16 videos tagged transportation
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Kaarin Taipale
Why do cities need public spaces?
Kaarin Taipale speaks of the importance of open spaces in cities. Public spaces give the citizen a place to be social and to relax. More importantly, they provide a space for freedom…
Recorded: 12 May 2007
Matthew Simmons
How can we stop using so much oil?
Matt Simmons reflects on the reasons why the world consumes 85 million barrels of oil a day and points to ways to reduce fossil fuel consumption over time. First and foremost, we…
Recorded: 14 February 2007
Bill Joy
Should we stop traveling to fight global warming?
Bill Joy discusses how the overall reduction of carbon emissions might be reconciled with the human need to travel. He stresses that air travel is important and necessary purely…
Recorded: 10 September 2006
Susan George
How do the WTO, World Bank and IMF work?
Susan George considers the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) to be acting as a de facto World Ministry of Trade and Finance.…
Recorded: 8 September 2006
Lester Brown
Can biofuels be sustainable?
Dr Brown explains that higher oil prices mean biofuels are now economically competitive. The sector is seeing huge growth as a result. But as more food crops are transformed into…
Recorded: 6 February 2006
Bill McKibben
Will localisation define the future?
Cheap fossil fuels have facilitated longer trade routes, thereby making global trade possible. Oil depletion and climate change are now requiring of us to reduce fossil fuel dependence…
Recorded: 15 October 2005
Sir Peter Hall
How can China grow sustainabily (Part 1)
Sir Peter Hall talks about Chinese urban development in light of a massive increase in car ownership. He speculates about China’s future and reflects upon the cultural and…
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Sir Peter Hall
How can China grow sustainabily (Part 2)
Sir Peter Hall talks about capitalism in China and how a sustainable transport system might develop given the authoritarian nature of its government. Hall talks about Singapore’s…
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Sir Peter Hall
How can China grow sustainabily (Part 3)
Sir Peter Hall looks at the geographic, ideological and political factors involved in mapping effective sustainable development strategies from one country to another. He looks…
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Caroline Lucas
What are the problems with flying and the environment?
Caroline Lucas MEP says that aviation is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. This has obvious implications for the environment, yet governments continue to subsidize…
Recorded: 9 February 2005
Caroline Lucas
Are there any alternatives to economic globalization?
Caroline Lucas explains how economic growth is largely driven by corporate globalization and how the global trading system has been designed to further the interests of the affluent…
Recorded: 3 December 2004
Lester Brown
Can we restructure the economy to make it more sustainable? (part 2)
In this second clip, Lester Brown suggests what can be done if world leaders are to get serious about climate change. The first step would be to phase out old-fashioned incandescent…
Recorded: 1 December 2004
Amory Lovins
How can America reduce its dependency on foreign oil? (Part 1)
Amory Lovins talks about his latest book ‘Winning the Oil Endgame,’ co-sponsored by the Pentagon. In it, Dr. Lovins lays out a strategy to reduce drastically America’s…
Recorded: 17 October 2004
Amory Lovins
How can we make cars more efficient?
Dr. Lovins first had the idea to make cars a great deal more efficient in 1991. Here he describes how his initial idea for the ‘Hypercar’ has developed. During the 1990s…
Recorded: 17 October 2004
Helena Norberg-Hodge
What are the benefits of supporting local food? (Part One)
In the first part of this two-part series, Helena Norberg-Hodge talks about the benefits that supporting the local food economy can bring to both consumers and producers. By shortening…
Recorded: 1 September 2002
Ernst von Weizsäcker
What does globalization mean?
Dr. von Weizsäcker describes how the globalized economy allows corporations to blackmail governments around the world. This, he explains, fuels short-term thinking at a time when…
Recorded: 1 September 2002
