Climate Change

Apr 10, 2024 — Great Decisions

Video—Video archive: Will technology save us on a hotter planet? with Neela Banerjee

We welcome Neela Banerjee, Chief Climate Editor, NPR. Technology is certain to play a key role in limiting and addressing climate change. But is…
Apr 4, 2023 — Great Decisions

Video—Climate Migration and the Nomad Century with Gaia Vince, journalist and author of Nomad Century

We welcome Gaia Vince, U.K. journalist (BBC and The Economist) and author of Nomad Century https://wanderinggaia.com/about-me/ As climate change accelerates, people in affected regions…
Apr 4, 2023 — Great Decisions

Video—Energy and the Politics of Power with Brian Min, University of Michigan

We welcome Brian Min from the University of Michigan http://www-personal.umich.edu/~brianmin/ Accessing and controlling fossil fuels have long influenced the politics of individual nations and…
Oct 23, 2022

Video—At the Water’s Edge: Reconnecting Cities to their Waterfronts with Dr. Ken Yocom

Dr. Ken Yocom, department chair and associate professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington's College of Built Environments and author of NOW Urbanism:…
Oct 17, 2022

Video—Civic Ecology and the Laudato Si’ Action Platform with Sr. Damien Marie Savino

Sister Damien Marie Savino, F.S.E., Ph.D., and dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College, will discuss the Laudato Si' Action Platform and how it…
Oct 17, 2022

Video—Commons, Collaboration, and Civic Design with Dr. Erik Nordman

Dr. Erik Nordman, professor of Natural Resource Management and adjunct professor of Economics at Grand Valley State University and author of The Uncommon Knowledge of…
Mar 21, 2022 — Great Decisions

Video—Just Transition in Climate Change with Vonda Brunsting, Initiative for Responsible Investment

As the world’s economy responds to climate change and takes steps to pull back from fossil fuel dependency, of particular importance is that any action…
Feb 21, 2022 — Great Decisions

Video—Conservation on Drugs: Challenges and Solutions, with Dr. Jennifer Devine, Texas State University

The US-led War on Drugs in Latin America has created a cat and mouse game of military interdiction that pushes drug traffickers into remote areas.…
Mar 15, 2021 — Great Decisions

Video—The Warming Arctic with Kaare Erickson and Bob Hollister

March 15, The Warming Arctic Kaare Sikuaq Erickson, North Slope Science Liaison, Ukpeaġvik Inupiat Corporation Bob Hollister, Leader of Artic Ecology Program (AEP), Grand Valley…
Mar 8, 2021 — Great Decisions

Video—Sustainable Globalization Post- COVID-19 with Julia Luscombe

Globalization is under attack. Some argue for national protectionism in response to global crisis such as COVID-19 or economic recession. Some argue that globalization has…