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Green Festival Radio™ presents an ongoing series of keynote speeches given at the world's largest sustainability event: Green Festival™. Speakers at Green Festival™ are articulate, powerful advocates for a just and sustainable planet. From authors and filmmakers to politicians, musicians and scientists, these renowned individuals inspire packed audiences with their expertise—one of the most compelling draws to Green Festival™ since 2002. Green Festival™ is a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America.

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Green Festival Radio™ presents an ongoing series of keynote speeches given at the world's largest sustainability event: Green Festival™. Speakers at Green Festival™ are articulate, powerful advocates for a just and sustainable planet. From authors and filmmakers to politicians, musicians and scientists, these renowned individuals inspire packed audiences with their expertise—one of the most compelling draws to Green Festival™ since 2002. Green Festival™ is a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America.

    Dr. Stuart Pimm - Chicago 2009

    Dr. Stuart Pimm - Chicago 2009

    The Balance of Nature? Humanity is driving species to extinction a hundred times faster than species would become extinct naturally, and the rate continues to accelerate at an alarming rate. Reducing deforestation and restoring deforested areas is by far the cheapest, simplest and most effective way of both slowing down climate change and reducing extinction. Pimm will explore the many aspects of these crises and help frame some solutions.

    • 44 min
    Alice Waters - Chicago 2009

    Alice Waters - Chicago 2009

    An Edible Education Round Table Chef Waters, owner of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA, will convene an edible education policy round table with local and national experts, including Illinois Congressman Danny Davis and filmmaker Chris Taylor. Waters has championed this movement nationally, offering hope in the light of the new Obama administration's vision of greening the White House as a national model. Waters will expand on the narrative of green to include Edible Education in all schools.

    • 41 min
    John Perkins - Chicago 2009

    John Perkins - Chicago 2009

    Transforming Turmoil into a New Economy For the first time in human history, every individual faces the same crises: climate change, diminishing resources and economic turmoil. We all have a crucial stake in how we move forward. It is time to develop positive models that are committed to creating a world that future generations will want to inherit. We the people have the power to demand new goals, ones focused on generating a sustainable, just and peaceful world.

    • 44 min
    Greg Palast - Chicago 2009

    Greg Palast - Chicago 2009

    Burn the Banks Palast, The New York Times best-selling author and investigative journalist extraordinaire, will give the inside skinny on the billionaire bonus babies of banking. He will tell tales from his years of investigating the banking buzzards - from the Congo to Detroit - showing us the files marked "secret" and "confidential". The Chicago Tribune states, "Palast's stories bite...so relevant, they threaten to alter history." The report opens with his reports for BBC TV and Democracy Now!

    • 42 min
    Jim Hightower - Chicago 2009

    Jim Hightower - Chicago 2009

    Even the Smallest Dog Can Lift its Leg on the Tallest Building Hightower, populist speaker, agitator, best-selling author and radio commentator, is taking on the powers that be on behalf of the powers that ought to be - small farmers, small-business people, workers, grassroots organizers and just plain folk - to share with people how they can make a difference. Hear stories about the power of individuals challenging their current world view to live based on their own progressive values.

    • 33 min
    Amy Goodman - Chicago 2009

    Amy Goodman - Chicago 2009

    Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times When powerful individuals, organizations and governments manipulate media to spread their own agendas, it is imperative that forums are in place to make sure the full stories are told. In many cases, this has not occurred through various mainstream media outlets. Goodman will set the record straight and will report on the many people who have taken a stand for the sake of democracy.

    • 53 min

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