Conference Environmental Humanities in a Changing World
LENGTH ・ 16 videosWhen environmental studies programs first began appearing in American universities over forty years ago, interest in the subject came almost exclusively from the sciences. Today, however, the situation is very different, as concern for environmental issues has now also…
The Two Cultures in Environmental Studies
LENGTH ・ 01:17:58Just over 50 years ago, C. P. Snow delivered a now famous lecture at Cambridge University. His subject was “The Two Cultures,” the sciences and the humanities. Straddling the two (he was both a chemist and a prolific novelist),…
Freedom versus Bioethics
LENGTH ・ 01:04:44Ronald Bailey (born November 23, 1953) is an American libertarian science writer and author and editor of books on economics, ecology and biotechnology. Bailey attended the University of Virginia, where he earned a B.A. in philosophy and economics in 1976. He worked briefly as an economist for the Federal Energy Regulatory…
