Edit History
Optional description
What to report
Reason
Report

Revisit: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Podcast Ep.

Revisit: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Revisit: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
00
Affinity
0%
0.5
0%
1
0%
1.5
0%
2
0%
2.5
0%
3
0%
3.5
0%
4
0%
4.5
0%
5
0%
Recent Ratings
First Ratings
Top Lists
Not added to a list yet. :(
My Tags
No tags added.
My Lists
Not added to a list.
Choose a list
New list name
New list description
Item description
My Catalog
Length
43m
Country
United States
Release Dates
2020-04-22
Description
Presenter Rana Mitter is joined by guests Tony Juniper, Emily Shuckburgh, Dieter Helm and Kapka Kassabova to discuss Rachel Carson's passionate book, Silent Spring, first published in 1962 and said to be the work which launched the environmental movement. Recorded at the 2019 Hay Festival. Tony Juniper is a campaigner, sustainability adviser and writer of work including Saving Planet Earth and How many lightbulbs does it take to change a planet?Emily Shuckburgh is a climate scientist and mathematician at the British Antarctic Survey and the co-author (with the Prince of Wales and Tony Juniper) of the Ladybird Book on Climate Change.Dieter Helm is an economist specialising in utilities, regulation and the environment. His recent books include Burn Out: the Endgame for Fossil Fuels, The Carbon Crunch, Nature in the Balance and Natural Capital: Valuing the Planet.Kapka Kassabova is a novelist, poet and journalist whose work includes Border,, Someone else's life and Villa Pacifica. You can hear her talking to Free Thinking about winning the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding here https://bbc.in/2TsFZ51You might be interested in our episode Soil Stories which hears from agroecologist Jules Pretty and geologist Andrew Scott amongst others https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fj505You can find a collection of all the discussions of Landmarks of culture as a playlist on the Free Thinking website / and available to download as BBC Arts&Ideas podcasts https://bbc.in/2Jw9y5QProducer: Fiona McLean
Podcast
Arts & Ideas
Arts & Ideas
3.5 • S-E-
provider
host
No host added (Edit page)
Other Roles
No other roles added (Edit page)

Reviews

All Reviews
No reviews yet. :(

Comments

No comments yet. :(
Reason for report
Description