Maude Barlow
What is the state of the world’s water?
Maude Barlow shares her insights into the looming water crisis. She discusses the hydrological damage caused by pollution and by the displacement and diversion of water. As water…
Recorded: 12 May 2007
Matthew Simmons
What is the truth about the world’s oil reserves?
Simmons examines the arguments put forward by those who believe that oil supply can continue to grow. Optimists point to the theory of “reserve appreciation”, an argument that…
Recorded: 14 February 2007
Bill Joy
What is potential for investing in clean technologies?
Bill Joy talks about his involvement with a venture capital group focused on investment in clean technology solutions. Unusually the firm also works as an influential pressure group…
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
What’s wrong with buying bottled water?
Lester Brown draws our attention to the wasteful nature of bottled water. Tap water in most countries is perfectly OK to drink. Many public water supplies, in fact, are of better…
Recorded: 6 February 2006
Janine Benyus
What can designers learn from the natural world? (part 1)
Janine Benyus gives examples of how designers have used biomimicry to create more environmentally benign products. The German paint manufacturer, Sto, studied the surface of a Lotus…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
Thom Hartmann
What does ‘the commons’ mean?
Thom Hartmann describes the concept of the commonwealth as being the notion that certain assets should be publicly owned. The Founding Fathers of the United States understood this.…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
John Todd
What are the causes of water scarcity?
The demands of an increasing population and improved technologies for extraction are causing water tables to fall. In India this is becoming an urgent problem – a problem…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
John Todd
What is the significance of the privatization of water?
The privatization of the world’s water resources by multinational corporations represents a terrifying phenomenon for Todd. Increased rates and poorer service have resulted…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
Lester Brown
What is the future for World food supplies? (Part One)
In this two-part series Lester Brown looks at two environmental trends, aquifer depletion and rising temperatures. He focuses primarily on the long-term implications these have…
Recorded: 1 December 2004
Lester Brown
What is the future for World food supplies? (Part 2)
In this two-part series Lester Brown looks at two environmental trends, aquifer depletion and rising temperatures. He focuses primarily on the long-term implications these have…
Recorded: 1 December 2004
