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WALLACE J. NICHOLS

Senior scientist at the Ocean Conservancy and ocean activist extraordinaire explains how space-based research and new deep sea technologies have resulted in an explosion of information about the ocean. To change our destructive course we must harness this knowledge, make it accessible to everyone and creatively communicate what the state of the oceans means to the future of life on our planet.

Does the onset of catastrophic global warming justify the wider application of nuclear energy? Are the certain risks worth the potential benefits? What kind of society might result from a proliferation of nuclear plants? An energetic debate with: Stewart Brand, founder of Whole Earth Catalog and co-founder of Global Business Network; Peter Warshall, biologist and anthropologist; and another TBA. (A8)

Unprecedented cross-cultural coalitions are forming to conserve large-scale ecosystems while honoring the place of people on the land. Hosted by anthropologist/ecologist Peter Warshall; with Janis Alcorn working with the Garfield Foundation on saving biodiversity with indigenous and campesino communities in the Gran Chaco of Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay; Guujaaw, political leader, activist, and teacher, who has worked with the council of the Haida Nation to secure the protection of traditional Haida lands; and Hawk Rosales, working to preserve the Sinkyone Wilderness. (A12)

Extraordinary waves of social and technological innovations may yet save the matrix of planetary life and the storehouse of its greatest biodiversity — our mother ocean. Hosted by Ocean Conservation Research Sciences Advisor Michael Stocker; with one of the world’s greatest experts on marine life and most effective activists to save the seas, Wallace J. Nichols; and Stanford University researcher and strategic thinker, George Shillinger, who addresses international marine conservation issues at the intersection of science, business, policy and journalism. (A22)

What is our relationship and responsibility to our fellow sentient beings on this planet? What does our treatment of them tell us about ourselves? Does the plight of endangered species offer us a warning sign about our own fate if we don’t change our ways? Bokara Legendre, television host and journalist, interviews Mark Bekoff, author of many books including The Emotional Lives of Animals and co-author (with Jane Goodall) of The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love; animal activist Camilla Fox, author of Culling the Wild; and James Deutsch, head of the African Program of the World Conservation Society, one of the largest worldwide animalsaving organizations. (B18)

Corporate assaults are raising the pressure on the genetic integrity of our food supply while lowering the bar on organic standards. How do we resist? Hosted by Bioneers’ food and farming program director Arty Mangan; with indigenous foods defender Winona LaDuke; Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception; and the Cornucopia Institute’s Mark Kastel, a leader in the fight to maintain strong organic standards. (B22)

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