Democracy Now! Interview of David Korten on the New Economy

Democracy Now! interviews David Korten about his new book "Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth".

"In his new book, Korten argues that the nation faces a monumental economic challenge that goes far beyond anything being discussed in Congress. He writes that now is an opportune moment to move forward an agenda to replace the failed money-serving institutions of our present economy with the institutions of a new economy dedicated to serving life."

Read/Listen to the interview. It is about 14 minutes in.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be Studied

The garbage patch, located 1000 miles west of California, is now estimated to be almost twice the size of Texas. It consists of discarded fishing lines, plastic bottles, and other garbage that has been collecting for decades. Now a group of scientists are setting sail to study it.

Read the article to find out more about it.

Capturing Carbon with Synthetic Trees

Watch the segment on Nova Science NOW that interviews Geophysicist Klaus Lackner about his synthetic tree made to take carbon out of the atmosphere which was inspired by his daughter's science project.

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Satellite survey reveals dramatic Arctic sea-ice thinning

Scientists have evaluated for the first time how much the thickness and volume of Arctic sea ice, not just the ice's surface area, have shrunk since 2004 across the Arctic Ocean basin.

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Green Living and Green Technology Podcaster

While reading the San Jose Mercury News I came across an article written by Mike Cassidy about a local podcaster. Her name is Alison van Diggelen and she has interviewed a variety of people on the subject of green living and green technology. Her guests have included Silicon Valley tech execs, Maureen Dowd, Charlie Rose, Jack Welsh, and Martin Sheen.

Visit her website to hear these podcasts at www.freshdialogues.com.

America’s Sea of Red Ink Was Years in the Making

Read this article by New York Times columnist David Leonhardt about America's deficit and what went in to making it so big. Charlie Rose interviewed him about it on June 10th.

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Charlie Rose Interview

Buddhist Climate Project

Read the article about Tibet and China: Climate Crisis at the Earth's Third Pole. It talks about the glaciers melting and the impending water crisis that will hit Asian countries to produce a food shortage. The impact is enormous and is being caused by coal fired plants. It is imperative that we stop adding CO2 to the atmosphere if we are to survive.

Visit the Ecological Buddhism a Buddhist Response to Global Warming site.

Sign the Buddhist Declaration before the U.N. Climate Treaty Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.

Paul Ehrlich - Evolution of the Dominant Animal

Paul Ehrlich appeared at the Common Wealth Club in San Francisco to talk about climate change and the destruction of biodiversity. Great talk!

The audio file is a .ram so you will need Real Player or a player that knows how to play that format.

Listen to the talk.

Paul Ehrlich on the Fate of Biodiversity

This is a talk that Paul Erhlich, author of 'The Population Bomb', gave in September, 2008, at the University of British Columbia, where he covers climate change and biodiversity degradation. He and his wife, Anne, have recently put out a new book 'The Dominant Animal and the Fate of Biodiversity'.

This talk was aired by Radio Echoshock.

Listen to his talk.

New York City-sized Ice Collapses off Antarctica

Read this article that talks about the shattering into icebergs of an ice sheet the size of New York City that broke off the Wilkins Ice Shelf earlier this month. This is a sign that climate change is having a very dramatic effect on the world.

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Poisoned Waters - Frontline Report

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith examines the growing hazards to human health and the ecosystems of the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound due to polluted runoff from industry, agriculture and massive suburban development.

View the 2 hour Frontline special

No Return to Normal - Economic Crisis

Here is a great article by James K. Galbraith about the global economic crisis. Not only does he explain how current banking policy will not work but he provides solutions that will end up rebuilding this country and preserving it's assets of being a place of science and technology innovation.

Read the article: "Why the economic crisis, and its solution, are bigger than you think"

Charlie Rose Interview with Amory Lovins

This interview is from 2006 but is still very relevant with regard to energy alternatives and getting off oil completely.

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Nova Special: Extreme Ice

Photographer, James Balog, chronicles the melting arctic and Greenland glaciers. The rate of melting is much faster than expected. Large lakes disappearing in a matter of hours is captured on video as well as large ice sheets breaking off and floating out to sea.

There are a series of 6 videos totaling an hour of viewing time. Incredible footage!

Visit the site to watch the videos.

Thomas Friedman Article about Sustainable Growth in Costa Rica

Read Thomas Friedman's article about Costa Rica's model for sustainable growth. He visited on an eco tour and gives his insights.

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Annie Leonard guest spoke and showed "The Story of Stuff" at Foothill College

Annie Leonard is an expert in international sustainability and environmental health issues, with more than 20 years of experience investigating factories and dumps around the world. She spoke at Foothill College and showed her movie, the Story of Stuff, which shows how stuff is created and at what cost to the environment.

She also recommended some books and web sites:

"Exposed": Deregulating Chemicals by Mark Shapiro. Here is a link that talks about the book

Our Stolen Future written by three authors, Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers which chronicles the development of the endocrine disruptor hypothesis by Theo Colborn. Go here to visit their web site which continues to monitor and report on research related to endocrine disruptor.

Rules for Radicals written by Saul Alinsky. Go here to see a list of the rules.

Steady State Economy is a web site. The President, Brian Czech, of the site wrote an article on this.

Did you know all California state employees are required to sign a loyalty oath?

This outdated loyalty oath dates back to 1952 which was added at the height of anti-Communist hysteria. It requires that all California state employees sign it before they can be hired. Not signing it means you will not be hired. What does a loyalty oath promising to uphold and defend the Constitution have to do with working for the state in a non-military capacity?

Here is the text of the loyalty oath:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend
the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of
the State of California against all enemies, foreign and
domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the
Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the
State of California; that I take this obligation freely, without
any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will
well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about
to enter.

Visit this web site to see what happened to a teacher who was fired for refusing
to sign it.

Visit this web site to see what a UC Berkeley graduate student did to bring this
issue to light and to encourage resistance to signing it.

Global Financial Crisis Discussed by Paul Keating

Here is an interview with the Paul Keating, ex-Prime Minister of Australia, talking about the global financial crisis. Well worth the watch!

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What Happened to the EV1 Battery?

In this exerpt from 'Who Killed the Electric Car?" they explain what happened to the battery technology that was developed for the EV1.

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Can the Power Grid Handle the Influx of Renewable Energy Sources?

With solar and wind turbines coming online the existing power grid is too old and inadequate to manage it. Read the article that discusses the problems that need to be solved that will move us into clean energy production and management.

Read the article: Lifeline for Renewable Power by David Talbot