Think Globally Radio

with Sverker Sörlin The ‘planetary boundaries’ framework has been a scientific sensation since first presented in the journal Nature in 2009. It provides a powerful means of conceptualizing the impact of humans on the global environment, and how transgressing Earth’s biophysical boundaries risks compromising the Holocene’s ‘safe operating space for … more >>

with Jürgen Renn and Manfred Laubichler The latest installment of Think Globally Radio’s series ‘Elaborating the Anthropocene’ features a fascinating and thought-provoking discussion with two deeply reflective and far sighted scholars: Prof. Jürgen Renn, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, and Manfred Laubichler, professor of … more >>

with Victor Galaz The Anthropocene entails far more than measuring the impact humanity has had on the planet. It also encompasses a series of profound political choices and governance challenges that are entangled with the technologies, values and institutions of the increasingly interconnected 21st century. Think Globally Radio takes up … more >>

with Will Steffen Prof. Will Steffen has been one of the most prominent voices in articulating and advocating the Anthropocene as a new epoch in Earth history. He was also one of the authors of the original Planetary Boundaries article in the journal Nature, and is lead author of the … more >>

with Prof. Joeseph Masco For the second show in our series on the Anthropocene, Think Globally Radio meets Joseph Masco, Professor of Anthropology and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Prof. Masco is a scholar and prize-winning author who has written extensively on environmental crisis, national security and … more >>

Bill McKibben has authored an impressive array of groundbreaking books on the environment and how humans can inhabit the Earth more sustainably. He is also the founder of the advocacy organization 350.org, and is considered by many the most influential environmental activist in the United States. Recently in Stockholm to … more >>

with Prof. Erle Ellis Think Globally Radio was in attendance at the ‘Anthropocene Curriculum’ conference in Berlin in November 2014, and had the chance to speak with several of the leading thinkers and voices involved in deliberations on the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch in which mankind has come to … more >>

with Amb. Mark Brzezinski and Amb. Christiana Figueres In April 2015 the United States takes over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council, and towards the end of the year the critical COP 21 meeting of the UNFCCC will take place in Paris. With these two important events in mind, Think … more >>

with Sandra Postel The severe droughts of the past decade in the western United States and the ongoing water scarcity problems across the planet bring to the fore the importance of freshwater resources in the 21st century. This week’s guest on Think Globally Radio, Sandra Postel, is a world leading … more >>

with Carsten Peter Few have experienced the most extreme places on Earth as intimately as adventurer and National Geographic nature photographer Carsten Peter. Deep inside volcanoes, caverns and glacial crevasses, he has documented some of the wildest parts of the planet. This week on Think Globally Radio, Carsten Peter shares … more >>