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American Experience: Earth Days Series

Lectures curated around American Experience: Earth Days Series that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day and gives testament to what the environmental movement has meant in America.”

Earth Day is celebrated in the US on April 22 and is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. It was founded by US Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wisconsin) as an environmental teach-in in 1970, and is celebrated in many countries every year. This date is Spring in the Northern Hemisphere and Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. The United Nations celebrates an Earth Day each year on the March equinox, which is often March 20, a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969.

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Blessed Unrest: The Environmental Movement

Writer and environmentalist Paul Hawken discusses his new book, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming, which explores the diversity of the environmental movement, its ideas, strategies, and hidden history, going back many centuries.

Saving the Environment: Community Consciousness

Gary Hirshberg and others reflect on how business, religious and community leaders can raise public consciousness about environmental responsibility. How have business, religious and community leaders raised the consciousness of citizens to become environmentally responsible?

David Helvarg: Fifty Ways to Save the Ocean

David Helvarg, environmental writer, presents his new book, 50 Ways to Save the Ocean.

Assessing the Health of the Environment I

Robert T. Watson

November 21, 2005

Robert Watson, chief scientist and director of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network of the World Bank, and Chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, explores the implications of the 2005 report of the U.N. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

Assessing the Health of the Environment II

Robert T. Watson

November 21, 2005

Robert Watson, chief scientist and director of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network of the World Bank, and chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, explores the implications of the 2005 report of the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

Assessing the Health of the Environment III

Robert T. Watson

November 21, 2005

Robert Watson, chief scientist and director of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network of the World Bank, and Chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, explores the implications of the 2005 report of the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

Cambridge Science Festival: Energy and the Environment Series

Cambridge Science Festival: Energy and the Environment Series

Lectures curated around energy and the environment, including alternative cars, global warming, conservation methods, aquaculture, and wind power in connection with the Cambridge Science Festival.

Lead, Health, Environment: Old Problem and New Challenges

October 1, 2007

Mark Pokras discusses health and environmental problems associated with lead and why a broad, ecological vision is important in finding solutions.

Red Sky at Morning: Crisis of the Global Environment

James Gustave Speth, armed with the latest data about the global environmental crisis, explains why current methods of tackling the problem (international negotiations and treaties) have failed, and exposes the disaster waiting to happen if we stay the current course.

Wild Trees: Uncharted Canopy Biosphere of Redwoods

Richard Preston

Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone, tells the story of Steve Sillett and Marie Antoine and a group of botanists and amateur naturalists who discovered a mysterious world hidden above California.

Jim Grimsley: Forgiveness and The Last Green Tree

Jim Grimsley discusses two of his latest works, Forgiveness and The Last Green Tree. Forgiveness is a black, comedic tale of a bankrupt accounting executive who dreams of achieving stardom by murdering his wife.

Study in Ecology: Decline of the Sugar Maple

Richard Hallett

Richard Hallett and Scott Bailey examine the unusually high mortality rate of sugar maple as a means of illuminating broader issues affecting Northeastern US forests. During the last decade, scientists have noted symptoms of widespread forest decline in Europe and North America.

Global Change: Effects on the Northern Forest

Scott Ollinger provides an overview of climate change and air pollution issues in the Northeastern US, highlighting several important environmental factors in the context of forest health and productivity.

New England Forests: A View from Space

Mary Martin and Marie-Louise Smith explain how scientists use space age tools to track and assess changes in New England's forests.

Frontline: Poisoned Waters

Frontline's executive producer David Fanning welcomes more than 200 national and regional environmental leaders at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, for a sneak preview of Frontline's special report Poisoned Waters.

Water War: Georgia vs. Florida vs. Alabama

November 11, 2008

Carol Collier, executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission, shares lessons learned and addresses the 18-year struggle over water between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.

Ocean Exploration and Conservation

Gregory S. Stone

Gregory S. Stone relates details of the recent designation of the world's third largest marine protected area around the Phoenix Islands in the central Pacific.

Commotion in the Ocean

February 28, 2007

Oceanographer Amy Bower tells of the adventures she and her team have shared, as they try to put together the complex puzzle that is our Earth's climate system.This includes battling pirates on the high seas.

Whales and Wildlife in the Auckland Islands

Scott Kraus discusses how wildlife in the Auckland Islands can serve as control groups for evaluating stresses on oceanic animals in areas that sustain intensive and widespread human activities.

Waters of Wonder: Coral Reefs

Joel Biddle shows excerpts from Waters of Wonder, a DVD film produced and directed by himself and Tom Jackson. The film is an educational piece geared towards K-8 students and shows the incredibly variety of coral reef marine life.

Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands

Mary Edna Fraser

September 4, 2007

Orrin Pilkey and Mary Edna Fraser describe the fragility of Barrier islands, which protect the mainland of most of the eastern United States from natural disaster.