According to James H. Brown from U of New Mexico, our economy and population will crash within 50 years. His paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy. Canadian climate scientist Andrew Weaver on why he quit science to run for office.
Interviews by Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock
Clip from song "The Age of Humans" by Dana Pearson (Vastman at soundclick.com)
1 hour versions: clip from song "Love Song to The Earth" by various artists; lovesongtotheearth.org
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Warning: If you are already feeling depressed, this may not be the program for you. Maybe you should take a walk outside instead.
For those still listening, according to one of the world's biggest oil companies, their primary product may not be around for much longer than 50 years. In this program, a senior scientist follows that logic to find a catastrophic crash of our economy - and world population is "very, very likely".
We follow up with a chat with one of Canada's top climate scientists. He says we don't need more science, we need action to save ourselves. So he ran for the Green Party and got elected.
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