An illumination of sea cargo over the earth, with bottlenecks and congestion.
Author Archives: Karla Cook
CNN’s Bill Weir explores world’s threatened wonders
PBS is running “Earth a New Wild,” a engaging series in which the conservation biologist M. Sanjayan reveals opportunities for sustaining biological diversity and dynamics even as human population and consumption pressures rise.
Now comes “The Wonder List,” an eight-part CNN series on Sundays at 10 p.m. Eastern…The films get behind the caricatured representations of cultural and environmental disruption that are all too common in ultra-compressed television reports. Bill Weir conveys intelligence, humor and humanity. Philip Bloom’s videography is stunning. — Andrew C. Revkin, NYT.
Is the environment a moral cause?
Where liberals view environmental issues as matters of right and wrong, conservatives generally do not….People think quite differently when they are morally engaged with an issue. In such cases people are more likely to eschew a sober cost-benefit analysis, opting instead to take action because it is the right thing to do. Put simply, we’re more likely to contribute to a cause when we feel ethically compelled to. – Robb Willer, NYT
Food, Ethics and the Environment: 2006
This two-day conference brought together industry experts, scientists, local farmers, students and representatives of Campus Dining. Speakers included Eric Schlosser ’81, Michael Pollan and Marion Nestle. Here’s the link to the videos.
Feeding a Hot and Hungry Planet: 2009
Tim Searchinger, founder of Princeton Studies Food, worked with the Princeton Environmental Institute to present “Feeding a Hot and Hungry Planet: The Challenge of Making More Food and Fewer Greenhouse Gases.” Link to the site is here.
At the launch
“When I see this crowd – and the diversity of the crowd – it’s obvious that food and agriculture are maybe the most compelling example of an academic or intellectual discipline that has a role to play in every department and every division on campus.”
– Kelly Caylor, Professor, CEE; Director, ENV Program
Classes linked to food and related systems
Several faculty at Princeton University teach classes related to food and its supporting complex systems. Note that this assembly is ongoing. Please click through to Connected Courses and write with additions.
– karlac@princeton.edu