Tim Flannery April 14, 2011 discussing Here on Earth , superorganisms, and Canada

In this excerpt, TIM FLANNERY (Internationally acclaimed scientist , explorer and conservationist) discusses international cooperation, climate change science, the "superorganism" , Plato, civilization, and Canada's solitary role in the world of climate change negotiations.

Ottawa International Writers Festival
presents
Here on Earth: A Natural History of Our Planet
with
Tim Flannery

Hosted by CBC's Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
Thursday, April 14th , 2011
Mayfair Theatre , Ottawa

We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature—of our true abilities and of our history— is supremely important. We have formed a global civilization of unprecedented might, driven forward by the power of our minds—a civilization that is transforming our Earth. We are masters of technology, and of comprehension, but it's what we believe that may, from now on, determine our fate. We are now equipped as never before to explore our true relationship with the planet on which our biological, economic and cultural futures depend.

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Spring Edition April 28 - May 3 , 2011

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[Inconvenientruths]

Listening to this shyte, it makes me realise why I hate greenies, drug addicts, activists/self pleasurers/self promoters and civil liberarians!

[wellwellwellall]

super orgsanism also includes the heart..... not the "brain only"