SEJ 2007

Amory Lovins Oct. 15 presentations at SEJ-Roanoke

Amory Lovins' "Winning the Oil Endgame" presentation at SEJ in Roanoke on October 15.
Bud WardDownload SEJ_WTOE_40m15x08.pdf

Amory Lovins Oct. 15 presentations at SEJ-Roanoke

Amory Lovins' "Winning the Coal Endgame" presentation October 15 at SEJ Roanoke meeting. 
Bud Ward

Download SEJ_WTCE_40m_15x08.pdf

Video and Audio for Journalists/Scientists Session

Now posted! Feast on your choice of recording of Friday breakfast session Can This Relationship Be Saved? Why Journalists and Scientists Just Don't Communicate.

Saturday Concurrent Session Audios (2)

Audios are now available for Saturday sessions THE POLICY: Californians on the Front Lines: The Shifting Politics of the Environment and THE OCEAN: A Rising Tide of Ocean Plagues.

links for 2007-09-24

• Macworld Madness has begun!
  Apple tablet update: "Axiotron will be back with the ModBook introduced last year, maybe with a shipping product this time."
  (tags: tools)
• A PR Agency of Me: Energy Reporting: RECs, Smart Meters and Journalistic Standards
  "Where is the reporter's skepticism? How about a couple of questions, like "why not?" Why aren't power line companies able to disconnect customers remotely? Why aren't they able -- yet -- to monitor electricity usage throughout the day?"
  (tags: environment journalism skepticism renewables energy)

links for 2007-09-23

• In all fairness... | Salsa Verde
  "The report lists a few scientists and mathematicians who have changed their thinking on CO2 and global warming. It should be taken with a dose of, well, skepticism. It was put together by Marc Morano, the communications director for Sen. James Inhofe"
  (tags: government report science climate-change critics agenda environment)

links for 2007-09-22

• JET 2007 awards for environmental journalists today
  "The Journalists Environmental Association of Tanzania (JET) will today evening award the environmental journalist of the year. "
  (tags: environment journalism awards Africa)
• Michigan State University Newsroom - MSU's Great Lakes Wiki receives national recognition
  "Knight-Batten Awards recognized MSU's Great Lakes Wiki "for collecting info as broad and deep as the Great Lakes ." The awards spotlight the creative use of new info ideas and technologies involving citizens in public issues."
  (tags: environment journalism awards wiki)

links for 2007-09-21

• Book Blog » Transition
  "Over the summer I discovered that environmental journalism is what I want to do with the rest of my life. I’m surprised it took me so long to figure this out, as it’s been staring me right at the face."
  (tags: environment journalism students career)
• Making Waves : Monterey County Weekly Newspaper
  “The ocean is ready to be productive,” said Stanford Marine Science Professor Stephen Palumbi, speaking at a recent Society of Environmental Journalists conference. “If we protect it, it will respond.”
  (tags: SEJ2007 speakers environment oceans)
• The FOI Advocate: An FOI Exemption for Big Pork?
  "Passing along this troubling item from the Society of Environmental Journalists: BILLS PROPOSE FOIA EXEMPTIONS FOR BASIC FEEDLOT "PHONE BOOK" LISTINGS"
  (tags: SEJ watchdog FOI government federal feedlots)
• Leading climate-change skeptic won't reveal sources of funding
  "SEJ's Watchdog Tipsheet has just revealed that Patrick J. Michaels withdrew as an expert witness in a recently decided landmark court case in which automakers sought to turn back state efforts to rein in cars' production of greenhouse gases."
  (tags: SEJ climate-change critics credibility funding organizations law FOI)
• QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED » Extra! Extra! Keeping climate change in the headlines
  "The culture gap between science and journalism is no joke."
  (tags: SEJ2007 climate-change science culture environment journalism problems)

links for 2007-09-20

• Poynter Online - Wednesday Edition: The Danger of High School Sports Concussions
  "American Public Media unveiled a free online game called "Consumer Consequences." The interactive game let's you see the "environmental consequences" of our lifestyles on Earth.
  (tags: environment journalism games climate-change)
• teensygreen » Blog Archive » Get the Grist of It All
  "Next 2 weeks: Grist featuring a special series on parenting, children, and health. Greener pregnancy; questions of children’s anxiety over global warming; venture into the touchy debate over population problems."
  (tags: environment journalism population children lifestyle climate-change features)
• Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary
  "Ongoing attempt in newsrooms to figure out where reporting on the environment belongs. It is a discrete field of journalism practiced by committed specialists (Environmental Journalists), or a beat like any other news topic (Enviromental Journalism)?"
  (tags: environment journalism)

links for 2007-09-19

• J-Talk: Environmental Journalism
  "If only journalists had the ability to invite hundreds of guests to their homes and put on an entertaining display of their work. Instead of reading, the public would be listening. And instead of thinking, the public would be doing."
  (tags: environment journalism entertainment community roles)
• It’s Soup! - TV TITAN BLOG
  "Liza de Guia will be your guide for all things green, including her own blog and regular interaction with viewers and users. Even as you enjoy our first pilot, Liza, Morgan, and Laura are in our conference room plotting out the next projects."
  (tags: environment journalism venues)