Alex Smith

Who Will Control the Climate of the World?

For all who love a conspiracy, geoengineering has it all. The oil companies, far-right think-tanks, nuclear weapons scientists, and even Bill Gates.

Unburnable: Risky Fossil Fuel Investments & Climate Crisis

Two new reports say climate change could cause the next financial crisis.  From London, Bob Ward, LSE lead author of "Unburnable: Carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets." Australia's Climate Institute, John Connor on coal's risky future.  Plus Nancy LaPlaca: why sunny Arizona burns coal. 

How Will We Power the Future?

In-depth interview with Nobel Laureate Robert B. Laughlin on his book "Powering the Future: How We Will Eventually Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow." Dr. Rose M. Cory's new science on positive feedback loop discovered in the melting Arctic.

Survivor soul food

African American culinary historian Michael W. Twitty interviewed by Gerri Williams on black crops, climate change, and safe seeds. K. Rashid Nuri from Truly Living Well urban farm in Atlanta, Georgia. Music by Mavis Staples ("Down in Mississippi") and Memphis Gold ("Mississippi Flatlands").

Can we avoid a collapse?

"Population Bomb" author & Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich on his Royal Society Paper "Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?" From Tasmania, forest expert Dr. David Bowman: wild fires drive more global warming. Economist John Talberth suing the U.S. Government over risky ocean oil leases in the Arctic. Three interviews from a world of trouble.

Richard Heinberg - Part 2 Energy and the Delusion of Endless Growth

Part 2 of a 2 part video version of our Radio Ecoshock interview with Richard Heinberg, about the book "Energy: Overdevelopment etc". The interview features video of some of the images in the book. I think it's a different way of giving people an idea of what this book is like.

Richard Heinberg - Part 1 Energy and the Delusion of Endless Growth

Part 1 of a 2 part video version of our Radio Ecoshock interview with Richard Heinberg, about the book "Energy: Overdevelopment etc". The interview features video of some of the images in the book. I think it's a different way of giving people an idea of what this book is like.

Why Is the Economy Shrinking? - Richard Heinberg

Endless growth is a delusion with consequences...The spiral of climate change, peak energy, and economic crisis, with author Richard Heinberg. Fresh interview on giant new book "Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth". Followed by speech to Chicago Bioneers "Life After Growth: Why the Economy Is Shrinking and What to Do About It”.

Victory Gardens past and future (with Lamanda Joy)

Food prices are rising due to climate, peak oil and poor economy. Best time to start your city on Victory Gardens. Speech by Lamanda Joy to Great Lakes Bioneers tells how. With intro on food prices in Canada, UK, Australia, USA, clips from WWII garden propaganda.

Kevin Anderson: What they won't tell you about climate catastrophe

Scientists and officials are not telling the public the awful truth: we are hurtling toward catastrophic climate change.