Climate, Media and Learning
Alex Smith | 04.05.2011 22:16 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield
In this Radio Ecoshock program 5 guests take us through the process.
Almost the father of public health warnings on climate change, Harvard's Dr. Paul Epstein is our guest. Before the deadly tornadoes in the American South, he specifically warned of more violent weather. An advisor to governments, Dr. Epstein talks about climate impacts on the air we breath, smog, and the one out of every ten Americans suffering from asthma.
Just for the horror, I'll toss in a few minutes from another climate and health talk, this time Dr. Tim Takaro in Vancouver. Did you know even moderate projections of warming will move malaria-bearing mosquitoes as far North as Scandinavia, or the Province of Quebec in Canada?
Then we'll talk with one of the premier environment journalists of our day. As global warming reved up in the public mind, Andy Revkin was THE environment reporter for The New York Times. His blog "Dot.Earth" continues to connect the big stories, with a science edge.
We'll wrap up with two interviews asking: why aren't schools preparing kids for a morphing ecosphere? Captain Charles Saylan has a new book about fixing green teaching. Charlie heas up the Ocean Conservation Society in Southern California.
And from New England, active primary school teacher Katy Farber tell us a way to connect students to the community, to the real world - perfect for the Transition Movement - and great for disconnected kids. Don't miss her bright green activism, or her blog "Non-toxic Kids".
Alex Smith
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