Opportunities for a Sustainable Future, Dr. Foley in Portland Maine
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Date: 2014-07-31

Acclaimed Scientist Discusses “Opportunities for a Sustainable Future” in Portland
With this video, join NRCM and native Mainer Dr. Jonathan Foley, this year’s Heinz Award for the Environment recipient, and newly appointed Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences for his presentation: Living on a Shrinking Planet: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Future. Dr. Foley’s award-winning work focuses on global environmental systems and their interactions with human societies, with a particular focus on climate change, food systems, land use, and the sustainability of our biosphere.

Complex global environmental challenges have taken center stage in the 21st century. The needs of seven billion people are rapidly depleting natural resources and weakening our planet’s ecosystems. As economic pressures mount, how will environmental needs compete? How can we keep sustainability efforts at the forefront as we work to restore our economy? How can we resolve the task of reducing carbon emissions that has become such a politically charged issue in legislatures from Maine to Washington, D.C.?

For people to continue living on our planet’s shrinking resources, it’s going to take a fresh approach.
(The program was independently produced for public access station)