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Rodger Schlickeisen: Wrapped in Nature | This Week: at War with Wolves and Ourselves
In many ecosystems, the wolf is a keystone species. Remove the keystone and the system is imbalanced and endanger. For Rodger Schlickeisen, this is important and this is personal. President & CEO, Defenders of Wildlife since 1991, Mr. Schlickeisen has spurred tremendous growth for Defenders, one of the United States’ most prominent conservation advocacy organizations. Mr. Schlickeisen is also President of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, a political non-profit working to elect pro-conservation national leaders. Earlier, he was CEO of a leading consulting firm specializing in advancing the work of progressive advocacy organizations. He served in the Carter White House in the Office of Management & Budget and was Chief of Staff for U.S. Sentator Max Baucus. He is on the advisory committees of the Earth Communications Organization and the Environmental Media Association. His opinion pieces and articles are widely published. |
Next: Our Only Home If our world is to have a chance of remaining livable in ways to which we are accustomed, we must find the will and courage to change our politics and our lifestyles. David Orr is an environmental educator and a pioneer in the construction of sustainable buildings on college campuses. He heads the Environmental Studies program at Oberlin College and has now embarked on the creation of a fully sustainable region in central Ohio. This Program with David Orr will be here at 11:00 PM GMT, Wednesday, September 22. |
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Twenty-one years ago, the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Exxon Mobile Corporation has resisted by every means possible paying for the damage done to the people and to other parts of the environment by the oil spilled into the then pristine Sound. Sadly, the lessons not learned from the Exxon Valdez disaster need to be re-examined and applied to the British Petroleum (BP) catastrophe now unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Riki Ott studied the mistakes, misinformation and ignorance that made the Exxon Valdez event possible and its consequences even worse that they had to be. She wrote about what she found in Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. In January, 2005, she shared what she had learned with us. Have we learned nothing? Is greed so pervasive and politics so craven that we are compelled to destroy the beauty and fecundity of our home? |
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Almost exactly 6 years ago, we had a conversation with Jason Berry and the late Gerald Renner focused on their book Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II. These two capable and brave reporters documented the spreading abuse scandals within the Roman Catholic Church and the tragic cover-up presided over by the highest levels in the Vatican hierarchy. Now the scandal appears to be even more pervasive than they had thought and the current Pope implicated in allowing pedophile priest to continue working with children. The Vows of Silence film aired in Ireland in early April. An airing in Spain has been negotiated. As they said at the time: In the Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII called for “Aggiornamento” -- lifting the windows to let in the modern world and the winds of change. Those who lost power then have regained it and are hostile to the Vatican II definition of the Church: the people of God with responsibility shared by all. Our March, 2004 conversation with these two investigative reporters is available here. |
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Earlier this year (and on a happier note), Paula served as the moderator for the opening session of the Building Sustainability Conference in Kimberley, British Columbia. Our video contributions are here. Or, you can watch them below. |
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