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Less Is More: On Population, More or Less

May 24, 2011Full ShowAdam Werbach, andrew revkin, environmental reporter, new york times, paul ehrlich, population, stewart brandAlex Wise

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The United Nations forecasts that by 2050 the world’s population will exceed 9 billion. How will that affect life on the local level, on the global level, and in developing countries? And what impact will all these new humans have on the climate? Last week on Sea Change Radio we talked with Paul Ehrlich, iconic authority on the subject of population. This week on Sea Change Radio, we continue our exploration of the topic. First, host Alex Wise speaks with New York Times environmental reporter and Dot Earth blogger, Andrew Revkin, and then later with Stewart Brand, frequent guest, former student of Paul Ehrlich, and environmentalist icon in his own right. Both guests share their thoughts on how immigration, urbanization, religion, and the increasing global empowerment of women are affecting the population equation.

For more on the ongoing debates surrounding population, check out Mr. Revkin’s recent posts here and here via Dot Earth. Also, here’s an interesting piece by Adam Werbach in The Atlantic which offers a fresh perspective on the debate, and exhorts us “to move away from the language of population control and towards an even more vibrant advocacy on behalf of women.”

Sage & Spirit: Talking With John Perry Barlow and Stewart Brand

October 26, 2010Full Showelectronic frontier foundation, genetically modified organisms, global business network, grateful dead lyricist, john perry barlow, long now foundation, merry prankster, nuclear energy, stewart brand, the well, whole earth, whole earth catalog, whole earth disciplineAlex Wise

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Where did conservation and America’s conservative movement part ways? Is the flight to the cities in the developing world a positive phenomenon? Has the population bomb been defused? This week on Sea Change Radio, we discuss these topics and more with two iconic sages of the green movement – Grateful Dead lyricist and green entrepreneur, John Perry Barlow along with author, ecologist and former Merry Prankster, Stewart Brand.Read the show transcript

Genetically Modified Organisms: Part II of our discussion with Stewart Brand

August 11, 2010Full Showgenetically modified organisms, global business network, gmo, long now foundation, nuclear energy, stewart brand, the well, whole earth, whole earth catalog, whole earth disciplineAlex Wise

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In Part I of Alex Wise‘s Sea Change Radio conversation with Stewart Brand, Brand makes his case for expanding nuclear energy. In Part II, Brand takes an unexpected position on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), one which calls into question fundamental assumptions that underlie environmentalism itself. Stewart Brand is an American writer best known as the editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He founded a number of organizations including The WELL, the Global Business Network, and the Long Now Foundation. His most recent book is Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto. Other recommended reading on plant breeding by Stewart Brand includes Noel Kingsbury’s Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding.

A Brand Nuclear Day: Green Icon Stewart Brand Takes Controversial Stance

July 13, 2010Full Showenvironmental movement, Grist, long now foundation, merry prankster, nuclear energy, stewart brand, ted conference, the well, whole earth, whole earth catalog, whole earth disciplineAlex Wise

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Alex Wise speaks with Stewart Brand, author, Merry Prankster, and one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement. In the first part of this two-part interview, Brand discusses his provocative new book, Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto, and makes the case for nuclear energy expansion. Brand’s pro-nuclear stance has certainly ruffled a number of feathers in the environmental movement. Since the book’s publication, Brand has been debating luminaries on the topic from Amory Lovins (Grist article) to Mark Jacobson (here’s video from TED conference):