Distress Signals from Earth
A steady stream of reports on the deterioration of the environment is issued. There is a brief flurry of media coverage. The corporate-funded climate change deniers make counterclaims. We wake briefly to the crisis then most of us lapse into a couch potato stupor. Neoliberal dogma and an almost mystical belief in capitalism make it almost certain that little will be done to avert coming calamities. Charades called climate summits offer nothing more than photo ops of smiling world leaders and vacuous press releases. We blithely turn our heads away from reality. As the ice caps melt it is not just penguins and polar bears that are in danger. The wider implications for the planet and humanity are profound. What level of catastrophe is it going to take for business-as-usual policies to change? Will we hear the distress signals from Earth?
Recorded at Colorado State University.
Speaker
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies in the Department of Biology and president of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University. He is a MacArthur Fellow, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has received numerous honors including the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, given in areas where the Nobel Prize is not awarded, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, and the Blue Planet Prize. He is active in the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere. He is author of over 40 books.
john –
far too many people have no knowledge of weaponised weather systems….the deliberate systematic alteration of our climate, to bring about a desired result…mother nature has a competitor lately, toying with the climate!! CHECK OUT ‘GEOENGINEERING WATCH.COM….if you really are serious about debating the alleged warming trends.
Claire –
Paul Ehrlich gifts us with the crystal-clear dire truth of what we are REALLY doing to our planet, ourselves and the power to reverse at least some of it. Masterly presented, with so much life, to serve and protect dear Life. We can’t afford to day dream anymore, Life calls us to come together and do the work now, before it’s too late. For us “and the next seven generations”. The Thirteen Grandmothers got it too, through their own channels.
laura stutz –
Everyone teens to adults in this country need to get out of themselves for 1 hour and listen to this man. It will change your perspective on life in this day and age, there is nothing like having what you think is a reality turn into what is reality. Wake up people.
N. Sewell –
How one person can have so much information in their head is astounding. His presentation is very precise and interesting. It made me want to hear more. I’m left wondering what can one ordinary person do to help.