Conversations With Remarkable Minds

Shiva, Vandana - Environment Globalization GMO - 09.09.28

“Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace”, “Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed”, "Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis" Deconstructing the genetic paradigm of the GMO belief.

Dr. Vandana Shiva is an internationally renowned environmental and social activist, and was formerly one of India’s top nuclear physicists. She has been credited as the principle founding leader of India’s ecological and ecofeminism movement. In 1982 Dr. Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in New Delhi, which led to the creation of Navdanya- an organization dedicated to the restoration of organic farming across India and the preservation of indigenous knowledge and culture. For several decades, Vandana has fought for changes in the globalized practices of agriculture and food. She has traveled the world speaking against biopiracy of indigenous knowledge by large agricultural and pharmaceutical corporations. Her activist efforts have created grassroots organizations throughout the developing world to counter genetic engineering of crops, as well as empower women throughout the third world.
“Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace”, “Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed”, “Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis”

Shiva, Vandana - Environment Globalization GMO - 12.06.05

“Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace”, “Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed”, "Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis" Continuing the discussion of GMOs & environmental justice.

Dr. Vandana Shiva is an internationally renowned environmental and social activist, and was formerly one of India’s top nuclear physicists. She has been credited as the principle founding leader of India’s ecological and ecofeminism movement. In 1982 Dr. Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in New Delhi, which led to the creation of Navdanya- an organization dedicated to the restoration of organic farming across India and the preservation of indigenous knowledge and culture. For several decades, Vandana has fought for changes in the globalized practices of agriculture and food. She has traveled the world speaking against biopiracy of indigenous knowledge by large agricultural and pharmaceutical corporations. Her activist efforts have created grassroots organizations throughout the developing world to counter genetic engineering of crops, as well as empower women throughout the third world.
“Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace”, “Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed”, “Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis”

Shiva, Vandana - Environment Globalization GMO - 12.12.03

"Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis" The international denial (Europe and US) of science-based health and environmental risks of GMO corps and agriculture

Dr. Vandana Shiva is an internationally renowned environmental and social activist, and was formerly one of India’s top nuclear physicists. She has been credited as the principle founding leader of India’s ecological and ecofeminism movement. In 1982 Dr. Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in New Delhi, which led to the creation of Navdanya- an organization dedicated to the restoration of organic farming across India and the preservation of indigenous knowledge and culture. For several decades, Vandana has fought for changes in the globalized practices of agriculture and food. She has traveled the world speaking against biopiracy of indigenous knowledge by large agricultural and pharmaceutical corporations. Her activist efforts have created grassroots organizations throughout the developing world to counter genetic engineering of crops, as well as empower women throughout the third world.
“Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace”, “Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed”, “Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis”

Simonton. Dean Keith - Creativity Genius Consciousness - 07.01.01

"Creativity in Science: Chance, Logic, Genius, and Zeitgeist" Discussing aspects of genius, creativity and leadership.

Dean Keith Simonton is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UC Davis. He has authored numerous publications, and books including “Genius, Creativity, and Leadership”; “Scientific Genius”; “Genius and Creativity”; “Origins of Genius”; “Great Psychologists and Their Times"; “Creativity in Science”.  He is Fellow of several scientific organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Psychological Science, and ten divisions of the American Psychological Association. He has served as President of the International Assn. of Empirical Aesthetics and the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, and is the current President of the Society for General Psychology.  His research covers diverse manifestations of genius, creativity, leadership, talent, & aesthetics, and has won numerous awards.

Speth, James Gustave - America in Crisis Economy Environment - 12.03.09

“The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment and Crossing from Crisis to Stability” America’s system of governance and its failures to address and confront our environmental, social, economic and political crises.

Prof. James Gustave Speth has been one the true insiders and leaders of the environmental movement for the past four decades. He is currently the Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale. He co-founded the National Resources Defense Council, chaired the President’s Council on Enviornmental Quality under President Carter, was a senior advisor on President Clinton’s transition team, and was the founding president of the World Resources Institute. Prof. Speth also served as the CEO of the United Nations Development Program.  He has received many awards for his stance on dealing with global environmental problems, including Japan’s prestigious Blue Planet Prize for lifetime creative, visionary leadership.  Prof. Speth is the author of several books; his most recent “The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment and Crossing from Crisis to Stability” addresses our most fundamental environmental problems as we struggle for future sanity to have appeared in this century so far.    www.TheBridgeAtTheEdgeOfTheWorld.com

Speth, James Gustave - America in Crisis Economy Environment - 12.10.11

“The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment and Crossing from Crisis to Stability” Creating a progressive manifesto for a new American economy.

Prof. James Gustave Speth has been one the true insiders and leaders of the environmental movement for the past four decades. He is currently the Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale. He co-founded the National Resources Defense Council, chaired the President’s Council on Enviornmental Quality under President Carter, was a senior advisor on President Clinton’s transition team, and was the founding president of the World Resources Institute. Prof. Speth also served as the CEO of the United Nations Development Program.  He has received many awards for his stance on dealing with global environmental problems, including Japan’s prestigious Blue Planet Prize for lifetime creative, visionary leadership.  Prof. Speth is the author of several books; his most recent “The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment and Crossing from Crisis to Stability” addresses our most fundamental environmental problems as we struggle for future sanity to have appeared in this century so far.    www.TheBridgeAtTheEdgeOfTheWorld.com

Spretnak, Charlene - Consciousness Metaphysics Transformation - 12.01.03

“Relational Reality: New Discoveries of Interrelatedness that are Transforming the Modern World” Challenging the old mechanistic view of the universe and society that continues to dominate our major institutions.

Professor Charlene Spretnak is an internationally recognized author, among the first wave of women originators behind what is now called “eco-feminism”.  Her writings have focused on such diverse, but interrelated topics, as social justice, ecological philosophy & Green politics, feminism & spirituality and religion.  The British government’s Department of the Environment named her among the one hundred                eco-heroes of all time. Charlene is a professor of women’s spirituality at the California Institute for Integral Studies, a research fellow at the Green Institute and an adjunct professor at Schumacher College in the UK, founded by the gandhian scholar and mystic Satish Kumar.  Her most recent book “Relational Reality: New Discoveries of Interrelatedness that are Transforming the Modern World” challenges the older mechanistic view of the universe & society that continues to dominate our major dominant institutions. 

Stein, Dr Jill - Politics Election America - 12.02.02

An indepth conversation with the 2012 presidential candidate for the Green Party.

Dr. Jill Stein is a medical physician of internal medicine and a pioneer in advocating environmental health issues in Massachusetts. She has written books on toxic threats to child development and the links between human health, climate change & green economic revitalization. Over the years Dr. Stein has been active in Massachusetts campaigns to better protect women & children from toxic pollution that is contributing to learning disabilities and fighting the coal industry & the burning of waste. She is on the national board of directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility; she has won awards for her public health efforts in clean water policies & children’s health. In 2003 Jill founded the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities to support local green economies, grassroots democracy & various health care agendas. She ran for state representative in 2004 & for Secretary of State in 2006 receiving the greatest number of votes for any Green candidate. Jill is the Green Party candidate for President.

Thurman, Robert - Spirituality Peace Activism - 09.09.29

“Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as a Solution for China, Tibet and the World” How the Dalai Lama’s tireless work is the harbinger of peace for the world and essential for human survival.

Robert A.F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia Univ., President of the Tibet House U.S., a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization, and President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies, a non-profit affiliated with the Center for Buddhist Studies at Columbia and dedicated to the publication of translations of important artistic and scientific treatises from the Tibetan Tengyur. Thurman is known as a talented popularizer of the Buddha’s teachings. A riveting speaker, he is the author of many books on Tibet, Buddhism, art, politics and culture. "The Central Philosophy of Tibet", "Circling the Sacred Mountain", "Essential Tibetan Buddhism", "The Tibetan Book of the Dead", "Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet", "Why The Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet",

Thurman, Robert - Consciousness Spirituality Well Being - 10.11.17

“Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Real Happiness”, A spontaneous conversation on compassion and happiness, and a spiritual commentary on some of the critical issues facing us today.

Robert A.F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia Univ., President of the Tibet House U.S., a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization, and President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies, a non-profit affiliated with the Center for Buddhist Studies at Columbia and dedicated to the publication of translations of important artistic and scientific treatises from the Tibetan Tengyur. Thurman is known as a talented popularizer of the Buddha’s teachings. A riveting speaker, he is the author of many books on Tibet, Buddhism, art, politics and culture. "The Central Philosophy of Tibet", "Circling the Sacred Mountain", "Essential Tibetan Buddhism", "The Tibetan Book of the Dead", "Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet", "Why The Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet",