John Todd
How should we deal with sewage? (part 1)
John Todd believes the top-down, command-and-control approach to solving design problems, as characterized by the 20th century, is outmoded. The 21st century, by contrast, will…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
Michael Braungart
How can design improve life?
Rachel Carson first drew attention to the chemical industry’s harmful effects on nature with her book ‘Silent Spring’ (1962). Michael Braungart says that it is…
Recorded: 22 April 2005
Mae-Wan Ho
Is genetic modification unsafe? (Part Two)
In this two-part series, Dr Mae-Wan Ho describes why Genetic Modification is unsafe. Growing scientific evidence suggests that genes are not permanently fixed, but can change in…
Recorded: 31 January 2005
Dr Vyvyan Howard
Why are cancer rates rising? (Part One)
Within the last fifty years the incidence of cancer has grown to almost epidemic proportions. Nearly one in two American males contract some form of cancer. Professor Howard looks…
Recorded: 31 January 2005
Dr Vyvyan Howard
Why are cancer rates rising? (part 2)
Professor Howard explains how the original risk assessment of chemicals grossly underestimated chemical toxicity. As an example he talks about Bisphenol A, an endocrine disrupter,…
Recorded: 31 January 2005
Dr Vyvyan Howard
How dangerous are manmade chemicals?
The chemical industry is huge. Widely defined, it accounts for 7% of world GDP. Yet despite the ubiquity of potentially toxic man-made chemicals, consumer health protection is woefully…
Recorded: 31 January 2005
Vandana Shiva
Why does biodiversity loss matter?
Dr. Shiva talks about the damaging ecological effects of agricultural monoculture – the large-scale production of single crops. She goes on to warn that the loss of biodiversity…
Recorded: 12 September 2004
Patrick Holden
What is wrong with intensive farming?
As Director of the U.K.’s largest organic certifier, Patrick Holden talks about the agricultural crisis brought about by fifty years of intensive farming. He describes how…
Recorded: 11 March 2004
Helena Norberg-Hodge
What are the benefits of supporting local food? (Part Two)
In the second part of this two-part series, Helena Norberg-Hodge explains why supporting the local food economy needn’t mean we stop buying coffee, tropical fruits and other…
Recorded: 1 September 2002
