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Interviews on global affairs and daily life
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Interview Archives: Land Use
Wednesday July 06, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Global Food System and Climate Pressures
Stephen P. Long, Ph.D., D.Sc., the Gutgsell University Endowed Professor in Plant Biology and Crop Sciences; and Resident Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Bonus video: Stephen Long says improved lines of crops that can tolerate population increases and climate change are needed to feed the world’s food supply.
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Categories: Agriculture • Environment • Climate Change • Land Use • Food • Science
Monday September 13, 2010, 10:06 AM
The Pakistan Flood Disaster
John Briscoe, Ph.D., The Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University; serves on the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Asma Faiz, Doctoral Student in the Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, and Fulbright Fellow
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Disasters • Environment • Climate Change • Land Use • Water resources • Asia • Pakistan
Tuesday June 15, 2010, 10:06 AM
Superfund and Other Toxic Waste Site Remediation
John Applegate, J.D., Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law and Vice President for University Regional Affairs, Planning, and Policy, Indiana University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Disasters • Environment • Land Use • Nuclear waste • Pollution • Law • United States • Illinois • Indiana
Monday May 10, 2010, 11:06 AM
Post-Disaster Recovery in the United States and Abroad
Robert B. Olshansky, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Head of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Architecture • Community • Disasters • Environment • Land Use • Water resources • Infrastructure • Asia • Japan • Caribbean • Haiti
Wednesday October 21, 2009, 10:06 AM
Endangered Species and Delisting: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Ed Bangs, Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Recovery Coordinator, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Helena, Montana
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Animals • Birds • Environment • Land Use • Natural Resources • Wildlife
Monday October 05, 2009, 11:06 AM
The National Parks: What Ken Burns Didn't Tell You
Robert Pahre, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, and Director, European Union Center, University of Illinois
Host: David Thiel
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Categories: Animals • Community • Ecology • Environment • Land Use • Government • Natural Resources • Parks and Recreation • United States
Monday March 27, 2006, 10:06 AM
LOST MOUNTAIN: A YEAR IN THE VANISHING WILDERNESS, RADICAL STRIPMINING AND THE DEVASTATION OF APPALACHIA,
Erik Reece, Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Kentucky
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Environment • Land Use
Friday January 27, 2006, 10:06 AM
BIG COAL: THE DIRTY SECRET BEHIND AMERICA’S ENERGY FUTURE
Jeff Goodell, Contributing Editor to Rolling Stone Magazine
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Energy • Coal • Environment • Land Use • Pollution
Wednesday April 21, 2004, 11:06 AM
Permaculture: Ecosystem Design and Management
Host: David Inge
David Blume, ecologist and founder of the International Institute for Ecological AgriculturePlay now:
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Categories: Agriculture • Environment • Land Use
Friday December 12, 2003, 10:06 AM
THE LAND WE SHARE: PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE COMMON GOOD
Eric R. Freyfogle, Professor of Law, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Environment • Land Use • Ethics
