Day 100: Tom Friedman on the next great global industry
Tom Friedman is the world famous New York Times columnist and author of books like Hot, Flat and Crowded. He joins 100 Voices 100 Days on its final day to talk about the next great global industry: energy technology, or ET.
Posted at 11:36 06 December 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 99: Jane Goodall on melting glaciers and rising sea levels
Jane Goodall is the world's leading expert on chimpanzees. She's very well known for her early work in Tanzania and her tireless effort to conserve tropical forests around the world. She joins 100 Voices 100 Days to share two recent experiences she had on the front lines of a changing environment and what they told her about the importance of taking ambitious action to tackle climate change. You can read more about Jane and her work on the website of her organisation, the Jane Goodall Institute.
Posted at 11:29 05 December 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 98: Joe Trippi on the politics of climate change
Joe Trippi is a Democratic campaign strategist in the United States. He's well known for his roles on the presidential campaigns of Howard Dean and John Edwards. As such, he has done a lot of thinking about the issue of climate change in American politics. In his 100 Voices 100 Days video, he tells us what is holding climate change back, and what it will take for serious action to be taken to tackle it.
Posted at 09:59 04 December 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 97: Jack Darin on why he's confident the US will tackle climate change effectively
Jack Darin is the Director of the Sierra Club's Illinois Chapter. He says that he's confident President Obama is on track to make significant progress in tackling climate change. Jack also notes that US regions and cities such as the Midwest and Chicago are taking green action on their own.
Posted at 08:06 03 December 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 96: Ted Brekken on making wind energy more practical
Dr. Ted Brekken is co-director of the Wallace Energy Systems and Renewables Facility at Oregon State University (thanks to them for submitting this video). He's working to make wind power less variable - and potentially more practical for widespread use - by developing a way to store wind energy in off-peak hours.
Posted at 08:51 02 December 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 95: Jackie Savitz on saving the world's oceans
Jackie Savitz is the Senior Campaign Director for Oceana, a group that seeks to protect and restore the world's oceans. She says that climate change is killing our oceans and the food and jobs they provide.
Posted at 08:27 01 December 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 94: Venita McCellon-Allen on America's energy mix
This video was submitted by AmericasPower.org, a group that advocates for coal companies in the US. Venita McCellon-Allen is the executive vice president for one of those companies and she says that coal is required to satisfy the demand for energy in America. While she acknowledges that renewable energy is an important part of that mix, it simply cannot power America alone.
Posted at 08:30 30 November 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 93: Naomi Davis on green jobs for African Americans
The National Wildlife Federation is working with people like Naomi Davis to bring clean energy jobs to underserved communities the US. In this video, Naomi talks about why green jobs are good for the environment and can also be a great opportunity for African Americans.
Posted at 08:33 29 November 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 92: Bhupinder Tomar on adapting to climate change
In this submitted video, Bhupinder Tomar, climate change expert at the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies, explains what the often heard phrase adaptation to climate change means.
Posted at 11:36 28 November 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 91: Tim Nichols on green jobs
This submitted video features Tim Nichols of Sedgwick, Arkansas talking about the importance of creating green jobs in the US. Tim filmed this video for Repower America, a campaign that seeks to build public support for a clean energy plan in the US that will create new jobs and power America with clean energy.
Posted at 11:03 27 November 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 90: Geoff Dabelko on Copenhagen...
Something different but important on Thanksgiving today. Geoff Dabelko, Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program, advises us on the pronunciation of Copenhagen.
Posted at 09:00 26 November 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 89: Emily Roshan on opposition to nuclear power
We haven't explored nuclear power on 100 Voices 100 Days. With thanks to Greenpeace for this submitted video, Emily Roshan talks about why Greenpeace is against using nuclear energy as part of a clean energy mix. Now the UK believes nuclear is a necessary response to climate change. In fact, just yesterday, Nick Bridge, the Embassy's lead on climate change policy, blogged on the rise of nuclear power in the UK.
Posted at 08:52 25 November 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 88: Bryan Walsh on insurance
This submitted video features Time Magazine's Energy & Climate Writer Bryan Walsh noting that investing in a green economy is akin to buying insurance. Thanks to Global Eco Rescue for submitting.
Posted at 08:07 24 November 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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Day 87: Harald Winkler on the view from South Africa
In this submitted video, Harald Winkler, a scientist at at the Energy Research Centre in Capetown, provides a view on Copenhagen from South Africa.
Posted at 08:28 23 November 2009 by 100voices | Comments[0]
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