Globalization

David Fridley, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, discusses biofuels, China, globalization and high fuel prices with Global Public Media's Julian Darley.

The planet is rapidly confronting us with limits to the exploitative, dominator system of the past 5000 years. David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World, and more recently The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community, implores us to replace the old dominator-control stories with new stories -- affirming life values of cooperation, community and interdependence. Episode 48.

Yes! magazine counters mainstream media by giving us stories of people creating sustainable, just and positive futures. Executive Editor, Sarah Van Gelder discusses healthcare for all, alternatives to prisons, peak oil, living democracy, climate change, working together, and how each of us can begin creating change. Episode 42.

Don Shaffer recounts BALLE's vision of local living economies ensuring that economic power resides locally, where it can enhance community life and natural systems--as a counter to economic globalization. BALLE's autonomous networks of local businesses initiate programs like "Buy Local First." Episode 46.

Michael Shuman advocates "Going Local," showing how local businesses are beating global competition and helping to create self-reliant communities. One innovative idea: invest locally by moving a portion of pension funds into regional stock exchanges. Episode 44.

John Urry, Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University and Director of the Centre for Mobility Research, speaks with Global Public Media's Julian Darley about the sociological value of personal networks, travel and tourism, and the effect peak oil will have on how we interact with one another.

Global Public Media's Julian Darley spoke in Vancouver in February 2006, and the Vancouver-based Necessary Voices Society was on hand to record his presentation. In October, Deconstructing Dinner featured his presentation in a program about the relationship between food and fossil fuels.

A round up of recent relevant stories collected from CBC Radio in Canada.

Earth Policy Institute president Lester Brown appears on E&E TV's "On Point" to discuss the threat of Chinese consumption growth, the promise of wind power and other themes from his new book, "Plan B 2.0."

Caren Black and Christopher Paddon of The Lifeboat Show talk to Dr. Kevin Danaher on the subject of globalization.