nickstreet / Nick Street

Huffduffing since November 12th, 2009 out of date

There is one person in nickstreet’s collective.

Huffduffed (23) activity chart

  1. Can China Go Green? Part two

    The second part of Jonathon Porritt’s report from China, where, amidst the toxic power stations and burgeoning numbers of cars, he finds some extraordinary and pioneering green solutions.

    In two provocative and counter-intuitive programmes, Jonathon Porritt flies in the face of international protest and fear at what China is ‘doing’ to the world’s environment in order to properly explore what’s actually happening across the vast country. Although the Chinese are avid to grow their economy at all costs, Porritt is convinced that they are effectively leap-frogging the older industrial societies of Europe and America and bringing on real long term environmental solutions, sustainable power and eco design.

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by nickstreet 3 years ago

  2. Can China Go Green? Part One

    Jonathon Porritt reports from China, where, amidst the toxic power stations and burgeoning numbers of cars, he finds some extraordinary and pioneering green solutions.

    In two provocative and counter-intuitive programmes, Jonathon Porritt flies in the face of international protest and fear at what China is ‘doing’ to the world’s environment in order to properly explore what’s actually happening across the vast country.

    Although the Chinese are avid to grow their economy at all costs, Porritt is convinced that they are effectively leap-frogging the older industrial societies of Europe and America and bringing on real long term environmental solutions, sustainable power and eco design.

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by nickstreet 3 years ago

  3. From Poverty to Power: What will the role of aid be in 2010?

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by nickstreet 3 years ago

  4. The Perils Of Overfishing, Part 2

    This is the second segment of Fresh Air’s two-part interview with Daniel Pauly. The first part of the interview aired Nov. 2, 2009.

    Daniel Pauly, a professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia, warns that the global fishing industry has drastically depleted the number of fish in the oceans.

    In an Oct. 7, 2009 article entitled "Aquacalypse Now: The End of Fish," published by The New Republic, Pauly writes that in the past 50 years "we have reduced the populations of large commercial fish, such as bluefin tuna, cod, and other favorites, by a staggering 90 percent."

    Pauly writes that as the declining fish populations will effect the larger ecosystem upon which all species — including humans — rely.

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by nickstreet 3 years ago

  5. The Perils Of Overfishing, Part 1

    This is the first segment of Fresh Air’s two-part interview with Daniel Pauly. The second part of the interview airs Nov. 3, 2009.

    Daniel Pauly, a professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia, warns that the global fishing industry has drastically depleted the number of fish in the oceans. In an Oct. 7, 2009 article entitled "Aquacalypse Now: The End of Fish," published by The New Republic, Pauly writes that in the past 50 years "we have reduced the populations of large commercial fish, such as bluefin tuna, cod, and other favorites, by a staggering 90 percent."

    Pauly says that as the fish populations decline, boats have begun to catch fish that weren’t considered before — sometimes renaming them to sound more appetizing. (Thus the "Patagonian toothfish" becomes the "Chilean seabass.")

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by nickstreet 3 years ago

  6. Copyright and Science: A plea for skeptics

    By Lawrence Lessig.

    Talk given at Tokyo University October 5, 2009. This is a plea for scientists to be skeptical about presumptions about how IP should regulate it, and a bit about the work (the GREAT work) of Science Commons in this space.

    http://blip.tv/file/2693000

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by nickstreet 3 years ago

  7. Stewart Brand’s ‘Ecopragmatism’

    In the 1960s, Stewart Brand became one of the country’s first and most famous champions of a new ecological awareness. His Whole Earth Catalog spoke to a generation of hippies and back-to-nature commune dwellers.

    Now, at 70, Stewart Brand is calling on environmentalists to reframe their understanding of the problem — and solutions. It’s too late for back-to-nature, he says. Global warming is beyond that.

    To survive now, Brand says, we need nuclear power, genetic engineering, giant cities. We must manage nature or lose civilization.

    This hour, On Point: In the face of global warming, Stewart Brand redefines green.

    http://www.onpointradio.org/2009/10/stewart-brands-ecopragmatism

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by nickstreet 3 years ago

  8. Africa’s Forgotten Soldiers

    Seventy years after the start of the Second World War the overwhelming impression is of a conflict fought on the battlefields of Europe by white troops. Britain’s war effort was bolstered by soldiers from the white Commonwealth – Australia, Canada and New Zealand and later by the United States. The war in the Far East is often overlooked, as is the fighting that took place in Africa. Yet one million African troops participated in the conflict, fighting their way through the jungles of Burma, across the Libyan deserts and in the skies over London. In this documentary we hear first hand from the African troops who participated in the war – and who played a critical part in freeing the world from the threat of fascism. Martin Plaut reports.

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by nickstreet 3 years ago

  9. Them and Us: how capitalism without fairness is capitalism without a future

    Will Hutton is executive vice chair of the Work Foundation taking up this position in mid 2008 having served as chief executive since 2000. He began his career as a stockbroker and investment analyst, before working in BBC TV and radio as a producer and reporter. Prior to joining The Work Foundation, Will spent four years as editor in chief of the Observer and he continues to write a weekly column for the paper.

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by nickstreet 3 years ago

  10. Law, Technology and Economics: The Past and Future of Copyright

    David D. Friedman University of Oregon Law School March 18, 2009

    download

    Tagged with

    —Huffduffed by nickstreet 3 years ago

Page 2 of 3Newer Older