Harry Kreisler is executive producer and host of the series, which is produced at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California - Berkeley. Conceived in 1982 by Mr. Kreisler as a way to capture and preserve through conversation and technology the intellectual ferment of our times, Conversations with History includes over 450 interviews.
The Story of Conversations with History
The Environment: Politics, Policy, and the Global Agenda
Oronto Douglas; Environmental Activist and
Human Rights Attorney; Deputy Director of the Environmental Rights Action
Group, Nigeria: "Environmental Justice,"
5/4/01
Roy Caldwell; professor of Integrative Biology,
UCB. Excerpt from interview, "Evolution of a Biologist": Becoming an Environmentalist, 6/20/01
S. David Freeman; Chairman of the Board, California
Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority: "Energy,
Conservation, and the Public Interest" 9/29/03
John Harte;
Professor of Energy and Resources, UC Berkeley: "Understanding the Global Environmental Crisis," 01/27/09
Peter Hayes; Executive Director, Nautilus
Institute: "Political Activism, NGOs, and Globalization,"
4/18/03
Sir David King; Science Advisor to the Prime
Minister of Great Britain: "Science
and Public Policy," 9/15/05
Lars-Erik Liljelund; Director General of the
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency: "Climate
Change and Public Policy," 3/20/06
Amory Lovins;
Cofounder, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute: "Natural Capitalism," 10/28/08
Norman Myers; environmental scientist: "The
Journey of an Environmental Scientist," 11/11/98
See also: Norman Myers's Wildlife
Photography from Kenya, from the 1960s
Christopher Patten; former Secretary of State
for the Environment, Great Britain: "Shaping
the Environmental Policy," 8/10/89
Michael Pollan;
Knight Professor of Journalism, UC Berkeley: "The Politics of Food," 12/16/08
James
Gustave Speth; Dean of the School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, Yale University: "Capitalism,
the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability,” 04/02/08
David Vogel;
Solomon P. Lee Distinguished Professor in Business Ethics, Haas School
of Business, UC Berkeley: "Business,
Government, and Ethics in an Era of Globalization," 7/11/07
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