From: "Paul R. Ehrlich" <[email protected]>
Subject: GLOBAL EMERGENCY: WHAT CAN I DO??
Dear Friends,
Anne and I were recently at a meeting of scientists, politicians, and
media people in Sydney. Everyone was in agreement that humanity is
in the midst of a largely unrecognized global emergency -- one that
puts the persistence of civilization seriously in doubt. And there
was no agreement on the burning question "what can I do about
it?" That is a question that is central to the MAHB and various
social movements, all of which are searching for
answers. Occasionally I'll pester those on my list with things I
think you can do -- this is the first of such pestering.
There are three important films available on topics dear to MAHB's
heart: the impossibility of perpetual economic growth
(GROWTHBUSTERS), the population problem (MOTHER), and the lethal loss
of biodiversity (CALL OF LIFE). You can find more about them on the
MAHB web site at
http://mahb.stanford.edu/media-bar/mahb-goes-to-the-movies/. Or you
can go to their respective web sites:
http://www.growthbusters.org/
http://www.motherthefilm.com/
http://calloflife.org/
What can you do? You could buy copies and send them as Christmas
presents, arrange showings at local high schools and colleges, pester
school boards and deans to get them included in curricula, write to
TV stations and ask them to show them, write newspapers and ask them
to review them, arrange showings for your neighbors/friends. The
Ecology-Evolution group of the Biology department at Stanford will be
showing all three in teach-ins next week, focusing on the inequity
issues that pervade all three areas. We're doing it in support of
the "Occupy the Future" movement on campus. I will also be
integrating them into my courses. Let's use some of the energy
generated by frustration with our broken government and corrupt
financial system to actually DO something. End of sermon......P
Paul R. Ehrlich
Bing Professor of Population Studies
President, Center for Conservation Biology
Department of Biology, 371 Serra Mall
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020
Ph 650-723-3171
Fx 650-723-5920
https://www.stanford.edu/group/CCB/cgi-bin/ccb/content/paul-r-ehrlich
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