SEJ 2007

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.

Updating ... Climate Resources

Updating the following resource pages on Planeta.com ....

Tourism and Climate Change

Environmental Impact of Transportation

Tourism, Crisis and Communication

Climate Guide

YOUR TURN - News features and comments are welcome on the Planeta Forum

Environmentally Honest Accounting

OK, now I get to play catchup and report on some of the cool stuff I did at SEJ2007.

On Friday afternoon, after the network lunch, I attended a pretty compelling session on "environmentally honest accounting." Basically, this is about how we figure out the financial impact of environmental resources and issues. This is pretty important because most human-caused environmental problems boil down to money one way or another -- from international trade, to energy policy, to which car, house, or paper towels you buy.

The panelists were:

• Randy Hayes, International Forum on Globalization (and founder, Rainforest Action Network)
• Buzz Thompson, Woods Inst. for the Environment and Stanford professor of natural resources law
• Mike Wallace, analyst for TruCost (no, not THAT Mike Wallace...)
• Moderator: Mark Schapiro, Center for Investigative Reporting

Here's an abridged and hurridly cleaned-up version of my notes from that session...

Two More Session Audios Available

Two additional audios have been posted to SEJ's conference coverage page. One is for Saturday's Concurrent Sessions 3: THE CLIMATE: Feverish Temperatures: Human Health on a Warmer Planet, where panelists discussed changing ecosystems and their life forms, evolving diseases and the potential impacts on human health. The second is for Sunday's Environmental Myths of the West: Will Your Next Story Be a Lie? with NPR environment correspondent John Nielsen interviewing Patricia Limerick, myth-buster, historian, professor and faculty director of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Friday "Covering Climate Change" Plenary Audio Posted

Friday's opening plenary, "Covering Climate Change," examined the subject from various viewpoints. Moderated by AP science writer Seth Borenstein, the panel included The Weather Channel's Heidi Cullen; Stanford communication, political science and psychology prof Jon Krosnick; The Sacramento Bee's executive editor Rick Rodriguez; and Stanford climatologist Stephen Schneider. You'll find the audio here.

Climate Session Audios Ready for a Listen

Audios are now available for two of Friday's concurrent sessions, "THE CLIMATE: Changing with Climate Change: Can Industries, Investors and Insurers Adapt?" and "THE CLIMATE: Nature out of Sync: Trees Flowering in January?"

NYTimes' Andy Revkin sings "Liberated Carbon"

You might have heard, NY Times environmental reporter, author, SEJ member, and Uncle Wade band member Andrew Revkin penned a little ditty about climate change called "Liberated Carbon." Here he performs it with cohort Patrick Kinney. Not a great video, but a fun one:

Lyrics excerpt

Hey Andy, are you coming to Stanford for SEJ 2007? Bringing your axe?