It is common to believe that economic and environmental considerations run counter to each other --- that actions taken to help the environment always take away from economic gains, and vice versa. But when experts from these two fields work together, both economics and environment can benefit. The Property and Economics Research Center (PERC) of Bozeman, MT. held a workshop … [Read more...]
Renegade Naturalist Radio #5: Interview with Charles C. Mann, Bestselling Author of 1491 and 1493
This episode of Renegade Naturalist Radio features journalist and bestselling author Charles C. Mann, author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, followed in 2011 by 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (audio player above.)In addition to his immensely popular and highly readable books, Mann is also a correspondent and contributing editor for … [Read more...]
New York Nightly News Interview
Dr. Botkin was recently interviewed at WNBC, New York, about topics in his new book The Moon In a Nautilus Shell.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJTlsyCBjw … [Read more...]
Urban Ecological Restoration: The Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, NY
Gowanus Canal in New York City’s Brooklyn is said to be one of the oldest, shortest, and most polluted canals in the United States. Before European settlement, the area was a typical coastal salt marsh. But with the building of the canal in 1869, boats and barges could come in from the ocean almost two miles inland, making the canal’s shores a good industrial location. By the … [Read more...]
Renegade Naturalist Radio #3: Interview with Conservation Trailblazer, Richard Rice
This episode of Renegade Naturalist Radio features Dr. Richard E. Rice, Co-Founder and President of the Conservation Agreement Fund (audio player above.)The Conservation Agreement Fund is the only non-profit devoted exclusively to supporting conservation agreements in developing countries, serving as, in Rice’s words, “a kind of mother ship” for their projects, providing … [Read more...]
What is an Old-Growth, Virgin Forest Like?
In the twentieth century (and for centuries before), it was believed that ancient, never-cut forests were mainly very large, widely scattered trees which shaded the ground between them to such a large degree that few younger trees could survive. As a traveler in the 18th century described it, this kind of forest was supposed to be so open between the huge ancient trees that you … [Read more...]
Daniel Botkin A Guest PRX Radio Program IdeaSphere with Guy Rathbun
Dan recently appeared as a guest on IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices, distributed nationally by Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and hosted and produced by Guy Rathbun. The topic of the program was Dan's latest book, The Moon in the Nautilus Shell: Discordant Harmonies Reconsidered. Specifically, Dan and Guy discussed how our Judeo-Christian belief in the balance of nature … [Read more...]
Daniel Botkin on The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC Radio
Dan appeared WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820, New York's flagship public radio stations, as a guest on The Leonard Lopate Show today, Wednesday, October 3, 2012.On the program, Dan discussed his new book, The Moon in the Nautilus Shell: Discordant Harmonies Reconsidered, and explained that in a world constantly confronted by global environmental problems, establishing effective … [Read more...]