Bill Joy
Is the cost of fighting climate change too expensive?
Speaking as an investor, Bill Joy believes that it is entirely possible to limit carbon emissions by means of financial incentives. The key is to pay people not to emit. For industry,…
Recorded: 10 September 2006
Manfred Max-Neef
What are the benefits of living more slowly?
Max-Neef contemplates how everything in life is a matter of choice. But all too often we give up too much in the name of efficiency. Efficiency demands that more be achieved in…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Erika Lesser
What is the Slow Food movement? (Part One)
Slow Food is a global movement dedicated to the preservation of traditional food culture. In this two-part series Erika Lesser, Director of Slow Food USA, compares slow food with…
Recorded: 11 April 2005
Erika Lesser
What is the Slow Food movement? (Part Two)
Slow Food is a global movement dedicated to the preservation of traditional food culture. In this two-part series Erika Lesser, Director of Slow Food USA, compares slow food with…
Recorded: 11 April 2005
Erika Lesser
What are the origins of Slow Food
Erika Lesser talks about the origins of the Slow Food movement, founded by Italian journalist Carlo Petrini in the mid-1980s. Recognizing that the industrialization of food was…
Recorded: 11 April 2005
Satish Kumar
What are the main problems of materialism?
Satish Kumar describes how present levels of consumption in the West are simply unsustainable. He examines the material values prevalent in much of Western society and envisages…
Recorded: 28 May 2004
