Harvard botanist Dr. Peter Del Tredici discusses how northeastern forests are being shaped by urbanization, invasive species, acid rain, and climate change.
Writer and food activist Janisse Ray talks about the loss of heirloom seeds and the role that individuals can play in preserving agricultural diversity.
Dave Strayer, a freshwater ecologist at the Cary Institute,discusses the organization’s Hudson River Research Program, the river’s environmental recovery, and challenges that need to be met.
Jupp Kerckerinck, conservationist and President of the Shark Research Institute, delivers a presentation about the dramatic decline of sharks and the role they play in the ocean ecosystem.
David Owen, a writer for the New Yorker, talks about his book The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse.
Dr. Gene E. Likens, Founding Director of the Cary Institute and co-discoverer of acid rain in North America discusses the science behind acid rain and the policies needed to stop it from falling.
Frances Moore Lappé, a pioneer of the sustainable food movement and the author of more than 18 books, including the classic Diet for a Small Planet, presents her latest book.
A lecture by Duke’s Orrin Pilkey and environmental artist Mary Edna Fraser. Fraser discusses her batiks, which are used to illustrate the threatened ecosystems in Pilkey’s book, Global Climate Change: A Primer.
Award-winning author, illustrator, and filmmaker Lynne Cherry explores how books and videos can inspire youth to engage in conservation and citizen-science.
