Dr. Gerardo Avalos on the Impact of Globalization on Costa Rica

Dr. Gerardo Avalos on the Impact of Globalization on Costa Rica

Gerardo Avalos, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development Studies in Atenas, Costa Rica talks about some of the effects of globalizaton on Costa Rica’s economy. [Continue]

Garikai Nyaruwata on the Role of Private Equity in African Development

Garikai Nyaruwata on the Role of Private Equity in African Development

Garikai Nyaruwata describes the ways in which private equity may be uniquely suited for addressing some of Africa’s development challenges, as well as some of the barriers to its successful implementation. [Continue]

Dr. Klaus Lackner on Air Capture and Climate Change Mitigation

Dr. Klaus Lackner on Air Capture and Climate Change Mitigation

Professor Klaus Lackner of the Earth Institute at Columbia University discusses Air Capture Technology and Climate Mitigation. [Continue]

Dr. Bryan Norton on a Pragmatist Philosophy of Sustainability

Dr. Bryan Norton on a Pragmatist Philosophy of Sustainability

Professor Bryan Norton of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech University speaks about his book – Sustainability: A Philosophy of Adaptive Ecosystem Management – and how pragmatism can inform a more rigorous philosophical framework for thinking about sustainability. [Continue]

Kyle Cahill on Oxfam and Poverty Footprinting

Kyle Cahill on Oxfam and Poverty Footprinting

Kyle Cahill of Oxfam America talks about Oxfam's new Poverty Footprinting initiative, and how poverty footprinting might facilitate businesses' engagement with sustainable development, particularly in developing countries. [Continue]

Michael Davidson on China’s Stance on Climate Change

Michael Davidson on China’s Stance on Climate Change

Michael Davidson of NRDC discusses China's Stance on Climate Change and other environmental issues. [Continue]

Dr. David Keith on Geo-Engineering Solutions to Climate Change

Dr. David Keith on Geo-Engineering Solutions to Climate Change

Professor David Keith of the University of Calgary talks about Geoengineering solutions to Climate Change, the economics of climate change catastrophes, and the pervasiveness of climate hyperbole in the current discourse. [Continue]

Dr. Christopher Shaw on Teaching Sustainable Development

Dr. Christopher Shaw on Teaching Sustainable Development

Dr. Chris Shaw of Phillips Academy Andover talks about the challenges (and joys) of teaching sustainable development at the high school level and beyond. [Continue]

Rakim Brooks on Urban Poverty and Environmentalism

Rakim Brooks on Urban Poverty and Environmentalism

Rakim Brooks of DEMOS and Oxford University on Social Justice, Environmentalism, and Animal Rights [Continue]

Dr. Nick Eyre on Energy Policy in the UK

Dr. Nick Eyre on Energy Policy in the UK

Dr. Nick Eyre of the University of Oxford talks about demand-side energy management issues, and Energy Policy in the UK. [Continue]

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