer talks about KIVALINA: A Climate Change Story.

Susan Freinkel, PLASTIC & Dan Ferber CHANGING PLANET, CHANGING HEALTH

September 14th, 2011

Susan Freinkel talks about her fascinating exploration into our plastic world, PLASTIC: A Toxic Love Story. And science journalist Dan Ferber discusses CHANGING PLANET, CHANGING HEALTH, the book he co-wrote with epidemiologist Dr. Paul Epstein. It’s about epidemics and other health effects of global warming.

Carl Safina, THE VIEW FROM LAZY POINT

August 25th, 2011

Carl Safina talks about THE VIEW FROM LAZY POINT and literary critic Harold Bloom talks about the last poems of great poets, collected in his book TILL I END MY SONG.

Caroline Fraser, REWILDING THE WORLD

April 29th, 2011

Author and conservationist Caroline Fraser talks about her book REWILDING THE WORLD: Dispatches From The Conservation Revolution.

Mark Hertsgaard & Thomas Yezerski

April 12th, 2011

Mark Hertsgaard on HOT: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth, Thomas Yezerski on his picture book for children, MEADOWLANDS, and Maxine Kumin talks about writing poetry about nature.

Harvey Wasserman & Anna Lappé

March 31st, 2011

Harvey Wasserman talks about his vision for a clean energy future, SOLARTOPIA. Anna Lappé talks about DIET FOR A HOT PLANET: The Climate Crisis At The End of Your Fork

The War Over Climate: Eric Pooley & Eli Kintisch

August 18th, 2010

Francesca Rheannon talks with Eric Pooley about the politics of climate change. His book is THE CLIMATE WAR: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth. Also, Eli Kintisch on geo-engineering; his book is HACKING THE PLANET: Science’s Best Hope – or Worst Nightmare – for Averting Climate Catastrophe.

The Social Change of Climate Change

July 20th, 2010

Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute talks about the latest edition of his book PLAN B. It’s updated to PLAN B 4.0. And social change expert David Gershon talks about how to create the social and political will to do something about climate change in his book, SOCIAL CHANGE 2.0.

Amanda Little & Anna Lappé on Kicking the Dirty Fuels Habit

June 16th, 2010

Amanda Little talks about her book POWER TRIP: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells. It’s about our addiction to fossil fuels and how to get off them. And Anna Lappé tells us about her new book, DIET FOR A HOT PLANET: The Climate Crisis At the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It.

Our Last Chance To Save Humanity

February 1st, 2010

Climate scientist Dr. James Hansen talks about STORMS OF MY GRANDCHILDREN. It’s about climate catastrophe and how we must — and can — prevent it. Richard Wilbur reads “Advice To A Prophet”. And we pay homage to Robert Parker and Howard Zinn, who both died in late January, 2010.

The Book As Art

December 24th, 2009

Artist and writer Matthew Rose talks about the unbound book of art postcards he curated, A BOOK ABOUT DEATH. It’s a collection of 500 limited edition postcards on the theme of death, each one created by an artist for the exhibition. And George Monbiot and Bill McKibben talk about climate change.

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