Tim Flannery - Climate Change & How to Save the Planet pt1-6

watch part 2 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtqTcLt4yxU

November 23, 2007 -- Democracy now spent hour with one of the world's leading scientists studying climate change, Tim Flannery. An Australian mammologist, palaeontologist and field zoologist, he has discovered and named more than thirty new species of mammals. He has been described as being in the league of all-time great explorers such as David Livingstone. Flannery might be best known as the author of the bestselling book "The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change." Earlier this year he was named 2007 Australian of the Year. Tim Flannery recently spoke before a packed crowd at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe New Mexico as part of "Readings and Conversations," a series sponsored by the Lannan Foundation. Tim Flannery spoke on the environment, how human activity is altering the earth's climate and what we can do to save it.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• global warming
• climate change
• greenhouse effect
• kyoto protocol
• tim flannery
• amy goodman
• democracy now
• ecosystem
• alternative energy

[larlarslumbod]

I think if we're serious about doing anything about this climate change stuff, we should stop fighting wars, and also stop producing tons of useless junk that no one needs, and then using marketing to convince people they need it. I think the problem is the way money works. Most people on the earth are practically enslaved to it, and we have to keep producing things, and squandering our planets resources to 'make a living', and anyway, if we don't do it, someone else will just beat us to it.

[PonguigPeopinn]

I don't believe in human caused climate change. Please message me to discuss why. Here are some facts:

1. Carbon Dioxide is a PRODUCT of temperature change, not a cause.

2. The warmer it gets, the more polar bears there are.

3. The temperature on earth is primarily dictated by the sun. We are currently entering a cooling period.

4. C02, the main concern in this debate, is a primary fuel for life. The more C02, the more plants that can grow and thrive.

[Ecojoao]

Great lesson.Many thks.