Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Environmentalism Today

From approximately 22,236 miles in space, NOAA's newest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - GOES-15 - took its first full visible image of the Earth on April 6. Image courtesy NOAA/NASA/SSEC .
Has the modern environmental movement become too quick to compromise? In this segment, we'll talk with author Bill McKibben and Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune about the state of environmentalism in the US today. What does it mean to be green?
Guests
Michael Brune
Executive Director, Sierra Club
San Francisco, California
Bill McKibben
Environmentalist, writer
Co-founder and Global Organizer, 350.org
Author, "Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet" (Times Books, 2010)
Ripton, Vermont
Related Books
Related Links
- Boston.com:Q&A with Bill McKibben, Lexington native and environmentalist
- USA Today: Obama lobbied to add solar panels to White House
- 350.org
- Sierra Club: Executive Director Michael Brune
- LA Times: The Kalamazoo River 'mess' is a lot more than that
Segment produced by:Annette Heist
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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
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