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Do We Have to Choose? Clean Air, Good Roads, Smart Choice?

Arguments against clean air are hard to come by these days especially in view of climate change, but the oil lobby (from outside the State) is very powerful and overcame a coalition of Oregon based organizations and individuals resulting in the transportation package failing this last session (2015). It surpised everyone involved and set a new substandard in political action here in Oregon.  The panelists are Tom Kelly, Andrea Durbin, and Kristen Leonard.

EarthSayers Andrea Durbin; Tom Kelly; Kristen Leonard
Date unknown Format Panel
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Portland Sustainability Leaders More Details
The Rise of Responsible Investment by James Gifford

Published on Apr 22, 2013

James Gifford says the global financial crisis has caused more firms to consider the impact of environmental, social and corporate governance factors on the long-term sustainability of a company. James Gofford, the Executive Director of the U.N. Principles for Responsible Investment says that only using financial metrics to gauge future value is "a bygone paradigm." Short-term investment strategies must be addressed by leaders coming together and saying, "Something is wrong here."

Dr. James Gifford is a Senior Fellow at the Initiative for Responsible Investment at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he researches sustainable investment in emerging markets and methods to deliver positive impact within mainstream investment strategies.

Published by the IESE. For over fifty years, IESE, the graduate business school of the University of Navarra, has been at the forefront of management education, developing and inspiring business leaders who strive to make a deep, positive and lasting impact on the people, companies and society they serve.

EarthSayer James Gifford
Date unknown Format Interview
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Investing and Sustainability More Details
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Dirk Philipsen

DEFINITION of 'Gross Domestic Product -GDP' The monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period, though GDP is usually calculated on an annual basis.

GDP is seen as the universal yardstick of progress and the highest goal of politics. But economic historian Dirk Philipsen argues that the world can no longer afford GDP rule, and it’s time now for a different measure.
Economic historian Dirk Philipsen shows how the history of GDP reveals unique opportunities to fashion smarter goals and measures, and explores a possible roadmap for a future that advances quality of life rather than indiscriminate growth.

Today, increasing GDP is the highest goal of politics. But a finite planet cannot sustain blind and indefinite expansion. If we consider future generations equal to our own, replacing the GDP regime is the ethical imperative of our times. Published on Aug 2, 2015

His book, The Little Big Number, is available from Amazon by clicking the image or visiting your local bookstore or library. 

Listen to the podcast: https://www.thersa.org/discover/audio...

EarthSayer Dirk Philipsen
Date unknown Format Lectures
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Transforming Our Economy More Details
Greenwashing by Tryo
Published on Jul 6, 2012
More information on the Tryo group here

You don't need to speak the french language to get the point of this animated short on greenwashing. 
Members: Guizmo, Christophe Mali, Manu Eveno, Daniel "Ito", Bibou

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EarthSayers Manu Eveno; Christophe Mali
Date unknown Format Cartoon and Animation
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Artists and Musicians More Details
Tar Sands Resistance March

The Tar Sands Resistance March on Saturday, June 6th, 2015 drew more than 5,000 people to St. Paul, MN for the largest anti-tar sands march ever in the region. The march sent a clear message: keep toxic tar sands out of America's Heartland to protect our water, climate and communities.

Published on Jun 7, 2015 by IEN Earth


Produced by MN350: Xiaolu Wang, Nels Shafer, Will Hanson with Editor: Xiaolu Wang, Additional Editing: Nels Shafer, Will Hanson, Cinematography + Sound: Nels Shafer, Will Hanson, Xiaolu Wang, Eric Immler, Martin Gordon

Music Podington Bear and "Submerging Green"

Hoka Hey Drum Group

Featuring:
Tom Goldtooth
Winona LaDuke
Rep. Keith Ellison
Chris Wahmhoff
Akilah Sanders-Reed
EarthSayers Tom Goldtooth; Winona LaDuke
Date unknown Format Demonstrations
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection High Risk Energy Sources More Details
Portland, Oregon: Train Tankers and Tar Sands Oil

A look at what crosses the Steel Bridge (built in 1910) here in Portland, Oregon a few miles from my home. Is that crude oil in those tankers? As citizens we need to start asking questions that will make our leaders uncomfortable as they may not even be aware of where and when crude oil is moved through urban areas. Produced and written by Ruth Ann Barrett for her YouTube Channel, PDXDowntownerPublished on Apr 2, 2015

Please note:
The New York Times documentary, A Danger on the Rails, addresses the issue in terms of Albany, New York and is in the EarthSayers.tv collection, High Risk Energy Alternatives here. Published on April 22, 2015. 
EarthSayer Ruth Ann Barrett
Date unknown Format Documentary
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection High Risk Energy Sources More Details
A Danger on the Rails from the The New York Times
A Danger on the Rails | Op-Docs | The New York Times
This short documentary warns about the dangers posed by trains that transport explosive oil across North America. It features Paul Gallay of Riverkeepers and Published on Apr 22, 2015
Produced by: Jon Bowermaster  Read the story here.
EarthSayers Roger Downs; Paul Gallay
Date unknown Format Documentary
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection High Risk Energy Sources More Details
Energy and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities by Dr. Steven Chu

Dr. Steven Chu discusses climate change, new pathways and opportunities to renewable energy, and the challenges the country faces. 


Dr. Steven Chu is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University. Prior to his role at Stanford, Dr. Chu served as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Barack Obama from January 2009 until April 2013. 

As the longest serving Energy Secretary, he began several initiatives including ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy), the Energy Innovation Hubs, and the Clean Energy Ministerial meetings. 

Hosted by the Public Management and Social Innovation Program at the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, the Conradin von Gugelberg Memorial Lecture on the Environment is an annual event that was established by members of the Stanford MBA Class of 1987 in memory of their classmate who had a special commitment to preserving and protecting the Earth's resources.Published on Jun 4, 2014
EarthSayer Dr. Steven Chu
Date unknown Format Lectures
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Climate Change More Details
Will Falling Oil Prices Kill Wind and Solar Power? with Dr. Steven Chu

Will Falling Oil Prices Kill Wind and Solar Power? Dr. Steven Chu who served as the U.S. Secretary of Energy from January 21, 2009, to April 22, 2013.

During your time at the Department of Energy the deployment of renewable energy in the U.S. doubled. Is the fall in fossil-fuel prices killing the business case for renewables?

The decline in fossil-fuel prices does have some effect, but remember that 78 percent of the economies of the U.S. have state-mandated renewable portfolio standards. They require that a specified fraction of electricity must come from renewable energy. For example, in California the goal is 33 percent renewable energy by 2020.

Right now renewable electricity is roughly 13 percent of total electricity generated in the U.S. Half is hydropower and the other half is mostly wind energy, with some solar, biomass and geothermal. Renewable energy costs have come down significantly. Even if natural gas, which is the cheapest form of electricity generation today, stays at $4 per million Btus [British thermal units], wind without subsidy is almost as inexpensive.

Electrical generation in the sunnier parts of the U.S. is also approaching equality with a new natural gas power plant. The cost of wind and solar is anticipated to decline for at least a decade or two. Perhaps in a decade, renewables will be competitive with any new form of energy in many parts of the U.S. Published on Mar 8, 2015
EarthSayer Dr. Steven Chu
Date unknown Format Speech
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Renewable Energy & The Smart Grid More Details
Update on Industrial Hemp in Oregon by Edgar Winters and Doug Fine

Interview with Oregon Farmer, Edgar Winters of the Oregon Agricultural Food and Rural Consortium (OAFRC) and author and hemp advocate Doug Fine.

Will Edgar the first hemp licensee in Oregon for industrial hemp be able to get seeds in the ground before times runs out to plant this spring? Maybe, but it will have to be through 7606 Federal Farm Bill provision which permits "agricultural pilot programs."

This is an old commodity, king of all plants, and we need to build the domestic seed stock and get things rolling and see positive results in terms of rural economic development. Produced by Barry Heidt.

EarthSayers Doug Fine; Edgar Winters
Date unknown Format Interview
Length unknown Keywords Sustainability More Details
 

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