Lester Brown: Saving Civilization Is Not a Spectator Sport

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🗓️ 13 November 2009

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Saving Civilization Is Not a Spectator Sport Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute Brown sees concern in the merging of world food and energy economies. Putting corn ethanol in gas tanks and grain-intensive food (beef) into more human bellies will drive up commodity prices and exacerbate fresh water scarcity. Though he believes the Earth is under stress, Brown is hopeful, in part because for the first time since the Industrial Revolution we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on November 10, 2009 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Welcome to Climate One of the Commonwealth Club.
0:31.9	I'm Greg Dalton, the founder of Climate One.
0:34.4	Climate One is a leadership dialogue on energy, the economy, and the environment that
0:38.1	discusses the transition to a prosperous and clean energy future. Our guest today is Lester Brown.
0:44.3	Mr. Brown started his career as a farmer, growing tomatoes in New Jersey with his younger brother
0:49.7	during high school and college. He went on to found the World Watch Institute, the Earth Policy Institute,
0:55.4	and to author or co-author more than 50 books.
0:59.1	His latest book is Plan B 4.0,
1:02.1	mobilizing to save civilization.
1:04.3	He truly is a respected elder
1:05.8	in the fields of resource, economics,
1:07.9	and environmentalism.
1:09.3	Please welcome Lester Brown.
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